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Download as PDF 27088 Notices Federal Register Vol. 74, No. 108 Monday, June 8, 2009 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 AGRICULTURE Forest Service Okanogan and Wenatchee National Forests Resource Advisory Committee Forest Service, USDA. Notice of field trip. AGENCY: ACTION: SUMMARY: The Eastern Washington Cascades and Yakima Provincial Advisory Committees will meet for a field trip on Wednesday, June 17 at the Tonasket Ranger District office, 1 West Winesap, Tonasket, WA. This field trip will begin at 9 a.m. and continue until 3 p.m. Provincial Advisory committee members will be visiting a grazing allotment near Wauconda, WA. This field tour is open to Provincial Advisory Committee members. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Direct questions regarding this meeting to Robin DeMario, Public Affairs Specialist, Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, 215 Melody Lane, Wenatchee, Washington 98801, (509) 664–9200. Dated: June 1, 2009. Roland Giller, Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, Public Affairs Group Leader. [FR Doc. E9–13294 Filed 6–5–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–11–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE cprice-sewell on PRODPC61 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: U.S. Census Bureau. Title: Quarterly Services Survey. VerDate Nov<24>2008 15:15 Jun 05, 2009 Jkt 217001 Form Number(s): QSS–1(A), QSS– 1(E), QSS–2(A), QSS–2(E), QSS–3(A), QSS–3(E), QSS–4(A), QSS–4(E), QSS– 5(A), QSS–5(E), QSS–1A–PEO, QSS– 1E–PEO. OMB Control Number: 0607–0907. Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection. Burden Hours: 13,500. Number of Respondents: 15,400. Average Hours per Response: 13 minutes. Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census Bureau requests an extension with revision of the current OMB approval of the Quarterly Services Survey (QSS). The QSS currently canvasses and collects data from employer businesses in select service industries. These industries include truck transportation; couriers and messengers; warehousing and storage; information; credit intermediation and related activities; securities, commodity contracts, and other financial investments and related activities; rental and leasing; professional, scientific and technical services; administrative and support and waste management and remediation services; healthcare and social assistance; arts, entertainment, and recreation; and other services (except public administration). The QSS provides the most current reliable measures of total operating revenue and percentage of revenue by class of customer (for selected industries) on a quarterly basis. In addition, the QSS provides the only current quarterly measure of total operating expenses from tax-exempt firms in industries that have a large not-for-profit component. The QSS is a major source for the development of quarterly Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and an indicator of short-term economic change. The total operating revenue estimates produced from the QSS provide current trends of economic service industry activity in the United States from service providers with paid employees. In addition to revenue, we also collect total operating expenses from tax-exempt firms in industries that have a large not-for-profit component. Operating expenses provide a better measure of the economic activity of these firms. Expense estimates produced by the QSS, in addition to inpatient days and discharges for the hospital industry, are used by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 to project and study hospital regulation, Medicare payment adequacy, and other related projects. Beginning in June 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau will expand the QSS to include coverage of utilities; air transportation; water transportation; transit and ground passenger transportation; pipeline transportation; scenic and sightseeing transportation; support activities for transportation; monetary authorities-central bank; insurance carriers and related services; real estate; lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets (except copyrighted works); and educational services. In the year 2010, for select questionnaires, we may replace select questions with industry specific variable content. This questionnaire adjustment was proposed by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). According to the BEA, an implementation of such proposed changes would assist them in making better use of the QSS data and lead to improved estimates of Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) services. The BEA is the primary Federal user of data collected in the QSS. The BEA utilizes these timely data to make improvements to the national accounts for service industries. In the National Income and Product Accounts (NIPA), the quarterly data allow more accurate estimates of both PCE and private fixed investment. For example, recently published revisions to the quarterly NIPA estimates resulted from the incorporation of new source data from the QSS. Revenue data from the QSS are also used to produce estimates of gross output by industry that allow BEA to produce a much earlier version of the gross domestic product by industry estimates. Estimates produced from the QSS are used by the BEA as a component of quarterly GDP estimates. The estimates also provide the Federal Reserve Board (FRB) and Council of Economic Advisors (CEA) with timely information on current economic performance. All estimates collected from this survey are used extensively by various government agencies and departments on economic policy decisions; private businesses; trade organizations; professional associations; academia; and other various business research and analysis organizations. E:\FR\FM\08JNN1.SGM 08JNN1 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 108 / Monday, June 8, 2009 / Notices Affected Public: Business or other forprofit; not-for-profit institutions. Frequency: Quarterly. Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., Section 182. 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 7845, 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: June 2, 2009. Glenna Mickelson, Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer. [FR Doc. E9–13197 Filed 6–5–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–07–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE cprice-sewell on PRODPC61 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: U.S. Census Bureau. Title: School Enrollment Supplement to the Current Population Survey. Form Number(s): None. OMB Control Number: 0607–0464. Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection. Burden Hours: 2,750. Number of Respondents: 55,000. Average Hours per Response: 3 minutes. Needs and Uses: The purpose of this request for review is to obtain continued clearance for the supplemental inquiry concerning school enrollment to be conducted in conjunction with the October Current Population Survey (CPS). The School Enrollment Supplement is jointly sponsored by the U.S. Census Bureau, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), and the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). A number of questions in this supplement may appear in the American Community Survey (ACS) and in other VerDate Nov<24>2008 15:15 Jun 05, 2009 Jkt 217001 demographic surveys. However, this supplement’s comprehensive set of questions does not duplicate any other single information collection, and ensures the historical continuity of a data series that spans over 4 decades. This data series provides basic information on enrollment status of various segments of the population necessary as background for policy formulation and implementation. The CPS October supplement is the only annual source of data on public/private elementary and secondary school enrollment and characteristics of private school students and their families, which are used for tracking historical trends and for policy planning and support. The basic school enrollment questions have been collected annually in the CPS for 50 years. Consequently, this supplement is the only source of historical data—at the national level— on the age distribution and family characteristics of college students, and on the demographic characteristics of preprimary school enrollment. As part of the Federal government’s efforts to collect data and provide timely information to local governments for policymaking decisions, this supplement provides national trends in enrollment and progress in school. Discontinuance of these data would mean not complying with the Federal government’s obligation to provide data to decision makers on current educational issues and would disrupt a data series that has been in existence for 50 years. Affected Public: Individuals or households. Frequency: Annually. Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. Legal Authority: Title 13, United States Code, section 182 and Title 29, United States Code, sections 1–9. 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 7845, 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). PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 27089 Dated: June 2, 2009. Glenna Mickelson, Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer. [FR Doc. E9–13221 Filed 6–5–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–07–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A–570–878] Continuation of Antidumping Duty Order on Saccharin from the People’s Republic of China AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. EFFECTIVE DATE: June 8, 2009. SUMMARY: As a result of the determinations by the Department of Commerce (‘‘Department’’) and the International Trade Commission (‘‘ITC’’) that revocation of the antidumping duty order on saccharin from the People’s Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’) would likely lead to a continuation or recurrence of dumping and material injury to an industry in the United States, the Department is publishing a notice of continuation of the antidumping duty order. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrea Staebler Berton, AD/CVD Operations, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street & Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–4037. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 5, 2008, the Department published the notice of initiation of the sunset review of the antidumping duty order on saccharin from the PRC pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (‘‘the Act’’). See Initiation of Five-year (‘‘Sunset’’) Review, 73 FR 31974 (June 5, 2008). As a result of its review, the Department determined that revocation of the antidumping duty order on saccharin from the PRC would likely lead to a continuation or recurrence of dumping and, therefore, notified the ITC of the magnitude of the margins likely to prevail should the order be revoked. See Saccharin from the People’s Republic of China: Final Results of the Expedited Sunset Review of the Antidumping Duty Order, 73 FR 59604 (October 9, 2008). On June 1, 2009, the ITC determined, pursuant to section 751(c) of the Act, that revocation of the antidumping duty order on saccharin from the PRC would E:\FR\FM\08JNN1.SGM 08JNN1

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[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 108 (Monday, June 8, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27088-27089]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-13197]


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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: Quarterly Services Survey.
