CBP Extends Comment Period for Info Collection for CDSOA Distributions
CBP is extending the comment period until Dec. 28 on an existing information collection request for distributions of funds pursuant to the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act (CDSOA). CBP proposes (here) to extend the expiration date of this information collection with a change to the burden hours, but not the information collected.
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CBP Form 7401
This collection of information is used by CBP to make distributions of funds pursuant to the now-repealed CDSOA. This Act prescribes the administrative procedures under which antidumping and countervailing duties assessed on imported products are distributed to affected domestic producers that petitioned for or supported the issuance of the order under which the duties were assessed. The amount of any distribution afforded to these domestic producers is based on certain qualifying expenditures that they incur after the issuance of the order or finding up to the effective date of the CDSOA’s repeal, Oct. 1, 2007. This distribution is known as the continued dumping and subsidy offset. A notice is published in the Federal Register in June of each year in order to inform claimants that they can make claims under the CDSOA. In order to make a claim under the CDSOA, CBP Form 7401 may be used.
CBP Estimates
CBP estimated 2,100 total annual responses, estimated to create about 2,100 total annual burden hours.
Comments Requested on Ways to Minimize Burden, Etc.
CBP is asking for comments from the general public and other federal agencies on (a) whether the collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimates of the burden of the collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; (d) ways to minimize the burden, including the use of automated collection techniques or the use of other forms of information technology; and (e) the annual costs burden to respondents or record keepers from the collection of information (a total of capital/startup costs and operations and maintenance costs).
CBP Contact -- Tracey Denning (202) 325-0265
(Federal Register 11/28/16)