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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND 

BUDGET 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of the Census 

[Docket No.: 090302265–9268–01] 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs; Procedures for Participating in 

the Appeals Process for the 2010 

Decennial Census Local Update of 

Census Addresses (LUCA) Program 

AGENCIES: Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget; and Bureau of 

the Census, Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: As part of implementing the 

Census Address List Improvement Act 

of 1994, the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) and the Bureau of the 

Census (Census Bureau) request public 

comment on the Appeals Process 

whereby Tribal, State, and local 

governments participating in the 2010 

Decennial Census Local Update of 

Census Addresses (LUCA) Program may 

appeal determinations made by the 

Census Bureau with respect to their 

suggested changes to the 2010 Census 

Address List. For information purposes, 

this notice also describes the LUCA 

Feedback materials that the Census 

Bureau will provide to participating 

governments and how those 

governments can use the materials as 

the basis for an appeal. 

Electronic Availability: This notice is 

available on the Internet from the OMB 

Web site at http://www.whitehouse.gov/ 

omb/fedreg_default/. 

DATES: To ensure consideration during 

the decision-making process, OMB must 

receive all comments in writing on or 

before April 30, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Comments concerning the 

proposed appeals procedure may be 

submitted though one of the following 

methods: 

• Fax: Comments may be faxed to 

Katherine K. Wallman, Chief 

Statistician, Office of Management and 

Budget, fax number (202) 395–7245. 

• E-mail: Comments may be sent to 

2010AppealsProcess@omb.eop.gov, 

with the subject 2010 Appeals Process. 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.Regulations.gov. Simply type 

‘‘LUCA Program’’ (in quotes) in the 

Comment or Submission search box, 

click Go, and follow the instructions for 

submitting comments. 

Correspondence about the 2010 

Census LUCA Program in general 

should be sent to Arnold A. Jackson, 

Associate Director for Decennial Census, 

U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, DC 

20233, telephone (301) 763–8626, fax 

number (301) 763–8867, e-mail 

Arnold.A.Jackson@census.gov. 

Because of delays in the receipt of 

regular mail due to security screening, 

you are encouraged to use electronic 

communications to transmit your 

comments in order to ensure timely 

receipt. All comments with the subject 

of ‘‘2010 Appeals Process’’ received by 

the date specified above will be 

included as part of the official record, 

and made available to the public on 

http://www.Regulations.gov and on 

OMB’s Web site. For this reason, please 

do not include in your comments any 

information of a confidential nature, 

such as sensitive personal information 

or proprietary information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information about the proposed Appeals 

Process, contact Suzann Evinger, Office 

of Management and Budget, 10201 New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC 20503, telephone (202) 395–7315; 

fax number (202) 395–7245. For 

information about the Census Bureau’s 

2010 Census LUCA Program, contact 

Timothy F. Trainor, Chief, Geography 

Division, U.S. Census Bureau, 

Washington, DC 20233–7400, telephone 

(301) 763–2131; fax (301) 763–4710. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB), in 

consultation with the Bureau of the 

Census (Census Bureau), publishes this 

notice to seek comments on the 

proposed procedures for the 2010 

Decennial Census Local Update of 

Census Addresses (LUCA) Appeals 

Process. The Appeals Process allows 

Tribal, State, and local governments 

participating in the 2010 Decennial 

Census Local Update of Census 

Addresses (LUCA) Program to appeal 

determinations made by the Census 

Bureau with respect to their suggested 

changes to the 2010 Census Address 

List. 

The Census Address List Improvement 

Act of 1994 

The Census Address List 

Improvement Act of 1994 (Pub. L. 103– 

430, 108 Stat 4393 (1994)) mandates the 

establishment of a program to be used 

by the Census Bureau for developing the 

decennial census address list and 

address lists for other censuses and 

surveys conducted by the Bureau. The 

Act’s provisions direct the Secretary of 

Commerce to: (1) Publish standards 

defining the content and structure of 

address information that Tribal, State, 

and local governments may submit to be 

used for developing a national address 

list; (2) develop and publish a timetable 

for the Census Bureau to receive, 

review, and respond to submissions; 

and (3) provide a response to the 

submissions regarding the Census 

Bureau’s determination for each 

address. The Act provides further that 

OMB’s Administrator of the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

acting through the Chief Statistician and 

in consultation with the Census Bureau, 

shall develop a process for Tribal, State, 

and local governments to appeal 

determinations of the Census Bureau. 

The Act also directs the U.S. Postal 

Service to provide the Secretary of 

Commerce with address information, as 

appropriate, for use by the Census 

Bureau. 

