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consider whether to approve the final 

investigation report and 

recommendations. All staff 

presentations are preliminary and are 

intended solely to allow the Board to 

consider in a public forum the issues 

and factors involved in this case. No 

factual analyses, conclusions, or 

findings presented by staff should be 

considered final. Only after the Board 

has considered the staff presentations, 

listened to public comments, and 

adopted a final investigation report and 

recommendations will there be an 

approved final record of the CSB 

investigation of this incident. 

The meeting will be free and open to 

the public. If you require a translator or 

interpreter, please notify the individual 

listed below as the CONTACT PERSON FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION, at least five 

business days prior to the meeting. 

The CSB is an independent Federal 

agency charged with investigating 

industrial accidents that result in the 

release of extremely hazardous 

substances. The agency’s Board 

Members are appointed by the President 

and confirmed by the Senate. CSB 

investigations look into all aspects of 

accidents, including physical causes 

such as equipment failure, as well as 

inadequacies in regulations, industry 

standards, and safety management 

systems. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION: Hillary J. Cohen, 

Communications Manager, 

hillary.cohen@csb.gov or 202–261–7600. 

General information about the CSB can 

be found on the agency Web site at: 

www.csb.gov. 

Dated: January 7, 2013. 

Rafael Moure-Eraso, 

Chairperson. 

[FR Doc. 2013–00321 Filed 1–7–13; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6350–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of the Census 

[Docket Number 121017555–2688–01] 

Annual Surveys in the Manufacturing 

Area 

AGENCY: Bureau of the Census, 

Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of Determination. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of the Census 

(Census Bureau) is conducting the 2013 

Annual Surveys in the Manufacturing 

Area. The 2013 Annual Surveys consist 

of the Annual Survey of Manufactures, 

the Business R&D and Innovation 

Survey, and the Manufacturers’ Unfilled 

Orders Survey. We have determined 

that annual data collected from these 

surveys are needed to aid the efficient 

performance of essential governmental 

functions, and have significant 

application to the needs of the public 

and industry. The data derived from 

these surveys, most of which have been 

conducted for many years, are not 

publicly available from 

nongovernmental or other governmental 

sources. For more information on these 

surveys (e.g. forms and reporting 

instructions, due dates, etc.), visit the 

Census Bureau’s Business Help Site and 

select the survey name. 

ADDRESSES: The Census Bureau will 

furnish report forms to organizations 

included in the survey. Additional 

copies are available upon written 

request to the Director, U.S. Census 

Bureau, Washington, DC 20233–0101. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mendel D. Gayle, Chief, Manufacturing 

and Construction Division at (301) 763– 

4587 or by email at 

mendel.d.gayle@census.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Census Bureau is authorized to conduct 

mandatory surveys necessary to furnish 

current data on the subjects covered by 

the major censuses authorized by Title 

13, United States Code, sections 61, 81, 

131, 182, 193, 224, and 225. Under this 

authority, the Bureau of the Census 

(Census Bureau) is conducting the 2013 

Annual Surveys in the Manufacturing 

Area. The 2013 Annual Surveys consist 

of the Annual Survey of Manufactures, 

the Business R&D and Innovation 

Survey, and the Manufacturers’ Unfilled 

Orders Survey. 

The three surveys that will be 

conducted in 2013 will provide 

continuing and timely national 

statistical data on manufacturing for the 

period between economic censuses. The 

data collected in the surveys will be 

within the general scope and nature of 

those inquiries covered in the economic 

census. The next economic census will 

be conducted for the year 2017. 

Annual Survey of Manufactures 

The Annual Survey of Manufactures 

collects industry statistics, such as total 

value of shipments, employment, 

payroll, workers’ hours, capital 

expenditures, cost of materials 

consumed, supplemental labor costs, 

and other data related to manufacturing. 

This survey is conducted on a sample 

basis, and covers all manufacturing 

industries, including data on plants 

under construction, but not yet in 

operation. 

Business R&D and Innovation Survey 

The Business R&D and Innovation 

Survey (BRDIS) measures spending on 

research and development activities by 

United States businesses. This survey 

replaced the Survey of Industrial 

Research and Development that had 

been collected since the 1950’s. The 

BRDIS collects global as well as 

domestic spending information, more 

detailed information about the R&D 

workforce, and information regarding 

innovation and intellectual property 

from U.S. businesses. The Census 

Bureau collects and compiles this 

information in accordance with a joint 

project agreement between the National 

Science Foundation (NSF) and the 

Census Bureau. The NSF publishes the 

results in its publication series. All data 

items are collected on a mandatory basis 

under the authority of Title 13, United 

States Code. 

Manufacturers’ Unfilled Orders Survey 

The Manufacturers’ Unfilled Orders 

Survey collects data on sales and 

unfilled orders in order to provide 

annual benchmarks for unfilled orders 

for the monthly Manufacturers’ 

Shipments, Inventories, and Orders 

(M3) survey. The survey data will also 

be used to determine whether it is 

necessary to collect unfilled orders data 

for specific industries on a monthly 

basis; some industries are not requested 

to provide unfilled orders data on the 

M3 Survey. 

Notwithstanding any other provision 

of law, no person is required to respond 

to, nor shall a person be subject to a 

penalty for failure to comply with a 

collection of information subject to the 

requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (PRA) unless that 

collection of information displays a 

current valid Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) control number. In 

accordance with the PRA, 44 U.S.C., 

Chapter 45, OMB approved the Annual 

Surveys under the following OMB 

control numbers: Annual Survey of 

Manufactures, 0607–0449; Business 

R&D and Innovation Survey, 0607–0912; 

and Manufacturers’ Unfilled Orders 

Survey, 0607–0561. 

Based upon the foregoing, I have 

directed that the Annual Surveys in the 

Manufacturing Area be conducted for 

the purpose of collecting these data. 

Dated: January 3, 2013. 

Thomas L. Mesenbourg, Jr., 

Acting Director, Bureau of the Census. 

[FR Doc. 2013–00235 Filed 1–8–13; 8:45 am] 

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