00-17941. 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 I (Mandatory).

Form Number(s): M311H, M311M, M311N, MA325F, MA327C, MA331A, MA331B, MA331E, MA332Q, MA333A, MA333M, MA334B, MA334R, MA335A, MA335F, MA335H, MA335K.

Agency Approval Number: 0607-0392.

Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.

Burden: 12,825 hours.

Number of Respondents: 10,275.

Avg Hours Per Response: 1.25 hours over all forms in this request.

Needs and Uses: The Current Industrial Reports (CIR) program is a series of monthly, quarterly, and annual surveys which provide key measures of production, shipments, and/or inventories on a national basis for selected manufactured products. Government agencies, business firms, trade associations, and private research and consulting organizations use these data to make trade policy, production, and investment decisions.

For clearance purposes, the surveys are divided into “waves.” Each wave has an associated voluntary and mandatory clearance package, making 6 separate clearances. Each year, one wave (2 clearance packages) is submitted for OMB review.

In this request, we are seeking a 3-year extension of the clearance and we are discontinuing MA332K, “Steel Shipping Drums and Pails,” due to budgetary reductions.

Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations.

Frequency: This request contains both monthly and annual collections.

Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.

Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., Sections 61, 182, 224, and 225.

OMB Desk Officer: Susan Schechter, [phone].

Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained by calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, DOC Forms Clearance Officer, [phone], Department of Commerce, Room 6086, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at [e-mail]).

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, room 10201, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: July 11, 2000.

Madeleine Clayton,

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.