Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 51569-51570 [E6-14359]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 168 / Wednesday, August 30, 2006 / Notices investment in the United States, assess its impact on the U.S. economy, and based upon this assessment, make informed policy decisions regarding foreign direct investment in the United States. The data are used to derive annual estimates of the operations of U.S. affiliates of foreign investors, including their balance sheets; income statements; property, plant, and equipment; external financing; employment and employee compensation; merchandise trade; sales of goods and services; taxes; and research and development activity. In addition, data covering employment and property, plant, and equipment are collected by state. The data are also used to update similar data for the universe of U.S. affiliates collected once every five years on the BE–12 benchmark survey. Affected Public: U.S. businesses or other for-profit institutions. Frequency: Annual. Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. Legal Authority: International Investment and Trade in Services Survey Act (Pub. L. 94–472, 22 U.S.C. 3101–3108). OMB Desk Officer: Paul Bugg, (202) 395–3093. You may obtain copies of the above information collection proposal by writing Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230, or e-mail dhynek@doc.gov. Send comments on the proposed information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to the Office of Management and Budget, O.I.R.A., Attention PRA Desk Officer for BEA, email pbugg@omb.eop.gov, or by FAX at 202–395–7245. Dated: August 24, 2006. Madeleine Clayton, Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer. [FR Doc. E6–14356 Filed 8–29–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–06–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE jlentini on PROD1PC65 with NOTICES Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request DOC will submit 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. VerDate Aug<31>2005 16:39 Aug 29, 2006 Jkt 208001 Title: 2007 Company Organization Survey. Form Number(s): NC–99001. Agency Approval Number: 0607– 0444. Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection. Burden: 26,583 hours. Number of Respondents: 80,000. Avg. Hours per Response: 20 minutes. Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau requests a revision of the currently approved Company Organization Survey (COS) data collection for the 2007 survey year. The Census Bureau will conduct the 2007 COS in conjunction with the 2007 Economic Census and will coordinate these collections so as to minimize response burden. We request an extension of the current expiration date to November 2008 to complete the data collection for the 2007 COS. The Census Bureau conducts the annual COS in order to maintain and update a centralized, multipurpose Business Register (BR). In particular, the COS supplies critical information on the organizational structure, operating characteristics, and employment and payroll of multi-location enterprises. The 2007 COS will request companylevel information from 80,000 multiestablishment enterprises with 50 or more employees or with industries outof-scope of the 2007 Economic Census. The Census Bureau will include questions on ownership or control by a domestic parent, ownership or control by a foreign parent, ownership of foreign affiliates, research and development, and employees from a professional employer organization. The 2007 COS will request additional information from 15,000 multi-location establishments with industry classifications that are out-of-scope of the Economic Census. For those out-ofscope establishments, we will collect the following basic operating data for each listed establishment: End-of-year operating status, mid-March employment, first quarter payroll, and annual payroll. The Economic Census will collect data for all other establishments of multi-establishment enterprises, including those items above. The information collected by the COS is used to maintain and update the BR. The BR serves two fundamental purposes: First and most important, it provides sampling populations and enumeration lists for the Census Bureau’s economic surveys and censuses, and it serves as an integral part of the statistical foundation underlying those programs. Essential for this purpose is the BR’s PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 51569 ability to identify all known United States business establishments and their parent companies. Further, the BR must accurately record basic business attributes needed to control sampling and enumeration. These attributes include industrial and geographic classifications, measures of size and economic activity, ownership characteristics, and contact information (for example, name and address). Second, it provides establishment data that serve as the basis for the annual County Business Patterns (CBP) statistical series. The CBP reports present data on number of establishments, first quarter payroll, annual payroll, and mid-March employment summarized by industry and employment size class for the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, counties, and countyequivalents. No other annual or more frequent series of industry statistics provides comparable detail, particularly for small geographic areas. Affected Public: Business or other forprofit; Not-for-profit institutions; Farms; State, local or Tribal government. Frequency: Annually. Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., Sections 131, 182, 224, and 225. OMB Desk Officer: Susan Schechter, (202) 395–5103. Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained by calling or writing Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, (202) 482–0266, Department of Commerce, room 6625, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at dhynek@doc.gov). 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 either by fax (202–395–7245) or e-mail (susan_schechter@omb.eop.gov). Dated: August 24, 2006. Madeleine Clayton, Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer. [FR Doc. E6–14357 Filed 8–29–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–07–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request DOC will submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of information under the E:\FR\FM\30AUN1.SGM 30AUN1 jlentini on PROD1PC65 with NOTICES 51570 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 168 / Wednesday, August 30, 2006 / Notices provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35). Agency: U.S. Census Bureau. Title: Survey of Plant Capacity Utilization. Form Number(s): MQ–C1, MQ–C2. Agency Approval Number: 0607– 0175. Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection. Burden: 74,250 hours. Number of Respondents: MQ–C1— 17,000; MQ–C2—6,000. Avg. Hours per Response: MQ–C1— 2.25 hours; MQ–C2—1.5 hours. Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census Bureau requests a revision of approval for the Survey of Plant Capacity Utilization (SPC). The current survey is conducted annually and collects fourth quarter production data. The survey provides information on use of industrial capacity in manufacturing and publishing plants as defined by the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). It is the only source of capacity rates at the 6-digit NAICS industry levels. Changes in capacity utilization are considered important indicators of investment demand and inflationary pressure. For these reasons, the estimates of capacity utilization are closely monitored by government and private policy makers. The annual survey (MQ–C1) collects the value of fourth quarter production and the value of production that could have been achieved if operating under ‘‘full production’’ and ‘‘emergency production’’ levels. The ratios of the actual to the full and emergency production levels are the basis of the estimates of capacity utilization. The survey also collects information by shift, on work patterns at actual production and full production levels. With support from the Federal Reserve Board (FRB), the Census Bureau is requesting approval to collect capacity utilization data on a quarterly basis in addition to the annual collection. Response to the quarterly survey (MQ–C2) would be voluntary. Response to the annual survey is mandatory. The quarterly survey would collect a subset of the data collected on the annual survey. The FRB is the primary user of the current SPC data and have expressed the need for these quarterly data. The FRB publishes measures of industrial production (IP) that are either estimated from physical product data or estimated from monthly data on inputs to the production process, specifically production worker hours and an indicator of capital input. For many years, data on electric power use was VerDate Aug<31>2005 16:39 Aug 29, 2006 Jkt 208001 used as the indicator of industry capital input. The deregulation of electricity markets led to the deterioration in the coverage and quality of the electricity data. As a result, in November 2005, the FRB discontinued its use of the industrial electric power data in the current estimates of IP. In order to maintain the quality of the IP index, the collection of these quarterly utilization data, such as the workweek of capital, become critical indicators of capital input use and industry output. The FRB will use these data in several ways. First, the capital workweek data will be used as an indicator of capital use in the estimation of monthly output (IP). Second, the workweek data will also be used to improve the projections of labor productivity that are used to align IP with comprehensive benchmark information in the Economic Census covering the Manufacturing sector and Annual Survey of Manufactures. Third, the utilization rate data will assist in the assessment of recent changes in IP, as most of the high-frequency movement in utilization rates reflect production changes rather than capacity changes. The Defense Logistics Agency uses the data to assess readiness to meet demand for goods under selected national emergency scenarios. Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. Frequency: MQ–C1—Annually; MQ– C2—Quarterly. Respondent’s Obligation: MQ–C1— Mandatory; MQ–C2—Voluntary. Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., Sections 182 and 225. OMB Desk Officer: Susan Schechter, (202) 395–5103. Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained by calling or writing Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, (202) 482–0266, Department of Commerce, room 6625, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at dhynek@doc.gov). 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 either by fax (202–395–7245) or e-mail (susan_schechter@omb.eop.gov). Dated: August 24, 2006. Madeleine Clayton, Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer. [FR Doc. E6–14359 Filed 8–29–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–07–P PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request DOC will submit 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: Quarterly Services Survey (QSS). Form Number(s): QSS–1(A), QSS– 1(E), QSS–2(A), QSS–2(E), QSS–3(A), QSS–3(E), QSS–4(A), QSS–4(E), QSS– 5(A), QSS–5(E). Agency Approval Number: 0607– 0907. Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection. Burden: 11,922 hours. Number of Respondents: 13,000. Avg. Hours per Response: 13.75 minutes. Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census Bureau requests an extension with revision of the current OMB approval of the Quarterly Services Survey (QSS). The QSS currently canvasses and collects data from employer businesses in select service industries. These industries include information; professional, scientific and technical services; hospitals; nursing and residential care facilities; and administrative and support and waste management and remediation services industries. The QSS provides the most current reliable measures of total operating revenue and percentage of revenue by class of customer on a quarterly basis. In addition, the QSS provides the only current quarterly measure of total operating expenses from tax-exempt firms in industries that have a large not-for-profit component. All respondent data are received by mail, fax, telephone, or Internet reporting. Before the QSS economic indicator existed for the service sector, which accounts for nearly 55 percent of all economic activity, the only data available were from the Service Annual Survey (SAS) and 5-year economic census. The QSS was developed to address and provide more up-to-date estimates of services output. Based on this effort, the QSS is a major source for the development of quarterly Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and an indicator of short-term economic change. The total operating revenue estimates produced from the QSS provide current trends of economic service industry activity in the United States from service providers with paid employees. E:\FR\FM\30AUN1.SGM 30AUN1

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[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 168 (Wednesday, August 30, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51569-51570]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-14359]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    DOC will submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
clearance the following proposal for collection of information under 
the

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provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).
