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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Census Bureau
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Report of Building
or Zoning Permits Issued for New
Privately-Owned Housing Units
(Building Permits Survey)
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.
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To ensure consideration, written
comments must be submitted on or
before September 24, 2018.
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 PRAcomments@doc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument(s) and instructions should
be directed Erica Filipek, U.S. Census
Bureau, Economic Indicators Division,
CENHQ Room 7K057, 4600 Silver Hill
Road, Washington, DC 20233, telephone
(301) 763–5161 (or via the internet at
Erica.Mary.Filipek@census.gov).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DATES:
I. Abstract
The Census Bureau plans to request a
three-year extension of Form C–404,
‘‘Report of Building or Zoning Permits
Issued for New Privately-Owned
Housing Units’’, otherwise known as the
Building Permits Survey. The Census
Bureau uses this survey to produce
statistics to monitor activity in the large
and dynamic construction industry. For
New Residential Construction (which
includes Housing Units Authorized by
Building Permits, Housing Starts, and
Housing Completions), form C–404 is
used to collect the estimate for Housing
Units Authorized by Building Permits.
For New Residential Construction and
Sales, the number of housing units
authorized by building permits is a key
component utilized in the estimation of
housing units started, completed, and
sold.
These statistics help state and local
governments, the Federal Government,
and private industry, analyze the
housing and construction industry
sector of the economy. Building permits
for new private housing units also are a
component of The Conference Board’s
Leading Economic Index.
The Census Bureau uses Form C–404
to collect information on changes to the
geographic coverage of permit-issuing
places, the number and valuation of
new residential housing units
authorized by building permits, and
additional information on residential
permits valued at $1 million or more,
including, but not limited to, site
address and type of building. The
Census Bureau uses these data to
estimate the number of housing units
started, the number of housing units
completed, the number of single-family
houses sold, and to select samples for
the Census Bureau’s demographic
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surveys. The Building Permits Survey is
the only source of statistics on
residential construction for states and
smaller geographic areas. The Census
Bureau uses the detailed geographic
data collected from state and local
officials on new residential construction
authorized by building permits in the
development of annual population
estimates that are used by government
agencies to allocate funding and other
resources to local areas. Policymakers,
planners, businesses, and others also
use the detailed geographic data to
monitor growth, plan for local services,
and to develop production and
marketing plans.
II. Method of Collection
Respondents may submit their data
via internet or a mailed or faxed form.
Some respondents choose to email
proprietary electronic files or mail
proprietary printouts of permit
information in lieu of returning the
form.
The survey universe is comprised of
approximately 20,325 local governments
that issue building permits. Due to
resource availability and the time
required to complete the data review
and analysis, the Census Bureau collects
data from a sample of permit-issuing
jurisdictions monthly, and the
remainder of the jurisdictions annually.
We collect this information monthly for
about 7,850 permit-issuing jurisdictions
who respond via internet or who mail
or fax the provided form. Another 325
jurisdictions have established reporting
arrangements that allow them to submit
their responses monthly via proprietary
electronic files or mailed printouts
using their own file format. We collect
this information annually for about
11,700 permit-issuing jurisdictions who
respond via internet or who mail or fax
the provided form. Another 450
jurisdictions have established reporting
arrangements that allow them to submit
their responses annually via proprietary
electronic files or mailed printouts
using their own file format.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0607–0094.
Form Number(s): C–404.
Type of Review: Regular submission.
Affected Public: State and Local
Governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
20,325.
Estimated Time per Response: 8
minutes for monthly respondents who
report via internet, mail or faxing the
form, 23 minutes for annual
respondents who report via internet,
mail or faxing the form and 3 minutes
for monthly and annual respondents
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who send electronic files or mail
printouts.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 17,263.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0. (This is not the cost of
respondents’ time, but the indirect costs
respondents may incur for such things
as purchases of specialized software or
hardware needed to report, or
expenditures for accounting or records
maintenance services required
specifically by the collection.)