The Act authorizes the Census Bureau 

to provide designated officials of Tribal, 

State, and local governments with 

access to census addresses information. 

Prior to the 2000 Census, the Census 

Bureau was limited to providing block 

summary totals of addresses to Tribal 

and local governments. The 2000 

Census marked the first decennial 

census where Tribal and local 

governments were able to review the 

census address list. 

The OMB Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs Administrator’s 

Proposed 2010 LUCA Appeals Process 

To ensure that Tribal, State, and local 

governments participating in the2010 

Decennial Census LUCA Program have 

a means to appeal the Census Bureau’s 

determinations, the Census Address List 

Improvement Act of 1994 requires that 

the Administrator of OMB’s Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

acting through the Chief Statistician and 

in consultation with the Census Bureau, 

develop an appeals process to resolve 

any disagreements that may remain after 

participating governments receive the 

Census Bureau’s LUCA Feedback 

materials. This section describes the 

proposed procedures for that Appeals 

Process on which comments are now 

being sought. For reference purposes 

only, the section below entitled ‘‘The 

Census Bureau’s 2010 Decennial Census 

LUCA Program’’ describes the alreadycompleted phase of the program. Also 

for reference purposes only, the Appeals 

Process that was used for the 2000 

Census is described in the Federal 

Register notice published on June 30, 

1999 (64 FR 35548). 

A. Overview of the Appeals Process 

Governmental jurisdictions that 

participated in LUCA Option 1 or LUCA 

Option 2 and completed a review of 

2010 Census LUCA materials may file 


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an Appeal if they meet the eligibility 

criteria. Jurisdictions that participated 

in LUCA Option 3 are not eligible to 

appeal. Appeals must be filed within 30 

calendar days from the date the 

participant receives its LUCA Feedback 

materials. Appeals filed after the 

deadline will be denied as untimely. 

When filing an appeal, eligible 

participants must include supporting 

documentation that substantiates the 

existence and location of each appealed 

address. Eligible participants may file 

an Appeal with the 2010 Decennial 

Census LUCA Appeals Staff, a 

temporary Federal entity set up to 

administer the Appeals Process, and 

must also submit a duplicate copy of the 

Appeal to the Census Bureau’s Regional 

Census Center responsible for that 

governmental jurisdiction. After 

notification by the Appeals Staff that an 

eligible participant has appealed, the 

Census Bureau will have 15 calendar 

days to respond to the Appeal. Appeal 

decisions will be based solely on a 

review of written documentation 

provided to the Appeals Staff by the 

eligible government and the Census 

Bureau. The decision of the Appeals 

Staff will be final. The Appeals Staff is 

scheduled to conclude its review of 

appeal submissions by March 31, 2010. 

Specific eligibility criteria and detailed 

requirements for Appeal submissions 

are provided below. 

B. Appeal Procedures for Option 1— 

Title 13 Full Address List Review LUCA 

Program Participants 

1. Eligibility Criteria for Filing an 

Appeal 

Option 1 participating governments 

are eligible to file an appeal if they (1) 

returned additions to or corrections of 

the 2010 Decennial Census Address 

List, or (2) challenged the count of 

addresses in one or more census blocks 

on the 2010 Decennial Census Address 

Count List after their LUCA review, or 

(3) certified to the Census Bureau after 

their LUCA review that the 2010 

Decennial Census Address List was 

correct and required no update. 

Eligible Option 1 participating 

governments may appeal (1) address 

additions and corrections they provided 

after their initial review of the 2010 

Census Address List that the Census 

Bureau did not accept, (2) addresses 

they believe are still missing from 

blocks whose address count they 

challenged during their LUCA review of 

the Address Count List, and (3) 

addresses that were deleted from the 

2010 Decennial Census Address List by 

the Census Bureau during the Address 

Canvassing Operation that were not 

commented on by participants during 

their initial LUCA review. 

When filing an Appeal, eligible LUCA 

Program participants must provide (1) 

contact information for the 

governmental jurisdiction filing the 

Appeal, (2) address information for each 

address being appealed, and (3) 

supporting documentation that 

substantiates the existence and/or 

location of each address being appealed 

as specified below. 

2. Contact Information 

Eligible participants must provide the 

following contact information for the 

governmental jurisdiction filing the 

Appeal: 

a. Name of the governmental 

jurisdiction, and 

b. Name, mailing address, telephone 

number, fax number, and electronic 

mail address (if any) of that 

jurisdiction’s contact person for the 

Appeal. 

