[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 13 (Thursday, January 21, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 3276]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-1375]


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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: Boundary and Annexation Survey.
    Form Number(s): BAS-1, 1A, 2, 2A, 3, 3A, 4, 5, 5A, 26 letters, 2 
postcards, and 10 inserts.
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0151.
    Type of Request: Reinstatement, with change, of an expired 
collection.
    Burden: 118,041 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 39,347.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 3 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau conducts the Boundary and 
Annexation Survey (BAS) annually to collect information on the creation 
of newly incorporated municipalities, minor civil divisions (MCDs), 
counties, Federally recognized American Indian areas (AIAs) which 
include reservations and/or off-reservation trust lands, and Alaska 
Native Regional Corporations (ANRCs), the dissolution of incorporated 
municipalities and MCDs, and changes to the boundaries of counties, 
incorporated municipalities, MCDs, AIAs, and ANRCs. The survey provides 
accurate identification of geographic areas for the decennial and 
economic censuses and support for the annual population estimates 
program. It is also used to update the municipal, MCD, county, AIA, and 
ANRC inventory for the Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 
program managed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) for the National 
Institute of Standards and Technology and to update the Geographic 
Names Information System (GNIS) maintained by the USGS.
    During 1999 and 2000, in preparation of Census 2000, the Census 
Bureau needs information from all areas to confirm or update existing 
boundary information. Additionally, we need information about street 
addresses along boundary lines. This request for reinstatement includes 
an increase in burden hours to cover the more detailed information we 
will collect.
    Affected Public: State, local, or Tribal government.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 USC, Section 6.
    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. 99-1375 Filed 1-20-99; 8:45 am]
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