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provider only if the provider chooses a 

data exchange submission method. 

Once the new OWCP–1168 form is in 

place, the existing EDI template will no 

longer be applicable. The current EDI 

template collects information that is 

duplicative to information collected on 

Form OWCP–1168, such as names, 

addresses, and NPI. Collecting EDI 

information with the enrollment 

information in one form will improve 

efficiency in collecting the information 

from providers, reduce the time 

required for processing by operational 

staff, and will significantly reduce errors 

associated with mismatching provider 

enrollments to their EDI information. 

This ICR will be submitted to OMB to 

allow for the continued use of the 

revised Provider Enrollment Form 

(Form OWCP–1168) and to incorporate 

regulatory updates implementing the 

Black Lung benefits Act which becomes 

applicable on April 26, 2020. A copy of 

the proposed information collection 

request can be obtained by contacting 

the office listed below in the ADDRESSES

section of this Notice. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the office listed in the 

ADDRESSES section below on or before 

April 27, 2020. 

ADDRESSES: Anjanette Suggs, U.S. 

Department of Labor, 200 Constitution 

Ave. NW, Room S–3201, Washington, 

DC 20210, telephone/fax (202) 354– 

9660, Email suggs.anjanette@dol.gov. 

Please use only one method of 

transmission for comments (mail/ 

delivery, fax, or email). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The Office of Workers’ Compensation 

Programs (OWCP) is the agency 

responsible for administration of the 

Federal Employees’ Compensation Act 

(FECA), 5 U.S.C. 8101 et seq., the Black 

Lung Benefits Act (BLBA), 30 U.S.C. 901 

et seq., and the Energy Employees 

Occupational Illness Compensation 

Program Act of 2000 (EEOICPA), 42 

U.S.C. 7384 et seq. These statutes 

require OWCP to pay for appropriate 

medical and vocational rehabilitation 

services provided to beneficiaries. In 

order for OWCP’s billing contractor to 

pay providers of these services with its 

automated bill processing system, 

providers must ‘‘enroll’’ with one or 

more of the OWCP programs that 

administer the statutes by submitting 

certain profile information, including 

identifying information, tax I.D. 

information, and whether they possess 

specialty or sub-specialty training. Form 

OWCP–1168 is used to obtain this 

information from each provider. This 

ICR will be submitted to OMB as a 

follow-up to an emergency processing 

request that was submitted to OMB on 

February 14, 2020 which will allow for 

implementation of the revised form as 

soon as possible. This submission will 

request OMB approval to use the revised 

form for an additional three (3) years. 

II. Review Focus 

The Department of Labor is 

particularly interested in comments 

which: 

* 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. 

III. Current Actions 

The Department of Labor seeks the 

approval of the extension of this 

currently approved information 

collection in order to carry out a wide 

range of automated bill ‘‘edits’’, such as 

the identification of duplicate billings, 

the application of pertinent fee 

schedules, utilization review, and fraud 

and abuse detection. The profile 

information is also used to furnish 

detailed reports to providers on the 

status of previously submitted bills. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Agency: Office of Workers’ 

Compensation Programs. 

Title: Provider Enrollment Form. 

OMB Number: 1240–0021. 

Agency Number: OWCP–1168. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profit. 

Total Respondents: 64,325. 

Total Responses: 64,325. 

Time per Response: 30 minutes. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 

32,163. 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 

$0. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/ 

maintenance): $37,309. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for Office of 

Management and Budget approval of the 

information collection request; they will 

also become a matter of public record. 

Anjanette Suggs, 

Agency Clearance Officer, Office of Workers’ 

Compensation Programs, U.S. Department of 

Labor. 

[FR Doc. 2020–03789 Filed 2–25–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–CR–P 

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND 

BUDGET 

2017 North American Industry 

Classification System (NAICS)— 

Updates for 2022; Update of Statistical 

Policy Directive No. 8, Standard 

Industrial Classification of 

Establishments; and Elimination of 

Statistical Policy Directive No. 9, 

Standard Industrial Classification of 

Enterprises 

AGENCY: Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget, Executive 

Office of the President. 

