Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Business Trends and Outlook Survey, 55549-55550 [2024-14733]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 129 / Friday, July 5, 2024 / Notices FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shana Banks, Advisory Committee Branch Chief, Office of Program, Performance and Stakeholder Integration (PPSI), shana.j.banks@ census.gov, Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, telephone 301–763– 3815. For TTY callers, please use the Federal Relay Service at 1–800–877– 8339. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Committee will provide insight, perspectives, and expertise through recommendations on planning and implementation of the 2030 Census. The members of the 2030 CAC are appointed by the Director of the Census Bureau. The Committee has been established in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.). All meetings are open to the public. Public comments will be accepted in writing only to shana.j.banks@ census.gov (subject line ‘‘2030 CAC Summer Virtual Meeting Public Comment’’). A brief period will be set aside during the meeting to read public comments received in advance of 12:00 p.m. EDT, July 25, 2024. Any public comments received after the deadline will be posted to the website listed in the ADDRESSES section. Robert L. Santos, Director, Census Bureau, approved the publication of this Notice in the Federal Register. Dated: June 28, 2024. Shannon Wink, Program Analyst, Policy Coordination Office, U.S. Census Bureau. [FR Doc. 2024–14721 Filed 7–3–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–07–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Census Bureau ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Business Trends and Outlook 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 VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:16 Jul 03, 2024 Jkt 262001 via the Federal Register on November 9, 2021 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. Agency: U.S. Census Bureau. Title: Business Trends and Outlook Survey. OMB Control Number: 0607–1022. Form Number(s): This online survey has no form number. Type of Request: Regular submission, Request for a Revision of a Currently Approved Collection. Number of Respondents: 717,600. Average Hours per Response: 9 minutes. Burden Hours: 131,600. Needs and Uses: The mission of the U.S. Census Bureau (Census Bureau) is to serve as the leading source of quality data about the nation’s people and economy; in order to fulfill this mission, it is necessary to innovate to produce more detailed, more frequent, and more timely data products. The Coronavirus pandemic was an impetus for the creation of new data products by the Census Bureau to measure the pandemic’s impact on the economy: the Small Business Pulse Survey (SBPS) and the weekly Business Formation Statistics. Policymakers and other federal agency officials, media outlets, and academia commended the Census Bureau’s rapid response to their data needs during the largest economic crisis in recent American history. The Census Bureau capitalized on the successes that underlaid the high frequency data collection and near real time data dissemination engineered for the SBPS by creating the Business Trends and Outlook Survey (BTOS). BTOS uses ongoing data collection to produce high frequency, timely, and granular information about current economic conditions and trends. BTOS is the only biweekly business tendency survey produced by the federal statistical system, providing unique and detailed data during times of economic or other emergencies. The BTOS initial target population is all nonfarm, singlelocation employer businesses with receipts of $1,000 or more in the United States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. The current sample consists of approximately 1.2 million single-unit businesses split into six panels. Data collection occurs every two weeks, and businesses in each panel are asked to report once every 12 weeks for one year. Current data from BTOS are representative of all single location employer businesses (excluding farms) in the U.S. economy and are published every two weeks. The data are available at the national and state levels, in addition to the 25 most-populous PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 55549 Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs). North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) sector, subsector, and state by sector are also published, as are employment size class, and sector by employment size class data, according to the same timeline. Data from BTOS are currently used to provide timely data to understand the economic conditions being experienced by single unit businesses; BTOS provides near real time data on key items such as revenue, paid employees, hours worked as well as inventories which is being added in for the second sample collection year; a new sample collection is conducted each year. BTOS also provides high level information on the changing share of businesses facing difficulties stemming from supply chain issues, interest rate changes, or weather events. Previously, there had been few data sources available to policymakers, media outlets, and academia that delivered near real-time insights into economic trends and outlooks. BTOS data has been used by the Small Business Administration to evaluate the impact of regulatory changes. Use of the BTOS data (or additional requirements) is being determined by the Economic Development Agency (EDA) to understand the impact of natural disasters on U.S. businesses for the EDA to then guide the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and/or policymakers in assisting in economic recovery support missions. The BTOS consists of a set of core questions and supplemental content, when needed. The U.S. Census Bureau requests approval to add one question on Work from Home (WFH) schedules to the BTOS core content. Data collection for the BTOS core content will start August 12, 2024. For 2024, the supplemental questionnaire will ask respondents about the business perspective on WFH. Using the same strategy as the 2023 BTOS AI core questions, the Census Bureau hopes to field one core WFH question to run during all cycles in addition to the supplement. The core WFH question will be a yes/no question intended to capture potential seasonality in WFH at the business level. Having this baseline will be important in understanding potential seasonal patterns picked up in the supplemental questions; preliminary findings from cognitive testing suggested that seasonality could be important in certain industries. The Census Bureau plans to resubmit this package once cognitive testing concludes to gain approval for the WFH supplement which we plan to field E:\FR\FM\05JYN1.SGM 05JYN1 55550 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 129 / Friday, July 5, 2024 / Notices beginning in November 2024. The WFH supplement is intended to capture nuances in WFH from business perspective including intensity of WFH and factors impacting its availability. Frequency: Bi-weekly. Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 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 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 0607–1022. Mary Reuling Lenaiyasa, Paperwork Reduction Act Program Manager, Policy Coordination Office, U.S. Census Bureau. [FR Doc. 2024–14733 Filed 7–3–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–07–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration Background On June 21, 2019, Commerce published the countervailing duty (CVD) order on glycine from India.1 On August 3, 2023, based on these timely requests for review, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), Commerce published a notice of initiation of an administrative review the Order.2 Commerce partially extended the time period for issuing these preliminary results, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), to June 28, 2024.3 For a complete description of the events that followed the initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.4 A list of topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is included as Appendix I to this notice. The Preliminary 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 Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at https://access.trade.gov/public/ FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. Scope of the Order [C–533–884] Glycine From India: Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of the Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2022 The merchandise covered by the Order is glycine from India. For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that countervailable subsidies are being provided to Kumar Industries, India (Kumar), a producer and exporter of glycine from India during the period of review (POR) January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results. DATES: Applicable July 5, 2024. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scarlet Jaldin or Amber Hodak 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) 482–4275 or (202) 482–8034, respectively. 1 See Glycine from India and the People’s Republic of China: Countervailing Duty Orders, 84 FR 29173 (June 21, 2019) (Order). 2 See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 51271, 51277 (August 3, 2023) (Initiation Notice). GEO requested a review of 31 companies, including Pan Chem Corporation. Pan Chem Corporation was inadvertently omitted from the Initiation Notice. As a result, there was an incorrect total of 30, rather than 31, companies included in the Initiation Notice for this administrative review. As explained below, in these preliminary results of review, Commerce is rescinding the review of many of those companies, including Pan Chem, based on the timely withdrawal of the review request. 3 See Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review,’’ dated January 24, 2024; see also Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review,’’ dated June 3, 2024. 4 See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of the Administrative Review of the Countervailing Duty Order on Glycine from India; 2022,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). AGENCY: ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:16 Jul 03, 2024 Jkt 262001 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Rescission of Administrative Review, in Part Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an administrative review, in whole or in part, if the party or parties that requested a review withdraw the request within 90 days of the date of publication of the notice of initiation of the requested review. Between June 28 and 30, 2023, Commerce received timely requests for administrative reviews of 31 producers/exporters from various interested parties, in accordance with section 751(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(b)(1).5 On September 22, 2023, Paras withdrew its request for review of itself.6 On October 31, 2023, the petitioner 7 timely withdrew its request for administrative review of 30 producers/exporters.8 Because the withdrawal letters were timely filed, and no other party requested a review of the companies listed in the withdrawal letters, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce is rescinding this review of the Order with respect to the 30 companies listed in Appendix II. For additional information regarding this determination, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. Methodology Commerce is conducting this administrative review in accordance with section 751(a)(1)(A) of the Act. For each of the subsidy programs found to be countervailable, we preliminarily determine that there is a subsidy, i.e., a financial contribution by an ‘‘authority’’ that gives rise to a benefit to the recipient, and that the subsidy is specific.9 For a full description of the 5 See Paras Intermediates Private Limited’s (Paras) Letter, ‘‘Request for Countervailing Duty Administrative Review,’’ dated June 28, 2023; see also Kumar’s Letter, ‘‘Request for Administrative Review of Countervailing duty Order,’’ dated June 29, 2023; GEO Specialty Chemicals, Inc.’s (GEO) Letter, ‘‘Request for Administrative Review,’’ dated June 30, 2023 (GEO Request for Administrative Review); and Memorandum, ‘‘Phone Conversation with an Interested Party,’’ dated July 20, 2023. 6 See Paras’ Letter, ‘‘Withdrawal of Review Request for Countervailing Duty Administrative Review,’’ dated September 22, 2023 (Paras Withdrawal of Review Request). 7 On January 1, 2024, GEO, the former petitioner in this proceeding, filed an amended administrative protective order (APO) application, disclosing that it transferred all its glycine business to Deer Park Glycine, LLC. As a result, Deer Park Glycine, LLC (the petitioner) became the new petitioning party in this administrative review. See Memorandum, ‘‘Amended APO Application,’’ dated January 17, 2024. 8 See GEO’s Letter, ‘‘Partial Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Review,’’ dated October 31, 2023 (GEO Withdrawal of Review Request). 9 See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act regarding financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) of the Act regarding benefit; and section 771(5A) of the Act regarding specificity. E:\FR\FM\05JYN1.SGM 05JYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 129 (Friday, July 5, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55549-55550]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-14733]


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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; Business Trends and Outlook 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 November 9, 2021 during a 60-day comment period. 
