83_FR_8873 83 FR 8832 - Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Redistricting Data Program

83 FR 8832 - Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Redistricting Data Program

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Census Bureau

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 41 (March 1, 2018)

Page Range8832-8835
FR Document2018-04156

The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 41 (Thursday, March 1, 2018)
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 41 (Thursday, March 1, 2018)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Census Bureau


Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Redistricting 
Data Program

AGENCY: U.S. Census Bureau, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort 
to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public 
and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on 
proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: To ensure consideration, written comments must be submitted on 
or before April 30, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental 
Paperwork Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 14th 
and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230 (or via the internet 
at PRAcomments@doc.gov). You may also submit comments, identified by 
Docket Number USBC-XXXX-XXXX, to the Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: 
http://www.regulations.gov. All comments received are part of the 
public record. No comments will be posted to http://www.regulations.gov 
for public viewing until after the comment period has closed. Comments 
will generally be posted without change. All Personally

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Identifiable Information (for example, name and address) voluntarily 
submitted by the commenter may be publicly accessible. Do not submit 
Confidential Business Information or otherwise sensitive or protected 
information. You may submit attachments to electronic comments in 
Microsoft Word, Excel, WordPerfect, or Adobe PDF file formats only.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument(s) and instructions 
should be directed to James Whitehorne, U.S. Census Bureau, 4600 Silver 
Hill Road, Washington, DC 20233, rdo@census.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Overview

    The Redistricting Data Program (RDP) is one of many voluntary 
geographic data exchange programs that collects boundaries to update 
the U.S. Census Bureau's geographic database of addresses, streets, and 
boundaries. The Census Bureau uses its geographic database to link 
demographic data from surveys and the decennial Census to locations and 
areas, such as cities, congressional and legislative districts, and 
counties. To tabulate statistics by localities, the Census Bureau must 
have accurate addresses and boundaries.
    The boundaries collected in the RDP and other geographic programs 
will create census blocks, which are the building blocks for all Census 
Bureau geographic boundaries. While the geographic programs differ in 
requirements, timeframe, and participants, the RDP and the other 
geographic programs all follow the same basic process:
    1. The Census Bureau invites eligible participants to the program. 
For the RDP, we invite nonpartisan state liaisons appointed by the 
legislative leadership of each state.
    2. If they elect to participate in the program, participants 
receive a digital copy of the boundaries the Census Bureau has on file. 
Participants review the boundaries and update them if needed. RDP 
participants can choose to review and provide their boundary updates 
using a free customized mapping software, or using their own mapping 
software.
    3. Participants return their updates to the Census Bureau.
    4. The Census Bureau updates its geographic database with boundary 
updates from participants.
    5. The Census Bureau uses the newly updated boundaries and 
addresses to tabulate statistics.

II. Abstract

    The Census Bureau is requesting a three-year clearance for the 
Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 through 2021 to continue the phases of the 2020 
Census RDP Operation. The current three-year RDP clearance and the 
project specific Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Control Number 
0607-0988 will expire in November 2018. The new clearance allows the 
Census Bureau to provide RDP-specific materials, procedures, and burden 
hours to the liaisons from the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and 
Puerto Rico to complete two rounds of verification of the Voting 
District Project (VTDP), Phase 2, in 2019 and 2020. The RDP has added a 
second round of VTDP verification in 2020, resulting in an increase of 
4,836 hours in total burden from the burden described in the 
previously-approved OMB package. Leading up to the decennial census, 
many geographies are changing simultaneously and consequently may 
affect the Voting District (VTD) geography. This second verification is 
necessary to make sure that VTD geographies are up-to-date and align 
with decennial geography. The Census Bureau will deliver the 2020 
Census Redistricting Data (Phase 3) by April 1, 2021. RDP is executed 
under the provisions of Title 13, Section 141(c) of the United States 
Code (U.S.C.).
    Under the provisions of Public Law 94-171, as amended (Title 13, 
United States Code (U.S.C.), Section 141(c)), the Director of the 
Census Bureau is required to provide the ``officers or public bodies 
having initial responsibility for the legislative apportionment or 
districting of each state . . .'' with the opportunity to specify 
geographic areas (e.g., Voting Districts (VTDs), wards, and election 
precincts) for which they wish to receive decennial census population 
counts for the purpose of reapportionment or redistricting.

