26650 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 105 / Wednesday, June 3, 2009 / Notices 

Needs and Uses: There are currently 

approximately 1,932 permitted vessels 

that harvest shrimp from the Exclusive 

Economic Zone, and the Gulf of Mexico 

(GOM) Fishery Management Council 

(Council) estimates that there are over 

13,000 boats that fish in state waters. 

With such a large number of vessels of 

differing sizes, gears used, and fishing 

capabilities compounded by seasonal 

variability in abundance and price and 

the broad geographic distribution of the 

fleet, it is practically impossible to 

estimate the actual amount of fishing 

effort using current methods and data. 

The only practical way of improving the 

estimates of the amount and type of 

bycatch is by having a more precise 

means of estimating effort. Therefore, 

Amendment 13 to the GOM shrimp 

fishery amended the Fishery 

Management Plan to include a 

mandatory electronic logbook program 

for a random sample of federallypermitted vessels. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profit organizations. 

Frequency: Every two months. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, 

(202) 395–3897. 

Copies of the above information 

collection proposal can be obtained by 

calling or writing Diana Hynek, 

Departmental Paperwork Clearance 

Officer, (202) 482–0266, Department of 

Commerce, Room 7845, 14th and 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 

dHynek@doc.gov). 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to David Rostker, OMB Desk 

Officer, FAX number (202) 395–7285, or 

David_Rostker@omb.eop.gov. 

Dated: May 29, 2009. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–12926 Filed 6–2–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit 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: Survey of Plant Capacity 

Utilization. 

Form Number(s): MQ–C2. 

OMB Control Number: 0607–0175. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Burden Hours: 52,500. 

Number of Respondents: 7,500. 

Average Hours per Response: 1 hour 

and 45 minutes. 

Needs and Uses: With support from 

the Federal Reserve Board (FRB), the 

U.S. Census Bureau requests an 

extension of approval for the Survey of 

Plant Capacity Utilization (SPC). The 

survey is conducted quarterly. The 

survey provides information on use of 

industrial capacity in manufacturing 

and publishing plants as defined by the 

North American Industry Classification 

System (NAICS). It is the only source of 

capacity rates at industry levels. 

Changes in capacity utilization are 

considered important indicators of 

investment demand and inflationary 

pressure. For these reasons, the 

estimates of capacity utilization are 

closely monitored by government and 

private policy makers. 

We use a mail-out/mail-back form. We 

also offer an electronic version of the 

form for reporting via the Internet. The 

survey collects the value of quarterly 

production and the value of production 

that could have been achieved if 

operating under ‘‘full production’’ 

capability. The ratio of the actual to the 

full is the basis of the estimates of 

capacity utilization. The survey also 

collects information by shift, on work 

patterns at the actual production level. 

Appendix A is a copy of the 2009 MQ– 

C2 form and instructions. Response to 

the quarterly survey is voluntary. 

The FRB is the primary user of the 

current SPC data and has expressed the 

need for these quarterly data. The FRB 

publishes measures of industrial 

production (IP) that are either estimated 

from physical product data or estimated 

from monthly data on inputs to the 

production process, specifically 

production worker hours and an 

indicator of capital input. For many 

years, data on electric power use was 

used as the indicator of industry capital 

input. The deregulation of electricity 

markets led to the deterioration in the 

coverage and quality of the electricity 

data. As a result, in November 2005, the 

FRB discontinued its use of the 

industrial electric power data in the 

current estimates of IP. In order to 

maintain the quality of the IP index, the 

collection of these quarterly utilization 

data, such as the workweek of capital, 

become critical indicators of capital 

input use and industry output. 

The FRB will use these data in several 

ways. First, the SPC data is the primary 

source of the benchmark information for 

utilization rates. Second, the capital 

workweek data will be used as an 

indicator of capital use in the estimation 

of monthly output (IP). Third, the 

workweek data will also be used to 

improve the projections of labor 

productivity that are used to align IP 

with comprehensive benchmark 

information from the Economic Census 

covering the Manufacturing sector and 

Annual Survey of Manufactures. And 

finally, the utilization rate data will 

assist in the assessment of recent 

changes in IP, as most of the highfrequency movement in utilization rates 

reflect production changes rather than 

capacity changes. 

The Defense Logistics Agency uses 

the data to assess readiness to meet 

demand for goods under selected 

national emergency scenarios. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. 

Frequency: Quarterly. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Legal Authority: Title 13, United 

States Code, Section 182. 

OMB Desk Officer: Brian HarrisKojetin, (202) 395–7314. 

Copies of the above information 

collection proposal can be obtained by 

calling or writing Diana Hynek, 

Departmental Paperwork Clearance 

Officer, (202) 482–0266, Department of 

Commerce, Room 7845, 14th and 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 

dhynek@doc.gov). 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to Brian Harris-Kojetin, OMB 

Desk Officer either by fax (202–395– 

7245) or e-mail (bharrisk@omb.eop.gov). 

Dated: May 28, 2009. 

Glenna Mickelson, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–12846 Filed 6–2–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[Order No. 1619] 

Approval of Manufacturing Authority 

Within Foreign-Trade Zone 38, 

Spartanburg County, SC, ZF Lemfo ̈rder 

Corporation (Automotive Suspension 

Systems) 

Pursuant to its authority under the 

Foreign-Trade Zones Act of June 18, 


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