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into best practices in messages. The test 

will identify which set of new mail 

materials is most successful at 

increasing self-response. 

The Respondent Feedback Pilot is 

designed to collect respondent feedback 

at the time of the interview, with the 

pilot focusing on internet respondents. 

Respondents will not be required to 

answer the feedback question. 

The Use of Administrative Data to 

reduce burden of existing questions by 

allowing for modification of the 

questions will be tested. A field test is 

proposed for questions that may need to 

remain on the questionnaire but be 

modified in conjunction with the use of 

administrative records. 

Group Quarters Testing will focus on 

evaluating an internet version of the 

ACS available to non-institutional group 

quarters residents, especially in college 

dorms, military barracks, and group 

homes. 

Content Testing is conducted by the 

Census Bureau periodically to improve 

data quality. The current proposal 

includes changes to the following 

questions: Household roster, 

educational attainment, health 

insurance, disability, means of 

transportation to work, income, weeks 

worked, Supplemental Nutrition 

Assistance Program (SNAP), 

condominium fees, and home heating 

fuel. Additionally, three new questions 

on solar panels, electric vehicles, and 

sewage disposal were proposed. The 

objective of content testing is to 

determine the impact of changing 

question wording and response 

categories, as well as redefining 

underlying constructs, on the quality of 

the data collected. 

Internet Instrument Testing is 

proposed to test and evaluate revised 

features of the internet instrument. 

Respondent Help Testing will focus 

on methods to answer respondent 

questions about the survey and improve 

operational efficiency, specifically 

testing updates to the Interactive Voice 

Recognition (IVR) system as well as 

exploring the use of other methods such 

as online chat. 

Nonresponse Followup Data 

Collection Testing is proposed to 

evaluate the use of adaptive survey 

design techniques for the ACS 

Computer-Assisted Personal 

Interviewing (CAPI) Nonresponse 

Followup operation. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Frequency: Multiple one-time tests 

over a 3-year period. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C. 

Sections 141, 193, and 221. 

This information collection request 

may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov. 

Follow the instructions to view the 

Department of Commerce collections 

currently under review by OMB. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be 

submitted within 30 days of the 

publication of this notice on the 

following website www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain. Find this 

particular information collection by 

selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day 

Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or 

by using the search function and 

entering either the title of the collection 

or the OMB Control Number 0607–0936. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Chief Information Officer, Commerce 

Department. 

[FR Doc. 2021–13429 Filed 6–23–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–07–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; Quarterly Survey of Public 

Pensions 

AGENCY: Census Bureau, 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 extension of 

the Quarterly Survey of Public Pensions 

prior to the submission of the 

information collection request (ICR) to 

OMB for approval. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, 

comments regarding this proposed 

information collection must be received 

on or before August 23, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments by 

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

Please reference Quarterly Survey of 

Public Pensions in the subject line of 

your comments. You may also submit 

comments, identified by Docket Number 

USBC–2021–0014, 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 Phillip 

Vidal, Chief, Pensions Statistics Branch, 

Economy-Wide Statistics Division, U.S. 

Census Bureau, Headquarters, 

Washington, DC 20233; email: 

phillip.m.vidal@census.gov; 

301.763.1749. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The Census Bureau plans to request 

clearance for the form necessary to 

conduct the Quarterly Survey of Public 

Pensions. The quarterly survey was 

initiated by the Census Bureau in 1968 

at the request of both the Council of 

Economic Advisers and the Federal 

Reserve Board. 

The Quarterly Survey of Public 

Pensions currently provides national 

summary data on the asset holdings of 

the largest pension systems of state and 

local governments. 

These data are used by the Federal 

Reserve Board to track the public sector 

portion of the Flow of Funds Accounts. 

Economists and public policy analysts 

use these data to assess general 

economic conditions and state and local 

government financial activities. 