III. Method of Collection

    The Census Bureau develops and uses different methods to collect 
data from program participants. The Census Bureau issued invitation 
letters by mail (U.S. Postal Service) and follow-up emails to the 
officers or public bodies having initial responsibility for legislative 
reapportionment and redistricting. The 50 states, the District of 
Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico have identified non-
partisan liaisons that are already working directly with the Census 
Bureau on the 2020 Census RDP.
    In addition, to begin work on Phase 1 and Phase 2, the Census 
Bureau provides to states:
    1. Data from the Master Address File/Topologically Integrated 
Geographic Encoding and Referencing system.
    2. The Geographic Update Program Software (GUPS), an optional 
software tool.
    3. The procedures necessary for each state to participate.
    States are not required to use GUPS, but they have to submit their 
submission to the Census Bureau electronically in Census Bureau-
specified formats. During the submission period, the Census Bureau 
provides training in the use of GUPS and assists the states in 
understanding the procedures necessary for processing files for their 
submission.
    State liaisons have participated and/or will continue to provide 
inputs in the following phases of the program:

Phase 1: Block Boundary Suggestion Project (BBSP) (2015-2017)

    Between 2015 and 2017, the Census Bureau collaborated with each 
state liaison to collect and verify suggestions for 2020 Census 
tabulation blocks through the BBSP. The purpose of the BBSP was to 
afford states the opportunity to identify non-standard features often 
used as electoral boundaries (such as a power line or stream, rather 
than a street centerline, which might divide voters on the same street 
into two districts) for use as 2020 Census tabulation block boundaries. 
For the first time, states also had the opportunity to review legal 
limits, such as county and incorporated place boundaries, as reported 
through the Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS). The Census Bureau 
conducts the BAS annually to update information about the legal 
boundaries and names of all governmental units. The alignment of the 
BAS with the BBSP facilitated the cooperation between state and local 
governments. States that chose to participate in Phase 1 received 
guidelines and training for providing their suggestions.

Phase 2: Voting District Project (VTDP) (2018-2020)

    The VTDP is the second phase of the RDP operation. During this 
phase, states are able to submit their VTD boundaries and to suggest 
legal boundary updates to the Census Bureau. In addition, state 
liaisons who participated in the delineation have two opportunities to 
verify the submitted VTDs prior to release of the 2020 Census 
redistricting data tabulations, which occurs in Phase 3. VTDP 
delineation occurs between

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January and May 2018 and is included in the current OMB clearance. VTDP 
verifications occur in early 2019 and early 2020.
 VTDs Delineation (2018)
    States that choose to participate in VTDP receive geographic 
products that allow them the opportunity to update the VTDs for 
inclusion in the 2020 Census tabulation geography. State liaisons also 
have the option to continue to align their effort with updates from 
state and local government officials participating in the BAS. The VTD/
BAS updates continue through May 2018.
 VTDs Verification (2019 and 2020)
    The Census Bureau will conduct two rounds of verification of the 
VTDs. The Census Bureau will perform an initial VTD verification 
between December 2018 and May 2019. Leading up to the decennial census, 
many geographies are changing simultaneously and subsequently may 
affect the VTD geography. In order to provide current VTDs to the 
states that align better with decennial geography, a second round of 
verification will occur between December 2019 and March 2020 for states 
that participated in the initial delineation and first verification.
    Participation in the 2020 Census RDP Phases 1 (BBSP) and 2 (VTDP), 
under Title 13, U.S.C., is voluntary. However, the Census Bureau cannot 
ensure that the 2020 Census tabulation geography will support the 
redistricting needs of a state that has chosen not to participate in 
Phase 1 and Phase 2.

