[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 222 (Thursday, November 19, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59959-59960]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-27722]


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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: The Boundary and Annexation Survey, Boundary Validation 
Program.
    Form Number(s): BAS 1, BAS 2, BAS 3, BAS 4, BAS 5, BAS 6, BAS-ARF1, 
BAS-ARF2, BVP-1, BVP-2.
    OMB Control Number: 0607-0151.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden Hours: 241,750.
    Number of Respondents: 74,000.
    Average Hours per Response: 3 hours and 16 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census Bureau is requesting an extension 
and revision to the Paperwork Reduction Act clearance for the Boundary 
and Annexation Survey (BAS) in order to continue the current BAS 
collection and conduct the Boundary Validation Program (BVP). The BAS 
is conducted annually to collect information about selected legally 
defined geographic areas, such as counties (and equivalent areas), 
incorporated places, minor civil divisions (MCDs), as well as federally 
recognized American Indian reservations, including off-reservation 
trust land and tribal subdivisions. The BVP is conducted every ten 
years to provide the highest elected or appointed official (HEO) an 
opportunity to review the boundary data collected during the BAS over 
the last decade. The 2010 BVP is conducted in parallel with the 2010 
BAS.
    The BVP validates the following actions by governmental units, as 
reported in the BAS:
     The creation of newly incorporated places and MCDs.
     The creation of new counties, and the addition of new 
federally recognized American Indian areas (AIAs).\1\
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    \1\ AIAs American Indian Areas include reservations and/or off-
reservation trust lands and tribal subdivisions
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     The dissolution of incorporated places and MCDs.

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     The changes in the boundaries of incorporated places, 
MCDs, counties, barrios, subbarrios, municipios, consolidated cities, 
and AIANNHAs.\2\
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    \2\ AIANNHAs American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian 
Areas include reservations and/or off-reservation trust lands and 
tribal subdivisions, Alaska Native Regional Corporations (ANRCs) and 
Hawaiian home lands.
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    The results of the BAS and BVP provide geographic information to 
support the following products and/or services:
     Decennial and economic censuses.
     American Community Survey.
     Population Estimates Program.
     OMB Circular A-16 Responsibilities for:
    [cir] Geospatial One Stop E-GOV Initiative.
    [cir] Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) Responsibilities 
for:
     FGDC Subcommittee on Cultural and Demographic Data.
     Boundaries.
     U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Initiative on The National 
Map.
     Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) program.
     Geographic Names Information Systems (GNIS) program.
    The 2010 BVP will include all actively functioning counties or 
statistically equivalent entities, incorporated places (including 
consolidated cities), minor civil divisions (MCDs), all federally 
recognized American Indian reservations (AIRs) and off-reservation 
trust land entities in the United States, and municipios, barrios and 
subbarrios in Puerto Rico. In addition, the Census Bureau will send a 
letter to the governor of each state explaining the 2010 BVP process 
and advising them that state boundaries will be reviewed in conjunction 
with relevant counties boundaries as part of the BVP.
    The data and information collected from the BAS and BVP serve 
Federal, State, local, and tribal governments, and the private sector. 
The BVP provides validation for the information collected through the 
BAS. The BAS is the primary provider for the following services and 
products:
     Data collection for the decennial and economic censuses, 
and annual surveys.
     Primary data on new municipal incorporations and 
disincorporations.
     Legal boundary changes for governmental units.
     Inventory for the FIPS and GNIS programs.
     Updates of population estimates for governments including: 
the creation of new governments; the dissolution of governments; or 
changes in boundaries for local or tribal governments.
     Legal boundary framework layer for the FGDC National 
Spatial Data Infrastructure, the USGS National Map, and the E-GOV 
Geospatial One Stop.
    Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal government.
    Frequency: The BVP is conducted only during the year of the 
decennial census, whereas the BAS is conducted annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: The BAS and BVP fulfill the requirements specified 
in Title 13, United States Code, Section 6.
    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: November 13, 2009.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-27722 Filed 11-18-09; 8:45 am]
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