[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 121 (Monday, June 25, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34667-34668]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-12212]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce 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: Current Industrial Reports (CIR) Program (Wave II--Mandatory 
and Voluntary).
    Form Number(s): M311J, M313N, M313P, M327G, MQ311A, MQ313A, MQ315A, 
MQ325A, MQ325F, MQ333W, MA311D, MA314Q, MA321T, MA325G, MA333N, MA333P, 
MA335E, MA335J, and MA336G.
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0395.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 10,859 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 8,152.
    Average Hours per Response: 35 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census Bureau is requesting a revision of 
the mandatory and voluntary surveys in Wave II of the Current 
Industrial Reports (CIR) program. The Census Bureau conducts a series 
of monthly, quarterly, and annual surveys as part of the CIR program. 
The CIR program focuses primarily on the quantity and value of 
shipments data 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. Due to the large number of surveys 
in the CIR program, for clearance purposes, the CIR surveys are divided 
into ``waves.'' One wave is resubmitted for clearance each year. This 
year the Census Bureau is submitting mandatory and voluntary surveys of 
Wave II for clearance.
    During the economic census years, years ending in 2 and 7 all 
voluntary annual surveys are made mandatory. For the 2007 Economic 
Census the following surveys are converting to mandatory status: 
MA311D--``Confectionery'', MA333N--``Fluid Power Products for Motion 
Control (Including Aerospace), and MA336G--``Aerospace Industry''. 
MA334M was moved to ``Consumer Electronics'' and MA334Q, 
``Semiconductors, Electronic Components and Semiconductor Manufacturing 
Equipment'' to another wave. Also, we are discontinuing MQ335C--
``Fluorescent Lamp Ballasts'' because manufacturing activities are 
located outside the United States.
    Primary users of these data are government and regulatory agencies, 
business firms, trade associations, and private research and consulting 
organizations. The Federal Reserve Board (FRB) 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. Since the CIR program is the 
sole, consistent source of information regarding specific manufactured 
products in the intercensal years, the absence thereof would severely 
hinder the Federal Government's ability to measure and monitor 
important segments of the domestic economy, as well as the effect of 
import penetration.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Monthly, quarterly, and annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: This request contains both voluntary and 
mandatory surveys.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., Sections 61, 81, 131, 182, 224, 
225.
    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

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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: June 18, 2007.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
 [FR Doc. E7-12212 Filed 6-22-07; 8:45 am]
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