Phase 3: Delivery of the 2020 Census Redistricting Data (2021)

    By April 1, 2021, the Director of the Census Bureau will, in 
accordance with Title 13, U.S.C., furnish the Governor and state 
legislative leaders, both the majority and minority, and any public 
bodies responsible for legislative redistricting, with 2020 Census 
population counts for standard census tabulation areas (e.g., states, 
Congressional districts, state legislative districts, American Indian 
areas, counties, cities, towns, census tracts, census block groups, and 
census blocks) regardless of a state's participation in Phase 1 or 2. 
The Director of the Census Bureau will provide 2020 Census population 
counts for those states participating in Phase 2, for both the standard 
tabulation areas and for VTDs. For each state, this delivery will occur 
no later than April 1, 2021.

Phase 4: Collection of Post-Census Redistricting Data Plans (2011-2022)

 2010 Census
    Beginning in 2011 and every two years thereafter, the Census Bureau 
solicits from each state the newly drawn legislative and Congressional 
district plans and prepares appropriate data tabulations based on the 
new districts. From November 2015 through May 2016, the Census Bureau 
completed the data collection and verification of the 115th 
Congressional Districts (CDs) and 2016 State Legislative Districts 
(SLDs). The 116th CDs and SLDs collection and verification will occur 
between November 2017 and May 2018. The Census Bureau is not planning 
to collect the 117th CDs and SLDs in 2020.
 2020 Census
    Between November 2021 and May 2022, the Census Bureau will solicit 
from each state the boundaries of the newly drawn 118th CDs and 2022 
SLDs. This effort will occur every two years in advance of the 2030 
Census in order to update these boundaries with new or changed plans. A 
verification phase will occur with each update.

Phase 5: Review of the 2020 Census RDP and Recommendations for the 2030 
Census RDP (2020 Post-Data Collection)

    As the final phase of the 2020 Census RDP, the Census Bureau will 
work with the states to conduct a thorough review of the RDP. The 
intent of this review, and the final report that results, is to provide 
guidance to the Secretary and the Census Bureau Director in planning 
the 2030 Census RDP.

IV. Data

    OMB Control Number: 0607-0988.
    Form Number(s): Not available.
    Type of Review: Regular submission.
    Affected Public: All 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 52.
    Estimated Time per Response: 72 hours.
    Estimated Burden Hours (Information Collection Renewal--FY 2019-
2021): 11,284.

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                                                  Estimated total hour burden per fiscal year (FY)
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         Phases/activities                  Currently approved OMB                        Renewal
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                                        2016         2017         2018         2019         2020         2021
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BBSP Annotation Phase 1...........        6,448  ...........  ...........  ...........  ...........  ...........
BBSP Verification Phase 2.........  ...........        3,224  ...........  ...........  ...........  ...........
VTDP Delineation Phase 1..........  ...........  ...........       12,896  ...........  ...........  ...........
VTDP Delineation round one........  ...........  ...........  ...........        6,448  ...........  ...........
VTDP Verification round two.......  ...........  ...........  ...........  ...........        4,836  ...........
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    Total Estimated Hour Burden...                  22,984
                                                    11,284
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 3,761.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $0.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.

    Authority: Legal Authority:
    Title 13, U.S.C., Sections 16, 141, and 193.

