[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 132 (Thursday, July 10, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 41112]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-17195]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of the Census

[Docket Number 030619157-0157-01]


Discontinuance of the Whole-Block Count Program for Certifying 
Population and Housing Unit Counts Resulting from Boundary Changes 
Since Census 2000

AGENCY: Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of termination of temporary program.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of the Census (Census Bureau) publishes this notice 
to announce the termination of the Whole-Block Count Program, which was 
the temporary method of certification offered from June 1, 1998, to 
January 3, 2003. The Census Bureau terminates the Whole-Block Count 
Program due to the implementation of the Geographically Updated 
Population Certification Program. This new program is the Census 
Bureau's update service for certifying population and housing unit 
counts for areas where the boundaries have changed from those used to 
tabulate the immediately preceding decennial census.

DATES: The Census Bureau terminates the Whole-Block Count Program as of 
July 10, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dorothy Stroz, Geography Division, 
U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, DC 20233, telephone (301) 763-9050, or 
e-mail [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Since the 1970 decennial census, and 
following every decennial census thereafter, the Census Bureau has 
provided the opportunity for county, local, and tribal governments to 
obtain certified population and housing unit counts for areas where 
their boundaries have changed from those used to tabulate the 
immediately preceding decennial census. Such boundary changes are the 
result of annexations, incorporations, or mergers of existing 
governmental units, which typically include counties, boroughs, cities, 
towns, villages, townships, and federally recognized American Indian 
reservations.
    The Census Bureau earlier issued a notice of final rulemaking in 
the Federal Register on this subject (67 FR 72095; December 4, 2002). 
This rule established the Geographically Updated Population 
Certification Program as the official process for providing 
geographically updated population certifications (see Title 15 CFR 
Sec. 50.60). It also amended Title 15, Code of Federal Regulations, to 
provide further detail on the subject of intercensal geographic 
certifications. Since this new program replaces the Whole-Block Count 
Program in its entirety, the Census Bureau is terminating the Whole-
Block Count Program. The program was temporary in nature and not 
required by any law.

    Dated: July 2, 2003.
Charles Louis Kincannon,
Director, Bureau of the Census.
[FR Doc. 03-17195 Filed 7-9-03; 8:45 am]
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