[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 171 (Tuesday, September 3, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 46436]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-22411]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
The Department of Commerce (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: 1997 American Community Survey.
Form Number(s): TACS-1/1A,
10/10A, 12(L)/12A(L), 13(L)/13A(L), 14(L)/14A(L), 16(L)/16A(L), 20/20A,
30/30A.
Agency Approval Number: 0607-0810.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Burden: 72,325 hours.
Number of Respondents: 144,650.
Avg Hours Per Response: 30 minutes.
Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau is developing a methodology known
as ``Continuous Measurement'' which will produce socioeconomic data on
a continual basis throughout the decade for small areas and small
subpopulations. The American Community Survey (ACS), implemented in
November 1995, is a continuing full-scale operation of a continuous
measurement system in four survey sites (three urban and one rural)
designed to determine the feasibility of a continuous measurement
system. The survey also includes a national sample to test response
rates and our ability to obtain telephone numbers for nonresponse
households. The data collected in this survey will be within the
general scope and nature of those inquiries covered in the decennial
census every ten years. We plan to continue sampling and enumeration in
the ACS in 1997 and 1998. We also plan to add testing of procedures for
identification, sampling, and data collection for persons living in
special situations such as Indian reservations, military bases, and
large institutional and noninstitutional group quarters. We will also
develop and implement procedures to create listing procedures and a
national list of special places. In addition to the present survey
sites, we plan to add sites in Douglas County, Nebraska; Otero County,
New Mexico; Harris and Fort Bend Counties, Texas; and Franklin County,
Ohio, including the entire city of Columbus.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Frequency: Monthly.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Title 13 USC, Section 182.
OMB Desk Officer: Jerry Coffey, (202) 395-7314.
Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained
by calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, Acting DOC Forms Clearance
Officer, (202) 482-3272, Department of Commerce, Room 5312, 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 Jerry Coffey, OMB Desk Officer, room 10201, New Executive Office
Building, Washington, DC 20503.
Dated: August 27, 1996.
Linda Engelmeier,
Acting Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and
Organization.
[FR Doc. 96-22411 Filed 8-30-96; 8:45 am]
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