V. 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;

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they also will become a matter of public record.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department Lead PRA Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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                                             Identifiable Information (for example,                  II. Abstract                                             In addition, to begin work on Phase 1
                                             name and address) voluntarily                                                                                 and Phase 2, the Census Bureau
                                             submitted by the commenter may be                          The Census Bureau is requesting a                  provides to states:
                                             publicly accessible. Do not submit                      three-year clearance for the Fiscal Year                 1. Data from the Master Address File/
                                             Confidential Business Information or                    (FY) 2019 through 2021 to continue the                Topologically Integrated Geographic
                                             otherwise sensitive or protected                        phases of the 2020 Census RDP                         Encoding and Referencing system.
                                             information. You may submit                             Operation. The current three-year RDP                    2. The Geographic Update Program
                                             attachments to electronic comments in                   clearance and the project specific Office             Software (GUPS), an optional software
                                             Microsoft Word, Excel, WordPerfect, or                  of Management and Budget (OMB)                        tool.
                                             Adobe PDF file formats only.                            Control Number 0607–0988 will expire                     3. The procedures necessary for each
                                                                                                     in November 2018. The new clearance                   state to participate.
                                             FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                                                                                 States are not required to use GUPS,
                                             Requests for additional information or                  allows the Census Bureau to provide
                                                                                                     RDP-specific materials, procedures, and               but they have to submit their
                                             copies of the information collection                                                                          submission to the Census Bureau
                                             instrument(s) and instructions should                   burden hours to the liaisons from the 50
                                                                                                     states, the District of Columbia, and                 electronically in Census Bureau-
                                             be directed to James Whitehorne, U.S.                                                                         specified formats. During the
                                             Census Bureau, 4600 Silver Hill Road,                   Puerto Rico to complete two rounds of
                                                                                                     verification of the Voting District Project           submission period, the Census Bureau
                                             Washington, DC 20233, rdo@census.gov.                                                                         provides training in the use of GUPS
                                                                                                     (VTDP), Phase 2, in 2019 and 2020. The
                                             SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                                                                                    and assists the states in understanding
                                                                                                     RDP has added a second round of VTDP
                                             I. Overview                                             verification in 2020, resulting in an                 the procedures necessary for processing
                                                                                                     increase of 4,836 hours in total burden               files for their submission.
                                                The Redistricting Data Program (RDP)                                                                          State liaisons have participated and/
                                                                                                     from the burden described in the
                                             is one of many voluntary geographic                                                                           or will continue to provide inputs in the
                                                                                                     previously-approved OMB package.
                                             data exchange programs that collects                                                                          following phases of the program:
                                                                                                     Leading up to the decennial census,
                                             boundaries to update the U.S. Census
                                                                                                     many geographies are changing                         Phase 1: Block Boundary Suggestion
                                             Bureau’s geographic database of
                                                                                                     simultaneously and consequently may                   Project (BBSP) (2015–2017)
                                             addresses, streets, and boundaries. The
                                             Census Bureau uses its geographic                       affect the Voting District (VTD)                         Between 2015 and 2017, the Census
                                             database to link demographic data from                  geography. This second verification is                Bureau collaborated with each state
                                             surveys and the decennial Census to                     necessary to make sure that VTD                       liaison to collect and verify suggestions
                                             locations and areas, such as cities,                    geographies are up-to-date and align                  for 2020 Census tabulation blocks
                                             congressional and legislative districts,                with decennial geography. The Census                  through the BBSP. The purpose of the
                                             and counties. To tabulate statistics by                 Bureau will deliver the 2020 Census                   BBSP was to afford states the
                                             localities, the Census Bureau must have                 Redistricting Data (Phase 3) by April 1,              opportunity to identify non-standard
                                             accurate addresses and boundaries.                      2021. RDP is executed under the                       features often used as electoral
                                                The boundaries collected in the RDP                  provisions of Title 13, Section 141(c) of             boundaries (such as a power line or
                                             and other geographic programs will                      the United States Code (U.S.C.).                      stream, rather than a street centerline,
                                             create census blocks, which are the                        Under the provisions of Public Law                 which might divide voters on the same
                                             building blocks for all Census Bureau                   94–171, as amended (Title 13, United                  street into two districts) for use as 2020
                                             geographic boundaries. While the                        States Code (U.S.C.), Section 141(c)), the            Census tabulation block boundaries. For
                                             geographic programs differ in                           Director of the Census Bureau is                      the first time, states also had the
                                             requirements, timeframe, and                            required to provide the ‘‘officers or                 opportunity to review legal limits, such
                                             participants, the RDP and the other                     public bodies having initial                          as county and incorporated place
                                             geographic programs all follow the same                 responsibility for the legislative                    boundaries, as reported through the
                                             basic process:                                          apportionment or districting of each                  Boundary and Annexation Survey
                                                1. The Census Bureau invites eligible                state . . .’’ with the opportunity to                 (BAS). The Census Bureau conducts the
                                             participants to the program. For the                    specify geographic areas (e.g., Voting                BAS annually to update information
                                             RDP, we invite nonpartisan state                        Districts (VTDs), wards, and election                 about the legal boundaries and names of
                                             liaisons appointed by the legislative                   precincts) for which they wish to                     all governmental units. The alignment
                                             leadership of each state.                               receive decennial census population                   of the BAS with the BBSP facilitated the
                                                                                                     counts for the purpose of                             cooperation between state and local
                                                2. If they elect to participate in the
                                                                                                     reapportionment or redistricting.                     governments. States that chose to
                                             program, participants receive a digital
                                                                                                                                                           participate in Phase 1 received
                                             copy of the boundaries the Census                       III. Method of Collection                             guidelines and training for providing
                                             Bureau has on file. Participants review
                                                                                                                                                           their suggestions.
                                             the boundaries and update them if                          The Census Bureau develops and uses
                                             needed. RDP participants can choose to                  different methods to collect data from                Phase 2: Voting District Project (VTDP)
                                             review and provide their boundary                       program participants. The Census                      (2018–2020)
                                             updates using a free customized                         Bureau issued invitation letters by mail                 The VTDP is the second phase of the
                                             mapping software, or using their own                    (U.S. Postal Service) and follow-up                   RDP operation. During this phase, states
                                             mapping software.                                       emails to the officers or public bodies               are able to submit their VTD boundaries
                                                3. Participants return their updates to              having initial responsibility for                     and to suggest legal boundary updates to
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                                             the Census Bureau.                                      legislative reapportionment and                       the Census Bureau. In addition, state
                                                4. The Census Bureau updates its                     redistricting. The 50 states, the District            liaisons who participated in the
                                             geographic database with boundary                       of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of                  delineation have two opportunities to
                                             updates from participants.                              Puerto Rico have identified non-partisan              verify the submitted VTDs prior to
                                                5. The Census Bureau uses the newly                  liaisons that are already working                     release of the 2020 Census redistricting
                                             updated boundaries and addresses to                     directly with the Census Bureau on the                data tabulations, which occurs in Phase
                                             tabulate statistics.                                    2020 Census RDP.                                      3. VTDP delineation occurs between


