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comment period, is available through
the site’s ‘‘FAQ’’ link. All comments
will be available for public inspection
online at the Federal eRulemaking
Portal (regulations.gov).
A federal agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, nor shall a person be subject
to a penalty for failure to comply with
a collection of information subject to the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act unless that collection of
information displays a currently valid
OMB Control Number. Data furnished
by the applicants will be used to
determine eligibility for program
benefits. Furnishing the data is
voluntary; however, failure to provide
data could result in program benefits
being withheld or denied.
Title: Servicing of Water Programs
Loans and Grants, 7 CFR part 1782.
OMB Control Number: 0572–0137.
Type of Request: Update of a currently
approved information collection.
Abstract: Loan and grant servicing is
provided by the Agency in order to
assist recipients in complying with the
established objectives and requirements
for loans and grants, repaying loans on
schedule, acting in accordance with any
necessary agreements, and protecting
the Agency’s financial interest.
Servicing by the Agency includes, but is
not limited to, the review of budgets,
management reports, audits, and
financial statements; performing
operational inspections; providing,
arranging, or recommending technical
assistance; evaluating environmental
impacts of proposed actions by the
borrower; and performing civil rights
compliance and graduation reviews. 7
CFR part 1782 outlines the Agencies’
policies and procedures for servicing
direct and insured WWLG, Watershed,
RCDL, TAT, ECWAG, SWMG, and
WWLG to Alleviate Health Risks
programs.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average 2.305 hours per
response.
Respondents: Public bodies,
nonprofits, Federally-recognized tribes.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
4,064.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 3.20.
Estimated Number of Responses:
12,989.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 29,936 hours.
Copies of this information collection
can be obtained from Katherine Anne
Mathis, RD Innovation Center—
Regulations Management Division,
Telephone: 202–713–7565, email:
Katherine.mathis@usda.gov.
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All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for OMB approval. All comments will
also become a matter of public record.
Andrew Berke,
Administrator, Rural Utilities Service, USDA
Rural Development.
[FR Doc. 2024–19052 Filed 8–23–24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410–15–P
COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS
Notice of Public Meeting of the
Nebraska Advisory Committee to the
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
AGENCY:
U.S. Commission on Civil
Rights
ACTION:
Announcement of meeting
Notice is hereby given,
pursuant to the provisions of the rules
and regulations of the U.S. Commission
on Civil Rights (Commission) and the
Federal Advisory Committee Act that
the Nebraska Advisory Committee
(Committee) to the U.S. Commission on
Civil Rights will hold a business
meeting via web conference. The
purpose of the meeting will be to
discuss their draft report on the Effects
of the Covid-19 pandemic on education
in the state.
DATES: Thursday, September 26, 2024 at
4 p.m. Central Time.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held
via Zoom.
September 26th Business Meeting:
Registration Link (Audio/Visual):
www.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/
WN_jE3OlKDeRA61Gl96mdXxvQ.
Join by Phone (Audio Only): 1–833–
435–1820 USA Toll Free; Meeting ID:
161 915 1236.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Victoria Moreno, DFO, at vmoreno@
usccr.gov or by phone at 434–515–0204.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Members
of the public may listen to the
discussions through the above call-in
numbers (audio only) or online
registration links (audio/visual). An
open comment period at each meeting
will be provided to allow members of
the public to make a statement as time
allows. Callers can expect to incur
regular charges for calls they initiate
over wireless lines, according to their
wireless plan. The Commission will not
refund any incurred charges. Callers
will incur no charge for calls they
initiate over land-line connections to
the toll-free telephone number.
Individuals who are deaf, deafblind,
and/or hard of hearing may also follow
the proceedings by first calling the
Federal Relay Service at 1–800–877–
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8339 and providing the Service with the
conference call number and meeting ID
number.
Members of the public are entitled to
submit written comments; the
comments must be received in the
regional office within 30 days following
the meetings. Written comments may be
emailed to Victoria at vmoreno@
usccr.gov.
Records generated from this meeting
may be inspected and reproduced at the
Regional Programs Unit Office, as they
become available, both before and after
the meetings. Records of the meetings
will be available via
www.facadatabase.gov under the
Commission on Civil Rights, Nebraska
Advisory Committee link. Persons
interested in the work of this Committee
are directed to the Commission’s
website, https://www.usccr.gov, or may
contact the Regional Programs Unit at
the above email or street address.
Agenda
I. Welcome and Roll Call
II. Chair’s Comments
III. Committee Business
IV. Public Comment
V. Adjournment
Dated: August 20, 2024.
