[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 40 (Friday, February 28, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 9159]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-4958]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    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: Broadwoven Fabrics (Gray) Average Weight and Width Study.
    Form Number(s): MC22T.
    Agency Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Burden: 945 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 315.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 3 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau collects and publishes data 
quarterly on the production of broadwoven fabrics. Data is collected 
and published on the basis of square yardage produced by type of 
fabric. This study supplements the quarterly collection and gathers 
data every five years on the basis of linear yards and pounds produced. 
The Census Bureau conducts this survey as part of the 5-year census of 
manufactures. This survey provides conversion factors (from square 
yards to linear yards and pounds) which are used by industry and 
Government analysts to monitor the continuing changes in the weight and 
width of fabric. These factors provide a means of comparing fabric 
yardage produced to the volume of fiber consumed. The factors also help 
analysts follow changes in machinery used by the textile industry. 
Federal users of the survey data regularly include the Departments of 
Commerce, State, Labor, Treasury, and the U.S. Trade Representative 
under the aegis of the Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements (CITA). The interagency CITA uses the survey data to monitor 
potential market disruptions resulting from trade in gray broadwoven 
fabric. Additionally, the Department of Agriculture uses survey data to 
monitor trends affecting the demand for cotton, and the Department of 
Justice and the Federal Trade Commission for evaluation of 
anticompetitive impacts of mergers and acquisitions. Businesses and 
trade associations use the data to assess market trends and to project 
potential growth opportunities in broadwoven fabric.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Frequency: Every 5 years.
    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, 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: February 24, 1997.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 97-4958 Filed 2-27-97; 8:45 am]
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