[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] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] BILLING CODE 3510-07-P