[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 90 (Wednesday, May 9, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 23669]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-11606]


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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: 2002 Economic Census Covering Retail Trade and Accommodation 
and Food Services Sectors.
    Form Number(s): Too numerous to list here.
    Agency Approval Number: none.
    Type of Request: new collection.
    Burden: 1,282,100 hours in FY 2003.
    Number of Respondents: 1,615,029.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 48 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census Bureau requests Office of 
Management and Budget approval of the information collection forms it 
will use in conducting the 2002 Economic Census covering the Retail 
Trade and Accommodation and Food Services Sectors. The retail trade 
sector comprises establishments primarily engaged in selling 
merchandise, generally without transformation, and rendering services 
incidental to the sale of merchandise. The accommodation and food 
services sector comprises establishments providing customers with 
lodging and/or preparing meals, snacks, and beverages for immediate 
consumption. The census will use a mail canvass, supplemented by data 
from Federal administrative records, to measure the economic activity 
of more than 1.8 million establishments classified in the North 
American Industry Classification System (NAICS).
    The economic census will produce basic statistics by kind of 
business on number of establishments, sales, payroll, and employment. 
It also will yield a variety of subject statistics, including sales by 
merchandise line; sales by class of customer; and other industry-
specific measures, such as gallon sales of automotive fuels by gasoline 
service stations, number of prescriptions filled by drug stores, and 
number of guestrooms provided by hotels. Basic statistics will be 
summarized for the United States, states, metropolitan areas, counties, 
places having 2,500 inhabitants or more, and for zip code areas. 
Tabulations of subject statistics also will present data for the United 
States and, in some cases, for states and metropolitan areas.
    The economic census is the primary source of facts about the 
structure and functioning of the Nation's economy and features unique 
industry and geographic detail. Economic census statistics serve as 
part of the framework for the national accounts and provide essential 
information for government, business, and the general public. The 
Federal Government uses information from the economic census as an 
important part of the framework for the national income and product 
accounts, input-output tables, economic indexes, and other composite 
measures that serve as the factual basis for economic policy-making, 
planning, and program administration. Further, the census provides 
sampling frames and benchmarks for current surveys of business which 
track short-term economic trends, serve as economic indicators, and 
contribute critical source data for current estimates of gross domestic 
product. State and local governments rely on the economic census as a 
unique source of comprehensive economic statistics for small geographic 
areas for use in policy-making, planning, and program administration. 
Finally, industry, business, academe, and the general public use 
information from the economic census for evaluating markets, preparing 
business plans, making business decisions, developing economic models 
and forecasts, conducting economic research, and establishing 
benchmarks for their own sample surveys.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations; 
individuals or households; not-for-profit institutions; state, local, 
or tribal governments.
    Frequency: One time.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 USC, Sections 131 & 224.
    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 Paperwork 
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: May 3, 2001.
Madeleine Clayton,
Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-11606 Filed 5-8-01; 8:45 am]
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