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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Service Annual Survey
The Department of Commerce will
submit the following information
collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, on or after the date of publication
of this notice. We invite the general
public and other Federal agencies to
comment on proposed, and continuing
information collections, which helps us
assess the impact of our information
collection requirements and minimize
the public’s reporting burden. Public
comments were previously requested
via the Federal Register on September
21, 2020 during a 60-day comment
period. This notice allows for an
additional 30 days for public comments.
Agency: U.S. Census Bureau.
Title: Service Annual Survey.
OMB Control Number: 0607–0422.
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Form Number(s): There are 91
individual forms, too numerous to list
here.
Type of Request: Regular submission,
Request for a Revision of a Currently
Approved Collection.
Number of Respondents: 93,722.
Average Hours per Response: 1.5305.
Burden Hours: 143,437.
Needs and Uses: Over 50 percent of
all economic activity is generated by
businesses in the services sectors,
defined to exclude retail and wholesale
trade. The U.S. Census Bureau currently
measures the total output of most of the
service industries annually in the
Service Annual Survey (SAS). This
survey currently covers all or portions
of: Utilities; Transportation and
Warehousing; Information; Finance and
Insurance; Real Estate and Rental and
Leasing; Professional, Scientific, and
Technical Services; Administrative and
Support and Waste Management and
Remediation Services; Educational
Services; Health Care and Social
Assistance; Arts, Entertainment, and
Recreation; Accommodation and Food
Services; and Other Services (except
Public Administration) as defined by
the North American Industry
Classification System (NAICS). The SAS
provides the only official source of
annual revenue estimates for the service
industries.
Estimates from the SAS are essential
to measurement of economic growth,
real output, prices, and productivity for
our nation’s economy. A broad
spectrum of government and private
stakeholders use these estimates in
analyzing economic activity; forecasting
economic growth; and compiling data
on productivity, prices and the gross
domestic product (GDP). In addition,
trade and professional organizations use
these estimates to analyze industry
trends, benchmark their own statistical
products and develop forecasts. Private
businesses use these estimates to
measure market share, analyze business
potential, and plan investments.
Collected data include operating
revenue for both taxable and tax-exempt
firms and organizations, sources of
revenue and expenses by type for
selected industries, operating expenses,
and selected industry-specific items. In
addition, e-commerce data is collected
for all industries, and export and
inventory data are collected for selected
industries. The availability of these data
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greatly improves the quality of the
intermediate inputs and value-added
estimates in the annual input-output
and GDP by industry accounts produced
by the Bureau of Economic Analysis
(BEA).
Beginning in survey year 2020, the
operating expenses content on all SAS
questionnaires will change to a version
that will be used in Economic Census
years and non-Economic Census years.
This change will aid in creating a
consistent survey experience for
respondents from year to year and better
meet the needs of our data users. The
proposed expense questions are shown
in Attachment 2. This spreadsheet
shows the different versions of the
expense questions that will appear on
each SAS form variation.
Minor changes will also be made to
various forms to increase clarity of what
is being asked of respondents (e.g.,
improving instructions or removing
parts of a question), improve the quality
of data the Census Bureau receives, and
further reduce respondent burden.
To improve data quality, harmonize
survey content, and reduce respondent
burden, the Service Annual Survey will
alter a question asking about
organizational change within a
company. This question appears as
question 3 for respondents in all
industries SAS covers. The question
inquires about any organizational
changes a company experienced during
the given year and currently refers to
acquisitions, mergers, sales, and
divestitures. The revision will alter the
question text to include instances where
a company ceased operations and would
add ‘‘ceased operation’’ as an answer
choice. This change would provide
additional information about a
company’s activity in a given year,
having the potential to improve data
quality. Additionally, the revision
would synchronize SAS content with
the relevant questions on the Annual
Retail Trade Survey (ARTS) and the
Annual Wholesale Trade Survey
(AWTS), making the surveys more
consistent for respondents.
In addition, with the increased use of
telemedicine services during this public
health emergency, the Service Annual
Survey proposes expanding the scope of
questions on telemedicine beyond
ambulatory health care providers to
include hospitals and nursing homes.
Telemedicine is an important mode of
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service delivery for the healthcare
industry, and its importance has
increased during the current pandemic.
Expanding the collection of data on
telemedicine use will support
measurement on changes in its adoption
during this unprecedented public health
emergency. SAS currently asks
ambulatory health care providers
(NAICS 621) about telemedicine
services in relation to patient visits.