ACTION: Notice of solicitation for 

proposals to revise portions of NAICS 

for 2022, solicitation of comments on 

the update of Statistical Policy Directive 

No. 8, and solicitation of comments on 

the elimination of Statistical Policy 

Directive No. 9. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Management 

and Budget OMB, through its Economic 

Classification Policy Committee (ECPC), 

is seeking comment on potential 

changes to the structure and content of 

the North American Industry 

Classification System (NAICS). There 

are seven parts in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section below. Part I 

provides background on NAICS. Part II 

includes a solicitation of proposals for 

new and emerging industries. Part III 

solicits public comments on the NAICS 

treatment of Electronic Shopping in 

Retail Trade. Part IV asks for comments 

on the concept of internet Publishing 

and Broadcasting and the potential to 

eliminate the industry in NAICS 2022. 

Part V solicits comments on a proposed 

revision to OMB’s Statistical Policy 

Directive No. 8, Standard Industrial 

Classification of Establishments. Part VI 

requests comments on the advisability 

of withdrawing OMB Statistical Policy 

Directive No. 9, Standard Industrial 

Classification of Enterprises. Finally, 

Part VII presents notification of a 

method to publicize corrections for 

errors and omissions that are identified 

in NAICS. 

In soliciting comments about revising 

NAICS, the ECPC does not intend to 


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open the entire classification system for 

substantial change in 2022. The ECPC 

will consider public comments and 

proposals for changes or modifications 

that advance the goals of NAICS as 

outlined in Part I of the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section below. 

DATES: To ensure consideration of 

comments on this Notice, comments 

must be provided in writing no later 

than 60 days from the publication date 

of this notice. Because of delays in the 

receipt of regular mail related to 

security screening, respondents are 

encouraged to send comments 

electronically (see ADDRESSES, below). 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments through 

www.regulations.gov—a Federal EGovernment website that allows the 

public to find, review, and submit 

comments on documents that agencies 

have published in the Federal Register 

and that are open for comment. Simply 

type ‘‘USBC–2020–0004’’ (in quotes) in 

the Comment or Submission search box, 

click Go, and follow the instructions for 

submitting comments. Comments 

received by the date specified above 

will be included as part of the official 

record. Please include the Docket ID 

(USBC–2020–0004) and the phrase 

‘‘2017 North American Industry 

Classification System (NAICS)— 

Updates for 2022 Comments’’ at the 

beginning of your comments. Please also 

indicate which questions described in 

the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION of this 

notice are addressed in your comments. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice may be made available to the 

public and subject to disclosure under 

the Freedom of Information Act. For this 

reason, please do not include in your 

comments information of a confidential 

nature, such as sensitive personal 

information or proprietary information. 

If you send an email comment, your 

email address will be automatically 

captured and included as part of the 

comment that is placed in the public 

docket; however, www.regulations.gov 

does include the option of commenting 

anonymously. Please note that 

responses to this public comment 

request containing any routine notice 

about the confidentiality of the 

communication will be treated as public 

comments that may be made available to 

the public notwithstanding the 

inclusion of the routine notice. 

Electronic Availability: Federal 

Register notices are available 

electronically at 

www.federalregister.gov/. This 

document is also available on the 

NAICS website at www.census.gov/ 

naics. This site contains previous 

NAICS United States Federal Register 

notices, ECPC Issues Papers, ECPC 

Reports, the structure and industry 

definitions for NAICS United States 

2017, 2012, 2007, 2002, and 1997, and 

related documents. 

Public Review Procedure: All 

comments and proposals received in 

response to this notice will be available 

for public inspection. OMB will publish 

all ECPC recommendations for changes 

to NAICS for 2022 resulting from this 

notice in the Federal Register for review 

and comment prior to final action. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

NAICS classification staff may be 

reached by email at econ.naics2022@

census.gov. Please note: Communication 

through this email will not be included 

in the record for USBC–2020–0004. 

