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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 0607–0810. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Chief Information Officer, Commerce 

Department. 

[FR Doc. 2022–08149 Filed 4–14–22; 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; Vehicle Inventory and Use 

Survey 

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 a proposed revision to the 

Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey, 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 June 14, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments by 

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

Please reference Vehicle Inventory and 

Use Survey in the subject line of your 

comments. You may also submit 

comments, identified by Docket Number 

USBC–2022–0008, 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 Kelly 

Holder, VIUS Branch Chief, (301)763– 

3462, Kelly.A.Holder@census.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The 2021 VIUS collects data to 

measure the physical and operational 

characteristics of trucks from a sample 

of approximately 150,000 trucks. These 

trucks are selected from more than 190 

million private and commercial trucks 

registered with motor vehicle 

departments in the 50 states and the 

District of Columbia. The Census 

Bureau is collecting the data for the 

sampled trucks from the registered truck 

owners. 

The VIUS is the only comprehensive 

source of information on the physical 

and operational characteristics of the 

Nation’s truck population. The VIUS 

provides unique, essential information 

for government, business, and academia. 

The U.S. Department of Transportation, 

State Departments of Transportation, 

and transportation consultants 

compliment VIUS microdata as 

extremely useful and flexible to meet 

constantly changing requests that 

cannot be met with predetermined 

tabular publications. The planned 

microdata file will enable them to crosstabulate data to meet their needs. 

Due to an oversight, the materials 

submitted to OMB for review in the 

original request for clearance of the 

VIUS did not include the complete legal 

authority for the mandatory collection 

of the VIUS. Currently our collection 

authority cites that title 13, United 

States Code, sections 131 and 182, 

authorizes the collection and sections 

224 and 225 make the collection 

mandatory. However, sections 224 and 

225 only apply to respondents who are 

part of a company, business, or 

organization. Section 221 also needs to 

be cited to require mandatory response 

for individual owners of personal 

vehicles who are included in the VIUS 

sample. Including the correct citation 

will allow us to make VIUS mandatory 

for individuals who own personal 

vehicles, as intended. 

The Census Bureau is separately 

pursuing clearance under the emergency 

processing provisions of the PRA so that 

we may implement this change 

immediately. In the interest of 

maintaining transparency with the 

public, this notice announces our 

intention to also seek approval for this 

change under the normal clearance 

procedures of the PRA. 

II. Method of Collection 

The Vehicle Inventory and Use 

Survey uses two modes of data 

collection: Electronic instrument and 

paper questionnaire. All respondents 

will receive an initial letter with 

instructions to log into the electronic 

instrument. Respondents will be 

encouraged to use the electronic 

instrument method, however, a paper 

questionnaire will be sent as part of the 

non-response follow-up operation. 

Data are collected via two 

questionnaires based on truck type, one 

for light trucks (pickups, SUVs, 

minivans) and one for heavy trucks 

(including truck tractors). Content 

differs somewhat between the two 

forms. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0607–0892. 

Form Number(s): TC–9501 (Light 

Trucks) and TC–9502 (Heavy Trucks). 

Type of Review: Regular submission, 

Revision of a Currently Approved 

Collection. 

Affected Public: Individuals and 

businesses. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

150,000. 

Estimated Time per Response: 65 

minutes per vehicle. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 162,500. 

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: Mandatory. 

Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., 

Sections 131 and 182 authorize the 

collection of VIUS data. Sections 221, 

224 and 225 of Title 13 U.S.C. make 

reporting mandatory for all respondents, 

including both individuals and 

businesses. 

IV. Request for Comments 

We are soliciting public comments to 

permit the Department/Bureau to: (a) 


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22504 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 73 / Friday, April 15, 2022 / Notices 

1See Sodium Nitrite from India and the Russian 

Federation: Initiation of Countervailing Duty 

Investigations, 87 FR 7108 (February 8, 2022) 

(Initiation Notice). 

2See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Determination of the 

Countervailing Duty Investigation of Sodium Nitrite 

from the Russian Federation,’’ dated concurrently 

with, and hereby adopted by, this notice 

(Preliminary Decision Memorandum). 

