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submission mechanisms. Stakeholder 

input received from the two 

mechanisms is treated equally. The 

challenges, needed breakthroughs, and 

priorities identified by this effort will be 

evaluated in conjunction with input 

from NIFA staff. This information will 

be critical for NIFA’s evaluation of 

existing science emphasis areas and to 

identify investment opportunities and 

gaps in the current portfolio of 

programs. The information obtained 

through this iterative analysis and 

synthesis will help to ensure the 

strategic positioning and relevancy of 

NIFA’s investments in advancing 

agricultural research, education and 

extension. 

DATES: 

(A) Online Input: Submission of 

online stakeholder input to the target 

questions will be open upon publishing 

of this Notice through 5 p.m. Eastern 

time November 30, 2018. 

(B) In-person Listening Sessions: Four 

listening sessions, each a full day, will 

be organized throughout the United 

States to obtain input from all 

stakeholders, including small 

institutions, local business and other 

stakeholder groups. The listening 

sessions will take place on October 11, 

2018, October 18, 2018, October 25, 

2018, and November 1, 2018. Each 

session will begin at 8:30 a.m. and is 

scheduled to end no later than 5:00 p.m. 

Each session will include a presentation 

of the goals and background information 

on NIFA programs, followed by 

comments from stakeholders. Each 

registered speaker will receive 5 

minutes to share their comments with 

the Agency. If time allows after all 

comments from registered speakers are 

made, unscheduled speakers will be 

allowed 5 minutes to present their 

comments to the Agency. The length of 

the sessions will be adjusted according 

to numbers of participants seeking to 

provide input. All parties interested in 

attending an in-person listening session 

must RSVP no later than one week prior 

to the scheduled session. These sessions 

will be webcast and transcribed. 

Information about registering for the inperson session, providing written 

comments and viewing the webcast can 

be found at https://nifa.usda.gov/ 

nifalistens. 

Registration: The website, https://

nifa.usda.gov/nifalistens, includes 

instructions on submitting written 

comments and registering to attend or 

speak at the in-person listening 

sessions. All parties interested in 

attending an in-person listening session 

must RSVP no later than one week prior 

to the scheduled session. The number of 

attendees and oral commenters is 

limited due to time and space 

constraints (see below). Oral commenter 

slots will be allotted on a first-come, 

first-served basis. All interested 

stakeholders, regardless of attendance, 

are welcome to submit written 

comments. 

Comments: Written comments are due 

by 5 p.m. Eastern time November 30, 

2018. Written comments must be 

submitted electronically through 

https://nifa.usda.gov/nifalistens or 

emailed to NIFAlistens@nifa.usda.gov. 

ADDRESSES: The in-person listening 

sessions will take place at conference 

facilities in Hartford, CT (October 11, 

2018), New Orleans, LA (October 18, 

2018), Minneapolis, MN (October 25, 

2018), and Albuquerque, NM 

(November 1, 2018). 

All parties interested in attending an 

in-person listening session must RSVP 

no later than one week prior to the 

scheduled session they wish to attend. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Megan Haidet, Program Specialist, 

NIFA, at 202–401–6617, email 

NIFAlistens@nifa.usda.gov, or visit 

https://nifa.usda.gov/nifalistens for 

detailed information about providing 

written comments, joining the in-person 

sessions remotely, or registering to 

speak at an in-person session. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

science priority-setting process at NIFA 

involves soliciting stakeholder input on 

agricultural research, education and 

extension needs, obtaining input from 

NIFA’s science staff who are informed 

through interactions with scientific 

communities, and evaluating existing 

programs to identify critical gaps in the 

current portfolio of programs in order to 

address challenges in U.S. agriculture. 

This listening effort will focus on 

answers to the following questions, 

‘‘When considering all of agriculture, 

what is the greatest challenge that 

should be addressed through NIFA’s 

research, education, and extension?’’, 

‘‘In your field, what is the most-needed 

breakthrough in science/technology that 

would advance your agricultural 

enterprise?’’, and ‘‘What is your top 

priority in food and agricultural 

research, extension, or education that 

NIFA should address?’’ 

NIFA welcomes stakeholder input 

from any group or individual interested 

in agricultural research, extension or 

education priorities for NIFA. NIFA is 

eager to listen to stakeholder’s 

comments on the challenges, needed 

breakthroughs, and priorities, solutions 

and opportunities that will facilitate 

long-term sustainable agricultural 

production, research, education and 

extension. Agriculture in this context is 

defined broadly and includes research, 

extension, and education in food, fiber, 

forestry, range, nutritional and social 

sciences, including food safety and 

positive youth development. This 

listening effort will focus on the 

agricultural science that NIFA invests 

in, but not on NIFA processes or 

procedures. 

