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of Indian Women Living in Tribal 

Communities Study. 

(3) Agency form number, if any, and 

the applicable component of the 

Department of Justice sponsoring the 

collection: National Institute of Justice, 

Office of Justice Programs, U.S. 

Department of Justice. 

(4) Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: Primary: American Indian and 

Alaska Native women living on tribal 

reservations and in Alaska Native 

communities who are 18 years or older. 

Abstract: Violence Against Women 

Act of 2005, Public Law 109–162, Title 

IX, Section 904(a) mandates that the 

United States Department of Justice 

conduct a comprehensive study of 

violence against American Indian and 

Alaska Native women living on tribal 

reservations and in Alaska Native 

villages. As part of that program of 

research, NIJ is undertaking a 

preliminary study known as the 

Violence Against Indian Women 

(VAIW) prevalence study, with the 

following objectives: 

(a) Create and pilot test a survey 

instrument that captures valid, reliable 

data on the nature and extent of 

intimate partner violence, sexual 

violence, and stalking committed 

against American Indian and Alaska 

Native women; and 

(b) Develop a study methodology, 

including sampling strategy and data 

collection approach that enables the safe 

collection of meaningful, standardized 

data. 

This will be a one-time information 

collection and is expected to take 

approximately two months from the 

time the first participant is enrolled 

until the last survey is administered. At 

the end of this project, NIJ will have the 

knowledge, tools, experience, and 

methods to coordinate and field a larger 

study as mandated by Congress. The 

VAIW prevalence project will ensure 

that the survey instrument and 

approach used for NIJ’s planned data 

collection are methodologically rigorous 

and fully responsive to Congressional 

mandate and to the needs of American 

Indian and Alaska Native communities. 

(5) An estimate of the total number of 

respondents and the amount of time 

estimated for an average respondent to 

respond: It is estimated that 225 

respondents will complete the survey 

within 1 hour. 

(6) An estimate of the total public 

burden (in hours) associated with the 

collection: There are an estimated 225 

total annual burden hours associated 

with this collection. 

If additional information is required 

contact: Department Clearance Officer 

for PRA, Lynn Murray, Justice 

Management Division, U.S. Department 

of Justice, Two Constitution Square, 145 

N Street, NE., Suite 2E–502, 

Washington, DC 20530. 

Dated: February 15, 2011. 

Lynn Murray, 

Department Clearance Officer, PRA, U.S. 

Department of Justice. 

[FR Doc. 2011–3802 Filed 2–18–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–18–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Bureau of Labor Statistics 

Proposed Collection, Comment 

Request 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as 

part of its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

conducts a pre-clearance consultation 

program to provide the general public 

and Federal agencies with an 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

and/or continuing collections of 

information in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This 

program helps to ensure that requested 

data can be provided in the desired 

format, reporting burden (time and 

financial resources) is minimized, 

collection instruments are clearly 

understood, and the impact of collection 

requirements on respondents can be 

properly assessed. The Bureau of Labor 

Statistics (BLS) is soliciting comments 

concerning the proposed extension 

without change of a currently approved 

collection for the ‘‘Producer Price Index’’ 

survey. A copy of the proposed 

information collection request (ICR) can 

be obtained by contacting the individual 

listed below in the ADDRESSES section of 

this notice. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the office listed in the 

ADDRESSES section of this notice on or 

before April 25, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Nora 

Kincaid, BLS Clearance Officer, 

Division of Management Systems, 

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Room 4080, 

2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE., 

Washington, DC 20212. Written 

comments also may be transmitted by 

fax to 202–691–5111 (this is not a toll 

free number). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nora Kincaid, BLS Clearance Officer, at 

202–691–7628 (this is not a toll free 

number). (See ADDRESSES section.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The Producer Price Index (PPI), one of 

the Nation’s leading economic 

indicators, is used as a measure of price 

movements, as an indicator of 

inflationary trends, for inventory 

valuation, and as a measure of 

purchasing power of the dollar at the 

primary-market level. It also is used for 

market and economic research and as a 

basis for escalation in long-term 

contracts and purchase agreements. 

Producer Price Index data provide a 

description of the magnitude and 

composition of price change within the 

economy, and serve a wide range of 

governmental needs. This family of 

indexes are closely followed, monthly 

statistics which are viewed as sensitive 

indicators of the economic environment. 

Price data are vital in helping both the 

President and Congress set fiscalspending targets. Producer prices are 

monitored by the Federal Reserve Board 

Open Market Committee to help decide 

monetary policy. Federal policy-makers 

at the Department of Treasury and the 

Council of Economic Advisors utilize 

these statistics to help form and 

evaluate monetary and fiscal measures 

and to help interpret the general 

business environment. In addition, it is 

common to find one or more PPIs, alone 

or in combination with other measures, 

used to escalate the delivered price of 

goods for government purchases. 

In addition to governmental uses, PPI 

data are regularly put to use by the 

private sector. Private industry uses PPI 

data for contract escalation. For one 

particular method of tax-related Last-InFirst-Out (LIFO) inventory accounting, 

the Internal Revenue Service suggests 

that firms use PPI data for making 

calculations. Private businesses make 

extensive use of industrial-price data for 

planning and operations. Price trends 

are used to assess the condition of 

markets. Firms commonly compare the 

prices they pay for material inputs as 

well as prices they receive for products 

that they make and sell with changes in 

similar PPIs. 

Economic researchers and forecasters 

also put the PPI to regular use. PPIs are 

widely used to probe and measure the 

interaction of market forces. Some 

examples of research topics that require 

extensive price data include: The 

identification of varying price 

elasticities and the degree of cost passthrough in the economy, the 

identification of potential lead and lag 

structures among price changes, and the 

identification of prices which exert 

major impacts throughout market 

structures. 

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II. Current Action 

Office of Management and Budget 

clearance is being sought for the 

Producer Price Index survey. 

The PPI collection is not a one-time 

project with an end date. The purpose 

of the PPI collection is to accumulate 

data for the ongoing, monthly 

publication of the PPI family of indexes. 

The Bureau of Labor Statistics must 

continue collecting data for the PPI 

since both policy and business planning 

are affected by the completeness of the 

description of price trends. Dollardenominated measures of economic 

performance, such as Gross Domestic 

Product, require accurate price data in 

order to convert nominal to constantdollar values. Inflation-free national 

income accounting figures are vital to 

fiscal and monetary policy-makers when 

setting objectives and targets. It is 

conservatively estimated that hundredsof-billions of dollars worth of contracts 

and purchase agreements employ PPIs 

as part of price-adjustment clauses. 

Failure to calculate data would tend to 

extend the time frame required for 

accurate recognition of and appropriate 

adaptation to economic events. 

III. Desired Focus of Comments 

The Bureau of Labor Statistics is 

particularly interested in comments 

that: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility. 

• Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used. 

• Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected. 

• Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submissions 

of responses. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of a currently approved 

collection 

Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

Title: Producer Price Index Survey. 

OMB Number: 1220–0008. 

Affected Public: Private Sector. 

Form Total 

respondents Frequency Total responses 

Average 

time per 

response (min) 

Estimated 

total 

burden (hrs) 

BLS 1810A, A1, B, C, C1, and E ........................................ 6,582 once 6,582 120 13,164 

BLS 473P ............................................................................. 26,250 monthly *1,260,000 18 378,000 

Totals ............................................................................ 32,832 ........................ 1,266,582 ........................ 391,164 

*For monthly repricing, an average of 4 forms are sent to each respondent or on average PPI requests repricing of 105,000 items each month. 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 

$0 

Total Burden Cost (operating/ 

maintenance): $0 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for Office of 

Management and Budget approval of the 

information collection request; they also 

will become a matter of public record. 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 10th day of 

February 2011. 

Kimberley D. Hill, 

Chief, Division of Management Systems, 

Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

[FR Doc. 2011–3833 Filed 2–18–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. OSHA–2011–0028] 

Grain Handling Facilities; Extension of 

the Office of Management and 

Budget’s (OMB) Approval of 

Information Collection (Paperwork) 

Requirements 

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration (OSHA), Labor. 

ACTION: Request for public comments. 

SUMMARY: OSHA solicits public 

comments concerning its proposal to 

extend OMB approval of the 

information collection requirements 

specified in its Standard on Grain 

Handling Facilities (29 CFR 1910.272). 

DATES: Comments must be submitted 

(postmarked, sent, or received) by April 

25, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Electronically: You may 

submit comments and attachments 

electronically at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, which is the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal. Follow the 

instructions online for submitting 

comments. 

Facsimile: If your comments, 

including attachments, are not longer 

than 10 pages, you may fax them to the 

OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693–1648. 

Mail, hand delivery, express mail, 

messenger, or courier service: When 

using this method, you must submit a 

copy of your comments and attachments 

to the OSHA Docket Office, OSHA 

Docket No. OSHA–2011–0028, U.S. 

Department of Labor, Occupational 

Safety and Health Administration, 

Room N–2625, 200 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210. 

Deliveries (hand, express mail, 

messenger, and courier service) are 

accepted during the Department of 

Labor’s and Docket Office’s normal 

business hours, 8:15 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., 

e.t. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

include the Agency name and OSHA 

docket number for the Information 

Collection Request (ICR) (OSHA–2011– 

0028). All comments, including any 

personal information you provide, are 

placed in the public docket without 

change, and may be made available 

online at http://www.regulations.gov. 

For further information on submitting 

comments see the ‘‘Public Participation’’ 

heading in the section of this notice 

titled SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

Docket: To read or download 

comments or other material in the 

docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov 

or the OSHA Docket Office at the 

address above. All documents in the 

docket (including this Federal Register 

notice) are listed in the http:// 

www.regulations.gov index; however, 

some information (e.g., copyrighted 

material) is not publicly available to 

read or download through the Web site. 

All submissions, including copyrighted 

material, are available for inspection 

and copying at the OSHA Docket Office. 

You may also contact Theda Kenney at 

the address below to obtain a copy of 

the ICR. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Theda Kenney or Todd Owen, 

Directorate of Standards and Guidance, 

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