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(2) Additional environmental analyses
in the form of an EA or EIS are
necessary, depending upon the potential
level of significance.
Due to inconclusive results in the
initial environmental evaluation, FSA is
required to do an EA to make a
determination whether there could be
significant environmental impacts.
Signed on October 18, 2011.
Carolyn B. Cooksie,
Acting Executive Vice President, Commodity
Credit Corporation.
[FR Doc. 2011–27339 Filed 10–20–11; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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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: Business R&D and Innovation
Survey.
Form Number(s): BRDI–1, BRDI–1A.
OMB Control Number: 0607–0912.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Burden Hours: 130,855.
Number of Respondents: 43,000.
Average Hours per Response: 3 hours.
Needs and Uses: The National
Science Foundation Act of 1950 as
amended authorizes and directs NSF
‘‘* * * to provide a central
clearinghouse for the collection,
interpretation, and analysis of data on
scientific and engineering resources and
to provide a source of information for
policy formulation by other agencies of
the Federal government.’’ The Business
R&D and Innovation Survey (BRDIS) is
the vehicle with which NSF carries out
the business portion of this mandate.
NSF together with the Census Bureau,
the collecting and compiling agent,
analyze the data and publish the
resulting statistics.
Companies are the major performers
of research and development (R&D) in
the United States, accounting for over
70 percent of total U.S. R&D outlays
each year. A consistent business R&D
information base is essential to
government officials formulating public
policy, industry personnel involved in
corporate planning, and members of the
academic community conducting
research. To develop policies designed
to promote and enhance science and
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technology, past trends and the present
status of R&D must be known and
analyzed. Without comprehensive
business R&D statistics, it would be
impossible to evaluate the health of
science and technology in the United
States or to make comparisons between
the technological progress of our
country and that of other nations.
NSF has published annual R&D
statistics collected from the Survey of
Industrial Research and Development
(1953–2007) and BRDIS (2008–2010) for
more than 50 years. The results of the
survey are used to assess trends in R&D
expenditures by industry sector,
investigate productivity determinants,
formulate science and tax policy, and
compare individual company
performance with industry averages.
This survey is the Nation’s primary
source for international comparative
statistics on business R&D spending.
The 2011 BRDIS will continue to
collect the following types of
information:
• R&D expense based on accounting
standards.
• Worldwide R&D of domestic
companies.
• Business segment detail.
• R&D related capital expenditures.
• Detailed data about the R&D
workforce.
• R&D strategy and data on the
potential impact of R&D on the market.
• R&D directed to application areas of
particular national interest.
• Data measuring innovation,
intellectual property protection
activities and technology transfer.
The following changes will be made
to the 2011 BRDIS from the 2010 BRDIS.
• Section 7: R&D Time Frame and
R&D Product Life will be deleted. This
section was only collected in 2010 at the
request of the Bureau of Economic
Analysis.
• The 2011 BRDIS will only have one
short form (BRDI–1A). The 2010 BRDIS
included two versions of the short form
to conduct a test on the innovation data
collection.
Starting in 2009, BRDIS decreased the
number of long forms mailed from
approximately 5,000 to 3,000. This was
done based on a study done during the
processing of the 2008 BRDIS pilot. The
data showed that the imputation rate on
the key data variables would not be
significantly impacted by reducing the
number of long forms for the details that
are only collected on the long forms.
Also, R&D activity in the U.S. is highly
concentrated to a relatively small
number of large firms so the potential
benefit in the reduction of burden was
deemed to outweigh the need to collect
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all of the detail from smaller R&D
performing firms.
Policy officials from many Federal
agencies rely on these statistics for
essential information. For example, total
U.S. R&D expenditures statistics have
been used by the Bureau of Economic
Analysis (BEA) to update the System of
National Accounts and, in fact, the BEA
recently has established a separate R&D
satellite account in the System.
Accurate R&D data are needed to
continue the development and effect
subsequent updates to this detailed
satellite account. Also, a data linking
project has been designed to augment
the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) data
collected by BEA. The initial attempt to
link the SIRD data with BEA’s FDI
benchmark files was successful, and
plans now call for the annual linkage of
the R&D data to the Foreign Direct
Investment (FDI) and U.S. Direct
Investment Abroad (USDIA) data.
Further, the Census Bureau links data
collected by the Survey with other
statistical files. At the Census Bureau,
historical company-level R&D data are
linked to a file that contains information
on the outputs and inputs of companies’
manufacturing plants. Researchers are
able to analyze the relationships
between R&D funding and other
economic variables by using micro-level
data.
Many individuals and organizations
access the survey statistics via the
Internet and hundreds have asked to
have their names placed on the mailing
list for a paper copy of the annual SRS
InfoBrief that announces the availability
of statistics from each cycle of the
Survey. Information about the kinds of
projects that rely on statistics from the
Survey is available from internal records
of NSF’s Division of Science Resources
Statistics (SRS). In addition, survey
statistics are regularly printed in trade
publications and many researchers use
the survey statistics from these
secondary sources without directly
contacting NSF or the Census Bureau.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Frequency: Annually.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C.,
Sections 182, 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 6616, 14th and
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
DC 20230 (or via the Internet at
dhynek@doc.gov).