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                                             January and May 2018 and is included                            Phase 3: Delivery of the 2020 Census                                       November 2017 and May 2018. The
                                             in the current OMB clearance. VTDP                              Redistricting Data (2021)                                                  Census Bureau is not planning to collect
                                             verifications occur in early 2019 and                             By April 1, 2021, the Director of the                                    the 117th CDs and SLDs in 2020.
                                             early 2020.                                                     Census Bureau will, in accordance with                                     • 2020 Census
                                             • VTDs Delineation (2018)                                       Title 13, U.S.C., furnish the Governor
                                                                                                                                                                                           Between November 2021 and May
                                                                                                             and state legislative leaders, both the
                                                States that choose to participate in                                                                                                    2022, the Census Bureau will solicit
                                                                                                             majority and minority, and any public
                                             VTDP receive geographic products that                                                                                                      from each state the boundaries of the
                                                                                                             bodies responsible for legislative
                                             allow them the opportunity to update                                                                                                       newly drawn 118th CDs and 2022 SLDs.
                                                                                                             redistricting, with 2020 Census
                                             the VTDs for inclusion in the 2020                                                                                                         This effort will occur every two years in
                                                                                                             population counts for standard census
                                             Census tabulation geography. State                                                                                                         advance of the 2030 Census in order to
                                                                                                             tabulation areas (e.g., states,
                                             liaisons also have the option to continue                                                                                                  update these boundaries with new or
                                                                                                             Congressional districts, state legislative
                                             to align their effort with updates from                                                                                                    changed plans. A verification phase will
                                                                                                             districts, American Indian areas,
                                             state and local government officials                                                                                                       occur with each update.
                                                                                                             counties, cities, towns, census tracts,
                                             participating in the BAS. The VTD/BAS
                                                                                                             census block groups, and census blocks)                                    Phase 5: Review of the 2020 Census RDP
                                             updates continue through May 2018.
                                                                                                             regardless of a state’s participation in                                   and Recommendations for the 2030
                                             • VTDs Verification (2019 and 2020)                             Phase 1 or 2. The Director of the Census                                   Census RDP (2020 Post-Data Collection)
                                               The Census Bureau will conduct two                            Bureau will provide 2020 Census                                              As the final phase of the 2020 Census
                                             rounds of verification of the VTDs. The                         population counts for those states                                         RDP, the Census Bureau will work with
                                             Census Bureau will perform an initial                           participating in Phase 2, for both the                                     the states to conduct a thorough review
                                             VTD verification between December                               standard tabulation areas and for VTDs.                                    of the RDP. The intent of this review,
                                             2018 and May 2019. Leading up to the                            For each state, this delivery will occur                                   and the final report that results, is to
                                             decennial census, many geographies are                          no later than April 1, 2021.                                               provide guidance to the Secretary and
                                             changing simultaneously and                                     Phase 4: Collection of Post-Census                                         the Census Bureau Director in planning
                                             subsequently may affect the VTD                                 Redistricting Data Plans (2011–2022)                                       the 2030 Census RDP.
                                             geography. In order to provide current
                                             VTDs to the states that align better with                       • 2010 Census                                                              IV. Data
                                             decennial geography, a second round of                            Beginning in 2011 and every two                                            OMB Control Number: 0607–0988.
                                             verification will occur between                                 years thereafter, the Census Bureau                                          Form Number(s): Not available.
                                             December 2019 and March 2020 for                                solicits from each state the newly drawn                                     Type of Review: Regular submission.
                                             states that participated in the initial                         legislative and Congressional district                                       Affected Public: All 50 states, the
                                             delineation and first verification.                             plans and prepares appropriate data                                        District of Columbia, and the
                                               Participation in the 2020 Census RDP                          tabulations based on the new districts.                                    Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
                                             Phases 1 (BBSP) and 2 (VTDP), under                             From November 2015 through May                                               Estimated Number of Respondents:
                                             Title 13, U.S.C., is voluntary. However,                        2016, the Census Bureau completed the                                      52.
                                             the Census Bureau cannot ensure that                            data collection and verification of the                                      Estimated Time per Response: 72
                                             the 2020 Census tabulation geography                            115th Congressional Districts (CDs) and                                    hours.
                                             will support the redistricting needs of a                       2016 State Legislative Districts (SLDs).                                     Estimated Burden Hours (Information
                                             state that has chosen not to participate                        The 116th CDs and SLDs collection and                                      Collection Renewal—FY 2019–2021):
                                             in Phase 1 and Phase 2.                                         verification will occur between                                            11,284.