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Title 13, United
States Code, Sections 131 and 182.
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.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental Lead PRA Officer, Office of the
Chief Information Officer.
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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.
Agency: U.S. Census Bureau.
Title: Manufacturers’ Unfilled Orders
Survey.
OMB Control Number: 0607–0561.
Form Number(s): MA–3000.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Number of Respondents: 6,000.
Average Hours per Response: 30
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Burden Hours: 3,000.
Needs and Uses: The data collected in
the Manufacturers’ Unfilled Orders
(M3UFO) Survey will be used to
benchmark the new and unfilled orders
information published in the monthly
Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories,
and Orders (M3) Survey. The M3 Survey
collects monthly data on the value of
shipments, inventories, and new and
unfilled orders from manufacturing
companies. The data are used by the
Bureau of Economic Analysis, the
Council of Economic Advisers, the
Federal Reserve Board, the Conference
Board, and members of the business
community such as trade associations
and the media to analyze business
conditions in the manufacturing sector.
The associated monthly M3 Survey
estimates are based on a panel of
approximately 5,000 reporting units that
represent approximately 3,100
companies and provide an indication of
month-to-month change for the
Manufacturing Sector. These reporting
units may be divisions of diversified
large companies, large homogenous
companies, or single-unit
manufacturers. The M3 estimates are
periodically benchmarked to
comprehensive data on the
manufacturing sector from the Annual
Survey of Manufactures (ASM), the
Economic Census (shipments and
inventories) and the M3UFO Survey,
which is the subject of this notice.
Unfilled orders data are not collected in
the ASM or the Economic Census. To
obtain more accurate M3 estimates of
unfilled orders, which are also used in
deriving M3 estimates of new orders, we
conduct the M3UFO Survey annually to
be used as the source for benchmarking
M3 unfilled orders data. Industries that
maintain unfilled orders cannot fulfill
the order in the same month in which
the order is received. This is not true for
each industry, and occurs mainly in
industries where production takes
longer than one month. In order to
reduce burden from our respondents,
the M3UFO data are used to determine
which North American Industry
Classification System (NAICS)
industries continue to maintain unfilled
orders. We then utilize that information
to only request unfilled orders on the
monthly M3 survey from the NAICS
industries that actually have unfilled
orders which cannot be completed
within the same month that the order
was placed.
There are no changes to the MA–3000
form, which is used to conduct the
M3UFO survey.
The Census Bureau will use mail out
or mail back survey forms to collect the
data with online reporting encouraged.
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Online response for the survey is
typically 70 percent. Companies are
asked to respond to the survey within
30 days of receipt. The Census Bureau
mails letters encouraging participation
to companies that have not responded
within 30 days and later uses telephone
follow-up to seek response from
delinquent companies.
Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profit.
Frequency: Annually.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C.,
Sections 131 and 182.
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,
Departmental Lead PRA Officer, Office of the
Chief Information Officer.
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International Trade Administration
[Application No. 92–14A001]
Export Trade Certificate of Review
Notice of issuance of an
amended Export Trade Certificate of
Review to Aerospace Industries
Association of America, Inc.,
Application no. 92–14A001.
ACTION:
The U.S. Department of
Commerce issued an amended Export
Trade Certificate of Review to
Aerospace Industries Association of
America, Inc. (‘‘AIA’’) on July 9, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Joseph Flynn, Director, Office of Trade
and Economic Analysis, International
Trade Administration, by telephone at
(202) 482–5131 (this is not a toll-free
number) or email at etca@trade.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title III of
the Export Trading Company Act of
1982 (15 U.S.C. 4001–21) authorizes the
Secretary of Commerce to issue Export
Trade Certificates of Review. The
regulations implementing Title III are
found at 15 CFR part 325 (2014). The
U.S. Department of Commerce,
International Trade Administration,
Office of Trade and Economic Analysis
(‘‘OTEA’’) is issuing this notice
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Census Bureau
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Report of
Building or Zoning Permits Issued for New Privately-Owned Housing Units
(Building Permits Survey)
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.