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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: October 17, 2011.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011–27254 Filed 10–20–11; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Order No. 1791]
Grant of Authority for Subzone Status,
Cabela’s Inc., (Hunting, Fishing,
Camping and Related Outdoor
Merchandise), Triadelphia, WV
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Pursuant to its authority under the ForeignTrade Zones Act of June 18, 1934, as
amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), the ForeignTrade Zones Board (the Board) adopts the
following Order:
Whereas, the Foreign-Trade Zones Act
provides for ‘‘* * * the establishment
* * * of foreign-trade zones in ports of
entry of the United States, to expedite
and encourage foreign commerce, and
for other purposes,’’ and authorizes the
Foreign-Trade Zones Board to grant to
qualified corporations the privilege of
establishing foreign-trade zones in or
adjacent to U.S. Customs and Border
Protection ports of entry;
Whereas, the Board’s regulations (15
CFR Part 400) provide for the
establishment of special-purpose
subzones when existing zone facilities
cannot serve the specific use involved,
and when the activity results in a
significant public benefit and is in the
public interest;
Whereas, the West Virginia Economic
Development Authority, grantee of
Foreign-Trade Zone 229, has made
application to the Board for authority to
establish a special-purpose subzone at
the warehouse and distribution facility
of Cabela’s Inc., located in Triadelphia,
West Virginia, (FTZ Docket 16–2011,
filed 3–7–2011);
Whereas, notice inviting public
comment has been given in the Federal
Register (76 FR 13354, 3–11–2011) and
the application has been processed
pursuant to the FTZ Act and the Board’s
regulations; and,
Whereas, the Board adopts the
findings and recommendations of the
examiner’s report, and finds that the
requirements of the FTZ Act and
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Board’s regulations are satisfied, and
that the proposal is in the public
interest;
Now, therefore, the Board hereby
grants authority for subzone status for
activity related to hunting, fishing,
camping and related outdoor
merchandise warehousing and
distribution at the facility of Cabela’s
Inc., located in Triadelphia, West
Virginia (Subzone 229C), as described in
the application and Federal Register
notice, subject to the FTZ Act and the
Board’s regulations, including Section
400.28.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 13th day of
October 2011.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration, Alternate Chairman, ForeignTrade Zones Board.
Attest:
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011–27297 Filed 10–20–11; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Order No. 1793]
Grant of Authority for Subzone Status,
Cabela’s Inc., (Hunting, Fishing,
Camping and Related Outdoor
Merchandise), Sidney, NE
Pursuant to its authority under the ForeignTrade Zones Act of June 18, 1934, as
amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), the ForeignTrade Zones Board (the Board) adopts the
following Order:
Whereas, the Foreign-Trade Zones Act
provides for ‘‘ * * * the establishment
* * * of foreign-trade zones in ports of
entry of the United States, to expedite
and encourage foreign commerce, and
for other purposes,’’ and authorizes the
Foreign-Trade Zones Board to grant to
qualified corporations the privilege of
establishing foreign-trade zones in or
adjacent to U.S. Customs and Border
Protection ports of entry;
Whereas, the Board’s regulations (15
CFR part 400) provide for the
establishment of special-purpose
subzones when existing zone facilities
cannot serve the specific use involved,
and when the activity results in a
significant public benefit and is in the
public interest;
Whereas, Lincoln Foreign-Trade
Zone, Inc, grantee of Foreign-Trade
Zone 59, has made application to the
Board for authority to establish a
special-purpose subzone at the
warehouse and distribution facilities of
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Cabela’s Inc., located in Sidney,
Nebraska, (FTZ Docket 18–2011, filed
3–7–2011);
Whereas, notice inviting public
comment has been given in the Federal
Register (76 FR 13602, 3–14–2011) and
the application has been processed
pursuant to the FTZ Act and the Board’s
regulations; and,
Whereas, the Board adopts the
findings and recommendations of the
examiner’s report, and finds that the
requirements of the FTZ Act and
Board’s regulations are satisfied, and
that the proposal is in the public
interest;
Now, therefore, the Board hereby
grants authority for subzone status for
activity related to hunting, fishing,
camping and related outdoor
merchandise warehousing and
distribution at the facilities of Cabela’s
Inc., located in Sidney, Nebraska
(Subzone 59C), as described in the
application and Federal Register notice,
subject to the FTZ Act and the Board’s
regulations, including Section 400.28.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 13th day of
October 2011.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration, Alternate Chairman, ForeignTrade Zones Board.
