[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 33 (Friday, February 16, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10664-10665]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-4017]


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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: Construction Project Reporting Surveys.
    Form Number(s): C-700, C-700(SL), C-700(R).
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0153.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 40,320 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 13,440.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: 15 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau conducts the Construction Project 
Reporting Surveys (CPRS) to provide the dollar value of construction 
put in place by private companies, individuals, private multifamily 
residential buildings, and state and local government sectors. The C-
700 form

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(Private Construction Projects) collects construction put in place data 
for nonresidential projects owned by private companies or individuals. 
The C-700(R) (Multifamily Residential Projects) form collects 
construction put in place data for private multifamily residential 
buildings. Form C-700(SL) (State and Local Government Projects) 
collects construction put in place data for state and local government 
projects.
    The Census Bureau uses the information from the CPRS to publish the 
value of construction put in place series. Published estimates are used 
by a variety of private business and trade associations to estimate the 
demand for building materials and to schedule production, distribution, 
and sales efforts. They also provide various governmental agencies with 
a tool to evaluate economic policy and to measure progress towards 
established goals. For example, Bureau of Economic Analysis staff use 
data to develop the construction components of gross private domestic 
investment in the gross domestic product. The Federal Reserve Board and 
the Department of Treasury use the value in place data to predict the 
gross domestic product, which is presented to the Board of Governors 
and has an impact on monetary policy.
    With this clearance request we are requesting that all three forms 
(previously cleared separately) now be approved under the same OMB 
approval number. No substantive changes to any of the forms are 
planned.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; Businesses or other 
for-profit organizations; State, local or tribal government; Not-for-
profit institutions.
    Frequency: Monthly.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., Section 182.
    OMB Desk Officer: Susan Schechter, (202) 395-5103.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Madeleine Clayton, Departmental Forms Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-3129, Department of Commerce, room 6086, 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: February 13, 2001.
Madeleine Clayton,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-4017 Filed 2-15-01; 8:45 am]
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