[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 21 (Tuesday, February 3, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 5915]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-2229]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce will submit 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: Generic Clearance for Geographic Partnership Programs.
    Form Number(s): Various.
    OMB Control Number: 0607-0795.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden Hours: 557,930.
    Number of Respondents: 10,154.
    Average Hours Per Response: 55 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census Bureau requests approval from OMB 
for a three-year extension of the generic clearance entitled Geographic 
Partnership Programs (GPPs) that will cover a number of activities 
needed to update the Master Address File/ Topologically Integrated 
Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) database (MTdb) with 
associated address and geographic information. The information to be 
collected in these programs in cooperation with tribal, state, and 
local governments and other partners, are essential to the mission of 
the Census Bureau and directly contributes to the successful outcome of 
censuses and surveys conducted by the Census Bureau. The generic 
clearance will allow the Census Bureau to focus its limited resources 
on actual operational planning, development of procedures, and 
implementation of programs to update and improve the geographic 
information maintained in the MTdb.
    Census will follow the protocol of past generic clearances: submit 
clearance requests at least two weeks before the planned start of each 
activity that give more exact details, examples of forms, and final 
estimates of respondent burden. A year-end summary will be filed with 
OMB after the close of each fiscal year giving results of each activity 
conducted.
    The following categories of activities are included under the 
clearance:
    --Local Update of Census Addresses (LUCA) Appeals.
    --New Construction Program.
    --Redistricting Data Program.
    --Participant Statistical Areas Program and Tribal Statistical 
Areas Program (PSAP and TSAP).
    --Traffic Analysis Zones (TAZs) Program.
    --School District Review Program (SDRP).
    All activities listed above directly support the Census Bureau's 
efforts to maintain its geographic database (addresses, features, and 
political and statistical boundaries) in partnership with local 
agencies nationwide. Because tribal, state, and local governments have 
current knowledge of and data about where housing growth and change are 
occurring in their jurisdictions, their input into the overall 
development of the address list for the census makes a vital 
contribution. Similarly, those governments are in the best position to 
work with geographic boundaries, and benefit themselves when their 
address list is complete and data tabulation areas are drawn to the 
highest possible level of accuracy.
    Affected Public: State, local or tribal Governments.
    Frequency: One time.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 United States Code, Sections 16,141, and 
193.
    OMB Desk Officer: Brian Harris-Kojetin, (202) 395-7314.
    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 7845, 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 Brian Harris-Kojetin, OMB Desk Officer either by fax (202-395-7245) 
or e-mail ([email protected]).

    Dated: January 29, 2009.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-2229 Filed 2-2-09; 8:45 am]
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