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maintained for a period of 3 years. This
information collection requirement is
essential to ensure that exporters who
ship high quality specialty grain in
containers comply with the waiver
provisions. GIPSA did not require
exporters of high quality specialty grain
to complete and submit new Federal
government record(s), form(s), or
report(s).
Title: Export Inspection and Weighing
Waiver for High Quality Specialty Grain
Transported in Containers.
OMB Number: 0580–0022.
Expiration Date of Approval:
December 31, 2008.
Type of Request: Extension and
revision of a currently approved
information collection.
Abstract: GIPSA amended the
regulations under the United States
Grain Standards Act (USGSA) to waive
the mandatory inspection and weighing
requirements for high quality specialty
grain exported in containers. GIPSA
established this waiver to facilitate the
marketing of high quality specialty grain
exported in containers. To ensure
compliance with this wavier, GIPSA
required these exporters to maintain
records generated during their normal
course of business that pertain to these
shipments and make these documents
available to GIPSA upon request, for
review and copying purposes.
Grain Contracts
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
and recordkeeping burden for
maintaining contract information was
estimated to average 6.0 hours per
exporter.
Respondents: Exporters of high
quality specialty grain in containers.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
80.
Estimated Number of Respondents
per Request: 1.
Estimated Total Burden on
Respondents: 480 Hours.
Comments: Comments are invited on:
(a) Whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden of the proposed collection
of information including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on those who are to respond, including
through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection
techniques or forms of information
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technology. All responses to this notice
will be summarized and included in the
request for OMB approval. All
comments will also become a matter of
public record.
James E. Link,
Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and
Stockyards Administration.
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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: International Trade
Administration.
Title: Export Trade Certificate of
Review.
OMB Control Number: 0625–0125.
Form Number(s): ITA–4093.
Type of Request: Regular submission.
Burden Hours: 384.
Number of Respondents: 12.
Average Hours Per Response: 32.
Needs and Uses: Title III of the Export
Trading Company Act (Act) authorizes
the Department of Commerce, with the
concurrence of the Department of
Justice (Departments), to issue an Export
Trade Certificate of Review to any
person who establishes that their
proposed export trade, export trade
activities, and methods of operation
meet the standards set forth in the Act.
The information contained in the
application will be used by the
Departments in performing the antitrust
analysis required by the Act. The
purpose of an analysis is to make a
determination as to whether or not to
issue an Export Trade Certificate of
Review. A certificate provides its holder
and members named in the certificate:
(a) Immunity from government actions
under state and Federal antitrust laws
for the export conduct specified in the
certificate; (b) some protection from
frivolous private lawsuits by limiting
their liability in private actions to actual
damages when the challenged activities
are covered by an Export Certificate of
Review. Title III was enacted to reduce
uncertainty regarding application of
U.S. antitrust laws to export activities—
especially those involving actions by
domestic competitors.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; Not-for-profit
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institutions; state, local or tribal
government.
Frequency: Annually.
Respondent’s Obligation: $0.
OMB Desk Officer: Wendy Liberante,
(202) 395–3647.
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 Wendy Liberante, OMB Desk
Officer, fax number (202) 395–7285 or
via the Internet at
Wendy_L._Liberante@omb.eop.gov.
Dated: September 24, 2008.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E8–22781 Filed 10–1–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Census Bureau
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; National
Immunization Survey Evaluation Study
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 December 1, 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
instrument(s) and instructions should
be directed to Andrea L. Piani, Census
DATES:
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Bureau, Room HQ–6H035, Washington,
DC 20233–8400, (301) 763–5379.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
At the behest of the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),
U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services, the Census Bureau plans to
conduct an evaluation study of the
National Immunization Survey (NIS).
The purpose of this study is to explore
how collaborating with the Census
Bureau and using the American
Community Survey (ACS) as the
sampling frame for selecting eligible
households could result in
improvements to the current NIS. Use of
the ACS as a sampling frame, which
includes non-landline households and
identifies households with age-eligible
children, could overcome the current
NIS non-coverage issue and
substantially reduce data collection
costs.
The NIS is a continuing, nationwide
random-digit-dialing (RDD) telephone
survey of families with children ages 19
to 35 months, or teens ages 13–17 years
followed by a mailed survey to
children’s immunization providers.
Since the survey’s inception to the
present, private contractors have
conducted the NIS for the CDC.
