[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 137 (Monday, July 17, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 44028]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-17940]


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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: Current Industrial Reports Program--Wave I (Voluntary).
    Form Number(s): M336L, MQ325B, MQ327D, MQ332E.
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0393.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 2,092 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 1,006.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 2.08 hours over all forms in this request.
    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 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. Some voluntary CIR surveys have 
annual ``counterparts'' which collect data on a mandatory basis from 
firms that do not participate in the more frequent voluntary 
collection. This clearance contains counterpart collections.
    In this request, we are seeking a 3-year extension of the current 
clearance.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: This request contains monthly, quarterly, and annual 
collections.
    Respondent's Obligation: Monthly and quarterly forms are Voluntary; 
Annual counterpart collections are mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 USC, 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 6068, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 
[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: July 11, 2000.
Madeleine Clayton,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-17940 Filed 7-14-00; 8:45 am]
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