[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 15 (Monday, January 25, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4062-4063]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-01337]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Geological Survey

[GX16EE000101000]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comment on 
Proposed Revisions to the United States Thoroughfare, Landmark and 
Postal Address Data Standard

AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments

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SUMMARY: The Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) is conducting a 
public review of proposed revisions to the United States Thoroughfare, 
Landmark and Postal Address Data Standard (Address Data Standard).
    The primary purposes of the Address Data Standard are to develop 
content specifications for address information, provide classifications 
for different types of addresses, establish appropriate standards and 
measures for evaluation of address data quality, and support exchange 
of address data. The FGDC endorsed the Address Data Standard in 2011, 
and numerous federal, state and local government agencies have since 
used it to manage their address data. Over the last five years, users 
and the authors identified a number of desirable minor corrections to 
the Address Data Standard. Additionally, the U.S. Census Bureau, as the 
maintenance authority for the Standard, has proposed adding a new Map 
Position element.
    Reviewers are requested to review and comment on the proposed 
revisions and/or submit additional comments on the Address Data 
Standard.
    The draft revision of the standard may be downloaded from: https://www.fgdc.gov/standards/projects/FGDC-standards-projects/street-address/AddressDataStandardRevised.
    The change log lists proposed changes identified since publication 
of the Address Data Standard in 2011. These changes are reflected in 
the version of the standard posted for the 2015 maintenance review and 
are subject to

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the official public review and adjudication process. The change log may 
be downloaded from https://www.fgdc.gov/standards/projects/FGDC-standards-projects/street-address/ChangeLog2011-2015.
    The proposal for the Map Position element may be downloaded from 
https://www.fgdc.gov/standards/projects/FGDC-standards-projects/street-address/MapPositionProposal.

DATES: Reviewers shall submit comments on the proposed revision of the 
United States Thoroughfare, Landmark and Postal Address Data Standard 
to [email protected] (subject line: Address Data Standard Revision) by 
April 25, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Reviewers shall submit comments on the United States 
Thoroughfare, Landmark and Postal Data Standard using the content 
template format at http://www.fgdc.gov/standards/process/standards-directives/template.doc. Instructions for completing the comment 
template are found in FGDC Standards Directive #2d, Standards Working 
Group Review Guidelines: Review Comment Template, http://www.fgdc.gov/standards/process/standards-directives/directive-2d-standards-working-group-review-guidelines-review-comment-template.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Julie Binder Maitra, FGDC 
Standards Coordinator, U.S. Geological Survey, Federal Geographic Data 
Committee, [email protected], 703-648-4627.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Proposed revisions to the FGDC-endorsed 
United States Thoroughfare, Landmark and Postal Data Standard may be 
categorized as follows:
    1. Corrections to typographic and minor grammatical errors, which 
include misspellings, missing words, etc., in all sections and minor 
corrections to the .XSD definitional document (for XML data exchange) 
and SQL code examples found in Part 4: Address Data Quality, Part 5: 
Data Exchange, and the appendices.
    2. Updating of all links and references (URLs, etc.) throughout the 
Standard to reflect newer versions of other standards, reference 
documents, etc.
    3. A proposal from the U.S. Census Bureau to add a MapPosition 
element to Part 2: Data Content, to describe the position of an address 
point. MapPosition allows multiple coordinate positions to be 
associated with an address. It is a repeatable element consisting of 
the coordinates of the map representation of an address with a 
description of the position. Such descriptions could be ``Front Door'', 
``Parcel Centroid'', ``Building Centroid'', and ``Driveway,'' amongst 
others. The MapPosition proposal may be downloaded from https://www.fgdc.gov/standards/projects/FGDC-standards-projects/street-address/MapPositionProposal.
    Comments that concern specific issues/changes/additions may result 
in changes to the Address Data Standard. After FGDC endorsement of the 
revisions to the Address Data Standard, the updated Address Data 
Standard and a change log will be made available to the public on the 
FGDC Web site, www.fgdc.gov. This log identifies the location of the 
change, the existing language, the change that is made, and an 
explanation of the change itself. Reviewers may obtain information 
about how comments were addressed upon request.
    The FGDC coordinates the Federal government's development of the 
National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI), which encompasses the 
policies, standards, and procedures for organizations to cooperatively 
produce and share geospatial data. Federal agencies that make up the 
FGDC develop the NSDI in cooperation with organizations from State, 
local and tribal governments, the academic community, and the private 
sector. The authority for the FGDC is OMB Circular No. A-16 Revised on 
Coordination of Geographic Information and Related Spatial Data 
Activities (Revised August 19, 2002). More information on the FGDC and 
the NSDI is available at http://www.fgdc.gov.

Kenneth M. Shaffer,
Deputy Executive Director, Federal Geographic Data Committee, Core 
Science Systems, U.S. Geological Survey.
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