National, state, and local level estimates
of vaccine-specific coverage, including
newly licensed vaccines, are produced
annually.
The NIS was established to provide an
on-going, consistent data set for
analyzing vaccination coverage among
young children in the United States and
disseminating this information to state
and local health departments and other
interested public health partners. Legal
authorization to conduct the survey is
granted by Title 13, United States Code,
Section 8 and by the Public Health
Service Act, Title 42, United States
Code, Sections 306 & 2102(a)(7).
In response to one of the goals of the
1993 Childhood Immunization
Initiative, to monitor childhood
immunization coverage and provide
important statistics about childhood
vaccinations and related health matters,
funding for the NIS was provided and
data collection began in April 1994.
Furthermore, the scope of the program
expanded to include assessing progress
towards the national vaccination goals
set forth by the Childhood
Immunization Initiative of 1996.
Currently, the NIS provides vaccination
coverage estimates annually for children
aged 19–35 months and teens aged 13–
17 years, by state and at least six city/
county areas. The information collected
is used to evaluate state and local
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immunization programs, to develop
health care policies, and to assist in the
determination of funding allocations for
the Vaccines for Children (VFC)
program. Since 1994, the VFC program
has helped families of children who
may not otherwise have access to
vaccines by providing free vaccines to
doctors who serve them.
In recent years, the NIS has covered
a decreasing portion of the target
population, particularly children aged
19–35 months living in households with
cell phone, but not landline telephone
service. As part of the CDC’s continuing
effort to evaluate and refine the NIS, this
study is intended to explore how
partnering with the Census Bureau and
sampling from the ACS for households
with age-eligible children having
landline, cell phone only, and no
telephone service could result in
improvements to the survey especially
in terms of coverage, response, and cost.
II. Method of Collection
Data collection for the NIS Evaluation
Study will use a multi-mode approach.
First, computer-assisted telephone
interviewing (CATI) will be conducted
with households with age-eligible
children (19–35 months) to collect
information on the vaccinations
received for each age-eligible child, as
well as information on vaccination
providers. Second, in-person follow-up
interviews with non-responders,
including households with no telephone
service, will be conducted. Due to
constraints in time and resources, the
follow-up interviews for the evaluation
study will be conducted using paperand-pencil interviewing methods. If the
results from the evaluation study prove
beneficial, in-person follow-up
interviews for the national survey will
be conducted using computer-assisted
personal interviewing (CAPI) methods
whereby field representatives collect the
data from respondents using laptop
computers. Third, vaccination providers
will be contacted through the use of a
paper mail-out/mail-back process.
Providers will submit information on
vaccinations administered and the dates
the vaccinations were administered for
each child 19 through 35 months. Only
providers of age-eligible children whose
parent or guardian participated in the
telephone or paper follow-up survey
and who gave consent to follow up with
the provider will be contacted. The
provider information on the type of
vaccine, the number of vaccinations,
and the dates of vaccination will be
used to estimate vaccination coverage
levels; the information obtained from
the parent or guardian will be used to
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evaluate the completeness of the
provider-reported information.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: None.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Regular submission.
Affected Public: Individuals/
households; business or other for-profit
organizations (Health Care Providers).
Estimated Number of Respondents:
1,200 children in 1,185 households;
1,510 providers.
Estimated Time per Response: 28
minutes, 2 seconds (household
component); 25 minutes, 2 seconds
(provider verification component).
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 564 hours (household
component), 634 hours (provider
verification component).
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $0.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: All information
collected about individuals or
households is confidential by law Title
13, United States Code, Section 9. Legal
authorization to conduct the survey is
granted by Title 13, United States Code,
Section 8 and by the Public Health
Service Act, Title 42, United States
Code, Sections 306 & 2102(a)(7).
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection;
they also will become a matter of public
record.
Dated: September 26, 2008.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E8–23190 Filed 10–1–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Census Bureau
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; National
Immunization Survey Evaluation Study
AGENCY: U.S. Census Bureau.
ACTION: Notice.
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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)).
DATES: To ensure consideration, written comments must be submitted on
or before December 1, 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 instrument(s) and instructions
should be directed to Andrea L. Piani, Census
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Bureau, Room HQ-6H035, Washington, DC 20233-8400, (301) 763-5379.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
At the behest of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Census Bureau
plans to conduct an evaluation study of the National Immunization
Survey (NIS). The purpose of this study is to explore how collaborating
with the Census Bureau and using the American Community Survey (ACS) as
the sampling frame for selecting eligible households could result in
improvements to the current NIS. Use of the ACS as a sampling frame,
which includes non-landline households and identifies households with
age-eligible children, could overcome the current NIS non-coverage
issue and substantially reduce data collection costs.
