[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 44 (Thursday, March 6, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10255-10256]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-5542]


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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: Annual Capital Expenditures Survey.
    Form Number(s): ACE-1, ACE-1(l), ACE-2, ACE-2(l).
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0782.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 114,000 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 46,000.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: 2.5 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau plans the continuing information 
collection for the 1996 and 1997 Annual Capital Expenditures Survey 
(ACES) measuring capital investment in new

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and used structures and equipment. The ACES is the sole source of 
detailed comprehensive statistics on actual business spending by 
domestic, private, nonfarm businesses operating in the United States. 
Major changes from the 1995 collection of ACES data are the annual 
collection of data form businesses with one to four employees and 
nonemployers, and a request from employer businesses for data on total 
company sales and receipts, and sales and receipts for the three ACES 
industries with the largest sales and receipts.
    Business spending data are used to evaluate the quality of 
estimates of gross domestic product, develop monetary policy, analyze 
business asset depreciation, and improve estimates of capital stock for 
productivity analysis. Industry analysts use these data for market 
analysis, economic forecasting, identifying business opportunities, 
product development, and business planning.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit, Not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: (Title 13 USC, Sections 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, 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 28, 1997.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 97-5542 Filed 3-5-97; 8:45 am]
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