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]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Census Bureau
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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
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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]
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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
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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]
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