[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 131 (Monday, July 9, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 35771]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-17030]


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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 (Wave II Voluntary).
    Form Number(s): M327G, M331J, MQ311A, MQ325A, MQ325C, MQ325F, 
MQ335C, MA311D, MA333N, and MA335L.
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0206.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 3,779 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 2,723.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 1.39.
    Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau conducts a series of monthly, 
quarterly, and annual surveys as part of the Current Industrial Reports 
(CIR) program. The CIR program focuses primarily on the quantity and 
value of shipments of particular products and occasionally with data on 
production and inventories; unfilled orders, receipts, stocks and 
consumption; and comparative data on domestic production, exports, and 
imports of the products they cover. Government agencies, business 
firms, trade associations, and private research and consulting 
organizations use these data to make trade policy, production, and 
investment decisions.
    Due to the large number of surveys conducted in the CIR program, 
for clearance purposes, the CIR surveys are divided into ``waves.'' 
There are three waves and each wave contains a voluntary and mandatory 
clearance package, making 6 separate clearances. Each year, one wave (2 
clearance packages) is submitted for review. Counterpart forms were 
added to supplement some monthly and quarterly surveys to collect 
annual information on a mandatory basis from respondents not 
participating in the more frequent voluntary collections. In this 
request, we are discontinuing MQ316A, ``Footwear,'' due to budgetary 
reductions.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Quarterly, Monthly, and Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary--monthly, quarterly, and 
annually; Mandatory (Annual Counterpart).
    Legal Authority: Title 13, United States Code, 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 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: July 3, 2001.
Madeleine Clayton,
Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-17030 Filed 7-6-01; 8:45 am]
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