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Estimated Time per Response: .95
hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 1,462,751 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost:
$42,434,751.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C. Section
131 and 224.
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 shall 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: March 10, 2011.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011–5980 Filed 3–14–11; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Census Bureau
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; 2012 Economic
Census Covering the Construction
Sector
U.S. Census Bureau.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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)).
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SUMMARY:
To ensure consideration, written
comments must be submitted on or
before May 16, 2011.
DATES:
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Direct all written comments
to Diana Hynek, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer,
Department of Commerce, Room 6616,
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 Julius Smith, Jr., U.S.
Census Bureau, Manufacturing and
Construction Division, Room 7K055,
4600 Silver Hill Road, Washington, DC
20233, telephone (301) 763–7662 (or via
the Internet at
julius.smith.jr@census.gov).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
ADDRESSES:
I. Abstract
The Census Bureau is the preeminent
collector and provider of timely,
relevant and quality data about the
people and economy of the United
States. Economic data are the Census
Bureau’s primary program commitment
during non-decennial census years. The
economic census, conducted under
authority of Title 13, United States
Code, is the primary source of facts
about the structure and functioning of
the Nation’s economy and features
unique industry and geographic detail.
Economic census statistics serve as part
of the framework for the national
accounts and provide essential
information for government, business
and the general public. The 2012
Economic Census covering the
Construction Sector (as defined by the
North American Industry Classification
System (NAICS)) is a sample survey that
will measure the economic activity of
almost 650,000 establishments engaged
in building construction and land
subdivision and land development,
heavy construction (except buildings),
such as highways, power plants,
pipelines; and construction activity by
special trade contractors.
The information collected from
businesses in this sector of the
economic census will produce basic
statistics by industry for number of
establishments, value of construction
work, payroll, employment, selected
costs, depreciable assets, inventories,
and capital expenditures. It also will
yield a variety of subject statistics,
including estimates of type of
construction work done, kind of
business activity, size of establishments
and other industry-specific measures.
Primary strategies for reducing burden
in Census Bureau economic data
collections are to increase electronic
reporting through broader use of
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computerized self-administered census
questionnaires, on-line questionnaires
and other electronic data collection
methods.
II. Method of Collection
The construction industry sector of
the economic census will select
establishments for its mail canvass from
a sample frame extracted from the
Census Bureau’s Business Register. To
be eligible for selection, an
establishment will be required to satisfy
the following conditions: (i) It must be
classified in the construction industry
sector; (ii) it must be an active operating
establishment of a multi-establishment
firm, or it must be a singleestablishment firm with payroll for at
least one quarter of calendar year 2012;
and (iii) it must be located in one of the
50 States or the District of Columbia.
Mail selection procedures will
distinguish the following groups of
establishments:
A. Establishments of MultiEstablishment Firms
Selection procedures will assign all
active construction establishments of
multi-establishment firms to the mail
component of the potential respondent
universe. We estimate that the mail
canvass for the 2012 construction sector
will include approximately 18,000
establishments of multi-establishment
firms.
B. Single-Establishment Firms With
Payroll
In the fall of 2011, the Census Bureau
will conduct a limited classification
refile operation (see Federal Register
Notice issued December 2010, 2012
Economic Census Classification Report
for Construction, Manufacturing, and
Mining Sectors). Within the
construction sector, this refile will be
directed to single-establishment firms in
the Business Register with a NAICS
industry code within the 236 subsector.
This specific subsector was problematic
in the 2007 Economic Census. The goal
of the refile is to obtain accurate 6-digit
NAICS industry codes for these singleestablishment firms prior to the
sampling operation. We are not aware of
other systematic coding issues that need
to be addressed via this refile.
The primary goal is to produce
reliable State level estimates for each
NAICS industry. We will use a stratified
probability-proportionate-to-size (PPS)
sample strategy for selecting the sample
of single-establishment firms. The
population of eligible singleestablishment firms will be partitioned
into State by NAICS strata. Within each
stratum, each establishment will be
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assigned a probability of selection that
is a function of its relative size within
the stratum (payroll) and a stratumspecific reliability constraint. The larger
establishments in a stratum may have
probabilities equal to 1.00. Within each
stratum, an independent sample will be
selected. We will use a fixed sample
size selection method for selecting the
sample. This technique considerably
improves the reliability of the resulting
survey estimates by eliminating the
variability associated with a variable
sample size. The impact of the multiestablishment firms within each stratum
will be taken into account in deriving
the target sample size from the singleestablishment firm population. We
estimate that the mail canvass for the
2012 construction sector will include
approximately 112,000 establishments
of single-establishment firms.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0607–0935.
