78676 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 241 / Thursday, December 16, 2010 / Notices 

1The Department currently considers the 

following countries to be non-market economy 

countries—Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan 

Republic, Moldova, the People’s Republic of China, 

the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Socialist Republic 

of Vietnam, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and 

Uzbekistan. 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

U.S. Census Bureau 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Current Population 

Survey (CPS) Basic Demographic 

Items 

AGENCY: U.S. Census Bureau, 

Commerce. 

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 February 14, 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 David M. Sheldon, U.S. 

Census Bureau, 7H108D, Washington, 

DC 20133–8400 at (301) 763–7327 (or 

via the Internet at 

David.M.Sheldon@census.gov). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The Census Bureau plans to request 

clearance from the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for the 

collection of basic demographic 

information on the Current Population 

Survey (CPS) beginning in June 2011. 

The current clearance expires May 31, 

2011. 

The CPS has been the source of 

official government statistics on 

employment and unemployment for 

over 50 years. The Bureau of Labor 

Statistics (BLS) and the Census Bureau 

jointly sponsor the basic monthly 

survey. The Census Bureau also 

prepares and conducts all the field 

work. At the OMB’s request, the Census 

Bureau and the BLS divide the 

clearance request in order to reflect the 

joint sponsorship and funding of the 

CPS program. The BLS submits a 

separate clearance request for the 

portion of the CPS that collects labor 

force information for the civilian noninstitutional population. Some of the 

information within that portion 

includes employment status, number of 

hours worked, job search activities, 

earnings, duration of unemployment, 

and the industry and occupation 

classification of the job held the 

previous week. The justification that 

follows is in support of the demographic 

data. 

The demographic information 

collected in the CPS provides a unique 

set of data on selected characteristics for 

the civilian non-institutional 

population. Some of the demographic 

information we collect are age, marital 

status, gender, Armed Forces status, 

education, race, origin, and family 

income. We use these data in 

conjunction with other data, 

particularly the monthly labor force 

data, as well as periodic supplement 

data. We also use these data 

independently for internal analytic 

research and for evaluation of other 

surveys. In addition, we use these data 

as a control to produce accurate 

estimates of other personal 

characteristics. 

II. Method of Collection 

The CPS basic demographic 

information is collected from individual 

households by both personal visit and 

telephone interviews each month. All 

interviews are conducted using 

computer-assisted interviewing. 

Households in the CPS are in sample for 

four consecutive months, and for the 

same four months the following year. 

This is called a 4–8–4 rotation pattern; 

households are in sample for four 

months, in a resting period for eight 

months, and then in sample again for 

four months. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0607–0049. 

Form Number: There are no forms. 

We conduct all interviews on 

computers. 

Type of Review: Regular submission. 

Affected Public: Households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

59,000 per month. 

Estimated Time per Response: 1.5265 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 18,013. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: There is 

no cost to the respondents other than 

their time. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

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

Section 182, and Title 29, U.S.C., 

Sections 1–9. 

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: December 10, 2010. 

Glenna Mickelson, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–31544 Filed 12–15–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

De Facto Criteria for Establishing a 

Separate Rate in Antidumping 

Proceedings Involving Non-Market 

Economy Countries 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In antidumping proceedings 

involving non-market economy (‘‘NME’’) 

countries,1 the Department of 

Commerce (‘‘the Department’’) has a 

rebuttable presumption that the export 

activities of all companies within the 

country are subject to government 

control and, thus, should be assessed a 

single antidumping duty rate (i.e., the 

NME-Entity rate). It is the Department’s 

policy to assign to all exporters of 

merchandise subject to investigation in 

an NME country this single rate unless 

an exporter can demonstrate that it is 

sufficiently independent so as to be 

entitled to a ‘‘separate rate’’ (i.e., a 


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