3. Address Information 

a. Eligible participants must provide 

the following six items of information to 

appeal the Census Bureau’s rejection of 

the submission of a new address to be 

added to, or a correction to an existing 

address on, the Census Address List (as 

evidenced by the Census Bureau’s final 

determination code for that address on 

the Detailed Feedback Address List), 

or 

to appeal the Census Bureau’s deletion 

of an address during the Address 

Canvassing Operation that was not 

previously commented on by the 

participant during its initial LUCA 

review (as indicated for that address on 

the Detailed Feedback Address List): 

(1) Complete address (including the 

house number, unit designator if 

applicable, street name, street direction, 

street type, post office name, and ZIP 

Code) or if there is no address a location 

description of the housing unit or other 

living quarters. 

(2) Control ID number. 

(3) Census Tract number. 

(4) Census Block number. 

(5) Participant submitted action code. 

(6) Census Bureau’s Processing Code. 

Eligible participants must provide 

information for each appealed address 

on a computer-readable form or on 

paper. Technical requirements for the 

format of address information will be 

included with the feedback materials 

the participant receives from the Census 

Bureau. 

b. To appeal the omission of 

addresses the eligible participant 

believes are still missing from blocks 

whose address counts the participant 

challenged previously during its initial 

LUCA review (as evidenced by the 

revised address counts for those blocks 

on the Detailed Feedback Address 

Count Challenge List), provide the 

following items of information for each 

missing address: 

(1) Complete address (including the 

house number, unit designator if 

applicable, street name, street direction, 

street type, post office name, and ZIP 

Code) or if there is no address a location 

description of the housing unit or other 

living quarters. 

(2) Census Tract number from the 

map or shapefile. 

(3) Census Block number from the 

map or shapefile. 

4. Supporting Documentation 

Eligible participants must provide 

supporting documentation for each 

appealed address as specified below in 

section E, ‘‘Supporting Documentation 

an Eligible Government Must File with 

an Appeal.’’ 

C. Appeal Procedures for Option 2— 

Title 13 Local Address List Submission 

LUCA Program Participants 

1. Eligibility Criteria for Filing an 

Appeal 

Option 2 participants are eligible to 

file an appeal if they: (1) Returned their 

local city-style address list, or (2) 

certified to the Census Bureau after their 

LUCA review that the 2010 Census 

Address List was correct and required 

no update. Option 2 participants may 

appeal: (1) The Census Bureau’s 

rejection of the existence or location of 

an address they submitted for inclusion 

in the 2010 Census Address List (as 

evidenced for that address by the 

Census Bureau’s processing code 

Detailed Feedback List) and (2) the 

Census Bureau’s deletion of an address 

from the 2010 Census Address List 

during the Address Canvassing 

Operation (as indicated for that address 

on the Detailed Feedback Address List). 

When filing an Appeal, jurisdictions 

must provide: (1) Contact information 

for the jurisdiction, (2) address 

information for each address being 

appealed, and (3) supporting 

documentation that substantiates the 

existence and/or location of each 

address being appealed as specified 

below. 

2. Contact Information 

Eligible participants must provide the 

following contact information for the 

governmental jurisdiction filing the 

Appeal: 

a. Name of the eligible jurisdiction, 

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b. Name, mailing address, telephone 

number, fax number, and electronic 

mail address (if any) of that 

jurisdiction’s contact person for the 

Appeal. 

3. Address Information 

Eligible participants must provide the 

following information for each address 

that is being appealed. Address 

information may be submitted in 

computer-readable form or on paper. 

Technical requirements for the format of 

address information will be included 

with the feedback materials the 

participant receives from the Census 

Bureau. 

a. Complete address (including the 

house number, unit designator if 

applicable, street name, street direction, 

street type, and ZIP Code) or a location 

description of the housing unit or other 

living quarters. 

b. Control ID number. 

c. Census Tract number from the map 

or shapefile. 

d. Census Block number from the map 

or shapefile. 

e. Census Bureau’s Processing Code. 

4. Supporting Documentation 

Eligible participants must provide 

supporting documentation for each 

appealed address as specified below in 

section E, ‘‘Supporting Documentation 

an Eligible Government Must File with 

an Appeal.’’ 

D. Appeal Procedures for Option 3— 

Non-Title 13 Local Address List 

Submission LUCA Participants 

Option 3 participants are not eligible 

to file an Appeal because these 

participants do not receive the detailed 

address level feedback materials 

required as the basis for an appeal. 

