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Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 157 / Wednesday, August 13, 2008 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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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: U.S. Census Bureau.
Title: Survey of Residential Building
or Zoning Permit Systems.
Form Number(s): C–411.
OMB Control Number: 0607–0350.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Burden Hours: 500.
Number of Respondents: 2,000.
Average Hours Per Response: 15
minutes.
Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census
Bureau produces statistics used to
monitor activity in the large and
dynamic construction industry. These
statistics help state and local
governments and the Federal
government, as well as private industry,
to analyze this important sector of the
economy. The accuracy of the Census
Bureau statistics regarding the amount
of construction authorized depends on
data supplied by building and zoning
officials throughout the country.
The Census Bureau uses Form C–411
to obtain information from state and
local building permit officials needed
for updating the universe of permitissuing places which serves as the
sampling frame for the Report of
Privately-Owned Residential Building
or Zoning Permits Issued (OMB Control
No. 0607–0094), also known as the
Building Permits Survey (BPS), and the
Survey of Housing Starts, Sales, and
Completions (OMB Control No. 0607–
0110), also known as Survey of
Construction (SOC). These two sample
surveys provide widely used measures
of construction activity, including the
economic indicators New Residential
Construction and New Home Sales. The
questions on Form C–411 pertain to the
legal requirements for issuing building
or zoning permits in the local
jurisdictions. Information is obtained on
such items as geographic coverage and
types of construction for which permits
are issued.
The form is sent to jurisdictions when
the Census Bureau has reason to believe
that a new permit system has been
established or an existing one has
changed. This is based on information
from a variety of sources including
survey respondents, regional councils
and Census’ efforts to keep abreast of
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changes in corporate status. Based on
the information collected, the Census
Bureau adds new permit-issuing places
to the universe, deletes places no longer
issuing permits, and makes changes to
the universe to reflect those places that
have merged.
Failure to maintain the universe of
permit-issuing places would result in
deficient samples and inaccurate
statistics. This in turn jeopardizes the
accuracy of the above-mentioned
economic indicators. These indicators
are closely monitored by the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve
System and other economic policy
makers because of the sensitivity of the
housing industry to changes in interest
rates.
Affected Public: State, local or Tribal
government; Federal government.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: The Census Bureau is
authorized under Title 13, United States
Code, Sections 9(b), 161, and 182 to
collect information on new residential
buildings.
OMB Desk Officer: Brian HarrisKojetin, (202) 395–7314.
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 Brian Harris-Kojetin, OMB
Desk Officer either by fax (202–395–
7245) or e-mail (bharrisk@omb.eop.gov).
Dated: August 7, 2008.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E8–18648 Filed 8–12–08; 8:45 am]
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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: U.S. Census Bureau.
Title: Annual Survey of Manufactures.
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Form Number(s): MA–10000(L), MA–
10000(S), NC–99530.
OMB Control Number: 0607–0449.
Type of Request: Reinstatement, with
change, of an expired collection.
Burden Hours: 177,400.
Number of Respondents: 50,000.
Average Hours Per Response: 2 hours
and 44 minutes.
Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau
has conducted the Annual Survey of
Manufactures (ASM) since 1949 to
provide key measures of manufacturing
activity during intercensal periods. In
census years ending in ‘‘2’’ and ‘‘7,’’
Census mail and collect the ASM as part
of the Economic Census Covering the
Manufacturing Sector.
The ASM statistics are based on a
survey that includes both a mail and
nonmail components. The mail portion
of the survey is comprised of a
probability sample of approximately
50,000 manufacturing establishments
from a frame of approximately 128,000
establishments. These 128,000
establishments are comprised of
manufacturing establishments of
multiunit companies (companies with
operations at more than one location)
and large single-location manufacturing
companies. The nonmail component is
comprised of the remaining small and
medium-sized single-location
companies, approximately 218,000. No
data are collected from companies in the
nonmail component. Data are directly
obtained from the administrative
records of the Internal Revenue Service
(IRS), the Social Security
Administration (SSA), and the Bureau
of Labor Statistics (BLS). The nonmail
companies account for 63 percent of the
population and for less than 7 percent
of the manufacturing output.
Starting with the 2008 ASM,
depreciation charges for all capital
expenditures and rental payments will
be added to the MA–10000(L) and MA–
10000(S) forms.
This survey is an integral part of the
Government’s statistical program. Its
results provide a factual background for
decision making by the executive and
legislative branches of the Federal
Government. Federal agencies use the
annual survey’s input and output data
as benchmarks for their statistical
programs, including the Federal Reserve
Board’s Index of Industrial Production
and the Bureau of Economic Analysis’
estimates of the gross domestic product
(GDP). The data also provide the
Department of Energy with primary
information on the use of energy by the
manufacturing sector to produce
manufactured products. These data also
are used as benchmark data for the
Manufacturing Energy Consumption
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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: U.S. Census Bureau.
Title: Survey of Residential Building or Zoning Permit Systems.
Form Number(s): C-411.
OMB Control Number: 0607-0350.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Burden Hours: 500.
Number of Respondents: 2,000.
Average Hours Per Response: 15 minutes.
Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census Bureau produces statistics used to
monitor activity in the large and dynamic construction industry. These
statistics help state and local governments and the Federal government,
as well as private industry, to analyze this important sector of the
economy. The accuracy of the Census Bureau statistics regarding the
amount of construction authorized depends on data supplied by building
and zoning officials throughout the country.
The Census Bureau uses Form C-411 to obtain information from state
and local building permit officials needed for updating the universe of
permit-issuing places which serves as the sampling frame for the Report
of Privately-Owned Residential Building or Zoning Permits Issued (OMB
Control No. 0607-0094), also known as the Building Permits Survey
(BPS), and the Survey of Housing Starts, Sales, and Completions (OMB
Control No. 0607-0110), also known as Survey of Construction (SOC).
These two sample surveys provide widely used measures of construction
activity, including the economic indicators New Residential
Construction and New Home Sales. The questions on Form C-411 pertain to
the legal requirements for issuing building or zoning permits in the
local jurisdictions. Information is obtained on such items as
geographic coverage and types of construction for which permits are
issued.
The form is sent to jurisdictions when the Census Bureau has reason
to believe that a new permit system has been established or an existing
one has changed. This is based on information from a variety of sources
including survey respondents, regional councils and Census' efforts to
keep abreast of changes in corporate status. Based on the information
collected, the Census Bureau adds new permit-issuing places to the
universe, deletes places no longer issuing permits, and makes changes
to the universe to reflect those places that have merged.
Failure to maintain the universe of permit-issuing places would
result in deficient samples and inaccurate statistics. This in turn
jeopardizes the accuracy of the above-mentioned economic indicators.
These indicators are closely monitored by the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System and other economic policy makers because of the
sensitivity of the housing industry to changes in interest rates.
Affected Public: State, local or Tribal government; Federal
government.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: The Census Bureau is authorized under Title 13,
United States Code, Sections 9(b), 161, and 182 to collect information
on new residential buildings.
OMB Desk Officer: Brian Harris-Kojetin, (202) 395-7314.
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 Brian Harris-Kojetin, OMB Desk Officer either by fax (202-395-7245)
or e-mail (bharrisk@omb.eop.gov).
Dated: August 7, 2008.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-18648 Filed 8-12-08; 8:45 am]
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