[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 218 (Tuesday, November 16, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63332-63333]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-25010]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Census Bureau


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Spatial, Address, and Imagery Data Program

    The Department of Commerce will submit the following information 
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, on or after the date of publication of this notice. We invite the 
general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and 
continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of 
our information collection requirements and minimize the public's 
reporting burden. Public comments were previously requested via the 
Federal Register on Friday, July 29, 2021 during a 60-day comment 
period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public 
comments.
    Agency: U.S. Census Bureau, Commerce.
    Title: Spatial, Address, and Imagery Data Program.
    OMB Control Number: 0607-1008.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission, Request for an Extension of a 
Currently Approved Collection.
    Number of Respondents: 1,500 (500/year).
    Average Hours per Response: 2.5 hours.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 3,750 (1,250/year). Please note, this 
figure was miscalculated in the 60-day Federal Register Notice. It has 
been corrected in this notice.
    Needs and Uses: The Spatial, Address, and Imagery Data (SAID) 
Program is a voluntary geographic partnership programs that collects 
data to update and maintain the U.S. Census Bureau's geographic 
database of addresses, streets, and imagery known as the Master Address 
File/Topologically Integrated Geocoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) 
System. The MAF/TIGER System is vital for the Census Bureau's data 
collection, processing, tabulation, and dissemination programs for the 
United States and Puerto Rico.
    The geographic framework within the MAF/TIGER System enables the 
Census Bureau field personnel to navigate to the appropriate locations 
for data collection. It enables the Census Bureau to define geographic 
boundaries, including census blocks, and accurately link demographic 
data from surveys and the decennial census to census blocks, locations, 
and areas, such as counties, cities, and school districts for data 
tabulation and dissemination.
    The SAID Program supports the Census Bureau's ongoing demographic 
surveys and 2030 Census planning efforts by continuing to improve 
address coverage, collect and update street centerlines, and enhance 
the overall quality and integrity of the MAF/TIGER System after major 
Census update programs have concluded. The SAID Program provides the 
Census Bureau with a continuous method to obtain current, accurate, and 
complete address, street centerline, and imagery data.
    Since its inception, the SAID Program has allowed the Census Bureau 
to update addresses and street centerlines across the country, with 
participation covering nearly 89 percent of the housing units in the 
nation. Moving forward, the SAID Program will

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continue to acquire addresses, street centerlines, and imagery in areas 
targeted for housing unit growth or change to continue updating and 
improving the MAF/TIGER System.
    The SAID Program follows the process below:
     The Census Bureau invites partners in targeted areas each 
fiscal year, including tribal, state, county, and local governments; 
federal agencies; and other authoritative organizations.
     Partners are asked to provide a current address list with 
associated location points and attributes, a street centerline file, 
and/or imagery data for their jurisdiction that is no more than two 
years old.
     Partners upload the requested data files using the Secure 
Web Incoming Module (SWIM), deliver large imagery datasets on hard 
drives, or the Census Bureau acquires the files/data though direct 
download.
     The Census Bureau validates, then updates the MAF/TIGER 
System with the address and street centerline data provided by partners 
and uses the provided imagery for quality control and change detection.
     The Census Bureau uses these updated addresses, streets, 
and imagery to support Census Bureau field operations, decennial census 
operations, ongoing demographic survey response collection, and data 
tabulation.
     The Census Bureau provides partners feedback regarding the 
data they supplied, including an appropriate thank you letter and a 
detailed, non-Title 13 address report and/or TIGER/Line shapefile.
    Affected Public: Tribal, state, county, and local governments and 
organizations as well as other federal agencies.
    Frequency: Annual.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C. 16, 141, and 193.
    This information collection request may be viewed at 
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view the Department of 
Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of 
this notice on the following website www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently 
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search 
function and entering either the title of the collection or the OMB 
Control Number 0607-1008.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2021-25010 Filed 11-15-21; 8:45 am]
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