[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 244 (Monday, December 21, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 70387]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-33710]


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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: Address Listing for the American Community Survey Area 
Frame.
    Form Number(s): ACS-280, ACS-290.
    Agency Approval Number: Not available.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Burden: 1,267 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 38,000 individuals or households.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 2 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The American Community Survey (ACS) is a monthly 
household survey that the Census Bureau is developing to collect and 
produce data we historically collect during the decennial census. The 
Census Bureau began the ACS in late 1995 in four test sites and has 
expanded the program every year since. The Census Bureau plans to 
continue expanding the ACS and put the ACS in place nationally in 2003. 
Most of the survey's sample addresses are selected from the Master 
Address File (MAF). There are some areas for which a MAF will not be 
created until the time of the decennial census. These areas are list/
enumerate areas, meaning that Bureau staff will list addresses at the 
time of the decennial enumeration. These types of areas will be in the 
ACS for the first time in 2000. In order to conduct the ACS in 2000-
2002 for these areas, Census Bureau employees called ``listers'' will 
compile a list of addresses in a sample of blocks in the list/enumerate 
areas of counties that have been selected for the 2000-2002 ACS. Most 
of the listing activities will be completed during 1999, but there may 
be some areas which will require listing in 2000 and 2001.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: One-time request.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Title 13, United States Code, Section 182.
    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 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 Nancy Kirkendall, OMB Desk Officer, room 10201, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: December 15, 1998.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-33710 Filed 12-18-98; 8:45 am]
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