Comments should be submitted through 

www.regulations.gov, as described in 

the ADDRESSES section above. 

For information about this request for 

comments, contact Kerrie Leslie, Office 

of Management and Budget, 9215 New 

Executive Office Building, 725 17th St. 

NW, Washington, DC 20503, telephone 

(202) 395–1093. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

authority of the Budget and Accounting 

Procedures Act of 1950 (31 U.S.C. 

1104(d)) and the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3504(e)), the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), through its Economic 

Classification Policy Committee (ECPC), 

is soliciting proposals from the public 

for changes to the structure and content 

of the North American Industry 

Classification System (NAICS) for 

inclusion in a potential 2022 revision. 

OMB, through the ECPC, is also 

soliciting comments on updating 

Statistical Policy Directive No. 8 and 

eliminating Statistical Policy Directive 

No. 9. 

I. Background of NAICS 

NAICS is a system for classifying 

establishments (individual business 

locations) by type of economic activity. 

Its purposes are: (1) To facilitate the 

collection, tabulation, presentation, and 

analysis of data relating to 

establishments; and (2) to promote 

uniformity and comparability in the 

presentation and analysis of statistical 

data describing the North American 

economy. Federal statistical agencies 

use NAICS to collect and/or publish 

data by industry. It is also widely used 

by State agencies, trade associations, 

private businesses, and other 

organizations. 

Mexico’s Instituto Nacional de 

Estadı ́stica y Geografı ́a (INEGI), 

Statistics Canada, and the United States 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), through the ECPC, collaborated 

on NAICS to make the industry statistics 

produced by the three countries 

comparable. NAICS is the first industry 

classification system developed in 

accordance with a single principle of 

aggregation—producing units that use 

similar production processes should be 

grouped together in the classification. 

NAICS also reflects changes in 

technology and in the growth and 

diversification of services in recent 

decades. Industry statistics presented 

using NAICS 2017 are extensively 

comparable with statistics compiled 

according to the latest revision of the 

United Nations’ International Standard 

Industrial Classification (ISIC, Revision 

4). 

For these three countries, NAICS 

provides a consistent framework for the 

collection, tabulation, presentation, and 

analysis of industry statistics used by 

government policy analysts, by 

academics and researchers, by the 

business community, and by the public. 

Please note that NAICS is designed and 

maintained solely for statistical 

purposes to improve and keep current 

this Federal statistical standard. 

Consequently, although the 

classification may also be used for 

various nonstatistical purposes (e.g., for 

administrative, regulatory, or taxation 

functions), the requirements of 

government agencies or private users 

that choose to use NAICS for 

nonstatistical purposes play no role in 

its development or revision. 

Four principles that guide NAICS 

development are: 

(1) NAICS is erected on a productionoriented conceptual framework. This 

means that producing units that use the 

same or similar production processes 

are grouped together in NAICS. 

(2) NAICS gives special attention to 

developing production-oriented 

classifications for (a) new and emerging 

industries, (b) service industries in 

general, and (c) industries engaged in 

the production of advanced 

technologies. 

(3) Time series continuity is 

maintained to the extent possible. 

(4) The system strives for 

compatibility with the two-digit level of 

the International Standard Industrial 

Classification of All Economic Activities 

(ISIC, Rev. 4) of the United Nations. 

The ECPC is committed to 

maintaining the principles of NAICS as 

it develops further refinements. NAICS 

uses a hierarchical structure to classify 

establishments from the broadest level 

to the most detailed level using the 

following format: 


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Sector ..................................................... 2-digit .................... Sectors represent the highest level of aggregation. There are 20 sectors in 

NAICS. 

Subsector ............................................... 3-digit .................... Subsectors represent the next, more detailed level of aggregation. There are 

99 subsectors in NAICS. 