E. Supporting Documentation That Must 

be Filed With an Appeal 

The appeals decisions will be based 

solely on a review of written 

documentation provided by the eligible 

participating government and the 

Census Bureau. Eligible participating 

governments must submit the following 

supporting documentation with their 

Appeals: 

1. A written explanation that gives the 

eligible participating government’s 

specific recommendations for how each 

address and location being appealed 

should appear on the 2010 Decennial 

Census Address List. 

2. A written statement that outlines 

the eligible participating government’s 

position for why the Appeals Staff 

should adopt its recommendations. The 

statement must specifically respond to 

the explanation that accompanied the 

Census Bureau’s LUCA Feedback 

materials. 

3. For each address (or group of 

addresses), supporting documentary 

evidence, including a reference to the 

exact location on the supporting 

documentation where the Appeals Staff 

can find specific evidence, supporting 

the eligible government’s position with 

respect to the existence or correctness of 

that address. Useful types of supporting 

evidence include: 

a. Documentation of on-site 

inspection and/or interview of residents 

and/or neighbors. 

b. Issuance of recent occupancy 

permit for unit. (Building permits are 

not acceptable, as they do not ensure 

that the units have been built and/or are 

occupied.) 

c. Provision of utilities (electricity, 

gas, sewer, water, telephone, etc.) to the 

residence. The utility record should 

show that this is not a service to a 

commercial unit, or an additional 

service to an existing residence (such as 

a second telephone line). 

d. Provision of other governmental 

services (housing assistance, welfare, 

etc.) to residents of the unit. 

e. Photography, including aerial 

photography. 

f. Land use maps. 

g. Local 911 emergency lists, if they 

distinguish residential from commercial 

units. 

h. Tax assessment records, if they 

distinguish residential from commercial 

units. 

4. Evidence that demonstrates the 

quality of address or map reference 

sources provided as supporting 

evidence such as: 

a. Date of the address source. 

b. How often the address source is 

updated. 

c. Methods used to update the source. 

d. Quality assurance procedure(s) 

used in maintaining the address source. 

e. How the address source is used by 

the eligible government and/or by the 

originator of the source. 

All Appeal documentation must be 

filed with the Appeals Staff within 30 

calendar days after the eligible 

participating government’s receipt of its 

LUCA Feedback materials. At the same 

time it files its Appeal, the eligible 

government must send a duplicate copy 

of its Appeal, including all supporting 

documentation, to the Census Bureau’s 

Regional Census Center responsible for 

that jurisdiction. The eligible 

jurisdiction may not submit any 

materials to the Appeals Staff after the 

30-day period has elapsed. 

F. Deadline To File Appeals 

Appeals must be filed by the eligible 

participating government within 30 

calendar days after that government’s 

receipt of the LUCA Feedback materials. 

‘‘Receipt’’ as used herein is defined as 

the delivery date reported to the Census 

Bureau by the delivery service that 

transmits the feedback materials to the 

eligible participating government. In 

order to safeguard the confidential 

address materials covered by Title 13, 

the transmitting of an Appeal to the 

2010 Decennial Census LUCA Appeals 

Staff must adhere to the Census 

Bureau’s specific guidelines for 

shipping materials. The guidelines will 

be supplied with the feedback materials. 

The guidelines specifically prohibit the 

use of e-mail or fax as secure modes of 

transmitting confidential materials. The 

eligible participating government 

should transmit its appeal materials to 

the Appeals Staff via regular or Express 

Mail or overnight delivery service, and 

must keep a record of the date it 

transmits these materials. The ‘‘filing 

date’’ for the Appeals shall be the date 

the Appeal is postmarked or the date it 

is shipped by the delivery service. All 

Appeals filed after the deadline will be 

denied as untimely. 

G. Where To File an Appeal 

Appeals must be sent to the 2010 

Decennial Census LUCA Appeals Staff, 

the address for which will be supplied 

with the feedback materials. At the same 

time, a duplicate copy of all Appeal 

documentation must be sent to the 

Census Bureau’s Regional Census Center 

responsible for the jurisdiction. Upon 

receipt of an Appeal, the LUCA Appeals 

Staff will send a confirmation to the 

eligible jurisdiction that its Appeal has 

been received. The Appeals Staff also 

will notify the Census Bureau that the 

Appeal has been filed. 

