83898 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 230 / Friday, December 1, 2023 / Notices 

Alexander, National Adaptive 

Management Program Lead, Ecosystem 

Management Coordination, 201 14th 

Street SW, Washington, DC 20024. All 

timely received comments, including 

names and addresses, will be placed in 

the record and will be available for 

public inspection and copying. The 

public may inspect comments received 

at https://cara.fs2c.usda.gov/Public/ 

ReadingRoom?project=ORMS-3585. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mara Alexander, National Adaptive 

Management Program Lead, Ecosystem 

Management Coordination, at 202–597– 

1245 or by electronic mail to 

mara.alexander@usda.gov. Individuals 

who use telecommunication devices for 

the deaf and hard of hearing (TDD) may 

call the Federal Relay Service at 800– 

877–8339, 24 hours a day, every day of 

the year, including holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

proposed new Forest Service Manual 

chapter 2040 on National Forest System 

Monitoring will improve the Agency’s 

ability to make evidence-based 

decisions as required by the 2012 

Planning Rule and the Foundations for 

Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 

2018. The proposed directive creates a 

framework that clearly defines the 

Agency’s monitoring principles, what 

those principles are intended to 

accomplish, and the roles and 

responsibilities for leaders at all levels 

to implement the policy. An analysis of 

existing agency policy in Forest Service 

Handbooks and Manuals was conducted 

to evaluate monitoring requirements to 

inform the development of a National 

Forest System (NFS) monitoring policy. 

To ensure that all members of the public 

who have an interest in NFS monitoring 

have the opportunity to provide 

comment, we are extending the 

comment period on the proposed 

directive to January 11, 2024. 

The Forest Service has determined 

that the proposed new directive sets 

forth policy and responsibilities, with 

the goal of providing current direction 

applicable to the Forest Service 

monitoring program. The Forest Service 

is seeking public comment on the 

proposed directive, including the 

sufficiency of the proposed directive in 

meeting its stated objectives, ways to 

enhance the utility and clarity of 

information within the direction, or 

ways to streamline processes outlined. 

The proposed directive location of this 

new chapter has the potential to change. 

It is expected that chapter 2040 will 

replace chapter 1940—Inventory, 

Monitoring, and Assessment Activities 

which established direction associated 

solely for land management planning. 

After the public comment period 

closes, the Forest Service will consider 

timely comments that are within the 

scope of the proposed directive in the 

development of the final directive. A 

notice of the final directive, including a 

response to timely comments, will be 

posted on the Forest Service’s web page 

at https://www.fs.usda.gov/aboutagency/regulations-policies/commenton-directives. 

Dated: November 28, 2023. 

Jacqueline Emanuel, 

Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest 

System. 

[FR Doc. 2023–26481 Filed 11–30–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3411–15–P 

CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD 

INVESTIGATION REVIEW BOARD 

Senior Executive Service Performance 

Review Board 

AGENCY: Chemical Safety and Hazard 

Investigation Board (CSB). 

ACTION: Notice of appointment of 

members to the senior executive service 

performance review board. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

membership of the Chemical Safety and 

Hazard Investigation Review Board 

(CSB) Senior Executive Service (SES) 

Performance Review Board (PRB). 

DATES: These appointments are effective 

on the date of publication of this notice 

to March 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Selena Simmons-Ferguson, HR Director, 

CSB, 1750 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Suite 

910, (202) 510–3054. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 5 U.S.C. 

4314(c)(1) requires each agency to 

establish, in accordance with 

regulations with regulations prescribed 

by the Office of Personnel Management, 

a performance review board (PRB). The 

PRB reviews the initial performance 

ratings of members of the Senior 

Executive Service (SES) and makes 

recommendations for final annual 

performance ratings for senior 

executives. In addition, the PRB will 

review and recommend executive 

performance bonuses and pay increases. 

Publication of the PRB membership is 

required by 5 U.S.C. 4314(c)(4). Because 

the CSB is a small independent Federal 

agency, in addition to a member from 

the CSB, the agency is drawing 

additional career appointed SES 

members for its PRB from other Federal 

agencies. One member of the previously 

announced PRB is no longer able to 

serve. Jerold Gidner will be stepping 

down and Jason Bruno will take his 

place. 

The PRB shall consist of at least three 

members, and more than half of the 

members shall consist of career 

appointees when reviewing the 

performance of a career appointed SES. 

The following persons comprise the 

CSB Senior Executive Service PRB: 

Dr. Sylvia Johnson, Board Member, U.S. 

Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation 

Board; 

Rachel A. Wallace, Deputy General 

Counsel and Chief Operating Officer, Office 

of Science and Technology Policy, Executive 

Office of the President; and 

Jason Bruno, Director of the Office of 

Strategic Oversight and Planning, Bureau of 

Trust Funds Administration, U.S. 

Department of Interior. 

Dated: November 28, 2023. 

Tamara Qureshi, 

Assistant General Counsel, Chemical Safety 

and Hazard Investigation Board. 