Attest:
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011–27296 Filed 10–20–11; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Order No. 1792]
Grant of Authority for Subzone Status,
Cabela’s Inc., (Hunting, Fishing,
Camping and Related Outdoor
Merchandise), Prairie Du Chien, WI
Pursuant to its authority under the ForeignTrade Zones Act of June 18, 1934, as
amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), the ForeignTrade Zones Board (the Board) adopts the
following Order:
Whereas, the Foreign-Trade Zones Act
provides for ‘‘* * * the establishment
* * * of foreign-trade zones in ports of
entry of the United States, to expedite
and encourage foreign commerce, and
for other purposes,’’ and authorizes the
Foreign-Trade Zones Board to grant to
qualified corporations the privilege of
establishing foreign-trade zones in or
adjacent to U.S. Customs and Border
Protection ports of entry;
Whereas, the Board’s regulations
(15 CFR part 400) provide for the
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[FR Doc No: 2011-27254]
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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: Business R&D and Innovation Survey.
Form Number(s): BRDI-1, BRDI-1A.
OMB Control Number: 0607-0912.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Burden Hours: 130,855.
Number of Respondents: 43,000.
Average Hours per Response: 3 hours.
Needs and Uses: The National Science Foundation Act of 1950 as
amended authorizes and directs NSF ``* * * to provide a central
clearinghouse for the collection, interpretation, and analysis of data
on scientific and engineering resources and to provide a source of
information for policy formulation by other agencies of the Federal
government.'' The Business R&D and Innovation Survey (BRDIS) is the
vehicle with which NSF carries out the business portion of this
mandate. NSF together with the Census Bureau, the collecting and
compiling agent, analyze the data and publish the resulting statistics.
Companies are the major performers of research and development
(R&D) in the United States, accounting for over 70 percent of total
U.S. R&D outlays each year. A consistent business R&D information base
is essential to government officials formulating public policy,
industry personnel involved in corporate planning, and members of the
academic community conducting research. To develop policies designed to
promote and enhance science and technology, past trends and the present
status of R&D must be known and analyzed. Without comprehensive
business R&D statistics, it would be impossible to evaluate the health
of science and technology in the United States or to make comparisons
between the technological progress of our country and that of other
nations.
NSF has published annual R&D statistics collected from the Survey
of Industrial Research and Development (1953-2007) and BRDIS (2008-
2010) for more than 50 years. The results of the survey are used to
assess trends in R&D expenditures by industry sector, investigate
productivity determinants, formulate science and tax policy, and
compare individual company performance with industry averages. This
survey is the Nation's primary source for international comparative
statistics on business R&D spending.
The 2011 BRDIS will continue to collect the following types of
information:
R&D expense based on accounting standards.
Worldwide R&D of domestic companies.
Business segment detail.
R&D related capital expenditures.
Detailed data about the R&D workforce.
R&D strategy and data on the potential impact of R&D on
the market.
R&D directed to application areas of particular national
interest.
Data measuring innovation, intellectual property
protection activities and technology transfer.
The following changes will be made to the 2011 BRDIS from the 2010
BRDIS.
Section 7: R&D Time Frame and R&D Product Life will be
deleted. This section was only collected in 2010 at the request of the
Bureau of Economic Analysis.
The 2011 BRDIS will only have one short form (BRDI-1A).
The 2010 BRDIS included two versions of the short form to conduct a
test on the innovation data collection.
Starting in 2009, BRDIS decreased the number of long forms mailed
from approximately 5,000 to 3,000. This was done based on a study done
during the processing of the 2008 BRDIS pilot. The data showed that the
imputation rate on the key data variables would not be significantly
impacted by reducing the number of long forms for the details that are
only collected on the long forms. Also, R&D activity in the U.S. is
highly concentrated to a relatively small number of large firms so the
potential benefit in the reduction of burden was deemed to outweigh the
need to collect all of the detail from smaller R&D performing firms.
Policy officials from many Federal agencies rely on these
statistics for essential information. For example, total U.S. R&D
expenditures statistics have been used by the Bureau of Economic
Analysis (BEA) to update the System of National Accounts and, in fact,
the BEA recently has established a separate R&D satellite account in
the System. Accurate R&D data are needed to continue the development
and effect subsequent updates to this detailed satellite account. Also,
a data linking project has been designed to augment the Foreign Direct
Investment (FDI) data collected by BEA. The initial attempt to link the
SIRD data with BEA's FDI benchmark files was successful, and plans now
call for the annual linkage of the R&D data to the Foreign Direct
Investment (FDI) and U.S. Direct Investment Abroad (USDIA) data.
Further, the Census Bureau links data collected by the Survey with
other statistical files. At the Census Bureau, historical company-level
R&D data are linked to a file that contains information on the outputs
and inputs of companies' manufacturing plants. Researchers are able to
analyze the relationships between R&D funding and other economic
variables by using micro-level data.
Many individuals and organizations access the survey statistics via
the Internet and hundreds have asked to have their names placed on the
mailing list for a paper copy of the annual SRS InfoBrief that
announces the availability of statistics from each cycle of the Survey.
Information about the kinds of projects that rely on statistics from
the Survey is available from internal records of NSF's Division of
Science Resources Statistics (SRS). In addition, survey statistics are
regularly printed in trade publications and many researchers use the
survey statistics from these secondary sources without directly
contacting NSF or the Census Bureau.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
Frequency: Annually.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., Sections 182, 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 6616, 14th and
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at
dhynek@doc.gov).
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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: October 17, 2011.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-27254 Filed 10-20-11; 8:45 am]
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