                                                                                                                                                       Estimated total hour burden per fiscal year (FY)

                                                                     Phases/activities                                                 Currently approved OMB                                                          Renewal
                                                                                                                               2016                   2017                   2018                   2019                   2020                   2021

                                             BBSP   Annotation Phase 1 ...............................................               6,448       ....................   ....................   ....................   ....................   ....................
                                             BBSP   Verification Phase 2 ..............................................   ....................              3,224       ....................   ....................   ....................   ....................
                                             VTDP   Delineation Phase 1 ..............................................    ....................   ....................            12,896        ....................   ....................   ....................
                                             VTDP   Delineation round one ...........................................     ....................   ....................   ....................              6,448       ....................   ....................
                                             VTDP   Verification round two ...........................................    ....................   ....................   ....................   ....................              4,836       ....................

                                                  Total Estimated Hour Burden ...................................                                    22,984                                                               11,284



                                               Estimated Total Annual Burden                                 of the functions of the agency, including                                  or other forms of information
                                             Hours: 3,761.                                                   whether the information shall have                                         technology.
                                               Estimated Total Annual Cost to                                practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the                                   Comments submitted in response to
                                             Public: $0.                                                     agency’s estimate of the burden                                            this notice will be summarized and/or
                                               Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.                           (including hours and cost) of the                                          included in the request for OMB
                                                Authority: Legal Authority:                                  proposed collection of information; (c)                                    approval of this information collection;
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                                               Title 13, U.S.C., Sections 16, 141, and                       ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
                                             193.                                                            clarity of the information to be
                                             V. Request for Comments                                         collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
                                                                                                             burden of the collection of information
                                                Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
                                                                                                             on respondents, including through the
                                             the proposed collection of information
                                                                                                             use of automated collection techniques
                                             is necessary for the proper performance


