30-day notice

53944

Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 186 / Wednesday, September 29, 2021 / Notices

by phone only, dial: 1–800–360–9505;
Access code: 1996 49 4260#.
• The purpose of the meetings is to
continue planning the Committee’s
review of its civil rights project on
COVID–19 disparities experienced by
people of color in Delaware.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ivy
L. Davis, at [email protected] or by
phone at 202–530–8468.
Dated: September 24, 2021.
David Mussatt,
Supervisory Chief, Regional Programs Unit.
[FR Doc. 2021–21171 Filed 9–28–21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Census Bureau

lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Annual Survey of School
System Finances
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 25,
2020 during a 60-day comment period.
This notice allows for an additional 30
days for public comments.
Agency: U.S. Census Bureau,
Department of Commerce.
Title: Annual Survey of School
System Finances.
OMB Control Number: 0607–0700.
Form Number(s): F–33, F–33–L1, F–
33–L2, F–33–L3.
Type of Request: Regular submission,
Request for a Revision of a Currently
Approved Collection.
Number of Respondents: 3,681.
Average Hours per Response: 1 hour
and 11 minutes.
Burden Hours: 4,367.
Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census
Bureau, on behalf of the U.S.
Department of Education’s National
Center for Education Statistics (NCES),
requests an extension with revisions of
approval for the Annual Survey of
School System Finances, OMB Number

VerDate Sep<11>2014

18:22 Sep 28, 2021

Jkt 253001

0607–0700. The Census Bureau’s
collection of school district finance data
and associated publications are the most
comprehensive sources for prekindergarten through grade 12 finance
data.
These data are collected from the
universe of school districts using
uniform definitions and concepts of
revenue, expenditure, debt, and assets
as defined by Financial Accounting for
Local and State School Systems: 2014
Edition. This survey and the Annual
Surveys of State and Local Government
Finances (OMB No. 0607–0585) are
conducted as part of the Census
Bureau’s State and Local Government
Finance program. Data collected from
cities, counties, states, and special
district governments are combined with
data collected from local school systems
to produce state and national totals of
government spending. Local school
system spending comprises a significant
portion of total government spending. In
2019, public elementary-secondary
expenditures accounted for 35 percent
of local government spending.
This comprehensive and ongoing time
series collection of local education
agency finances maintains historical
continuity in the state and local
government statistics community.
Elementary-secondary education related
spending is the single largest financial
activity of state and local governments.
Education finance statistics provided by
the Census Bureau allow for analyses of
how public elementary-secondary
school systems receive and spend funds.
Increased focus on education has led to
a demand for data reflecting student
performance, graduation rates, and
school finance policy—all of which are
related to the collection of this local
education finance data. State
legislatures, local leaders, university
researchers, and parents increasingly
rely on data to make substantive
decisions about education. School
district finance is a vital sector of the
education data spectrum used by
stakeholders to form policy and to
develop new education strategies.
The revisions, which will be
incorporated in the FY 21 collection
scheduled for mailing in January 2022,
will expand the collection of data items
in response to the COVID–19 pandemic
to include additional federal assistance
funds. In addition to continuing the
collection of several data items for the
Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic
Security (CARES) Act, four new data
items will be added for the Coronavirus
Response and Relief Supplemental
Appropriations Act, 2021 (CRRSA) and
the American Rescue Plan Act (ARP
Act). The Coronavirus Response and

PO 00000

Frm 00003

Fmt 4703

Sfmt 4703

Relief Supplemental Appropriations
Act, 2021 (CRRSA), Public Law 116–
260, was enacted on December 27, 2020.
CRRSA authorizes $82.00 billion in
support for education. The American
Rescue Plan Act (ARP Act) was enacted
in March 2021. Under the ARP Act,
$169.46 billion was allocated to the U.S.
Dept. of Education to support ongoing
state and institutional COVID–19
recovery efforts. The ARP included
Elementary and Secondary School
Emergency Relief (ESSER) allocations in
the amount of $121.97 billion.
The Census Bureau also plans to
modify the expenditure items collecting
data on the CARES Act to include
expenditures from all COVID–19 federal
assistance funds, accounting for the
passage of these two laws by Congress.
The collection of expenditures for
COVID–19 federal assistance funds will
also be expanded with two new data
items for operation and maintenance of
plant support services expenditures,
and food services operation
expenditures by local education
agencies. These two new data items and
their definitions exactly match data
items collected on the National Public
Education Financial Survey, a statelevel school finance collection also
sponsored by NCES and administered
by the Census Bureau.
In addition to these changes, the
Census Bureau will also remove two
revenue data items from the COVID–19
federal assistance funds section of the
survey; the data items collecting
revenue amounts for local education
agencies for the CARES Act Education
Stabilization Fund—Rethink K–12
Education Models (ESF–REM)
Discretionary Grant and the CARES Act
Project School Emergency Response to
Violence (Project SERV). The finance
amounts received by local education
agencies for these two grants were
minimal or nonexistent, and therefore
no longer necessitated the collection of
these two data items on the survey.
The education finance data collected
and processed by the Census Bureau are
an essential component of the agency’s
state and local government finance
collection and provide unique products
for users of education finance data.
The Bureau of Economic Analysis
(BEA) uses data from the survey to
develop figures for the Gross Domestic
Product (GDP). F–33 data items
specifically contribute to the estimates
for National Income and Product
Accounts (NIPA), Input-Output
accounts (I–O), and gross domestic
investments. BEA also uses the data to
assess other public fiscal spending
trends and events.

