Generic Clearance for Questionnaire Pretesting Research, 70751 [2015-28929]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Census Bureau
Generic Clearance for Questionnaire
Pretesting Research
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)).
SUMMARY:
To ensure consideration, written
comments must be submitted on or
before January 15, 2016.
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 Jennifer Hunter Childs,
U.S. Census Bureau, 4600 Silver Hill
Road, Washington, DC 20233–9150,
(202) 603–4827 (or via the Internet at
jennifer.hunter.childs@census.gov).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DATES:
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I. Abstract
The Census Bureau plans to request
an extension of the current OMB
approval to conduct a variety of smallscale questionnaire pretesting activities
under this generic clearance. A block of
hours will be dedicated to these
activities for each of the next three
years. OMB will be informed in writing
of the purpose and scope of each of
these activities, as well as the time
frame and the number of burden hours
used. The number of hours used will
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not exceed the number set aside for this
purpose.
This research program will be used by
the Census Bureau and survey sponsors
to improve questionnaires and
procedures, reduce respondent burden,
and ultimately increase the quality of
data collected in the Census Bureau
censuses and surveys. The clearance
will be used to conduct pretesting of
decennial, demographic, and economic
census and survey questionnaires prior
to fielding them. Pretesting activities
will involve one of the following
methods for identifying measurement
problems with the questionnaire or
survey procedure: Cognitive interviews,
focus groups, respondent debriefing,
behavior coding of respondent/
interviewer interaction, and split panel
tests.
II. Method of Collection
Any of the following methods may be
used: Mail, telephone, face-to-face;
paper-and-pencil, CATI, CAPI, Internet,
or IVR.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0607–0725.
Form Number: Various.
Type of Review: Regular submission.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households, businesses or other for
profit, farms.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
5,500 per year.
Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 5,500 hours annually.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: There is no cost to the
respondent other than time to answer
the information request.
Respondents Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Data collection for
this project is authorized under the
authorizing legislation for the
questionnaire being tested. This may be
Title 13, Sections 131, 141, 161, 181,
182, 193, and 301 for Census Bureausponsored surveys, and Title 13 and 15
for surveys sponsored by other Federal
agencies. We do not now know what
other titles will be referenced, since we
do not know what survey questionnaires
will be pretested during the course of
the clearance.
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)
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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: November 10, 2015.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[B–75–2015]
Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 76—
Bridgeport, Connecticut; Notification
of Proposed Production Activity;
MannKind Corporation (Inhalable
Insulin); Danbury, Connecticut
MannKind Corporation (MannKind),
an operator of FTZ 76, submitted a
notification of proposed production
activity to the FTZ Board for its
facilities in Danbury, Connecticut,
within FTZ 76. The notification
conforming to the requirements of the
regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR
400.22) was received on October 29,
2015.
A separate application for subzone
designation at the MannKind facilities
was submitted and will be processed
under Section 400.31 of the FTZ Board’s
regulations (Doc. S–147–2015). The
facilities are used for the production of
inhalable insulin. Pursuant to 15 CFR
400.14(b), FTZ activity would be limited
to the specific foreign-status material
and specific finished product described
in the submitted notification (as
described below) and subsequently
authorized by the FTZ Board.
Production under FTZ procedures
could exempt MannKind from customs
duty payments on the foreign-status
ingredient used in export production.
On its domestic sales, MannKind would
be able to choose the duty rate during
customs entry procedures that applies to
inhalable insulin (duty-free) for the
foreign-status ingredient, fumaryl
diketopiperazone (duty rate—6.5%).
Customs duties also could possibly be
deferred or reduced on foreign-status
production equipment.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Census Bureau
Generic Clearance for Questionnaire Pretesting Research
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 January 15, 2016.
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 Jennifer Hunter Childs, U.S. Census Bureau, 4600
Silver Hill Road, Washington, DC 20233-9150, (202) 603-4827 (or via the
Internet at jennifer.hunter.childs@census.gov).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The Census Bureau plans to request an extension of the current OMB
approval to conduct a variety of small-scale questionnaire pretesting
activities under this generic clearance. A block of hours will be
dedicated to these activities for each of the next three years. OMB
will be informed in writing of the purpose and scope of each of these
activities, as well as the time frame and the number of burden hours
used. The number of hours used will not exceed the number set aside for
this purpose.
This research program will be used by the Census Bureau and survey
sponsors to improve questionnaires and procedures, reduce respondent
burden, and ultimately increase the quality of data collected in the
Census Bureau censuses and surveys. The clearance will be used to
conduct pretesting of decennial, demographic, and economic census and
survey questionnaires prior to fielding them. Pretesting activities
will involve one of the following methods for identifying measurement
problems with the questionnaire or survey procedure: Cognitive
interviews, focus groups, respondent debriefing, behavior coding of
respondent/interviewer interaction, and split panel tests.
II. Method of Collection
Any of the following methods may be used: Mail, telephone, face-to-
face; paper-and-pencil, CATI, CAPI, Internet, or IVR.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0607-0725.
Form Number: Various.
Type of Review: Regular submission.
Affected Public: Individuals or households, businesses or other for
profit, farms.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 5,500 per year.
Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 5,500 hours annually.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: There is no cost to the
respondent other than time to answer the information request.
Respondents Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Data collection for this project is authorized
under the authorizing legislation for the questionnaire being tested.
This may be Title 13, Sections 131, 141, 161, 181, 182, 193, and 301
for Census Bureau-sponsored surveys, and Title 13 and 15 for surveys
sponsored by other Federal agencies. We do not now know what other
titles will be referenced, since we do not know what survey
questionnaires will be pretested during the course of the clearance.
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: November 10, 2015.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-28929 Filed 11-13-15; 8:45 am]
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