Industry Group ...................................... 4-digit .................... Industry groups are more detailed than subsectors. There are 311 industry 

groups in NAICS 2017. 

NAICS Industry ..................................... 5-digit .................... NAICS industries, in most cases, represent the lowest level of three-country 

comparability. There are 709 five-digit industries in NAICS 2017. 

National Industry .................................. 6-digit .................... National industries are the most detailed level and represent the national 

level detail. There are 1,057 national industries in NAICS United States 

2017. 

To ensure the accuracy, timeliness, 

and relevance of the classification, 

NAICS is reviewed every five years to 

determine what, if any, changes are 

required. The 2022 review will be the 

fifth since OMB adopted NAICS in 

1997. The ECPC recognizes the costs 

involved when implementing industry 

classification revisions in statistical 

programs and the costs for data users 

when there are disruptions in the 

availability of data. The ECPC also 

recognizes the economic, statistical, and 

policy implications that arise when the 

industry classification system does not 

identify and account for important 

economic developments. Balancing the 

costs of change against the potential for 

more accurate and relevant economic 

statistics requires significant input from 

data producers, data providers, and data 

users. 

NAICS version Date published Federal Register 

1997 ................................................................... April 9, 1997 ..................................................... 62 FR 17288–17337. 

2002 ................................................................... January 16, 2001 ............................................. 66 FR 3826–3827. 

2007 ................................................................... May 16, 2006 ................................................... 71 FR 28532–28533. 

2012 ................................................................... August 17, 2011 ............................................... 76 FR 51240–51243. 

2017 ................................................................... August 8, 2016 ................................................. 81 FR 52584. 

Over time, as the internet became an 

integral part of conducting business, 

two industries in NAICS were created 

(454111, Electronic Shopping, and 

519130, Internet Publishing and 

Broadcasting and Web Search Portals) 

that delineate based on mode of 

delivery. As utilization of the internet 

evolved, the structure and coding of 

these industries in NAICS has also 

evolved. This leads the ECPC to request 

comments on the continued usefulness 

of the mode of delivery (online versus 

in store/print) as an industry 

delineation criterion in Sections III and 

IV. 

II. New and Emerging Industries 

NAICS is a dynamic industry 

classification. Every five years, the 

classification is reviewed to determine 

the need to identify new and emerging 

industries. The ECPC is soliciting public 

comments on the advisability of revising 

NAICS for new and emerging industries 

in 2022 and soliciting proposals for 

these new industries. 

When developing proposals for new 

and emerging industries, please note 

that there are two separate economic 

classifications in the United States. 

NAICS, the industry classification, is 

the subject of this notice, while the 

North American Product Classification 

System (NAPCS) is a product 

classification. The NAPCS product 

system described below complements 

the NAICS industry system and 

provides an alternate way of classifying 

output. 

NAICS classifies units according to 

their production function. NAICS 

industries group units undertaking 

similar activities using similar resources 

but does not necessarily group all 

similar products or outputs. NAPCS 

classifies the outputs of units, or in 

other words their products or 

transactions, within a demand-based 

conceptual framework. For example, the 

hypothetical product of a flu shot can be 

provided by a doctor’s office, a hospital, 

or a walk-in clinic. Because these three 

units are classified to three different 

NAICS industries, data users who want 

information about all flu shots provided 

must be able to identify the individual 

products coming out of the units, which 

NAPCS is designed to do. Thus, in 

many cases, the need for specific 

statistical data can be met by aggregating 

product data across industries rather 

than by creating a new industry. This is 

particularly true with NAICS, which 

groups establishments into industries 

based on their primary production 

function. Proposals for new industries 

in NAICS for 2022 will be evaluated 

within the context of the industry 

classification system to determine the 

most appropriate resolution. For a 

detailed description of the NAPCS 

initiative, see the April 16, 1999, 

Federal Register notice (64 FR 18984– 

18989) available at www.census.gov/ 

napcs. 