H. Documentation and Supporting 

Evidence That May Be Submitted by the 

Census Bureau During the Appeals 

Process 

The Census Bureau is not required to 

respond to the Appeal or to provide any 

materials in support of its 

determination. Upon receipt of 

notification that an Appeal has been 

filed, the Census Bureau will have 15 

calendar days in which it may (if the 

Census Bureau so chooses): 

1. Submit to the LUCA Appeals Staff 

written documentation briefly 

summarizing its position, as well as any 

supporting evidence concerning the 

appealed addresses, 

or 

2. Submit to the Appeals Staff a 

written statement agreeing to the 

recommendation(s) in the Appeal. 

If the Census Bureau submits any 

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Staff to support its position, the Census 

Bureau at the same time must send a 

copy of its submission to the eligible 

participating government. The Census 

Bureau may not submit any materials to 

the Appeals Staff after the 15-day period 

has elapsed. 

I. The Appeals Review and Final 

Decision Process 

The Appeals Process will be 

administered by the 2010 Decennial 

Census LUCA Appeals Staff, a 

temporary Federal entity. The Appeals 

Staff will include Appeals Officers, who 

are trained in the procedures for 

processing an Appeal and in the 

examination and analysis of address list 

information, locations of addresses and 

housing units, and supporting materials. 

For each Appeal, an Appeals Officer 

will review the Census Bureau’s 

feedback materials and the written 

documentation and supporting evidence 

submitted by the eligible government 

and the Census Bureau. No testimony or 

oral argument will be received by the 

Appeals Officer. Appeals Officers will 

apply the following principles in 

conducting their review: 

1. The Appeals Officer shall consider 

the quality of the map or address 

reference source as the basis for 

determining the validity of an address 

(or group of addresses) and its (their) 

location(s). 

2. For any address for which the 

Appeals Officer determines that the 

quality of the supporting evidence 

submitted by both parties is of equal 

weight, the Appeals Officer shall decide 

in favor of the eligible government. 

At the conclusion of the review of an 

appealed address (or group of 

addresses), the Appeals Officer will 

prepare a draft written determination. 

The draft written determination will be 

reviewed by a higher-level official on 

the Appeals Staff. The Director of the 

Appeals Staff (or his or her designee) 

will then issue a final written 

determination to both the eligible 

government and the Census Bureau. The 

final written determination will include 

a brief explanation of the Appeals Staff’s 

decision, and will specify how the 

appealed address(es) or its (their) 

location(s) should appear on the 2010 

Decennial Census Address List. Each 

final written determination shall 

become part of the administrative record 

of the Appeals Process. 

The Appeals Staff’s decision is final. 

The Census Bureau will include on the 

2010 Decennial Census Address List 

used for subsequent census operations 

all addresses added to, or corrected in, 

the 2010 Census Address List as a result 

of the Appeals Process, and attempt to 

locate and enumerate them. Inclusion of 

an address on the list does not mean 

that a living quarters with that address 

exists or that the address will be 

included in the final 2010 data 

summaries. The census-taking process 

will determine the inclusion status of 

the address—whether or not it is 

actually a housing unit—and the final 

population and housing unit status for 

each address. 

J. Completion of the Appeals Process 

Appeals reviews will be completed 

and written determinations issued to the 

concerned parties as soon as possible. 

The Census Address List Improvement 

Act of 1994 (Pub. L. 103–430, 108 Stat 

4393 (1994)) requires that all appeals be 

resolved before the decennial census 

date (April 1, 2010). 

The Census Bureau’s 2010 Decennial 

Census LUCA Program 

The Census Bureau and OMB provide 

below a copy of the procedures for 

participation in the 2010 Decennial 

Census LUCA Program. Comments are 

not being accepted on the program 

provisions, which were offered for 

public comment previously. This 

information is being provided below for 

reference purposes only. Please see the 

notice published in the Federal Register 

on March 7, 2008 (73 FR 12369) for 

more information on the program. 

For the 2010 LUCA Program, 

participating governmental jurisdictions 

chose one of three participation options 

for reviewing the census address list 

and/or submitting their own local 

residential address information to the 

Census Bureau. In addition, they could 

opt to receive materials in paper or 

computer-readable formats, or use 

Census Bureau-supplied software to 

update their jurisdiction’s map features 

and address list. Jurisdictions with more 

than 6,000 addresses were required to 

participate using a computer-readable 

address list or the Census Bureausupplied software. All LUCA 

participants were required to ‘‘geocode’’ 

(i.e., identify for an individual address 

its correct geographic location including 

the correct state, county, census tract, 

and census block codes) each city-style 

address they added or submitted. The 

census tract and census block numbers 

are displayed on the Census Bureausupplied maps, digital shapefiles, and 

software tool. Additionally, all LUCA 

participants could make updates and 

corrections to the features and 

boundaries on the Census Bureausupplied maps or digital shapefiles. 

