[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 65 (Tuesday, April 6, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16694-16695]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-8445]


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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 Maritime Enumeration.
    Form Number(s): D-34, D-47.
    Agency Approval Number: Not available.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Burden: 66 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 810.
    Avg Hours Per Response: D-34--2 minutes, D-47--5 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: Planning is currently underway for the Census 2000, 
which the Census Bureau will conduct on April 1, 2000. The Census 
Bureau must provide everyone in the United States and Outlying Areas 
the opportunity to be counted in the Census 2000, including persons on 
U.S. flag oceangoing vessels.

    Based on addresses provided by the Maritime Administration (MARAD) 
and other contacts, the Census Bureau will mail enumeration packages, 
which include multiple copies of Form D-23, ``Shipboard Census Report'' 
(SCR) to U.S. flag maritime ship current operators, who will forward 
the census materials to the ship's captains/masters, who will in turn 
distribute the SCRs to the ship's officers, crew, and passengers for 
completion. (The SCR is cleared separately under OMB approval number 
0607-0856.) This request is for clearance of Forms D-34, ``Census 2000 
Information for American Flag Vessels'' and D-47, ``Census 2000 
Location Report for American Flag Vessels.'' These forms will be used 
in the administration of the enumeration of the U.S. shipboard 
population. Each current operator is asked to complete Form D-34 if he/
she needs additional enumeration materials for other vessels. Each 
ship's captain/master will complete Form D-47 to note the ship's 
location.
    The Census Bureau uses the information on Form D-34 to supplement 
our mailing list for maritime vessels. We use the information on Form 
D-47 to correctly assign individuals aboard ship who report the vessel 
as their usual residence to the appropriate geographic area associated 
with the ship.


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    Affected Public: American flag vessel owners/operators and ship's 
captains/masters.
    Frequency: One time.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Title 13, United States Code, Sections 141, 193, 
221, and 222.
    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 5033, 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: March 31, 1999.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-8445 Filed 4-5-99; 8:45 am]
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