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Estimated Time per Response: .95 

hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 1,462,751 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$42,434,751. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C. Section 

131 and 224. 

IV. Request for Comments 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden 

(including hours and cost) of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection; 

they also will become a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: March 10, 2011. 

Glenna Mickelson, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–5980 Filed 3–14–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Census Bureau 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; 2012 Economic 

Census Covering the Construction 

Sector 

AGENCY: U.S. Census Bureau. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burden, invites the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

take this opportunity to comment on 

proposed and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)). 

DATES: To ensure consideration, written 

comments must be submitted on or 

before May 16, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Diana Hynek, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 

14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20230 (or via the 

Internet at dHynek@doc.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument(s) and instructions should 

be directed to Julius Smith, Jr., U.S. 

Census Bureau, Manufacturing and 

Construction Division, Room 7K055, 

4600 Silver Hill Road, Washington, DC 

20233, telephone (301) 763–7662 (or via 

the Internet at 

julius.smith.jr@census.gov). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The Census Bureau is the preeminent 

collector and provider of timely, 

relevant and quality data about the 

people and economy of the United 

States. Economic data are the Census 

Bureau’s primary program commitment 

during non-decennial census years. The 

economic census, conducted under 

authority of Title 13, United States 

Code, is the primary source of facts 

about the structure and functioning of 

the Nation’s economy and features 

unique industry and geographic detail. 

Economic census statistics serve as part 

of the framework for the national 

accounts and provide essential 

information for government, business 

and the general public. The 2012 

Economic Census covering the 

Construction Sector (as defined by the 

North American Industry Classification 

System (NAICS)) is a sample survey that 

will measure the economic activity of 

almost 650,000 establishments engaged 

in building construction and land 

subdivision and land development, 

heavy construction (except buildings), 

such as highways, power plants, 

pipelines; and construction activity by 

special trade contractors. 

The information collected from 

businesses in this sector of the 

economic census will produce basic 

statistics by industry for number of 

establishments, value of construction 

work, payroll, employment, selected 

costs, depreciable assets, inventories, 

and capital expenditures. It also will 

yield a variety of subject statistics, 

including estimates of type of 

construction work done, kind of 

business activity, size of establishments 

and other industry-specific measures. 

Primary strategies for reducing burden 

in Census Bureau economic data 

collections are to increase electronic 

reporting through broader use of 

computerized self-administered census 

questionnaires, on-line questionnaires 

and other electronic data collection 

methods. 

II. Method of Collection 

The construction industry sector of 

the economic census will select 

establishments for its mail canvass from 

a sample frame extracted from the 

Census Bureau’s Business Register. To 

be eligible for selection, an 

establishment will be required to satisfy 

the following conditions: (i) It must be 

classified in the construction industry 

sector; (ii) it must be an active operating 

establishment of a multi-establishment 

firm, or it must be a singleestablishment firm with payroll for at 

least one quarter of calendar year 2012; 

and (iii) it must be located in one of the 

50 States or the District of Columbia. 

Mail selection procedures will 

distinguish the following groups of 

establishments: 

A. Establishments of MultiEstablishment Firms 

Selection procedures will assign all 

active construction establishments of 

multi-establishment firms to the mail 

component of the potential respondent 

universe. We estimate that the mail 

canvass for the 2012 construction sector 

will include approximately 18,000 

establishments of multi-establishment 

firms. 

B. Single-Establishment Firms With 

Payroll 

In the fall of 2011, the Census Bureau 

will conduct a limited classification 

refile operation (see Federal Register 

Notice issued December 2010, 2012 

Economic Census Classification Report 

for Construction, Manufacturing, and 

Mining Sectors). Within the 

construction sector, this refile will be 

directed to single-establishment firms in 

the Business Register with a NAICS 

industry code within the 236 subsector. 

This specific subsector was problematic 

in the 2007 Economic Census. The goal 

of the refile is to obtain accurate 6-digit 

NAICS industry codes for these singleestablishment firms prior to the 

sampling operation. We are not aware of 

other systematic coding issues that need 

to be addressed via this refile. 

The primary goal is to produce 

reliable State level estimates for each 

NAICS industry. We will use a stratified 

probability-proportionate-to-size (PPS) 

sample strategy for selecting the sample 

of single-establishment firms. The 

population of eligible singleestablishment firms will be partitioned 

into State by NAICS strata. Within each 

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assigned a probability of selection that 

is a function of its relative size within 

the stratum (payroll) and a stratumspecific reliability constraint. The larger 

establishments in a stratum may have 

probabilities equal to 1.00. Within each 

stratum, an independent sample will be 

selected. We will use a fixed sample 

size selection method for selecting the 

sample. This technique considerably 

improves the reliability of the resulting 

survey estimates by eliminating the 

variability associated with a variable 

sample size. The impact of the multiestablishment firms within each stratum 

will be taken into account in deriving 

the target sample size from the singleestablishment firm population. We 

estimate that the mail canvass for the 

2012 construction sector will include 

approximately 112,000 establishments 

of single-establishment firms. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0607–0935. 