Proposals for new industries will be 

evaluated using a variety of criteria. As 

previously mentioned, each proposal 

will be evaluated based on the 

application of the production function 

concept, its impact on comparability 

within North America and with other 

regions, and its impact on time series. 

For any proposals that cross threecountry levels of agreement, 

negotiations with Canada and Mexico, 

our partners in NAICS, will also 

influence the ECPC’s recommendations 

on those proposals. In addition, other 

criteria may affect recommendations for 

adoption. From a practical standpoint, 

industries must be of appropriate size. 

At the national level, this is generally 

not a major concern but there are a 

variety of statistical programs that 

produce industry data at the regional, 

State, metropolitan area, or even county 

or local level. Proposed industries must 

include a sufficient number of 

establishments so that Federal agencies 

can publish industry data without 

disclosing information about the 

operations of individual firms. The 

ability of government agencies to 

classify, collect, and publish data on the 

proposed basis will also be taken into 

account. Proposed changes must be 

such that they can be applied by 

agencies within their normal processing 

operations. Any recommendations for 

change forwarded by the ECPC for 

consideration will also take into account 

the cost of making the changes. These 

costs can be considerable and the 


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availability of funding to make changes 

is critical. The budgetary environment 

will be considered when the ECPC 

makes recommendations. As mentioned 

above, certain proposals may be more 

adequately addressed through the 

identification and collection of product 

data. 

Proposals for new or revised 

industries should be consistent with the 

production-oriented conceptual 

framework incorporated into the 

principles of NAICS. When formulating 

proposals, please note that an industry 

classification system groups the 

economic activities of producing units, 

which means that the activities of 

similar producing units cannot be 

separated in the industry classification 

system. 

Proposals must be in writing and 

include the following information: 

(a) Specific economic activities to be 

covered by the proposed industry, the 

proposed industry’s production 

processes, its specialized labor skills, 

and any unique materials used. This 

detail should demonstrate that the 

proposed industry will group 

establishments with similar production 

processes that are unique and clearly 

separable from the production processes 

of other industries. 

(b) Relationship of the proposed 

industry to existing NAICS United 

States 2017 six-digit national industries. 

(c) Documentation of the size and 

importance of the proposed industry in 

the U.S. 

(d) Information about the proposed 

industry in Canada and Mexico if 

available. 

Proposals will be collected, reviewed, 

and analyzed by the ECPC. As 

necessary, proposals for change will be 

negotiated with our partners in Canada 

and Mexico. When this process is 

complete, the OMB will publish a 

Federal Register notice that contains the 

ECPC recommendations for additional 

public comment prior to a final 

determination of changes to NAICS for 

2022. 

III. E-Commerce and Electronic 

Shopping in Retail Trade 

The ECPC is soliciting comments on 

the current treatment of electronic 

shopping in NAICS and proposals for 

industry structure change in the Retail 

Trade sector. NAICS currently 

delineates Subsector 454, Nonstore 

Retailers, for establishments exclusively 

engaged in nonstore retail trade. Data 

users are increasingly interested in the 

growth of electronic shopping. 

However, NAICS Subsector 454 does 

not present a clear picture of all online 

retail trade activity because it does not 

include online sales of store retailers. 

The growth of e-commerce and the 

pervasive nature of electronic shopping 

creates confusion in classification and 

results in aggregate data that is hard to 

interpret and use for strategic business 

decisions, policy decisions, and analysis 

of changes to industry practices. NAICS 

Industry 45411, Electronic Shopping 

and Mail Order Houses, is defined as 

comprising units that sell exclusively 

from a nonstore format. This distinction 

is problematic based on changes in 

retail trade practices over the past 

decade. In short, the industry structure 

in retail trade does not necessarily result 

in all e-commerce retail revenue being 

included in nonstore retail. It also does 

not necessarily result in all store retail 

revenue being included in store retail. 

Changes in the use of technology and 

the impacts on the usefulness of the 

resulting data require an evaluation of 

the industry structure in retail trade. 

