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Vol. 69, No. 220

Tuesday, November 16, 2004

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Census Bureau 

Survey of Income and Program 

Participation (SIPP) Wave 5 of the 2004 

Panel

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment 

request. 

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 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: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before January 18, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Diana Hynek, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 

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 Judith H. Eargle, Census 

Bureau, FOB 3, Room 3387, 

Washington, DC 20233–8400, (301) 763–

3819.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The Census Bureau conducts the SIPP 

which is a household-based survey 

designed as a continuous series of 

national panels. New panels are 

introduced every few years with each 

panel usually having durations of one to 

four years. Respondents are interviewed 

at 4-month intervals or ‘‘waves’’ over 

the life of the panel. The survey is 

molded around a central ‘‘core’’ of labor 

force and income questions that remain 

fixed throughout the life of the panel. 

The core is supplemented with 

questions designed to address specific 

needs, such as obtaining information on 

adult well-being, school enrollment and 

financing, child support agreements, 

support for non-household members, 

adult and child functional limitations 

and disability, and employer provided 

health benefits. These supplemental 

questions are included with the core 

and are referred to as ‘‘topical 

modules.’’ 

The SIPP represents a source of 

information for a wide variety of topics 

and allows information for separate 

topics to be integrated to form a single, 

unified database so that the interaction 

between tax, transfer, and other 

government and private policies can be 

examined. Government domestic-policy 

formulators depend heavily upon the 

SIPP information concerning the 

distribution of income received directly 

as money or indirectly as in-kind 

benefits and the effect of tax and 

transfer programs on this distribution. 

They also need improved and expanded 

data on the income and general 

economic and financial situation of the 

U.S. population. The SIPP has provided 

these kinds of data on a continuing basis 

since 1983 permitting levels of 

economic well-being and changes in 

these levels to be measured over time. 

The 2004 Panel is currently scheduled 

for 4 years and will include 12 waves 

of interviewing, which began in 

February 2004. Approximately 62,000 

households were selected for the 2004 

Panel, of which, 46,500 are expected to 

be interviewed. We estimate that each 

household will contain 2.1 people, 

yielding 97,650 interviews in Wave 1 

and subsequent waves. Interviews take 

30 minutes on average. Three waves of 

interviewing will occur in the 2004 SIPP 

Panel during FY 2005. The total annual 

burden for 2004 Panel SIPP interviews 

will be 146,475 hours in FY 2005. 

The topical modules for the 2004 

Panel Wave 5 collect information about: 

• Employer Provided Health Benefits. 

• School Enrollment and Financing. 

• Functional Limitations and 

Disability—Adults and Children. 

• Support for Non-Household 

Members. 

• Child Support Agreements. 

• Adult Well-being.

Wave 5 interviews will be conducted 

from June 2005 through September 

2005. 

A 10-minute reinterview of 3,100 

people is conducted at each wave to 

ensure accuracy of responses. 

Reinterviews will require an additional 

1,553 burden hours in FY 2005. 

II. Method of Collection 

During the 2004 Panel, respondents 

are interviewed a total of 12 times (12 

waves) at 4-month intervals making the 

SIPP a longitudinal survey. All 

household members 15 years old or over 

are interviewed using regular proxyrespondent rules. Sample people (all 

household members present at the time 

of the first interview) who move within 

the country and reasonably close to a 

SIPP primary sampling unit will be 

followed and interviewed at their new 

address. Individuals 15 years old or over 

who enter the household after Wave 1 

will be interviewed; however, if these 

individuals move, they are not followed 

unless they happen to move along with 

a Wave 1 sample individual. 

III. Data 

OMB Number: 0607–0905. 

Form Number: SIPP/CAPI Automated 

Instrument. 

Type of Review: Regular. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

Households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents:

97,650 people per wave. 

Estimated Time Per Response: 30 

minutes per person on average. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 148,028. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: The 

only cost to respondents is their time. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Legal Authority: Title 13, United 

States Code, Section 182. 

