Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 12495 [2010-5638]

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• DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 50 (Tuesday, March 16, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 12495]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-5638]


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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: Construction Progress Reporting Surveys.
    OMB Control Number: 0607-0153.
    Form Number(s): C-700, C-700 (R), C-700 (SL), C-700 (F).
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden Hours: 54,600.
    Number of Respondents: 21,000.
    Average Hours per Response: 15 minutes for mail-back responses; 5 
minutes for telephone responses.
    Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census Bureau is requesting an extension 
of a currently approved collection for forms C-700, Private 
Construction Projects; C-700 (R), Multi-family Residential Projects; 
and C-700 (SL), State and Local Governments Projects and a revision to 
include form C-700 (F), Federal Government Projects. The C-700 (F) is 
being added because it was previously approved according to the 
procedures described in the Interagency Reports Act, which has been 
discontinued. The pre-submission notice that was submitted earlier did 
not include any reference to the C-700 (F) because it was believed that 
the form would be handled separately.
    These forms are used to conduct the Construction Progress Reporting 
Surveys (CPRS) to collect information on the dollar value of 
construction put in place on building projects under construction by 
private companies or individuals, private multi-family residential 
buildings, and on building projects under construction by federal and 
state and local governments.
    The Census Bureau uses the information collected on these forms to 
publish estimates of the monthly value of construction put in place: 
(1) For nonresidential projects owned by private companies or 
individuals; (2) for projects owned by state and local agencies; (3) 
for multi-family residential building projects owned by private 
companies or individuals; and (4) for projects owned by the federal 
government. Statistics from the CPRS become part of the monthly ``Value 
of Construction Put in Place'' series that is used extensively by the 
Federal Government in making policy decisions and become part of the 
gross domestic product (GDP). The private sector uses the statistics 
for market analysis and other research. Construction now accounts for 
more than eight percent of GDP.
    The C-700 is used to collect data on industrial and manufacturing 
plants, office buildings, retail buildings, service establishments, 
religious buildings, schools, universities, hospitals, clinics, and 
miscellaneous buildings. The C-700 (SL) is used to collect data on 
public schools, courthouses, prisons, hospitals, civic centers, 
highways, bridges, sewer systems, and water systems. The C-700 (R) is 
used to collect data on residential buildings and apartment projects 
with two or more housing units. The C-700 (F) is used to collect data 
on residential buildings and nonresidential projects that include 
office buildings, conservation and development, public safety and 
health care.
    Published statistics are used by all levels of government to 
evaluate economic policy, to measure progress toward national goals, to 
make policy decisions, and to formulate legislation. For example, 
Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) staff uses the data to develop the 
construction components of gross private domestic investment in the 
gross domestic product. The Federal Reserve Board and the Department of 
the Treasury use the value-in-place data to predict the gross domestic 
product, which is presented to the Board of Governors and has an impact 
on monetary policy. Private businesses and trade organizations use the 
data for estimating the demand for building materials and to schedule 
production, distribution and sales efforts.
    Affected Public: Business or other for profit; Not-for-profit 
Institutions; Federal Government; State, local or Tribal Governments.
    Frequency: Monthly.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 13, United States Code, 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 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: March 10, 2010.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-5638 Filed 3-15-10; 8:45 am]
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