Currently, store retail is delineated by 

broad product lines, such as groceries, 

apparel, hardware, etc. and by 

specialized stores versus general 

merchandise stores such as department 

stores. Store retail includes all 

transactions associated with the 

location—in-store customer transactions 

as well as online transactions credited 

to the store even if shipped directly 

from a distribution center to a customer. 

The growth of online intermediaries 

performing functions such as storage, 

pick and pack, and billing on behalf of 

retailers creates additional problems. 

The expansion of these third party 

services using online platforms on 

behalf of stores further clouds the 

content and interpretation of data using 

the retail trade industry structure in 

NAICS broken out by store and 

nonstore. 

Retailers perform an intermediary 

function to get a product from the 

producer to the consumer. It is no 

longer clear whether the store vs. 

nonstore distinction should be 

determinative for classification 

purposes. The increasing prevalence of 

omni-channel distribution and 

variations in reporting patterns result in 

significant ambiguity in the 

interpretation and use of the industry 

data. 

Recent developments include pop up 

stores, delivery lockers, online ordering 

with in-store pick up, store inventory 

fulfillment of online orders, online 

orders in stores when an item is out of 

stock, and similar practices. Each of 

these cases presents ambiguity for 

classification of in store and nonstore 

data. 

Any change to the current industry 

treatment will impact time series and 

potential uses of the resulting data 

presented using NAICS. While the 

sector level total will include all retail 

sales and will not change, the 

distribution of those sales at lower 

levels of aggregation will change. 

Changes to the content of store and 

nonstore retail will have an impact on 

industry metrics like same store sales on 

a year over year basis and total location 

sales. Changes could also affect retailers 

due to existing terms of leasing 

arrangements. 

There are several possible changes to 

the retail trade structure to account for 

the blurring of modes of sale. The first 

is to redefine NAICS 45411 to include 

establishments primarily rather than 

exclusively engaged in online retail 

sales, with no further changes. This has 

the benefit of low disruption to the 

retail structure but will not necessarily 

clarify the content of the resulting data. 

Another option is to simply eliminate 

NAICS Industry 45411, and broadly use 

the NAICS industry structure for store 

retailers, maintaining separate 

industries for vending machine 

operators, fuel dealers, and other direct 

selling establishments. This approach 

would require a product or mode of sale 

inquiry below the industry level to 

identify and track online retail activity. 

Some programs that use NAICS could 

accommodate subindustry inquiries but 

major employment and productivity 

programs generally produce data at the 

industry level only. 

IV. Internet Publishing and 

Broadcasting 

NAICS 51931, internet Publishing and 

Broadcasting and Web Search Portals, 

includes a wide range of activities 

presenting content over the internet. 

This NAICS industry includes online 

publications, online video services, 

social media sites, and even data 

brokers. The classification is easy to 

implement but there is growing concern 

that distribution of content via the 

internet is no longer a useful industry 

classification delineation. 

As more entities use various modes of 

content delivery including over the air, 

via wired telecommunications 

networks, and over wireless 

telecommunications networks, it is not 

clear that a separation of all activities 

exclusively providing content over the 

internet is appropriate. The rise of ondemand programming through apps, the 

move to cord cutting, and changes in the 

distribution mode of traditional 

newspapers and periodicals can result 

in data that is hard to interpret and can 

vary based on changes in business 

models. The ECPC is soliciting 

comments on the usefulness of NAICS 


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51931 and proposals for changes to the 

concept that underlies the existing 

information industries. The ECPC is 

requesting comments on whether the 

internet is still a relevant industry 

distinction or if internet distribution 

should be treated as a mode of delivery 

with a goal of consistent treatment in 

Sector 44–45, Retail Trade, and Sector 

51, Information. As is the case for retail 

trade, any changes to the industry 

structure in Sector 51, Information, are 

expected to create possibly significant 

time series breaks. 

