[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 103 (Wednesday, May 30, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29959-29960]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-10361]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Census Bureau


Local Update of Census Addresses (LUCA) Program

ACTION: Proposed information collection; comment request.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort 
to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public 
and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on 
proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 
3506(c)(2)(A)).

DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before July 30, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Diana Hynek, Departmental 
Paperwork Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 14th 
and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet 
at [email protected]).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument(s) and instructions 
should be directed to Robert A. LaMacchia, Chief, Geography Division, 
U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, DC 20233-7400; telephone (301) 763-
2131; fax (301) 763-4710; or by e-mail at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    The Local Update of Census Addresses (LUCA) Program was developed 
by the U.S. Census Bureau to meet the requirements of the Census 
Address List Improvement Act of 1994, Public Law 103-430. The Census 
Bureau will use the LUCA program to help develop the housing unit and 
group quarters (e.g., college dormitory, nursing home, correctional 
facility, etc.) address information that it will need to conduct the 
2010 Decennial Census. Under the voluntary LUCA Program, participating 
governments may review the Census Bureau's confidential list of 
individual living quarters addresses and provide to the Census Bureau 
address additions, corrections, deletions, and/or the identification of 
corrected address counts for census blocks; street and street attribute 
updates; and legal boundary updates. Governments electing to 
participate in the LUCA program also provide program contact 
information, certification of their agreement to maintain the 
confidentiality of the Census Bureau address information, responses 
regarding their physical and information technology security 
capabilities, program option and product media preference information, 
shipment inventory information, and certification of their return/
destruction of materials containing confidential data. The program will 
be available to tribal, state, and local governments, and the District 
of Columbia and Puerto Rico (or their designated representatives) in 
areas for which the Census Bureau performs a precensus address 
canvassing operation (excluded are sparsely settled areas in the states 
of Alaska and Maine). The LUCA program includes federally recognized 
American Indian tribes with reservations and/or off-reservation trust 
lands, states, and general-purpose local governments, such as cities 
and townships, for which the Census Bureau reports data. This 
information collection will occur between August 2007 and April 2008.

II. Method of Collection

    The information on address additions, corrections, deletions, and/
or the identification of corrected address counts for census blocks is 
collected, at the participating government's option, in the form of:
    a. Handwritten annotations to printed address listings (for 
governments with 6,000 or fewer addresses); or
    b. Electronic data files formatted to Census Bureau specifications; 
or
    c. Electronic data files output by the MAF/TIGER Partnership 
Software, a desktop computer application supplied free-of-charge to 
LUCA Program participants that permits the review and update of Census 
Bureau address and map information.
    The information on street and street attribute updates as well as 
legal boundary updates is collected, at the participating government's 
option, in the form of:
    a. Handwritten annotations on Census Bureau-supplied paper maps; or
    b. Electronic updates to Census Bureau-supplied digital shape 
files; or
    c. Shape files output by the MAF/TIGER Partnership Software, a 
desktop computer application supplied free-of-charge to LUCA Program 
participants that permits the review and update of Census Bureau 
address and map information.
    The information on the program contacts, certification of agreement 
to maintain the confidentiality of the Census Bureau address 
information, physical and information technology security capabilities, 
program option and product media preferences, shipment inventory, and 
certification of the return/destruction of materials containing 
confidential data is collected via the completion of printed paper 
forms.

III. Data

    OMB Number: 0607-0795.
    Form Numbers:
    D-1668--Registration Form--English
    D-1668(PR)(S)--Registration Form--Spanish
    D-1669--Confidentiality Agreement Form--English
    D-1669(PR)(S)--Confidentiality Agreement Form--Spanish
    D-1670--Participation Option/Product Preference Form
    D-1670(LTW)--Product Preference Form--Mailed to entities wholly 
within a federally-recognized American Indian reservation and/or trust 
land
    D-1670(SG)--Participation Option/GIS Preference/County Selection 
Form--mailed to governors only (state level form)
    D-1670(PR)(S)--Participation Option/Product Preference Form--
Spanish
    D-1670(SG)(PR)(S)--Participation Option/GIS Preference/County 
Selection Form--mailed to governors only (state level form)
    D-1671--Inventory Form--English
    D-1671(PR)(S)--Inventory Form--Spanish
    D-1674--Return/Destruction Form--English
    D-1674(PR)(S)--Return/Destruction Form--Spanish
    D-1676--Self-Assessment Checklist--English

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    D-1676(PR)(S)--Self-Assessment Checklist--Spanish
    D-1690(LG)--Address List--local government
    D-1690(TG)--Address List--tribal government
    D-1690(PR)(S)--Address List--Puerto Rico (Spanish)
    D-1691(LG)--Address List Add Page--local government
    D-1691(TG)--Address List Add Page--tribal government
    D-1691(PR)(S)--Address List Add Page--Puerto Rico (Spanish)
    D-1692(LG)--Address Count List--local government
    D-1692(TG)--Address Count List--tribal government
    D-1692(PR)(S)--Address Count List--Puerto Rico (Spanish)
    Type of Review: Reinstatement, with change, of a previously 
approved collection for which approval has expired.
    Affected Public: Tribal, state, and local governments.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 19,780 governments.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 196 hours on average; will vary by 
population size of government.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 3,909,829.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $0.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., Chapter 1, Subchapter 1, Section 
16.

IV. Request for Comments

    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden 
(including hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information; 
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the 
collection of information on respondents, including through the use of 
automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and/or included in the request for OMB approval of this information 
collection; they also will become a matter of public record.

    Dated: May 24, 2007.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E7-10361 Filed 5-29-07; 8:45 am]
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