Described below are the three options 

that Tribal, State, and local governments 

could have used to participate in the 

2010 Decennial Census LUCA Program. 

Option 1—Title 13 Full Address List 

Review 

The Option 1 Full Address List 

Review option required that the 

participant sign a Confidentiality 

Agreement in accordance with Title 13, 

United States Code (U.S.C.) to maintain 

the confidentiality of the census address 

information they received from the 

Census Bureau for review. The Full 

Address List Review participants 

received the 2010 Decennial Census 

LUCA Address List, the 2010 Decennial 

Census LUCA Address Count List 

(providing a count of addresses within 

each census block), and census maps or 

digital shapefiles of their jurisdiction. 

Participants who selected this option 

were required to have the means to 

secure the census address list 

containing Title 13 information. 

Although the LUCA Address List 

contained both city-style (e.g., house 

number, street name, post office name, 

ZIP Code) and noncity-style (e.g., rural 

route/box number, post office box, 

general delivery, location description) 

addresses, participants could only add 

and/or provide updates to city-style 

addresses. In addition, Option 1 

participants could challenge the address 

count for any census block on their 

LUCA Address Count List. If the entire 

governmental jurisdiction contained 

only noncity-style addresses, Option 1 

was the only LUCA Program option the 

jurisdiction could choose. Participants 

with both city-style and noncity-style 

addresses could not provide updates for 

individual addresses on the LUCA 

Address List and challenge the count of 

addresses on the LUCA Address Count 

List within the same census block. 

Option 2—Title 13 Local Address List 

Submission 

The Option 2 Title 13 Local Address 

List Submission option required that the 

participants sign a Confidentiality 

Agreement in accordance with Title 13, 

U.S.C., to maintain the confidentiality of 

the census address information they 

received from the Census Bureau. This 

was a new LUCA option for the 2010 

Census intended for those participants 

who did not have the time or resources 

to update the 2010 Decennial Census 

LUCA Address List, but wished to 

submit their local residential address 

list for Census Bureau use. Participants 

who selected this option were required 

to have the means to secure the census 

address list containing Title 13 

information. 

Although Option 2 participants 

received both the LUCA Address List 


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containing residential city-style and 

noncity-style addresses and the LUCA 

Address Count List, these materials 

could only be used for reference 

purposes. Option 2 LUCA participants 

were required to submit their local citystyle address list in a Census Bureaudefined computer-readable format. The 

Census Bureau did not accept Option 2 

LUCA participants’ local address lists in 

paper format and did not accept local 

address lists containing noncity-style 

addresses. 

Option 3—Non-Title 13 Local Address 

List Submission 

The Option 3 Non-Title 13 Local 

Address List Submission option was 

also a new LUCA option for the 2010 

Census. Under Option 3, participants 

could choose not to receive and review 

the 2010 Decennial Census LUCA 

Address List for their jurisdiction, and 

not to be required to sign a 

Confidentiality Agreement. Instead, the 

participants received the 2010 

Decennial Census LUCA Address Count 

List in computer-readable format for 

reference purposes only. Option 3 

LUCA participants were required to 

submit their local city-style address list 

in a Census Bureau-defined computerreadable format. The Census Bureau did 

not accept Option 3 LUCA participants’ 

local address lists in paper format and 

did not accept local address lists 

containing noncity-style addresses. 

The Census Bureau’s 2010 Decennial 

Census Address Canvassing Operation 

The Census Bureau will conduct a 

nationwide field check called the 

Address Canvassing Operation to verify 

the census address list, including the 

qualifying updates supplied by 2010 

Census LUCA participants. The 

operation will begin in March of 2009. 

During this operation, Census Bureau 

field staff will add, delete, and correct 

entries on the Census Address List and 

make needed corrections to census 

maps. The Census Bureau’s feedback to 

LUCA Program participants, conveying 

the Census Bureau’s determinations on 

their submissions of additions and 

updates to census address information, 

will be based on the results of Address 

Canvassing. 

The 2010 Decennial Census LUCA 

Feedback Materials 

The Census Bureau will provide 2010 

LUCA Feedback materials to qualifying 

governmental jurisdictions on a flow 

basis starting in October 2009, and 

ending in December 2009. The majority 

of LUCA Program participants will 

receive their feedback materials in the 

same media format that they requested 

for the initial 2010 Census LUCA review 

materials. Although the initial LUCA 

review materials stated that the Census 

Bureau would provide structure 

coordinates (map spots) for the feedback 

phase of the program, the Census 

Bureau will not provide them for 

housing units collected during the 2009 

Address Canvassing Operation due to 

schedule changes that have delayed the 

timing of coordinate processing. 

