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particularly for small geographic

areas.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.

Frequency: Annually.

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.

Legal Authority: Title 13 USC,

Sections 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 5, 1997.

Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of Management and Organization.

[FR Doc. 97–21727 Filed 8–14–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of the Census

Long Term Care Survey (LTC)

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, Pub.

L. 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before October 14,

1997.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Linda Engelmeier, Departmental

Forms Clearance Officer, Department of

Commerce, Room 5327, 14th and

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington,

DC 20230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the information collection

instrument(s) and instructions should

be directed to Sarah Higgins, Bureau of

the Census, FOB 3, Room 3356,

Washington, DC 20233–8400, (301) 457–

3801.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

The LTC’s general purpose is to

characterize the health and functional

status of the elderly population in the

United States. The Census Bureau

conducted LTC surveys in 1982, 1984,

1989, and 1994 under sponsorship from

Duke University using funds received in

a grant from the National Institute on

Aging (NIA). Duke University and NIA

propose the Census Bureau conduct a

pretest in 1998 and the full scale survey

again in 1999.

Duke University will use the data and

combine it with the data collected from

prior surveys to determine how people’s

health care needs change over time.

Planners and policy makers also use

data from the survey to conduct

research to improve Medicare services

and to plan for a sound future for the

Medicare program.

Sample Overview

The survey sample has two

components: ‘‘longitudinal’’ and ‘‘aged

in’’. The longitudinal portion consists of

13,145 sample persons who responded

to one or more of the previous four

surveys. The aged in component

consists of a total of 6,100 sample

persons: 5,500 who turned 65 since the

1994 survey and an additional 600

people who are 95 years and over. The

total sample size is 19,245. Part of the

sample is designated as the ‘‘healthy’’

segment. The ‘‘healthy’’ segment has

approximately 1,550 sample people.

Half these people are retained from the

longitudinal component and half are

randomly selected from the aged in

component. These healthy people

respond to only part of the community

questionnaire; they do not receive the

questions about disability or

impairment. The LTC survey consists of

a screener interview and, potentially, a

community or institutional interview.

Pretest

The Census Bureau with Duke

University has decided to convert the

LTC survey from a paper-and-pencil

questionnaire to a computer-assisted

personal interview (CAPI). We will

conduct a pretest during the first half of

fiscal year 1998 to test the CAPI

instrument and survey procedures for

the screener and community

components. We will select 500 sample

persons in the Tucson, Arizona area for

the screener questionnaire, of which

approximately 100 will ‘‘screen-in’’ for

the detailed community questionnaire.

In the latter part of fiscal year 1998, we

will also conduct a small hothouse test

for the institution CAPI instrument.

This test will include 40 respondents

living in nursing homes in the

surrounding Washington, DC area.

Survey Process

The Census Bureau’s field

representatives (FRs) conduct the

screening interviews by telephone or by

personal visit if the respondent cannot

be reached by phone. FRs conduct all

the community and institutional

interviews through personal visits and

capture data from the respondents via

laptop computers. The Census Bureau

transmits and stores the survey data on

a microdata file and delivers the file to

Duke University. Duke links the file

with previous LTC data and appends it

to administrative Medicare information.

Duke sends copies of the file to the

Michigan Archives on Aging. Duke

analyzes the data and makes its findings

known to NIA.

II. Method of Collection

The LTC will be conducted by both

personal visits and telephone interviews

using computer-assisted (laptop)

interviewing. An advance letter will be

sent to respondents notifying them of

the upcoming survey.

III. Data

OMB Number: 0607–0778 (expired 9/

30/95).

Form Number: There are no forms.

We conduct all interviewing on laptop

computers.

Type of Review: Regular.

Affected Public: Individuals.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

Fiscal Year 1998 (Pretest) 540.

Fiscal Year 1999 (Survey Year)

19,245.

Estimated Time Per Response:

Fiscal Year 1998 (Pretest) 23 minutes.

Fiscal Year 1999 (Survey Year) 31

minutes.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours:

Fiscal Year 1998 (Pretest) 205.

Fiscal Year 1999 (Survey Year) 9,926.

Estimated Total Annual Cost: We do

not expect respondents to incur any cost

other than that of their time to respond.

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.

Legal Authority: Title 42, United

States Code, Section 285e-1, and Title

15 United States Code, Section 1525

authorize this survey.

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
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(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: August 11, 1997.

Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of Management and Organization.

[FR Doc. 97–21658 Filed 8–14–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Export Administration

Sensors and Instrumentation

Technical Advisory Committee; Notice

of Partially Closed Meeting

A meeting of the Sensors and

Instrumentation Technical Advisory

Committee will be held September 9,

1997, 9:00 a.m., in the Herbert C.

