Submission For OMB Review; Comment Request

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: Bureau of the Census.

Title: Survey of Environmental Products and Services.

Form Number(s): EPS-1(M), 2(M), 3(M), 1(S), 1(C).

Agency Approval Number: None.

Type of Request: New collection.

Burden: 20,000 hours.

Number of Respondents: 10,000.

Avg Hours Per Response: 2 hours.

Needs and Uses: Currently, there are no reliable data on the

output and export of goods and services that control, reduce, and

remediate pollution. Representatives of industry, state governments,

and environmental organizations have called for the development of

these data as they are critical to the implementation of the

Environmental Technologies Exports Initiative, the Environmental

Technology Initiative, the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act and other

environmental statutes. Further, a study is necessary to meet the

requirements of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendment, the Exports

Enhancement Act of 1988 and the Jobs Through Trade Expansion Act of

1988. The Census Bureau plans to conduct, on a test basis, a survey of

manufacturing and service establishments to collect total value of

shipments of goods and revenues for services in 1995 defined for

environmental use. The survey will also ask for value of shipments and

revenues for services which were exported. The survey will provide

information on the size and scope of activity generated from

environmental protection. The survey will also provide a benchmark

measure of the extent of the environmental industry, its export

potential, and the implication for employment in a potential growth

industry. Government classification specialists will use the

information to determine how industry and product classification

systems can be refined and modified to improve the identification of

products and services

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considered for environmental use. Changes and modifications to detailed

classifications will be introduced with the 1997 Economic Censuses. We

expect to revise the survey for future data collections to incorporate

improvements learned from this test.

Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit.

Frequency: One-time test.

Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.

OMB Desk Officer: Jerry Coffey, (202) 395-7314.

Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained

by calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, Acting DOC Forms Clearance

Officer, (202) 482-3272, Department of Commerce, room 5312, 14th and

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.

Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information

collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice

to Jerry Coffey, OMB Desk Officer, room 10201, New Executive Office

Building, Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: May 24, 1996.

Linda Engelmeier,

Acting Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and

Organization.

[FR Doc. 96-13620 Filed 5-30-96; 8:45 am]

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