This proposal will add a question about
revenues from telemedicine services for
hospitals (NAICS 622) and nursing
homes (NAICS 623). Furthermore, to
standardize content across industries
and provide consistency for
respondents, the current telemedicine
question asked of the ambulatory health
care providers would be revised to
match the question being added to the
other industries.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Frequency: Annually.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Title 13, United
States Code, Sections 131 and 182
authorize the collection. Sections 224
and 225 make reporting mandatory.
This information collection request
may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov.
Follow the instructions to view the
Department of Commerce collections
currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be
submitted within 30 days of the
publication of this notice on the
following website www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain. Find this
particular information collection by
selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day
Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or
by using the search function and
entering either the title of the collection
or the OMB Control Number 0607–0422.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
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International Trade Administration
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Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells,
Whether or Not Assembled Into
Modules, From the People’s Republic
of China: Final Results of
Countervailing Duty Administrative
Review; 2017
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) determines that
countervailable subsidies are being
provided to producers/exporters of
crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells,
whether or not assembled into modules
(solar cells), from the People’s Republic
of China (China) during the period of
review (POR) January 1, 2017 through
December 31, 2017.
DATES: Applicable December 9, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Gene H. Calvert, AD/CVD Operations,
Office VII, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone
(202) 482–3586.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
Commerce published the Preliminary
Results of this administrative review in
the Federal Register on February 11,
2020.1 We invited interested parties to
comment on the Preliminary Results.
Between March 12, 2020 and October
26, 2020, we received timely case briefs
from the following interested parties:
Trina Solar Co., Ltd. (formerly known as
Changzhou Trina Solar Energy Co.,
Ltd.); the Government of China (GOC);
BYD Shangluo Industrial Co., Ltd. and
Shanghai BYD Co., Ltd. (the BYD
Companies); JA Solar Technology
Yangzhou, Co., Ltd. (JA Solar); Risen
Energy Co., Ltd. (Risen Energy); and
SunPower Manufacturing Oregon LLC.
On November 2, 2020, we received
timely rebuttal briefs from the following
companies: JA Solar; the BYD
Companies; and Risen Energy.
On April 24, 2020, Commerce tolled
the due date for these final results by 50
1 See Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells,
Whether or Not Assembled Into Modules, from the
People’s Republic of China: Preliminary Results of
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review and
Rescission of Review, in Part; 2017, 85 FR 7727
(February 11, 2020) (Preliminary Results), and
accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum
(PDM).
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days.2 On July 21, 2020, Commerce
tolled the due date for these final results
an additional 60 days.3 On September
25, 2020, Commerce extended the
deadline for issuing the final results of
this review by 60 days, until November
27, 2020.4
Scope of the Order
The products covered by the order are
solar cells from China. A full
description of the scope of the order is
contained in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.5
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in interested parties’
briefs are addressed in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum accompanying
this notice. A list of the issues raised by
interested parties and to which
Commerce responded in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum is provided in
Appendix I to this notice. The Issues
and Decision Memorandum is a public
document and is on file electronically
via Enforcement and Compliance’s
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Centralized Electronic Service System
(ACCESS). ACCESS is available to
registered users at https://
access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete
version of the Issues and Decision
Memorandum can be accessed directly
at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/.
The signed and electronic versions of
the Issues and Decision Memorandum
are identical in content.
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on comments in case briefs and
record evidence, Commerce made
certain changes from the Preliminary
Results, with regard to the ocean freight
benchmark used to measure the
remuneration of inputs for less than
adequate remuneration, and corrected
various ministerial errors for the
respondent companies, JA Solar and
2 See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews in Response to Operational
Adjustments Due to COVID–19,’’ dated April 24,
2020.
3 See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews,’’ dated July 21, 2020.
4 See Memorandum, ‘‘Administrative Review of
the Countervailing Duty Order on Crystalline
Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not
Assembled Into Modules, from the People’s
Republic of China: Extension of Deadline for the
Final Results of the Administrative Review,’’ dated
September 25, 2020.
5 See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision
Memorandum for the Final Results of the
Administrative Review of the Countervailing Duty
Order on Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells,
Whether or Not Assembled Into Modules, from the
People’s Republic of China; 2017,’’ dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this
notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Census Bureau
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Service Annual Survey
The Department of Commerce will submit the following information
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, on or after the date of publication of this notice. We invite the
general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and
continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of
our information collection requirements and minimize the public's
reporting burden. Public comments were previously requested via the
Federal Register on September 21, 2020 during a 60-day comment period.
