[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 5 (Friday, January 7, 1994)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1000-1001]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-396]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

 

Agency Form Under Review by the Office of Management and Budget

    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 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).
    Agency: Bureau of the Census.
    Title: Plant and Equipment Expenditures Survey.
    Form Number(s): PE-1, PE-2, PE-3, PE-4(P), PE-5, PE-6.
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0641.
    Type of Request: Extension of the expiration date of a currently 
approved collection without any change in the substance or in the 
method of collection.
    Burden: 27,175 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 15,000.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 42 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Bureau of the Census conducts the Plant and 
Equipment Expenditures Survey (P&E) on a quarterly and annual basis to 
obtain data on planned and actual investment in new plant and equipment 
from nonagricultural business firms. We collect data quarterly from 
most respondents and annually from small companies and from chronic 
non-respondents to the quarterly forms. These estimates are one of the 
most important indicators used by business and public officials in 
assessing near-term economic activity.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations, Non-
profit institutions, Small businesses or organizations.
    Frequency: Quarterly and Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Quarterly forms-voluntary, Annual and 
counterpart forms-mandatory.
    OMB Desk Officer: Maria Gonzalez, (202) 395-7313.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Edward Michals, DOC Forms Clearance Officer, 
(202) 482-3271, Department of Commerce, room 5312, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent to Maria Gonzalez, OMB Desk Officer, room 
3208, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: January 3, 1994.
Edward Michals,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 94-396 Filed 1-6-94; 8:45 am]
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