    Agency: U.S. Census Bureau.
    Title: Survey of Plant Capacity Utilization.
    Form Number(s): MQ-C1, MQ-C2.
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0175.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 74,250 hours.
    Number of Respondents: MQ-C1--17,000; MQ-C2--6,000.
    Avg. Hours per Response: MQ-C1--2.25 hours; MQ-C2--1.5 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census Bureau requests a revision of 
approval for the Survey of Plant Capacity Utilization (SPC). The 
current survey is conducted annually and collects fourth quarter 
production data. The survey provides information on use of industrial 
capacity in manufacturing and publishing plants as defined by the North 
American Industry Classification System (NAICS). It is the only source 
of capacity rates at the 6-digit NAICS industry levels.
    Changes in capacity utilization are considered important indicators 
of investment demand and inflationary pressure. For these reasons, the 
estimates of capacity utilization are closely monitored by government 
and private policy makers.
    The annual survey (MQ-C1) collects the value of fourth quarter 
production and the value of production that could have been achieved if 
operating under ``full production'' and ``emergency production'' 
levels. The ratios of the actual to the full and emergency production 
levels are the basis of the estimates of capacity utilization. The 
survey also collects information by shift, on work patterns at actual 
production and full production levels.
    With support from the Federal Reserve Board (FRB), the Census 
Bureau is requesting approval to collect capacity utilization data on a 
quarterly basis in addition to the annual collection. Response to the 
quarterly survey (MQ-C2) would be voluntary. Response to the annual 
survey is mandatory. The quarterly survey would collect a subset of the 
data collected on the annual survey.
    The FRB is the primary user of the current SPC data and have 
expressed the need for these quarterly data. The FRB publishes measures 
of industrial production (IP) that are either estimated from physical 
product data or estimated from monthly data on inputs to the production 
process, specifically production worker hours and an indicator of 
capital input. For many years, data on electric power use was used as 
the indicator of industry capital input. The deregulation of 
electricity markets led to the deterioration in the coverage and 
quality of the electricity data.
    As a result, in November 2005, the FRB discontinued its use of the 
industrial electric power data in the current estimates of IP. In order 
to maintain the quality of the IP index, the collection of these 
quarterly utilization data, such as the workweek of capital, become 
critical indicators of capital input use and industry output.
    The FRB will use these data in several ways. First, the capital 
workweek data will be used as an indicator of capital use in the 
estimation of monthly output (IP). Second, the workweek data will also 
be used to improve the projections of labor productivity that are used 
to align IP with comprehensive benchmark information in the Economic 
Census covering the Manufacturing sector and Annual Survey of 
Manufactures. Third, the utilization rate data will assist in the 
assessment of recent changes in IP, as most of the high-frequency 
movement in utilization rates reflect production changes rather than 
capacity changes.
    The Defense Logistics Agency uses the data to assess readiness to 
meet demand for goods under selected national emergency scenarios.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Frequency: MQ-C1--Annually; MQ-C2--Quarterly.
    Respondent's Obligation: MQ-C1--Mandatory; MQ-C2--Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., Sections 182 and 225.
    OMB Desk Officer: Susan Schechter, (202) 395-5103.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-0266, Department of Commerce, room 6625, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 
dhynek@doc.gov).
    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 either by fax (202-395-7245) or e-
mail (susan_schechter@omb.eop.gov).

    Dated: August 24, 2006.
Madeleine Clayton,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E6-14359 Filed 8-29-06; 8:45 am]
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