[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 248 (Wednesday, December 28, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76753-76754]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-7945]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of the Census

[Docket Number 051213333-5333-01]


Annual Surveys in the Manufacturing Area

AGENCY: Bureau of the Census, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Determination.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of the Census (Census Bureau) is conducting the 
2005 Annual Surveys in the Manufacturing Area. The 2005 Annual Surveys 
consist of the Current Industrial Reports surveys, the Annual Survey of 
Manufactures, the Survey of Industrial Research and Development, the 
Survey of Plant Capacity Utilization, and the Survey of Pollution 
Abatement Costs and Expenditures. We have determined that annual data 
collected from these surveys are needed to aid the efficient 
performance of essential governmental functions and have significant 
application to the needs of the public and industry. The data derived 
from these surveys, most of which have been conducted for many years, 
are not publicly available from nongovernmental or other governmental 
sources.

ADDRESSES: The Census Bureau will furnish report forms to organizations 
included in the survey. Additional copies are available upon written 
request to the Director, U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, DC 20233-0101.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mendel D. Gayle, Acting Chief, 
Manufacturing and Construction Division, on (301) 763-4587.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Census Bureau is authorized to conduct 
surveys necessary to furnish current data on the subjects covered by 
the major censuses authorized by Title 13, United States Code, Sections 
61, 81, 182, 193, 224, and 225.
    These surveys will provide continuing and timely national 
statistical data on manufacturing for the period between economic 
censuses. The next economic censuses will be conducted for the year 
2007. The data collected in these surveys will be within the general 
scope and nature of those inquiries covered in the economic censuses.

Current Industrial Reports

    Most of the following commodity or product surveys provide data on 
shipments or production, stocks, unfilled orders, orders booked, 
consumption, and so forth. Reports will be required of all, or a sample 
of, establishments engaged in the production of the items covered by 
the following list of surveys:

Survey Title

MA314Q--Carpets and Rugs
MA321T--Lumber Production and Mill Stocks
MA325F--Paint and Allied Products
MA325G--Pharmaceutical Preparations, except Biologicals
MA327C--Refractories
MA327E--Consumer, Scientific, Technical, and Industrial Glassware
MA331B--Steel Mill Products
MA332Q--Antifriction Bearings
MA333A--Farm Machinery and Lawn and Garden Equipment
MA333D--Construction Machinery
MA333F--Mining Machinery and Mineral Processing Equipment
MA333M--Refrigeration, Air-conditioning, and Warm Air Equipment
MA333P--Pumps and Compressors
MA334A--Analytical and Biomedical Instruments
MA334C--Control Instruments
MA334D--Defense, Navigational and Aerospace Electronics
MA334M--Consumer Electronics
MA334P--Telecommunications
MA334Q--Electronic Components
MA334R--Computers
MA334T--Meters and Test Devices
MA335E--Electric Housewares and Fans
MA335F--Major Household Appliances
MA335J--Insulated Wire and Cable
MA335K--Wiring Devices and Supplies

    The following list of surveys represents annual counterparts of 
monthly and quarterly surveys and will cover only those establishments 
that are not canvassed, or do not report, in the more frequent surveys. 
Accordingly, there will be no duplication in reporting. The content of 
these annual reports (listed below) will be identical with that of the 
monthly and quarterly reports:

Survey Title

M311H--Animal and Vegetable Fats and Oils (Stocks)
M311J--Oilseeds, Beans, and Nuts (Primary Producers)
M311L--Fats and Oils (Renderers)
M311M--Animal and Vegetable Fats and Oils (Consumption and Stocks)
M311N--Animal and Vegetable Fats and Oils (Production, Consumption, and 
Stock)
M313P--Consumption on the Cotton System
M313N--Cotton and Raw Linters in Public Storage
M327G--Glass Containers

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M336G--Civil Aircraft and Aircraft Engines
MQ311A--Flour Milling Products
MQ313A--Textiles
MQ315A--Apparel
MQ325A--Inorganic Chemicals
MQ325B--Fertilizer Materials
MQ327D--Clay Construction Products
MQ333W--Metalworking Machinery
MQ335C--Fluorescent Lamp Ballasts

Annual Survey of Manufactures

    The Annual Survey of Manufactures collects industry statistics, 
such as total value of shipments, employment, payroll, workers' hours, 
capital expenditures, cost of materials consumed, supplemental labor 
costs, and so forth. This survey, conducted on a sample basis, covers 
all manufacturing industries, including data on plants under 
construction, but not yet in operation.

Survey of Industrial Research and Development

    The Survey of Industrial Research and Development measures spending 
on research and development activities in private U.S. businesses. The 
Census Bureau collects and compiles this information in accordance with 
a joint project agreement between the National Science Foundation (NSF) 
and the Census Bureau. The NSF publishes the results in its publication 
series. Five data items in the survey provide interim statistics 
collected in the Census Bureau's economic censuses. These items (total 
company sales, total employment, total expenditures for research and 
development conducted within the company, federally-funded expenditures 
for research and development conducted within the company, and total 
expenditures and federally-funded expenditures for research and 
development within the company by state) are collected on a mandatory 
basis under the authority of Title 13, United States Code. Responses to 
all other data collected are voluntary.

Survey of Plant Capacity Utilization

    The Survey of Plant Capacity Utilization is designed to measure the 
use of industrial capacity. The survey collects information on actual 
output and estimates of potential output in terms of value of 
production. These data are the basis for calculating rates of 
utilization of full production capability and use of production 
capability under national emergency conditions.

Survey of Pollution Abatement Costs and Expenditures

    Under a joint project agreement with the Environmental Protection 
Agency, the Survey of Pollution Abatement Costs and Expenditures is 
designed to collect from establishments in manufacturing, mining, and 
electric utilities industries the total expenditures by industry and 
geographic area to abate pollutant emissions. The survey covers current 
operating costs and capital expenditures to abate air and water 
pollution and solid waste. The survey also will obtain the costs 
recovered from abatement activities.
    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person is required 
to respond to, nor shall a person be subject to a penalty for failure 
to comply with, a collection of information subject to the requirements 
of the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) unless that collection of 
information displays a current, valid Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) control number. In accordance with the PRA, 44 U.S.C., Chapter 
45, the OMB approved the 2005 Annual Surveys under the following OMB 
control numbers: Current Industrial Reports--0607-0392, 0607-0395, and 
0607-0476; Annual Survey of Manufactures--0607-0449; Survey of 
Industrial Research and Development--0607-0912; Survey of Plant 
Capacity Utilization--0607-0175, and Survey of Pollution Abatement 
Costs and Expenditures--0607-0176.
    Based upon the foregoing, I have directed that the Annual Surveys 
in the Manufacturing Area be conducted for the purpose of collecting 
these data.

    Dated: December 21, 2005.
Charles Louis Kincannon,
Director, Bureau of the Census.
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