[Federal Register: April 8, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 67)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

 
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    DOC has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
clearance the following proposal for collection of information under 
the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-
13:
    Bureau: International Trade Administration.
    Title: Application for the President's ``E'' Award for Excellence 
in Exporting.
    Agency Form Number: ITA 725P.

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    OMB Number: 0625-0065.
    Type of Request: Regular Submission.
    Burden: 1,644 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 60.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: 27.4.
    Needs and Uses: The ``E'' Award Program was established by 
Executive Order 10978 on December 5, 1961. The ``E Star'' Program was 
authorized by the Secretary of Commerce on August 4, 1969. The 
Executive Order authorized the Secretary of Commerce, in cooperation 
with the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, the 
Administrator of the Small Business Administration, and the heads of 
other Government departments and agencies, to establish procedures for 
the nomination and the granting of awards. The application form is the 
vehicle designed to determine eligibility for the award within 
established criteria.
    Affected Public: U.S. firms and organization and American 
subsidiaries of foreign-owned or controlled corporations.
    Frequency: Ongoing; at the wishes of the applicant.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain an award; voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: Dennis Marvich, (202) 395-5871.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, Departmental Forms Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-3272, Department of Commerce, Room 5327, 14th and 
Constitution, N.W., Washington, DC 20230.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent to Dennis Marvich, OMB Desk Officer, Room 
10202, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: April 1, 1998.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 98-9215 Filed 4-7-98; 8:45 am]
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