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                                             they also will become a matter of public                NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:                    Issues and Decision Memorandum.6 The
                                             record.                                                 (202) 482–2371 or (202) 482–4956,                       Issues and Decision Memorandum is a
                                                                                                     respectively.                                           public document and is on file
                                             Sheleen Dumas,
                                                                                                     SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                              electronically via Enforcement and
                                             Department Lead PRA Officer, Office of the
                                                                                                                                                             Compliance’s Antidumping and
                                             Chief Information Officer.                              Background                                              Countervailing Duty Centralized
                                             [FR Doc. 2018–04156 Filed 2–28–18; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                        On October 31, 2017, Commerce                        Electronic Service System (ACCESS).
                                             BILLING CODE 3510–07–P
                                                                                                     published in the Federal Register the                   ACCESS is available to registered users
                                                                                                     preliminary affirmative determination of                at http://access.trade.gov, and it is
                                                                                                     sales at LTFV in the antidumping duty                   available to all parties in the Central
                                             DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
                                                                                                     (AD) investigation of biodiesel from                    Records Unit, Room B8024 of the main
                                             Foreign-Trade Zones Board                               Indonesia.1 On December 8, 2017,                        Commerce building. In addition, a
                                                                                                     Commerce published a postponement                       complete version of the Issues and
                                             [S–166–2014]                                            notice, extending the due date of the                   Decision Memorandum can be accessed
                                                                                                     final LTFV determination until February                 directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/
                                             Foreign-Trade Zone 231—Stockton,
                                                                                                     15, 2018.2 Commerce invited comments                    frn/. The signed and electronic versions
                                             California; Withdrawal of Application
                                                                                                     from interested parties on the                          of the Issues and Decision
                                             for Subzone Expansion; Medline
                                                                                                     Preliminary Determination.3 The                         Memorandum are identical in content.
                                             Industries, Inc.; Lathrop, California
                                                                                                     petitioner, Wilmar, and Musim Mas
                                                                                                                                                             Scope of the Investigation
                                               Notice is hereby given of the                         filed case and rebuttal briefs on both
                                             withdrawal of the application of the                    sales and cost issues.4 In addition, the                  The product covered by this
                                             Port of Stockton, California, grantee of                Government of Indonesia filed a case                    investigation is biodiesel from
                                             FTZ 231, requesting an additional site                  brief. Commerce exercised its discretion                Indonesia. Commerce did not receive
                                             within Subzone 231A on behalf of                        to toll deadlines affected by the closure               any scope comments subsequent to the
                                             Medline Industries, Inc., located in                    of the Federal Government from January                  Preliminary Determination and,
                                             Lathrop, California. The application was                20 through 22, 2018. The revised                        therefore, the scope has not been
                                             docketed on December 15, 2014 (79 FR                    deadline for the final determination of                 updated since the Preliminary
                                             75787, December 19, 2014).                              this investigation is now February 20,                  Determination. See the scope in
                                               The case has been closed without                      2018.5 A summary of the events that                     Appendix I to this notice.
                                             prejudice.                                              occurred since Commerce published the
                                                                                                                                                             Period of Investigation
                                               Dated: February 26, 2018.                             Preliminary Determination, as well as a
                                                                                                     full discussion of the issues raised by                   The POI is January 1, 2016, through
                                             Andrew McGilvray,                                                                                               December 31, 2016.
                                                                                                     interested parties for this final
                                             Executive Secretary.                                    determination, may be found in the
                                             [FR Doc. 2018–04171 Filed 2–28–18; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                                                                             Verification
                                             BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P                                     1 See Biodiesel from Indonesia: Preliminary            As provided in section 782(i) of the
                                                                                                     Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than         Act, we conducted the cost and sales
                                                                                                     Fair Value, 82 FR 50379 (October 31, 2017)              verifications of Wilmar in Medan,
                                             DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                  (Preliminary Determination) and accompanying
