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damiani@access-board.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
PRA and its implementing regulations
(5 CFR part 1320), Federal agencies
must obtain approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for each
collection of information they conduct
or sponsor. ‘‘Collection of information,’’
within the meaning of the PRA,
includes agency requests that pose
identical questions to, or impose
reporting or recording keeping
obligations on, ten or more persons,
regardless of whether response to such
request is mandatory or voluntary. See
5 CFR 1320.3(c); see also 44 U.S.C.
3502(3). Before seeking clearance from
OMB, agencies are generally required,
among other things, to publish both 60day and 30-day Notices in the Federal
Register concerning any proposed
information collection—including
extension of a previously-approved
collection—and provide an opportunity
for comment. See 44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A); 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1).
To comply with this requirement, the
Access Board published its 60-day
Notice in June 2023. See 88 FR 38015
(June 12, 2023). The Access Board is
now publishing this 30-day Notice for
the proposed renewal of this
information collection. OMB’s approval
of the current version of the Access
Board’s Online ABA Complaint Form is
set to expire in September 2023.
OMB Control Number: 3014–0012.
Title: Online Architectural Barriers
Act (ABA) Complaint Form.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: The Access Board enforces
the Architectural Barriers Act of 1968
(ABA) by investigating complaints from
members of the public concerning
particular buildings or facilities, i.e.,
those that are: constructed or altered by
or on behalf of the United States; leased
with Federal funds; or constructed or
altered with funds from a Federal grant
or loan. Over 90% of complaints the
Access Board receives each year are
submitted using the standardized, userfriendly, and accessible Online ABA
Complaint Form; the remainder are
submitted in writing, without the need
to use a hard-copy complaint form, by
email, mail, or fax. The Online ABA
Complaint Form allows complaints to
be filed 24 hours per day, seven days
per week, and allows for greater
efficiency, clarity, and timeliness in the
complaint filing process and resolution
of complaints.
The Online ABA Complaint Form
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information the Access Board needs to
investigate their complaint. First,
complainants must complete the form
fields for at least the name of the
building or facility and the city and
state in which it is located. Second,
complainants must describe each barrier
to accessibility they have found at the
building or facility. Third, complainants
are given the option, but are not
required, to provide personal
information, including their name,
address, telephone number(s), and email
address. Where provided, personal
information is not disclosed outside the
agency without the written permission
of the complainant. Complainants are
also given the option to upload
electronic files containing pictures,
drawings, or other documents relevant
to their complaint. Once any additional
information and the complaint is
submitted, the system provides
complainants confirmation that their
complaint has been submitted
successfully, a complaint number for
them to use when making inquiries
about the status of their complaint, and
an option to print their complaint.
Complainants also receive an
automatically generated email (if they
have provided an email address)
confirming the submission of their
complaint.
Description of Respondents:
Individual members of the public.
Estimated Total Annual Number of
Responses: Approximately 200
individuals submit complaints using the
Online ABA Complaint Form each year.
Estimated Frequency of Response:
Occasional. Complainants submit one
complaint for each building or facility at
which they noted accessibility barriers,
regardless of the number of barriers
encountered.
Estimated Time Burden per Response:
On average, about 30 minutes per online
complaint; the time burden may vary
depending on the number of
accessibility barriers identified in a
complaint. There is no financial burden
on respondents.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: Approximately 100 hours
annually.
Request for Comment: Comments are
again invited on: (a) whether the
proposed collection of information is
necessary for performance of the Access
Board’s work; (b) the accuracy of the
estimated burden; (c) ways for the
Access Board to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information
collection; and (d) ways that the burden
could be minimized without reducing
the quality of the collected information.
If you wish to comment in response to
this Notice, you may send your
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comments as specified under the
section of this Notice by
September 18, 2023.
ADDRESSES
Christopher Kuczynski,
General Counsel.
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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; High-Frequency Surveys
Program/Household Pulse Survey
Census Bureau, Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of information collection,
request for comment.
