[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 109 (Wednesday, June 6, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30407-30408]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-14242]


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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 Classification Report.
    Form Number(s): NC-99026.
    Agency Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Burden: FY 2002-13,333, FY-2003-37,500.
    Number of Respondents: 610,000.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: 5 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau implemented the new North 
American Industry Classification System (NAICS) for the 1997 Economic 
Census to replace the 1987 Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) 
system. The NAICS has been revised for the 2002 Economic Census. Many 
of the revisions significantly impact the Construction Sector. In order 
to provide detailed construction industry statistics reflecting NAICS 
revisions for the 2002 Economic Census, the Census Bureau will use the 
NC-99026, 2002 Economic Census Classification Report, to collect 
additional information from a sample of construction businesses.
    Specifically, the Census Bureau will select a sample from the 
following groups of establishments: (1) Any single-unit construction 
establishment that is only partially coded or (2) any single-unit 
construction establishment that is currently classified in a NAICS 
industry that will be split into two or more NAICS industries for the 
2002 Economic Census. The information collected will be used to assign 
the appropriate NAICS codes, update the Business Register (Standard 
Statistical Establishment List (SSEL)) and mailing list, improve the 
sampling frame, and ensure that the correct form is delivered during 
the initial mailing for the census. This information will be collected 
in 2001 (prior to the census).
    During the 2002 Economic Census, the NC-99026 questionnaire also 
will be used to obtain classification information from partially coded 
small single-unit manufacturing, mining, and construction 
establishments, and construction establishments not receiving either a 
classification report form in 2001 or a more detailed Census of 
Construction form in 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

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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. 01-14242 Filed 6-5-01; 8:45 am]
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