Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Generic Clearance for Census Bureau Field Tests and Evaluations, 54768 [2024-14529]

Download as PDF 54768 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 127 / Tuesday, July 2, 2024 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Census Bureau lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Generic Clearance for Census Bureau Field Tests and Evaluations 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 7/26/2022 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. Agency: U.S. Census Bureau. Title: Burden Increase for the Generic Clearance for Census Bureau Field Tests and Evaluations. OMB Control Number: 0607–0971. Form Number(s): Not yet determined. Type of Request: Request for a burden increase. Number of Respondents: 113,791 per year. Average Hours per Response: 26.58 minutes. Burden Hours: 50,424.33 hours annually. Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census Bureau is committed to conducting research to identify possible cost and burden reductions in future census and survey, while maintaining high quality results. The Census Bureau requests an increase of 60,500 hours to the existing burden estimates for this Generic Clearance. The Census Bureau is making no other changes to this Clearance. This increase will bring the total burden hours for this Clearance to 211,773 hours over the three-year period. Studies to research and evaluate how to improve data collection activities for data collection programs at the Census Bureau have outpaced the original burden estimates. Larger sample sizes will allow us to continue to explore how the Census Bureau can improve efficiency, data quality, and response rates and reduce respondent burden in future census and survey operations, evaluations and experiments. This VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:34 Jul 01, 2024 Jkt 262001 research program is for respondent communication, questionnaire and procedure development, and evaluation purposes. We will use data tabulations to evaluate the results of testing. Affected Public: Individuals or households, businesses or other for profit, farms. Frequency: Once. Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary or Mandatory, depending on cited authority. Legal Authority: Data collection for this project is authorized under the authorizing legislation for the questionnaire being tested. This may be 13 U.S.C. 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. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed change 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 0607–0971. Mary Lenaiyasa, PRA Program Manager, Policy Coordination Office, U.S. Census Bureau. [FR Doc. 2024–14529 Filed 7–1–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–07–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A–570–028] Antidumping Duty Order on Hydrofluorocarbon Blends From the People’s Republic of China: Preliminary Negative Determination of Circumvention With Respect to R– 410B From Mexico Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that imports of R–410B from Mexico, which are allegedly completed in Mexico using components originating in the People’s Republic of China (China), and further processed in the United States, as specified below, are not circumventing the antidumping AGENCY: PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 duty (AD) order on hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) blends from China. DATES: Applicable July 2, 2024. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Melissa Porpotage, AD/CVD Operations, Office IX, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–1413. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On August 19, 2016, Commerce published the Order in the Federal Register.1 On October 30, 2023, Commerce initiated a country-wide circumvention inquiry to determine whether imports of R–410B from Mexico, completed in Mexico using HFC components R–32 (difluoromethane) and R–125 (pentafluoroethane) (collectively, Chinaorigin HFC components) manufactured in China, and further processed in the United States are circumventing the Order and, accordingly, should be covered by the scope of the Order.2 In December 2023, Commerce selected the following two mandatory respondents in this circumvention inquiry: iGas LLC (iGas) and Quimica Marcat, S.A. DE C.V. (Quimica Marcat).3 For a complete description of the events that followed the initiation of this circumvention inquiry, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.4 Scope of the Order The merchandise covered by the Order is certain HFC blends from China. For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.5 Merchandise Subject to the Circumvention Inquiry This circumvention inquiry covers imports of R–410B from Mexico, which are completed in Mexico using Chinaorigin HFC components and further 1 See Hydrofluorocarbon Blends from the People’s Republic of China: Antidumping Duty Order, 81 FR 55436 (August 19, 2016) (Order). 2 See Hydrofluorocarbon Blends from the People’s Republic of China: Initiation of Circumvention Inquiry on the Antidumping Duty Order, 88 FR 74150 (October 30, 2023). 3 See Memorandum, ‘‘Respondent Selection,’’ dated December 19, 2023; see also Commerce’s Letter, ‘‘R–410B from Mexico Initial Questionnaire,’’ dated December 27, 2023. 4 See Memorandum, ‘‘Antidumping Duty Order on Hydrofluorocarbon Blends from the People’s Republic of China: Preliminary Decision Memorandum for the Circumvention Inquiry with Respect to R–410B from Mexico,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). 5 Id. at 1–3. 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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; Generic Clearance for Census Bureau Field Tests and 
Evaluations

    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 7/26/2022 during a 60-day comment period. This 
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
    Agency: U.S. Census Bureau.
    Title: Burden Increase for the Generic Clearance for Census Bureau 
Field Tests and Evaluations.
    OMB Control Number: 0607-0971.
    Form Number(s): Not yet determined.
    Type of Request: Request for a burden increase.
    Number of Respondents: 113,791 per year.
    Average Hours per Response: 26.58 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 50,424.33 hours annually.
    Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census Bureau is committed to conducting 
research to identify possible cost and burden reductions in future 
census and survey, while maintaining high quality results. The Census 
Bureau requests an increase of 60,500 hours to the existing burden 
estimates for this Generic Clearance. The Census Bureau is making no 
other changes to this Clearance. This increase will bring the total 
burden hours for this Clearance to 211,773 hours over the three-year 
period. Studies to research and evaluate how to improve data collection 
activities for data collection programs at the Census Bureau have 
outpaced the original burden estimates. Larger sample sizes will allow 
us to continue to explore how the Census Bureau can improve efficiency, 
data quality, and response rates and reduce respondent burden in future 
census and survey operations, evaluations and experiments. This 
research program is for respondent communication, questionnaire and 
procedure development, and evaluation purposes. We will use data 
tabulations to evaluate the results of testing.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households, businesses or other for 
profit, farms.
    Frequency: Once.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary or Mandatory, depending on cited 
authority.
    Legal Authority: Data collection for this project is authorized 
under the authorizing legislation for the questionnaire being tested. 
This may be 13 U.S.C. 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.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed change 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 
0607-0971.

Mary Lenaiyasa,
PRA Program Manager, Policy Coordination Office, U.S. Census Bureau.
[FR Doc. 2024-14529 Filed 7-1-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-07-P
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