AGENCY:
The Department of
Commerce, in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, invites 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. The purpose of this
notice is to allow for 60 days of public
comment on the proposed data
collection for the Household Pulse
Survey under the High-Frequency
Surveys Program, prior to the
submission of the information collection
request (ICR) to OMB for approval. The
Household Pulse Survey was launched
on April 23, 2020 with approval from
the Office of Management and Budget to
continue data collection through
October 31, 2023 (OMB No. 0607–1013).
The Department of Commerce has
decided to continue the Household
Pulse Survey after October 31, 2023.
DATES: To ensure consideration,
comments regarding the continued
Household Pulse Survey information
collection must be received on or before
October 16, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments by
email to Cassandra Logan, Survey
Director, U.S. Census Bureau, by email
to Cassandra.Logan@census.gov or
PRAcomments@doc.gov. Please
reference High-Frequency and Rapid
Response Surveys/Household Pulse
Survey. You may also submit
comments, identified by Docket Number
USBC–2023–0006, to the Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. All comments
SUMMARY:
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received are part of the public record.
No comments will be posted to https://
www.regulations.gov for public viewing
until after the comment period has
closed. Comments will generally be
posted without change. All Personally
Identifiable Information (for example,
name and address) voluntarily
submitted by the commenter may be
publicly accessible. Do not submit
Confidential Business Information or
otherwise sensitive or protected
information. You may submit
attachments to electronic comments in
Microsoft Word, Excel, or Adobe PDF
file formats.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
specific questions related to collection
activities should be directed to
Cassandra Logan, Survey Director, U.S.
Census Bureau, 4600 Silver Hill Road,
HQ–7H157, Washington, DC 20233,
(301) 763–1087, and Cassandra.Logan@
census.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. Abstract
The High-Frequency Surveys Program
was established as a natural progression
from the creation of the Household
Pulse Survey. High-frequency surveys
are designed to develop and deploy data
collection instruments quickly and for
data to be released in near real-time.
The Census Bureau developed the
Household Pulse Survey as an
experimental endeavor in cooperation
with five other federal agencies. The
survey was designed to produce near
real-time data in a time of urgent and
acute need to inform federal and state
action. Changes in the measures over
time provided insight into individuals’
experiences on social and economic
dimensions during the period of the
Covid–19 pandemic. It has evolved to
include content on other emergent
social and economic issues facing
households. This survey, conducted
under the auspices of the Census
Bureau’s Experimental Data Series
(https://www.census.gov/data/
experimental-data-products.html), is
designed to supplement the federal
statistical system’s traditional
benchmark data products with a new
data source that provides relevant and
timely information based on a highquality sample frame, data integration,
and cooperative expertise.
To date, question domains
contributed by the Census Bureau
(Census), the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB); the U.S. Department of
Agriculture’s (USDA) Economic
Research Service (ERS) and Food and
Nutrition Service (FNS); the Bureau of
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Labor Statistics (BLS); the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
and the National Center for Health
Statistics (NCHS); the Health Resources
and Services Administration’s Maternal
and Child Health Bureau (HRSA/
MCHB); the National Center for
Education Statistics (NCES); the
Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD); the Bureau of
Transportation Statistics (BTS); the
Department of Defense (DOD); the
National Institute on Occupational
Safety and Health (NIOSH); the National
Center for Immunization and
Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD); the U.S.
Energy Information Administration
(EIA); the White House Council of
Economic Advisors (CEA) and Domestic
Policy Council (DPC); the Consumer
Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); the
Department of Health and Human
Services, Assistant Secretary for
Planning and Evaluation (HHS/ASPE);
and the Food and Drug Administration
(FDA) have sought to measure
employment status, spending, food
security, housing, health, natural
disasters, vaccine receipt, COVID–19
diagnosis and treatment, shortage of
critical products, disability, income, and
childcare arrangements.
In the future, the HPS platform will be
used to measure social and economic
effects of current events, whether they
be health events, natural disaster events,
or other social or economic events
facing the nation or a significant portion
of the nation.
survey participants to complete the
survey is approximately 20 minutes. As
methods develop and questionnaire
topics change, the Census Bureau will
notify the public via Federal Register
notices.
