Notice2022-08112
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Addition of Title 13 U.S.C. Section 221 to the Citation of Mandatory Collection Authority for the Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey
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Published
April 15, 2022
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Commerce DepartmentCensus Bureau
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 73 (Friday, April 15, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 22501]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-08112]
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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; Addition of Title 13 U.S.C. Section 221 to the Citation of
Mandatory Collection Authority for the Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey
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. 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. This notice allows for 30
days for public comments.
Agency: U.S. Census Bureau.
Title: Addition of Title 13 U.S.C. Section 221 to the Citation of
Mandatory Collection Authority for the Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey
(VIUS).
OMB Control Number: 0607-XXXX.
Form Number(s): The VIUS form number are TC-9501 and TC-9502.
Type of Request: Emergency submission, New Information Collection
Request.
Number of Respondents: There are 150,000 respondents to the VIUS.
Average Hours per Response: The average response time for the VIUS
is 65 minutes.
Burden Hours: The annual burden of the VIUS is 162,500 hours. This
clearance will not impact this burden.
Needs and Uses: The Office of Management and Budget approved the
VIUS under OMB Approval number 0607-0892 on October 12, 2021. The 2021
VIUS collects data to measure the physical and operational
characteristics of trucks from a sample of approximately 150,000
trucks. These trucks are selected from more than 190 million private
and commercial trucks registered with motor vehicle departments in the
50 states and the District of Columbia. The Census Bureau is collecting
the data for the sampled trucks from the registered truck owners.
The VIUS is the only comprehensive source of information on the
physical and operational characteristics of the Nation's truck
population. The VIUS provides unique, essential information for
government, business, and academia. The U.S. Department of
Transportation, State Departments of Transportation, and transportation
consultants compliment VIUS microdata as extremely useful and flexible
to meet constantly changing requests that cannot be met with
predetermined tabular publications. The planned microdata file will
enable them to cross-tabulate data to meet their needs.
Due to an oversight, the materials submitted to OMB for review in
the original request for clearance of the VIUS did not include the
complete legal authority for the mandatory collection of the VIUS.
Currently our collection authority cites that Title 13, United States
Code, Sections 131 and 182, authorizes the collection and Sections 224
and 225 make the collection mandatory. However, Sections 224 and 225
only apply to respondents who are part of a company, business, or
organization. Section 221 also needs to be cited to require mandatory
response for individual owners of personal vehicles who are included in
the VIUS sample. Including the correct citation will allow us to make
VIUS mandatory for individuals who own personal vehicles, as intended.
Affected Public: Individuals and Business.
Frequency: One time.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., Sections 131 and 182 authorize
the collection of VIUS data. Sections 221, 224 and 225 of Title 13
U.S.C. make reporting mandatory for all respondents, including both
individuals and businesses.
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 to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ddadafbcbeb2b0b0b8b3a9ae9db9b2bef3bab2ab"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="20505241434f4d4d454e545360444f430e474f56">[email protected]</span></a>.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2022-08112 Filed 4-14-22; 8:45 am]
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