[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 239 (Wednesday, December 11, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 65195]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-31375]


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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: 1997 American Community Survey--Group Quarters Facility 
Questionnaire.
    Form Number(s): ACS-2(GQ).
    Agency Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Burden: 17 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 100.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 10 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: Planning is currently underway for the 1997 
American Community Survey (ACS). Data from the ACS will determine the 
feasibility of a continuous measurement system that provides 
socioeconomic data on a continual basis throughout the decade. The bulk 
of the 1997 ACS activities were previously cleared by OMB under 
approval number 0607-0810. However, the Census Bureau must also provide 
a sample of persons residing in Group Quarters (GQs) the opportunity to 
be interviewed for the ACS. GQs include places such as student dorms, 
correctional facilities, hospitals, nursing homes, shelters, and 
military quarters. Using the ACS-2(GQ) Facility Questionnaire, we will 
phone a sample of Group Quarters in Franklin County, OH -- one of the 
1997 ACS test sites (due to cost and operational restrictions, Franklin 
County is the only GQ test site). We will verify/update information 
such as GQ name, address, phone number, and type. We will collect 
information such as the name of a GQ contact, current/maximum number of 
residents at the facility, usual length of stay, and availability of 
facility records. This information will assist in the sampling and 
enumeration of individuals living in each GQ.
    Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions, Businesses or other 
for-profit, Farms.
    Frequency: One time only.
    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: December 4, 1996.
Linda Engelmeier,
Acting Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 96-31375 Filed 12-10-96; 8:45 am]
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