Form Number: CC–23601, CC–23701,
CC–23801–4. You can obtain
information on the proposed content at
this Web site: https://www.census.gov/
mcd/clearance.
Type of Review: Regular submission.
Affected Public: Businesses or other
for profit, non-profit institutions or
organizations, and State or Local
Governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
130,000.
Estimated Time per Response: 2.9
hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 377,000.
Estimated Total Annual Cost:
$12,222,340.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
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Legal Authority: Title 13, United States
Code, Sections 131 and 224.
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 shall 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;
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they also will become a matter of public
record.
Dated: March 10, 2011.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011–5981 Filed 3–14–11; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–583–841]
Antidumping Duty Order: Polyvinyl
Alcohol From Taiwan
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final
determinations by the Department of
Commerce (the Department) and the
International Trade Commission (ITC),
the Department is issuing an
antidumping duty order on polyvinyl
alcohol (PVA) from Taiwan.
DATES: Effective Date: March 15, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas Schauer at (202) 482–0410, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 5, Import
Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
On February 1, 2011, the Department
published its affirmative final
determination of sales at less than fair
value in the antidumping duty
investigation of PVA from Taiwan. See
Polyvinyl Alcohol From Taiwan: Final
Determination of Sales at Less Than
Fair Value, 76 FR 5562 (February 1,
2011).
On March 9, 2011, the ITC notified
the Department of its final
determination, pursuant to section
735(d) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act), that an industry in
the United States is materially injured
by reason of less-than-fair-value imports
of PVA from Taiwan within the
meaning of section 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the
Act. See Polyvinyl Alcohol from Taiwan
(Investigation No. 731–TA–1088 (Final),
USITC Publication 4218, March 2011).
Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by this
antidumping duty order is PVA. This
product consists of all PVA hydrolyzed
in excess of 80 percent, whether or not
mixed or diluted with commercial
levels of defoamer or boric acid. PVA in
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fiber form and PVB-grade low-ash PVA
are not included in the scope of this
order. PVB-grade low-ash PVA is
defined to be PVA that meets the
following specifications: Hydrolysis,
Mole % of 98.40 +/¥ 0.40, 4% Solution
Viscosity 30.00 +/¥ 2.50 centipois, and
ash—ISE, wt% less than 0.60, 4%
solution color 20mm cell, 10.0
maximum APHA units, haze index,
20mm cell, 5.0, maximum. The
merchandise subject to this order is
currently classifiable under subheading
3905.30.00 of the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS).
Although the HTSUS subheading is
provided for convenience and customs
purposes, the written description of the
merchandise subject to this order is
dispositive.
Provisional Measures
Section 733(d) of the Act states that
suspension-of-liquidation instructions
issued pursuant to an affirmative
preliminary determination may not
remain in effect for more than four
months except where exporters
representing a significant proportion of
exports of the subject merchandise
request the Department to extend that
four-month period to no more than six
months. At the request of the exporter
that accounted for a significant
proportion of exports of the subject
merchandise in the investigations of
PVA from Taiwan, we extended the
four-month period to no more than six
months. See Polyvinyl Alcohol From
Taiwan: Preliminary Determination of
Sales at Less Than Fair Value and
Postponement of Final Determination,
75 FR 55552 (September 13, 2010)
(Preliminary Results).
In the investigation, the six-month
period beginning on the date of the
publication of the preliminary
determination (i.e., September 13, 2010)
will end on March 12, 2011.
Furthermore, section 737 of the Act
states that definitive duties are to begin
on the date of publication of the ITC’s
final injury determination. Therefore, in
accordance with section 733(d) of the
Act, we will instruct U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (CBP) to terminate the
suspension of liquidation and to
liquidate, without regard to
antidumping duties, unliquidated
entries of PVA from Taiwan entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption after March 12, 2011,
through the day preceding the date of
publication of the ITC’s final injury
determination in the Federal Register.