The NIS is a continuing, nationwide random-digit-dialing (RDD)
telephone survey of families with children ages 19 to 35 months, or
teens ages 13-17 years followed by a mailed survey to children's
immunization providers. Since the survey's inception to the present,
private contractors have conducted the NIS for the CDC. National,
state, and local level estimates of vaccine-specific coverage,
including newly licensed vaccines, are produced annually.
The NIS was established to provide an on-going, consistent data set
for analyzing vaccination coverage among young children in the United
States and disseminating this information to state and local health
departments and other interested public health partners. Legal
authorization to conduct the survey is granted by Title 13, United
States Code, Section 8 and by the Public Health Service Act, Title 42,
United States Code, Sections 306 & 2102(a)(7).
In response to one of the goals of the 1993 Childhood Immunization
Initiative, to monitor childhood immunization coverage and provide
important statistics about childhood vaccinations and related health
matters, funding for the NIS was provided and data collection began in
April 1994. Furthermore, the scope of the program expanded to include
assessing progress towards the national vaccination goals set forth by
the Childhood Immunization Initiative of 1996. Currently, the NIS
provides vaccination coverage estimates annually for children aged 19-
35 months and teens aged 13-17 years, by state and at least six city/
county areas. The information collected is used to evaluate state and
local immunization programs, to develop health care policies, and to
assist in the determination of funding allocations for the Vaccines for
Children (VFC) program. Since 1994, the VFC program has helped families
of children who may not otherwise have access to vaccines by providing
free vaccines to doctors who serve them.
In recent years, the NIS has covered a decreasing portion of the
target population, particularly children aged 19-35 months living in
households with cell phone, but not landline telephone service. As part
of the CDC's continuing effort to evaluate and refine the NIS, this
study is intended to explore how partnering with the Census Bureau and
sampling from the ACS for households with age-eligible children having
landline, cell phone only, and no telephone service could result in
improvements to the survey especially in terms of coverage, response,
and cost.
II. Method of Collection
Data collection for the NIS Evaluation Study will use a multi-mode
approach. First, computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI) will
be conducted with households with age-eligible children (19-35 months)
to collect information on the vaccinations received for each age-
eligible child, as well as information on vaccination providers.
Second, in-person follow-up interviews with non-responders, including
households with no telephone service, will be conducted. Due to
constraints in time and resources, the follow-up interviews for the
evaluation study will be conducted using paper-and-pencil interviewing
methods. If the results from the evaluation study prove beneficial, in-
person follow-up interviews for the national survey will be conducted
using computer-assisted personal interviewing (CAPI) methods whereby
field representatives collect the data from respondents using laptop
computers. Third, vaccination providers will be contacted through the
use of a paper mail-out/mail-back process. Providers will submit
information on vaccinations administered and the dates the vaccinations
were administered for each child 19 through 35 months. Only providers
of age-eligible children whose parent or guardian participated in the
telephone or paper follow-up survey and who gave consent to follow up
with the provider will be contacted. The provider information on the
type of vaccine, the number of vaccinations, and the dates of
vaccination will be used to estimate vaccination coverage levels; the
information obtained from the parent or guardian will be used to
evaluate the completeness of the provider-reported information.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: None.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Regular submission.
Affected Public: Individuals/households; business or other for-
profit organizations (Health Care Providers).
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,200 children in 1,185
households; 1,510 providers.
Estimated Time per Response: 28 minutes, 2 seconds (household
component); 25 minutes, 2 seconds (provider verification component).
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 564 hours (household
component), 634 hours (provider verification component).
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $0.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: All information collected about individuals or
households is confidential by law Title 13, United States Code, Section
9. Legal authorization to conduct the survey is granted by Title 13,
United States Code, Section 8 and by the Public Health Service Act,
Title 42, United States Code, Sections 306 & 2102(a)(7).
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information will have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information;
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on respondents, including through the use of
automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for OMB approval of this information
collection; they also will become a matter of public record.
Dated: September 26, 2008.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-23190 Filed 10-1-08; 8:45 am]
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