Notice2022-04352
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; 2022 Economic Census
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March 2, 2022
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 41 (Wednesday, March 2, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11687-11688]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-04352]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Census Bureau
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; 2022 Economic Census
The Department of Commerce will submit the following information
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, on or after the date of publication of this notice. We invite the
general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and
continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of
our information collection requirements and minimize the public's
reporting burden. Public comments were previously requested via the
Federal Register on August 27, 2021 during a 60-day comment period.
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
Agency: U.S. Census Bureau, Commerce.
Title: 2022 Economic Census.
OMB Control Number: 0607-0998.
Stateside Electronic Path ID(s): The paths in the electronic
instrument used to collect information are tailored to specific
industries or groups of industries. The Electronic Path ID's are too
numerous to list individually in this notice.
Island Areas Questionnaire Number(s)/Electronic Path ID(s): The
questionnaires and paths in the electronic instrument used to collect
information in the Islands Areas are tailored to specific industries or
groups of industries. Electronic instruments are available in English.
Puerto Rico paper questionnaires are available in English as well as
Spanish.
Type of Request: Regular submission, Request for a Reinstatement,
with Change, of a Previously Approved Collection.
Number of Respondents: 4,423,690.
Average Hours per Response: 1.37 hours.
Burden Hours: 6,064,840. (This burden estimate differs from that
published in the August 27, 2021 Federal Register Notice due to updated
and more detailed estimates of the likely number of respondents for
each electronic questionnaire path as well as better estimates of the
time required to complete the new electronic questionnaires.)
Needs and Uses: The 2022 Economic Census will compile statistics on
an estimated 8.3 million employer business establishments in industries
defined by the 2022 North American Industry Classification System
(NAICS). Data on 4.7 million of these establishments will be obtained
by direct data collection from an estimated 4.4 million respondents.
Data from administrative records or imputation will be used for the
remaining 3.6 million establishments--as well as for any contacted
establishments that fail to respond. In addition to the general
enumeration of businesses, the 2022 census program also includes
surveys of business owners and commodity flows. Those surveys will be
submitted separately.
This request for approval covers the information collection
instruments and procedures that will be used in the enumeration of U.S.
domestic businesses operating in the United States as well as the
Island Areas of American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The public administration sector (i.e., governments) is out of
scope to the economic census. The U.S. Census Bureau conducts, and will
submit separately for approval, the quinquennial census of governments
and other current programs that measure the activities of government
establishments.
The Island Areas component provides the only source of
comprehensive data for the Island Areas at a geographic level similar
to U.S. counties. It will produce basic statistics by industry for
number of establishments, value of shipments/receipts/revenue/sales,
payroll, and employment. It also will yield a variety of industry-
specific statistics, depreciable assets, selected purchased services,
inventories, and capital expenditures, value of shipments/receipts/
revenue/sales by product line as defined by the North American Product
Classification System (NAPCS),
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size of establishments, and other industry-specific measures.
The 2022 Economic Census will cover the following NAICS sectors of
the U.S. economy:
<bullet> Agriculture
<bullet> Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction
<bullet> Utilities
<bullet> Construction
<bullet> Manufacturing
<bullet> Wholesale Trade
<bullet> Retail Trade
<bullet> Transportation and Warehousing
<bullet> Information
<bullet> Finance and Insurance
<bullet> Real Estate and Rental and Leasing
<bullet> Professional, Scientific and Technical Services
<bullet> Management of Companies and Enterprises
<bullet> Administrative and Support and Waste Management and
Remediation Services
<bullet> Educational Services
<bullet> Health Care and Social Assistance
<bullet> Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
<bullet> Accommodation and Food Services
<bullet> Other Services (except Public Administration).
The 2022 Economic Census will produce basic statistics by industry
for the number of establishments, value of shipments/receipts/revenue/
sales, payroll, and employment. It also will yield a variety of
industry-specific statistics, including expenses, depreciable assets,
selected purchased services, inventories, and capital expenditures,
value of shipments/receipts/revenue/sales by product line as defined by
the North American Product Classification System (NAPCS), type of
operation, size of establishments, and other industry-specific
measures.
All 2022 Economic Census draft questionnaire electronic instrument
paths can be accessed at: <a href="http://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/information.html">http://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/information.html</a>.
The Economic Census is the primary source of information about the
structure and functioning of the economies of the Nation and each
Island Area and features the only recognized source of data at a
geographic level similar to U.S. counties. 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 Federal Government, governments of the Island Areas, Bureau of
Economic Analysis (BEA), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics rely on the
economic census as an important part of the framework for their income
and product accounts, input-output tables, economic indices, and other
composite measures that serve as the basis for economic policymaking,
planning, and program administration. Further, the Economic Census
provides sampling frames and benchmarks for current business surveys
which track short-term economic trends, serve as economic indicators,
and contribute critical source data for current estimates of gross
domestic product. State and local governments rely on the economic
census as a unique source of comprehensive economic statistics for
small geographic areas for use in policy-making, planning, and program
administration. Finally, industry, business, academia, and the general
public use information from the economic census for evaluating markets,
preparing business plans, making business decisions, developing
economic models and forecasts, conducting economic research, and
establishing benchmarks for their own sample surveys.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations; Farms.
Frequency: Every 5 years.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Title 13, United States Code (U.S.C.). Sections
131, 191 and 224.
This information collection request may be viewed at
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov">www.reginfo.gov</a>. Follow the instructions to view the Department of
Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of
this notice on the following website <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>.
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search
function and entering either the title of the collection or the OMB
Control Number 0607-0998.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2022-04352 Filed 3-1-22; 8:45 am]
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