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characterize the impacts of this 

collaboration on agency operations and 

the public trust. 

Documented operational Lessons 

Learned from the entirety of the project 

and recommendations for next steps 

will accompany the report. The outcome 

of this pilot study will provide the 

Census Bureau and the USPS with 

baseline descriptive and qualitative 

information that can be used to inform 

future field-based collaborations. 

II. Method of Collection 

Census Bureau staff will train Postal 

Carriers to successfully conduct 

enumeration to complete the activity. 

Postal Carriers will be sworn to uphold 

the same confidentiality as Census 

Bureau employees. They will perform 

enumeration functions using the same 

procedures and automation as other 

enumerators during the hours of 5 p.m.– 

8 p.m. on weekdays, variable weekend 

hours, and both inside and outside the 

geographic constraints of their assigned 

routes. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0607–XXXX. 

Form Number(s): DH–16(LN), DH– 

16(LN)(E/S). 

Type of Review: Regular submission. 

Affected Public: 31,479. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

24,889. 

Estimated Time per Response: 10 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 4,148. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $199,080. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C. 23, 

141, 193. 

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. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Departmental PRA Lead, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2017–20036 Filed 9–19–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Census Bureau 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Survey of Housing 

Starts, Sales, and Completions 

AGENCY: U.S. Census Bureau, 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burden, invites the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

take this opportunity to comment on 

proposed and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, written 

comments must be submitted on or 

before November 20, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 

14th and Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20230 (or via the 

Internet at PRAcomments@doc.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument(s) and instructions should 

be directed to Erica Filipek, U.S. Census 

Bureau, EID, CENHQ Room 7K057, 4600 

Silver Hill Road, Washington, DC 

20233, telephone (301)763–5161 (or via 

the Internet at Erica.Mary.Filipek@

census.gov). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

I. Abstract 

The U.S. Census Bureau plans to 

request a three-year extension of the 

current Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) clearance of the Survey 

of Housing Starts, Sales and 

Completions, also known as the Survey 

of Construction (SOC). We also plan 

revisions to the current collection. The 

SOC collects monthly data on new 

residential construction from a sample 

of owners or builders. The Census 

Bureau uses the Computer-Assisted 

Personal Interviewing (CAPI) electronic 

questionnaires SOC–QI/SF.1 and SOC– 

QI/MF.1 to collect data on start and 

completion dates of construction, 

physical characteristics of the structure 

(floor area, number of bathrooms, type 

of heating system, etc.), and if 

applicable, date of sale, sales price, and 

type of financing. The SOC provides 

widely used measures of construction 

activity, including the economic 

indicators Housing Starts and Housing 

Completions, which are from the New 

Residential Construction series, and 

New Residential Sales. 

After working with the survey 

sponsor and key data users, the Census 

Bureau has decided to add one new data 

item to the single-family questionnaire 

regarding ceiling height. 

With respect to survey burden, the 

Census Bureau samples about 1,620 new 

buildings each month (19,440 per year). 

Census Bureau staff inquire about the 

progress of each building multiple times 

until it is completed (and a sales 

contract is signed, if it is a single-family 

house that is built for sale). For singlefamily buildings, there are an average of 

8.11 interviews and for multifamily 

buildings, an average of 7.0 interviews. 

The total number of interviews 

conducted each year for single-family 

buildings is about 102,186 and for 

multifamily buildings is about 47,880. 

Each interview takes 5 minutes on 

average. Therefore, the total annual 

burden is 12,506 hours. 

II. Method of Collection 

The Census Bureau uses its field 

representatives to collect the data 

through CAPI. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0607–0110. 

Form Number(s): SOC–QI/SF.1 and 

SOC–QI/MF.1. 

Type of Review: Regular submission. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households, business or other for-profit. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

19,440. 

Estimated Time per Response: 5 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 12,506. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $0. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C. 131 

and 182. 

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 


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1See Letter to the Secretary of Commerce from 

the petitioner re: ‘‘Titanium Sponge from Japan and 

Kazakhstan: Petition for the Imposition of 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duties’’ (August 

24, 2017) (the Petition). 

2 Id., Volume I of the Petition, at 1. 

3See Letter from the Department, ‘‘Petition for the 

Imposition of Countervailing and Antidumping 

Duties on Imports of Titanium Sponge from Japan 

and Kazakhstan: Supplemental Questions,’’ dated 

August 30, 2017 (Kazakhstan CVD Supplemental 

Questionnaire). 

4See Letter to the Secretary of Commerce from 

the petitioner, re: ‘‘Petition for the Imposition of 

Countervailing Duties on Titanium Sponge from 

Kazakhstan: TIMET Response to Supplemental 

Questionnaire,’’ (September 1, 2017) (Kazakhstan 

CVD Supplement). 

5See Letter from the Department, ‘‘Petitions for 

the Imposition of Antidumping and Countervailing 

Duties on Imports of Titanium Sponge from Japan 

and Kazakhstan: Supplemental Questions,’’ dated 

September 8, 2017 (Second General Issues 

Supplemental Questionnaire). 

