[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 35 (Thursday, February 21, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 8004]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-4117]


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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 the Construction Sector.
    Form Number(s): CC-23601, CC-23701, CC-23702, CC-23703, CC-23801, 
CC-23802, CC-23803, CC-23804, CC-23805, CC-23806, CC-23807, CC-23808, 
CC-23809.
    Agency Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Burden: 325,000 hours in FY 2003.
    Number of Respondents: 130,000.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 2.5 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The 2002 Economic Census Covering the Construction 
Sector will use a mail canvass, supplemented by data from Federal 
administrative records, to measure the economic activity of 
approximately 700,000 construction establishments classified in the 
North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). The construction 
sector of the economic census comprises establishments primarily 
engaged in the construction of buildings and other structures , 
additions, alterations, reconstruction, installation, and maintenance 
and repairs. The economic census will produce basic statistics by 
industry for number of establishments, value of construction work, 
payroll, employment, selected costs, depreciable assets, inventories 
and capital expenditures. It also will yield a variety of subject 
statistics, including estimates of type of construction work done, kind 
of business activity and other industry-specific measures. Industry 
statistics will be summarized for the United States and states.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Frequency: One time.
    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: February 15, 2002.
Madeleine Clayton,
Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-4117 Filed 2-20-02; 8:45 am]
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