[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 41 (Tuesday, March 3, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 10303]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-5421]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of the Census

15 CFR Part 70

[Docket No. 980209031-8031-01]
RIN 0607-AA18


Cutoff Dates for Recognition of Boundary Changes for Census 2000

AGENCY: Bureau of the Census, Commerce.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of the Census is establishing the cutoff dates for 
recognition of boundary changes for Census 2000. The cutoff dates are 
established for each decennial census of population and were last 
established for the 1990 census. For the tabulation and dissemination 
of data from Census 2000, the Bureau of the Census will recognize only 
those boundaries legally in effect on January 1, 2000, that have been 
reported officially to the Bureau of the Census no later than March 1, 
2000.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 3, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joel L. Morrison, Chief, Geography 
Division, Bureau of the Census, Washington, DC 20233-7400, telephone 
(301) 457-1132, or e-mail ([email protected]).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Bureau of the Census is amending 15 CFR 
Part 70 to establish cutoff dates for recognition of boundary changes 
for Census 2000. This technical amendment is necessary to change the 
dates that were established for the 1990 census on July 8, 1988 (51 FR 
24653) and are out of date. The name of the census is changed from 
``1990 census'' to ``Census 2000'', and the reference year is changed 
from 1990 to 2000 throughout the regulation. The Bureau of the Census 
will recognize only those boundaries legally in effect on January 1, 
2000, that have been reported officially to it no later than March 1, 
2000.
    The Bureau of the Census finds good cause for dispensing with the 
notice and comment requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act 
because notice and comment are unnecessary so far as the public is 
concerned, since the rule makes merely technical amendments to update 
the dates from the 1990 census to Census 2000 (5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B)). A 
delay in the effective date is not required because this rule is not a 
substantive rule (5 U.S.C. 553(d)). Because a notice of proposed 
rulemaking and an opportunity for comment are not required for 
rulemaking under 5 U.S.C. 553 or any other law, the analytical 
requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) 
are not applicable. This rule does not contain any collection of 
information subject to the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act 
(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). It has been determined that this rule is not 
significant for purposes of Executive Order 12866.

List of Subjects in 15 CFR Part 70

    Census data.

    For the reasons set forth in the preamble, 15 CFR part 70 is 
amended to read as follows:

PART 70--[AMENDED]

    1. The authority for part 70 is revised to read as follows:

    Authority: 13 U.S.C. 4 and Department of Commerce Organization 
Order 35-2A (40 FR 42765).

    2. In 15 CFR part 70, remove the words ``1990 census'' wherever 
they appear and add, in their place, the words ``Census 2000''.
    3. In addition to the amendments set forth above in 15 CFR part 70, 
remove the date ``1990'' wherever it appears and add, in its place, the 
date ``2000''.


Sec. 70.2  [Amended]

    4. In Sec. 70.2, remove the sentence ``A more complete description 
appears on pages A1 and A2 of 1980 Census of Population, Volume I, 
Chapter A'' and add, in its place, the sentence ``A more complete 
description appears on pages A-6 and A-11 of 1990 Census of Population, 
Volume 1, General Population Characteristics, 1990 CP-1-1, Appendix 
A.''

    Dated: February 10, 1998.
James F. Holmes,
Acting Director, Bureau of the Census.
[FR Doc. 98-5421 Filed 3-2-98; 8:45 am]
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