6See ‘‘Determination of Industry Support for the 

Petition’’ section, below. 

7See 19 CFR 351.204(b)(2). 

8See Second General Issues Supplemental 

Questionnaire; see also Second General Issues 

Supplement, at Attachement D. 

9See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties; 

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

10See 19 CFR 351.102(b)(21). 

11See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings: Electronic Filing Procedures; 

Administrative Protective Order Procedures, 76 FR 

39263 (July 6, 2011); see also Enforcement and 

Compliance: Change of Electronic Filing System 

Name, 79 FR 69046 (November 20, 2014) for details 

of the Department’s electronic filing requirements, 

which went into effect on August 5, 2011. 

Information on help using ACCESS can be found at 

https://access.trade.gov/help.aspx, and a handbook 

can be found at https://access.trade.gov/help/ 

(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. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Departmental PRA Lead, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2017–20037 Filed 9–19–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–834–810] 

Titanium Sponge From Kazakhstan: 

Initiation of Countervailing Duty 

Investigation 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

DATES: Applicable. September 13, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lilit 

Astvatsatrian at (202) 482–6412 or 

Ariela Garvett at (202) 482–3609, AD/ 

CVD Operations, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20230. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

The Petition 

On August 24, 2017, the U.S. 

Department of Commerce (the 

Department) received a countervailing 

duty (CVD) Petition concerning imports 

of titanium sponge from Kazakhstan, 

filed in proper form on behalf of 

Titanium Metals Corporation (the 

petitioner). The CVD Petition was 

accompanied by antidumping duty (AD) 

petitions concerning imports of titanium 

sponge from Japan and Kazakhstan.1

The petitioner is a domestic producer of 

titanium sponge.2

On August 30, 2017, the Department 

requested supplemental information 

pertaining to certain areas of the 

Petition.3 The petitioner filed responses 

to these requests on September 1, 2017.4

The petitioner filed revised scope 

language on September 11, 2017.5

In accordance with section 702(b)(1) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act), the petitioner alleges that the 

Government of Kazakhstan (GOK) is 

providing countervailable subsidies, 

within the meaning of section 771(5) of 

the Act, to imports of titanium sponge 

from Kazakhstan, and that such imports 

are materially injuring, or threatening 

material injury to, the domestic industry 

producing titanium sponge in the 

United States. Also, consistent with 

section 702(b)(1) of the Act, for those 

alleged programs on which we are 

initiating a CVD investigation, the 

Petition is accompanied by information 

reasonably available to the petitioner 

supporting its allegations. 

The Department finds that the 

petitioner filed this Petition on behalf of 

the domestic industry because the 

petitioner is an interested party as 

defined in section 771(9)(C) of the Act. 

The Department also finds that the 

petitioner demonstrated sufficient 

industry support with respect to the 

initiation of the CVD investigation that 

the petitioner is requesting.6

Period of Investigation 

Because the Petition was filed on 

August 24, 2017, the period of 

investigation (POI) is January 1, 2016, 

through December 31, 2016.7

Scope of the Investigation 

The product covered by this 

investigation is titanium sponge from 

Kazakhstan. For a full description of the 

scope of this investigation, see the 

‘‘Scope of the Investigation,’’ in the 

Appendix to this notice. 

Comments on Scope of the Investigation 

During our review of the Petition, the 

Department issued questions to, and 

received responses from, the petitioner 

pertaining to the proposed scope to 

ensure that the scope language in the 

Petition would be an accurate reflection 

of the product for which the domestic 

industry is seeking relief.8

As discussed in the preamble to the 

Department’s regulations, we are setting 

aside a period for interested parties to 

raise issues regarding product coverage 

(scope).9 The Department will consider 

all comments received from interested 

parties and, if necessary, will consult 

with the interested parties prior to the 

issuance of the preliminary 

determination. If scope comments 

include factual information,10 all such 

factual information should be limited to 

public information. To facilitate 

preparation of its questionnaires, the 

Department requests all interested 

parties to submit such comments by 

5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on 

Tuesday, October 3, 2017, which is 20 

calendar days from the signature date of 

this notice. Any rebuttal comments, 

which may include factual information, 

must be filed by 5:00 p.m. ET on Friday, 

October 13, 2017, which is 10 calendar 

days from the initial comments 

deadline. 

The Department requests that any 

factual information the parties consider 

relevant to the scope of the 

investigations be submitted during this 

time period. However, if a party 

subsequently finds that additional 

factual information pertaining to the 

scope of the investigations may be 

relevant, the party may contact the 

Department and request permission to 

submit the additional information. All 

such comments must be filed on the 

records of each of the concurrent AD 

and CVD investigations. 

Filing Requirements 

All submissions to the Department 

must be filed electronically using 

Enforcement and Compliance’s 

Antidumping Duty and Countervailing 

Duty Centralized Electronic Service 

System (ACCESS).11 An electronically 


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