[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 44 (Thursday, March 6, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 10255]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-5490]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    DOC has submitted 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: Bureau of the Census.
    Title: 1997 Economic Censuses General Classification Schedule.
    Form Number(s): NC-9923.
    Agency Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Burden: 50,000 hours in FY98.
    Number of Respondents: 300,000.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: 10 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The 1997 Economic Census will cover virtually every 
sector of the U.S. economy. The Census Bureau will implement the new 
North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) in the 1997 
Economic Census. The implementation of the NAICS as a replacement for 
the 1987 Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system will require 
contacting businesses to collect classification information to update 
the 1997 Economic Census mailing lists. Accurate and reliable industry 
and geographic codes are critical to the Bureau of Census statistical 
programs. New businesses are assigned industry classification by the 
Social Security Administration (SSA). However, approximately 22 percent 
of these businesses cannot be assigned industry codes because 
insufficient information is provided on Internal Revenue Service (IRS) 
Form SS-4. Since the 1992 Economic Censuses, the number of unclassified 
businesses has grown to almost 500,000.
    In order to provide detailed industry data reflecting NAICS for the 
1997 Economic Censuses and the Standard Statistical Establishment List 
(SSEL), these unclassified businesses must be assigned industry codes. 
The Census Bureau has contracted with the Bureau of Labor Statistics 
(BLS) to receive classification information for unclassified 
businesses. However, differences in NAICS implementation schedules, 
coverage, and updating procedures between the two agencies and our 
further attempts to assign industry codes to these businesses based on 
their name will still leave some 300,000 unclassified businesses on the 
1997 Economic Censuses mail list. This data collection, Form NC-9923, 
is designed to obtain classification information for different types of 
industries including reflecting changes from the SIC to NAICS and 
provide current information on physical locations.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit, Not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Frequency: Every five years.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 USC, Sections 131 and 224.
    OMB Desk Officer: Jerry Coffey, (202) 395-7314.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, DOC Forms Clearance Officer, 
(202) 482-3272, Department of Commerce, room 5312, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to Jerry Coffey, OMB Desk Officer, room 10201, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: February 27, 1997.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 97-5490 Filed 3-5-97; 8:45 am]
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