[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 183 (Tuesday, September 22, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 50555]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-25312]


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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 Survey of Manufactures.
    Form Number(s): MA-1000(L), MA-1000(S).
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0449.
    Type of Request: Reinstatement, with change, of an expired 
collection.
    Burden: 196,000 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 58,000.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 3 hours and 23 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau has conducted the Annual Survey 
of Manufactures (ASM) since 1949 to provide key measures of 
manufacturing activity during intercensal periods. In census years 
ending in 2 and 7, we mail and collect the ASM as part of the census of 
manufactures. This survey is an integral part of the Government's 
statistical program. The ASM furnishes up-to-date estimates of 
employment and payrolls, hours and wages of production workers, value 
added by manufacture, cost of materials, value of shipments by product 
class, inventories, and expenditures for both plant and equipment and 
structures. The survey provides data for most of these items for each 
of the 473 industries as defined in the North American Industry 
Classification System (NAICS). It also provides geographic data by 
state at a more aggregated industry level. The survey also provides 
valuable information to private companies, research organizations, and 
trade associations. Industry makes extensive use of the annual figures 
on product class shipments at the U.S. level in its market analysis, 
product planning, and investment planning. The ASM data are used to 
benchmark and reconcile monthly and quarterly data on manufacturing 
production and inventories.
    We allowed the clearance for the ASM to lapse during FY 1997 since 
these data were collected as part of the 1997 Economic Censuses. We are 
now requesting a reinstatement of the clearance for the 1998 `` 2001 
collections of the ASM. We are dropping one form from the clearance, 
the MA-1000(B). This form was used to obtain greater detailed 
information on principal activity from partially unclassified firms. We 
now receive this information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 USC, 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 within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to Nancy Kirkendall, OMB Desk Officer, room 10201, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: September 17, 1998.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-25312 Filed 9-21-98; 8:45 am]
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