The Census Bureau will provide the 

LUCA Feedback materials after 

completing the following steps: 

(1) For jurisdictions that submitted 

address updates to the 2010 Decennial 

Census LUCA Address List or submitted 

their local address list, the Census 

Bureau will review and apply each 

correctly submitted participant address 

update to its address list, adding any 

new addresses not already on its list. 

(2) The Census Bureau will conduct 

the Address Canvassing Operation and 

in the course of doing so will verify the 

participant suggested address updates 

(additions, corrections, deletions, etc.). 

The Address Canvassing Operation will 

ensure that all address updates and 

additions exist and that they are in the 

correct census block. 

Potential group quarters (GQs) 

addresses are identified as ‘‘other living 

quarters’’ (OLQs) for the feedback phase 

of the LUCA Program. Addresses 

identified in the Address Canvassing 

operation as potentially being GQs are 

later classified as group quarters, 

housing units, or nonresidential during 

a separate Census Bureau operation, the 

Group Quarters Validation (GQV), 

scheduled for October 2009. 

Described below are the 2010 Census 

LUCA Feedback materials that LUCA 

Program participants will receive under 

each of the three participation options. 

LUCA Feedback for Option 1—Title 13 

Full Address List Review Participants 

The Census Bureau will provide 2010 

Census LUCA Feedback materials to 

Option 1 Tribal, State, or local 

governments that took any of the 

following actions: 

(1) Submitted updates (i.e., additions, 

corrections, deletions) to city-style 

addresses on the 2010 Census LUCA 

Address List. 

(2) Challenged the housing unit 

address count and/or group quarters 

address count for one or more census 

blocks on the 2010 Census LUCA 

Address Count List. 

(3) Updated the Census Bureau maps. 

(4) Certified to the Census Bureau at 

the end of their LUCA review that the 

2010 Census LUCA Address List was 

correct and needed no update. 

The 2010 Census LUCA Feedback 

materials that the Census Bureau will 

provide to each Option 1 participating 

government will document which local 

address additions and updates the 

Census Bureau accepted or did not 

accept. The 2010 Census LUCA 

Feedback materials include: 

(1) A Full Address List that contains 

all of the residential addresses currently 

recorded in the Census Address List 

within the participant’s jurisdiction. 

This address list will reflect the results 

of the jurisdiction’s participation in the 

2010 Census LUCA Program, the 

Address Canvassing Operation, and 

updates from other sources. 

(2) A Detailed Feedback Address List 

that shows each address record addition 

and update submitted by the participant 

and a processing code that identifies a 

specific action taken by the Census 

Bureau on that address record. The 

Detailed Feedback Address List will 

also identify addresses deleted in the 

Address Canvassing Operation. 

(3) A Full Address Count List that 

shows the current residential address 

counts, including those for housing 

units and other living quarters, for each 

census block within the participant’s 

jurisdiction. 

(4) A Detailed Feedback Address 

Count Challenge List that shows address 

counts only for those census blocks 

challenged by the participant. 

Note: On the Detailed Feedback Address 

List and the Detailed Feedback Address 

Count Challenge List, addresses will be 

reported only with 4-digit basic block 

numbers instead of any suffixed block 

numbers that may appear on the other 

feedback materials. These block numbers will 

not be suffixed. 

(5) A Feedback Address Update 

Summary Report that displays the 

tallies of actions taken by the Census 

Bureau for all of the address updates 

submitted by the participant. 

(6) Feedback maps may include 

feature updates provided by the 

participant and/or other updates found 

by the Census Bureau during the 

Address Canvassing Operation. 

Boundary updates from the 2009 

Boundary and Annexation Survey 

submitted after March 1, 2009, may not 

be reflected. 

Note: The 4-digit block number on the Full 

Address List, Full Address Count List, and 

Feedback maps will be identical to those 

appearing on the initial LUCA review 

materials. However, the suffixes associated 

with the 4-digit basic block numbers may 

have no correlation to the suffixes on the 

initial review materials. 


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LUCA Feedback for Option 2—Title 13 

Local Address List Submission 

Participants 

The Census Bureau will provide 2010 

Census LUCA Feedback materials to 

Option 2 Tribal, State, or local 

governments that took any of the 

following actions: 

(1) Submitted their local city-style 

address list. 

(2) Updated the Census Bureau maps. 