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
    Agency: U.S. Census Bureau.
    Title: Business Trends and Outlook Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 0607-1022.
    Form Number(s): This online survey has no form number.
    Type of Request: Regular submission, Request for a Revision of a 
Currently Approved Collection.
    Number of Respondents: 717,600.
    Average Hours per Response: 9 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 131,600.
    Needs and Uses: The mission of the U.S. Census Bureau (Census 
Bureau) is to serve as the leading source of quality data about the 
nation's people and economy; in order to fulfill this mission, it is 
necessary to innovate to produce more detailed, more frequent, and more 
timely data products. The Coronavirus pandemic was an impetus for the 
creation of new data products by the Census Bureau to measure the 
pandemic's impact on the economy: the Small Business Pulse Survey 
(SBPS) and the weekly Business Formation Statistics. Policymakers and 
other federal agency officials, media outlets, and academia commended 
the Census Bureau's rapid response to their data needs during the 
largest economic crisis in recent American history. The Census Bureau 
capitalized on the successes that underlaid the high frequency data 
collection and near real time data dissemination engineered for the 
SBPS by creating the Business Trends and Outlook Survey (BTOS).
    BTOS uses ongoing data collection to produce high frequency, 
timely, and granular information about current economic conditions and 
trends. BTOS is the only biweekly business tendency survey produced by 
the federal statistical system, providing unique and detailed data 
during times of economic or other emergencies. The BTOS initial target 
population is all nonfarm, single-location employer businesses with 
receipts of $1,000 or more in the United States, the District of 
Columbia, and Puerto Rico. The current sample consists of approximately 
1.2 million single-unit businesses split into six panels. Data 
collection occurs every two weeks, and businesses in each panel are 
asked to report once every 12 weeks for one year. Current data from 
BTOS are representative of all single location employer businesses 
(excluding farms) in the U.S. economy and are published every two 
weeks. The data are available at the national and state levels, in 
addition to the 25 most-populous Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs). 
North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) sector, 
subsector, and state by sector are also published, as are employment 
size class, and sector by employment size class data, according to the 
same timeline.
    Data from BTOS are currently used to provide timely data to 
understand the economic conditions being experienced by single unit 
businesses; BTOS provides near real time data on key items such as 
revenue, paid employees, hours worked as well as inventories which is 
being added in for the second sample collection year; a new sample 
collection is conducted each year.
    BTOS also provides high level information on the changing share of 
businesses facing difficulties stemming from supply chain issues, 
interest rate changes, or weather events. Previously, there had been 
few data sources available to policymakers, media outlets, and academia 
that delivered near real-time insights into economic trends and 
outlooks. BTOS data has been used by the Small Business Administration 
to evaluate the impact of regulatory changes. Use of the BTOS data (or 
additional requirements) is being determined by the Economic 
Development Agency (EDA) to understand the impact of natural disasters 
on U.S. businesses for the EDA to then guide the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency (FEMA) and/or policymakers in assisting in economic 
recovery support missions.
    The BTOS consists of a set of core questions and supplemental 
content, when needed. The U.S. Census Bureau requests approval to add 
one question on Work from Home (WFH) schedules to the BTOS core 
content. Data collection for the BTOS core content will start August 
12, 2024.
    For 2024, the supplemental questionnaire will ask respondents about 
the business perspective on WFH. Using the same strategy as the 2023 
BTOS AI core questions, the Census Bureau hopes to field one core WFH 
question to run during all cycles in addition to the supplement. The 
core WFH question will be a yes/no question intended to capture 
potential seasonality in WFH at the business level. Having this 
baseline will be important in understanding potential seasonal patterns 
picked up in the supplemental questions; preliminary findings from 
cognitive testing suggested that seasonality could be important in 
certain industries.
    The Census Bureau plans to resubmit this package once cognitive 
testing concludes to gain approval for the WFH supplement which we plan 
to field

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beginning in November 2024. The WFH supplement is intended to capture 
nuances in WFH from business perspective including intensity of WFH and 
factors impacting its availability.
    Frequency: Bi-weekly.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    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 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 0607-1022.

Mary Reuling Lenaiyasa,
Paperwork Reduction Act Program Manager, Policy Coordination Office, 
U.S. Census Bureau.
[FR Doc. 2024-14733 Filed 7-3-24; 8:45 am]
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