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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: 2017 Economic Census of Island
Areas.
OMB Control Number: 0607–0937.
Form Number(s): IA–92101, IA–
92103, IA–92104, IA–92301, IA–92303,
IA–92304, IA–93101, IA–93103, IA–
93104, IA–94201, IA–94203, IA–94204,
IA–94401, IA–94403, IA–94404, IA–
95101, IA–95103, IA–95104, IA–95201,
IA–95203, IA–95204, IA–97201, IA–
97203, IA–97204.
Type of Request: Reinstatement of a
previously approved collection.
Number of Respondents: 51,072.
Average Hours per Response: 1 hour.
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Burden Hours: 51,072.
Needs and Uses: The 2017 Economic
Census of Island Areas uses direct data
collection supplemented by data from
Federal administrative records to
compile statistics on approximately
51,000 business establishments in
industries defined by the 2017 North
American Industry Classification
System (NAICS) operating in Puerto
Rico, Guam, the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands, the U.S.
Virgin Islands and American Samoa.
The enumeration of business
establishments located within the 50
states will be submitted separately to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for approval.
The Economic Census of Island Areas
provides the only source of
comprehensive data for the Island Areas
at a geographic level similar to U.S.
counties. It will produce basic statistics
by industry for number of
establishments, value of shipments/
receipts/revenue/sales, payroll, and
employment. It also will yield a variety
of industry-specific statistics,
depreciable assets, selected purchased
services, inventories, and capital
expenditures, value of shipments/
receipts/revenue/sales by product line
as defined by the North American
Product Classification System (NAPCS),
size of establishments, and other
industry-specific measures.
Historically American Samoa, the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin
Islands each received only one general
economic census questionnaire to cover
all sectors. For the 2017 Economic
Census of Island Areas, in an effort to
provide all of the territories more
complete and comparable data,
American Samoa, the Commonwealth of
the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam,
and the Virgin Islands will receive eight
sector group specific instruments,
similar to what has been collected for
Puerto Rico in prior censuses. The
expanded content will cover the
following sectors: Utilities,
Transportation, and Warehousing;
Construction; Manufacturing; Wholesale
Trade; Retail Trade; Other Services;
Finance, Insurance, Real Estate, Rental
and Leasing; and Accommodation and
Food Services. The use of forms tailored
to the business sector allows for more
detailed data collection that is not
feasible using one form covering all
sectors of the economy. However, the
expanded content and additional
questions on the sector driven
instruments will increase the previous
response time for American Samoa, the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands, Guam, and the Virgin Islands.
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The new response burden estimate was
determined based on cognitive testing
done in Puerto Rico, as the instruments
are modeled after the forms Puerto Rico
has been receiving.
The 2017 Economic Census of Island
Areas will cover the following NAICS
sectors of the U.S. economy:
• Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas
Extraction
• Utilities
• Construction
• Manufacturing
• Wholesale Trade
• Retail Trade
• Transportation and Warehousing
• Information
• Finance and Insurance
• Real Estate and Rental and Leasing
• Professional, Scientific and Technical
Services
• Management of Companies and
Enterprises
• Administrative and Support and
Waste Management and Remediation
Services
• Educational Services
• Health Care and Social Assistance
• Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
• Accommodation and Food Services
• Other Services (except Public
Administration)
Although some sectors do not have
activity, they are not considered
excluded from the Economic Census of
Island Areas.
The economic census will produce
basic statistics by industry for the
number of establishments, value of
shipments/receipts/revenue/sales,
payroll, and employment. It also will
yield a variety of industry-specific
statistics, including expenses,
depreciable assets, selected purchased
services, inventories, and capital
expenditures, value of shipments/
receipts/revenue/sales by product line
as defined by the North American
Product Classification System (NAPCS),
type of operation, size of
establishments, and other industryspecific measures.
The Economic Census of Island Areas
is the major source of information about
the structure and functioning of the
economies of each Island Area, and
features the only recognized source of
data at a geographic level similar to U.S.
counties. Economic census statistics
serve as part of the framework for the
national accounts of the Island Areas
and provides essential information for
government, business, and the general
public. The governments of the Island
Areas and the Bureau of Economic
Analysis (BEA) rely on the economic
census as an important part of the
framework for their income and product
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accounts, input-output tables, economic
indices, and other composite measures
that serve as the basis for economic
policymaking, planning, and program
administration. Further, the census
provides benchmarks for surveys of
businesses which track short-term
economic trends, serve as economic
indicators, and contribute critical source
data for current estimates of the Gross
Domestic Product (GDP) of the Island
Areas. Finally, industry, business,
academia, and the general public use
information from the economic census
for evaluating markets, preparing
business plans, making business
decisions, developing economic models
and forecasts, conducting economic
research, and establishing benchmarks
for their own sample surveys.
