[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 180 (Monday, September 16, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 48664]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-23581]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Submission For OMB Review; Comment Request
The Department of Commerce (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 Program - Wave III (Voluntary).
Form Number(s): M33D, MA20D, MA35U.
Agency Approval Number: 0607-0776.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Burden: 2,990 hours.
Number of Respondents: 925.
Avg Hours Per Response: 3.23 hours.
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 CIR program includes both
mandatory and voluntary surveys. Typically the monthly and quarterly
surveys are conducted on a voluntary basis. Those companies that choose
not to respond to the voluntary surveys are required to submit a
mandatory annual counterpart. The annual counterpart collects annual
data from those firms not participating in the more frequent
collection. 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. Thus, a
total of six clearances cover all of the surveys in the CIR program.
One Wave is submitted for reclearance each year. 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.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit institutions.
Frequency: Monthly and Annually.
Respondent's Obligation: Monthly reports are Voluntary, Annual
counterpart reports are Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Title 13 USC, Sections 131, 182, 224, and 225.
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 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 Jerry Coffey, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10201, New Executive Office
Building, Washington, DC 20503.
Dated: September 10, 1996.
Linda Engelmeier,
Acting Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and
Organization.
[FR Doc. 96-23581 Filed 9-13-96; 8:45 am]
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