[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 125 (Thursday, June 29, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33789-33790]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-16050]



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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: Survey of Pollution Abatement Costs and Expenditures, Annual 
Capital Expenditures Survey-Supplement for Pollution Abatement.
    Form Number(s): MA-200, PA-2.
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0176.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 44,375 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 17,750.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 2.5 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau uses Forms MA-200 (Survey of 
Pollution Abatement Costs and Expenditures) and PA-2 (Annual Capital 
Expenditures Survey - Supplement for Pollution Abatement) to measure 
private industry's cost to meet increasing Federal, state, and local 
regulations for controlling pollution. We use the MA-200 to collect 
data on capital expenditures and operating costs for pollution 
abatement in manufacturing plants; the PA-2 is for nonmanufacturing 
plants. The data from these forms are an essential source for 
monitoring the impact of environmental programs on the U.S. economy and 
the responsiveness to these programs. The most significant revision 
being made to this collection is that the PA-2 is now 

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a supplement to the Annual Capital Expenditures Survey instead of the 
discontinued Plant and Equipment Expenditures Survey. Some changes have 
been made to instructions for both forms based on requests from 
respondents. Additionally, one check box was added to one question at 
the request of the Environmental Protection Agency.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Frequency: Annual.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    OMB Desk Officer: Maria Gonzalez, (202) 395-7313.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Gerald Tache, 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 
10201, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: June 26, 1995.
Gerald Tache,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 95-16050 Filed 6-28-95; 8:45 am]
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