[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 169 (Thursday, August 29, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 45399]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-22116]


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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 Covering the Construction Industry 
Sector.
    Form Number(s): CC-1508, 1608, 1718, 1728, 1738, 1748, 1758, 1768, 
1778, 1788, and 1798.
    Agency Approval Number: NA
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Burden: 286,000 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 130,000.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 2.2 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The economic census is the major source of data 
about the structure and functioning of a large segment of the United 
States' economy and features unique industry and geographic detail. It 
provides essential information for many users, including the 
government, industry, business and the general public. The Census of 
Construction (CCI) collects information form contractors of all types 
of construction--more than 2.3 million establishments classified in the 
North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). The construction 
industry sector of the economic census comprises establishments 
primarily engaged in the construction of buildings and other 
structures, additions, alterations, reconstruction, installation, and 
maintenance and repairs.
    The economic census will produce basis statistics by industry for 
number of establishments, value of construction work done, payroll, 
employment, selected costs, depreciable assets, and capital 
expenditures. It also will yield a variety of subject statistics, 
including estimates of type of construction work done, kind of business 
activity and other industry-specific measures.
    Among the important statistics produced by the CCI are estimates of 
the value of construction work done during the covered year. The 
Federal Government uses the information from the economic censuses as 
an important part of the framework for the national accounts, input-
output measures, key economic indexes, and other estimates that serve 
as the factual basis for economic policy making, planning and 
administration. State governments rely on the economic censuses for 
comprehensive economic data on geographical areas in order to make 
decisions concerning policy making, planning and administration. 
Finally, industry, business and the general public use data from the 
economic censuses for economic forecasts, market research, benchmarks 
for their own sample-based surveys, and business and financial decision 
making.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit institutions.
    Frequency: One time.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    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 5327, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent to Jerry Coffey, OMB Desk Officer, Room 
10201, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: August 26, 1996.
Linda Engelmeier,
Acting Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 96-22116 Filed 8-28-96; 8:45 am]
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