Suspension of liquidation will resume
for entries entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after
the date of publication of the ITC’s final
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Census Bureau
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; 2012 Economic
Census Covering the Construction Sector
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 May 16, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Diana Hynek, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 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 Julius Smith, Jr., U.S. Census Bureau,
Manufacturing and Construction Division, Room 7K055, 4600 Silver Hill
Road, Washington, DC 20233, telephone (301) 763-7662 (or via the
Internet at julius.smith.jr@census.gov).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The Census Bureau is the preeminent collector and provider of
timely, relevant and quality data about the people and economy of the
United States. Economic data are the Census Bureau's primary program
commitment during non-decennial census years. The economic census,
conducted under authority of Title 13, United States Code, is the
primary source of facts about the structure and functioning of the
Nation's economy and features unique industry and geographic detail.
Economic census statistics serve as part of the framework for the
national accounts and provide essential information for government,
business and the general public. The 2012 Economic Census covering the
Construction Sector (as defined by the North American Industry
Classification System (NAICS)) is a sample survey that will measure the
economic activity of almost 650,000 establishments engaged in building
construction and land subdivision and land development, heavy
construction (except buildings), such as highways, power plants,
pipelines; and construction activity by special trade contractors.
The information collected from businesses in this sector of the
economic census will produce basic statistics by industry for number of
establishments, value of construction work, payroll, employment,
selected costs, depreciable assets, inventories, and capital
expenditures. It also will yield a variety of subject statistics,
including estimates of type of construction work done, kind of business
activity, size of establishments and other industry-specific measures.
Primary strategies for reducing burden in Census Bureau economic
data collections are to increase electronic reporting through broader
use of computerized self-administered census questionnaires, on-line
questionnaires and other electronic data collection methods.
II. Method of Collection
The construction industry sector of the economic census will select
establishments for its mail canvass from a sample frame extracted from
the Census Bureau's Business Register. To be eligible for selection, an
establishment will be required to satisfy the following conditions: (i)
It must be classified in the construction industry sector; (ii) it must
be an active operating establishment of a multi-establishment firm, or
it must be a single-establishment firm with payroll for at least one
quarter of calendar year 2012; and (iii) it must be located in one of
the 50 States or the District of Columbia. Mail selection procedures
will distinguish the following groups of establishments:
A. Establishments of Multi-Establishment Firms
Selection procedures will assign all active construction
establishments of multi-establishment firms to the mail component of
the potential respondent universe. We estimate that the mail canvass
for the 2012 construction sector will include approximately 18,000
establishments of multi-establishment firms.
B. Single-Establishment Firms With Payroll
In the fall of 2011, the Census Bureau will conduct a limited
classification refile operation (see Federal Register Notice issued
December 2010, 2012 Economic Census Classification Report for
Construction, Manufacturing, and Mining Sectors). Within the
construction sector, this refile will be directed to single-
establishment firms in the Business Register with a NAICS industry code
within the 236 subsector. This specific subsector was problematic in
the 2007 Economic Census. The goal of the refile is to obtain accurate
6-digit NAICS industry codes for these single-establishment firms prior
to the sampling operation. We are not aware of other systematic coding
issues that need to be addressed via this refile.
The primary goal is to produce reliable State level estimates for
each NAICS industry. We will use a stratified probability-
proportionate-to-size (PPS) sample strategy for selecting the sample of
single-establishment firms. The population of eligible single-
establishment firms will be partitioned into State by NAICS strata.
Within each stratum, each establishment will be
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assigned a probability of selection that is a function of its relative
size within the stratum (payroll) and a stratum-specific reliability
constraint. The larger establishments in a stratum may have
probabilities equal to 1.00. Within each stratum, an independent sample
will be selected. We will use a fixed sample size selection method for
selecting the sample. This technique considerably improves the
reliability of the resulting survey estimates by eliminating the
variability associated with a variable sample size. The impact of the
multi-establishment firms within each stratum will be taken into
account in deriving the target sample size from the single-
establishment firm population. We estimate that the mail canvass for
the 2012 construction sector will include approximately 112,000
establishments of single-establishment firms.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0607-0935.
Form Number: CC-23601, CC-23701, CC-23801-4. You can obtain
information on the proposed content at this Web site: https://www.census.gov/mcd/clearance.
Type of Review: Regular submission.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for profit, non-profit
institutions or organizations, and State or Local Governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 130,000.
Estimated Time per Response: 2.9 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 377,000.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $12,222,340.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Title 13, United States Code, Sections 131 and
224.
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 shall 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: March 10, 2011.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-5981 Filed 3-14-11; 8:45 am]
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