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Drug Schedule

Methamphetamine (1105) ............ II

Pentobarbital (2270) ..................... II

Secobarbital (2315) ...................... II

Glutethimide (2550) ...................... II

Phencyclidine (7471) .................... II

1-

Piperidinocyclohexanecarbonitrile (8603).

II

Anileridine (9020) ......................... II

Cocaine (9041) ............................. II

Tropacocaine (9045) .................... II

Codeine (9050) ............................. II

Diprenorphine (9058) .................... II

Benzoylecgonine (9180) ............... II

Ethylmorphine (9190) ................... II

Meperidine (9230) ........................ II

Methadone (9250) ........................ II

Dextropropoxyphene, bulk (nondosage forms) (9273).II

Morphine (9300) ........................... II

Oxymorphone (9652) .................... II

Alfentanil (9737) ........................... II

Sufentanil (9740) .......................... II

Fentanyl (9801) ............................ II

No comments or objections have been

received. DEA has considered the

factors in Title 21, United States Code,

Section 823(a) and determined that the

registration of Sigma Chemical to import

the listed controlled substances is

consistent with the public interest and

with United States obligations under

international treaties, conventions, or

protocols in effect on May 1, 1971, at

this time. Therefore, pursuant to Section

1008(a) of the Controlled Substances

Import and Export Act and in

accordance with Title 21, Code of

Federal Regulations, Section 1301.34,

the above firm is granted registration as

an importer of the basic classes of

controlled substances listed above.

Dated: July 21, 1997.

John H. King,

Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of

Diversion Control, Drug Enforcement

Administration.

[FR Doc. 97–22571 Filed 8–25–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–09–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as

part of its continuing effort to reduce

paperwork and respondent burden,

conducts a preclearance consultation

program to provide the general public

and Federal agencies an opportunity to

comment on proposed and/or

continuing collections of information in

accordance with the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA95) (44

U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This program

helps to ensure that requested data can

be provided in the desired format,

reporting burden (time and financial

resources) is minimized, collection

instruments are clearly understood, and

the impact of collection requirements on

respondents can be properly assessed.

Currently, the Bureau of Labor Statistics

(BLS) is soliciting comments concerning

the proposed revision of the ‘‘Annual

Refiling Survey (ARS)’’ previously

submitted as the Standard Industrial

Classification (SIC) forms.

A copy of the proposed information

collection request (ICR) can be obtained

by contacting the individual listed

below in the addressee section of this

notice.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted to the office listed in the

addressee section below on or before

October 27, 1997. BLS is particularly

interested in comments which help the

agency to:

• Evaluate whether the proposed

collection of information is necessary

for the proper performance of the

functions of the agency, including

whether the information will have

practical utility;

• Evaluate the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection of information,

including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used;

• Enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and

• Minimize the burden of the

collection of information on those who

are to respond, including through the

use of appropriate automated,

electronic, mechanical, or other

technological collection techniques or

other forms of information technology,

e.g., permitting electronic submissions

of responses.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Karin G.

Kurz, BLS Clearance Officer, Division of

Management Systems, Bureau of Labor

Statistics, Room 3255, 2 Massachusetts

Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20212.

Ms. Kurz can be reached on 202–606–

7628 (this is not a toll free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

The ES–202 Report, produced for

each calendar quarter, is a summary of

employment, wage, and contribution

data submitted to State Employment

Security Agencies (SESAs) by

employers subject to State

Unemployment Insurance (UI) laws.

Also included in each State report are

similar data for Federal Government

employees covered by the

Unemployment Compensation for

Federal Employees Program. These data

are submitted by all 50 States, the

District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and

the Virgin Islands and then summarized

for the Nation by BLS.

The ES–202 program is a

comprehensive and accurate source of

monthly employment and quarterly

wage data, by industry, at the National,

State, and county levels. It provides a

virtual census on nonagricultural

employees and their wages. In addition,

about 47 percent of the workers in

agriculture are covered. As the most

complete universe of monthly

employment and quarterly wage

information by industry, county, and

State, the ES–202 series has broad

economic significance in evaluating

labor trends and major industry

developments, in time series analysis

and industry comparisons, and in

special studies such as analysis of wages

by size of unit.

The program provides data necessary

to both the Employment and Training

Administration (ETA) and the SESAs in

administering the employment security

program. These data accurately reflect

the extent of coverage of the State UI

laws and are used to measure UI

revenues and disbursements; National,

State, and local area employment; and

total and taxable wage trends. The

information is further used in actuarial

studies; determination of experience

ratings, maximum benefit levels, and

areas needing Federal assistance; and

helps ensure the solvency of UI funds.