All parties interested in attending an 

in-person listening session must RSVP 

no later than one week prior to the 

scheduled session they will attend. 

Abstracts from in-person speakers can 

be submitted upon registration via 

https://nifa.usda.gov/nifalistens. 

Written comments by all interested 

stakeholders are welcomed through 5 

p.m. Eastern time, November 30, 2018. 

All input will become a part of the 

official record and available on the 

NIFA website, https://nifa.usda.gov/ 

nifalistens. 

Done at Washington, DC, this day of 

August 1, 2018. 

Thomas Shanower, 

Acting Director, National Institute of Food 

and Agriculture. 

[FR Doc. 2018–18535 Filed 8–24–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit 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. 

Agency: U.S. Census Bureau. 

Title: Boundary and Annexation 

Survey & Boundary Validation Program. 

OMB Control Number: 0607–0151. 

Form Number(s): BAS 1, BAS 2, BAS 

3, BAS 5, BAS 6, BAS ARF, BASSC, 

BVP 1, BVP 2. 

Type of Request: Regular Submission. 

Number of Respondents: 132,465. 

Average Hours per Response: Varies. 

Stage of review or response 

Estimated 

time per 

response 

(hours) 

Annual Response Notification .................................... 0.5 

No Change Response .......... 4 

Telephone Follow-up ............ 0.5 

Packages with Changes ....... 8 

State Certification Review .... 10 

State Certification Local Review ................................... 2 

Boundary Quality Assessment Reconciliation 

Project ............................... 25 


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1The respondent burden hour was incorrectly 

estimated at 270,710 hours in the previously 

published 60-Day presubmission notice. This 

mistake is corrected in the 30-Day FRN. 

Stage of review or response 

Estimated 

time per 

response 

(hours) 

Boundary Validation Program 2 

Respondent Burden Hour: 265,590 1

Needs and Uses: The Boundary and 

Annexation Survey (BAS) is one of the 

seven voluntary geographic partnership 

programs that collect boundaries, 

addresses, and streets to update the U.S. 

Census Bureau’s Master Address File/ 

Topologically Integrated Geographic 

Encoding and Referencing database 

(MAF/TIGER). The Census Bureau uses 

its geographic database to link 

demographic data from surveys and the 

decennial census to locations and areas, 

such as cities, school districts, and 

counties. In order to tabulate statistics 

by localities, the Census Bureau must 

have accurate addresses and boundaries. 

The boundaries collected during the 

BAS and other geographic programs 

become bounding features for census 

blocks, which are the building blocks 

for all Census Bureau geographic 

boundaries. While the Census Bureau’s 

geographic programs differ in 

requirements, time frame, and 

participants, the BAS and other 

geographic programs all follow the same 

basic process: 

1. The Census Bureau invites eligible 

participants to the program. For the 

BAS, the Census Bureau invites legal 

governments. 

2. If they elect to participate in the 

program, participants receive a copy of 

the boundaries or addresses that the 

Census Bureau has on file. BAS 

participants can choose to review and 

update their boundaries using 

Geographic Update Partnership 

Software—which is a free customized 

mapping software—paper maps, or their 

own mapping software. 

3. Participants return their updates to 

the Census Bureau. 

4. The Census Bureau processes and 

verifies all submissions for accuracy, 

and updates its geographic database 

with boundary or address updates 

submitted by the participants. 

5. The Census Bureau uses the newly 

updated boundaries and addresses to 

tabulate statistics. The Census Bureau 

uses its geographic database to link 

demographic data from surveys and the 

decennial census to locations and areas, 

such as cities, congressional and 

legislative districts, and counties. To 

tabulate statistics by localities, the 

Census Bureau must have accurate 

addresses and boundaries. 

The BAS annually updates 

incorporated place boundaries, minor 

civil divisions, counties, and the 

federally recognized American Indian 

areas inventory for compliance with 

responsibilities specified in the OMB 

Circular A–16, Governmental Units and 

Administrative and Statistical 

Boundaries Data Theme. BAS supports 

the spatial data steward responsibilities 

of the OMB E-Gov, Data.gov, The 

National Map, and updates to the 

Geographic Names Information Systems. 

