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13533 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 45 / Wednesday, March 7, 2012 / Notices analysts will study response rates across these varying strategies with the goal of identifying the best options for use with a Push Internet methodology, which will undergo additional validation in future mid-decade census tests. Census Bureau planners have not yet finalized the contact strategy approaches for this test. The proposed plan, however, is to contact sampled households using one of six contact strategies. In addition to a control panel that uses the standard full implementation contact strategy, the experimental treatments currently under consideration are, in brief: • Eliminating the advance letter mailing • Adding another reminder before mailing a paper questionnaire • Mailing the questionnaire on an accelerated schedule • A reminder to be sent after the questionnaire mailing • Modified wording for all mailing pieces The Census Bureau plans to conduct the 2012 National Census Test data collection in late summer or early fall 2012. The specific data collection start and end dates along with the duration of the data collection period are still under consideration. The Census Bureau, however, expects that the duration of the data collection period will be between one and two months. This includes both the collection of self- response interviews via the Internet and paper questionnaires (returned by mail) and the real-time telephone reinterview following the Internet data collection. III. Data OMB Control Number: None. Form Number: TBD. Type of Review: Regular submission. Affected Public: Individuals or Households. Estimated Number of Respondents: 92,000 (80,000 initial response + 12,000 reinterview). Estimated Time per Response: 10 minutes. Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 15,334. Estimated Total Annual Cost: There is no cost to the respondent other than his or her time. Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C. 141 and 193. IV. Request for Comments Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the burden (including hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized and/or included in the request for OMB approval of this information collection; they also will become a matter of public record. Dated: March 2, 2012. Glenna Mickelson, Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer. [FR Doc. 2012–5507 Filed 3–6–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–07–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Allocation of Duty-Exemptions for Calendar Year 2012 for Watch Producers Located in the United States Virgin Islands AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce; Office of Insular Affairs, Department of the Interior. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: This action allocates calendar year 2012 duty exemptions for watch assembly producers (‘‘program producers’’) located in the United States Virgin Islands (‘‘USVI’’) pursuant to Public Law 97–446, as amended by Public Law 103–465, Public Law 106–36 and Public Law 108–429 (‘‘the Act’’). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Supriya Kumar, Subsidies Enforcement Office; phone number: (202) 482–3530; fax number: (202) 501–7952; and email address: Supriya.Kumar@trade.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Act, the Departments of the Interior and Commerce (‘‘the Departments’’) share responsibility for the allocation of duty exemptions among program producers in the United States insular possessions and the Northern Mariana Islands. In accordance with Section 303.3(a) of the regulations (15 CFR 303.3(a)), the total quantity of duty-free insular watches and watch movements for calendar year 2012 is 1,866,000 units for the USVI. This amount was established in Changes in Watch, Watch Movement and Jewelry Program for the U.S. Insular Possessions, 65 FR 8048 (February 17, 2000). There are currently no program producers in Guam, American Samoa or the Northern Mariana Islands. The criteria for the calculation of the calendar year 2012 duty-exemption allocations among program producers within a particular territory are set forth in Section 303.14 of the regulations (15 CFR 303.14). The Departments have verified and, where appropriate, adjusted the data submitted in application form ITA–334P by USVI program producers and have inspected these producers’ operations in accordance with Section 303.5 of the regulations (15 CFR 303.5). In calendar year 2011, USVI program producers shipped 53,744 watches and watch movements into the customs territory of the United States under the Act. The dollar amount of corporate income taxes paid by USVI program producers during calendar year 2011, and the creditable wages and benefits paid by these producers during calendar year 2011 to residents of the territory was a combined total of $1,036,055. The calendar year 2012 USVI annual duty exemption allocations, based on the data verified by the Departments, are as follows: Program producer Annual allocation Belair Quartz, Inc. ................. 500,000 The balance of the units allocated to the USVI is available for new entrants into the program or existing program producers who request a supplement to their allocation. Dated: February 27, 2012. Judith Wey Rudman, Acting Director, Office of Policy, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. Dated: February 29, 2012. Nikolao Pula, Director of Office of Insular Affairs, Department of the Interior. [FR Doc. 2012–5588 Filed 3–6–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P; 4310–93–P VerDate Mar<15>2010 18:40 Mar 06, 2012 Jkt 226001 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 9990 E:\FR\FM\07MRN1.SGM 07MRN1 srobinson on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES