[Federal Register: October 4, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 192)]
[Notices]               
[Page 58577-58578]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

 
Submission For OMB Review; Comment Request

    DOC 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: 2007 Economic Census Covering the Construction Sector.
    Form Number(s): CC-23601, CC-23701, CC-23702, CC-23801, CC-23802, 
CC-23803, and CC-23804.
    Agency Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Burden: 299,000 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 130,000.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 2.3 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The 2007 Economic Census Covering the Construction 
Sector will use a mail canvass,

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supplemented by data from Federal administrative records, to measure 
the economic activity of more than three million establishments 
classified in the North American Industry Classification System 
(NAICS).
    The construction sector comprises establishments primarily engaged 
in the construction of buildings and other structures, additions, 
alterations, reconstruction, installation, and maintenance and repairs. 
The economic census will produce basic statistics by industry for 
number of establishments, value of construction work, payroll, 
employment, selected costs, depreciable assets, and capital 
expenditures. It also will yield a variety of subject statistics, 
including estimates of type of construction work done, kind of business 
activity, and other industry-specific measures. Industry statistics 
will be summarized for the United States and states.
    The economic census is the primary source of facts about the 
structure and functioning of the Nation's economy and features unique 
industry and geographic detail. Economic census statistics serve as 
part of the framework for the national accounts and provides essential 
information for government, business, and the general public. The 
Economic Census covering the Construction Sector collects information 
from contractors of all types of construction. Among the important 
statistics produced by the construction sector are estimates of the 
value of construction work during the covered year. The Federal 
government uses the information from the economic census as an 
important part of the framework for the national accounts, input-output 
measures, key economic indexes, and other estimates that serve as the 
factual basis for economic policy-making, planning, and program 
administration. State and local governments rely on the economic census 
as a unique source of comprehensive economic statistics for small 
geographical areas for use in policy-making, planning, and program 
administration. Finally, industry, business, and the general public use 
data from the economic census for economic forecasts, market research, 
benchmarks for their own sample-based surveys, and business and 
financial decision making.
    If the economic census was not conducted, the Federal government 
would lose vital source data and benchmarks for the national accounts, 
the input-output tables, and other composite measures of economic 
activity. Further, the government would lose critical benchmarks for 
current, sample-based economic surveys and an essential source of 
detailed, comprehensive economic information for use in policy-making 
and program administration.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Frequency: One time.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., Sections 131 and 224.
    OMB Desk Officer: Brian Harris-Kojetin, (202) 395-7314.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-0266, Department of Commerce, room 6625, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 
dhynek@doc.gov).

    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to Brian Harris-Kojetin, OMB Desk Officer either by fax (202-395-7245) 
or e-mail (bharrisk@omb.eop.gov).

    Dated: September 28, 2006.
Madeleine Clayton,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E6-16326 Filed 10-3-06; 8:45 am]

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