11666 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 41 / Wednesday, March 2, 2011 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Office of the Secretary 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request; Consumer 

Expenditure Surveys: The Quarterly 

Interview and the Diary 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor 

(DOL) is submitting a revision of the 

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) 

sponsored information collection 

request (ICR) titled, ‘‘Consumer 

Expenditure Surveys: The Quarterly 

Interview and the Diary,’’ to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval for use in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13, 

44 U.S.C. chapter 35). 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

April 1, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: A copy of this ICR, with 

applicable supporting documentation; 

including a description of the likely 

respondents, proposed frequency of 

response, and estimated total burden 

may be obtained from the RegInfo.gov 

Web site, http://www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain, on the day 

following publication of this notice or 

by contacting Michel Smyth by 

telephone at 202–693–4129 (this is not 

a toll-free number) or sending an e-mail 

to DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov. 

Submit comments about this request 

to the Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk 

Officer for the U.S. Department of Labor, 

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Office 

of Management and Budget, Room 

10235, Washington, DC 20503, 

Telephone: 202–395–6929/Fax: 202– 

395–6881 (these are not toll-free 

numbers), e-mail: 

OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Contact Michel Smyth by telephone at 

202–693–4129 (this is not a toll-free 

number) or by e-mail at 

DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Consumer Expenditure Surveys are used 

to gather information on expenditures, 

income, and other related subjects. 

These data are used to update the 

national Consumer Price Index. In 

addition, the data are used by a variety 

of researchers in academia, government 

agencies, and the private sector. The 

data are collected from a national 

probability sample of households 

designed to represent the total civilian 

non-institutional population. 

This information collection is subject 

to the PRA. A Federal agency generally 

cannot conduct or sponsor a collection 

of information, and the public is 

generally not required to respond to an 

information collection, unless it is 

approved by the OMB under the PRA 

and displays a currently valid OMB 

Control Number. In addition, 

notwithstanding any other provisions of 

law, no person shall generally be subject 

to penalty for failing to comply with a 

collection of information if the 

collection of information does not 

display a valid OMB control number. 

See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. The 

DOL obtains OMB approval for this 

information collection under OMB 

Control Number 1220–0050. The current 

OMB approval is scheduled to expire on 

March 31, 2013. For additional 

information, see the related notice 

published in the Federal Register on 

September 20, 2010 (75 FR 57817). 

Interested parties are encouraged to 

send comments to the OMB, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs at 

the address shown in the ADDRESSES

section within 30 days of publication of 

this notice in the Federal Register. In 

order to ensure appropriate 

consideration, comments should 

reference OMB Control Number 1220– 

0050. The OMB 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; and 

• 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 submission of 

responses. 

Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics 

(BLS). 

Title of Collection: Consumer 

Expenditure Surveys: The Quarterly 

Interview and the Diary. 

OMB Control Number: 1220–0050. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

Households. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 15,975. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Responses: 76,550. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden 

Hours: 70,104. 

Total Estimated Annual Costs Burden: 

$0. 

Dated: February 24, 2011. 

Michel Smyth, 

Departmental Clearance Officer. 

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