Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 73310 [E7-24980]

Download as PDF 73310 Notices Federal Register Vol. 72, No. 247 Thursday, December 27, 2007 This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings, delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency statements of organization and functions are examples of documents appearing in this section. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request The Department of Commerce 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: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Title: Marine Recreational Fisheries Statistics Survey. OMB Approval Number: 0648–0052. Form Number(s): None. Type of Request: Regular submission. Burden Hours: 272 new burden hours. Number of Respondents: 3,750 new respondents. Average Hours per Response: 1 minute for anglers with no trips in past year; 7 minutes for anglers with trips in past year. Needs and Uses: Recent amendments to the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act require that the Marine Recreational Fisheries Statistics Survey (MRFSS) be upgraded and that future fishing surveys target anglers licensed or registered at the State or Federal level. This revision is requested to expand previously approved angler license directory surveys (ALDS) into North Carolina, which recently implemented a saltwater fishing license. Information collected through the ALDS will be integrated with data collected through the MRFSS Coastal Household Telephone Survey in a dual-frame approach to provide more complete coverage of the angling population. The results of this data collection effort will be used to calculate bi-monthly estimates of marine recreational fishing participation, effort and catch. Affected Public: Individuals or households. Frequency: Annually. VerDate Aug<31>2005 18:00 Dec 26, 2007 Jkt 214001 Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, (202) 395–3897. 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 David Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, Fax number (202) 395–7285, or David_Rostker@omb.eop.gov. Dated: December 19, 2007. Gwellnar Banks, Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer. [FR Doc. E7–24980 Filed 12–26–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–22–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE U.S. Census Bureau Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Survey of Housing Starts, Sales, and Completions U.S. Census Bureau. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). To ensure consideration, written comments must be submitted on or before February 25, 2008. ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at dHynek@doc.gov). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or copies of the information collection DATES: PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 instrument(s) and instructions should be directed to Requests for additional information or copies of the information collection instrument(s) and instructions should be directed to Erica Filipek, U.S. Census Bureau, MCD, CENHQ Room 7K181, 4600 Silver Hill Road, Washington, DC 20233, telephone (301) 763–5161 (or via the Internet at Erica.Mary.Filipek@census.gov). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Abstract The U.S. Census Bureau plans to request a revision of the current Office of Management and Budget (OMB) clearance of the Survey of Housing Starts, Sales and Completions, also known as the Survey of Construction (SOC). The SOC collects monthly data on new residential construction from a sample of owners or builders. The Census Bureau uses the ComputerAssisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI) electronic questionnaires SOC–QI/SF.1 and SOC–QI/MF.1 to collect data on start and completion dates of construction, physical characteristics of the structure (floor area, number of bathrooms, type of heating system, etc), and if applicable, date of sale, sales price, and type of financing. The SOC provides widely used measures of construction activity, including the economic indicators Housing Starts and Housing Completions, which are from the New Residential Construction series, and New Residential Sales. The current clearance for this survey is scheduled to expire on June 30, 2009. We are rewriting the CAPI questionnaire software and are requesting approval to begin using the revised questionnaire in the field in early summer of 2008. The revised questionnaire will include about 5 new data items requested by data users. Other information which is no longer needed will be eliminated from the questionnaire. The overall length of the interview will not change. Census samples about 1,850 new buildings each month (22,200) per year. We inquire about the progress of each building multiple times until it is completed (and a sales contract is signed, if it is a single-family house that is built for sale). We conduct an average of 7.9 interviews for each building sampled. The total number of interviews conducted each year is about 175,380. Each interview takes 5 minutes on E:\FR\FM\27DEN1.SGM 27DEN1

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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules 
or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings 
and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings, 
delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency 
statements of organization and functions are examples of documents 
appearing in this section.

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Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 247 / Thursday, December 27, 2007 / 
Notices

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce 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: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
    Title: Marine Recreational Fisheries Statistics Survey.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0052.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 272 new burden hours.
    Number of Respondents: 3,750 new respondents.
    Average Hours per Response: 1 minute for anglers with no trips in 
past year; 7 minutes for anglers with trips in past year.
    Needs and Uses: Recent amendments to the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
Conservation and Management Act require that the Marine Recreational 
Fisheries Statistics Survey (MRFSS) be upgraded and that future fishing 
surveys target anglers licensed or registered at the State or Federal 
level. This revision is requested to expand previously approved angler 
license directory surveys (ALDS) into North Carolina, which recently 
implemented a saltwater fishing license. Information collected through 
the ALDS will be integrated with data collected through the MRFSS 
Coastal Household Telephone Survey in a dual-frame approach to provide 
more complete coverage of the angling population. The results of this 
data collection effort will be used to calculate bi-monthly estimates 
of marine recreational fishing participation, effort and catch.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, (202) 395-3897.
    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 David Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, Fax number (202) 395-7285, or 
David--Rostker@omb.eop.gov.

    Dated: December 19, 2007.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E7-24980 Filed 12-26-07; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-22-P
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