Survey estimates will be produced by
weighting the results to various
demographic controls from auxiliary
sources like the Census Bureau official
population estimates and the American
Community Survey. Source and
accuracy documentation will provide
details about the methods and quality of
the survey estimates for each data
collection cycle.
II. Method of Collection
The Census Bureau will conduct this
information collection online using
Qualtrics as the data collection
platform. Qualtrics provides the
necessary agility to deploy the
Household Pulse Survey quickly and
securely. It operates in the Gov Cloud,
is FedRAMP authorized at the moderate
level, and has an Authority to Operate
from the Census Bureau to collect
personally identifiable and Titleprotected data.
The Census Bureau will sample
approximately 1,100,000 housing units
for each period of data collection. If
approved, the survey will be
administered starting on or around
November 15, 2023. Households will be
contacted via email and SMS message
(with the possibility of mailed
invitations) and asked to complete
approximately 50 questions on topics
such as employment status, spending,
food security, housing, health, natural
disasters, vaccine receipt, COVID–19
diagnosis and treatment, shortage of
critical products, disability, income, and
childcare arrangements. The time for
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III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0607–XXXX.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission,
New Information Collection Request.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
The total number of respondents is
estimated at 64,510 per data collection
period for 12 data collection periods
each year for a total estimate of 774,120
respondents.
Estimated Time per Response: 20
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 257,782.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Title 13, United
States Code, Sections 8(b), 182 and 193.
We are soliciting public comments to
permit the Department/Bureau to: (a)
Evaluate whether the proposed
information collection is necessary for
the proper functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the
accuracy of our estimate of the time and
cost burden for this proposed collection,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
Evaluate ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (d) Minimize the
reporting burden on those who are to
respond, including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include, or
summarize, each comment in our
request to OMB to approve this ICR.
Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other
personal identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
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personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you may ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs,
Commerce Department.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Simple Network Application
Process and Multipurpose Application
Form
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 June 12,
2023, during a 60-day comment period.
This notice allows for an additional 30
days for public comments.
Agency: Bureau of Industry and
Security, Department of Commerce.
Title: Simple Network Application
Process and Multipurpose Application
Form.
OMB Control Number: 0694–0088.
Form Number(s): BIS–748P, BIS–
748P–A, BIS–748P–B.
Type of Request: Revision of a current
information collection.
Number of Respondents: 72,744.
Average Hours per Response: 29.4.
Burden Hours: 35,739.
Needs and Uses: Section 1761(h)
under the Export Control Reform Act
(ECRA) of 2018, authorizes the
President and the Secretary of
Commerce to issue regulations to
implement the ECRA including those
provisions authorizing the control of
exports of U.S. goods and technology to
all foreign destinations, as necessary for
the purpose of national security, foreign
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policy and short supply, and the
provision prohibiting U.S. persons from
participating in certain foreign boycotts.
Export control authority has been
assigned directly to the Secretary of
Commerce by the ECRA and delegated
by the President to the Secretary of
Commerce. This authority is
administered by the Bureau of Industry
and Security through the Export
Administration Regulations (EAR). BIS
administers a system of export, reexport, and in-country transfer controls
in accordance with the EAR. In doing
so, BIS requires that parties wishing to
engage in certain transactions apply for
licenses, submit Encryption Review
Requests, or submit notifications to BIS.
BIS also reviews, upon request,
specifications of various items and
determines their proper classification
under the EAR.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Frequency: On Occasion.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Section 1761(h) of
the Export Control Reform Act (ECRA).
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 0694–0088.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs,
Commerce Department.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C–533–872]
Finished Carbon Steel Flanges From
India: Preliminary Results of
Countervailing Duty Administrative
Review; 2021
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily
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determines that Norma (India) Ltd.
(Norma) and R.N. Gupta & Co. Ltd.
