[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 109 (Wednesday, June 6, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 30407]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-14241]



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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 General Classification Report.
    Form Number(s): NC-99023, NC-99023-L-1, NC-99023-L-11, NC-99500.
    Agency Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Burden: FY 2002-38,333, FY 2003-66,666.
    Number of Respondents: 600,000.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: Under 6 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: Accurate and reliable industry and geographic codes 
are critical to the Census Bureau's economic statistical programs. New 
businesses are assigned industry classifications by the Social Security 
Administration (SSA). Approximately 4 percent of these businesses 
cannot be assigned industry codes because insufficient information is 
provided on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Form SS-4. Since the 
1997 Economic Census, the number of unclassified businesses has grown 
to almost 250,000. In order to provide detailed industry data for the 
2002 Economic Census and the Business Register (Standard Statistical 
Establishment Listing (SSEL)), these unclassified businesses must be 
assigned North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes. 
During the 2002 Economic Census, the NC-99023, 2002 Economic Census 
General Classification Report will be used to collect information from 
unclassified single-unit establishments. In 2001, the year prior to the 
census, this form will be used to collect information from: 1) 
establishments with a significant amount of receipts but no payroll; 2) 
new businesses with a large amount of payroll, but insufficient 
industry classification; and 3) establishments that have been 
previously classified as farms, but report large amounts of non-farm 
payroll.
    Establishments with significant receipts but no payroll are 
normally excluded from the economic census. This data collection will 
determine accurate NAICS codes and identify whether or not these 
establishments are within the scope of the 2002 Economic Census. New 
business classifications by the SSA are not always fully coded because 
of insufficient information. This operation will assign NAICS codes to 
the unclassified units and ensure that the appropriate form will be 
mailed to the businesses during the census. In addition, establishments 
currently classified as farms but reporting substantial amounts of non-
farm payroll may be incorrectly classified and excluded from the 2002 
Economic Census. This operation will determine whether or not these 
establishments are in scope of the 2002 Economic Census.
    The mail out of the NC-99023 form in 2001 will also include the new 
Ownership and Control form (NC-99500). Based on responses to this form, 
establishments identified as having an affiliation and/or multiple 
locations of operation will be set up in the Business Register (SSEL) 
as multi-unit companies with appropriate industry classifications prior 
to the 2002 Economic Census.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations, not-
for-profit institutions.
    Frequency: Every five years.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Title 13, U.S.C., Sections 131 and 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: June 1, 2001.
Madeleine Clayton,
Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-14241 Filed 6-5-01; 8:45 am]
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