[Federal Register: October 23, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 205)]
[Notices]               
[Page 65089]
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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, Pub. L. 104-13.
    Bureau: International Trade Administration.
    Title: Export Assistance Center Internet Website Form.
    Agency Form Number: N/A.
    OMB Number: 0625-0237.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden: 667 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 5,750.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: 5-20 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Newport Beach U.S. Export Assistant Center, 
which is a combined effort of the U.S. Department of Commerce, Export-
Import Bank, and Small Business Administration provides a comprehensive 
array of export counseling and trade finance services to small and 
medium-sized U.S. exporting firms. It proposes the extension of the 
Office of Management and Budget's authorization for this information 
collection form to continue the usefulness of its interactive website. 
In addition, this generic form will be used in its entirety or with 
minor modifications by all U.S. Export Assistance Centers and the 
Office of Domestic Operations. The form will ask U.S. exporting firm 
respondents to provide general background information and identify 
which service(s) they are interested in.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits.
    Frequency: On Occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
    OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, (202) 395-3897.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-0266, Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 14th and 
Constitution, NW., Washington, DC 20230 or via internet at 
dHynek@doc.gov.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent to David Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, Room 
10202, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503 within 30 
days of the publication of this notice in the Federal Register.

    Dated: October 17, 2002.
Madeleine Clayton,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-26891 Filed 10-22-02; 8:45 am]
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