[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 156 (Wednesday, August 13, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43314-43315]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-21387]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission For OMB Review; Comment Request

    DOC has submitted 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: Bureau of the Census.
    Title: Current Industrial Reports Program--Wave I (Mandatory).
    Form Number(s): Total of 23 individual CIR reports.
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0392.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 18,252 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 14,650.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 1 hour 15 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Current Industrial Reports (CIR) program is a 
series of monthly, quarterly, and annual surveys which provide key 
measures of production, shipments, and/or inventories on a national 
basis for selected manufactured products. Government agencies, business 
firms, trade associations, and private research and consulting 
organizations use these data to make trade policy, production, and 
investment decisions.
    For clearance purposes, the approximately 72 CIR surveys are 
divided into ``waves.'' Each wave has an associated voluntary and 
mandatory clearance package, making 6 separate clearances. Each year, 
one wave (2 clearance packages) is submitted for review.
    In this request, we are moving 3 CIR reports (Air Conditioning & 
Refrigeration; Steel Mill; and Computer and Office Equipment) from 
other waves into this wave because of changes in survey content and 
moving 3 others (Confectionery; Coin Operated Vending Machines; and 
Electric Lighting Fixtures) into this wave because of a change in 
reporting status. These 3 annual reports, normally conducted as 
voluntary, are being done on a mandatory basis this year in conjunction 
with the economic

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censuses. Additionally, a CIR report on Fluid Power Products (intended 
for conversion from mandatory to voluntary this year) which is already 
contained in this wave will continue to be conducted on a mandatory 
basis this year in conjunction with the economic censuses.
    These planned changes were not made public in our presubmission 
Federal Register notice published February 26, 1997 announcing our 
plans to submit this request. The changes are non-controversial and 
will not result in any overall increase in reporting burden.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: This request contains monthly, quarterly, and annual 
counterpart reports.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 USC, Sections 61, 131, 182, 224, and 225.
    OMB Desk Officer: Jerry Coffey, (202) 395-7314.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, DOC Forms Clearance Officer, 
(202) 482-3272, Department of Commerce, room 5327, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to Jerry Coffey, OMB Desk Officer, room 10201, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: August 7, 1997.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 97-21387 Filed 8-12-97; 8:45 am]
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