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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: Export Trading Companies Contact Facilitation Service.
    Agency Form Number: ITA 4094P.
    OMB Number: 0625-0120.
    Type of Request: Regular Submission.
    Burden: 3,000 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 12,000.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: 15 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: Title III of the Export Trading Company Act of 1982 
(Pub. L. No. 97-290, 96 Stat. 1233-1247), requires the Department of 
Commerce to establish a program to evaluate applications for Export 
Trade Certificates of Review and, with the concurrence of the 
Department of Justice, issue such certificates where the requirements 
of the Act are satisfied. The Act requires that Commerce, with Justice 
concurrence, issue regulations governing the evaluation and issuance of 
certificates before Commerce can accept applications for certification. 
The collection of information is necessary for the antitrust analysis 
which is a prerequisite to issuance of a certificate. Without the 
information, there would be no basis upon which a certificate could be 
issued.
    In the Department of Commerce, this economic and legal analysis 
will be performed by the Office of Export Trading Company Affairs and 
the Office of the General Counsel. The Department of Justice analysis 
will be conducted by the Antitrust Division. The purpose of such 
analysis is to make a determination as to whether or not to approve an 
application and issue an Export Trade Certificate of Review. If this 
information is not collected, the antitrust analysis cannot be 
performed and without that analysis no certificate can be issued. A 
certificate provides its holder and members named in the certificate 
(a) immunity from government actions under state and Federal antitrust 
laws for the export conduct specified in the certificate; (b) some 
protection from frivolous private suits by limiting their liability in 
private actions to actual damages when the challenged activities are 
covered by an Export Certificate of Review. Title III was enacted to 
reduce uncertainty regarding application of U.S. antitrust laws to 
export activities--especially those involving actions by domestic 
competitors.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit, not-for-profit 
institutions, state, local or tribal Government.
    Frequency: On Occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit, 
voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, (202) 395-3897.
    Copies of the above information collection can be obtained by 
calling or writing Madeleine Clayton, Departmental Paperwork Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-3129, Department of Commerce, Room 5033, 14th & 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 or via the Internet at 
MClayton@doc.gov.
    Copies of the above information collection can be obtained by 
calling or writing Madeleine Clayton, Departmental Paperwork Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-3129, Department of Commerce, Room 6608, 14th & 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 or via the Internet at 
MClayton@doc.gov.

    Dated: May 30, 2002.
Madeleine Clayton,
Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-14001 Filed 6-4-02; 8:45 am]
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