(3) Certified to the Census Bureau at 

the end of their LUCA review that the 

2010 Census Address List was correct 

and a local address list submission was 

not needed. 

The 2010 Census LUCA Feedback 

materials that the Census Bureau will 

provide to each Option 2 participating 

government will document which local 

address submissions the Census Bureau 

accepted or did not accept. The 2010 

LUCA Feedback materials include: 

(1) A Full Address List that contains 

all of the residential addresses for those 

housing units and other living quarters 

currently recorded in the Census 

Address File within the participant’s 

jurisdiction. This address list will 

reflect the results of the jurisdiction’s 

participation in the 2010 Census LUCA 

Program, the Address Canvassing 

Operation, and other sources. 

(2) A Detailed Feedback Address List 

that shows each address record 

submitted by the participant and a 

processing code that identifies a specific 

action taken by the Census Bureau on 

that address record. The Detailed 

Feedback Address List will also identify 

addresses deleted in the Address 

Canvassing Operation. 

Note: On the Detailed Feedback Address 

List, addresses will be reported only with 4- 

digit basic block numbers instead of any 

suffixed block numbers that may appear on 

the other feedback materials. These block 

numbers will not be suffixed. 

(3) A Full Address Count List that 

shows the current residential address 

counts, including those for housing 

units and other living quarters, for each 

census block within the participant’s 

jurisdiction. 

(4) A Feedback Address Update 

Summary Report that displays the 

tallies of actions taken by the Census 

Bureau for all of the addresses 

submitted by the participant. 

(5) Feedback Maps may include 

feature updates provided by the 

participant and/or other updates found 

by the Census Bureau during the 

Address Canvassing Operation. 

Boundary updates from the 2009 

Boundary and Annexation Survey 

submitted after March 1, 2009, may not 

be reflected. 

Note: The 4-digit block number on the Full 

Address List, Full Address Count List, and 

Feedback maps will be identical to those 

appearing on the initial LUCA review 

materials. However, the suffixes associated 

with the 4-digit basic block numbers may 

have no correlation to the suffixes on the 

initial review materials. 

The 2010 LUCA Feedback for Option 

2 participants does not include a 

Detailed Feedback Address Count 

Challenge List. 

LUCA Feedback for Option 3—Non-Title 

13 Local Address List Submission 

Participants 

The Census Bureau will provide 2010 

Census LUCA Feedback materials to 

Option 3 Tribal, State, or local 

governments that took any of the 

following actions: 

(1) Submitted their local city-style 

address list. 

(2) Updated the Census Bureau maps. 

(3) Certified to the Census Bureau at 

the end of their LUCA review that the 

2010 Census Address Count List was 

correct and a local address list 

submission was not needed. 

The 2010 Census LUCA Feedback 

materials that the Census Bureau will 

provide to each Option 3 participating 

government include: 

(1) Feedback Maps that may include 

feature updates provided by the 

participant and/or other updates found 

by the Census Bureau during the 

Address Canvassing Operation. 

(2) A Feedback Address Summary 

Report. 

Note: The 4-digit block number on the 

Feedback maps will be identical to those 

appearing on the initial LUCA review 

materials. However, the suffixes associated 

with the 4-digit basic block numbers may 

have no correlation to the suffixes on the 

initial review materials. 

The LUCA Feedback for Option 3 

participants does not include a Full 

Address List, Detailed Feedback 

Address List, a Detailed Feedback 

Address Count Challenge List, or a Full 

Address Count List. 

Participants under all three options 

that submitted map updates only 

without certifying that their address 

lists were correct will only receive 

maps/shapefiles as feedback. 

Executive Order 12866 

This notice has been determined to be 

not significant under Executive Order 

12866. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

Notwithstanding any other provision 

of law, no person is required to respond 

to, nor shall a person be subject to a 

penalty for failure to comply with, a 

collection of information subject to the 

requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (PRA) unless that 

collection of information displays a 

current, valid Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) control number. In 

accordance with the PRA, 44 U.S.C., 

Chapter 35, the Census Bureau 

requested, and OMB granted its 

clearance for, the information collection 

requirements for this program on 

September 5, 2008, (OMB Control 

Number 0607–0795, expires on March 

31, 2009). The Census Bureau’s request 

for a generic clearance covering this 

program until 2011 was sent to the OMB 

on February 3, 2009. 

Kevin F. Neyland, 

Acting Administrator, Office of Information 

and Regulatory Affairs. 

Thomas L. Mesenbourg, 

Acting Director, Bureau of the Census. 

[FR Doc. E9–7176 Filed 3–30–09; 8:45 am] 

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