David Mussatt,
Supervisory Chief, Regional Programs Unit.
[FR Doc. 2024–19003 Filed 8–23–24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Census Bureau
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Annual Integrated Economic
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 a proposed revision to the
Annual Integrated Economic Survey
(AIES), prior to the submission of the
SUMMARY:
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information collection request (ICR) to
OMB for approval.
To ensure consideration,
comments regarding this proposed
information collection must be received
on or before October 25, 2024.
DATES:
Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments by
email to Thomas.J.Smith@census.gov.
Please reference Annual Integrated
Economic Survey (AIES) in the subject
line of your comments. You may also
submit comments, identified by Docket
Number USBC–2024–0021, to the
Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. All comments
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.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
specific questions related to collection
activities should be directed to Edward
Watkins, U.S. Census Bureau, Economywide Statistics Division (EWD) by
phone (301) 763–4750, or by email at
Edward.E.Watkins.III@census.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. Abstract
The Annual Integrated Economic
Survey (AIES) is designed to integrate
and replace seven existing annual
business surveys into one survey. The
AIES provides the only comprehensive
national and subnational data on
business revenues, expenses, and assets
on an annual basis. The AIES is
designed to combine Census Bureau
collections to reduce respondent
burden, increase data quality, and allow
the Census Bureau to operate more
efficiently to reduce long term costs.
The existing collections integrated into
the AIES are the Annual Retail Trade
Survey (ARTS), Annual Wholesale
Trade Survey (AWTS), Service Annual
Survey (SAS), Annual Survey of
Manufactures (ASM), Annual Capital
Expenditures Survey (ACES),
Manufacturers’ Unfilled Orders Survey
(M3UFO), and the Report of
Organization.
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The AIES collects the following
information from employer businesses
in sample:
• Business characteristics, including
employment, operating status,
organizational change, ownership
information, and co-op status.
• Business classification, including
business activity, type of operation, and
tax status.
• Revenue, including sales,
shipments, and receipts, taxes,
contributions, gifts, and grants,
products, e-commerce activity, and
other sources of revenue.
• Operating expenses, including
purchased services, payroll, benefits,
and other detailed operating expenses.
• Capital expenditures and
inventories.
• Robotic equipment expenditures
and usage.
In preparation for the 2024 AIES, we
are looking ahead and evaluating
options to reduce respondent burden.
The Census Bureau is considering a
reduction in the content that we collect
from respondents. We have identified
areas where we can reduce the content
collected from respondents without
significantly impacting data users. We
are considering the consolidation of
select items that pertain to Revenues,
Operating Expenses, Inventories, and
Capital Expenditures. We have
identified the content we would like to
reduce/consolidate and are currently
working with key stakeholders to
incorporate feedback. Our intention is
that the reduction in content would
have a positive impact on respondents
and would be of minimal or no impact
to both internal and external
stakeholders, and the public.
All reduced/streamlined or combined
content will be based on research,
debriefing interviews, and feedback
received from survey respondents
during the 2023 collection period and
any resulting reduction in respondent
burden will be included in the revision
request submitted to OMB after the
conclusion of this 60-day comment
period.
One of the key features of the AIES is
the ability, with Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) approval, to add and
delete questions based on the
importance of the economic situation at
the time. The AIES may include new
questions each year based on relevant
business topics. Potential topics for
such new questions could include
technological advances including but
not limed to artificial intelligence,
machine learning, bioeconomy,
financial technology robotics, exporting
practices, energy, globalization, major
event or catastrophe, and emerging
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societal trends. Any new questions or
deletion of existing questions will be
submitted to OMB for review as a
revision with 30-day notice.
II. Method of Collection
Respondents are notified via email
and/or letter about their requirement to
respond and how to access the survey,
with responses due within 30 days.
Select businesses receive a reminder
before the due date through email or
letter. Nonrespondents are followed up
with up to three email or mail
reminders at one-month intervals.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0607–1024.
Type of Review: Regular submission,
request for a revision of a currently
approved collection.
Affected Public: Businesses, or other
for profit or non-profit institutions or
organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
393,460 companies.
Estimated Time per Response: 3 hours
and 23 minutes per company (this
estimate will be re-evaluated based on
results of testing reduced content).
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 1,336,892.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0. (This is not the cost of
respondents’ time, but the indirect costs
respondents may incur for such things
as purchases of specialized software or
hardware needed to report, or
expenditures for accounting or records
maintenance services required
specifically by the collection.)
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C. 131,
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
request to OMB to approve this ICR.
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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
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.