Hoover Building, Room 1617M–2, 14th

Street between Constitution and

Pennsylvania Avenues, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. The Committee

advises the Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Export Administration

with respect to technical questions that

affect the level of export controls

applicable to sensors and

instrumentation equipment and

technology.

Agenda:

General Session:

1. Opening remarks by the Chairman.

2. Update on the status of pending

regulations.

3. Presentation of papers or comments

by the public.

Executive Session:

4. Discussion of matters properly

classified under Executive Order 12958,

dealing with the U.S. export control

program and strategic criteria rleated

thereto.

The General Session of the meeting

will be open to the public and a limited

number of seats will be available. To the

extent that time permits, members of the

public may present oral statements to

the Committee. Written statements may

be submitted at any time before or after

the meeting. However, to facilitate

distribution of public presentation

materials to the Committee members,

the Committee suggests that presenters

forward the public presentation

materials two weeks prior to the

meeting date to the following address:

Ms. Lee Ann Carpenter, OAS/EA MS:

3886C, Bureau of Export

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, Washington, D.C. 20230.

The Assistant Secretary for

Administration, with the concurrence of

the General Counsel, formally

determined on December 13, 1995,

pursuant to section 10(d) of the Federal

Advisory Committee Act, as amended,

that the series of meetings of the

Committee and of any Subcommittees

thereof, dealing with the classified

materials listed in 5 U.S.C., 552b(c)(1)

shall be exempt from the provisions

relating to public meetings found in

section 10(a)(1) and (a)(3), of the Federal

Advisory Committee Act. The remaining

series of meetings or portions thereof

will be open to the public.

A copy of the Notice of Determination

to close meetings or portions of

meetings of the Committee is available

for public inspection and copying in the

Central Reference and Records

Inspection Facility, Room 6020, U.S.

Department of Commerce, Washington,

D.C. 20230. For further information or

copies of the minutes, contact Lee Ann

Carpenter on (202) 482–2583.

Dated: August 12, 1997.

Lee Ann Carpenter,

Technical Advisory Committee Unit.

[FR Doc. 97–21664 Filed 8–14–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DT–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 914]

Approval For Manufacturing Authority,

Baker Refractories, Inc. (Refractory

Products) Within Foreign-Trade Zone

147; York, PA

Pursuant to its authority under the

Foreign-Trade Zones Act of June 18,

1934, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u),

the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the

Board) adopts the following Order:

Whereas, § 400.28(a)(2) of the Board’s

regulations, requires approval of the

Board prior to commencement of new

manufacturing/processing activity

within existing zone facilities;

Whereas, the Foreign Trade Zone

Corporation of Southeastern

Pennsylvania, grantee of FTZ 147, has

requested authority under § 400.28(a)(2)

on behalf of Baker Refractories, Inc., to

manufacture refractory bricks under

zone procedures within FTZ 147, York,

PA (filed 10–18–96; FTZ Doc. 77–96, 61

FR 55955, 10–30–96);

Whereas, the examiner’s report

recommends approval, finding that the

requirements of the Act and the Board’s

regulations have been met and that the

proposal is in the public interest; and,

Whereas, the Board adopts the

findings and recommendations of the

examiner’s report;

Now, therefore, the Board hereby

approves the request subject to the Act

and the Board’s regulations, including

§ 400.28, for a five-year period (until

12–31–02), subject to extension upon

review.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 6th day of

August 1997.

Foreign-Trade Zones Board.

Robert S. LaRussa,

Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import

Administration, Alternate Chairman, ForeignTrade Zones Board.

Attest:

John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,

Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–21715 Filed 8–14–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 63–97]

Foreign-Trade Zone 183—Austin,

Texas; Application for Expansion

An application has been submitted to

the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the

Board) by the Foreign Trade Zone of

Central Texas, Inc., grantee of FTZ 183,

requesting authority to expand its zone

in the Austin, Texas, area, within the

Austin Customs port of entry. 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 4, 1997.

FTZ 183 was approved on December

23, 1991 (Board Order 550, 57 FR 42; 1/

2/92). The zone currently consists of

seven sites in the Austin, Texas, area:

Site 1—Austin Enterprise site (317 acres),

consisting of seven parcels within the Austin

Enterprise Zone Area along Highway 290 and

the Ben White Boulevard-Montopolis Drive

area, Austin;

Site 2—Balcones Research site (50 acres),

located in north central Austin at the

intersection of Burnett Road and Longhorn

Boulevard;

Site 3—High Tech Corridor site (394 acres),

consisting of five parcels located along I–35,

14 miles north of downtown Austin (site

straddles Austin-Round Rock city line);