[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 42 (Monday, March 5, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9727-9728]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-3733]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    DOC will submit 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 Covering the Manufacturing Sector.
    Form Number(s): MA-10000, MC-31000 thru MC-33000.
    Agency Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Burden: 833,100 hours in FY 2008.
    Number of Respondents: 205,000.
    Average Hours Per Response: 4 hours and 4 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The 2007 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 345,000 establishments 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. This information collection is part 
of the 2007 Economic Census, which is required by law under Title 13, 
United States Code (U.S.C.).
    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 (BEA), Bureau of 
Labor Statistics (BLS)) 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 policy-making, 
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 policy-making, 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.
    If the economic census was not conducted, the Federal Government 
would lose vital source data and benchmarks for the national accounts, 
input-output tables, and other composite measures of economic activity, 
causing a substantial degradation in the quality of these important 
statistics. Further, the government would lose critical benchmarks for 
current sample-based economic surveys and an essential source of 
detailed, comprehensive economic information for use in policy-making, 
planning, and program administration.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: One time.

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    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C. 131 & 224.
    OMB Desk Officer: Brian Harris-Kojetin, (202) 395-7314.
    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, 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 Brian Harris-Kojetin, OMB Desk Officer either by fax (202-395-7245) 
or e-mail ([email protected]).

    Dated: February 27, 2007.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
 [FR Doc. E7-3733 Filed 3-2-07; 8:45 am]
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