98-21007. Submission For OMB Review; Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 151 (Thursday, August 6, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41998-41999]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-21007]


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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: Bureau of the Census.
    Title: Current Industrial Reports (Wave II Voluntary).
    Form Number(s): M33J, MQ20A, MQ28A, MQ28C, MQ28F, MQ31A, MQ36C, 
MA20D, MA35N, MA36L.
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0206.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 4,514 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 2,550.
    Avg Hours Per Response: About 45 minutes.
    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 approximately 72 CIR 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 review. This year we 
are submitting the voluntary and mandatory clearance packages for wave 
II. This clearance package contains ``counterpart'' forms. Counterpart 
forms were added to supplement some voluntary monthly and quarterly 
surveys to collect annual information on a mandatory basis from 
respondents not participating in the more frequent collections. In 
addition to requesting a three-year extension of OMB approval, in this 
request, we are revising some CIR surveys or changing reporting status 
or frequency.

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    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Monthly, Quarterly, and Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Monthly and Quarterly forms--Voluntary; 
Annual counterpart forms--Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 USC, Sections 131, 182, 224, and 225.
    OMB Desk Officer: Nancy Kirkendall, [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 5327, 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 Nancy Kirkendall, OMB Desk Officer, room 10201, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: July 31, 1998.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-21007 Filed 8-5-98; 8:45 am]
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