[FR Doc. 2023–26475 Filed 11–30–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6350–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Census Bureau 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Building Permits Survey 

Program 

AGENCY: Census Bureau, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection, 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, invites the general public and 

other Federal agencies to comment on 

proposed, and continuing information 

collections, which helps us assess the 

impact of our information collection 

requirements and minimize the public’s 

reporting burden. The purpose of this 

notice is to allow for 60 days of public 

comment on the proposed revision of 

the current Office of Management and 

Budget clearance for the surveys known 

as the Report of Building or Zoning 

Permits Issued for New PrivatelyOwned Housing Units (C–404) and the 

Survey of Residential Building or 

Zoning Permit Systems (C–411). 

DATES: To ensure consideration, 

comments regarding this proposed 

information collection must be received 

on or before January 30, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments by 


lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1
Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 230 / Friday, December 1, 2023 / Notices 83899 

email to Thomas.J.Smith@census.gov. 

Please reference the Building Permits 

Survey Program in the subject line of 

your comments. You may also submit 

comments, identified by Docket Number 

USBC–2023–0013, to the Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. All comments 

received are part of the public record. 

No comments will be posted to http:// 

www.regulations.gov for public viewing 

until after the comment period has 

closed. Comments will generally be 

posted without change. All Personally 

Identifiable Information (for example, 

name and address) voluntarily 

submitted by the commenter may be 

publicly accessible. Do not submit 

Confidential Business Information or 

otherwise sensitive or protected 

information. You may submit 

attachments to electronic comments in 

Microsoft Word, Excel, or Adobe PDF 

file formats. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

specific questions related to collection 

activities should be directed to Aidan 

Smith, Construction Indicator Programs, 

Economic Indicators Division, U.S. 

Census Bureau, 301–763–2972, 

aidan.d.smith@census.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The Census Bureau plans to request a 

revision of the current Office of 

Management and Budget clearance for 

the surveys known as the Survey of 

Residential Building or Zoning Permit 

Systems (C–411) and the Report of 

Building or Zoning Permits Issued for 

New Privately-Owned Housing Units 

(C–404). The C–411 and the C–404 are 

related collections sharing the same 

universe called the Active Governments 

File (AGF) universe. The C–411 is 

utilized to update the permit issuing 

status of all jurisdictions in the AGF. 

The C–404 is utilized to collect both 

monthly and annual data on the totals 

of new housing unit permits issued. 

These two surveys, currently cleared 

separately under control numbers 0607– 

0350 and 0607–0094, respectively, will 

therefore be combined under one 

control number and will be collectively 

called the Building Permits Survey 

Program. 

The Census Bureau uses these surveys 

to produce statistics to monitor activity 

in the large and dynamic construction 

industry. These statistics help state and 

local governments and the Federal 

government, as well as private industry, 

to analyze this important 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 the Form C– 

411 or individual questions from the 

form, as needed, to obtain information 

needed to update the universe of 

permit-issuing places from state and 

local building permit and zoning 

officials. Questions on the form pertain 

to the legal requirements for issuing 

building or zoning permits in the local 

jurisdictions. Information is obtained on 

such items as geographic coverage and 

types of construction for which permits 

are issued. 

The universe of permit-issuing places 

is the sampling frame for the Building 

Permits Survey (BPS) and the Survey of 

Construction (SOC). These two sample 

surveys provide widely used measures 

of construction activity, including the 

monthly Principal Federal Economic 

Indicators Housing Units Authorized by 

Building Permits and Housing Starts. 

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. 

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 $2 million or more, 

including, but not limited to, site 

address and type of building. 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 

Survey of Residential Building or 

Zoning Permit Systems (C–411): 

One of three variants of the Form C– 

411 is sent to a jurisdiction when the 

Census Bureau needs to verify whether 

a new permit system has been 

established or an existing one has 

changed. This is based on the length of 

time since the jurisdiction last verified 

their permit issuing status, or on 

information the Census Bureau obtains 

from a variety of sources including 

survey respondents, regional planning 

councils, and data from the Census 

Bureau’s Geography Division on newly 

incorporated jurisdictions. While the C– 

411 was previously a mailed paper 

form, the Census Bureau plans to add 

this collection to the standard online 

collection instrument (Centurion) in 

2024. 

There are three versions of the form: 

• C–411(V) for verification of 

coverage for jurisdictions with existing 

permit systems, 

• C–411(M) for municipalities where 

a new permit system may have been 

established, 

• C–411(C) for counties where new 

permit systems may have been 

established. 

Prior to 2022, the universe of permit 

issuing places was updated every 10 

years. In 2012 and every ten years prior, 

we mailed the survey to approximately 

20,000 jurisdictions that were 

designated in our records as non-permit 

issuing jurisdictions, or permit issuing 

jurisdictions that needed verification of 

coverage. In processing the 2012 survey, 

it was determined that it was too 

burdensome to the Census Bureau’s staff 

to process all 20,000 jurisdictions in the 

same year. As a result, the process was 

spread out into 5-year intervals, starting 

with the mailing in 2017. In 2017, we 

mailed 3,500 priority jurisdictions of the 

potential 20,000, with the intent of 

mailing another priority group in 2022 

to complete the 10-year collection cycle. 

