[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 163 (Wednesday, August 21, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43228-43229]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-21344]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission For OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce (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: 1997 Economic Census of Transportation--Commodity Flow 
Survey.
    Form Number(s): CFR-1000, CFS-2000.
    Agency Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Burden: 805,067 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 100,000.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 2 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The economic census is the primary source of facts 
about the structure and functioning of the Nation's economy and 
features unique industry and geographic detail. Virtually every sector 
of the U.S. Economy will be covered in the 1997 Economic Census. The 
1997 Commodity Flow Survey, a component of the Economic Census, will 
produce key statistics on the movement of freight in the United States. 
In the past, these types of data were used primarily by governmental 
agencies in planning for transportation infrastructure. Now these types 
of data are becoming increasingly important to the business sector for 
making decisions related to marketing and transportation strategies. 
The Commodity Flow Survey will be conducted with the guidance and co-
sponsorship of the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Department of 
Transportation. A sample of business establishments in mining, 
manufacturing, wholesale, and selected retail industries will receive, 
by mail, four questionnaires--one during each quarter of 1997. On each 
form, an establishment will be asked to report data for an average of 
25 shipments selected during a designated one-week reporting period. 
This survey will provide a range of transportation

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statistics including value of shipments, weight of shipments, 
commodities shipped, mode(s) of transportation used, origin and 
destination of shipments, ton-miles and average miles per shipment. The 
Census Bureau will publish shipment characteristics at the national, 
state, and National Transportation Analysis Region levels.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for profit institutions.
    Frequency: Quarterly during 1997.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 USC, Sections 131, 193, and 224.
    OMB Desk Officer: Jerry Coffey, (202) 395-7314.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, Acting DOC Forms Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-3272, 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 within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to Jerry Coffey, OMB Desk Officer, room 10201, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: August 15, 1996.
Linda Engelmeier,
Acting Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 96-21344 Filed 8-20-96; 8:45 am]
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