[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 107 (Thursday, June 3, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31344-31345]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-12509]


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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: Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS).
    Form Number(s): BAS-1, BAS-2, BAS-3, BAS-4, BAS-5.
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0151.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 36,000 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 12,000.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 3 hours.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for the clearance of forms to 
continue the annual Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS). The results 
of the BAS are needed to provide information documenting the creation 
of newly incorporated municipalities, minor civil

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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 in the boundaries of 
municipalities, MCDs, counties, AIAs, and ANRCs. The BAS information is 
used to provide an appropriate record for reporting the results of the 
decennial and economic censuses; annual surveys to support the annual 
population estimates program, and the American Community Survey, to 
update the municipal, MCD, county, AIA, and ANRC inventory for 
compliance with responsibilities specified in the OMB Circular A-16 
that supports the spatial data steward responsibilities of the OMB E-
Gov Geospatial Onestop, the FGDC Subcommittee on Cultural and 
Demographic Data, The National Map, the Federal Information Processing 
Standards (FIPS) program, and to update the Geographic Names 
Information Systems (GNIS) all of which are managed or maintained by 
the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
    The BAS universe and mailing materials vary depending on the needs 
of the Census Bureau in fulfilling the requirements of its censuses and 
household surveys and our partnerships. In the years ending in 8, 9, 
and 0, the survey includes all governmental counties and equivalent 
areas, all incorporated municipalities, all governmental MCDs, and all 
federally recognized American Indian and Alaska Native areas. Each 
governmental entity surveyed receives all maps covering its 
jurisdiction and one or more forms. These 3 years coincide with the 
Census Bureau's preparations for the decennial census.
    In the years ending with 2, and 7, the BAS generally includes all 
governmental counties and their statistical equivalents, all MCDs in 
the six New England states and those MCDs with a population of 10,000 
or greater in the states of Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, 
Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, those incorporated places with a population 
of 2,500 or greater, and all federally recognized American Indian and 
Alaska Native areas.
    In the remaining years of the decade, years ending in 1, 3, 4, 5, 
and 6, the BAS generally includes all governmental counties and their 
statistical equivalents, all MCDs in the six New England states, and 
those incorporated places with a population of 5,000 or greater.
    As part of our partnerships developed with state and county 
governments, the universe is modified with local knowledge to target 
those governments known to have changes and delete governments with no 
changes to minimize unnecessary burden.
    Affected Public: State, local, or tribal government.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., Section 6.
    OMB Desk Officer: Susan Schechter, (202) 395-5103.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-0266, Department of Commerce, room 6625, 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 either by fax (202-395-7245) or e-
mail ([email protected]).

    Dated: May 27, 2004.
Madeleine Clayton,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-12509 Filed 6-2-04; 8:45 am]
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