The planned 2022 mailing was deferred. 

Beginning January 2023, we began 

updating the universe annually and as 

a result, we can now incorporate more 

frequent updates to non-permit issuing 

jurisdictions. Beginning in 2024 we 

expect to attempt to collect information 

from 3,150 jurisdictions annually using 

either the C–411(C) or C–411(M) 

regarding the existence of new permitissuing systems, or to resolve coverage 

questions or issues concerning existing 

permit-issuing systems using the C– 

411(V). This will allow us to attempt 

collection on all 20,000 jurisdictions 

approximately every seven years, on a 

rotating basis. 

Report of Building or Zoning Permits 

Issued for New Privately-Owned 

Housing Units (C–404): 


lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1
83900 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 230 / Friday, December 1, 2023 / Notices 

1See Brass Rod from Brazil, India, Israel, Mexico, 

the Republic of Korea, and South Africa: Initiation 

of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 88 FR 

33575 (May 24, 2023) (Initiation Notice). 

2See Brass Rod from Brazil, India, Israel, Mexico, 

the Republic of Korea, and South Africa: 

Postponement of Preliminary Determinations in the 

Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 88 FR 62054 

(September 8, 2023). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales 

at Less Than Fair Value in the Investigation of Brass 

Rod from India,’’ dated concurrently with, and 

hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum). 

4See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, 

Final Rule, 62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997). 

5See Initiation Notice, 88 FR at 33576. 

Respondents may submit their data 

via internet or a mailed or faxed form. 

Some respondents choose to report over 

the phone or to send proprietary files 

containing permit information in lieu of 

returning the form. 

The survey universe is comprised of 

approximately 20,000 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 selection of permit-issuing 

jurisdictions monthly, and the 

remainder of the jurisdictions annually. 

We collect this information monthly for 

about approximately 8,600 permitissuing jurisdictions. We also collect 

this information annually for about 

11,400 permit-issuing jurisdictions. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Numbers: 0607–0094, 

0607–0350. 

Form Numbers: C–404, C–411. 

Type of Review: Regular submission, 

request for a revision of a currently 

approved collection. 

Affected Public: State and local 

governments. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

C–404—20,000; C–411—3,150. 

Estimated Time Per Response: C– 

404—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 who report by telephone or 

send electronic files or printouts. C– 

411—15 minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: C–404—17,229 hours; C–411— 

788 hours. 

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 U.S.C. 131 

and 182. 

IV. Request for Comments 

We are soliciting public comments to 

permit the Department/Bureau to: (a) 

Evaluate whether the proposed 

information collection is necessary for 

the proper functions of the Department, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the 

accuracy of our estimate of the time and 

cost burden for this proposed collection, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

Evaluate ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (d) Minimize the 

reporting burden on those who are to 

respond, including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Comments that you submit in 

response to this notice are a matter of 

public record. We will include, or 

summarize, each comment in our 

request to OMB to approve this ICR. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you may ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, 

Commerce Department. 

[FR Doc. 2023–26473 Filed 11–30–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–533–915] 

Brass Rod From India: Preliminary 

Affirmative Determination of Sales at 

Less Than Fair Value, Postponement 

of Final Determination, and Extension 

of Provisional Measures 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 

determines that brass rod from India is 

being, or likely to be, sold in the United 

States at less than fair value (LTFV). The 

period of investigation is April 1, 2022, 

through March 31, 2023. Interested 

parties are invited to comment on this 

preliminary determination. 

DATES: Applicable December 1, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christopher Williams or Allison 

Hollander, AD/CVD Operations, Office 

I, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–5166 or 

(202) 482–2805, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This preliminary determination is 

made in accordance with section 733(b) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act). Commerce published the 

notice of initiation of this LTFV 

investigation on May 24, 2023.1 On 

September 8, 2023, Commerce 

postponed the preliminary 

determination of this investigation, and 

the revised deadline is now November 

24, 2023.2

For a complete description of the 

events that followed the initiation of 

this investigation, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.3 A list of topics 

included in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is included as Appendix 

II to this notice. The Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum is a public 

document and is on file electronically 

via Enforcement and Compliance’s 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Centralized Electronic Service System 

(ACCESS). ACCESS is available to 

registered users at https://

access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete 

version of the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum can be accessed directly 

at https://access.trade.gov/public/ 

FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The product covered by this 

investigation is brass rod from India. For 

a complete description of the scope of 

this investigation, see Appendix I. 

Scope Comments 

In accordance with the preamble to 

Commerce’s regulations,4 in the 

Initiation Notice Commerce set aside a 

period of time for parties to raise issues 

regarding product coverage (i.e., scope).5

Certain interested parties commented on 

the scope of the investigation as it 

appeared in the Initiation Notice. For a 

summary of the product coverage 

comments and rebuttal responses 

submitted to the record for this 

investigation and accompanying 

discussion and analysis of all comments 

timely received, see the Preliminary 


lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1