23718 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 83 /Thursday, April 30, 1998 / Notices

DATE AND TIME: Friday, May 8, 1998, 9:30

a.m.

PLACE: U.S. Commission on Civil Rights,

624 Ninth Street, N.W., Room 540,

Washington, DC 20425.

STATUS:

Agenda

I. Approval of Agenda

II. Approval of Minutes of April 17,

1998 Meeting

III. Announcements

IV. Staff Director’s Report

V. Task Force SAC Appointment

Process Recommendations

VI. State Advisory Committee

Appointments for Hawaii, Montana,

North Dakota, Texas, Utah and West

Virginia

VII. Future Agenda Items

CONTACT PERSON FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION: Barbara Brooks, Press and

Communications (202) 376–8312.

Stephanie Y. Moore,

General Counsel.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of the Census

Annual Survey of Manufactures

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment

request.

SUMMARY: The Department of

Commerce, as part of its continuing

effort to reduce paperwork and

respondent burden, invites the general

public and other Federal agencies to

take this opportunity to comment on

proposed and/or continuing information

collections, as required by the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub.

L. 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before June 29, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Linda Engelmeier, Departmental

Forms Clearance Officer, Department of

Commerce, Room 5327, 14th and

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington,

DC 20230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the information collection

instrument(s) and instructions should

be directed to Michael Zampogna for

Food, Textiles, Apparel, Wood and

Chemical Products, and Other

Nondurables Products, Bureau of the

Census, Room 2212, Building 4,

Washington, DC 20233 on (301) 457–

4810 and Kenneth Hansen for Electrical,

Transportation, Metals, Industrial

Machinery, and Other Durables

Products, Bureau of the Census, Room

2207, Building 4, Washington, DC 20233

on (301) 457–4755.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

The Census Bureau has conducted the

Annual Survey of Manufactures (ASM)

since 1949 to provide key measures of

manufacturing activity during

intercensal periods. In census years

ending in ‘‘2’’ AND ‘‘7’’, we mail and

collect the ASM as part of the census of

manufactures. This survey is an integral

part of the Government’s statistical

program. The ASM furnishes up-to-date

estimates of employment and payrolls,

hours and wages of production workers,

value added by manufacture, cost of

materials, value of shipments by

product class, inventories, and

expenditures for both plant and

equipment and structures. The survey

provides data for most of these items for

each of the 473 industries as defined in

the North American Industry

Classification System (NAICS). It also

provides geographic data by state at a

more aggregated industry level.

The survey also provides valuable

information to private companies,

research organizations, and trade

associations. Industry makes extensive

use of the annual figures on product

class shipments at the U.S. level in its

market analysis, product planning, and

investment planning. The ASM data are

used to benchmark and reconcile

monthly and quarterly data on

manufacturing production and

inventories.

II. Method of Collection

The ASM statistics are based on a

survey which includes two components,

mail and non-mail. The mail portion of

the survey is a probability sample of

about 58,000 manufacturing

establishments selected from a total of

about 230,000 establishments. These

230,000 establishments represent all

manufacturing establishments of

multiunit companies (companies that

operate at more than one physical

location) and all single-establishment

manufacturing companies that were

mailed forms in the 1992 Census of

Manufactures.

The non-mail portion of the survey is

defined as all single-establishment

manufacturing companies that we

tabulated as administrative records in

the 1992 Census of Manufactures.

Although this portion includes

approximately 140,000 establishments,

it accounted for less than 2 percent of

the estimate for total value of shipments

at the total manufacturing level for

1992. This administrative information,

which includes payroll, total

employment, industry classification,

and physical location, is obtained under

conditions which safeguard the

confidentiality of both tax and census

records.

III. Data

OMB Number: 0607–0449.

Form Number: MA–1000(L), MA–

1000(S).

Type of Review: Regular Review.

Affected Public: Businesses or Other

for Profit, Non-profit Institutions, Small

Businesses or Organizations, and State

or Local Governments.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

58,000.

Estimated Time Per Response: 5.6

hours.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 324,800.

Estimated Total Annual Cost: The

estimated cost to the respondent for this

work is estimated to be $4,199,664.

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.

Legal Authority: Title 13, United

States Code, Sections 182, 224, and 225.

IV. Request for Comments

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether

the proposed collection of information

is necessary for the proper performance

of the functions of the agency, including

whether the information shall have

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden

(including hours and cost) of the

proposed collection of information; (c)

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on respondents, including through the

use of automated collection techniques

or other forms of information

technology.

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and/or

included in the request for OMB

approval of this information collection;

they also will become a matter of public

record.

Dated: April 24, 1998.

Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of Management and Organization.

[FR Doc. 98–11453 Filed 4–29–98; 8:45 am]

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