34982 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 142 / Tuesday, July 24, 2018 / Notices 

to the Commission at (213) 894–0508, or 

emailed Angelica Trevino at atrevino@

usccr.gov. Persons who desire 

additional information may contact the 

Regional Programs Unit at (213) 894– 

3437. 

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Regional Programs Unit at the above 

email or street address. 

Agenda 

I. Welcome and Rollcall 

II. Discussion 

III. Next Steps 

IV. Public Comment 

V. Adjournment 

Exceptional Circumstance: Pursuant 

to 41 CFR 102–3.150, the notice for this 

meeting is given less than 15 calendar 

days prior to the meeting because of the 

exceptional circumstance of staffing 

limitations that require immediate 

action. 

Dated: July 18, 2018. 

David Mussatt, 

Supervisory Chief, Regional Programs Unit. 

[FR Doc. 2018–15748 Filed 7–23–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6335–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Census Bureau 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Report of Building 

or Zoning Permits Issued for New 

Privately-Owned Housing Units 

(Building Permits Survey) 

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. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, written 

comments must be submitted on or 

before September 24, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 

14th and Constitution Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20230 (or via the 

internet at PRAcomments@doc.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument(s) and instructions should 

be directed Erica Filipek, U.S. Census 

Bureau, Economic Indicators Division, 

CENHQ Room 7K057, 4600 Silver Hill 

Road, Washington, DC 20233, telephone 

(301) 763–5161 (or via the internet at 

Erica.Mary.Filipek@census.gov). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The Census Bureau plans to request a 

three-year extension of Form C–404, 

‘‘Report of Building or Zoning Permits 

Issued for New Privately-Owned 

Housing Units’’, otherwise known as the 

Building Permits Survey. The Census 

Bureau uses this survey to produce 

statistics to monitor activity in the large 

and dynamic construction industry. For 

New Residential Construction (which 

includes Housing Units Authorized by 

Building Permits, Housing Starts, and 

Housing Completions), form C–404 is 

used to collect the estimate for Housing 

Units Authorized by Building Permits. 

For New Residential Construction and 

Sales, the number of housing units 

authorized by building permits is a key 

component utilized in the estimation of 

housing units started, completed, and 

sold. 

These statistics help state and local 

governments, the Federal Government, 

and private industry, analyze the 

housing and construction industry 

sector of the economy. Building permits 

for new private housing units also are a 

component of The Conference Board’s 

Leading Economic Index. 

The Census Bureau uses Form C–404 

to collect information on changes to the 

geographic coverage of permit-issuing 

places, the number and valuation of 

new residential housing units 

authorized by building permits, and 

additional information on residential 

permits valued at $1 million or more, 

including, but not limited to, site 

address and type of building. The 

Census Bureau uses these data to 

estimate the number of housing units 

started, the number of housing units 

completed, the number of single-family 

houses sold, and to select samples for 

the Census Bureau’s demographic 

surveys. The Building Permits Survey is 

the only source of statistics on 

residential construction for states and 

smaller geographic areas. The Census 

Bureau uses the detailed geographic 

data collected from state and local 

officials on new residential construction 

authorized by building permits in the 

development of annual population 

estimates that are used by government 

agencies to allocate funding and other 

resources to local areas. Policymakers, 

planners, businesses, and others also 

use the detailed geographic data to 

monitor growth, plan for local services, 

and to develop production and 

marketing plans. 

II. Method of Collection 

Respondents may submit their data 

via internet or a mailed or faxed form. 

Some respondents choose to email 

proprietary electronic files or mail 

proprietary printouts of permit 

information in lieu of returning the 

form. 

The survey universe is comprised of 

approximately 20,325 local governments 

that issue building permits. Due to 

resource availability and the time 

required to complete the data review 

and analysis, the Census Bureau collects 

data from a sample of permit-issuing 

jurisdictions monthly, and the 

remainder of the jurisdictions annually. 

We collect this information monthly for 

about 7,850 permit-issuing jurisdictions 

who respond via internet or who mail 

or fax the provided form. Another 325 

jurisdictions have established reporting 

arrangements that allow them to submit 

their responses monthly via proprietary 

electronic files or mailed printouts 

using their own file format. We collect 

this information annually for about 

11,700 permit-issuing jurisdictions who 

respond via internet or who mail or fax 

the provided form. Another 450 

jurisdictions have established reporting 

arrangements that allow them to submit 

their responses annually via proprietary 

electronic files or mailed printouts 

using their own file format. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0607–0094. 

Form Number(s): C–404. 

Type of Review: Regular submission. 

Affected Public: State and Local 

Governments. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

20,325. 

