Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; 2013 Alternative Contact Strategy Test, 47361-47362 [2012-19333]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 153 / Wednesday, August 8, 2012 / Notices Prescott, Arizona. The committee is meeting as authorized under the Secure Rural Schools and Community SelfDetermination Act (Pub. L 110–343) and in compliance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the 1-year extension and select projects for the Yavapai County RAC. DATES: The meeting will be held September 13, 2012; 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Prescott Fire Center, 2400 Melville Dr, Prescott, AZ 86301. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Debbie Maneely, RAC Coordinator, Prescott National Forest, 344 S. Cortez, Prescott, AZ 86301; (928) 443–8130 or dmaneely@fs.fed.us. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meeting is open to the public. The following business will be conducted: (1) Review Agenda; (2) update on SRS/ Funding; (3) Project Review; (4) Project Ranking; (5) Project Selection. Dated: July 23, 2012. Betty A. 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DATES: The meeting will be held September 6, 2012 and will begin at 9:30 a.m. ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Forest Service office, Large Conference Room, 4931 Broad River Road, Columbia, SC 29212. Written comments may be submitted as described under Supplementary wreier-aviles on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Mar<15>2010 15:11 Aug 07, 2012 Jkt 226001 Information. All comments, including names and addresses when provided, are placed in the record and are available for public inspection and copying. The public may inspect comments received at Francis Marion Sumter National Forests, 4931 Broad River Road, Columbia, SC 29212. Please call ahead to 803–561–4058 to facilitate entry into the building to view comments. 47361 accommodation requests are managed on a case by case basis. Dated: August 1, 2012. Paul L. Bradley, Designated Federal Officer, Francis Marion Sumter Resource Advisory Committee. [FR Doc. 2012–19391 Filed 8–7–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–11–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Morrison, RAC coordinator, USDA, Francis Marion Sumter National Forests, 4931 Broad River Road, Columbia, SC 29212; (803) 561–4058; Email mwmorrison@fs.fed.us. Individuals who use telecommunication devices for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, Monday through Friday. The following business will be conducted: (1) Introductions of all committee members, replacement members and Forest Service personnel; (2) Receive materials explaining the process for considering and recommending Title II projects; (3) Review and recommend funding for Title II proposals; and (4) Public Comment. Additonal meeting information is available at https:// www.fs.usda.gov/scnfs/under the link Working Together. Anyone who would like to bring related matters to the attention of the committee may file written statements with the committee staff before or after the meeting. The agenda will include time for people to make oral statements of three minutes or less. Individuals wishing to make an oral statement should request in writing by September 3, 2012 to be scheduled on the agenda. Written comments and requests for time for oral comments must be sent to Mary Morrison, RAC coordinator, USDA, Francis Marion Sumter National Forests, 4931Broad River Road, Columbia, SC 29212, or by email to mwmorrison@fs.fed.us or via facsimile to (803) 561–4004. A summary of the meeting will be posted at https://www.fs.usda.gov/main/scnfs/ workingtogether/advisorycommittees within 21 days of the meeting. Meeting Accommodations: If you are a person requiring resonable accomodation, please make requests in advance for sign language interpreting, assistive listening devices or other reasonable accomodation for access to the facility or procedings by contacting the person listed under For Further Information Contact. All reasonable SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 U.S. Census Bureau Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; 2013 Alternative Contact Strategy Test U.S. Census Bureau, Commerce. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: 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 October 9, 2012. ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 14th and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at jjessup@doc.gov). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or copies of the information collection instrument(s) and instructions should be directed to Amy O’Hara, Census Bureau, CARRA Room 6H103, Washington, DC 20233, 301–763–5757 (or via the Internet at amy.b.ohara@census.gov). SUMMARY: SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION I. Abstract Decennial censuses have relied on primarily two modes of data collection, mail and in person interview. The Census Bureau seeks to explore alternative modes of contact and collection in an effort to reduce costs and increase self-response. This research will be conducted through a series of projects and tests throughout the decade. Contact involving cellular telephone numbers, text messages, and email are under investigation, extending the Census Bureau’s existing knowledge E:\FR\FM\08AUN1.SGM 08AUN1 47362 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 153 / Wednesday, August 8, 2012 / Notices and use of mail, landline telephone, and internet modes. The 2013 Alternative Contact Strategy Test is the first test to support this research. The Census Bureau will test alternate contact information through a selfresponse test. Telephone numbers obtained from commercial vendors will be used to contact 40,000 households. Information on the household’s communication and contact modes will be collected. The information will be analyzed to inform future contact strategies for 2020 Research and Testing Project tests and design options for the 2020 Census. II. Method of Collection The Census Bureau will conduct the 2013 Alternative Contact Strategy Test with a national sample of 40,000 households, utilizing Computer Assisted Telephone Interviews. The Census Bureau estimates the response rate to be 65 percent. Interviewers will call households to confirm and collect contact information such as address, telephone, cell, and email. The Census Bureau plans to conduct the 2013 Alternative Contact Strategy Test data collection in early winter of 2013. The specific data collection start and end dates along with the duration of the data collection period are still under consideration. The Census Bureau, however, expects that the duration of the data collection period will be about a month. III. Data OMB Control Number: None. Form Number: To be determined. Type of Review: Regular submission. Affected Public: Individuals or Households. Estimated Number of Respondents: 40,000. Estimated Time per Response: 7 minutes. Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 4666.7 hours (280,000 minutes). Estimated Total Annual Cost: There is no cost to the respondent other than the time to answer the information request. Respondents Obligation: Mandatory. Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C. Sections 141 and 193. wreier-aviles on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES 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 VerDate Mar<15>2010 15:11 Aug 07, 2012 Jkt 226001 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: August 2, 2012. Glenna Mickelson, Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer. [FR Doc. 2012–19333 Filed 8–7–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–07–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A–570–900] Diamond Sawblades and Parts Thereof From the People’s Republic of China: Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review in Part Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: On December 28, 2010, the Department initiated an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on diamond sawblades and parts thereof (diamond sawblades) from the People’s Republic of China (the PRC). The period of review is January 23, 2009, through October 31, 2010. The Department is rescinding this review in part. DATES: Effective Date: August 8, 2012. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Yang Jin Chun, AD/CVD Operations, Office 1, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–5760. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: AGENCY: Rescission of Administrative Review in Part On December 28, 2010, based on timely requests for an administrative review, the Department published in the Federal Register a notice of initiation of an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on diamond sawblades from the PRC.1 In accordance 1 See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, 75 FR 81565 (December 28, 2010). PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the Department will rescind an administrative review ‘‘if a party that requested the review withdraws the request within 90 days of the date of publication of notice of initiation of the requested review.’’ On March 28, 2011, the petitioner, Diamond Sawblades Manufacturers Coalition, withdrew its request for review of sales of subject merchandise with respect to Hebei Jikai Industrial Group Co., Ltd. (Hebei Jikai) and Jiangyin Likn Industry Co., Ltd. (Jiangyin Likn). These two companies have separate rates from a prior segment of this proceeding.2 In Diamond Sawblades and Parts Thereof from the People’s Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Intent to Rescind Review in Part, 76 FR 76135 (December 6, 2011), we inadvertently assigned the PRC-wide rate to these companies. However, it is the Department’s practice to rescind an administrative review with respect to a company that has a separate rate from a prior segment of the proceeding where the only party that requested a review timely withdrew its request.3 On June 4, 2012, the Department deferred issuing the final results of this administrative review in order to investigate further serious allegations of fraud in the concurrent administrative review of diamond sawblades and parts thereof from Korea.4 These allegations involve Korean affiliates of a Chinese mandatory respondent (Weihai Xiangguang Mechanical Industrial Co., Ltd.) and a Chinese separate-rate company (Qingdao Shinhan Diamond Industrial Co., Ltd.). That said, because we received letters withdrawing the requests for review of Hebei Jikai and Jiangyin Likn within the 90-day time limit, and we received no other requests for review of these companies, the Department is rescinding this review with respect diamond sawblades from the PRC exported by these two companies in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), The Department will issue appropriate assessment instructions to U.S. Customs and Border 2 See Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Final Partial Affirmative Determination of Critical Circumstances: Diamond Sawblades and Parts Thereof from the People’s Republic of China, 71 FR 29303 (May 22, 2006). 3 See, e.g., Certain Steel Threaded Rod From the People’s Republic of China: Preliminary Results of the Administrative Review, Intent To Rescind, and Rescission, in Part, 77 FR 27022, 27023 (May 8, 2012). 4 See Memorandum from Gary Taverman to Paul Piquado titled ‘‘Diamond Sawblades and Parts Thereof from the Republic of Korea and the People’s Republic of China: Deferral of the Final Results of the First Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews’’ dated June 4, 2012. 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[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 153 (Wednesday, August 8, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47361-47362]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-19333]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