E:\FR\FM\29SEN1.SGM

29SEN1

lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1

Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 186 / Wednesday, September 29, 2021 / Notices
The Census Bureau’s Government
Finances program has disseminated
comprehensive and comparable public
fiscal data since 1902. School finance
data, which comprised 35 percent of all
local government spending in 2019, are
currently incorporated into the local
government statistics reported on the
Annual Surveys of State and Local
Government Finances. The report
contains benchmark statistics on public
revenue, expenditure, debt, and assets.
They are widely used by economists,
legislators, social and political
scientists, and government
administrators.
The Census Bureau makes available
detailed files for all school systems from
its internet website, https://www.census.
gov/programs-surveys/schoolfinances.html. This website currently
contains data files and statistical tables
for the 1992 through 2019 fiscal year
surveys. Historical files and
publications prior to 1992 are also
available upon request for data users
engaged in longitudinal studies. In
addition to numerous academic
researchers who use F–33 products, staff
receive inquiries from state government
officials, legislatures, public policy
analysts, local school officials, nonprofit organizations, and various Federal
agencies.
The NCES use these annual data as
part of the Common Core of Data (CCD)
program. The education finance data
collected by the Census Bureau are the
sole source of school district fiscal
information for the CCD. NCES data
users utilize electronic tools to search
CCD databases for detailed fiscal and
non-fiscal variables. Additionally, NCES
uses F–33 education finance files to
publish annual reports on the fiscal
state of education.
Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal
government.
Frequency: Annually.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C.,
Sections 8(b), 161 and 182; Title 20
U.S.C., Sections 9543–44.
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
selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day
Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or
by using the search function and

VerDate Sep<11>2014

18:22 Sep 28, 2021

Jkt 253001

entering either the title of the collection
or the OMB Control Number 0607–0700.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
[FR Doc. 2021–21191 Filed 9–28–21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510–07–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

53945

A copy of the notification will be
available for public inspection in the
‘‘Online FTZ Information System’’
section of the Board’s website.
For further information, contact Diane
Finver at [email protected].
Dated: September 23, 2021.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021–21123 Filed 9–28–21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[B–66–2021]

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 84—
Houston, Texas; Notification of
Proposed Production Activity;
Mitsubishi Logisnext Americas
(Houston) Inc. (Forklifts/Work Trucks
and Related Subassemblies/Kits),
Houston, Texas
Mitsubishi Logisnext Americas
(Houston) Inc. (formerly Mitsubishi
Caterpillar Forklift America, Inc.)
submitted a notification of proposed
production activity to the FTZ Board
(the Board) for its facility in Houston,
Texas under FTZ 84. The notification
conforming to the requirements of the
Board’s regulations (15 CFR 400.22) was
received on September 10, 2021.
Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), FTZ
production activity would be limited to
the specific foreign-status materials/
components described in the submitted
notification (summarized below) and
subsequently authorized by the Board.
The benefits that may stem from
conducting production activity under
FTZ procedures are explained in the
background section of the Board’s
website—accessible via www.trade.gov/
ftz. The proposed materials/components
would be added to the production
authority that the Board previously
approved for the operation, as reflected
on the Board’s website.
The proposed foreign-status materials
and components include joint
temperature and pressure sensors,
forklift control terminals, pantographs,
and USB sticks (duty-free). The request
indicates that certain materials/
components are subject to duties under
Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974
(Section 301), depending on the country
of origin. The applicable Section 301
decisions require subject merchandise
to be admitted to FTZs in privileged
foreign status (19 CFR 146.41).
Public comment is invited from
interested parties. Submissions shall be
addressed to the Board’s Executive
Secretary and sent to: [email protected]. The
closing period for their receipt is
November 8, 2021.

PO 00000

Frm 00004

Fmt 4703

Sfmt 4703

Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[B–65–2021]

Foreign-Trade Zone 27—Boston,
Massachusetts; Application for
Subzone; OBlockz LLC, Lawrence,
Massachusetts
An application has been submitted to
the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board by
the Massachusetts Port Authority,
grantee of FTZ 27, requesting subzone
status for the facility of OBlockz LLC,
located in Lawrence, Massachusetts.
The application was submitted pursuant
to the provisions of the Foreign-Trade
Zones Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–
81u), and the regulations of the FTZ
Board (15 CFR part 400). It was formally
docketed on September 23, 2021.
The proposed subzone (14.49 acres) is
located at 46 Stafford Street, Lawrence,
Essex County. No authorization for
production activity has been requested
at this time. In accordance with the FTZ
Board’s regulations, Elizabeth
Whiteman of the FTZ Staff is designated
examiner to review the application and
make recommendations to the FTZ
Board.
Public comment is invited from
interested parties. Submissions shall be
addressed to the FTZ Board’s Executive
Secretary and sent to: [email protected]. The
closing period for their receipt is
November 8, 2021. Rebuttal comments
in response to material submitted
during the foregoing period may be
submitted during the subsequent 15-day
period to November 23, 2021.
A copy of the application will be
available for public inspection in the
‘‘Online FTZ Information Section’’
section of the FTZ Board’s website,
which is accessible via www.trade.gov/
ftz.
For further information, contact
Elizabeth Whiteman at
[email protected].

E:\FR\FM\29SEN1.SGM

29SEN1