[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 23 (Thursday, February 4, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 5630]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-2575]
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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: Census 2000--Island Areas.
Form Number(s): Forms: D-1(F) PI, D-1(F) VI, D-2(E) AS, D-2(E)
CNMI, D-2(E) G, D-2(E) VI, D-2(E) SUPP AS, D-2(E) SUPP CNMI, D-2(E)
SUPP G, D-2(E) SUPP VI, D-10 AS, D-10 CNMI, D-10 G, D-10 VI, D-13 AS,
D-13 CNMI, D-13 G, D-13 VI, D-20B PI, D-20B VI, D-21 PI, D-806 IA
Letters and Envelopes: D-5(L) AS, D-5(L) CNMI, D-5(L) G, D-5(L) VI,
D-5 PI, D-5 VI, D-7 AS, D-7 CNMI, D-7 G, D-7 VI, D-12 AS, D-12 CNMI, D-
12 G, D-12A VI, D-12B VI, D-13(L) AS, D-13 (L) CNMI, D-13(L) G, D-13
(L) VI, D-14 AS, D-14 CNMI, D-14 G, D-14A VI, D-14B VI, D-26 PI, D-26
VI, D-31 PI, D-31 VI, D-40 PI, D-40 VI.
Agency Approval Number: None.
Type of Request: New collection.
Burden: 72,621 hours in Fiscal Year 2000.
Number of Respondents: 114,000.
Avg Hours Per Response: Interview--47 minutes; Reinterview--6
minutes.
Needs and Uses: The United States Constitution mandates that a
census of the Nation's population and housing be taken every 10 years.
Title 13 of the United States Code specifies that in addition to the 50
states and the District of Columbia, the census should include Puerto
Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. These areas, with the
exception of Puerto Rico, are collectively referred to as the Island
Areas. This OMB submission covers the Island Areas only. The forms for
Puerto Rico have been submitted separately. The Census Bureau's goal in
Census 2000 is to take the most accurate and cost-effective census
possible. The importance of an accurate decennial census cannot be
overstated. Island Areas census data will be used by Federal agencies
to fulfill many statutory data requirements and by the Island Areas to
administer governmental programs.
Two questionnaires will be used in the Island Areas enumeration--
one for the U.S. Virgin Islands, and one for the remaining Island
Areas. The content of the questionnaires was developed in consultation
with the Interagency Committees of the various Island Areas. Many of
the questions are the same as those on the stateside questionnaires;
others have been modified as recommended by the Island Areas
Interagency Committees to reflect the unique social, economic, and
climatic characteristics of these areas. The U.S. Virgin Islands
questionnaire is more similar to the stateside forms. Only long form
questionnaires will be administered in the Island Areas. A short
reinterview will be administered to a small sample of respondents to
assure data quality.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Frequency: One-time.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., Sections 141 and 191.
OMB Desk Officer: Nancy Kirkendall, (202) 395-7313.
Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained
by calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, DOC Forms Clearance Officer,
(202) 482-3272, Department of Commerce, room 5327, 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 Nancy Kirkendall, OMB Desk Officer, room 10201, New Executive Office
Building, Washington, DC 20503.
Dated: January 29, 1999.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-2575 Filed 2-3-99; 8:45 am]
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