Form Number: CC–23601, CC–23701, 

CC–23801–4. You can obtain 

information on the proposed content at 

this Web site: http://www.census.gov/ 

mcd/clearance. 

Type of Review: Regular submission. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for profit, non-profit institutions or 

organizations, and State or Local 

Governments. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

130,000. 

Estimated Time per Response: 2.9 

hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 377,000. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$12,222,340. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

Legal Authority: Title 13, United States 

Code, Sections 131 and 224. 

IV. Request for Comments 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden 

(including hours and cost) of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection; 

they also will become a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: March 10, 2011. 

Glenna Mickelson, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–5981 Filed 3–14–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–583–841] 

Antidumping Duty Order: Polyvinyl 

Alcohol From Taiwan 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final 

determinations by the Department of 

Commerce (the Department) and the 

International Trade Commission (ITC), 

the Department is issuing an 

antidumping duty order on polyvinyl 

alcohol (PVA) from Taiwan. 

DATES: Effective Date: March 15, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas Schauer at (202) 482–0410, AD/ 

CVD Operations, Office 5, Import 

Administration, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On February 1, 2011, the Department 

published its affirmative final 

determination of sales at less than fair 

value in the antidumping duty 

investigation of PVA from Taiwan. See 

Polyvinyl Alcohol From Taiwan: Final 

Determination of Sales at Less Than 

Fair Value, 76 FR 5562 (February 1, 

2011). 

On March 9, 2011, the ITC notified 

the Department of its final 

determination, pursuant to section 

735(d) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended (the Act), that an industry in 

the United States is materially injured 

by reason of less-than-fair-value imports 

of PVA from Taiwan within the 

meaning of section 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the 

Act. See Polyvinyl Alcohol from Taiwan 

(Investigation No. 731–TA–1088 (Final), 

USITC Publication 4218, March 2011). 

Scope of the Order 

The merchandise covered by this 

antidumping duty order is PVA. This 

product consists of all PVA hydrolyzed 

in excess of 80 percent, whether or not 

mixed or diluted with commercial 

levels of defoamer or boric acid. PVA in 

fiber form and PVB-grade low-ash PVA 

are not included in the scope of this 

order. PVB-grade low-ash PVA is 

defined to be PVA that meets the 

following specifications: Hydrolysis, 

Mole % of 98.40 +/¥ 0.40, 4% Solution 

Viscosity 30.00 +/¥ 2.50 centipois, and 

ash—ISE, wt% less than 0.60, 4% 

solution color 20mm cell, 10.0 

maximum APHA units, haze index, 

20mm cell, 5.0, maximum. The 

merchandise subject to this order is 

currently classifiable under subheading 

3905.30.00 of the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). 

Although the HTSUS subheading is 

provided for convenience and customs 

purposes, the written description of the 

merchandise subject to this order is 

dispositive. 

Provisional Measures 

Section 733(d) of the Act states that 

suspension-of-liquidation instructions 

issued pursuant to an affirmative 

preliminary determination may not 

remain in effect for more than four 

months except where exporters 

representing a significant proportion of 

exports of the subject merchandise 

request the Department to extend that 

four-month period to no more than six 

months. At the request of the exporter 

that accounted for a significant 

proportion of exports of the subject 

merchandise in the investigations of 

PVA from Taiwan, we extended the 

four-month period to no more than six 

months. See Polyvinyl Alcohol From 

Taiwan: Preliminary Determination of 

Sales at Less Than Fair Value and 

Postponement of Final Determination, 

75 FR 55552 (September 13, 2010) 

(Preliminary Results). 

In the investigation, the six-month 

period beginning on the date of the 

publication of the preliminary 

determination (i.e., September 13, 2010) 

will end on March 12, 2011. 

Furthermore, section 737 of the Act 

states that definitive duties are to begin 

on the date of publication of the ITC’s 

final injury determination. Therefore, in 

accordance with section 733(d) of the 

Act, we will instruct U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection (CBP) to terminate the 

suspension of liquidation and to 

liquidate, without regard to 

antidumping duties, unliquidated 

entries of PVA from Taiwan entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption after March 12, 2011, 

through the day preceding the date of 

publication of the ITC’s final injury 

determination in the Federal Register. 

Suspension of liquidation will resume 

for entries entered, or withdrawn from 

warehouse, for consumption on or after 

the date of publication of the ITC’s final 


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