83_FR_44013 83 FR 43846 - Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Construction Progress Reporting Surveys

83 FR 43846 - Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Construction Progress Reporting Surveys

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Census Bureau

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 167 (August 28, 2018)

Page Range43846-43847
FR Document2018-18623

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.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 167 (Tuesday, August 28, 2018) 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 167 (Tuesday, August 28, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43846-43847]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-18623]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Census Bureau


Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Construction 
Progress Reporting Surveys

AGENCY: U.S. Census Bureau, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

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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.

DATES: To ensure consideration, written comments must be submitted on 
or before October 29, 2018.

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 [email protected]).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument(s) and instructions 
should be directed to Erica M. Filipek, U.S. Census Bureau, EID, CENHQ 
Room 7K057, 4600 Silver Hill Road, Washington, DC 20233-6900, telephone 
(301) 763-5161 (or via email at [email protected]).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract

    The Census Bureau plans to request an extension of a currently 
approved collection for forms C-700, C-700(R), C-700(SL), and C-700(F). 
These forms are used to conduct the Construction Progress Reporting 
Surveys (CPRS) and collect information on the dollar value of 
construction put in place. Form C-700 is for nonresidential projects 
owned by private companies or individuals. Form C-700(R) is for private 
multifamily residential buildings. Form C-700(SL) is for state and 
local government projects. Form C-700(F) is for federal government 
projects.
    The Census Bureau uses the information from these surveys to 
publish the value of construction put in place for the monthly 
`Construction Spending' principal economic indicator. Published 
estimates are used by a variety of private businesses and trade 
associations to estimate the demand for building materials and to 
schedule production, distribution, and sales efforts. They also provide 
various government agencies with a tool to evaluate economic policy. 
For example, Bureau of Economic Analysis staff use data to develop the 
construction components of gross private domestic investment in the 
gross domestic product. The Federal Reserve Board and the Department of 
the Treasury use the value in place data to predict the gross domestic 
product, which is presented to the Board of Governors and has an impact 
on monetary policy.
    There are currently no planned content changes to the 
questionnaires. However, beginning with the September 2018 reference 
period, the Census Bureau will begin mailing redesigned survey forms. 
They were previously printed on a single legal page, and will now be in 
booklet form. Additionally, the contact information will now be 
requested on the front page of the booklet rather than on the back 
page, and the numbering scheme will reflect this rearrangement of 
questions.

II. Method of Collection

    An independent systematic sample of construction projects is 
selected each month according to predetermined sample rates. Once a 
project is selected, it remains in the sample until completion. The 
Census Bureau mails preprinted survey forms monthly to respondents to 
fill in current month data and any revisions to previous months. 
Respondents have the option to report online or mail the forms back. If 
respondents do not return the form or respond online, Census 
interviewers will contact them by phone to schedule a phone interview 
to collect the data. Interviews are scheduled at the convenience of the 
respondent. We request that respondents have their information 
available from an internal database at the time of the interview, which 
greatly reduces the time they spend on the phone during these 
interviews. After the preliminary mailing, if a respondent consistently 
reports electronically, the respondent will begin receiving email 
notifications and reminders to complete the online survey, and the 
Census Bureau will cease mailing them paper forms.

III. Data

    OMB Control Number: 0607-0153.
    Form Number(s): C-700, C-700(R), C-700(SL), C-700(F).
    Type of Review: Regular submission.
    Affected Public: Individuals, Businesses or Other for Profit, Not-
for-Profit Institutions, Small Businesses or Organizations, State and 
Local Governments and the Federal Government.

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    Estimated Number of Respondents:

C-700 = 8,500
C-700(R) = 3,900
C-700(SL) = 11,000
C-700(F) = 1,600
Total = 25,000

