[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 101 (Wednesday, May 26, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 28449]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-13313]
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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 Program--Wave III (Mandatory).
Form Number(s): MQ313T, MA315D, MA327E, MA333D, MA333f, MA333J,
MA334P.
Agency Approval Number: 0607-0476.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Burden: 2,544 hours.
Number of Respondents: 2,867.
Avg Hours Per Response: 42 minutes.
Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau conducts a series of monthly,
quarterly, and annual surveys as part of its Current Industrial Reports
(CIR) program. The CIR surveys deal mainly with 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.
The information collected in the CIR program provides continuing
and timely national statistical data on manufacturing. The results of
these surveys are used extensively by individual firms, trade
associations, and market analysts in planning or recommending marketing
and legislative strategies.
The CIR program includes both mandatory and voluntary surveys.
Typically, surveys conducted monthly and quarterly are voluntary and
surveys conducted annually are mandatory. The frequency of collection
is based on the cyclical nature of production, the need for frequent
trade monitoring in particular industries, and the use of certain
production data in Government economic indicator series. In some cases,
companies reporting in the more frequent voluntary surveys that choose
not to respond are subject to a special annual counterpart survey which
is mandatory. Due to the large number of surveys in the CIR program,
for clearance purposes we group the surveys into three Waves. The
mandatory and voluntary surveys in each Wave are separately submitted
(with the exception that mandatory counterpart surveys are included in
the same request as their voluntary equivalents). Thus, a total of six
clearances cover all of the surveys in the CIR program. One Wave (two
separate clearance requests) is submitted for reclearance each year.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations.
Frequency: Quarterly and annually.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., Sections 81, 182, 224, and 225.
OMB Desk Officer: Linda Hutton, (202) 395-7858.
Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained
by calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, DOC Forms Clearance Officer,
(202) 482-3272, Department of Commerce, room 5033, 14th and
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230 (or via Internet at
LEngelme@doc.gov).
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice
to Linda Hutton, OMB Desk Officer, room 10201, New Executive Office
Building, Washington, DC 20503.
Dated: May 20, 1999.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-13313 Filed 5-25-99; 8:45 am]
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