DATES: To ensure consideration, written comments must be submitted on
or before September 24, 2018.
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 [email protected]).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection instrument(s) and instructions
should be directed Erica Filipek, U.S. Census Bureau, Economic
Indicators Division, CENHQ Room 7K057, 4600 Silver Hill Road,
Washington, DC 20233, telephone (301) 763-5161 (or via the internet at
[email protected]).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The Census Bureau plans to request a three-year extension of Form
C-404, ``Report of Building or Zoning Permits Issued for New Privately-
Owned Housing Units'', otherwise known as the Building Permits Survey.
The Census Bureau uses this survey to produce statistics to monitor
activity in the large and dynamic construction industry. For New
Residential Construction (which includes Housing Units Authorized by
Building Permits, Housing Starts, and Housing Completions), form C-404
is used to collect the estimate for Housing Units Authorized by
Building Permits. For New Residential Construction and Sales, the
number of housing units authorized by building permits is a key
component utilized in the estimation of housing units started,
completed, and sold.
These statistics help state and local governments, the Federal
Government, and private industry, analyze the housing and construction
industry sector of the economy. Building permits for new private
housing units also are a component of The Conference Board's Leading
Economic Index.
The Census Bureau uses Form C-404 to collect information on changes
to the geographic coverage of permit-issuing places, the number and
valuation of new residential housing units authorized by building
permits, and additional information on residential permits valued at $1
million or more, including, but not limited to, site address and type
of building. The Census Bureau uses these data to estimate the number
of housing units started, the number of housing units completed, the
number of single-family houses sold, and to select samples for the
Census Bureau's demographic surveys. The Building Permits Survey is the
only source of statistics on residential construction for states and
smaller geographic areas. The Census Bureau uses the detailed
geographic data collected from state and local officials on new
residential construction authorized by building permits in the
development of annual population estimates that are used by government
agencies to allocate funding and other resources to local areas.
Policymakers, planners, businesses, and others also use the detailed
geographic data to monitor growth, plan for local services, and to
develop production and marketing plans.
II. Method of Collection
Respondents may submit their data via internet or a mailed or faxed
form. Some respondents choose to email proprietary electronic files or
mail proprietary printouts of permit information in lieu of returning
the form.
The survey universe is comprised of approximately 20,325 local
governments that issue building permits. Due to resource availability
and the time required to complete the data review and analysis, the
Census Bureau collects data from a sample of permit-issuing
jurisdictions monthly, and the remainder of the jurisdictions annually.
We collect this information monthly for about 7,850 permit-issuing
jurisdictions who respond via internet or who mail or fax the provided
form. Another 325 jurisdictions have established reporting arrangements
that allow them to submit their responses monthly via proprietary
electronic files or mailed printouts using their own file format. We
collect this information annually for about 11,700 permit-issuing
jurisdictions who respond via internet or who mail or fax the provided
form. Another 450 jurisdictions have established reporting arrangements
that allow them to submit their responses annually via proprietary
electronic files or mailed printouts using their own file format.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0607-0094.
Form Number(s): C-404.
Type of Review: Regular submission.
Affected Public: State and Local Governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 20,325.
Estimated Time per Response: 8 minutes for monthly respondents who
report via internet, mail or faxing the form, 23 minutes for annual
respondents who report via internet, mail or faxing the form and 3
minutes for monthly and annual respondents
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who send electronic files or mail printouts.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 17,263.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $0. (This is not the cost of
respondents' time, but the indirect costs respondents may incur for
such things as purchases of specialized software or hardware needed to
report, or expenditures for accounting or records maintenance services
required specifically by the collection.)
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Title 13, United States Code, Sections 131 and
182.
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.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental Lead PRA Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-15761 Filed 7-23-18; 8:45 am]
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