Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

[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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