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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
U.S. Census Bureau
Office of the Director
Washington, DC 20233-0001

A Message from the Director, U.S. Census Bureau:
Your business has been selected to parcipate in the Quarterly Survey of Plant Capacity Ulizaon
(QPC). The QPC collects data on your plant’s quarterly production under various conditions.
Information from the QPC is used to produce industry and national-level measures of capacity and
capacity utilization. The Department of Defense uses statistics from the QPC to assess the ability of U.S.
industries to meet demand for goods under national emergency scenarios. The Federal Reserve Board
uses informaon from the QPC to esmate industrial producon and capacity and to idenfy potenal
industry-level bottlenecks and sources of inflationary pressure. Your response will be kept strictly
confidenal and is not publicly released. Information about the authority, confidentiality, and burden
of this data collection can be found on the back of this letter.
Authentication Code:
Due Date:
Account Manager:
1. Register OR sign in at https://portal.census.gov
2. Add your authentication code.
3. Report by clicking on “REPORT NOW.” You can return to your account over multiple sessions to
complete the survey.
For assistance with completing this survey, please sign into your Census Bureau account or call our
customer help line at 1-800-201-4647, Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Eastern time.
We greatly appreciate your time in filling out this survey. Your parcipaon is crical to ensure the
accuracy of our country’s statistics, to support the public’s understanding of economic developments,
and to have an accurate picture of the naon’s emergency capabilities.
Sincerely,

Robert L. Santos
Director

census.gov

QPC-L1
(11-07-2022)

OMB Number
This collection has been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The eight-digit
OMB approval number is 0607-0175 and appears in the top right corner of each reporng
screen. Without this approval, we could not conduct this survey.
Authority and Confidenality
Title 13, United States Code, Section 8(b); Title 50, United States Code, Section 98, et seq; and
Title 12, United States Code, Section 244, authorize the U.S. Census Bureau to conduct this collecon
and request your voluntary assistance. The Census Bureau is required by Title 13, United States Code,
Section 9, to keep your information confidential and use your responses only to produce statistics. The
Census Bureau is not permied to publicly release your responses in a way that could idenfy your
business, organization, or institution. Per the Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015, your data
are protected from cybersecurity risks through screening of the systems that transmit your data.
Burden Esmate Statement
We estimate the Quarterly Survey of Plant Capacity Utilization will take 20 to 40 minutes, with an
average of 30 minutes, to complete. Factors such as company size, complexity, and acvity will affect
your actual time to complete the survey. This estimate includes the time to review instructions, search
existing data sources, gather and maintain the data needed, and complete and review the survey.

Authentication Code:
Due Date:
Account Manager:

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
U.S. Census Bureau Official Correspondence

QUARTERLY SURVEY OF PLANT CAPACITY
UTILIZATION
Due Date Reminder
Check our email address – it's official if it ends in @census.gov

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The U.S. Census Bureau recently requested your response to the Quarterly Survey
of Plant Capacity Utilization.

Due Date: pipe 9
1. Register or sign in at https://portal.census.gov
2. Add your authentication code: pipe 6
Case sensitive; if you copy and paste, ensure no blank spaces are captured.

3. Report by clicking on REPORT NOW

Please do not reply directly to this automated email. For assistance with
completing your survey, please sign into your Census Bureau account and send us a
secure message. You may also call our customer help line at 1-800-201-4647, Monday
through Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Eastern time.
Thank you in advance for your time and participation, and for helping the U.S. Census
Bureau measure America's people and economy.
Sincerely,

Kevin E. Deardorff
Chief, Economic Reimbursable Surveys Division
U.S. Census Bureau
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Number: 0607-0175
Expires: 07/31/2024
ID: 99900000004

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
U.S. Census Bureau Official Correspondence

QUARTERLY SURVEY OF PLANT CAPACITY
UTILIZATION
Online Reporting Open
Check our email address – it's official if it ends in @census.gov

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Your business has been selected to participate in the Quarterly Survey of Plant
Capacity Utilization (QPC). The QPC collects data on your plant's quarterly
production under various conditions.
Information from the QPC is used to produce industry and national-level measures of
capacity and capacity utilization. The Department of Defense uses statistics from the
QPC to assess the ability of U.S. industries to meet demand for goods under national
emergency scenarios. The Federal Reserve Board uses information from the QPC to
estimate industrial production and capacity and to identify potential industry-level
bottlenecks and sources of inflationary pressure. Your response will be kept strictly
confidential and is not publicly released. Information about the authority,
confidentiality, and burden of this data collection can be found on the back of this
letter.
Online reporting is now open. Please use the following information to access your
survey:

Due Date: pipe 9
1. Register or sign in at https://portal.census.gov
2. Add your authentication code: pipe 6
Case-sensitive; if you copy and paste, ensure no blank spaces are captured.

