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the coefficient of variation (CV) 

associated with an estimate for each 

question at the county level, providing 

insight into the quality of the measure 

by geography. 

Computation of Questions’ Estimates 

Interquartile Ranges—Census Bureau 

subject matter experts computed 

interquartile ranges associated with an 

estimate for each question at the county 

level, providing insight into the amount 

of variability in the estimates by 

geography. 

ACS Used as another Survey’s 

Sampling Frame—Other surveys that 

used the ACS as a sampling frame were 

identified, including the ACS questions 

that were used to identify the survey 

sample of respondents. 

Four data sets reflecting measures of 

cost (burden) were collected. These 

included: 

Survey of Interviewers—ACS 

interviewers were surveyed to identify 

three of the cost indicators: Which 

questions respondents find cognitively 

burdensome, or sensitive, and which 

ones are the most difficult. 

Time to Respond Response— 

Response times to questionnaires via 

automated modes (Internet, call center, 

and in-person interviews) were 

measured to determine how long it took 

respondents to answer each question. 

Allocation Rates—Allocation rates by 

questions were computed to determine 

which questions were left blank 

requiring statistical methods to fill in 

the response. That is, which questions 

required more imputation due to 

missing information. 

Complaints—Complaints about the 

ACS received by email, letter, or 

telephone were examined and 

associated with questions so that counts 

could be obtained. 

Based on the analysis of the 9 data 

sets reflecting the 19 decision criteria, 

each question received a total number of 

points between 0 and 100 based on its 

benefits, and 0 and 100 points based on 

its costs. These points were then used 

as the basis for creating four categories: 

High Benefit and Low Cost; High Benefit 

and High Cost; Low Benefit and Low 

Cost; or Low Benefit and High Cost. For 

this analysis, any question that was 

designated as either Low Benefit and 

Low Cost or Low Benefit and High Cost 

and was NOT designated as Mandatory 

(i.e., statutory) by the Department of 

Commerce Office of General Counsel or 

NOT Required (i.e., regulatory) with a 

sub-state use, was identified as a 

potential candidate for removal. Initially 

21 questions (17 percent) fell into the 

Low Benefit/Low Cost category and 

three questions (3 percent) fell into the 

Low Benefit/High Cost category, for a 

combined total of 24 questions in either 

of the Low Benefit categories. However, 

after removing those that were 

Mandatory or Required with a sub-state 

use, only seven (6 percent) of the 24 

questions remained. These seven 

questions were all in the Low Benefit 

and Low Cost category. 

These seven questions include, with 

the 2014 ACS questionnaire wording in 

italics: Housing Question No. 6— 

Business/Medical Office on Property—Is 

there a business (such as a store or 

barber shop) or a medical office on this 

property? 

Person Question No. 12— 

Undergraduate Field of Degree—This 

question focuses on this person’s 

Bachelor’s Degree. Please print below 

the specific major(s) of any Bachelor’s 

Degrees this person has received. 

Person Question No. 21a—Get 

Married—In the past 12 months did this 

person get—Married? 

Person Question No. 21b—Get 

Widowed—In the past 12 months did 

this person get—Widowed? 

Person Question No. 21c—Get 

Divorced—In the past 12 months did 

this person get—Divorced? 

Person Question No. 22—Times 

Married—How many times has this 

person been married? 

Person Question No. 23—Year Last 

Married—In what year did this person 

last get married? 

The public is invited to comment on 

all questions on the American 

Community Survey; however, the 

Census Bureau is particularly interested 

in comments on these seven ACS 

questions listed above, which are slated 

for removal from the questionnaire 

based on the results of the 2014 Content 

Review. Concurrently, Federal agencies 

that are the principal sponsors of these 

seven questions are invited to respond 

either directly to the Census Bureau or 

through this notice and provide revised 

or additional justification for these 

questions, especially concerning 

strategies to reduce respondent burden. 

We would anticipate comments 

concerning such strategies as examining 

alternative data sources, changes to 

wording or presentation, using a more 

limited sample, reducing question 

frequency, federal agency collaboration 

on the review of statutes or regulations, 

among others. 

To view all 2014 ACS questions by 

category with their associated 

justifications, please visit: http://

www.census.gov/acs/www/about_the_

survey/acs_content_review/. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0607–0810. 

Form Number(s): ACS–1(2014). 

Type of Review: Regular submission. 

Affected Public: Federal and 

legislative agencies, individuals, 

households, and businesses. We plan to 

contact the following number of 

respondents each year: 3,540,000 

households; 200,000 persons in group 

quarters; 20,000 contacts in group 

quarters; 43,000 households for 

reinterview; and 1,500 group quarters 

contacts for reinterview. 

Estimated Time per Response: 40 

minutes for the average household 

questionnaire. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: The estimate is an annual 

average of 2,337,900 burden hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: Except for their time, there is no 

cost to respondents. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

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

141 and 193 or other authority authorizing or 

requiring the collection. 

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: October 28, 2014. 

Glenna Mickelson, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2014–25912 Filed 10–30–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of the Census 

[Docket Number 141016857–4857–01] 

Annual Retail Trade Survey 

AGENCY: Bureau of the Census, 

Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of determination. 


