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establishing benchmarks for their own

sample surveys.

Affected Public: Businesses or other

for-profit organizations; individuals or

households; not-for-profit institutions;

state, local, or tribal government.

Frequency: One time.

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.

Legal Authority: Title 13 USC,

Sections 131 and 224.

OMB Desk Officer: Susan Schechter,

(202) 395–5103.

Copies of the above information

collection proposal can be obtained by

calling or writing Madeleine Clayton,

Departmental Paperwork Clearance

Officer, (202) 482–3129, Department of

Commerce, room 6086, 14th and

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington,

DC 20230 (or via the Internet at

mclayton@doc.gov).

Written comments and

recommendations for the proposed

information collection should be sent

within 30 days of publication of this

notice to Susan Schechter, OMB Desk

Officer, room 10201, New Executive

Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: May 3, 2001.

Madeleine Clayton,

Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer,

Office of the Chief Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 01–11605 Filed 5–8–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P

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: U.S. Census Bureau.

Title: 2002 Economic Census Covering

Retail Trade and Accommodation and

Food Services Sectors.

Form Number(s): Too numerous to list

here.

Agency Approval Number: none.

Type of Request: new collection.

Burden: 1,282,100 hours in FY 2003.

Number of Respondents: 1,615,029.

Avg Hours Per Response: 48 minutes.

Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census

Bureau requests Office of Management

and Budget approval of the information

collection forms it will use in

conducting the 2002 Economic Census

covering the Retail Trade and

Accommodation and Food Services

Sectors. The retail trade sector

comprises establishments primarily

engaged in selling merchandise,

generally without transformation, and

rendering services incidental to the sale

of merchandise. The accommodation

and food services sector comprises

establishments providing customers

with lodging and/or preparing meals,

snacks, and beverages for immediate

consumption. The census will use a

mail canvass, supplemented by data

from Federal administrative records, to

measure the economic activity of more

than 1.8 million establishments

classified in the North American

Industry Classification System (NAICS).

The economic census will produce

basic statistics by kind of business on

number of establishments, sales,

payroll, and employment. It also will

yield a variety of subject statistics,

including sales by merchandise line;

sales by class of customer; and other

industry-specific measures, such as

gallon sales of automotive fuels by

gasoline service stations, number of

prescriptions filled by drug stores, and

number of guestrooms provided by

hotels. Basic statistics will be

summarized for the United States,

states, metropolitan areas, counties,

places having 2,500 inhabitants or more,

and for zip code areas. Tabulations of

subject statistics also will present data

for the United States and, in some cases,

for states and metropolitan areas.

The economic census is the primary

source of facts about the structure and

functioning of the Nation’s economy

and features unique industry and

geographic detail. Economic census

statistics serve as part of the framework

for the national accounts and provide

essential information for government,

business, and the general public. The

Federal Government uses information

from the economic census as an

important part of the framework for the

national income and product accounts,

input-output tables, economic indexes,

and other composite measures that serve

as the factual basis for economic policymaking, planning, and program

administration. Further, the census

provides sampling frames and

benchmarks for current surveys of

business which track short-term

economic trends, serve as economic

indicators, and contribute critical source

data for current estimates of gross

domestic product. State and local

governments rely on the economic

census as a unique source of

comprehensive economic statistics for

small geographic areas for use in policymaking, planning, and program

administration. Finally, industry,

business, academe, and the general

public use information from the

economic census for evaluating markets,

preparing business plans, making

business decisions, developing

economic models and forecasts,

conducting economic research, and

establishing benchmarks for their own

sample surveys.

Affected Public: Businesses or other

for-profit organizations; individuals or

households; not-for-profit institutions;

state, local, or tribal governments.

Frequency: One time.

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.

Legal Authority: Title 13 USC,

Sections 131 & 224.

OMB Desk Officer: Susan Schechter,

(202) 395–5103.

Copies of the above information

collection proposal can be obtained by

calling or writing Madeleine Clayton,

Departmental Paperwork Clearance

Officer, (202) 482–3129, Department of

Commerce, room 6086, 14th and

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,

DC 20230 (or via the Internet at

mclayton@doc.gov).

Written comments and

recommendations for the proposed

information collection should be sent

within 30 days of publication of this

notice to Susan Schechter, OMB Desk

Officer, room 10201, New Executive

Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: May 3, 2001.

Madeleine Clayton,

Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer,

Office of the Chief Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 01–11606 Filed 5–8–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C–122–815]

Pure Magnesium and Alloy Magnesium

from Canada: Preliminary Results of

Countervailing Duty Administrative

Reviews

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of preliminary results of

countervailing duty administrative

reviews.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce

is conducting administrative reviews of

the countervailing duty orders on pure

magnesium and alloy magnesium from

Canada for the period January 1 through

December 31, 1999. We have

preliminarily determined that certain

producers/exporters have received net

subsidies during the period of review. If

the final results remain the same as

these preliminary results, we will

instruct the Customs Service to assess

countervailing duties as detailed in the

Preliminary Results of Reviews section