[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 161 (Monday, August 21, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48532-48533]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-13707]


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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: 2007 Economic Census--Commodity Flow Survey.
    Form Number(s): CFS-1000, CFS-2000.
    Agency Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Burden: 800,000 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 100,000.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 2 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The 2007 Commodity Flow Survey, a component of the 
U.S. Census Bureau's 2007 Economic Census, will produce key information 
about the transportation of freight in the United States. The Commodity 
Flow Survey is a cooperative effort between the Census Bureau and the 
Research and Innovative Technology Administration's Bureau of 
Transportation Statistics, U.S. Department of Transportation. In 
addition to their funding support, the Bureau of Transportation 
Statistics also provides additional technical and planning guidance in 
the development and conduct of the program.
    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 multi-modal combinations. This survey provides a 
crucial set of statistics on the value, weight, mode, and distance of 
commodities shipped by establishments in mining, manufacturing, 
wholesale, and other selected industries. The Census Bureau will 
publish these statistics at the national, Census Region, Census 
Division, state, and Metropolitan Area levels. We will also publish 
separate special reports on export shipments and on shipments of 
hazardous materials.
    The Department of Transportation consistently views updated 
information on freight flows as critical to understanding markets, 
consequences, and investment needs. They also are important to 
effective analyses of economic development, social issues, and the 
environment; and for a variety of private sector decisions.
    Federal, State, and local government agencies spend more than $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'' and third-party logistics 
providers (also known as 3PLs).
    The 2007 Commodity Flow Survey will be a mail-out/mail-back sample 
survey of business establishments in mining, manufacturing, wholesale, 
and other selected industries.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Frequency: Respondents will be asked to report quarterly for one 
year. The collection is conducted once every 5 years.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C. 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 Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance 
Officer, (202)482-0266, Department of Commerce, room 6625, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,

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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 either by fax (202-395-7245) or e-
mail ([email protected]).

    Dated: August 15, 2006.
Madeleine Clayton,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
 [FR Doc. E6-13707 Filed 8-18-06; 8:45 am]
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