[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 101 (Friday, May 24, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36568-36569]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-13084]


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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 Manufacturing Sector.
    Form Number(s): MA-10000, MC-31000 thru MC-33000.
    Agency Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Burden: 940,200 hours in FY 2003.
    Number of Respondents: 260,000.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 3 hours and 37 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The 2002 Economic Census Covering the Manufacturing 
Sector will use a mail canvass, supplemented by data from Federal 
administrative records, to measure the economic activity of 
approximately 400,000 establishments in this sector of the economy 
classified in the North American Industry Classification System 
(NAICS). The manufacturing sector comprises establishments engaged in 
the mechanical, physical, or chemical transformation of materials, 
substances, or components into new products. The assembling of 
component parts of manufactured products is considered manufacturing, 
except in cases where the activity is appropriately classified in 
Sector 23, Construction. The economic census will produce basic 
statistics by industry for number of establishments, payroll, 
employment, value of shipments, value added, capital expenditures, 
depreciation, materials consumed, selected purchased services, electric 
energy used and inventories held.
    The economic census is the primary source of facts about the 
structure and functioning of the Nation's economy and features unique 
industry and geographic detail. Economic census statistics serve as 
part of the framework for the national accounts and provide essential 
information for government, business, and the general public. The 
Federal Government (i.e., Bureau of Economic Analysis, Bureau of Labor 
Statistics) uses information from the economic census as an important 
part of the framework for the national income and product accounts, 
input-output tables, economic indexes, and other composite measures 
that serve as the factual basis for economic policymaking, planning, 
and program administration. Further, the census provides sampling 
frames and benchmarks for current surveys which track short-term 
economic trends, serve as economic indicators, and contribute critical 
source data for current estimates of the gross domestic product. State 
and local governments rely on the economic census as a unique source of 
comprehensive economic statistics for small geographic areas for use in 
policymaking, planning, and program administration. Finally, industry, 
business, academia, and the general public use information from the 
economic census for evaluating markets, preparing business plans, 
making business decisions, developing economic models and forecasts, 
conducting economic research, and establishing benchmarks for their own 
sample surveys.
    Affected Public: Businesses 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

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Commerce, room 6608, 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: May 20, 2002.
Madeleine Clayton,
Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-13084 Filed 5-23-02; 8:45 am]
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