[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 158 (Wednesday, August 16, 1995)] [Notices] [Pages 42499-42500] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 95-20303] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Agency Forms Under Review by the Office of Management and Budget DOC has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposals for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35). Agency: Bureau of the Census. Title: Current Industrial Reports (Wave II Mandatory). Form Number(s): Various. Agency Approval Number: 0607-0395. Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection. Burden: 28,102 hours. Number of Respondents: 21,407. [[Page 42500]] Avg Hours Per Response: 1 hour 19 minutes. Needs and Uses: The Current Industrial Reports (CIR) program is a series of monthly, quarterly, and annual surveys which provide key measures of production, shipments, and/or inventories on a national basis for selected manufactured products. Government agencies, business firms, trade associations, and private research and consulting organizations use these data to make trade policy, production, and investment decisions. Due to the large number of surveys conducted in the CIR program, Census has divided them into 3 waves, each cleared for three years. Each wave contains two separate clearance packages one for mandatory reports and one for voluntary. The waves are staggered so that only one of the three waves is submitted each year. Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit institutions. Frequency: Quarterly and annually. Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory. OMB Desk Officer: Maria Gonzalez, (202) 395-7313. Agency: Bureau of the Census. Title: Current Industrial Reports (Wave II Voluntary). Form Number(s): Various. Agency Approval Number: 0607-0206. Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection. Burden: 4,054 hours. Number of Respondents: 2,146. Avg Hours Per Response: 33 minutes. Needs and Uses: The Current Industrial Reports (CIR) program is a series of monthly, quarterly, and annual surveys which provide key measures of production, shipments, and/or inventories on a national basis for selected manufactured products. Government agencies, business firms, trade associations, and private research and consulting organizations use these data to make trade policy, production, and investment decisions. Due to the large number of surveys conducted in the CIR program, Census has divided them into 3 waves, each cleared for three years. Each wave contains two separate clearance packages one for mandatory reports and one for voluntary. The waves are staggered so that only one of the three waves is submitted each year. Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit institutions. Frequency: Quarterly and annually. Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary. OMB Desk Officer: Maria Gonzalez, (202) 395-7313. Copies of the above information collection proposals can be obtained by calling or writing Gerald Tache, DOC Forms Clearance Officer, (202) 482-3271, Department of Commerce, Room 5312, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collections should be sent to Maria Gonzalez, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10201, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503. Dated: August 11, 1995. Gerald Tache, Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and Organization. [FR Doc. 95-20303 Filed 8-15-95; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-07-F