If the Economic Census of Island
Areas were not conducted, the Federal
government would lose the only source
of detailed comprehensive information
of the economies of these areas.
Additionally, the governments of the
Island Areas would lose vital source
data and benchmarks for their national
accounts, input-output tables, and other
composite measures of economic
activity, causing a substantial
degradation in the quality of these
important statistics.
Affected Public: Businesses; Not-forprofit institutions; State, local or tribal
governments.
Frequency: Every five years.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: This information
collection is part of the 2017 Economic
Census, which is required by law under
Title 13, United States Code (U.S.C.).
Section 131 of this statute directs the
taking of a census at 5-year intervals.
Section 191 defines the geographic
scope of the census to include the island
areas and Section 224 makes reporting
mandatory.
This information collection request
may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov.
Follow the instructions to view
Department of Commerce collections
currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to
OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov or fax
to (202) 395–5806.
Sheleen Dumas,
PRA Departmental Lead, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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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: 2017 Economic Census.
OMB Control Number: None.
Form Number(s): The almost 800
electronic path numbers are too
numerous to list here.
Type of Request: New collection.
Number of Respondents: 4,214,680.
Average Hours per Response: 1.3
hours.
Burden Hours: 5,691,972.
Needs and Uses: The 2017 Economic
Census will use direct data collection
and administrative records to compile
statistics on approximately 7 million
employer business establishments in
industries defined by the 2017 North
American Industry Classification
System (NAICS). This request for
approval covers the information
collection instruments and procedures
that will be used in the enumeration of
U.S. domestic businesses. The
enumeration in the Island Areas (Puerto
Rico, Guam, the Commonwealth of the
Northern Marianas Islands, the U.S.
Virgin Islands, and American Samoa)
will be submitted separately to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for approval. In addition to the
general enumeration of businesses, the
2017 census program also includes
surveys of business owners and
commodity flows. Those surveys will
also be submitted separately.
The public administration sector is
out of scope to the economic census.
The U.S. Census Bureau conducts, and
will submit separately for approval, the
quinquennial census of governments
and other current programs that
measure the activities of government
establishments.
The 2017 Economic Census will cover
the following NAICS sectors of the U.S.
economy:
• Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas
Extraction
• Utilities
• Construction
• Manufacturing
• Wholesale Trade
• Retail Trade
• Transportation and Warehousing
• Information
• Finance and Insurance
• Real Estate and Rental and Leasing
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• Professional, Scientific and Technical
Services
• Management of Companies and
Enterprises
• Administrative and Support and
Waste Management and Remediation
Services
• Educational Services
• Health Care and Social Assistance
• Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
• Accommodation and Food Services
• Other Services (Except Public
Administration)
The economic census will produce
basic statistics by industry for the
number of establishments, value of
shipments/receipts/revenue/sales,
payroll, and employment. It also will
yield a variety of industry-specific
statistics, including materials
consumed, detailed supplies and fuels
consumed, electric energy consumed,
depreciable assets, selected purchased
services, inventories, and capital
expenditures, value of shipments/
receipts/revenue/sales by product line
as defined by the North American
Product Classification System (NAPCS),
type of operation, size of
establishments, and other industryspecific measures.
The Economic Census is the primary
source of information about the
structure and functioning of the nation’s
economy and features unique industry,
product 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 Federal
Government, including agencies such as
the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
and the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS),
use information from the economic
census as an important part of the
framework for the national income and
product accounts, input-output tables,
economic indices, and other composite
measures that serve as the factual basis
for economic policy-making, planning,
and program administration. Further,
the census provides sampling frames
and benchmarks for current business
surveys which track short-term
economic trends, serve as economic
indicators, and contribute critical source
data for current estimates of gross
domestic product. State and local
governments rely on the economic
census as a unique source of
comprehensive economic statistics for
small geographic areas for use in policymaking, planning, and program
administration. Finally, industry,
business, academia, and the general
public use information from the
economic census for evaluating markets,
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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: 2017 Economic Census of Island Areas.
OMB Control Number: 0607-0937.
Form Number(s): IA-92101, IA-92103, IA-92104, IA-92301, IA-92303,
IA-92304, IA-93101, IA-93103, IA-93104, IA-94201, IA-94203, IA-94204,
IA-94401, IA-94403, IA-94404, IA-95101, IA-95103, IA-95104, IA-95201,
IA-95203, IA-95204, IA-97201, IA-97203, IA-97204.
Type of Request: Reinstatement of a previously approved collection.
Number of Respondents: 51,072.
Average Hours per Response: 1 hour.
Burden Hours: 51,072.
