[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 152 (Thursday, August 7, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 42484]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-20757]


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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: Current Industrial Reports Program--Wave I (Voluntary).
    Form Number(s): M37G, M37L, MQ22D, MQ28B, MQ32D, MQ34E, MQ36C.
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0393.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 2,924 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 1,337.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 2 hours and 11 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Current Industrial Reports (CIR) program is a 
series of monthly, quarterly, and annual surveys which provide key 
measures of production, shipments, and/or inventories on a national 
basis for selected manufactured products. Government agencies, business 
firms, trade associations, and private research and consulting 
organizations use these data to make trade policy, production, and 
investment decisions.
    For clearance purposes, the approximately 72 CIR surveys are 
divided into ``waves.'' Each wave has an associated voluntary and 
mandatory clearance package, making 6 separate clearances. Each year, 
one wave (2 clearance packages) is submitted for review.
    In this request, we are discontinuing a CIR report on electric 
lightbulbs because of funding issues and moving a CIR report on 
plumbing fixtures from another wave because of survey content changes.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: This request contains monthly, quarterly, and annual 
counterpart reports.
    Respondent's Obligation: Monthly and quarterly reports are 
voluntary. Annual counterpart reports are mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 USC, Sections 61, 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, 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: July 31, 1997.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 97-20757 Filed 8-6-97; 8:45 am]
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