Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 76 / Friday, April 20, 2007 / Notices 19879 

1As in the 1990 and 2000 censuses, the 2010 

Census Redistricting Data Program is being 

partitioned into several phases. State participation 

in Phases 1 and 2 of the 2010 Redistricting Data 

Program under 13 U.S.C. 141 is voluntary. 

Agency, Fort Lee, VA. 

Patrick Rowe, 

Deputy Executive Director. 

[FR Doc. E7–7525 Filed 4–19–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6353–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of the Census 

[Docket Number 0612243149–63149–01] 

RIN 0607–AA42 

2010 Census Redistricting Data 

Program Commencement of Phase 2: 

The Voting District/Block Boundary 

Suggestion Project 

AGENCY: Bureau of the Census, 

Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of program. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

commencement of Phase 2 of the 2010 

Census Redistricting Data Program: The 

Voting District/Block Boundary 

Suggestion Project. This second phase 

specifically provides States the 

opportunity to submit their voting 

districts (election precincts, wards, etc.) 

to the Bureau of the Census (Census 

Bureau) for the development of data 

products by voting district in the Phase 

3 release of the 2010 Census 

Redistricting Data. In addition to 

providing the Census Bureau with their 

voting districts, States may opt to 

provide the Census Bureau with their 

suggestions for the 2010 Census 

tabulation block inventory. States may 

choose to participate in one or both 

options during Phase 2. Participation in 

Phase 2 is voluntary. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by May 21, 2007. The deadline 

for States to notify the Census Bureau 

that they wish to participate in the 

Phase 2: Voting District/Block Boundary 

Suggestion Project is December 15, 

2007. 

ADDRESSES: Please direct all written 

comments on this notice to the Director, 

U.S. Census Bureau, Room 8H001, mail 

stop 0100, Washington, DC 20233–0001. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Catherine C. McCully, Chief of the 

Census Redistricting Data Office, U.S. 

Census Bureau, Room 8H019, 

Washington, DC 20233, telephone (301) 

763–4039. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

provisions of Public Law 94–171 (Title 

13, United States Code (U.S.C.), Section 

141(c)), the Director of the Census 

Bureau is required to provide the 

‘‘officers or public bodies with initial 

responsibility for legislative 

apportionment or districting of each 

State * * * ’’ with the opportunity to 

specify geographic areas (for example, 

voting districts, wards, and election 

precincts) for which they wish to 

receive decennial census population 

totals for the purpose of 

reapportionment and redistricting. 

By April 1 of the year following the 

decennial census, the Secretary is 

required to furnish the State officials or 

their designees with population counts 

for counties, cities, census blocks, and 

State-specified congressional districts, 

legislative districts, and voting districts. 

In accordance with the provisions of 

Title 13, U.S.C. Section 141(c), and on 

behalf of the Secretary of Commerce, the 

Director announces the commencement 

of Phase 2 of the 2010 Census 

Redistricting Data Program. The purpose 

of this notice is to provide further 

information on the commencement of 

the 2010 Census Redistricting Data 

Program, Phase 2Voting District/Block 

Boundary Suggestion Project. Future 

notices will address the remaining 

phases of this 2010 Program. 

The 2010 Census Redistricting Data 

Program 1 was initially announced on 

May 13, 2004, in the Federal Register 

(69 FR 26547). This notice described the 

program that the Census Bureau 

proposed to adopt for the 2010 Census. 

In addition, Phase 1 of the 2010 Census 

Redistricting Data Program was initially 

announced in a second Federal Register 

notice on February 15, 2005 (70 FR 

7713). This notice described the 

procedures to be followed under Phase 

1 for States to submit their legislative 

districts (House and Senate) to the 

Census Bureau for the development of 

data products by legislative district. For 

additional background information on 

these notices, please consult the Federal 

Register issues referenced above. Phase 

1 was concluded on January 4, 2007, 

with the release of data re-tabulated 

from Census 2000 SF–1 (100% data) and 

SF–3 (sample data) for State legislative 

districts nationwide (50 States, the 

District of Columbia, and the 

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico). 

Beginning in the summer of 2007 and 

by separate letter, the Director of the 

Census Bureau will invite each State to 

participate in Phase 2, the Voting 

District/Block Boundary Suggestion 

Project. This phase will include a 

verification step prior to release of the 

Phase 3 data. For each State responding 

by December 15, 2007 that it wishes to 

participate in Phase 2, the Census 

Bureau will provide one county of data 

for that State from the MAF/TIGER 

Database and a copy of the MAF/TIGER 

Partnership Software (MTPS) to enable 

the State to begin work on Phase 2. 

States are not required to use the MTPS; 

however, they are required to provide 

their Phase 2 submission to the Census 

Bureau electronically in Census Bureau 

specified formats. During this time, the 

Census Bureau will provide training in 

the use of the MTPS and assist the 

States in preparing for the remaining 

counties within each State, scheduled 

for later in the fall of 2008. The States 

will have the opportunity to verify the 

inclusion of their voting districts and 

suggested tabulation block boundary 

features during 2009 and early 2010, to 

ensure the voting district boundaries 

that will be used by the Census Bureau 

are consistent with their submissions. 

The Census Bureau will continue to 

communicate with each State to ensure 

that the States are well informed on the 

benefits of working with the Census 

Bureau towards a successful 2010 

Census. In addition, the Redistricting 

Data Office will continue to work with 

each State to ensure it is prepared to 

participate in Phase 2 and Phase 3: 

Delivery of the Decennial 2010 Census 

Redistricting Data. Every State, 

regardless of its participation in Phase 2, 

will receive the official redistricting 

data sets, as required by Pub. L. 94–171. 

Executive Order 12866 

This notice has been determined to be 

not significant under Executive Order 

12866. 

Dated: April 17, 2007. 

Charles Louis Kincannon, 

Director, Bureau of the Census. 

[FR Doc. E7–7532 Filed 4–19–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign–Trade Zones Board 

Order No. 1509 

Expansion of Foreign–Trade Zone 123, 

Denver, Colorado, Area 

Pursuant to its authority under the 

Foreign–Trade Zones Act of June 18, 1934, as 

amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), the Foreign–

Trade Zones Board (the Board) adopts the 

following Order: 

Whereas, the City and County of 

Denver, grantee of Foreign–Trade Zone 

123, submitted an application to the 

Board for authority to expand FTZ 123 

to include a site (766 acres) at the Great 

Western Industrial Park (Site 3) in the 

Windsor, Colorado, area, adjacent to the 


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