[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 13 (Thursday, January 21, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 3275]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-1371]


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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--Puerto Rico.
    Form Number(s): D-1(UL)(PR), D-1(UL)(PR)(S), D-1(E)(PR), D-
1(E)(PR)(S), D-1(E)SUPP(PR), D-1(E)SUPP(PR)(S), D-1(HF)(PR), D-1 
(HF)(PR)(S), D-2(UL)(PR),D-2(UL)(PR)(S), D-2(E)(PR), D-2(E)(PR)(S), D-
2(E)SUPP(PR), D-2(E)SUPP(PR)(S), D-2(HF)(PR), D-2 (HF)(PR)(S), D-
10(PR), D-10(PR)(S), D-15A(PR), D-15A(PR)(S), D-15B(PR), D-15B(PR)(S), 
D-20A(PR), D-20A(PR)(S), D-20B(PR), D-20B(PR)(S), D-21(PR), D-23(PR), 
D-806(PR), D-806(PR)(S), D-1(F)(PR), D-5(L)(UL)(PR), D-9(UL)(PR), D-
16A(L)(UL)(PR), D-16B(L)(UL)(PR), D-19A(L)(PR), D-19A(L)(PR)(S), D-
19B(L)(PR), D-19B(L) (PR)(S), D-19C(L)(PR), D-19C(L)(PR)(S), D-26(PR), 
D-31(PR), D-(UL)(PR), D-6(PR), D-6(UL)(PR), D-7(PR), D-7(UL)(PR), D-
8(PR), D-8A(PR), D-8B(PR), D-12(PR), D-14(PR), D-40(PR), D-40(SCR)(PR).
    Agency Approval Number: Not available.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Burden: Short form--251,767 hours, Long form--190,400 hours, 
Reinterview--1,582 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 1,400,000.
    Avg Hours Per Response: Short form--13 minutes, Long form--48 
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. This OMB submission 
covers Puerto Rico only. The other areas mentioned will be 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. Puerto Rico census data 
are used to redraw legislative district boundaries to ensure that 
political representation is distributed accurately and to determine 
funding allocations for the distribution of Federal and Puerto Rico 
funds each year. Census data will tell us what we know about Puerto 
Rico; they are a definitive benchmark for virtually all demographic 
information used by the Federal, Puerto Rico and local governments, 
policy makers, educators, journalists, and community and nonprofit 
organizations.
    Affected Public: Individuals and households.
    Frequency: One time.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Title 13, U.S.C, Sections 141, 193, 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 15, 1999.
Madeleine Clayton,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-1371 Filed 1-20-99; 8:45 am]
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