U.S. Census Bureau


Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; 2013 
Alternative Contact Strategy Test

AGENCY: U.S. Census Bureau, Commerce.

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 October 9, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental 
Paperwork Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 14th 
and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet 
at jjessup@doc.gov).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument(s) and instructions 
should be directed to Amy O'Hara, Census Bureau, CARRA Room 6H103, 
Washington, DC 20233, 301-763-5757 (or via the Internet at 
amy.b.ohara@census.gov).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

I. Abstract

    Decennial censuses have relied on primarily two modes of data 
collection, mail and in person interview. The Census Bureau seeks to 
explore alternative modes of contact and collection in an effort to 
reduce costs and increase self-response. This research will be 
conducted through a series of projects and tests throughout the decade. 
Contact involving cellular telephone numbers, text messages, and email 
are under investigation, extending the Census Bureau's existing 
knowledge

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and use of mail, landline telephone, and internet modes. The 2013 
Alternative Contact Strategy Test is the first test to support this 
research.
    The Census Bureau will test alternate contact information through a 
self-response test. Telephone numbers obtained from commercial vendors 
will be used to contact 40,000 households. Information on the 
household's communication and contact modes will be collected. The 
information will be analyzed to inform future contact strategies for 
2020 Research and Testing Project tests and design options for the 2020 
Census.

II. Method of Collection

    The Census Bureau will conduct the 2013 Alternative Contact 
Strategy Test with a national sample of 40,000 households, utilizing 
Computer Assisted Telephone Interviews. The Census Bureau estimates the 
response rate to be 65 percent. Interviewers will call households to 
confirm and collect contact information such as address, telephone, 
cell, and email.
    The Census Bureau plans to conduct the 2013 Alternative Contact 
Strategy Test data collection in early winter of 2013. The specific 
data collection start and end dates along with the duration of the data 
collection period are still under consideration. The Census Bureau, 
however, expects that the duration of the data collection period will 
be about a month.

III. Data

    OMB Control Number: None.
    Form Number: To be determined.
    Type of Review: Regular submission.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 40,000.
    Estimated Time per Response: 7 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 4666.7 hours (280,000 
minutes).
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: There is no cost to the respondent 
other than the time to answer the information request.
    Respondents Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C. Sections 141 and 193.

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: August 2, 2012.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-19333 Filed 8-7-12; 8:45 am]
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