[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 106 (Friday, May 31, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27334-27335]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-13620]
=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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: Bureau of the Census.
Title: Survey of Environmental Products and Services.
Form Number(s): EPS-1(M), 2(M), 3(M), 1(S), 1(C).
Agency Approval Number: None.
Type of Request: New collection.
Burden: 20,000 hours.
Number of Respondents: 10,000.
Avg Hours Per Response: 2 hours.
Needs and Uses: Currently, there are no reliable data on the
output and export of goods and services that control, reduce, and
remediate pollution. Representatives of industry, state governments,
and environmental organizations have called for the development of
these data as they are critical to the implementation of the
Environmental Technologies Exports Initiative, the Environmental
Technology Initiative, the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act and other
environmental statutes. Further, a study is necessary to meet the
requirements of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendment, the Exports
Enhancement Act of 1988 and the Jobs Through Trade Expansion Act of
1988. The Census Bureau plans to conduct, on a test basis, a survey of
manufacturing and service establishments to collect total value of
shipments of goods and revenues for services in 1995 defined for
environmental use. The survey will also ask for value of shipments and
revenues for services which were exported. The survey will provide
information on the size and scope of activity generated from
environmental protection. The survey will also provide a benchmark
measure of the extent of the environmental industry, its export
potential, and the implication for employment in a potential growth
industry. Government classification specialists will use the
information to determine how industry and product classification
systems can be refined and modified to improve the identification of
products and services
[[Page 27335]]
considered for environmental use. Changes and modifications to detailed
classifications will be introduced with the 1997 Economic Censuses. We
expect to revise the survey for future data collections to incorporate
improvements learned from this test.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit.
Frequency: One-time test.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
OMB Desk Officer: Jerry Coffey, (202) 395-7314.
Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained
by calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, Acting DOC Forms Clearance
Officer, (202) 482-3272, Department of Commerce, room 5312, 14th and
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice
to Jerry Coffey, OMB Desk Officer, room 10201, New Executive Office
Building, Washington, DC 20503.
Dated: May 24, 1996.
Linda Engelmeier,
Acting Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and
Organization.
[FR Doc. 96-13620 Filed 5-30-96; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-07-F