[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 247 (Monday, December 27, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 72313]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-33466]


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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: U.S. Census Bureau.
    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: 139,000 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 59,000.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: 2 hours and 22 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau plans the continuing information 
collection for the Annual Capital Expenditures Survey (ACES). The 
annual survey collects data on fixed assets and depreciation, sales and 
receipts, and capital expenditures for new 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. 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.
    The major changes to the ACES are the elimination of our request 
for detailed types structures and types of equipment data from employer 
businesses, the elimination of research on new (birth) establishments, 
and the incorporation of the North American Industry Classification 
System (NAICS) into the survey.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations, Not-
for-profit institutions.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., Sections 182, 224, and 225.
    OMB Desk Officer: Susan Schechter, (202) 395-5103.
    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 5027, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 
LE[email protected]).
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to Susan Schechter, OMB Desk Officer, room 10201, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: December 21, 1999.
Madeleine Clayton,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-33466 Filed 12-23-99; 8:45 am]
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