    Form Number(s): QSS-1(A), QSS-1(E), QSS-2(A), QSS-2(E), QSS-3(A), 
QSS-3(E), QSS-4(A), QSS-4(E), QSS-5(A), QSS-5(E), QSS-1A-PEO, QSS-1E-
PEO.
    OMB Control Number: 0607-0907.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden Hours: 13,500.
    Number of Respondents: 15,400.
    Average Hours per Response: 13 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census Bureau requests an extension with 
revision of the current OMB approval of the Quarterly Services Survey 
(QSS). The QSS currently canvasses and collects data from employer 
businesses in select service industries. These industries include truck 
transportation; couriers and messengers; warehousing and storage; 
information; credit intermediation and related activities; securities, 
commodity contracts, and other financial investments and related 
activities; rental and leasing; professional, scientific and technical 
services; administrative and support and waste management and 
remediation services; healthcare and social assistance; arts, 
entertainment, and recreation; and other services (except public 
administration). The QSS provides the most current reliable measures of 
total operating revenue and percentage of revenue by class of customer 
(for selected industries) on a quarterly basis. In addition, the QSS 
provides the only current quarterly measure of total operating expenses 
from tax-exempt firms in industries that have a large not-for-profit 
component.
    The QSS is a major source for the development of quarterly Gross 
Domestic Product (GDP) and an indicator of short-term economic change. 
The total operating revenue estimates produced from the QSS provide 
current trends of economic service industry activity in the United 
States from service providers with paid employees. In addition to 
revenue, we also collect total operating expenses from tax-exempt firms 
in industries that have a large not-for-profit component. Operating 
expenses provide a better measure of the economic activity of these 
firms. Expense estimates produced by the QSS, in addition to inpatient 
days and discharges for the hospital industry, are used by the Centers 
for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to project and study hospital 
regulation, Medicare payment adequacy, and other related projects.
    Beginning in June 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau will expand the QSS 
to include coverage of utilities; air transportation; water 
transportation; transit and ground passenger transportation; pipeline 
transportation; scenic and sightseeing transportation; support 
activities for transportation; monetary authorities-central bank; 
insurance carriers and related services; real estate; lessors of 
nonfinancial intangible assets (except copyrighted works); and 
educational services.
    In the year 2010, for select questionnaires, we may replace select 
questions with industry specific variable content. This questionnaire 
adjustment was proposed by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). 
According to the BEA, an implementation of such proposed changes would 
assist them in making better use of the QSS data and lead to improved 
estimates of Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) services.
    The BEA is the primary Federal user of data collected in the QSS. 
The BEA utilizes these timely data to make improvements to the national 
accounts for service industries. In the National Income and Product 
Accounts (NIPA), the quarterly data allow more accurate estimates of 
both PCE and private fixed investment. For example, recently published 
revisions to the quarterly NIPA estimates resulted from the 
incorporation of new source data from the QSS. Revenue data from the 
QSS are also used to produce estimates of gross output by industry that 
allow BEA to produce a much earlier version of the gross domestic 
product by industry estimates.
    Estimates produced from the QSS are used by the BEA as a component 
of quarterly GDP estimates. The estimates also provide the Federal 
Reserve Board (FRB) and Council of Economic Advisors (CEA) with timely 
information on current economic performance. All estimates collected 
from this survey are used extensively by various government agencies 
and departments on economic policy decisions; private businesses; trade 
organizations; professional associations; academia; and other various 
business research and analysis organizations.

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    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Frequency: Quarterly.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., Section 182.
    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 7845, 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: June 2, 2009.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-13197 Filed 6-5-09; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-07-P
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