81_FR_32820 81 FR 32720 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

81 FR 32720 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 100 (May 24, 2016)

Page Range32720-32721
FR Document2016-12087

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 100 (Tuesday, May 24, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 100 (Tuesday, May 24, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32720-32721]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-12087]


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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: Generic Clearance for Questionnaire Pretesting Research.
    OMB Control Number: 0607-0725.
    Form Number(s): Various.
    Type of Request: Regular.
    Number of Respondents: 5,500 respondents annually.
    Average Hours per Response: 1 hour.
    Burden Hours: 5,500 hours annually.
    Needs and Uses: The information collected in this program of 
developing and testing questionnaires will be used by staff from the 
Census Bureau and sponsoring agencies to evaluate and improve the 
quality of the data in the surveys and censuses that are ultimately 
conducted.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households, businesses or other for 
profit, farms.
    Frequency: TBD.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.

    Legal Authority: Data collection for this project is authorized 
under the authorizing legislation for the questionnaire being 
tested. This may be Title 13, Sections 131, 141, 161, 181, 182, 193, 
and 301 for Census Bureau sponsored surveys, and Title 13 and 15 for 
surveys sponsored by other Federal agencies. We do not now know what 
other titles will be referenced, since we do not know what survey 
questionnaires will be pretested during the course of the clearance.

    This information collection request may be viewed at 
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view Department of Commerce 
collections currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to [email protected] or fax to (202) 395-5806.


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    Dated: May 18, 2016.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-12087 Filed 5-23-16; 8:45 am]
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32720 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 100 / Tuesday, May 24, 2016 / Notices Measurement of the Results of Energy training to employees as well as Dated: May 17, 2016. Efficiency Investments technical assistance. These visits can be Brandon McBride, There is no standard set of energy requested by a client in response to Administrator, Rural Utilities Service. efficiency measures that RUS proposes special needs or are part of a regular [FR Doc. 2016–12192 Filed 5–23–16; 8:45 am] to finance with RESP funds. Each entity schedule that is worked out in advance. BILLING CODE P that applies for a RESP loan will have Please comment on the pros and cons of its own list of energy efficiency taking this approach. measures and related implementation Needs Specific to Manufactured plan. The borrower is also required to DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Housing measure and verify the results it achieves. The agency requests responses Many traditional RUS electric utility Submission for OMB Review; and comments as follows: borrowers have an above average Comment Request 1. Is it reasonable to require that the number of customers residing in mobile The Department of Commerce will borrower collect data before and after homes or prefabricated dwellings. These submit to the Office of Management and implementation of the energy efficiency dwellings present unique challenges in Budget (OMB) for clearance the measures as part of the measurement implementing energy efficiency following proposal for collection of and verification of cost savings, or, in measures. The agency requests information under the provisions of the the alternative, can a borrower rely on responses and comments on the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. ‘‘deemed savings’’ for certain measures? following questions: chapter 35). 2. If ‘‘deemed savings’’ calculations 1. What program requirements are are determined to be reasonable, where Agency: U.S. Census Bureau. recommended for new manufactured can independent resources for this housing? Is it reasonable for a Borrower Title: Generic Clearance for information be found? to undertake a rebate program for new Questionnaire Pretesting Research. Best Entity To Measure the Results of buyers agreeing to purchase new homes OMB Control Number: 0607–0725. Energy Efficiency Investments with certain upgrades? How will a Form Number(s): Various. borrower best verify that the upgrades Type of Request: Regular. 