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
Agency: U.S. Census Bureau.
Title: Service Annual Survey.
OMB Control Number: 0607-0422.
Form Number(s): There are 91 individual forms, too numerous to list
here.
Type of Request: Regular submission, Request for a Revision of a
Currently Approved Collection.
Number of Respondents: 93,722.
Average Hours per Response: 1.5305.
Burden Hours: 143,437.
Needs and Uses: Over 50 percent of all economic activity is
generated by businesses in the services sectors, defined to exclude
retail and wholesale trade. The U.S. Census Bureau currently measures
the total output of most of the service industries annually in the
Service Annual Survey (SAS). This survey currently covers all or
portions of: Utilities; Transportation and Warehousing; Information;
Finance and Insurance; Real Estate and Rental and Leasing;
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services; Administrative and
Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services; Educational
Services; Health Care and Social Assistance; Arts, Entertainment, and
Recreation; Accommodation and Food Services; and Other Services (except
Public Administration) as defined by the North American Industry
Classification System (NAICS). The SAS provides the only official
source of annual revenue estimates for the service industries.
Estimates from the SAS are essential to measurement of economic
growth, real output, prices, and productivity for our nation's economy.
A broad spectrum of government and private stakeholders use these
estimates in analyzing economic activity; forecasting economic growth;
and compiling data on productivity, prices and the gross domestic
product (GDP). In addition, trade and professional organizations use
these estimates to analyze industry trends, benchmark their own
statistical products and develop forecasts. Private businesses use
these estimates to measure market share, analyze business potential,
and plan investments.
Collected data include operating revenue for both taxable and tax-
exempt firms and organizations, sources of revenue and expenses by type
for selected industries, operating expenses, and selected industry-
specific items. In addition, e-commerce data is collected for all
industries, and export and inventory data are collected for selected
industries. The availability of these data greatly improves the quality
of the intermediate inputs and value-added estimates in the annual
input-output and GDP by industry accounts produced by the Bureau of
Economic Analysis (BEA).
Beginning in survey year 2020, the operating expenses content on
all SAS questionnaires will change to a version that will be used in
Economic Census years and non-Economic Census years. This change will
aid in creating a consistent survey experience for respondents from
year to year and better meet the needs of our data users. The proposed
expense questions are shown in Attachment 2. This spreadsheet shows the
different versions of the expense questions that will appear on each
SAS form variation.
Minor changes will also be made to various forms to increase
clarity of what is being asked of respondents (e.g., improving
instructions or removing parts of a question), improve the quality of
data the Census Bureau receives, and further reduce respondent burden.
To improve data quality, harmonize survey content, and reduce
respondent burden, the Service Annual Survey will alter a question
asking about organizational change within a company. This question
appears as question 3 for respondents in all industries SAS covers. The
question inquires about any organizational changes a company
experienced during the given year and currently refers to acquisitions,
mergers, sales, and divestitures. The revision will alter the question
text to include instances where a company ceased operations and would
add ``ceased operation'' as an answer choice. This change would provide
additional information about a company's activity in a given year,
having the potential to improve data quality. Additionally, the
revision would synchronize SAS content with the relevant questions on
the Annual Retail Trade Survey (ARTS) and the Annual Wholesale Trade
Survey (AWTS), making the surveys more consistent for respondents.
In addition, with the increased use of telemedicine services during
this public health emergency, the Service Annual Survey proposes
expanding the scope of questions on telemedicine beyond ambulatory
health care providers to include hospitals and nursing homes.
Telemedicine is an important mode of
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service delivery for the healthcare industry, and its importance has
increased during the current pandemic. Expanding the collection of data
on telemedicine use will support measurement on changes in its adoption
during this unprecedented public health emergency. SAS currently asks
ambulatory health care providers (NAICS 621) about telemedicine
services in relation to patient visits. This proposal will add a
question about revenues from telemedicine services for hospitals (NAICS
622) and nursing homes (NAICS 623). Furthermore, to standardize content
across industries and provide consistency for respondents, the current
telemedicine question asked of the ambulatory health care providers
would be revised to match the question being added to the other
industries.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
Frequency: Annually.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Title 13, United States Code, Sections 131 and 182
authorize the collection. Sections 224 and 225 make reporting
mandatory.
This information collection request may be viewed at
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view the Department of
Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of
this notice on the following website www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search
function and entering either the title of the collection or the OMB
Control Number 0607-0422.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer, Commerce Department.
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