                                                                                                     Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM).
                                                                                                                                                             Indonesia, Singapore, and Pearland,
                                                                                                        2 See Biodiesel from Argentina and Indonesia:        Texas, in October and November, 2017.
                                             International Trade Administration                      Postponement of Final Determinations of Sales in        We used standard verification
                                             [A–560–830]                                             Less Than Fair Value Investigations and Extension       procedures, including an examination of
                                                                                                     of Provisional Measures, 82 FR 57952 (December 8,       relevant accounting and production
                                                                                                     2017).
                                             Biodiesel From Indonesia: Final                            3 See Memorandum ‘‘Antidumping Duty
                                                                                                                                                             records, and original source documents
                                             Determination of Sales at Less Than                     Investigation of Biodiesel from Indonesia: Deadline     provided by the respondents.
                                             Fair Value                                              for Case Briefs,’’ dated November 22, 2017; see also
                                                                                                     Memorandum ‘‘Antidumping Duty Investigation of          Analysis of Comments Received
                                             AGENCY:   Enforcement and Compliance,                   Biodiesel from Indonesia: Deadline for Case Briefs,’’     All issues raised in the case and
                                             International Trade Administration,                     dated December 1, 2017.
                                                                                                                                                             rebuttal briefs by parties in this
                                             Department of Commerce.                                    4 The petitioner is the National Biodiesel Board
                                                                                                                                                             investigation are addressed in the Issues
                                             SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce                     Fair Trade Coalition, which is an ad hoc association
                                                                                                     comprised of domestic producers of biodiesel, as        and Decision Memorandum, which is
                                             (Commerce) determines that imports of                   well as one trade association. See, e.g., Biodiesel     hereby adopted by this notice. A list of
                                             biodiesel from Indonesia are being, or                  from Argentina and Indonesia; Antidumping and           the issues raised is attached to this
                                             are likely to be, sold in the United States             Countervailing Duty Petitions, dated March 23,
                                                                                                                                                             notice as Appendix II.
                                             at less than fair value (LTFV), as                      2017. The mandatory respondents in this
                                                                                                     investigation are Wilmar Trading PTE Ltd. (Wilmar)
                                             provided in section 735 of the Tariff Act               and PT Musim Mas (Musim Mas).
                                                                                                                                                             Changes Since the Preliminary
                                             of 1930, as amended (the Act). The                         5 See Memorandum for The Record from                 Determination
                                             period of investigation (POI) is January                Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for            Based on our analysis of the
                                             1, 2016, through December 31, 2016.                     Enforcement and Compliance, performing the non-
                                                                                                     exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant         comments received and our findings at
                                             The final weighted-average dumping                      Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance,               verification, we made certain changes to
                                             margins are listed below in the section                 ‘‘Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the             the margin calculations. For a
                                             entitled ‘‘Final Determination Margins.’’               Federal Government,’’ dated January 23, 2018. All       discussion of these changes, see the
                                                                                                     deadlines in this segment of the proceeding have
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                                             DATES: Applicable March 1, 2018.                                                                                Issues and Decision Memorandum.
                                                                                                     been extended by 3 days. If the new deadline falls
                                             FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                        on a non-business day, in accordance with
                                             Myrna Lobo or Alex Cipolla, AD/CVD                      Commerce’s practice, the deadline will become the         6 See Memorandum to the File, ‘‘Issues and

                                             Operations, Office VII, Enforcement and                 next business day. See Notice of Clarification:         Decision Memorandum for the Final Affirmative
                                                                                                     Application of ‘‘Next Business Day’’ Rule for           Determination in the Antidumping Duty
                                             Compliance, International Trade                         Administrative Determination Deadlines Pursuant         Investigation of Biodiesel from Indonesia,’’ dated
                                             Administration, U.S. Department of                      to the Tariff Act of 1930, as Amended, 70 FR 24533      concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this
                                             Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue                      (May 10, 2005).                                         notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).



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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice.
DatesTo ensure consideration, written comments must be submitted on or before April 30, 2018.
ContactRequests for additional information or copies of the information collection instrument(s) and instructions should be directed to James Whitehorne, U.S. Census Bureau, 4600 Silver Hill Road, Washington, DC 20233, [email protected]
FR Citation83 FR 8832 

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