Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 209 (Friday, October 29, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58379-58380]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-28421]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    DOC has submitted 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: Business and Professional Classification Report.
    Form Number(s): SQ-CLASS.
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0189.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 9,448 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 43,600.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 13 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Bureau of the Census conducts the Business and 
Professional Classification Report to collect sales and other 
information from a sample redrawn every quarter of retail, wholesale, 
service, and unclassified businesses recently assigned Federal Employer 
Identification numbers (EIN). We are informed of the existence of these 
new businesses from lists provided by the Internal Revenue Service and 
the Social Security Administration. From the information we collect in 
this survey, we determine an appropriate measure of size, company 
organization and establishment information, taxable or tax-exempt 
status, wholesale inventories, type of operation, and assign a new or 
more refined kind-of-business classification. We use this information 
to include these businesses in our retail, wholesale, and service 
surveys. This keeps the samples for our current business surveys up-to-
date with the business universe.

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    In this request, we are revising the data collection form to 
improve the kind-of-business codes based on the new North American 
Industry Classification System (NAICS). This includes the collection of 
additional information on method of selling which is a key component of 
ensuring correct NAICS classification. We do not expect these inquiries 
to increase overall reporting burden.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations, not-
for-profit institutions.
    Frequency: One time only.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., section 182.
    OMB Desk Officer: Susan Schechter, (202) 395-5103.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, DOC Forms Clearance Officer, 
(202) 482-3272, Department of Commerce, room 5027, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 
LEngelme@doc.gov).
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to Susan Schechter, OMB Desk Officer, room 10201, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: October 26, 1999.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-28421 Filed 10-28-99; 8:45 am]
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