[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 96 (Tuesday, May 19, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27558-27559]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-13172]


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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 Retail Trade Report.
    Form Number(s): B-151, B-151-A, B-151D, B-153, B-153D.
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0013.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 9,817 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 23,700.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 25 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Bureau of the Census conducts the Annual Retail 
Trade Survey to collect annual totals of sales, inventories, inventory 
valuation methods, purchases, and accounts receivable balances from a 
sample of retail establishments in the United States. The estimates 
compiled from this survey are critical to the accurate measurement of 
total economic activity and are used in computing such indicators of 
economic well-being as the Gross Domestic Product and the National 
Income and Product Accounts. Survey results also provide valuable 
information for economic policy decisions and actions by the government 
and are widely used by private businesses, trade organizations, 
professional associations, and others for market research and analysis.
    This request for revision informs OMB of a recent change in sample 
design. This redesign has increased the number of respondents by about 
3,000, while decreasing, on average, the number of data requests to 
each respondent.

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    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Title 13, Sections 182, 224, and 225.
    OMB Desk Officer: Nancy Kirkendall, (202) 395-7313.
    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 on or before June 18, 1998 to Nancy 
Kirkendall, OMB Desk Officer, room 10201, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: May 13, 1998.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 98-13172 Filed 5-18-98; 8:45 am]
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