[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 106 (Friday, May 31, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27334-27335]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-13620]



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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:  Survey of Environmental Products and Services.
    Form Number(s): EPS-1(M), 2(M), 3(M), 1(S), 1(C).
    Agency Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Burden: 20,000 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 10,000.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 2 hours.
    Needs and Uses:  Currently, there are no reliable data on the 
output and export of goods and services that control, reduce, and 
remediate pollution. Representatives of industry, state governments, 
and environmental organizations have called for the development of 
these data as they are critical to the implementation of the 
Environmental Technologies Exports Initiative, the Environmental 
Technology Initiative, the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act and other 
environmental statutes. Further, a study is necessary to meet the 
requirements of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendment, the Exports 
Enhancement Act of 1988 and the Jobs Through Trade Expansion Act of 
1988. The Census Bureau plans to conduct, on a test basis, a survey of 
manufacturing and service establishments to collect total value of 
shipments of goods and revenues for services in 1995 defined for 
environmental use. The survey will also ask for value of shipments and 
revenues for services which were exported. The survey will provide 
information on the size and scope of activity generated from 
environmental protection. The survey will also provide a benchmark 
measure of the extent of the environmental industry, its export 
potential, and the implication for employment in a potential growth 
industry. Government classification specialists will use the 
information to determine how industry and product classification 
systems can be refined and modified to improve the identification of 
products and services

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considered for environmental use. Changes and modifications to detailed 
classifications will be introduced with the 1997 Economic Censuses. We 
expect to revise the survey for future data collections to incorporate 
improvements learned from this test.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit.
    Frequency: One-time test.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    OMB Desk Officer: Jerry Coffey, (202) 395-7314.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, Acting 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: May 24, 1996.
Linda Engelmeier,
Acting Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 96-13620 Filed 5-30-96; 8:45 am]
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