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 

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use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized or 

included in the request for the Office of 

Management and Budget approval of 

this information collection. They also 

will become a matter of public record.

Dated: November 9, 2004. 

Madeleine Clayton, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 04–25369 Filed 11–15–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Census Bureau 

Current Retail Sales and Inventory 

Survey

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment 

request. 

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: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before January 18, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Diana Hynek, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 

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 

instruments and instructions should be 

directed to Scott Scheleur, U.S. Census 

Bureau, Room 2626–FOB 3, 

Washington, DC 20233–6500, (301) 763–

2713.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract 

The Current Retail Sales and 

Inventory Survey provides estimates of 

monthly retail sales, end-of-month 

merchandise inventories, and quarterly 

e-commerce sales of retailers in the 

United States by selected kinds of 

business. Also, it provides monthly 

sales of food service establishments. The 

Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) 

uses this information to prepare the 

National Income and Products Accounts 

and to benchmark the annual inputoutput tables. Statistics provided from 

the Current Retail Sales and Inventory 

Survey are used to calculate the gross 

domestic product (GDP). 

Estimates produced from the Current 

Retail Sales and Inventory Survey are 

based on a probability sample. The 

sample design consists of one fixed 

panel where all cases are requested to 

report sales and/or inventories each 

month. 

Listed below are the series of retail 

form numbers and a description of each 

form:

Series Description 

SM–44(00)S Non Department Store/Sales 

Only/WO E-Commerce. 

SM–44(00)SE Non Department Store/Sales 

Only W E-Commerce. 

SM–44(00)SS Non Department Store/Sales 

Only/Screener. 

SM–44(00)B Non Department Store/Sales 

and Inventory/WO EComm. 

SM–44(00)BE Non Department Store/Sales 

and Inventory/W E-Comm. 

SM–44(00)BS Non Department Store/Sales 

and Inventory/Screener. 

SM–44(00)L Non Department Store/Sales 

and Inventory/LIFO/WO EComm. 

SM–44(00)LE Non Department Store/Sales 

and Inventory/LIFO/W EComm. 

SM–44(00)LS Non Department Store/Sales 

and Inventory/LIFO/Screener. 

SM–45(00)S Department Store/Sales Only/

WO E-Commerce. 

SM–45(00)SE Department Store/Sales Only/

W E-Commerce. 

SM–45(00)SS Department Store/Sales Only/

Screener. 

SM–45(00)B Department Store/Sales and 

Inventory/WO E-Commerce. 

SM–45(00)BE Department Store/Sales and 

Inventory/W E-Commerce. 

SM–45(00)BS Department Store/Sales and 

Inventory/Screener. 

SM–72(00)S Food Services/Sales Only/

WO E-Commerce. 

SM–20(00)I .. Non Department and Department Store/Inventory Only. 

SM–20(00)L Non Department and Department Store/Inventory Only/

LIFO. 

II. Method of Collection 

We collect this information by mail, 

fax, and telephone follow-up. 

III. Data 

OMB Number: 0607–0717. 

Form Number: See above. 

Type of Review: Regular submission. 

Affected Public: Retail and food 

services firms in the United States. 

Estimated Number of Respondents:

10,000. 

Estimated Time Per Response: 7.8 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 16,000. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: The 

cost to the respondents for fiscal year 

2005 is estimated to be $377,440 based 

on the median hourly salary of $23.59 

for accountants and auditors. 

(Occupational Employment StatisticsBureau of Labor Statistics May 2003 

National Occupational Employment and 

Wage Estimates, $23.59 represents the 

median hourly wage of the full-time 

wage and salary earnings of accountants 

and auditors SOC code 13–2011.)

http://stats.bls.gov/oes/2003/may/

oes_13Bu.htm.

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Legal Authority: Title 13, United 

States Code, Section 182. 

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 estimates 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: November 9, 2004. 

Madeleine Clayton, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 04–25370 Filed 11–15–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Census Bureau 

2005 Census Survey of Maricopa 

County, AZ (CSMA)

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment 

request. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and