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OMB Control No: 0625-0266	ICR Reference No: 200912-0625-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No:
Agency/Subagency: DOC/ITA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Procedures for Considering Requests from the Public for Textile and Apparel Safeguard Actions on Imports from Oman
Type of Information Collection: New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 04/21/2010
	Date Received in OIRA: 03/17/2010
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	04/30/2013	36 Months From Approved
Responses	6	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	24	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	360	0	0

Abstract: Title III, Subtitle B, Section 321 through Section 328 of the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (the Act) implements the textile and apparel safeguard provisions, provided for in Article 3.1 of the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement. This safeguard mechanism applies when, as a result of the elimination of a customs duty, a textile or apparel import from Oman is being imported into the U.S. in such increased quantities as to cause serious damage or actual threat thereof to a U.S. industry producing a like or directly competitive article. In these circumstances, the U.S. can increase duties on the imported article from Oman, to the most-favored-nation (MFN) duty rate. The Statement of Administrative Action accompanying the Act provides that the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) will issue procedures for requesting such safeguard measures, for making its determinations under section 322(a) of the Act, and for providing relief under section 322(b) of the Act. In Proclamation No. 8332 (73 FR 80289, December 31, 2008), the President delegated to CITA his authority with respect to textile and apparel safeguard measures. CITA must collect information to determine whether a domestic textile or apparel industry is being adversely impacted by imports of these products from Oman, thereby allowing CITA to take corrective action. An interested party in the U.S. domestic textile and apparel industry may file a request for a textile and apparel safeguard action. In order for a request to be considered, the requestor must provide the following information in support of a claim that a textile or apparel article from Oman is being imported into the U.S. in such increased quantities as to cause serious damage, or actual threat thereof, to a U.S. industry producing a like or directly competitive article: (1) Name and description of the imported article concerned; (2) import data demonstrating that imports from Oman are increasing in absolute terms or relative to the domestic market for that article; (3) U.S. domestic production, along with an affirmation that to the best of the requesters knowledge, the data represent substantially all of the domestic production of the like or directly competitive article(s) of U.S. origin; (4) imports from Oman as a percentage of the domestic market; and (5) all data available to the requester such as changes in productivity, capacity utilization, inventories, exports, wages, employment, domestic prices, profits, and investment, relating to the existence of serious damage, or actual threat thereof, caused by imports from Oman to the industry producing the article If such information is not available, the requester should provide best estimates and the basis therefore. If CITA determines that the request provides the information necessary, CITA will publish a notice, including a summary of the request, in the Federal Register, with a 30 day public comment period. Any interested party may submit information to rebut, clarify, or correct public comments. CITA will make a determination on any request it considers within 60 calendar days of the comment period closing. If CITA is unable to make a determination within 60 calendar days, it will publish a notice in the Federal Register, including the date on which it will make a determination. If a determination under section 322(b) of the Act is affirmative, CITA may provide tariff relief to a U.S. industry. The import tariff relief is effective beginning on the date that CITAs affirmative determination is published in the Federal Register. Entities submitting requests, responses or rebuttals to CITA may submit both a public and confidential version of their submissions. If the request is accepted, the public version will be posted on the Office of Textile and Apparel (OTEXA) Web site. The confidential version of the request, responses or rebuttals will not be made public.

Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 109 - 283 321 Name of Law: U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (Public Law 109-283)

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: PL: Pub.L. 109 - 283 321 Name of Law: U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (Public Law 109-283)

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	74 FR 42648	08/24/2009
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	75 FR 12494	03/16/2010
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 2

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Comments to Request Textile Safeguard Action Determination
Request for Textile Safeguard Action Determination

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Change Due to New Statute
Annual Number of Responses	6	6
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	24	24
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	360	360

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: This is a new information collection.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $1,200

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? Uncollected

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? Uncollected

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

Agency Contact: Rebecca Geiger 202 482-3117 Rebecca_Geiger@ita.doc.gov

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