[FR Doc. 2024–19090 Filed 8–23–24; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[B–47–2024]
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Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 72;
Notification of Proposed Production
Activity; Toyota Material Handling,
Inc.; (Forklift Trucks, Work Trucks and
Automated Guided Vehicles);
Columbus, Indiana
Toyota Material Handling, Inc.
submitted a notification of proposed
production activity to the FTZ Board
(the Board) for its facility in Columbus,
Indiana within FTZ 72. The notification
conforming to the requirements of the
Board’s regulations (15 CFR 400.22) was
received on August 20, 2024.
Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), FTZ
production activity would be limited to
the specific foreign-status material(s)/
component(s) and specific finished
product(s) described in the submitted
notification (summarized below) and
subsequently authorized by the Board.
The benefits that may stem from
conducting production activity under
FTZ procedures are explained in the
background section of the Board’s
website—accessible via www.trade.gov/
ftz.
The proposed finished products
include electric and spark ignition/
diesel engine self-propelled trucks
(forklift/lifting/handling/tow tractor/
work) and automated guided vehicles
(duty-free).
The proposed foreign-status
materials/components include:
vulcanized rubber articles (seals, Orings, bushings, plugs, grommets, and
washers); rear view mirrors; iron or steel
articles (fittings, joints, unions, pipe
fittings, screws, bolts, cotters, cotter
pins, circlips, snap rings; and chain
anchors, links and plates); iron, alloy or
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nonalloy steel articles (threaded
couplings, elbows, fittings, sleeves,
adapters, connectors and nipples); oil
coolers; blowers; centrifugal fans; axial
fans; cooling fans; fan motors; valves
(check, control, hydrostatic, regulator,
solenoid and thermostatic); ballcocks;
bearings (ball, radial, thrust, double row
ball, spherical roller, needle roller,
cylindrical, plain shaft); tapered roller
bearings, cones and cups; chain wheels;
bushings; transmissions; gears;
flywheels; pulleys; propeller shafts;
differentials; drive units; gear plates;
differential housings; gearboxes; torque
convertor housings; torque convertor
plates; yoke differentials; electric motors
from 18.65W to 37.5W; electric motors
under 18.65W; drive motors; DC motors
to an output of 750W; DC motors of an
output from 750W to 75kW; AC motors
from 37.5W to 74.6W; AC multi-phase
motors; starters; alternators; lamps; rear
drive lights; rotating beacons; strobe
lights; sealed beam headlamps;
contactors; relays; headlamps; LED
lights; electrical control boxes, boards
and panels; electrical controllers; engine
control units; and, sensors (duty rate
ranges from duty-free to 9%). The
request indicates that certain materials/
components are subject to duties under
section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974
(section 301), depending on the country
of origin. The applicable section 301
decisions require subject merchandise
to be admitted to FTZs in privileged
foreign status (19 CFR 146.41).
Public comment is invited from
interested parties. Submissions shall be
addressed to the Board’s Executive
Secretary and sent to: ftz@trade.gov. The
closing period for their receipt is
October 7, 2024.
A copy of the notification will be
available for public inspection in the
‘‘Online FTZ Information System’’
section of the Board’s website.
For further information, contact Diane
Finver at Diane.Finver@trade.gov.
Dated: August 21, 2024.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024–19074 Filed 8–23–24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[S–112–2024]
Approval of Subzone Expansion;
Consolidated Diesel Company;
Whitakers, North Carolina
On July 1, 2024, the Executive
Secretary of the Foreign-Trade Zones
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(FTZ) Board docketed an application
submitted by the North Carolina
Department of Transportation, grantee
of FTZ 214, requesting an expansion of
Subzone 214A subject to the existing
activation limit of FTZ 214, on behalf of
Consolidated Diesel Company, in
Whitakers, North Carolina.
The application was processed in
accordance with the FTZ Act and
Regulations, including notice in the
Federal Register inviting public
comment (89 FR 55914, July 8, 2024;
correction, 89 FR 60354, July 25, 2024).
The FTZ staff examiner reviewed the
application and determined that it
meets the criteria for approval. Pursuant
to the authority delegated to the FTZ
Board Executive Secretary (15 CFR
400.36(f)), the application to expand
Subzone 214A was approved on August
21, 2024, subject to the FTZ Act and the
Board’s regulations, including section
400.13, and further subject to FTZ 214’s
2,000-acre activation limit.
Dated: August 21, 2024.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024–19082 Filed 8–23–24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–570–154, C–570–155]
Certain Pea Protein From the People’s
Republic of China: Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Orders
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final
determinations by the U.S. Department
of Commerce (Commerce) and the U.S.
