Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 18560-18561 [2013-06969]

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• DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 59 (Wednesday, March 27, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18560-18561]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-06969]


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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(F), C-700(SL), C-700(R).
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden Hours: 54,600.
    Number of Respondents: 21,000.
    Average Hours per Response: 15 minutes per month.
    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, C-
700 (SL), State and Local Governments Projects and C-700 (F), Federal 
Government Projects.
    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.
    Data for these surveys are collected on a sample basis from 
federal, state and local agency officials, owners of private 
nonresidential projects, and owners of private multi-family residential 
building projects. Total projected cost estimates are requested the 
first month and monthly progress reports are requested until the 
project is completed.
    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'' or ``Construction Spending'' series, a 
principal economic indicator that is used extensively by the Federal 
Government in making policy decisions and used to estimate the gross 
domestic product (GDP). The private sector uses the statistics for 
market analysis and other research. Construction now accounts for more 
than five 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

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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 until building project is completed.
    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 Jennifer Jessup, Departmental Paperwork Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-0336, Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 
jjessup@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 email (bharrisk@omb.eop.gov).

    Dated: March 21, 2013.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-06969 Filed 3-26-13; 8:45 am]
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