(RNG) received countervailable
subsidies during the period of review
(POR), January 1, 2021, through
December 31, 2021. Interested parties
are invited to comment on these
preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable August 17, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
James R. Hepburn or Preston N. Cox,
AD/CVD Operations, Office VI,
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–1882 or
(202) 482–5041, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On August 24, 2017, Commerce
published in the Federal Register the
countervailing duty order on finished
carbon steel flanges from India.1 On
August 2, 2022, Commerce published a
notice of opportunity to request an
administrative review of the Order.2 On
August 31, 2022, Weldbend Corporation
and Boltex Manufacturing Co., L.P.
(collectively, the petitioners), requested
a review of 41 producers and/or
exporters of subject merchandise.3
Further, between August 18 and 31,
2022, Commerce received multiple
requests, from Indian producers or
exporters of flanges for an
administrative review of the Order with
respect to themselves.4 On October 11,
1 See Finished Carbon Steel Flanges from India:
Countervailing Duty Order, 82 FR 40138 (August
24, 2017) (Order).
2 See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order,
Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity
to Request Administrative Review and Join Annual
Inquiry Service List, 87 FR 47187, 47188 (August 2,
2022).
3 See Petitioners’ Letter, ‘‘Request for
Administrative Review,’’ dated August 31, 2022.
4 See Munish Forge Private Limited’s Letter,
‘‘Request for Counter Vailing Duty Administrative
Review,’’ dated August 18, 2022; see also
Balkrishna Steel Forge Prv. Ltd.’s Letter, ‘‘Request
for Countervailing Duty Administrative Review of
Balkrishna Steel Forge Pvt. Ltd. for the Period of
January 01, 2021 to December 31, 2021,’’ dated
August 29, 2022; Cetus Engineering Private
Limited’s Letter, ‘‘Request for Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review of Cetus Engineering Private
Limited (‘‘Cetus’’) for the Period of January 01, 2021
to December 31, 2021,’’ dated August 29, 2022; Jai
Auto Private Limited’s Letter, ‘‘Request for
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review of Jai
Auto Pvt. Ltd for the Period of January 01, 2021 to
December 31, 2021,’’ dated August 27, 2022;
Norma’s Letter, ‘‘Request for Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review for Norma (India) Limited,
USK Export Private Limited, Umashanker
Khandelwal and Co. and Bansidhar Chiranjilal.,’’
dated August 29, 2022; RNG’s Letter, ‘‘Request for
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review,’’ dated
August 29, 2022; and Bebitz Flanges Works Private
Limited’s Letter, ‘‘Request for an Administrative
Review,’’ dated August 31, 2022.
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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; High-Frequency Surveys Program/Household Pulse Survey
AGENCY: Census Bureau, Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of information collection, request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, invites 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. The
purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment on the
proposed data collection for the Household Pulse Survey under the High-
Frequency Surveys Program, prior to the submission of the information
collection request (ICR) to OMB for approval. The Household Pulse
Survey was launched on April 23, 2020 with approval from the Office of
Management and Budget to continue data collection through October 31,
2023 (OMB No. 0607-1013). The Department of Commerce has decided to
continue the Household Pulse Survey after October 31, 2023.
DATES: To ensure consideration, comments regarding the continued
Household Pulse Survey information collection must be received on or
before October 16, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments by
email to Cassandra Logan, Survey Director, U.S. Census Bureau, by email
to [email protected] or [email protected]. Please reference
High-Frequency and Rapid Response Surveys/Household Pulse Survey. You
may also submit comments, identified by Docket Number USBC-2023-0006,
to the Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. All
comments
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received are part of the public record. No comments will be posted to
https://www.regulations.gov for public viewing until after the comment
period has closed. Comments will generally be posted without change.