Data are collected from a panel of 

defined benefit plans of the 100 largest 

state and local government pension 

systems as determined by their total 

cash and security holdings reported in 

the 2012 Census of Governments. The 

defined benefit plans of these 100 

largest pension systems comprise 87.2 

percent of financial activity among such 

entities, based on the 2012 Census of 

Governments. 

II. Method of Collection 

Survey data are collected through the 

Census Bureau’s web collection system 

that enables public entities to respond 

to the questionnaire via the internet. 


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The questionnaire is available online for 

respondents to print when they choose 

to mail or fax. Most respondents choose 

to report their data online. In addition 

to reporting current quarter data, 

respondents may provide initial data for 

the previous seven quarters or submit 

revisions to their data submitted in the 

previous seven quarters. 

Data are received each quarter from 70 

to 80 percent of the systems canvassed. 

In those instances when we are not able 

to obtain a response, we conduct followup operations using email and phone 

calls. Imputations are developed for 

each of the remaining nonresponse 

systems in the panel from the latest 

available data. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0607–0143. 

Form Number(s): F–10. 

Type of Review: Regular submission, 

Request for an Extension, without 

Change, of a Currently Approved 

Collection. 

Affected Public: State and locallyadministered public pension plans. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

100. 

Estimated Time per Response: 45 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 300. 

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. 

Section 161 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 Chief Information Officer, Commerce 

Department. 

[FR Doc. 2021–13428 Filed 6–23–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[B–52–2020] 

Foreign-Trade Zone 38—Spartanburg 

County, South Carolina; Application 

for Production Authority; Teijin Carbon 

Fibers, Inc.; Extension of Rebuttal 

Comment Period 

The rebuttal period for the amended 

application for production authority 

within FTZ 38 on behalf of Teijin 

Carbon Fibers, Inc., in Greenwood, 

South Carolina, submitted by the South 

Carolina State Ports Authority (85 FR 

49359, August 13, 2020), is being 

extended to July 2, 2021, based on a 

request from the applicant, to allow 

additional time for the submission of 

rebuttal comments. Submissions shall 

be addressed to the Board’s Executive 

Secretary and sent to: ftz@trade.gov. 

For further information, contact Diane 

Finver at Diane.Finver@trade.gov or 

(202) 482–1367. 

Dated: June 21, 2021. 

Andrew McGilvray, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2021–13376 Filed 6–23–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Industry and Security 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Miscellaneous Short Supply 

Activities 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit the following information 

collection request to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and clearance in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995, on or after the date of publication 

of this notice. We invite 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. Public 

comments were previously requested 

via the Federal Register on January 15, 

2021, during a 60-day comment period. 

This notice allows for an additional 30 

days for public comments. 

Agency: Bureau of Industry and 

Security. 

Title: Miscellaneous Short Supply 

Activities. 

OMB Control Number: 0694–0102. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular submission. 

Extension of a current information 

collection. 

Number of Respondents: 2. 

Average Hours per Response: 100.5 

hours. 

Burden Hours: 201. 

Needs and Uses: This information 

collection comprises two rarely used 

short supply activities: ‘‘Registration of 

U.S. Agricultural Commodities for 

Exemption from Short Supply 

Limitations on Export (USAG)’’, and 

‘‘Petitions for the Imposition of 

Monitoring or Controls on Recyclable 

Metallic Materials; Public Hearings 

(Petitions).’’ Under provisions of 

sections 754.6 and 754.7 of the Export 

Administration Regulations (EAR), 

agricultural commodities of U.S. origin 

purchased by or for use in a foreign 

country and stored in the United States 

for export at a later date may voluntarily 

be registered with the Bureau of 

Industry and Security for exemption 

from any quantitative limitations on 

export that may subsequently be 

imposed under the EAR for reasons of 

short supply. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Frequency: On Occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Legal Authority: 754.6 and 754.7 of 

the Export Administration Regulations 

(EAR). This information collection 

request may be viewed at 

www.reginfo.gov. Follow the 

instructions to view the Department of 

Commerce collections currently under 

review by OMB. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be 

submitted within 30 days of the 

publication of this notice on the 


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