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substantial number of small entities.

The major factors considered for this

certification were:

1. The action will not result in any

additional reporting, recordkeeping or

other compliance requirements for small

entities other than the small

organizations that will furnish the

commodities and services to the

Government.

2. The action will not have a severe

economic impact on current contractors

for the commodities and services.

3. The action will result in

authorizing small entities to furnish the

commodities and services to the

Government.

4. There are no known regulatory

alternatives which would accomplish

the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46–48c) in

connection with the commodities and

services proposed for addition to the

Procurement List.

Accordingly, the following

commodities and services are hereby

added to the Procurement List:

Commodities

Office and Miscellaneous Supplies

(Requirements for Fairchild Air Force Base,

Washington)

Services

Grounds Maintenance, Base Hospital,

Buildings 5520, 5521 & 5522, Edwards

Air Force Base, California

Janitorial/Custodial

VA Outpatient Clinic, Las Vegas, Nevada

Janitorial/Custodial

Federal Building, 209 Broadway, New York,

New York

Laundry/Dry Cleaning

U.S. Marine Corps Base, Quantico, Virginia

This action does not affect current

contracts awarded prior to the effective

date of this addition or options that may

be exercised under those contracts.

Deletion

I certify that the following action will

not have a significant impact on a

substantial number of small entities.

The major factors considered for this

certification were:

1. The action will not result in any

additional reporting, recordkeeping or

other compliance requirements for small

entities.

2. The action will not have a severe

economic impact on future contractors

for the service.

3. The action will result in

authorizing small entities to furnish the

service to the Government.

4. There are no known regulatory

alternatives which would accomplish

the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46–48c) in

connection with the service deleted

from the Procurement List.

The following service is hereby

deleted from the Procurement List:

Document Destruction, Internal

Revenue Service, Cincinnati Service

Center, 200 West Fourth Street,

Covington, Kentucky.

Beverly L. Milkman,

Executive Director.

[FR Doc. 97–26328 Filed 10–2–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6353–01–P

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY: U.S. Commission on Civil

Rights.

DATE AND TIME: Friday, October 10, 1997,

9:30 a.m.

PLACE: U.S. Commission on Civil Rights,

624 Ninth Street, NW., Room 540,

Washington, DC 20425.

STATUS:

Agenda

I. Approval of Agenda

II. Approval of Minutes of September 5,

1997 and September 22, 1997

III. Announcements

IV. Staff Director’s Report

V. Advisory Committee Reports

Utah: ‘‘Employment Discrimination in

Utah’’

Wisconsin: ‘‘The Hmong in Green

Bay: Refugees in a New Land’’

VI. Commissioner Higginbotham’s

Proposal Concerning Issuance of

Reports

VII. Asian American Complaint and

Petition

VIII. Management Information System

IX. Future Agenda Items

CONTACT PERSON FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION: Barbara Brooks, Press and

Communications (202) 376–8312.

Stephanie Y. Moore,

General Counsel.

[FR Doc. 97–26436 Filed 10–1–97; 1:01 pm]

BILLING CODE 6355–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of the Census

The 1998 Study of Privacy Attitudes

(SPA)

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment

request.

SUMMARY: The Department of

Commerce, as part of its continuing

effort to reduce paperwork and

respondent burden, invites the general

public and other Federal agencies to

take this opportunity to comment on

proposed and/or continuing information

collections, as required by the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C.

3506(c)(2)(A)).

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before December 2,

1997.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Linda Engelmeier, Departmental

Forms Clearance Officer, Department of

Commerce, Room 5327, 14th and

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington,

DC 20230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the information collection

instrument(s) should be directed to

Randall Neugebauer, Bureau of the

Census, Room 3587–3 (Room SFC–2

1001 after October 10, 1997),

Washington, DC 20233, (301) 457–3952.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

The Census Bureau is interested in

privacy issues for several reasons. Most

notable is the steady decline in response

rates to the Census Bureau’s mailed

questionnaire in recent decennial

censuses, which may reflect the growing

apathy toward and mistrust of the

Federal government. With the recent

growth and popularity of the Internet

and world wide web, the issues of

access to individual data and lack of

data security have come to the forefront,

adding to the notion that individual

privacy is eroding away. A clear

understanding of the public’s beliefs

regarding the Census Bureau and its

practices may help decennial census

planners offset the trend in declining

responses rates, address new methods to

acquire data, improve our ability to

communicate privacy and

confidentiality messages, and improve

our ability to predict and effectively

respond to negative publicity. The

purpose of the 1998 Study of Privacy

Attitudes (SPA) is to assess the public’s

attitudes at two mutually exclusive

levels—one being national in scope and

the other, two Census 2000 Dress

Rehearsal (C2DR) sites.

The national study of privacy

attitudes is a repeat of a survey

conducted in 1995 by the Joint Program

in Statistical Methods (JPSM) of the

University of Maryland and the 1996

Study of Public Attitudes Toward

Administrative Records Use (SPARU).

