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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 122 / Tuesday, June 29, 2021 / Notices
Burden Hours: 81,000 + 36 hours for cognitive testing = 81,036.
Needs and Uses: Phase 1 of the Small Business Pulse Survey was launched on April 26, 2020 as an effort to produce and disseminate high-frequency, geographicand industry-detailed experimental data about the economic conditions of small businesses as they experience the coronavirus pandemic. It is a rapid response endeavor that leverages the resources of the federal statistical system to address emergent data needs. Given the rapidly changing dynamics of this situation for American small businesses, the Small Business Pulse Survey has been successful in meeting an acute need for information on changes in revenues, business closings, employment and hours worked, disruptions to supply chains, and expectations for future operations.
In addition, the Small Business Pulse Survey provided important estimates of federal program uptake to key survey stakeholders.
Due to the ongoing nature of the pandemic, the Census Bureau subsequently conducted Phases 2, 3, 4
and 5 of the Small Business Pulse Survey. The Office of Management and Budget authorized clearance of Phase 5
of the Small Business Pulse Survey on May 11, 2021. The Census Bureau now seeks approval to conduct Phase 6 of the Small Business Pulse Survey which will occur over 9 weeks starting August 16, 2021.
The continuation of the Small Business Pulse Survey is responsive to stakeholder requests for high frequency data that measure the effect of changing business conditions during the Coronavirus pandemic on small businesses. While the ongoing monthly and quarterly economic indicator programs provide estimates of dollar volume outputs for employer businesses of all size, the Small Business Pulse Survey captures the effects of the pandemic on operations and finances of small, single location employer businesses. As the pandemic continues, the Census Bureau is best poised to collect this information from a large and diverse sample of small businesses.
It is hard to predict when a shock will result in economic activity changing at a weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly frequency. Early in the pandemic, federal, state, and local policies were moving quickly so it made sense to have a weekly collection. The problem is that while we are in the moment, we cannot accurately forecast the likelihood of policy action. In addition, we are not able to forecast a change in the underlying cause of policy actions: The effect of the Coronavirus pandemic on
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the economy. We cannot predict changes in the severity of the pandemic e.g., will it worsen in flu season? nor future developments that will alleviate the pandemic e.g., vaccines or treatments. In a period of such high uncertainty, the impossibility of forecasting these inflection points underscores the benefits of having a weekly survey. For these reasons, the Census Bureau will proceed with a weekly collection.
SBPS Phase 6 content includes core concepts as previous phases, such as overall impact, business closures/
openings, revenue and employment changes, and expectations while also including questions relevant to economic recovery and new business norms. Questions 1114 are newly developed content for Phase 6 and are subjective rather than quantitative by design. The goal is for the respondent to provide their own context based on their discretion.
In the event of a pandemic reoccurrence scenario, the Census Bureau would shift to utilize previous and existing content for Phase 6. In anticipation that recovery questions will be utilized, we completed two rounds of cognitive testing, starting on May 3, 2021 and ending on May 25, 2021. OMB
approved the Phase 6 cognitive testing on April 30, 2021. An additional flash round of cognitive testing was completed from Monday, June 21
Wednesday, June 23rd to satisfy a late content request from the International Trade Administration.
All results from the Small Business Pulse Survey will continue to be disseminated as U.S. Census Bureau Experimental Data Products https
portal.census.gov/pulse/data/. This and additional information on the Small Business Pulse Survey are available to the public on census.gov.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Frequency: Small business will be selected once to participate in a 6minute survey.
Respondents Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., Sections 131 and 182.
This information collection request may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov.
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 www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by
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Sheleen Dumas, Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Commerce Department.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board B472021

Foreign-Trade Zone 252Amarillo, Texas; Application for Reorganization Under Alternative Site Framework An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones FTZ Board by the City of Amarillo, Texas, grantee of FTZ 252, requesting authority to reorganize the zone under the alternative site framework ASF
adopted by the FTZ Board 15 CFR Sec.
400.2c. The ASF is an option for grantees for the establishment or reorganization of zones and can permit significantly greater flexibility in the designation of new subzones or usagedriven FTZ sites for operators/users located within a grantees service area in the context of the FTZ Boards standard 2,000-acre activation limit for a zone. The application was submitted pursuant to the Foreign-Trade Zones Act, as amended 19 U.S.C. 81a81u, and the regulations of the Board 15 CFR
part 400. It was formally docketed on June 22, 2021.
FTZ 252 was approved by the FTZ
Board on August 28, 2001 Board Order 1183, 66 FR 4811648117, September 18, 2001. The current zone includes the following sites: Site 1 4,000 acres Amarillo International Airport and adjacent industrial park property, 10801
Airport Boulevard, Amarillo Potter County; Site 2 6 acresPanhandle Container Service Center, 1201 South Johnson Street, Amarillo; Site 3 345
acresHutchinson County Airport and Industrial Park, Borger; Site 4 68
acresFerguson Business Park, 650
Wilson Avenue, Dumas Moore County;
Site 5 95 acresIndustrial Park East, State Highway 60, Pampa Gray County; Site 6 213 acresPEDCO
Park, Tying Avenue, Pampa; Site 7 0.52
acresDonley site, 12 block from State Highway 87, Tulia Swisher County;
Site 8 6 acresRCD site, adjacent to the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad in the 1000 block of NW 6th
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