Needs and Uses: The 2017 Economic Census of Island Areas uses
direct data collection supplemented by data from Federal administrative
records to compile statistics on approximately 51,000 business
establishments in industries defined by the 2017 North American
Industry Classification System (NAICS) operating in Puerto Rico, Guam,
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the U.S. Virgin
Islands and American Samoa. The enumeration of business establishments
located within the 50 states will be submitted separately to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval.
The Economic Census of Island Areas provides the only source of
comprehensive data for the Island Areas at a geographic level similar
to U.S. counties. It will produce basic statistics by industry for
number of establishments, value of shipments/receipts/revenue/sales,
payroll, and employment. It also will yield a variety of industry-
specific statistics, depreciable assets, selected purchased services,
inventories, and capital expenditures, value of shipments/receipts/
revenue/sales by product line as defined by the North American Product
Classification System (NAPCS), size of establishments, and other
industry-specific measures.
Historically American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands each received only
one general economic census questionnaire to cover all sectors. For the
2017 Economic Census of Island Areas, in an effort to provide all of
the territories more complete and comparable data, American Samoa, the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the Virgin
Islands will receive eight sector group specific instruments, similar
to what has been collected for Puerto Rico in prior censuses. The
expanded content will cover the following sectors: Utilities,
Transportation, and Warehousing; Construction; Manufacturing; Wholesale
Trade; Retail Trade; Other Services; Finance, Insurance, Real Estate,
Rental and Leasing; and Accommodation and Food Services. The use of
forms tailored to the business sector allows for more detailed data
collection that is not feasible using one form covering all sectors of
the economy. However, the expanded content and additional questions on
the sector driven instruments will increase the previous response time
for American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,
Guam, and the Virgin Islands. The new response burden estimate was
determined based on cognitive testing done in Puerto Rico, as the
instruments are modeled after the forms Puerto Rico has been receiving.
The 2017 Economic Census of Island Areas will cover the following
NAICS sectors of the U.S. economy:
Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction
Utilities
Construction
Manufacturing
Wholesale Trade
Retail Trade
Transportation and Warehousing
Information
Finance and Insurance
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services
Management of Companies and Enterprises
Administrative and Support and Waste Management and
Remediation Services
Educational Services
Health Care and Social Assistance
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
Accommodation and Food Services
Other Services (except Public Administration)
Although some sectors do not have activity, they are not considered
excluded from the Economic Census of Island Areas.
The economic census will produce basic statistics by industry for
the number of establishments, value of shipments/receipts/revenue/
sales, payroll, and employment. It also will yield a variety of
industry-specific statistics, including expenses, depreciable assets,
selected purchased services, inventories, and capital expenditures,
value of shipments/receipts/revenue/sales by product line as defined by
the North American Product Classification System (NAPCS), type of
operation, size of establishments, and other industry-specific
measures.
The Economic Census of Island Areas is the major source of
information about the structure and functioning of the economies of
each Island Area, and features the only recognized source of data at a
geographic level similar to U.S. counties. Economic census statistics
serve as part of the framework for the national accounts of the Island
Areas and provides essential information for government, business, and
the general public. The governments of the Island Areas and the Bureau
of Economic Analysis (BEA) rely on the economic census as an important
part of the framework for their income and product
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accounts, input-output tables, economic indices, and other composite
measures that serve as the basis for economic policymaking, planning,
and program administration. Further, the census provides benchmarks for
surveys of businesses which track short-term economic trends, serve as
economic indicators, and contribute critical source data for current
estimates of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the Island Areas.
Finally, industry, business, academia, and the general public use
information from the economic census for evaluating markets, preparing
business plans, making business decisions, developing economic models
and forecasts, conducting economic research, and establishing
benchmarks for their own sample surveys.
If the Economic Census of Island Areas were not conducted, the
Federal government would lose the only source of detailed comprehensive
information of the economies of these areas. Additionally, the
governments of the Island Areas would lose vital source data and
benchmarks for their national accounts, input-output tables, and other
composite measures of economic activity, causing a substantial
degradation in the quality of these important statistics.
Affected Public: Businesses; Not-for-profit institutions; State,
local or tribal governments.
Frequency: Every five years.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: This information collection is part of the 2017
Economic Census, which is required by law under Title 13, United States
Code (U.S.C.). Section 131 of this statute directs the taking of a
census at 5-year intervals. Section 191 defines the geographic scope of
the census to include the island areas and Section 224 makes reporting
mandatory.
This information collection request may be viewed at
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view Department of Commerce
collections currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice
to OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395-5806.
Sheleen Dumas,
PRA Departmental Lead, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-04755 Filed 3-9-17; 8:45 am]
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