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information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to 

OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov. 

Dated: March 22, 2012. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–7379 Filed 3–27–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–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 (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). 

Agency: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). 

Title: Permitting and Vessel 

Identification Requirements for the 

Commercial Bottomfish Fishery in the 

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 

Islands. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0584. 

Form Number(s): NA. 

Type of Request: Regular submission 

(revision and extension of a current 

information collection). 

Number of Respondents: 125. 

Average Hours per Response: Permit 

applications, 30 minutes; appeals, 2 

hours; vessel marking, 45 minutes. 

Burden Hours: 70. 

Needs and Uses: This request is for a 

revision and extension of a currently 

approved information collection. The 

National Marine Fisheries Service 

(NMFS) requires that owners of 

commercial fishing vessels in the 

bottomfish fishery in the 

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 

Islands (CNMI) obtain a federal 

bottomfish permit. If their vessels are 

over 40 ft. (12.2 m) long, they must also 

mark their vessels in compliance with 

federal identification requirements and 

carry and maintain a satellite-based 

vessel monitoring system (VMS). This 

collection of information is needed for 

permit issuance, to identify actual or 

potential participants in the fishery, and 

aid in enforcement of regulations and 

area closures. 

Revisions: The vessel monitoring 

system requirements are now covered 

under OMB Control No. 0648–0441 and 

the NMFS is now requiring a permit fee 

of $28. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

OMB Desk Officer: 

OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov. 

Copies of the above information 

collection proposal can be obtained by 

calling or writing Jennifer Jessup, 

Departmental Paperwork Clearance 

Officer, (202) 482–0336, Department of 

Commerce, Room 6616, 14th and 

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 

JJessup@doc.gov). 

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. 

Dated: March 22, 2012. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–7380 Filed 3–27–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–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 (44 U.S.C. 

chapter 35). 

Agency: U.S. Census Bureau. 

Title: 2012 Company Organization 

Survey. 

OMB Control Number: 0607–0444. 

Form Number(s): NC–99001, NC– 

99801. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Burden Hours: 96,134. 

Number of Respondents: 284,000. 

Average Hours Per Response: 20 

minutes. 

Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau 

requests an extension of the currently 

approved Company Organization 

Survey (COS) data collection for the 

2012 survey year. The Census Bureau 

will conduct the 2012 COS in 

conjunction with the 2012 Economic 

Census and will coordinate these 

collections so as to minimize response 

burden. 

The Census Bureau conducts the 

annual COS to update and maintain a 

centralized, multipurpose Business 

Register (BR). In particular, the COS 

supplies critical information on the 

organizational structure, operating 

characteristics, and employment and 

payroll of multi-location enterprises. 

The BR serves two fundamental 

purposes: 

• First and most important, it 

provides sampling populations and 

enumeration lists for the Census 

Bureau’s economic surveys and 

censuses, and it serves as an integral 

part of the statistical foundation 

underlying those programs. Essential for 

this purpose is the BR’s ability to 

identify all known United States 

business establishments and their 

parent companies. Further, the BR must 

accurately record basic business 

attributes needed to control sampling 

and enumeration. These attributes 

include industry and geographic 

classifications, measures of size and 

economic activity, ownership 

characteristics, and contact information 

(for example, name and address). 

• Second, it provides establishment 

data that serve as the basis for the 

annual County Business Patterns (CBP) 

statistical series. The CBP reports 

present data on number of 

establishments, first quarter payroll, 

annual payroll, and mid-March 

employment summarized by industry 

and employment size class for the 

United States, the District of Columbia, 

island areas, counties, and countyequivalents. No other annual or more 

frequent series of industry statistics 

provides comparable detail, particularly 

for small geographic areas. 

Form NC–99001 is mailed to multilocation enterprises. We ask questions 

on ownership or control by a domestic 

parent, ownership or control by a 

foreign parent, and ownership of foreign 

affiliates; research and development; 

company activities such as employees 

from a professional employer 

organization, operating revenue and net 

sales, royalties and license fees for the 

use of intellectual property and 

manufacturing activities. Establishment 

inquiries include questions on 

operational status, mid-March 

employment, first-quarter payroll, and 

annual payroll of establishments. 

In addition to the mailing of multilocation enterprises, the Census Bureau 

will collect data for single-location 

companies on Form NC–99801 to 

continue to capture data for the 

Enterprise Statistics Program (ESP). In 

2011, we submitted a non-substantive 

change to the COS questionnaire. This 

revision added three new inquiries as 

part of the ESP. These three inquiries 

were: (1) Operating Revenues and Net 

Sales; (2) Royalties and Licenses Fees 

for the Use of Intellectual Property; and 

(3) Manufacturing Activities. For 2012 it 

is our intention to continue to ask these 

additional questions on the COS that we 

received OMB clearance for in 2011. We 

also ask questions on ownership or 

control by a foreign parent, and 


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