[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 78 (Wednesday, April 23, 1997)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-10417]



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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: 1997 Economic Censuses Classification Report.
    Form Number(s): NC-9926.
    Agency Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Burden: 8,750 hours (in FY 1998).
    Number of Respondents: 105,000.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 5 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The 1997 Economic Census will cover virtually every 
sector of the U.S. economy. The Census Bureau will implement the new 
North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) in the 1997 
Economic Census. The implementation of the NAICS as a replacement for 
the 1987 Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system will require 
contacting businesses to collect classification information to update 
the 1997 Economic Census mailing lists.
    Accurate and reliable industry and geographic codes are critical to 
the Bureau of the Census statistical programs. New businesses are 
assigned industry classification by the Social Security Administration 
(SSA). However, approximately 22 percent of these businesses cannot be 
assigned industry codes because insufficient information is provided on 
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Form SS-4. Since the 1992 Economic 
Censuses, the number of unclassified businesses has grown to almost 
500,000.
    In order to provide detailed manufacturing and mining industry data 
reflecting NAICS for the 1997 Economic Censuses and the Standard 
Statistical Establishment List (SSEL), these partially coded 
manufacturing and mining businesses must be assigned detailed 
classification codes. This data collection, Form NC-9926, is designed 
to obtain detailed classification information for the partially coded 
single-unit manufacturing and mining businesses including changes from 
the SIC to NAICS and provide current information on their physical 
locations.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit, Not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Frequency: Every five years.
    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 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: April 16, 1997.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 97-10417 Filed 4-22-97; 8:45 am]
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