Notice2022-15255
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Interim Procedures for Considering Requests Under the Commercial Availability Provision of the United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act
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Published
July 18, 2022
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 136 (Monday, July 18, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 42710]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-15255]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Interim Procedures for Considering Requests Under the
Commercial Availability Provision of the United States-Peru Trade
Promotion Agreement Implementation Act
On behalf of the Committee of the Implementation for Textile
Agreements (CITA), the Department of Commerce will submit the following
information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, on or after the date of publication of this
notice. We invite the general public and other Federal agencies to
comment on proposed, and continuing information collections, which
helps us assess the impact of our information collection requirements
and minimize the public's reporting burden. Public comments were
previously requested via the Federal Register on April 29, 2022 during
a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days
for public comments.
Agency: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
Title: Interim Procedures for Considering Requests under the
Commercial Availability Provision of the United States-Peru Trade
Promotion Agreement Implementation Act.
OMB Control Number: 0625-0265.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission, extension of a current
information collection.
Number of Respondents: 16 (10 for Requests; 3 for Responses; 3 for
Rebuttals).
Average Hours per Response: 8 hours per Request; 2 hours per
Response; and 1 hour per Rebuttal.
Burden Hours: 89.
Needs and Uses:
The United States and Peru negotiated the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion
Agreement (``the Agreement''), which entered into force on February 1,
2009. Subject to the rules of origin in Annex 4.1 of the Agreement,
pursuant to the textile provisions of the Agreement, a fabric, yarn, or
fiber produced in Peru or the United States and traded between the two
countries is entitled to duty-free tariff treatment. Annex 3-B of the
Agreement also lists specific fabrics, yarns, and fibers that the two
countries agreed are not available in commercial quantities in a timely
manner from producers in Peru or the United States. The items listed in
Annex 3-B are commercially unavailable fabrics, yarns, and fibers.
Articles containing these items are entitled to duty-free or
preferential treatment despite containing inputs not produced in Peru
or the United States.
The list of commercially unavailable fabrics, yarns, and fibers may
be changed pursuant to the commercial availability provision in Chapter
3, Article 3.3, Paragraphs 5-7 of the Agreement. Section 203(o) of the
Act implements the commercial availability provision of the Agreement.
Under this provision, interested entities from Peru or the United
States have the right to request that a specific fabric, yarn, or fiber
be added to, or removed from, the list of commercially unavailable
fabrics, yarns, and fibers in Annex 3-B.
Section 203(o) of the Act provides that the President may modify
the list of fabrics, yarns, and fibers in Annex 3-B by determining
whether additional fabrics, yarns, or fibers are not available in
commercial quantities in a timely manner in the United States or Peru,
and that the President will issue procedures governing the submission
of requests and providing an opportunity for interested entities to
submit comments. The President delegated the responsibility for
publishing the procedures and administering commercial availability
requests to CITA, which issues procedures and acts on requests through
the U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Textiles and Apparel (OTEXA)
(See Proclamation No. 8341, 74 FR 4105, Jan. 22, 2009). Interim
procedures to implement these responsibilities were published in the
Federal Register on August 14, 2009. (See Interim Procedures for
Considering Requests Under the Commercial Availability Provision of the
United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act and
Estimate of Burden for Collection of Information, 74 FR 41111, Aug. 14,
2009) (``Commercial Availability Procedures'').
The intent of the Commercial Availability Procedures is to foster
the use of U.S. and regional products by implementing procedures that
allow products to be placed on or removed from a product list, on a
timely basis, and in a manner that is consistent with normal business
practice. The procedures are intended to facilitate the transmission of
requests; allow the market to indicate the availability of the supply
of products that are the subject of requests; make available promptly,
to interested entities and the public, information regarding the
requests for products and offers received for those products; ensure
wide participation by interested entities and parties; allow for
careful review and consideration of information provided to
substantiate requests and responses; and provide timely public
dissemination of information used by CITA in making commercial
availability determinations.
CITA must collect certain information about fabric, yarn, or fiber
technical specifications and the production capabilities of Peruvian
and U.S. textile producers to determine whether certain fabrics, yarns,
or fibers are available in commercial quantities in a timely manner in
the United States or Peru, subject to Section 203(o) of the Act.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
Frequency: Varies.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Section 203(o) of the U.S.-Peru TPA and
Proclamation No. 8341, 74 FR 4105 (Jan. 22, 2009).
This information collection request may be viewed at
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov">www.reginfo.gov</a>. Follow the instructions to view the Department of
Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of
this notice on the following website <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>.
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search
function and entering either the title of the collection or the OMB
Control Number 0625-0265.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2022-15255 Filed 7-15-22; 8:45 am]
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