[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 40 (Tuesday, March 3, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 9214]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-4430]


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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: 2010 Census--American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
    OMB Control Number: 0607-0860.
    Form Number(s): Various.
    Type of Request: Reinstatement, with change, of an expired 
collection.
    Burden Hours: 111,675.
    Number of Respondents: 158,700.
    Average Hours per Response: 42 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census Bureau (Census Bureau) requests 
authorization from the OMB to collect data from the public in American 
Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the 
U.S. Virgin Islands (collectively referred to as the Island Areas) as 
part of the 2010 Census. The United States Constitution mandates that a 
census of the Nation's population be taken every ten years. In Title 
13, U.S. Code, the Congress gave the Secretary of Commerce (delegated 
to the Director of the Census Bureau) authority to undertake the 
decennial census. The geographic scope of the decennial census is 
specified in Title 13 U.S.C., Section 191 as covering the 50 states, 
the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands of the 
United States, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, 
and any other areas as may be determined by the Department of State. In 
the 2010 Census, the Census Bureau also will enumerate the Pacific 
Island Area of American Samoa. Census data are used to determine 
funding allocations for the distribution of federal and state funds 
each year.
    From the 2010 Census of the Island Areas, the Census Bureau will 
collect demographic, social, economic, and housing characteristics 
specifically elaborated in Title 13 U.S. Code. The code also provides 
for the confidentiality of responses to various surveys and censuses.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: One-time.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C. Sections 141 and 191.
    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: February 26, 2009.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-4430 Filed 3-2-09; 8:45 am]
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