[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 145 (Tuesday, July 29, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 40500]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-19928]


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 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    DOC has submitted 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: Bureau of the Census.
    Title: 1998 American Community Survey.
    Form Number(s): ACS-1/1A, -10/10A, -12(L)/12A(L), -13(L)/13A(L), -
14(L)/14A(L), -16(L)/16A(L), -20/20A, -30/30A.
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0810.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 72,325 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 258,000.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 30 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau is developing a methodology known 
as ``Continuous Measurement'' which will produce socioeconomic data on 
a continual basis throughout the decade for small areas and small 
subpopulations. The American Community Survey (ACS), implemented in 
November 1995, is a continuing full-scale data collection effort 
designed to determine the feasibility of a continuous measurement 
system. The survey includes samples in specific sites as well as a 
national sample to test response rates and our ability to obtain 
telephone numbers for nonresponse households. The data collected in 
this survey will be within the general scope and nature of those 
inquiries covered in the decennial census every ten years.
    In addition to the present 8 survey sites, we plan to add 2 new 
sites: Richland and Kershaw counties, South Carolina, including the 
city of Columbia; and Broward County, Florida.
    The objectives of the 1998 test are to:

--Develop and test sampling and data collection procedures in a number 
of different data collection situations
--Develop and implement procedures to create a national list of group 
quarters, and integrate housing unit and group quarters data collection
--Produce estimates for consecutive years for the continuing survey 
sites
--Investigate the effects of conducting the ACS at the same time and 
place as a census

    The ACS will be conducted at the same time and place (Richland & 
Kershaw Counties) as the 2000 Dress Rehearsal. This is being done for 
reasons stated above. We will ensure that no household receiving the 
ACS questionnaire will also get the long-form census questionnaire.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: Monthly.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C, Section 182.
    OMB Desk Officer: Jerry Coffey, (202) 395-7314.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, DOC Forms Clearance Officer, 
(202) 482-3272, Department of Commerce, room 5327, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to Jerry Coffey, OMB Desk Officer, room 10201, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: July 23, 1997.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 97-19928 Filed 7-28-97; 8:45 am]
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