3. Report by clicking on REPORT NOW

Please do not reply directly to this automated email. For assistance with
completing your survey, please sign into your Census Bureau account and send us a
secure message. You may also call our customer help line at 1-800-201-4647, Monday
through Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Eastern time.
Thank you in advance for your time and participation, and for helping the U.S. Census
Bureau measure America's people and economy.
Sincerely,
Nick Orsini
Associate Director for Economic Programs
U.S. Census Bureau
OMB Number
This collection has been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The eight-digit OMB
approval number is 0607-0175 and appears in the top right corner of each reporting screen. Without this
approval, we could not conduct this survey.
Authority and Confidentiality
Title 13, United States Code, Section 8(b); Title 50, United States Code, Section 98, et seq; and Title 12,
United States Code, Section 244, authorize the U.S. Census Bureau to conduct this collection and
request your voluntary assistance. The Census Bureau is required by Title 13, United States Code,
Section 9, to keep your information confidential and use your responses only to produce statistics. The
Census Bureau is not permitted to publicly release your responses in a way that could identify your
business, organization, or institution. Per the Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015, your data
are protected from cybersecurity risks through screening of the systems that transmit your data.
Burden Estimate Statement
We estimate the Quarterly Survey of Plant Capacity Utilization will take 20 to 40 minutes, with an
average of 30 minutes, to complete. Factors such as company size, complexity and activity will affect
your actual time to complete the survey. This estimate includes the time to review instructions, search
existing data sources, gather and maintain the data needed, and complete and review the survey.
ID: 99900000004

This email is sent by a computer. Please do not reply.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
U.S. Census Bureau Official Correspondence

QUARTERLY SURVEY OF PLANT CAPACITY
UTILIZATION
Past Due Notice
Check our email address – it's official if it ends in @census.gov

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The U.S. Census Bureau recently requested your response to the Quarterly Survey
of Plant Capacity Utilization. Our records indicate your response is now past due.
Please log in with the following information and submit your responses within 5 days.

1. Register or sign in at https://portal.census.gov
2. Add your authentication code: pipe 6
Case sensitive; if you copy and paste, ensure no blank spaces are captured.

3. Report by clicking on REPORT NOW

Title 13 United States Code (U.S.C.), Section 8(b); Title 50 U.S.C. Section 98, et.seq;
and Title 12 U.S.C. Section 244 authorizes the Census Bureau to conduct this
collection. The U.S. Census Bureau is required by Section 9 of the same law to keep
your information confidential and can use your responses only to produce statistics.
The Census Bureau is not permitted to publicly release your responses in a way that
could identify your business, organization, or institution. Per the Federal Cybersecurity
Enhancement Act of 2015, your data are protected from cybersecurity risks through
screening of the systems that transmit your data.
Please do not reply directly to this automated email. For assistance with
completing your survey, please sign into your Census Bureau account and send us a

secure message. You may also call our customer help line at 1-800-201-4647, Monday
through Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Eastern time.
Thank you in advance for your time and participation, and for helping the U.S. Census
Bureau measure America's people and economy.
Sincerely,
Kevin E. Deardorff
Chief, Economic Reimbursable Surveys Division
U.S. Census Bureau
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Number: 0607-0175
Expires: 07/31/2024
ID: 99900000003

This email is sent by a computer. Please do not reply.

Message Content:
This is an important message from the United States Census Bureau regarding the
Quarterly Survey of Plant Capacity Utilization.
Your response to this survey is now past due.
You should have recently received a follow up letter with instructions on how to
report online. The website for the survey is portal-dot-census-dot-gov
For further assistance, please call 1-800-201-4647.
Thank you