The results of the BAS are needed to 

provide information documenting the 

creation of newly incorporated places, 

minor civil divisions, counties, federally 

recognized American Indian Areas 

(including American Indian 

reservations, and off-reservation trust 

lands). BAS also includes the 

dissolution of incorporated places and 

minor civil divisions, and changes in 

the boundaries of incorporated places, 

minor civil divisions, counties, and 

American Indian Areas. Alaska Native 

Regional Corporations will be updated 

in the 2020 Census Participant 

Statistical Areas Program rather than 

BAS. BAS information provides an 

appropriate record for reporting the 

results of the decennial census, 

economic census, the Population 

Estimates Program, and surveys such as 

the American Community Survey. In the 

year 2020, all legal documentation for 

inclusion in the 2020 Census must be 

effective January 1, 2020. All legal 

boundary changes will be placed on 

hold and updated during the 2021 BAS 

if effective January 2, 2020 or later. 

The BAS universe and mailing 

materials vary depending both upon the 

needs of the Census Bureau in fulfilling 

its censuses and household surveys and 

upon budget constraints. Counties or 

equivalent entities, federally recognized 

American Indian reservations, offreservation trust lands, and tribal 

subdivisions are included in every BAS. 

There are projects to support the BAS 

among various levels of governments 

and obtain the most accurate boundary 

information. These are the: 

• Boundary Quality Assessment and 

Reconciliation Project. 

• Boundary Validation Program. 

• State Certification Program. 

The Boundary Quality and 

Reconciliation Project (BQARP) 

supports the BAS program, improves 

boundary quality in the Census Bureau’s 

MAF/TIGER database and lessens the 

burden on BAS participants. BQARP 

works with state level cadastral or 

geographic information system 

coordinators to update state, county and 

incorporated place boundaries. The BAS 

would then continue the collection of 

annexations and de-annexations on a 

transaction basis as they occur over 

time. Ensuring quality and spatially 

accurate boundaries is a critical 

component of the geographic 

preparations for the 2020 Census and 

the Census Bureau’s ongoing geographic 

partnership programs and surveys. In 

addition, the improvement of boundary 

quality is an essential element of the 

Census Bureau’s commitment as the 

responsible agency for legal boundaries 

under the OMB Circular A–16. 

The Census Bureau will conduct the 

2020 Boundary Validation Program 

(BVP) in conjunction with the 2020 

BAS. The BVP is a part of BAS 

conducted in preparation for the 

decennial census. The Census Bureau 

conducts the BVP every ten years to 

provide the highest elected or appointed 

officials of tribal and local governments 

an opportunity to review the boundary 

data collected during the BAS over the 

last decade. The 2020 BVP will cover: 

• All actively functioning counties or 

statistically equivalent entities. 

• Incorporated places (including 

consolidated cities). 

• All actively functioning minor civil 

divisions. 

• All federally recognized American 

Indian reservations and off-reservation 

trust land entities in the United States. 

• Municipios, barrios, barrio-pueblos 

and subbarrios in Puerto Rico. 

In addition, the Census Bureau will 

send a letter to the governor of each 

state explaining the 2020 BVP process 

and advising them the Census Bureau 

will review the state boundaries in 

conjunction with relevant county 

boundaries as part of the BVP. 

The Census Bureau will conduct the 

2020 BVP in two phases, initial and 

final. During the initial BVP phase, 

every highest elected official in the BAS 

universe will receive a BVP form, a 

letter with instructions, and paper maps 

or a CD/DVD containing a complete set 

of 2020 BAS maps in PDF format for 

their governmental unit with the option 

to request other formats. The Census 

Bureau asks the highest elected official 

to review their boundaries and return 

the BVP form within ten days of receipt. 

If the highest elected official determines 

that there are no changes to report, the 

highest elected official will sign and 

return the validated BVP form. If the 

highest elected official determines that 

their entity requires boundary changes, 

the Census Bureau requests the highest 

elected official to work with their BAS 

contact to submit boundary changes 

through the 2020 BAS process. If either 

the highest elected official or the BAS 


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1See Large Diameter Welded Pipe from Canada, 

Greece, India, the People’s Republic of China, the 

Republic of Korea, and the Republic of Turkey: 

Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 83 

FR 7154 (February 20, 2018) (Initiation Notice). 

2See Large Diameter Welded Pipe from Canada, 

Greece, India, the People’s Republic of China, the 

Republic of Korea, and the Republic of Turkey: 

Postponement of Preliminary Determinations in the 

Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 83 FR 27953 

(June 15, 2018). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Determination in the Less-ThanFair-Value Investigation of Large Diameter Welded 

Pipe from Greece,’’ dated concurrently with, and 

hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum). 

contact submits 2020 BAS boundary 

updates, effective as of January 1, 2020, 

or before, by the deadline of March 1, 

2020, the entity will be included in the 

final phase of the BVP. The government 

will have the option to submit the 

corrections on either paper or digital 

maps. 