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1See Glycine From the People’s Republic of 

China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review; 2012–2013, 78 FR 78331 

(December 26, 2013) (Preliminary Results). 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce’s Bureau of the Census 

(Census Bureau) publishes this notice to 

announce that the Director of the 

Census Bureau has determined the need 

to conduct the 2014 Annual Retail 

Trade Survey (ARTS). ARTS covers 

employer firms with establishments 

located in the United States and 

classified in the Retail Trade and/or 

Accommodation and Food Services 

sectors as defined by the 2007 North 

American Industry Classification 

System (NAICS). The Census Bureau 

conducts the ARTS to provide 

continuing and timely national 

statistical data on retail trade, and 

accommodation and food services 

activity annually. 

ADDRESSES: The Census Bureau will 

provide report forms to businesses 

included in the survey. Additional 

copies are available upon written 

request to the Director, U.S. Census 

Bureau, Washington, DC 20233–0101. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Chris Savage, Economy Wide Division, 

at (301) 763–4834 or by email at 

john.c.savage@census.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Sections 

182, 224, and 225 of Title 13 of the 

United States Code (U.S.C.) authorize 

the Census Bureau to take surveys that 

are necessary to produce current data on 

the subjects covered by the major 

censuses. As part of this authorization, 

the Census Bureau conducts the ARTS 

to provide continuing and timely 

national statistical data on retail trade, 

and accommodation and food services 

activity for the period between 

economic censuses. ARTS is a 

continuation of similar retail trade 

surveys conducted each year since 1951 

(except 1954). ARTS covers employer 

firms with establishments located in the 

United States and classified in the Retail 

Trade and/or Accommodation and Food 

Services sectors as defined by the 2007 

North American Industry Classification 

System (NAICS). ARTS provides, on a 

comparable classification basis, annual 

sales, annual e-commerce sales, yearend inventories held inside and outside 

the United States, total operating 

expenses, purchases, accounts 

receivables, and, for selected industries, 

merchandise line sales for 2014. The 

Census Bureau has determined that the 

conduct of this survey is necessary 

because these data are not available 

publicly on a timely basis from any 

other sources. 

Firms are selected for the ARTS 

survey using a stratified random sample 

based on industry groupings and annual 

sales size. We will provide report forms 

to the firms covered by this survey in 

February 2015, and will require their 

responses within 50 days after receipt. 

Firms’ responses to the ARTS survey are 

required by law (13 U.S.C. 182, 224, and 

225). The sample of firms selected will 

provide, with measurable reliability, 

statistics on the transactions relevant to 

this survey for 2014. 

The data collected in this survey will 

be similar to that collected in the past, 

and within the general scope and nature 

of those inquiries covered in the 

economic census. These data are 

collected to provide a sound statistical 

basis for the formation of policy by 

various government agencies. Results 

will be available for use for a variety of 

public and business needs including 

economic and market analysis, company 

performance, and forecasting future 

demand. 

Notwithstanding any other provision 

of law, no person is required to respond 

to, nor shall a person be subject to a 

penalty for failure to comply with, a 

collection of information subject to the 

requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (PRA), 44 U.S.C. 3501– 

3521, unless that collection of 

information displays a current valid 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) control number. In accordance 

with the PRA, OMB has approved the 

Annual Retail Trade Survey under OMB 

Control Number 0607–0013. 

Based upon the foregoing, I have 

directed that an annual survey be 

conducted for the purpose of collecting 

these data. 

Dated: October 24, 2014. 

John H. Thompson, 

Director, Bureau of the Census. 

[FR Doc. 2014–25946 Filed 10–30–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[B–47–2014] 

Foreign-Trade Zone 25—Broward 

County, Florida; Authorization of 

Production Activity; Prodeco 

Technologies, LLC; (Electric Bicycles) 

Oakland Park, Florida 

On June 27, 2014, the Port Everglades 

Department of Broward County, grantee 

of FTZ 25, submitted a notification of 

proposed production activity to the 

Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board on 

behalf of Prodeco Technologies, LLC, in 

Oakland Park, Florida. 

The notification was processed in 

accordance with the regulations of the 

FTZ Board (15 CFR part 400), including 

notice in the Federal Register inviting 

public comment (79 FR 38007–38008, 

7–3–2014). The FTZ Board has 

determined that no further review of the 

activity is warranted at this time. The 

production activity described in the 

notification is authorized, subject to the 

FTZ Act and the FTZ Board’s 

regulations, including Section 400.14. 

Dated: October 28, 2014. 

Andrew McGilvray, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2014–25953 Filed 10–30–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–836] 

Glycine From the People’s Republic of 

China: Final Results of Antidumping 

Duty Administrative Review; 2012– 

2013 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

DATES: Effective Date: October 31, 2014. 

SUMMARY: On December 26, 2013, the 

Department of Commerce (the 

Department) published the preliminary 

results of the administrative review of 

the antidumping duty order on glycine 

from the People’s Republic of China 

(PRC) in the Federal Register.1 The 

review covers the period from March 1, 

2012, through February 28, 2013. In the 

Preliminary Results, the Department 

preliminarily applied facts otherwise 

available with an adverse inference to 

the PRC-wide entity because an element 

of the entity, Hebei Donghua Jiheng Fine 

Chemical Co., Ltd. (Donghua Fine 

Chemical), failed to act to the best of its 

ability in complying with the 

Department’s request for information 

and, consequently, significantly 

impeded the proceeding. The 

Department gave interested parties an 

opportunity to comment on the 

Preliminary Results and, based on an 

analysis of the comments received, we 

found that no changes were warranted 

to these final results of review. 

However, based on further review of the 

record, we found that some companies 

did not have any reviewable entries of 

subject merchandise during the review 

period. The final weighted-average 

dumping margin for the review is listed 

below in the ‘‘Final Results of Review’’ 

section of this notice. 


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