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IFQ to QS holders to harvest specified 

poundage. The specific amount of IFQ 

held by a person is determined by the 

number of QS units held, the total 

number of QS units issued in a specific 

regulatory area, and the total pounds of 

sablefish or halibut allocated for the IFQ 

fisheries in a particular year. Fishermen 

may harvest the IFQ over the entire 

fishing season, which extends 

approximately from March through 

November 15. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; individuals or 

households; not for profit institutions. 

Frequency: Annually and on occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

This information collection request 

may be viewed at reginfo.gov. Follow 

the instructions to view Department of 

Commerce collections currently under 

review by OMB. 

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 or fax to (202) 395–5806. 

Dated: January 28, 2015. 

Glenna Mickelson, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2015–01894 Filed 1–30–15; 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: Annual Retail Trade Survey. 

OMB Control Number: 0607–0013. 

Form Number(s): SA–44, SA–44A, 

SA–44C, SA–44E, SA–44N, SA–44S, 

SA–45, SA–45C, SA–721A, SA–721B, 

SA–721E, SA–721F, SA–722A, and SA– 

722E. 

Type of Request: Reinstatement, with 

change, of an expired collection. 

Number of Respondents: 20,557. 

Average Hours per Response: 29.3 

minutes. 

Burden Hours: 11,426. 

Needs and Uses: The Annual Retail 

Trade Survey (ARTS) covers employer 

firms with establishments located in the 

United States and classified in retail 

trade and/or accommodation and food 

services sector as defined by the North 

American Industry Classification 

System (NAICS). The survey requests 

firms to provide annual sales, sales tax, 

e-commerce sales, year-end inventories 

held inside and outside the United 

States, total operating expenses, 

purchases, and accounts receivable. We 

also request, for selected industries, 

sales and e-commerce sales by 

merchandise line. 

The data collected in the annual retail 

survey provide a current statistical 

picture of the retail and food services 

and accommodations portions of 

consumer activity. These data are 

collected to provide a sound statistical 

basis for the formation of policy by 

various government agencies, as well as 

to serve as a benchmark for the 

estimates compiled from the Monthly 

Retail Trade Report [OMB No. 0607– 

0717]. Results will be made available, at 

the United States summary level, for 

selected retail trade, accommodation 

and food services industries 

approximately fifteen months after the 

end of the reference year. 

Every 5 years, ARTS requests data on 

detailed operating expenses. During the 

next three years, detailed operating 

expenses will not be collected. The last 

time ARTS collected detailed operating 

expenses was in 2013 for the 2012 

survey year. The plan is to reinstate 

these questions in 2018 as part of the 

2017 ARTS data collection. Estimates 

are published based on the North 

American Industry Classification 

System (NAICS), which has been widely 

adopted throughout both the public and 

private sectors. 

The fourteen forms in this collection 

enable us to collect information on a 

NAICS basis and to request similar data 

items. Varieties of forms are needed to 

address the size of the firm, kind-ofbusiness, or data items requested. 

The Bureau of Economic Analysis 

(BEA) uses the data to estimate the 

change in private inventories 

component of gross domestic product 

(GDP) and output in both the 

benchmark and annual input-output (I– 

O) accounts and GDP by industry. Data 

on sales taxes are also used to prepare 

estimates of GDP by industry and to 

derive industry output for the I–O 

accounts. Data on detailed operating 

expenses, are collected on this survey 

quinquennially and used to produce 

national estimates of value added, gross 

output, and intermediate inputs and 

serve as a benchmark for the annual 

industry accounts, which provide the 

control totals for the GDP-by-state 

accounts. 

The Bureau of Labor Statistics uses 

the data as input to its Producer Price 

Indexes and in developing productivity 

measurements. The Federal Reserve 

Board uses the accounts receivables 

balances to measure consumer credit. 

Private businesses use the estimates in 

computing business activity indexes. 

Other government agencies and 

businesses use the data to satisfy a 

variety of public and business needs 

such as economic market analysis, 

company performance, and forecasting 

future demands. 

The use of the Census Bureau’s online 

reporting system, Centurion, allows 

respondents to report data, at their 

convenience, via the Internet. The 

system is designed to be secure and 

flexible for users. It allows respondents 

to complete and file in one session or to 

save and return over any number of 

sessions. The site also allows 

respondents to print copies of their 

completed form(s) for their records. The 

use of Internet reporting has proven 

popular, and has become a preferred 

method of filing reports by respondents. 

In an effort to move the ARTS towards 

a paperless collection strategy, we 

undertook an ‘‘Internet push’’ initiative 

beginning with the 2013 survey year 

(mailed in February 2014) in which our 

initial mailing contained a letter and 

flyer that provided instructions on how 

to report data and receive help online, 

and did not include a paper 

questionnaire. This strategy aims to 

eliminate paper forms in the initial and 

follow-up mailings, and attempts to 

encourage respondents to report online. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

Legal Authority: Title 13, United 

States Code, Section 182, 224, and 225. 

This information collection request 

may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov. 

Follow the instructions to view 

Department of Commerce collections 

currently under review by OMB. 

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 or fax to (202)395–5806. 

Dated: January 27, 2015. 

Glenna Mickelson, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2015–01827 Filed 1–30–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit to the Office of Management and 

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