[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 173 (Thursday, September 6, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 46599]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-22348]


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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, Commodity Flow Survey.
    Form Number(s): CFS-1000.
    Agency Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Burden: 400,000 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 50,000.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 2 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The 2002 Commodity Flow Survey, a component of the 
Census Bureau's 2002 Economic Census, is a cooperative effort between 
the Census Bureau and the Department of Transportation's Bureau of 
Transportation Statistics. The survey produces key information about 
the transportation of freight in the United States. The Commodity Flow 
Survey is the only source of nationwide data on the movement of goods 
from origin to destination by all modes of transportation and for 
intermodal combinations. This survey provides a crucial set of 
statistics on the value, weight, mode, and distance of commodities 
shipped by mining, manufacturing, wholesale, and selected retail 
establishments. The Census Bureau will publish these statistics at the 
national, Census Region, Census Division, state, and selected 
Metropolitan Area levels. As in the 1997 Commodity Flow Survey, this 
survey also identifies shipments that are exports and/or shipments of 
hazardous materials.
    Federal, state, and local government agencies spend over $100 
billion annually on transportation programs. The Commodity Flow Survey 
provides data that are critical to these agencies in making a wide 
range of transportation investment decisions for developing and 
maintaining an efficient transportation infrastructure that supports 
economic growth and competitiveness. Numerous other Federal, state, and 
local agencies require the Commodity Flow Survey data on transportation 
flows, as they impact the domestic economy in many ways. Transportation 
planners require the periodic benchmarks provided by a continuing 
Commodity Flow Survey to evaluate and respond to ongoing geographic 
shifts in production and distribution centers, as well as policies such 
as just in time delivery.
    The 2002 Commodity Flow Survey will be a mail-out/mail-back sample 
survey of 50,000 business establishments. Respondents will be asked to 
provide four reports each over the course of 2002. This reflects a 
reduction of 50 percent in sample size from the 1997 Commodity Flow 
Survey as a result of funding limitations. If full funding were to 
become available, the sample size would be increased to 100,000 
establishments.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit.
    Frequency: Data will be collected quarterly over the course of 
2002. The collection is conducted every five years as part of the 
quinquennial economic census.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., Sections 131, 193 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: August 30, 2001.
Madeleine Clayton,
Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-22348 Filed 9-5-01; 8:45 am]
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