International Trade Commission (ITC),
Commerce is issuing antidumping duty
(AD) and countervailing duty (CVD)
orders on certain pea protein (pea
protein) from the People’s Republic of
China (China).
DATES: Applicable August 26, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sofia Pedrelli (AD) or Kristen Johnson
(CVD), AD/CVD Operations, Offices II
and III, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–4310 or
(202) 482–4793, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
In accordance with sections 705(d),
735(d), and 777(i) of the Tariff Act of
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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; Annual Integrated Economic 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 a
proposed revision to the Annual Integrated Economic Survey (AIES),
prior to the submission of the
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information collection request (ICR) to OMB for approval.
DATES: To ensure consideration, comments regarding this proposed
information collection must be received on or before October 25, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments by
email to [email protected]. Please reference Annual Integrated
Economic Survey (AIES) in the subject line of your comments. You may
also submit comments, identified by Docket Number USBC-2024-0021, to
the Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. All
comments 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 Edward Watkins, U.S. Census Bureau, Economy-wide Statistics Division
(EWD) by phone (301) 763-4750, or by email at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The Annual Integrated Economic Survey (AIES) is designed to
integrate and replace seven existing annual business surveys into one
survey. The AIES provides the only comprehensive national and
subnational data on business revenues, expenses, and assets on an
annual basis. The AIES is designed to combine Census Bureau collections
to reduce respondent burden, increase data quality, and allow the
Census Bureau to operate more efficiently to reduce long term costs.
The existing collections integrated into the AIES are the Annual Retail
Trade Survey (ARTS), Annual Wholesale Trade Survey (AWTS), Service
Annual Survey (SAS), Annual Survey of Manufactures (ASM), Annual
Capital Expenditures Survey (ACES), Manufacturers' Unfilled Orders
Survey (M3UFO), and the Report of Organization.
The AIES collects the following information from employer
businesses in sample:
Business characteristics, including employment, operating
status, organizational change, ownership information, and co-op status.
Business classification, including business activity, type
of operation, and tax status.
Revenue, including sales, shipments, and receipts, taxes,
contributions, gifts, and grants, products, e-commerce activity, and
other sources of revenue.
Operating expenses, including purchased services, payroll,
benefits, and other detailed operating expenses.
Capital expenditures and inventories.
Robotic equipment expenditures and usage.
In preparation for the 2024 AIES, we are looking ahead and
evaluating options to reduce respondent burden. The Census Bureau is
considering a reduction in the content that we collect from
respondents. We have identified areas where we can reduce the content
collected from respondents without significantly impacting data users.
We are considering the consolidation of select items that pertain to
Revenues, Operating Expenses, Inventories, and Capital Expenditures. We
have identified the content we would like to reduce/consolidate and are
currently working with key stakeholders to incorporate feedback. Our
intention is that the reduction in content would have a positive impact
on respondents and would be of minimal or no impact to both internal
and external stakeholders, and the public.
All reduced/streamlined or combined content will be based on
research, debriefing interviews, and feedback received from survey
respondents during the 2023 collection period and any resulting
reduction in respondent burden will be included in the revision request
submitted to OMB after the conclusion of this 60-day comment period.
One of the key features of the AIES is the ability, with Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) approval, to add and delete questions based
on the importance of the economic situation at the time. The AIES may
include new questions each year based on relevant business topics.
Potential topics for such new questions could include technological
advances including but not limed to artificial intelligence, machine
learning, bioeconomy, financial technology robotics, exporting
practices, energy, globalization, major event or catastrophe, and
emerging societal trends. Any new questions or deletion of existing
questions will be submitted to OMB for review as a revision with 30-day
notice.
II. Method of Collection
Respondents are notified via email and/or letter about their
requirement to respond and how to access the survey, with responses due
within 30 days. Select businesses receive a reminder before the due
date through email or letter. Nonrespondents are followed up with up to
three email or mail reminders at one-month intervals.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0607-1024.
Type of Review: Regular submission, request for a revision of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Businesses, or other for profit or non-profit
institutions or organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 393,460 companies.
Estimated Time per Response: 3 hours and 23 minutes per company
(this estimate will be re-evaluated based on results of testing reduced
content).
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,336,892.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $0. (This is not the cost of
respondents' time, but the indirect costs respondents may incur for
such things as purchases of specialized software or hardware needed to
report, or expenditures for accounting or records maintenance services
required specifically by the collection.)
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C. 131, 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
request to OMB to approve this ICR.
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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 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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