The goals for conducting a national

study of privacy attitudes in 1998 are:
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—Determine the public’s opinion of the

Federal government and the Census

Bureau in general, the Census

Bureau’s privacy and confidentiality

policies, and the extent to which the

Census Bureau adheres to its own

privacy guidelines.

—Assess change in the public’s

attitudes on privacy-related issues

using results from the 1995 JPSM,

1996 SPARU, and the 1998 SPA.

—Determine the public’s opinion of the

Census Bureau’s expanded use of

administrative records and possible

interest in collecting SSNs in the

future and the notion of an

‘‘administrative records census.’’ [As

an alternative methodology for 2010,

an administrative records census

design will be experimented with

during Census 2000.]

—Determine the public’s opinion of the

Census Bureau adopting and

communicating fair information use

principles.

The C2DR component of the 1998

SPA will compare privacy beliefs in

areas prior to and after being

‘‘sensitized’’ to the census. The C2DR

component will target a sample of

households in the Sacramento,

California and Columbia, South

Carolina C2DR sites. Comparing results

between the pre- and post-measurement

samples will help determine if

becoming sensitized to a census

(through the paid advertizing campaign

and other promotion and outreach

programs) has a significant effect on

privacy attitudes. The objectives of the

C2DR component are noted above, but

also includes:

—Based on a pre- and postmeasurement of sampled households

in the dress rehearsal sites, assess

variability in the public’s attitudes on

privacy-related issues.

Understanding how the public defines

privacy and how the public understands

the Census Bureau’s confidentiality

language and practices is important

information as privacy-related

principles and policy are developed.

Two broad observations stem from

comparing the 1995 JPSM and 1996

SPARU: first, there was little change in

attitudes towards data sharing and

secondly, in 1996 there was less trust in

government, greater concerns about

privacy, and a greater feeling of

helplessness in politically effecting

change. The surveys of the 1998 SPA

will add significant results to what we

have already learned.

II. Method of Collection

A contractor will conduct the national

survey with telephone interviewing

using an automated survey instrument

and a list-assisted random digit dialing

(RDD) sampling design. The RDD

methodology will incorporate a number

of peripheral survey techniques that

have shown to raise response rates.

Given concerns of the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) with

the trend of declining response rates

with and bias in general of RDD surveys,

the Census Bureau assessed (by

contract) the effectiveness of response

rate remedies, the appropriateness of

applying RDD methodology in

collecting privacy attitudinal data, and

the nature and extent of bias from under

coverage and nonresponse. By applying

results and recommendations from the

research to the 1998 SPA, the Census

Bureau will collect good data with a

maximal response rate and minimal bias

that maintains comparability with the

1995 JPSM and 1996 SPARU. The preand post-surveys of the C2DR

component will be administered by

telephone to a random sample of

households from the Census Bureau’s

master address file and will entail some

degree of personal visit interviews as

well.

III. Data

OMB Number: Not available.

Form Numbers: The automated survey

instrument will not have a form

number.

Type of Review: Emergency

submission.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

3,000.

Estimated Time Per Response: 15

minutes.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 750.

Estimated Total Annual Cost: The

only cost to the respondents in

participating is that of their time.

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.

Legal Authority: Title 13 United States

Code, Section 193.

IV. Request for Comments

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether

the proposed collection of information

is necessary for the proper performance

of the functions of the agency, including

whether the information shall have

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden

(including hours and cost) of the

proposed collection of information; (c)

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on respondents, including through the

use of automated collection techniques

or other forms of information

technology.

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and/or

included in the request for OMB

approval of this information collection;

they also will become a matter of public

record.

Dated: September 29, 1997.

Wilson D. Haigler, Jr.,

Acting Departmental Forms Clearance

Officer, Office of Management and

Organization.

[FR Doc. 97–26208 Filed 10–2–97; 8:45am]

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 921]

Grant of Authority for Subzone Status;

Coastal Mobile Refining Company; (Oil

Refinery) Mobile County, AL

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, by an Act of Congress

approved June 18, 1934, an Act ‘‘To

provide for the establishment * * * of

foreign-trade zones in ports of entry of

the United States, to expedite and

encourage foreign commerce, and for

other purposes,’’ as amended (19 U.S.C.

81a–81u) (the Act), the Foreign-Trade

Zones Board (the Board) is authorized to

grant to qualified corporations the

privilege of establishing foreign-trade

zones in or adjacent to U.S. Customs

ports of entry;

Whereas, the Board’s regulations (15

CFR part 400) provide for the

establishment of special-purpose

subzones when existing zone facilities

cannot serve the specific use involved;

Whereas, an application from the City

of Mobile, Alabama, grantee of ForeignTrade Zone 82, for authority to establish

special-purpose subzone status at the oil

refinery complex of Coastal Mobile

Refining Company, located in Mobile

County, Alabama, was filed by the

Board on February 12, 1997, and notice

inviting public comment was given in

the Federal Register (FTZ Docket 8–97,

62 FR 8422, 2/25/97); and,

Whereas, the Board adopts the

findings and recommendations of the

examiner’s report, and finds that the

requirements of the FTZ Act and

Board’s regulations would be satisfied,

and that approval of the application

would be in the public interest if

approval is subject to the conditions

listed below;