In the final BVP phase, once the 

Census Bureau applies the participant’s 

2020 BAS boundary updates to the 

MAF/TIGER database, the Census 

Bureau will provide each highest 

elected official a complete set of 

updated 2020 BAS maps or shapefiles. 

The governments may request CD/DVD, 

download or plotted paper maps. This 

is their final opportunity to review the 

boundary and verify that the Census 

Bureau clearly reflects the correct 

boundary in the MAF/TIGER database, 

effective January 1, 2020, for the 2020 

Census. In the final BVP phase, each 

highest elected official submits any 

remaining corrections within five days 

directly to the Census Bureau using the 

instructions provided in the BAS 

respondent guide. 

The final stage of BAS is the annual 

State Certification Program. This 

program allows state level agencies to 

verify that the status and boundary 

updates received through the previous 

years’ BAS updates were accomplished 

according to state law. The State 

Certification Program will be held in 

2018 and 2019. The BVP replaces the 

State Certification in 2020. During each 

cycle of this program, Governordesignated state certifying officials 

review listings of incorporated place 

legal boundary and functional status 

changes reported to the BAS during the 

previous year. The extent of the State 

Certification program varies depending 

on the laws governing annexations, 

deannexations, incorporations, and 

disincorporations in the given state. 

Some states have strong laws that 

require local governments to report legal 

boundary changes to the state 

government. In these states, the state 

certifying official is able to certify, edit, 

add, or reverse reported annexations, 

and may mark a legal boundary change 

as a duplicate of a previously reported 

change. In these states, the state 

certifying official also has the authority 

to request that the Census Bureau edit 

or delete information received from the 

local government. In states that do not 

require local governments to report legal 

boundary changes to the state, the 

Census Bureau will not edit or delete 

information without confirmation from 

the local government. If the state 

certifying official adds legal boundary 

changes missing from the Census 

Bureau’s annexation list, the Census 

Bureau will contact the local 

government to request information. The 

State Certification program helps to 

ensure that all levels of government 

represent boundaries consistently and 

accurately. 

The data and information collected 

from the BAS and BVP serve tribal, 

federal, state and local governments, 

and the private sector. The BVP 

provides validation for the information 

collected through the BAS. The BAS is 

the primary provider for the following 

services and products: 

(1) Classify data collected in the 

periodic decennial and economic 

censuses and annual surveys. 

(2) Serve as the primary source of 

information regarding new 

incorporations, disincorporations, and 

other changes in the local and tribal 

government inventory for the Federal 

Information Processing Series and 

Geographic Names Information Systems 

programs, tribal, state and local officials, 

and private data users. 

(3) Update its estimates of the 

population as a result of the creation of 

new governments, the dissolution of 

governments, or changes in boundaries 

for existing local or tribal governments. 

(4) Serve as the source for 

governmental unit boundary 

information as a framework layer of the 

National Spatial Data Infrastructure for 

The National Map and the data.gov 

website. 

Information quality is an integral part 

of the pre-dissemination review of the 

information disseminated by the Census 

Bureau. Information quality is also 

integral to the information collections 

conducted by the Census Bureau, and 

we incorporate it into the clearance 

process as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

Affected Public: Tribal, state and local 

governments. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Legal Authority: Title 13, U.S.C., 

Section 6. 

This information collection request 

may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov. 

Follow the instructions to view 

Department of Commerce collections 

currently under review by OMB. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to OIRA_Submission@

omb.eop.gov or fax to (202)395–5806. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Departmental Lead PRA Officer, Office of the 

Chief Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2018–18443 Filed 8–24–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–484–803] 

Large Diameter Welded Pipe From 

Greece: Preliminary Determination of 

Sales at Less Than Fair Value and 

Postponement of Final Determination 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) preliminarily determines 

that large diameter welded pipe (welded 

pipe) from Greece is being, or is likely 

to be, sold in the United States at less 

than fair value (LTFV). The period of 

investigation (POI) is January 1, 2017, 

through December 31, 2017. Interested 

parties are invited to comment on this 

preliminary determination. 

DATES: Applicable August 27, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brittany Bauer, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–3860. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This preliminary determination is 

made in accordance with section 733(b) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act). Commerce published the 

notice of initiation of this investigation 

on February 20, 2018.1 On June 8, 2018, 

Commerce postponed the preliminary 

determination of this investigation; the 

revised deadline is now August 20, 

2018.2 For a complete description of the 

events that followed the initiation of 

this investigation, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.3 A list of topics 

included in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is included as Appendix 

II to this notice. The Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum is a public 

document and is on file electronically 

via Enforcement and Compliance’s 


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