The ES–202 data are also used by a

variety of other BLS programs. They

serve, for example, as the basic source

of benchmark information for

employment by industry and by size of

unit in the Current Employment

Statistics (BLS–790) Program and the

Occupational Employment Statistics

(OES) Program. They also are used as

the basic source of place-of-work

employment data for non-metropolitan

areas in the Local Area Unemployment

Statistics (LAUS) Program. The

Quarterly UI Name and Address File,

developed in conjunction with the ES–

202 Report, serves as a national

sampling frame for establishment

surveys by the National Compensation

Program, Producer Price Index Program,

and Occupational Safety and Health

Statistics Program. Additionally, the

Bureau of Economic Analysis of the

Department of Commerce uses ES–202

wage data as a base for estimating a

large portion of the wage and salary

component of national personal income

and gross national product. These
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estimates are instrumental in

determining Federal allocation of

revenue-sharing funds to State and local

governments. Finally, the ES–202

Program is one of the best sources of

detailed employment and wage statistics

used by business and public and private

research organizations.

To assure the continued accuracy of

these published economic statistics in

terms of industrial classification, the

information supplied by the employers

must be reviewed periodically and

updated if necessary. For this purpose,

the ARS Industry Verification Statement

(both Single and Multiple Worksite),

and Industry Classification Statement

(both All Industry and Public

Administration) are used in conjunction

with the UI tax reporting system in each

State. The information collected on

these forms is used to review the current

SIC code assigned to each

establishment. The SIC for

establishments whose business activity

has changed since the last review is

updated to reflect the change. As a

result of these updates, the industry

detail data that BLS and State agencies

publish reflect changes that occur in the

industrial composition of the economy.

If the industrial coding review process

were not performed, the reliability of

estimates for industrial and

occupational employment, hours and

earnings, producer prices, productivity,

and industry wages, as well as the other

uses mentioned previously, would be

considerably reduced. All of these

programs and uses (as well as others)

are dependent on accurate industrial

coding. Inaccurate industrial coding can

also adversely affect payments that

business and/or employees receive from

contracts that use industrial earnings

data for estimating escalating labor

costs.

In addition to obtaining industry data

from employers, the Industry

Verification Statement and the Industry

Classification Statement are designed to

obtain information on the type of

ownership (private industry or Federal,

State, or local government) and

geographic location. The ownership

data are important since current coding

procedures classify the establishments

engaged in similar activities into the

same industry code regardless of

ownership. The geographic information

is used to assign or verify the location

of the establishment. Both ownership

and geographic data must be reviewed

periodically and updated if necessary,

to provide a complete and current

industry/area database.

II. Current Actions

BLS plans to continue the review of

employers’ SIC, ownership and

geographic codes on a three-year cycle

for the entire UI universe of accounts,

presently numbering approximately 7.2

million. Each year, approximately onethird of these reporting units, and every

five years all accounts classified in

public administration, will be reviewed.

Industry data for the ES–202 Program

and UI Name and Address Files are

classified according to industry

categories listed in the SIC Manual

(SICM).

The confidentiality statement used on

the survey forms, which is very similar

to one of the alternative statements used

earlier with this program, is as follows:

The information collected on this form by

the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the State

agencies cooperating in its statistical

programs will be used for statistical and

Unemployment Insurance program purposes,

and other purposes in accordance with law.

BLS is submitting a request for threeyear clearance of the ARS with this

confidentiality statement. The statement

conforms to the following factors:

• BLS uses of the data are exclusively

statistical.

• BLS may share the data with other

Federal agencies for statistical purposes;

however, as in the past, BLS will not

share a State’s confidential ES–202 data

with another Federal agency unless that

State has given BLS written permission

to do so.

• BLS makes no confidentiality

statement regarding State uses of the

data.

• In some States, uses are not

exclusively statistical.

Type of Review: Revision.

Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Title: Annual Refiling Survey (ARS),

previously submitted as the Standard

Industrial Classification (SIC) forms.

OMB Number: 1220–0032.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit; not-for-profit institutions; farms;

Federal government; State, Local or

Tribal Government.

Form Total respondents Frequency Total responses

Average time

per response

(hour)

Estimated total

burden hours

BLS 3023–VS ................................................................ 5,984,250 Every 3 years ....... 1,994,750 .083 165,564

BLS 3023–VM ............................................................... 114,590 Every 3 years ....... 38,197 .75 28,647

BLS 3023–CA ................................................................ 53,000 Annually ................ 53,000 .167 8,851

BLS 3023–P .................................................................. ........................ Every 5 years.

Totals .................................................................. ........................ ............................... 2,085,947 ........................ 203,062

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):

$0.

Total Burden Cost (operating/

maintaining): $0.

Comments submitted in response to

this comment request will be

summarized and/or included in the

request for Office of Management and

Budget approval of the information

collection request; they also will

become a matter of public record.

Signed at Washington, D.C., this 21st

day of August, 1997.

W. Stuart Rust, Jr.,

Chief, Division of Management Systems,

Bureau of Labor Statistics.

[FR Doc. 97–22653 Filed 8–25–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–24–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as

part of its continuing effort to reduce

paperwork and respondent burden,

conducts a preclearance consultation

program to provide the general public

and Federal agencies an opportunity to

comment on proposed and/or

continuing collections of information in