[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 136 (Tuesday, July 16, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46631-46632]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-17896]


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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 III Mandatory & Voluntary 
Surveys).
    Form Number(s): M311H, M311L, M311M, M311N, M336G, MQ313D, MQ313T, 
MA311D, MA315D, MA327E, MA333D, MA333F, MA333N, MA334P, MA334R and 
MA335L.
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0476.
    Type of Request: Revision of a Currently approved collection.
    Burden: 10,274 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 5,995.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 1.7 hours.
    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. Primary users of these data are 
Government agencies, business firms, trade associations, and private 
research and consulting organizations. The Federal Reserve Board uses 
CIR data in its monthly index of industrial production as well as its 
annual revision to the index. The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) and 
the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) use the CIR data in the estimate 
of components of gross domestic product (GDP) and the estimate of 
output for productivity analysis, respectively. Many Government 
agencies, such as the International Trade Commission, Department of 
Agriculture, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Energy, 
Federal Aviation Administration, BEA, and International Trade 
Administration, use the data for industrial analysis, projections, and 
monitoring import penetration. Private business firms and organizations 
use the data for trend projections, market analysis, product planning, 
and other economic and business-oriented analysis.
    Due to the large number of surveys in the CIR program, for 
clearance purposes,

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the CIR surveys are divided into ``waves.'' There are three waves that 
include the mandatory and voluntary surveys. Mandatory and voluntary 
surveys are divided into separate clearance requests, making six 
separate clearances. We are now combining the mandatory and voluntary 
surveys from each wave into one clearance request, reducing the total 
number of clearance requests from six to three. Therefore, we are 
incorporating the burden hours currently contained in 0607-0776 into 
this request and discontinuing that clearance.
    Also in this request, we are changing the reporting status of the 
following voluntary annual surveys to mandatory since they provide 
detailed commodity data for the 2002 Economic Census. They are MA311D, 
``Confectionery'', MA333N, ``Fluid Power Products'', and MA335L, 
``Electric Lighting Fixtures''. We are moving the following surveys 
from another wave into this wave because of changes in survey content. 
They are M311H, ``Animal & Vegetable Fats and Oil (Warehouse Stocks)'', 
M311L, ``Fats and Oils (Rendered)'', M311M, ``Animal & Vegetable Fats 
and Oil (Consumption and Stocks)'', M311N, ``Animal & Vegetable Fats 
and Oil (Production, Consumption, and Stocks)'', and MA334R, 
``Computers and Office and Accounting Machines''. Due to a lack of 
funding, we are discontinuing MA333J, ``Selected Pollution Control 
Equipment'' and MA333U, ``Coin-Operated Vending Machines.'' More 
details concerning these changes are included in Question 15.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit.
    Frequency: Monthly, quarterly, and annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Monthly and Quarterly collections are 
typically voluntary; Annual collections (including counterpart 
collections) are mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., sections 61, 81, 131, 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 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: July 11, 2202.
Madeleine Clayton,
Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-17896 Filed 7-15-02; 8:45 am]
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