Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 45 / Wednesday, March 7, 2012 / Notices 13533 

analysts will study response rates across 

these varying strategies with the goal of 

identifying the best options for use with 

a Push Internet methodology, which 

will undergo additional validation in 

future mid-decade census tests. Census 

Bureau planners have not yet finalized 

the contact strategy approaches for this 

test. The proposed plan, however, is to 

contact sampled households using one 

of six contact strategies. In addition to 

a control panel that uses the standard 

full implementation contact strategy, the 

experimental treatments currently under 

consideration are, in brief: 

• Eliminating the advance letter 

mailing 

• Adding another reminder before 

mailing a paper questionnaire 

• Mailing the questionnaire on an 

accelerated schedule 

• A reminder to be sent after the 

questionnaire mailing 

• Modified wording for all mailing 

pieces 

The Census Bureau plans to conduct 

the 2012 National Census Test data 

collection in late summer or early fall 

2012. The specific data collection start 

and end dates along with the duration 

of the data collection period are still 

under consideration. The Census 

Bureau, however, expects that the 

duration of the data collection period 

will be between one and two months. 

This includes both the collection of selfresponse interviews via the Internet and 

paper questionnaires (returned by mail) 

and the real-time telephone reinterview 

following the Internet data collection. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: None. 

Form Number: TBD. 

Type of Review: Regular submission. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

Households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

92,000 (80,000 initial response + 12,000 

reinterview). 

Estimated Time per Response: 10 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 15,334. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: There is 

no cost to the respondent other than his 

or her time. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C. 141 

and 193. 

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. 

Dated: March 2, 2012. 

Glenna Mickelson, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–5507 Filed 3–6–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Allocation of Duty-Exemptions for 

Calendar Year 2012 for Watch 

Producers Located in the United States 

Virgin Islands 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce; Office of 

Insular Affairs, Department of the 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This action allocates calendar 

year 2012 duty exemptions for watch 

assembly producers (‘‘program 

producers’’) located in the United States 

Virgin Islands (‘‘USVI’’) pursuant to 

Public Law 97–446, as amended by 

Public Law 103–465, Public Law 106–36 

and Public Law 108–429 (‘‘the Act’’). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Supriya Kumar, Subsidies Enforcement 

Office; phone number: (202) 482–3530; 

fax number: (202) 501–7952; and email 

address: Supriya.Kumar@trade.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to the Act, the Departments of the 

Interior and Commerce (‘‘the 

Departments’’) share responsibility for 

the allocation of duty exemptions 

among program producers in the United 

States insular possessions and the 

Northern Mariana Islands. 

In accordance with Section 303.3(a) of 

the regulations (15 CFR 303.3(a)), the 

total quantity of duty-free insular 

watches and watch movements for 

calendar year 2012 is 1,866,000 units for 

the USVI. This amount was established 

in Changes in Watch, Watch Movement 

and Jewelry Program for the U.S. Insular 

Possessions, 65 FR 8048 (February 17, 

2000). There are currently no program 

producers in Guam, American Samoa or 

the Northern Mariana Islands. 

The criteria for the calculation of the 

calendar year 2012 duty-exemption 

allocations among program producers 

within a particular territory are set forth 

in Section 303.14 of the regulations (15 

CFR 303.14). The Departments have 

verified and, where appropriate, 

adjusted the data submitted in 

application form ITA–334P by USVI 

program producers and have inspected 

these producers’ operations in 

accordance with Section 303.5 of the 

regulations (15 CFR 303.5). 

In calendar year 2011, USVI program 

producers shipped 53,744 watches and 

watch movements into the customs 

territory of the United States under the 

Act. The dollar amount of corporate 

income taxes paid by USVI program 

producers during calendar year 2011, 

and the creditable wages and benefits 

paid by these producers during calendar 

year 2011 to residents of the territory 

was a combined total of $1,036,055. 

The calendar year 2012 USVI annual 

duty exemption allocations, based on 

the data verified by the Departments, are 

as follows: 

Program producer Annual 

allocation 

Belair Quartz, Inc. ................. 500,000 

The balance of the units allocated to 

the USVI is available for new entrants 

into the program or existing program 

producers who request a supplement to 

their allocation. 

Dated: February 27, 2012. 

Judith Wey Rudman, 

Acting Director, Office of Policy, Import 

Administration, International Trade 

Administration, Department of Commerce. 

Dated: February 29, 2012. 

Nikolao Pula, 

Director of Office of Insular Affairs, 

Department of the Interior. 

[FR Doc. 2012–5588 Filed 3–6–12; 8:45 am] 

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