[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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