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legislation. For example, the Board of 

Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System uses data from this survey to 

evaluate the effect of interest rates in 

this interest-rate sensitive area of the 

economy. The Bureau of Economic 

Analysis uses the data in developing the 

Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The 

private sector uses the information for 

estimating the demand for building 

materials and the many products used 

in new housing and to schedule 

production, distribution, and sales 

efforts. The financial community uses 

the data to estimate the demand for 

short-term (construction loans) and 

long-term (mortgages) borrowing. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households; business or other for-profit. 

Frequency: Monthly. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

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

Sections 131 and 182. 

OMB Desk Officer: Brian HarrisKojetin, (202) 395–7314. 

Copies of the above information 

collection proposal can be obtained by 

calling or writing Diana Hynek, 

Departmental Paperwork Clearance 

Officer, (202) 482–0266, Department of 

Commerce, Room 6616, 14th and 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 

dhynek@doc.gov). 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to Brian Harris-Kojetin, OMB 

Desk Officer either by fax (202–395– 

7245) or e-mail (bharrisk@omb.eop.gov). 

Dated: August 15, 2011. 

Glenna Mickelson, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–21138 Filed 8–17–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

chapter 35). 

Agency: U.S. Census Bureau. 

Title: Annual Wholesale Trade 

Survey. 

OMB Control Number: 0607–0195. 

Form Number(s): Forms SA–42, SA– 

42A, SA–42(MSBO), SA–42A(MSBO), 

SA–42(AGBR), SA–42A(AGBR). 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Burden Hours: 10,442. 

Number of Respondents: 8,176. 

Average Hours per Response: 1 hour 

and 16 minutes. 

Needs and Uses: The Annual 

Wholesale Trade Survey (AWTS) covers 

employer firms with establishments 

located in the United States and 

classified in wholesale trade as defined 

by the North American Industry 

Classification System (NAICS). This 

sector comprises two main types of 

wholesalers: (1) Merchant wholesalers 

that sell goods on their own account 

(including sales offices and sales 

branches, except retail stores, 

maintained by manufacturing, refining, 

or mining enterprises apart from their 

plants or mines for the purpose of 

marketing their products) and (2) 

business to business electronic markets, 

agents, and brokers that arrange sales for 

purchases for others generally for a 

commission or fee. 

Respondents are separated into three 

classifications: (1) Merchant wholesale 

establishments, excluding 

manufacturers’ sales branches and 

offices; (2) manufacturers’ sales 

branches and offices; and (3) agents, 

brokers, and business to business 

electronic markets. The first 

classification is asked to provide sales, 

e-commerce, inventories, method of 

inventory valuation, inventories held 

outside the United States, purchases, 

and operating expenses. The second 

classification is asked to provide sales, 

e-commerce, inventories, method of 

inventory valuation, inventories held 

outside the United States, and operating 

expenses. The third classification is 

asked to provide commissions, sales on 

their own account, and operating 

expenses. These data are collected to 

provide a sound statistical basis for the 

formation of policy by various 

government agencies, as well as to serve 

as a benchmark for the estimates 

compiled from the Monthly Wholesale 

Trade Survey (OMB No. 0607–0190). 

Results will be made available, at the 

United States summary level, for 

selected wholesale industries 

approximately fourteen months after the 

end of the reference year. 

For the 2011 AWTS the Census 

Bureau will request two years of data to 

link our old and new samples, ensuring 

that our published estimates continue to 

be reliable and accurate. For the 2012 

AWTS the Census Bureau will request 

data on detailed operating expenses. 

These data items were previously 

requested under a separate 

supplemental mailing that was 

conducted every 5 years. The last 

supplemental mailing was conducted in 

conjunction with the 2007 AWTS under 

OMB No. 0607–0942. While the 

wholesale portion of that program will 

be collapsed into the AWTS, we will 

continue to ask only the additional 

detailed expense questions every 5 

years. These detailed expense questions 

are only applicable to the merchant 

wholesale establishments, excluding 

manufacturers’ sales branches and 

offices. Additionally, the 2012 AWTS 

will collect data on sales taxes, which 

is done once every 5 years. 

The Bureau of Economic Analysis 

(BEA) uses the data to estimate the 

change in private inventories 

component of gross domestic product 

(GDP) and output in both the 

benchmark and annual input-output (I– 

O) accounts and GDP by industry. Data 

on sales taxes, which are collected on 

this survey quinquennially, are also 

used to prepare estimates of GDP by 

industry and to derive industry output 

for the I–O accounts. Data on detailed 

operating expenses, which will now be 

collected on this survey quinquennially, 

are used to produce national estimates 

of value added, gross output, and 

intermediate inputs and serve as a 

benchmark for the annual industry 

accounts, which provide the control 

totals for the GDP-by-state accounts. The 

Bureau of Labor Statistics uses the data 

as input to its Producer Price Indexes 

and in developing productivity 

measurements. Private businesses use 

the estimates in computing business 

activity indexes. Other government 

agencies and businesses use the data to 

satisfy a variety of public and business 

needs such as economic market 

analysis, company performance, and 

forecasting future demands. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

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

Sections 182, 224, and 225. 

OMB Desk Officer: Brian HarrisKojetin, (202) 395–7314. 

Copies of the above information 

collection proposal can be obtained by 

calling or writing Diana Hynek, 

Departmental Paperwork Clearance 

Officer, (202) 482–0266, Department of 

Commerce, Room 6616, 14th and 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 

dhynek@doc.gov). 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to Brian Harris-Kojetin, OMB 

Desk Officer either by fax (202–395– 

7245) or e-mail (bharrisk@omb.eop.gov). 

