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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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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