Federal Register: December 28, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 248)
DOCID: FR Doc E5-7945
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Census Bureau
Docket ID: [Docket Number 051213333-5333-01]
NOTICE: NOTICES
ACTION: Surveys, determinations, etc.:
DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice of Determination.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Annual Surveys in the Manufacturing Area
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
The Bureau of the Census (Census Bureau) is conducting the 2005 Annual Surveys in the Manufacturing Area. The 2005 Annual Surveys consist of the Current Industrial Reports surveys, the Annual Survey of Manufactures, the Survey of Industrial Research and Development, the Survey of Plant Capacity Utilization, and the Survey of Pollution Abatement Costs and Expenditures. We have determined that annual data collected from these surveys are needed to aid the efficient performance of essential governmental functions and have significant application to the needs of the public and industry. The data derived from these surveys, most of which have been conducted for many years, are not publicly available from nongovernmental or other governmental sources.
SUMMARY:
Manufacturing area; annual,
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
The Census Bureau is authorized to conduct surveys necessary to furnish current data on the subjects covered by the major censuses authorized by Title 13, United States Code, Sections 61, 81, 182, 193, 224, and 225.
These surveys will provide continuing and timely national statistical data on manufacturing for the period between economic censuses. The next economic censuses will be conducted for the year 2007. The data collected in these surveys will be within the general scope and nature of those inquiries covered in the economic censuses. Current Industrial Reports
Most of the following commodity or product surveys provide data on
shipments or production, stocks, unfilled orders, orders booked,
consumption, and so forth. Reports will be required of all, or a sample
of, establishments engaged in the production of the items covered by the following list of surveys:
Survey Title
MA314QCarpets and Rugs
MA321TLumber Production and Mill Stocks
MA325FPaint and Allied Products
MA325GPharmaceutical Preparations, except Biologicals
MA327CRefractories
MA327EConsumer, Scientific, Technical, and Industrial Glassware MA331BSteel Mill Products
MA332QAntifriction Bearings
MA333AFarm Machinery and Lawn and Garden Equipment
MA333DConstruction Machinery
MA333FMining Machinery and Mineral Processing Equipment
MA333MRefrigeration, Airconditioning, and Warm Air Equipment MA333PPumps and Compressors
MA334AAnalytical and Biomedical Instruments
MA334CControl Instruments
MA334DDefense, Navigational and Aerospace Electronics
MA334MConsumer Electronics
MA334PTelecommunications
MA334QElectronic Components
MA334RComputers
MA334TMeters and Test Devices
MA335EElectric Housewares and Fans
MA335FMajor Household Appliances
MA335JInsulated Wire and Cable
MA335KWiring Devices and Supplies
The following list of surveys represents annual counterparts of
monthly and quarterly surveys and will cover only those establishments
that are not canvassed, or do not report, in the more frequent surveys.
Accordingly, there will be no duplication in reporting. The content of
these annual reports (listed below) will be identical with that of the monthly and quarterly reports:
Survey Title
M311HAnimal and Vegetable Fats and Oils (Stocks)
M311JOilseeds, Beans, and Nuts (Primary Producers)
M311LFats and Oils (Renderers)
M311MAnimal and Vegetable Fats and Oils (Consumption and Stocks)
M311NAnimal and Vegetable Fats and Oils (Production, Consumption, and Stock)
M313PConsumption on the Cotton System
M313NCotton and Raw Linters in Public Storage
M327GGlass Containers
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M336GCivil Aircraft and Aircraft Engines
MQ311AFlour Milling Products
MQ313ATextiles
MQ315AApparel
MQ325AInorganic Chemicals
MQ325BFertilizer Materials
MQ327DClay Construction Products
MQ333WMetalworking Machinery
MQ335CFluorescent Lamp Ballasts
Annual Survey of Manufactures
The Annual Survey of Manufactures collects industry statistics, such as total value of shipments, employment, payroll, workers' hours, capital expenditures, cost of materials consumed, supplemental labor costs, and so forth. This survey, conducted on a sample basis, covers all manufacturing industries, including data on plants under construction, but not yet in operation.
Survey of Industrial Research and Development
The Survey of Industrial Research and Development measures spending on research and development activities in private U.S. businesses. The Census Bureau collects and compiles this information in accordance with a joint project agreement between the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Census Bureau. The NSF publishes the results in its publication series. Five data items in the survey provide interim statistics collected in the Census Bureau's economic censuses. These items (total company sales, total employment, total expenditures for research and development conducted within the company, federallyfunded expenditures for research and development conducted within the company, and total expenditures and federallyfunded expenditures for research and development within the company by state) are collected on a mandatory basis under the authority of Title 13, United States Code. Responses to all other data collected are voluntary.
Survey of Plant Capacity Utilization
The Survey of Plant Capacity Utilization is designed to measure the use of industrial capacity. The survey collects information on actual output and estimates of potential output in terms of value of production. These data are the basis for calculating rates of utilization of full production capability and use of production capability under national emergency conditions.
Survey of Pollution Abatement Costs and Expenditures
Under a joint project agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency, the Survey of Pollution Abatement Costs and Expenditures is designed to collect from establishments in manufacturing, mining, and electric utilities industries the total expenditures by industry and geographic area to abate pollutant emissions. The survey covers current operating costs and capital expenditures to abate air and water pollution and solid waste. The survey also will obtain the costs recovered from abatement activities.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person is required to respond to, nor shall a person be subject to a penalty for failure to comply with, a collection of information subject to the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) unless that collection of information displays a current, valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. In accordance with the PRA, 44 U.S.C., Chapter 45, the OMB approved the 2005 Annual Surveys under the following OMB control numbers: Current Industrial Reports06070392, 06070395, and 06070476; Annual Survey of Manufactures06070449; Survey of Industrial Research and Development06070912; Survey of Plant Capacity Utilization06070175, and Survey of Pollution Abatement Costs and Expenditures06070176.
Based upon the foregoing, I have directed that the Annual Surveys
in the Manufacturing Area be conducted for the purpose of collecting these data.
Dated: December 21, 2005.
Charles Louis Kincannon,
Director, Bureau of the Census.
[FR Doc. E57945 Filed 122705; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 351007P
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
Mendel D. Gayle, Acting Chief, Manufacturing and Construction Division, on (301) 7634587.