1. Is it reasonable for the Agency to are installed and producing the results rely on representations made by the Number of Respondents: 5,500 as marketed? borrower regarding the results it respondents annually. achieves? 2. With respect to pre-existing mobile Average Hours per Response: 1 hour. 2. What parameters should the homes, what measurements can be Agency impose on self-measurement taken to produce the most cost effective Burden Hours: 5,500 hours annually. and verification activities included in a energy savings for the consumer? Needs and Uses: The information borrower’s implementation plan? 3. A disproportionate number of the collected in this program of developing occupants of manufactured housing are and testing questionnaires will be used Form of Training Program To Be by staff from the Census Bureau and Developed and Funded as Part of the renters. The owners may not necessarily have a financial incentive to invest in sponsoring agencies to evaluate and RESP Program improve the quality of the data in the more efficient heating and cooling RUS has observed that there are a systems, causing the occupant to suffer surveys and censuses that are ultimately myriad of programs currently available very high energy bills. Are there conducted. in the market to train employees of programs which have successfully Affected Public: Individuals or eligible entities to carry out addressed this problem and what are the households, businesses or other for measurement and verification functions. attributes of these programs? profit, farms. RUS invites comments on the best 4. Is there a way to best incorporate Frequency: TBD. approach for RUS to take to maximize the training results achieved with consumer financing of energy efficiency Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. limited funds. measures with pre-paid billing Legal Authority: Data collection for this 1. RUS is considering establishing a programs? project is authorized under the authorizing ‘‘tuition reimbursement’’ program The Scope of RUS Efforts legislation for the questionnaire being tested. whereby an outside contractor This may be Title 13, Sections 131, 141, 161, administers a tuition reimbursement There are limited funds for 181, 182, 193, and 301 for Census Bureau sponsored surveys, and Title 13 and 15 for fund to reimburse eligible entities for implementing the provision of RESP surveys sponsored by other Federal agencies. the costs incurred from sending an that contemplates RUS entering into one We do not now know what other titles will employee to a course provided by a or more contracts for measurement, be referenced, since we do not know what qualified vendor as part of a recognized verification, training or technical survey questionnaires will be pretested certification program. Please comment assistance. As an initial matter, these during the course of the clearance. on how best to structure such a ‘‘tuition funds are not expected to exceed ten reimbursement program.’’ percent of available appropriations. As This information collection request 2. RUS is contemplating setting up a part of the Agency’s initial may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov. circuit rider program to provide training implementation of this portion of the Follow the instructions to view and technical assistance on location for statute, we anticipate that the scope of Department of Commerce collections sradovich on DSK3TPTVN1PROD with NOTICES energy efficiency measures. The intent work cannot extend to all entities and currently under review by OMB. is to follow the model of a comparable all geographic areas needing these Written comments and circuit rider program funded by RUS as services. Accordingly, comments are recommendations for the proposed part of the agency’s authorized activities invited on how to tailor the scope of the information collection should be sent in the water program. In the circuit rider Agency’s initial pilot implementation of within 30 days of publication of this program, experts visit rural water this requirement in light of the limited notice to OIRA_Submission@ systems around the country and offer funding. omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395–5806. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:24 May 23, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\24MYN1.SGM 24MYN1

Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 100 / Tuesday, May 24, 2016 / Notices 32721 Dated: May 18, 2016. In accordance with the FTZ Board’s sales at LTFV are shown in the ‘‘Final Glenna Mickelson, regulations, Kathleen Boyce of the FTZ Determination’’ section of this notice. Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Staff is designated examiner to evaluate DATES: Effective Date: May 24, 2016. Information Officer. and analyze the facts and information FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: [FR Doc. 2016–12087 Filed 5–23–16; 8:45 am] presented in the application and case record and to report findings and Trisha Tran, AD/CVD Operations, Office BILLING CODE 3510–07–P recommendations to the FTZ Board. IV, Enforcement and Compliance, Public comment is invited from International Trade Administration, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE interested parties. Submissions shall be U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th addressed to the FTZ Board’s Executive Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Foreign-Trade Zones Board Secretary at the address below. The Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) closing period for their receipt is July 482–4852. [B–36–2016] 25, 2016. Rebuttal comments in SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Foreign-Trade Zone 93—Raleigh- response to material submitted during Background Durham, North Carolina, Application the foregoing period may be submitted for Reorganization (Expansion of during the subsequent 15-day period to On March 7, 2016, the Department Service Area) Under Alternative Site August 8, 2016. published its preliminary affirmative Framework A copy of the application will be determination of sales at LTFV and available for public inspection at the preliminary affirmative determination of An application has been submitted to Office of the Executive Secretary, critical circumstances, in part, in the the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board by Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room LTFV investigation of cold-rolled steel the Triangle J Council of Governments, 21013, U.S. Department of Commerce, from Japan.1 We invited interested grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 93, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., parties to comment on our preliminary requesting authority to reorganize the Washington, DC 20230–0002, and in the determination. We only received zone to expand its service area under ‘‘Reading Room’’ section of the FTZ comments regarding the scope of this the alternative site framework (ASF) Board’s Web site, which is accessible investigation. No interested party adopted by the FTZ Board (15 CFR Sec. via www.trade.gov/ftz. For further requested a hearing. 400.2(c)). The ASF is an option for grantees for the establishment or information, contact Kathleen Boyce at Scope of the Investigation reorganization of zones and can permit Kathleen.Boyce@trade.gov or 202–482– 1346. The products covered by this significantly greater flexibility in the investigation are certain cold-rolled designation of new subzones or ‘‘usage- Dated: May 17, 2016. (cold-reduced), flat-rolled steel driven’’ FTZ sites for operators/users Andrew McGilvray, products, whether or not annealed, located within a grantee’s ‘‘service area’’ Executive Secretary. painted, varnished, or coated with in the context of the FTZ Board’s [FR Doc. 2016–12163 Filed 5–23–16; 8:45 am] plastics or other non-metallic standard 2,000-acre activation limit for BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P substances. For a full description of the a zone. The application was submitted scope of this investigation, see the pursuant to the Foreign-Trade Zones ‘‘Scope of the Investigation,’’ in Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Appendix I. and the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR part 400). It was formally docketed International Trade Administration Since the Preliminary Determination, on May 17, 2016. eight interested parties (i.e., JFE Steel [A–588–873] Corporation, Electrolux Home Products, FTZ 93 was approved by the FTZ Board on November 4, 1983 (Board Inc., Electrolux Home Care Products, Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products Inc., ArcelorMittal USA LLC, AK Steel Order 233, 48 FR 52108, November 16, From Japan: Final Affirmative 1983) and reorganized under the ASF on Corporation, Nucor Corporation, Steel Determination of Sales at Less Than Dynamics Inc., and United States Steel November 30, 2012 (Board Order 1872, Fair Value and Final Affirmative 77 FR 73978–73979, December 12, Corporation) commented on the scope Determination of Critical of the investigation. The Department 2012), and the service area was Circumstances expanded on January 9, 2015 (Board reviewed these comments and has made Order 1963, 80 FR 3551, January 23, AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, no changes to the scope of the 2015). The zone currently has a service International Trade Administration, investigation. For further discussion, see area that includes the Counties of Department of Commerce. the ‘‘Final Scope Comments Chatham, Durham, Franklin, Granville, SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce Memorandum.’’ 2 The scope in Harnett, Johnston, Lee, Moore, Orange, (the ‘‘Department’’) determines that Appendix I reflects the final unmodified Person, Sampson, Vance, Wake and certain cold-rolled steel flat products Warren. (‘‘cold-rolled steel’’) from Japan are 1 See Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products The applicant is now requesting being, or likely to be, sold in the United From Japan: Affirmative Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Preliminary authority to expand the service area of States at less than fair value (‘‘LTFV’’), Affirmative Determination of Critical the zone to include Wilson County, as as provided in section 735 of the Tariff Circumstances, 81 FR 11747 (March 7, 2016) described in the application. If Act of 1930, as amended (‘‘the Act’’). (‘‘Preliminary Determination’’). 2 See Memorandum to Christian Marsh, Deputy approved, the grantee would be able to JFE Steel Corporation (‘‘JFE’’) and sradovich on DSK3TPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and serve sites throughout the expanded Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Countervailing Duty Operations, ‘‘Certain Cold- service area based on companies’ needs Corporation (‘‘NSSMC’’) are the Rolled Steel Flat Products From Brazil, the People’s for FTZ designation. The application mandatory respondents in this Republic of China, India, Japan, the Republic of indicates that the proposed expanded investigation. The period of Korea, the Russian Federation, and the United Kingdom: Final Scope Comments Decision service area is adjacent to the Raleigh- investigation (‘‘POI’’) is July 1, 2014 Memorandum,’’ dated concurrently with this final Durham Customs and Border Protection through June 30, 2015. The estimated determination (Final Scope Comments port of entry. weighted average dumping margins of Memorandum). VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:24 May 23, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\24MYN1.SGM 24MYN1


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