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Dated: August 15, 2011. 

Glenna Mickelson, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–21091 Filed 8–17–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

chapter 35). 

Agency: U.S. Census Bureau. 

Title: Survey of Residential Building 

or Zoning Permit Systems. 

OMB Control Number: 0607–0350. 

Form Number(s): C–411(V), C– 

411(M), C–411(C). 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Burden Hours: 500. 

Number of Respondents: 2,000. 

Average Hours per Response: 

15 minutes. 

Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau 

produces statistics used to monitor 

activity in the large and dynamic 

construction industry. These statistics 

help state and local governments and 

the federal government, as well as 

private industry, to analyze this 

important sector of the economy. The 

accuracy of the Census Bureau statistics 

regarding the amount of construction 

authorized depends on data supplied by 

building and zoning officials throughout 

the country. The Census Bureau uses 

Form C–411 to obtain information from 

state and local building permit officials 

needed for updating the universe of 

permit-issuing places which serves as 

the sampling frame for the Report of 

Privately-Owned Residential Building 

or Zoning Permits Issued (OMB number 

0607–0094), also known as the Building 

Permits Survey (BPS), and the Survey of 

Housing Starts, Sales, and Completions 

(OMB number 0607–0110), also known 

as Survey of Construction (SOC). These 

two sample surveys provide widely 

used measures of construction activity, 

including the principal economic 

indicators New Residential Construction 

and New Home Sales. Data from the 

BPS and SOC are also used by the 

Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) in 

the calculation of estimates of the 

Residential Fixed Investment portion of 

the Nation’s Gross Domestic Product 

(GDP). In addition, data from the BPS 

are used by the Census Bureau in the 

calculation of annual population 

estimates; these estimates are widely 

used by government agencies to allocate 

funding and other resources to local 

governments. 

The questions on Form C–411 pertain 

to the legal requirements for issuing 

building or zoning permits in the local 

jurisdictions. Information is obtained on 

such items as geographic coverage and 

types of construction for which permits 

are issued. 

We have redesigned the form to create 

three versions: C–411(V) for verification 

of coverage for jurisdictions with 

existing permit systems; C–411(M) for 

municipalities where a new permit 

system may have been established; and 

C–411(C) for counties where new permit 

systems may have been established. 

This will clarify the instructions and 

the information requested in each of 

these situations but will not affect 

respondent burden. 

The appropriate form is sent to a 

jurisdiction when we have reason to 

believe that a new permit system has 

been established or an existing one has 

changed. This is based on information 

from a variety of sources including 

survey respondents, regional councils 

and our own efforts to keep abreast of 

changes in corporate status. 

We use the information to verify the 

existence of new permit systems or 

changes to existing systems. Based on 

the information, we add new permitissuing places to the universe, delete 

places no longer issuing permits, and 

make changes to the universe to reflect 

those places that have merged. 

Failure to maintain the universe of 

permit-issuing places would result in 

deficient samples and inaccurate 

statistics. This in turn jeopardizes the 

accuracy of the above mentioned 

economic indicators. These indicators 

are closely monitored by the Board of 

Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System and other economic policy 

makers because of the sensitivity of the 

housing industry to changes in interest 

rates. 

Affected Public: State, local or Tribal 

Government. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Legal Authority: Title 13, United 

States Code, Sections 9(b), 161, and 182. 

OMB Desk Officer: Brian HarrisKojetin, (202) 395–7314. 

Copies of the above information 

collection proposal can be obtained by 

calling or writing Diana Hynek, 

Departmental Paperwork Clearance 

Officer, (202) 482–0266, Department of 

Commerce, Room 6616, 14th and 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 

dhynek@doc.gov). 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to Brian Harris-Kojetin, OMB 

Desk Officer either by fax (202–395– 

7245) or e-mail (bharrisk@omb.eop.gov). 

Dated: August 15, 2011. 

Glenna Mickelson, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–21066 Filed 8–17–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[Docket 54–2011] 

Foreign-Trade Zone 72—Indianapolis, 

IN; Application for Manufacturing 

Authority, Brevini Wind USA, Inc., 

(Wind Turbine Gear Boxes), Yorktown, 

IN 

A request has been submitted to the 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the Board) 

by the Indianapolis Airport Authority, 

grantee of FTZ 72, requesting 

manufacturing authority on behalf of 

Brevini Wind USA, Inc. (Brevini), to 

manufacture wind turbine gear boxes 

under FTZ procedures within FTZ 72. 

The application was submitted pursuant 

to the provisions of the Foreign-Trade 

Zones Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a– 

81u), and the regulations of the Board 

(15 CFR part 400). It was formally filed 

on August 11, 2011. 

The Brevini facility (approximately 

400 employees, 20 acres) is located at 

2400 Priority Way, within the Muncie 

Delaware County Park One Industrial 

Park in Yorktown, Indiana. The facility 

is used to manufacture and repair wind 

turbine gear boxes and related winches 

(up to 2,000 units of each per year) for 

the U.S. market and export. Components 

and materials sourced from abroad 

(representing 25% of the value of the 

finished products) include: parts of gear 

boxes, seals (rubber, metal), fasteners, 

pumps, filters, valves, bearings, shafts, 

gears, parts of gear boxes, clutches, 

brakes, cooling units, covers, discs, 

flanges, housings, sprockets, heating 

units, hoses, hydraulic parts, lubrication 

units, pinions, planet carriers, reduction 

stages, rotor lock discs, and electric 

motors (duty rate ranges from free to 

5.8%). 

FTZ procedures could exempt Brevini 

from customs duty payments on the 

foreign materials and components used 

in export production. The company 

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