    Estimated Time per Response: 30 min for the first month; and 10 min 
for the subsequent months. We estimate that, on average, projects 
remain in sample for 12 months.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 58,333.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $0. (This is not the cost of 
respondents' time, but the indirect costs respondents may incur for 
such things as purchases of specialized software or hardware needed to 
report, or expenditures for accounting or records maintenance services 
required specifically by the collection.)
    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 
(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 Lead PRA Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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43846 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 167 / Tuesday, August 28, 2018 / Notices not refund any incurred charges. Callers DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE efforts. They also provide various will incur no charge for calls they government agencies with a tool to initiate over land-line connections to Census Bureau evaluate economic policy. For example, the toll-free conference call-in number. Bureau of Economic Analysis staff use Proposed Information Collection; data to develop the construction Persons with hearing impairments Comment Request; Construction components of gross private domestic may also follow the discussion by first Progress Reporting Surveys investment in the gross domestic calling the Federal Relay Service at 1– product. The Federal Reserve Board and 800–977–8339 and providing the AGENCY: U.S. Census Bureau, Commerce. the Department of the Treasury use the operator with the toll-free conference value in place data to predict the gross call-in number: 1–877–260–1479 and ACTION: Notice. domestic product, which is presented to conference call 7670135. SUMMARY: The Department of the Board of Governors and has an Members of the public are invited to Commerce, as part of its continuing impact on monetary policy. make statements during the open effort to reduce paperwork and There are currently no planned comment period of the meeting or respondent burden, invites the general content changes to the questionnaires. submit written comments. The public and other Federal agencies to However, beginning with the September comments must be received in the take this opportunity to comment on 2018 reference period, the Census regional office approximately 30 days proposed and/or continuing information Bureau will begin mailing redesigned after each scheduled meeting. Written collections, as required by the survey forms. They were previously comments may be mailed to the Eastern Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. printed on a single legal page, and will DATES: To ensure consideration, written now be in booklet form. Additionally, Regional Office, U.S. Commission on comments must be submitted on or the contact information will now be Civil Rights, 1331 Pennsylvania before October 29, 2018. requested on the front page of the Avenue, Suite 1150, Washington, DC booklet rather than on the back page, 20425, faxed to (202) 376–7548, or ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental and the numbering scheme will reflect emailed to Evelyn Bohor at ero@ this rearrangement of questions. usccr.gov. Persons who desire Paperwork Clearance Officer, additional information may contact the Department of Commerce, Room 6616, II. Method of Collection Eastern Regional Office at (202) 376– 14th and Constitution Avenue NW, An independent systematic sample of 7533. Washington, DC 20230 (or via the construction projects is selected each internet at docpra@doc.gov). month according to predetermined Records and documents discussed FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: during the meeting will be available for sample rates. Once a project is selected, Requests for additional information or it remains in the sample until public viewing as they become available copies of the information collection completion. The Census Bureau mails at https://facadatabase.gov/committee/ instrument(s) and instructions should preprinted survey forms monthly to meetings.aspx?cid=2394; click the be directed to Erica M. Filipek, U.S. respondents to fill in current month ‘‘Meeting Details’’ and ‘‘Documents’’ Census Bureau, EID, CENHQ Room data and any revisions to previous links. Records generated from this 7K057, 4600 Silver Hill Road, months. Respondents have the option to meeting may also be inspected and Washington, DC 20233–6900, telephone report online or mail the forms back. If reproduced at the Eastern Regional (301) 763–5161 (or via email at respondents do not return the form or Office, as they become available, both erica.mary.filipek@census.gov). respond online, Census interviewers before and after the meetings. Persons SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: will contact them by phone to schedule interested in the work of this advisory a phone interview to collect the data. I. Abstract committee are advised to go to the Interviews are scheduled at the Commission’s website, www.usccr.gov, The Census Bureau plans to request convenience of the respondent. We or to contact the Eastern Regional Office an extension of a currently approved request that respondents have their at the above phone numbers, email or collection for forms C–700, C–700(R), information available from an internal street address. C–700(SL), and C–700(F). These forms database at the time of the interview, are used to conduct the Construction which greatly reduces the time they Agenda Progress Reporting Surveys (CPRS) and spend on the phone during these collect information on the dollar value interviews. After the preliminary Wednesday, September 12, 2018 at 12 of construction put in place. Form C– mailing, if a respondent consistently p.m. (EDT) 700 is for nonresidential projects owned reports electronically, the respondent • Open—Roll Call by private companies or individuals. will begin receiving email notifications Form C–700(R) is for private • Project Planning multifamily residential buildings. Form and reminders to complete the online survey, and the Census Bureau will • Open Comment C–700(SL) is for state and local cease mailing them paper forms. • Adjourn government projects. Form C–700(F) is for federal government projects. III. Data Dated: August 22, 2018. The Census Bureau uses the OMB Control Number: 0607–0153. David Mussatt, information from these surveys to Form Number(s): C–700, C–700(R), C– Supervisory Chief, Regional Programs Unit. publish the value of construction put in 700(SL), C–700(F). daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES [FR Doc. 2018–18543 Filed 8–27–18; 8:45 am] place for the monthly ‘Construction Type of Review: Regular submission. BILLING CODE P Spending’ principal economic indicator. Affected Public: Individuals, Published estimates are used by a Businesses or Other for Profit, Not-for- variety of private businesses and trade Profit Institutions, Small Businesses or associations to estimate the demand for Organizations, State and Local building materials and to schedule Governments and the Federal production, distribution, and sales Government. VerDate Sep<11>2014 20:00 Aug 27, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\28AUN1.SGM 28AUN1

Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 167 / Tuesday, August 28, 2018 / Notices 43847 Estimated Number of Respondents: DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE margins of dumping and net countervailable subsidy rates likely to C–700 = 8,500 International Trade Administration prevail were the AD and CVD orders C–700(R) = 3,900 revoked.5 [A–570–983, C–570–984] C–700(SL) = 11,000 On August 20, 2018, the ITC Drawn Stainless Steel Sinks From the published its determinations, pursuant C–700(F) = 1,600 to sections 751(c) and 752 of the Act, People’s Republic of China: Total = 25,000 that revocation of the AD and CVD Continuation of Antidumping and Estimated Time per Response: 30 min Countervailing Duty Orders orders on drawn stainless steel sinks for the first month; and 10 min for the from China would likely lead to AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, continuation or recurrence of material subsequent months. We estimate that, International Trade Administration, injury to an industry in the United on average, projects remain in sample Department of Commerce. States within a reasonably foreseeable for 12 months. time.6 SUMMARY: As a result of the Estimated Total Annual Burden determinations by the Department of Hours: 58,333. Scope of the Orders Commerce (Commerce) and the Estimated Total Annual Cost to International Trade Commission (ITC) The merchandise covered by the that revocation of the antidumping duty orders includes drawn stainless steel Public: $0. (This is not the cost of (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) sinks with single or multiple drawn respondents’ time, but the indirect costs orders on drawn stainless steel sinks bowls, with or without drain boards, respondents may incur for such things whether finished or unfinished, as purchases of specialized software or from the People’s Republic of China (China) would be likely to lead to regardless of type of finish, gauge, or hardware needed to report, or grade of stainless steel. Mounting clips, expenditures for accounting or records continuation or recurrence of dumping and countervailable subsidies and fasteners, seals, and sound-deadening maintenance services required pads are also covered by the scope of specifically by the collection.) material injury to an industry in the United States, Commerce is publishing this order if they are included within Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. a notice of continuation of the AD and the sales price of the drawn stainless Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C. 131 CVD orders. steel sinks.7 For purposes of this scope and 182. definition, the term ‘‘drawn’’ refers to a DATES: Applicable August 28, 2018. manufacturing process using metal IV. Request for Comments FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: forming technology to produce a smooth Joshua Tucker at (202) 482–2044, AD/ basin with seamless, smooth, and Comments are invited on: (a) Whether CVD Operations, Enforcement and rounded corners. Drawn stainless steel the proposed collection of information Compliance, International Trade sinks are available in various shapes is necessary for the proper performance Administration, U.S. Department of and configurations and may be of the functions of the agency, including Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue described in a number of ways whether the information shall have NW, Washington, DC 20230. including flush mount, top mount, or practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: undermount (to indicate the attachment agency’s estimate of the burden relative to the countertop). Stainless Background (including hours and cost) of the steel sinks with multiple drawn bowls proposed collection of information; (c) In March 2018, Commerce 1 and the that are joined through a welding ways to enhance the quality, utility, and ITC instituted 2 five-year (sunset) operation to form one unit are covered clarity of the information to be reviews of the AD and CVD orders on by the scope of the order. Drawn collected; and (d) ways to minimize the drawn stainless steel sinks from China, stainless steel sinks are covered by the burden of the collection of information pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff scope of the orders whether or not they on respondents, including through the Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). As are sold in conjunction with non-subject use of automated collection techniques a result of its reviews, Commerce accessories such as faucets (whether determined that revocation of the AD attached or unattached), strainers, or other forms of information order on drawn stainless steel sinks strainer sets, rinsing baskets, bottom technology. from China would likely lead to the grids, or other accessories. Comments submitted in response to continuation or recurrence of dumping,3 Excluded from the scope of the orders this notice will be summarized and/or and that revocation of the CVD order are stainless steel sinks with fabricated included in the request for OMB would likely lead to the continuation or bowls. Fabricated bowls do not have approval of this information collection; recurrence of countervailable seamless corners, but rather are made by they also will become a matter of public subsidies.4 Commerce, therefore, notching and bending the stainless steel, record. notified the ITC of the magnitude of the and then welding and finishing the vertical corners to form the bowls. Sheleen Dumas, 1 See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 83 Stainless steel sinks with fabricated Departmental Lead PRA Officer, Office of the FR 9279 (March 5, 2018). 2 See Drawn Stainless Steel Sinks from China; bowls may sometimes be referred to as Chief Information Officer. ‘‘zero radius’’ or ‘‘near zero radius’’ Institution of Five-Year Reviews, 83 FR 8887 (March [FR Doc. 2018–18623 Filed 8–27–18; 8:45 am] 1, 2018). daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES BILLING CODE 3510–07–P 3 See Drawn Stainless Steel Sinks from the 5 Id.and Dumping Final. People’s Republic of China: Final Results of the 6 See Drawn Stainless Steel Sinks from China; Expedited First Sunset Review of the Antidumping Determination, 83 FR 42140 (August 20, 2018). Duty Order, 83 FR 34544 (July 20, 2018) (Dumping 7 Mounting clips, fasteners, seals, and sound- Final). deadening pads are not covered by the scope of this 4 See Drawn Stainless Steel Sinks from the order if they are not included within the sales price People’s Republic of China: Final Results of the of the drawn stainless steel sinks, regardless of Expedited First Sunset Review of the Countervailing whether they are shipped with or entered with Duty Order, 83 FR 35212 (July 25, 2018). drawn stainless steel sinks. VerDate Sep<11>2014 20:00 Aug 27, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\28AUN1.SGM 28AUN1


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CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice.
DatesTo ensure consideration, written comments must be submitted on or before October 29, 2018.
ContactRequests for additional information or copies of the information collection instrument(s) and instructions should be directed to Erica M. Filipek, U.S. Census Bureau, EID, CENHQ Room 7K057, 4600 Silver Hill Road, Washington, DC 20233-6900, telephone (301) 763-5161 (or via email at [email protected]).
FR Citation83 FR 43846 
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