3See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, 

Final Rule, 62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997). 

4See Initiation Notice. 

5See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act 

regarding financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) 

of the Act regarding benefit; and section 771(5A) of 

the Act regarding specificity. 

6See sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act. 

7See, e.g., Freight Rail Coupler Systems and 

Certain Components Thereof: Preliminary 

Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination, 87 

FR 12662 (March 7, 2022); and Dried Tart Cherries 

from the Republic of Turkey: Final Affirmative 

Countervailing Duty Determination, 84 FR 67430 

(December 10, 2019). 

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. 2022–08148 Filed 4–14–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–821–837] 

Sodium Nitrite From the Russian 

Federation: Preliminary Affirmative 

Countervailing Duty Determination 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) preliminarily determines 

that countervailable subsidies are being 

provided to producers and exporters of 

sodium nitrite from the Russian 

Federation (Russia). The period of 

investigation is January 1, 2021, through 

December 31, 2021. Interested parties 

are invited to comment on this 

preliminary determination. 

DATES: Applicable April 15, 2022 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Melissa Kinter, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–1413. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This preliminary determination is 

made in accordance with section 703(b) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act). Commerce published the 

notice of initiation of this investigation 

on February 8, 2022.1 For a complete 

description of the events that followed 

the initiation of this investigation, see 

the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum.2 A list of topics 

discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is included as Appendix 

II to this notice. The Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum is a public 

document and is on file electronically 

via Enforcement and Compliance’s 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Centralized Electronic Service System 

(ACCESS). ACCESS is available to 

registered users at http://

access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete 

version of the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum can be accessed directly 

at https://access.trade.gov/public/ 

FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The product covered by this 

investigation is sodium nitrite from 

Russia. For a complete description of 

the scope of this investigation, see 

Appendix I. 

Scope Comments 

In accordance with the preamble to 

Commerce’s regulations,3 the Initiation 

Notice set aside a period of time for 

parties to raise issues regarding product 

coverage, (i.e., scope).4 No interested 

party commented on the scope of the 

investigation as it appeared in the 

Initiation Notice. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this 

investigation in accordance with section 

701 of the Act. For each of the subsidy 

programs found countervailable, 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

that there is a subsidy, i.e., a financial 

contribution by an ‘‘authority’’ that 

gives rise to a benefit to the recipient, 

and that the subsidy is specific.5

Commerce notes that, in making these 

findings, it relied, in part, on facts 

available and, because it finds that one 

or more respondents did not act to the 

best of their ability to respond to 

Commerce’s requests for information, it 

drew an adverse inference where 

appropriate in selecting from among the 

facts otherwise available.6 For further 

information, see ‘‘Use of Facts 

Otherwise Available and Adverse 

Inferences’’ in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum. 

All-Others Rate 

Sections 703(d) and 705(c)(5)(A) of 

the Act provide that in the preliminary 

determination, Commerce shall 

determine an estimated all-others rate 

for companies not individually 

examined. This rate shall be an amount 

equal to the weighted average of the 

estimated subsidy rates established for 

those companies individually 

examined, excluding any zero and de 

minimis rates and any rates based 

entirely under section 776 of the Act. 

Pursuant to section 705(c)(5)(A)(ii) of 

the Act, if the individual estimated 

countervailable subsidy rates 

established for all exporters and 

producers individually examined are 

zero, de minimis, or determined based 

entirely on facts otherwise available, 

Commerce may use any reasonable 

method to establish the estimated 

subsidy rate for all other producers or 

exporters. Commerce has preliminarily 

determined the individually estimated 

subsidy rate for the individually 

examined respondent under section 776 

of the Act. Consequently, pursuant to 

section 705(c)(5)(A)(ii) of the Act, we 

established the all-others rate by 

applying the countervailable subsidy 

rate assigned to the mandatory 

respondent.7 For a full description of 

the methodology underlying 

Commerce’s analysis, see the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

Preliminary Determination 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

that the following estimated 

countervailable subsidy rates exist: 


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