All Personally Identifiable Information (for example, name and address)
voluntarily submitted by the commenter may be publicly accessible. Do
not submit Confidential Business Information or otherwise sensitive or
protected information. You may submit attachments to electronic
comments in Microsoft Word, Excel, or Adobe PDF file formats.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
specific questions related to collection activities should be directed
to Cassandra Logan, Survey Director, U.S. Census Bureau, 4600 Silver
Hill Road, HQ-7H157, Washington, DC 20233, (301) 763-1087, and
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The High-Frequency Surveys Program was established as a natural
progression from the creation of the Household Pulse Survey. High-
frequency surveys are designed to develop and deploy data collection
instruments quickly and for data to be released in near real-time. The
Census Bureau developed the Household Pulse Survey as an experimental
endeavor in cooperation with five other federal agencies. The survey
was designed to produce near real-time data in a time of urgent and
acute need to inform federal and state action. Changes in the measures
over time provided insight into individuals' experiences on social and
economic dimensions during the period of the Covid-19 pandemic. It has
evolved to include content on other emergent social and economic issues
facing households. This survey, conducted under the auspices of the
Census Bureau's Experimental Data Series (https://www.census.gov/data/experimental-data-products.html), is designed to supplement the federal
statistical system's traditional benchmark data products with a new
data source that provides relevant and timely information based on a
high-quality sample frame, data integration, and cooperative expertise.
To date, question domains contributed by the Census Bureau
(Census), the Office of Management and Budget (OMB); the U.S.
Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Economic Research Service (ERS) and
Food and Nutrition Service (FNS); the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS);
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National
Center for Health Statistics (NCHS); the Health Resources and Services
Administration's Maternal and Child Health Bureau (HRSA/MCHB); the
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES); the Department of
Housing and Urban Development (HUD); the Bureau of Transportation
Statistics (BTS); the Department of Defense (DOD); the National
Institute on Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH); the National
Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD); the U.S.
Energy Information Administration (EIA); the White House Council of
Economic Advisors (CEA) and Domestic Policy Council (DPC); the Consumer
Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); the Department of Health and Human
Services, Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (HHS/ASPE);
and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have sought to measure
employment status, spending, food security, housing, health, natural
disasters, vaccine receipt, COVID-19 diagnosis and treatment, shortage
of critical products, disability, income, and childcare arrangements.
In the future, the HPS platform will be used to measure social and
economic effects of current events, whether they be health events,
natural disaster events, or other social or economic events facing the
nation or a significant portion of the nation.
II. Method of Collection
The Census Bureau will conduct this information collection online
using Qualtrics as the data collection platform. Qualtrics provides the
necessary agility to deploy the Household Pulse Survey quickly and
securely. It operates in the Gov Cloud, is FedRAMP authorized at the
moderate level, and has an Authority to Operate from the Census Bureau
to collect personally identifiable and Title-protected data.
The Census Bureau will sample approximately 1,100,000 housing units
for each period of data collection. If approved, the survey will be
administered starting on or around November 15, 2023. Households will
be contacted via email and SMS message (with the possibility of mailed
invitations) and asked to complete approximately 50 questions on topics
such as employment status, spending, food security, housing, health,
natural disasters, vaccine receipt, COVID-19 diagnosis and treatment,
shortage of critical products, disability, income, and childcare
arrangements. The time for survey participants to complete the survey
is approximately 20 minutes. As methods develop and questionnaire
topics change, the Census Bureau will notify the public via Federal
Register notices.
Survey estimates will be produced by weighting the results to
various demographic controls from auxiliary sources like the Census
Bureau official population estimates and the American Community Survey.
Source and accuracy documentation will provide details about the
methods and quality of the survey estimates for each data collection
cycle.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0607-XXXX.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission, New Information Collection
Request.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Estimated Number of Respondents: The total number of respondents is
estimated at 64,510 per data collection period for 12 data collection
periods each year for a total estimate of 774,120 respondents.
Estimated Time per Response: 20 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 257,782.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $0.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Title 13, United States Code, Sections 8(b), 182
and 193.
IV. Request for Comments
We are soliciting public comments to permit the Department/Bureau
to: (a) Evaluate whether the proposed information collection is
necessary for the proper functions of the Department, including whether
the information will have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the accuracy
of our estimate of the time and cost burden for this proposed
collection, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions
used; (c) Evaluate ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected; and (d) Minimize the reporting burden
on those who are to respond, including the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology.
Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include, or summarize, each comment in our
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Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2023-17681 Filed 8-16-23; 8:45 am]
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