Estimated Time per Response: 8 

minutes for monthly respondents who 

report via internet, mail or faxing the 

form, 23 minutes for annual 

respondents who report via internet, 

mail or faxing the form and 3 minutes 

for monthly and annual respondents 


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who send electronic files or mail 

printouts. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 17,263. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $0. (This is not the cost of 

respondents’ time, but the indirect costs 

respondents may incur for such things 

as purchases of specialized software or 

hardware needed to report, or 

expenditures for accounting or records 

maintenance services required 

specifically by the collection.) 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Legal Authority: Title 13, United 

States Code, Sections 131 and 182. 

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. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Departmental Lead PRA Officer, Office of the 

Chief Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2018–15761 Filed 7–23–18; 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. 

Agency: U.S. Census Bureau. 

Title: Manufacturers’ Unfilled Orders 

Survey. 

OMB Control Number: 0607–0561. 

Form Number(s): MA–3000. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Number of Respondents: 6,000. 

Average Hours per Response: 30 

minutes. 

Burden Hours: 3,000. 

Needs and Uses: The data collected in 

the Manufacturers’ Unfilled Orders 

(M3UFO) Survey will be used to 

benchmark the new and unfilled orders 

information published in the monthly 

Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories, 

and Orders (M3) Survey. The M3 Survey 

collects monthly data on the value of 

shipments, inventories, and new and 

unfilled orders from manufacturing 

companies. The data are used by the 

Bureau of Economic Analysis, the 

Council of Economic Advisers, the 

Federal Reserve Board, the Conference 

Board, and members of the business 

community such as trade associations 

and the media to analyze business 

conditions in the manufacturing sector. 

The associated monthly M3 Survey 

estimates are based on a panel of 

approximately 5,000 reporting units that 

represent approximately 3,100 

companies and provide an indication of 

month-to-month change for the 

Manufacturing Sector. These reporting 

units may be divisions of diversified 

large companies, large homogenous 

companies, or single-unit 

manufacturers. The M3 estimates are 

periodically benchmarked to 

comprehensive data on the 

manufacturing sector from the Annual 

Survey of Manufactures (ASM), the 

Economic Census (shipments and 

inventories) and the M3UFO Survey, 

which is the subject of this notice. 

Unfilled orders data are not collected in 

the ASM or the Economic Census. To 

obtain more accurate M3 estimates of 

unfilled orders, which are also used in 

deriving M3 estimates of new orders, we 

conduct the M3UFO Survey annually to 

be used as the source for benchmarking 

M3 unfilled orders data. Industries that 

maintain unfilled orders cannot fulfill 

the order in the same month in which 

the order is received. This is not true for 

each industry, and occurs mainly in 

industries where production takes 

longer than one month. In order to 

reduce burden from our respondents, 

the M3UFO data are used to determine 

which North American Industry 

Classification System (NAICS) 

industries continue to maintain unfilled 

orders. We then utilize that information 

to only request unfilled orders on the 

monthly M3 survey from the NAICS 

industries that actually have unfilled 

orders which cannot be completed 

within the same month that the order 

was placed. 

There are no changes to the MA–3000 

form, which is used to conduct the 

M3UFO survey. 

The Census Bureau will use mail out 

or mail back survey forms to collect the 

data with online reporting encouraged. 

Online response for the survey is 

typically 70 percent. Companies are 

asked to respond to the survey within 

30 days of receipt. The Census Bureau 

mails letters encouraging participation 

to companies that have not responded 

within 30 days and later uses telephone 

follow-up to seek response from 

delinquent companies. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profit. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

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

Sections 131 and 182. 

This information collection request 

may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov. 

Follow the instructions to view 

Department of Commerce collections 

currently under review by OMB. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to OIRA_Submission@

omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395–5806. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Departmental Lead PRA Officer, Office of the 

Chief Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2018–15816 Filed 7–23–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[Application No. 92–14A001] 

Export Trade Certificate of Review 

ACTION: Notice of issuance of an 

amended Export Trade Certificate of 

Review to Aerospace Industries 

Association of America, Inc., 

Application no. 92–14A001. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce issued an amended Export 

Trade Certificate of Review to 

Aerospace Industries Association of 

America, Inc. (‘‘AIA’’) on July 9, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joseph Flynn, Director, Office of Trade 

and Economic Analysis, International 

Trade Administration, by telephone at 

(202) 482–5131 (this is not a toll-free 

number) or email at etca@trade.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title III of 

the Export Trading Company Act of 

1982 (15 U.S.C. 4001–21) authorizes the 

Secretary of Commerce to issue Export 

Trade Certificates of Review. The 

regulations implementing Title III are 

found at 15 CFR part 325 (2014). The 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 

International Trade Administration, 

Office of Trade and Economic Analysis 

(‘‘OTEA’’) is issuing this notice 


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