[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 180 (Monday, September 16, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48664-48665]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-23582]


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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: Current Industrial Reports Program - Wave III (Mandatory).
    Form Number(s): MA23D, MA32E, MA35D, MA35F, MA35J, MA35M, MQ22T.
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0476.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 2,640 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 1,917.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 1.38 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau conducts a series of monthly, 
quarterly, and annual surveys as part of its Current Industrial Reports 
(CIR) program. The CIR surveys deal mainly with the quantity and value 
of shipments of particular products and occasionally with data on 
production and inventories; unfilled orders, receipts, stocks and 
consumption; and comparative data on domestic production, exports, and 
imports of the products they cover. The CIR program includes both 
mandatory and voluntary surveys. Typically the monthly and quarterly 
surveys are conducted on a voluntary basis. Those companies that choose 
not to respond to the voluntary surveys are required to submit a 
mandatory annual counterpart. The annual counterpart collects annual 
data from those firms not participating in the more frequent 
collection. Due to the large number of surveys in the CIR program, for 
clearance purposes we group the surveys into three Waves. The mandatory 
and voluntary surveys in each Wave are separately submitted. Thus, a 
total of six clearances cover all of the surveys in the CIR program. 
One Wave is submitted for reclearance each year. The information 
collected in the CIR program provides continuing and timely national 
statistical data on manufacturing. The results of these surveys are 
used extensively by individual firms, trade associations, and

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market analysts in planning or recommending marketing and legislative 
strategies.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit institutions.
    Frequency: Quarterly and Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 USC, Sections 81, 131, 182, 224, and 225.
    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 within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to Jerry Coffey, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10201, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: September 10, 1996.
Linda Engelmeier,
Acting Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 96-23582 Filed 9-13-96; 8:45 am]
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