Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 52263 [E8-20780]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 175 / Tuesday, September 9, 2008 / Notices Propane was used as fuel inside the building. The explosion leveled the store, destroyed a responding ambulance, and damaged other nearby vehicles. On the day of the incident, a propane technician was preparing to transfer liquid propane from an existing tank to a newly installed replacement tank. When the technician removed a plug from the existing tank’s liquid withdrawal valve, liquid propane unexpectedly released and formed a vapor cloud. About 15 minutes after the release began, a 911 call was made. Shortly after, emergency responders and another propane technician arrived on scene. Little General employees closed the store but did not evacuate. Minutes after the emergency responders arrived, the propane ignited killing the two propane technicians and two emergency responders in the area of the tank, injuring four store employees inside the building and two other emergency responders outside. Following the conclusion of the public comment period, the Board will consider whether to approve the final report and recommendations. All staff presentations are preliminary and are intended solely to allow the Board to consider in a public forum the issues and factors involved in this case. No factual analyses, conclusions or findings presented by staff should be considered final. Only after the Board has considered the final staff presentation, listened to the witnesses and the public comments and approved the staff report will there be an approved final record of this incident. The meeting will be open to the public. Please notify CSB if a translator or interpreter is needed, at least 5 business days prior to the public meeting. For more information, please contact the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board at (202) 261–7600, or visit our Web site at: https:// www.csb.gov. Christopher W. Warner, General Counsel. [FR Doc. E8–20986 Filed 9–5–08; 4:15 pm] BILLING CODE 6350–01–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE jlentini on PROD1PC65 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 VerDate Aug<31>2005 17:08 Sep 08, 2008 Jkt 214001 Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35). Agency: U.S. Census Bureau. Title: 2008 Company Organization Survey. Form Number(s): NC–99001, NC– 99007. OMB Control Number: 0607–0444. Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection. Burden Hours: 127,517. Number of Respondents: 48,000. Average Hours Per Response: 2 hours and 40 minutes. Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau conducts the annual Company Organization Survey (COS) in order to update and maintain a central, multipurpose Business Register (BR). In particular, the COS supplies critical information on the organizational structure, operating characteristics, and employment and payroll of multilocation enterprises. The 2008 COS will direct inquiries to multi-establishment enterprises and selected single-establishment companies. The 2008 COS collection will differ from 2007 in the following ways: due to the 2007 COS being conducted in coordination with the 2007 Economic Census, the 2008 COS has decreased its sample size by about 50%, however, with more detailed inquiries being added (revision to the research and development question) to the 2008 COS and the inclusion of form, NC–99007 (only for single unit establishments), there will be an overall increase in the reporting response burden. Note that we will also mail Form NC–99001 for the 2008 COS. Form NC–99001 is mailed to multilocation enterprises. We ask questions on ownership or control by a domestic parent, ownership or control by a foreign parent, and ownership of foreign affiliates; research and development, and employees from a professional employer organization. Establishment inquiries include questions on operational status, mid-March employment, first-quarter payroll, and annual payroll of the establishments. In addition to the mailing of multilocation enterprises, the Census Bureau will mail Form NC–99007 to some large single-location enterprises that may have added locations. Form NC–99007 contains questions on ownership and control by a domestic company, number of locations of operation, physical location, locations of operation, and inquiries on mid-March employment, first-quarter payroll, and annual payroll for each separate location. The information collected by the COS is used to maintain and update the BR. The BR serves two fundamental PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 52263 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 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 organizations, Not-for-profit institutions, Farms, and State, Local or Tribal Government. Frequency: Annually. Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., Sections 182, 195, 224 and 225. 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: September 3, 2008. Gwellnar Banks, Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer. [FR Doc. E8–20780 Filed 9–8–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–07–P E:\FR\FM\09SEN1.SGM 09SEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 175 (Tuesday, September 9, 2008)]
[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: U.S. Census Bureau.
    Title: 2008 Company Organization Survey.
    Form Number(s): NC-99001, NC-99007.
    OMB Control Number: 0607-0444.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden Hours: 127,517.
    Number of Respondents: 48,000.
    Average Hours Per Response: 2 hours and 40 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau conducts the annual Company 
Organization Survey (COS) in order to update and maintain a central, 
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 2008 COS will direct inquiries to multi-establishment 
enterprises and selected single-establishment companies. The 2008 COS 
collection will differ from 2007 in the following ways: due to the 2007 
COS being conducted in coordination with the 2007 Economic Census, the 
2008 COS has decreased its sample size by about 50%, however, with more 
detailed inquiries being added (revision to the research and 
development question) to the 2008 COS and the inclusion of form, NC-
99007 (only for single unit establishments), there will be an overall 
increase in the reporting response burden. Note that we will also mail 
Form NC-99001 for the 2008 COS.
    Form NC-99001 is mailed to multi-location enterprises. We ask 
questions on ownership or control by a domestic parent, ownership or 
control by a foreign parent, and ownership of foreign affiliates; 
research and development, and employees from a professional employer 
organization. Establishment inquiries include questions on operational 
status, mid-March employment, first-quarter payroll, and annual payroll 
of the establishments.
    In addition to the mailing of multi-location enterprises, the 
Census Bureau will mail Form NC-99007 to some large single-location 
enterprises that may have added locations. Form NC-99007 contains 
questions on ownership and control by a domestic company, number of 
locations of operation, physical location, locations of operation, and 
inquiries on mid-March employment, first-quarter payroll, and annual 
payroll for each separate location.
    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 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 county-equivalents. No other 
annual or more frequent series of industry statistics provides 
comparable detail, particularly for small geographic areas.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations, Not-
for-profit institutions, Farms, and State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., Sections 182, 195, 224 and 225.
    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: September 3, 2008.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-20780 Filed 9-8-08; 8:45 am]
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