[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 171 (Tuesday, September 3, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 46436]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-22410]


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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 Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey.
    Form Number(s): TC-9501, TC-9502, TC-9503, TC-9504.
    Agency Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Burden: 103,257 hours in FY 1998.
    Number of Respondents: 140,000.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 45 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The 1997 Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey (VIUS), a 
component of the economic census, will survey a sample of private and 
commercial trucks, automobiles, and buses registered in the 50 States 
and the District of Columbia. Government vehicles will not be sampled. 
The VIUS will produce basic statistics on the physical and operational 
characteristics of the nation's trucks, automobiles, and buses. It also 
will yield a variety of subject statistics, including vehicles by 
annual miles, major use, fuel type, miles per gallon, and products 
carried. The Census Bureau will publish truck estimates at the state 
and national level, and automobile and bus estimates at the national 
level. Federal, state, and local transportation agencies will use VIUS 
data for analysis of safety issues, proposed investments in new roads 
and technology, vehicle size and weight issues, user fees, cost 
allocation, energy and environmental constraints, hazardous materials 
transport, and other aspects of the Federal-aid highway program. 
Although the 1997 Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey is being submitted 
as a new collection, similar data are collected every five years as 
part of the economic census. The 1992 collection was known as the Truck 
Inventory and Use Survey (TIUS). The VIUS was renamed for this census 
to reflect a change in the scope of the survey to include two 
additional modes of transportation--automobiles and busses. The Bureau 
of Transportation Statistics, Department of Transportation is 
contributing funds to sponsor the inclusion of these two types of motor 
vehicles.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households, Businesses or other 
for-profit, Not-for-profit institutions, Farms.
    Frequency: One-time.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 USC, Sections 131 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 Engelmeir, 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 27, 1996.
Linda Engelmeir,
Acting Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 96-22410 Filed 8-30-96; 8:45 am]
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