V. OMB Statistical Policy Directive No. 

8, Standard Industrial Classification of 

Establishments 

The ECPC is soliciting public 

comments at the request of OMB on the 

advisability of formally updating 

Statistical Policy Directive No. 8, 

Standard Industrial Classification of 

Establishments, and seeking comments 

on the proposed text of the update. The 

current Statistical Policy Directive text 

mandates the use of the Standard 

Industrial Classification Manual, 1972, 

for the classification of establishments 

by type of industrial activity. Statistical 

Policy Directive No. 8 incorporates 

amendments and further revisions of the 

SIC. OMB adopted NAICS as the 

replacement for the SIC for statistical 

purposes in 1997. (62 FR 17288–17337) 

The SIC has not been amended or 

revised since 1987. The text of 

Statistical Policy Directive No. 8 is 

available for review at: https://

www.census.gov/eos/www/naics/ 

federal_register_notices/ 

fedregister.html. It is also available for 

review as a supplementary document on 

www.regulations.gov within the same 

docket as this Federal Register Notice. 

The ECPC proposes to update the text 

of Statistical Policy Directive No. 8 and 

is soliciting public comments on the 

proposed language included below: 

Statistical Policy Directive No. 8 

North American Industry Classification 

System; Classification of Establishments 

The North American Industry 

Classification System (NAICS) is to be 

used to classify reporting establishments 

by types of industrial activity in which 

they are engaged. Details are presented 

in the North American Industry 

Classification System, United States, 

issued by the Office of Management and 

Budget as amended and revised in the 

future. Revisions are considered every 

five years in calendar years ending with 

2 and 7. 

1. Use for Federal Nonstatistical 

Program Purposes 

NAICS shall not be used in the 

administration of any regulatory, 

administrative, or tax program unless 

the Secretary (Administrator) has first 

determined that the use of such industry 

definition is appropriate to the 

implementation of the program’s 

objectives. 

If the term ‘‘North American Industry 

Classification System’’ (NAICS) is to be 

used in the operative text of the law or 

regulation to define industry (or trade or 

commerce), language similar to the 

following should be used to assure 

sufficient flexibility: ‘‘An industry or 

grouping of industries shall mean a 

North American Industry Classification 

System industry or grouping of 

industries as defined by the Office of 

Management and Budget subject to such 

modifications with respect to individual 

industries or groupings of industries as 

the Secretary (Administrator) may 

determine to be appropriate for the 

purpose of this Act (regulation).’’. The 

use, interpretation, and application of 

NAICS for nonstatistical purposes is 

controlled by and defined by the 

agencies or regulations that use the 

statistical standard for those 

nonstatistical purposes. 

2. Titles and Descriptions 

The North American Industry 

Classification System, United States, 

manual includes titles and descriptions 

of the industries and an alphabetic 

index of illustrative activities classified 

to industries. It is available online at: 

www.census.gov/naics. 

VI. OMB Statistical Policy Directive No. 

9, Standard Industrial Classification of 

Enterprises 

The ECPC proposes elimination of 

Statistical Policy Directive No. 9, 

Standard Industrial Classification of 

Enterprises. OMB presented the 

Enterprise Standard Industrial 

Classification of Enterprises in 1974. 

The classification is static and has not 

been updated or widely adopted over 

the past 45 years. NAICS United States 

does not include a similar variant for 

classification of enterprises. The current 

text of this policy directive is available 

for review at: https://www.census.gov/ 

eos/www/naics/federal_register_notices/ 

fedregister.html. It is also available for 

review as a supplementary document on 

www.regulations.gov within the same 

docket as this Federal Register Notice. 

The ECPC is soliciting comments on 

the advisability of eliminating Statistical 

Policy Directive No. 9. 

VII. Errors and Omissions In NAICS 

No significant errors or omissions 

have been identified in NAICS 2017. 

Any errors or omissions that are 

identified in NAICS in the future will be 

corrected and posted on the official 

NAICS website at www.census.gov/ 

naics. 

Paul J. Ray, 

Administrator, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs. 

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