[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 84 (Tuesday, May 1, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21735-21736]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-10765]


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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: U.S. Census Bureau.
    Title: Census 2000 Count Question Resolution Program.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Agency Approval Number: None.

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    Type of Request: New collection.
    Burden: 15,600 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 3,000.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 5.2 hours.
    Needs and Uses: After the release of Census 2000 redistricting 
data, some governmental entities may seek to challenge these official 
Census 2000 counts. The Census Bureau is implementing the Census 2000 
Count Question Resolution program (CQR) to address boundary, geocoding, 
and coverage (processing errors that result in a failure to include or 
the incorrect inclusion of population data that was identified and 
collected during the 2000 Census) errors. The census officially ended 
on December 31, 2000, and no additional census data can or will be 
collected after that date. The CQR Program is not a mechanism or 
process to challenge the March 6, 2001, decision of the Secretary of 
Commerce to release unadjusted numbers from Census 2000 for 
redistricting purposes nor to revise the numbers that were released for 
redistricting. Neither is the program a mechanism or process to 
challenge or revise the numbers sent to the President on December 28, 
2000, used to apportion the United States House of Representatives.
    Local or tribal governmental entities submitting a challenge using 
the CQR Program must submit supporting documentation, such as address 
lists and/or maps. Supporting evidence in the form of address lists 
shall be taken from a source dated no later than April 1, 2000. 
Challenges alleging geocoding or coverage (processing) errors in 
housing unit counts or group quarters population counts, must specify 
the block(s) for which the counts are being challenged. All 
governmental unit boundary challenges must be based on the boundaries 
that were in effect on January 1, 2000. The Census Bureau will compare 
the maps and supporting documentation with the information used to 
depict the boundaries for Census 2000. The Census Bureau will respond 
to all challenges and/or questions and will notify all affected 
governmental entities of any corrections to their official counts.
    The Census Bureau published a notice in the Federal Register on 
January 22, 2001 (Vol. 66, No. 14, pp. 6574-6578) announcing our plans 
to conduct the CQR Program and instructing local and Tribal governments 
on how, when, and where to submit challenges.
    CQR will begin June 30, 2001 and will conclude September 30, 2003.
    Affected Public: State, local, or Tribal government.
    Frequency: One time.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., Section 141.
    OMB Desk Officer: Susan Schechter, (202) 395-5103.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Madeleine Clayton, Departmental Paperwork 
Clearance Officer, (202) 482-3129, Department of Commerce, room 6086, 
14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the 
Internet at [email protected]).
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to Susan Schechter, OMB Desk Officer, room 10201, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: April 6, 2001.
Madeleine Clayton,
Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-10765 Filed 4-30-01; 8:45 am]
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