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###### Department of Commerce

###### Census Bureau

                    The Department of Commerce will submit the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, on or after the date of publication of this notice. We invite the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of our information collection requirements and minimize the public's reporting burden. Public comments were previously requested via the                     **Federal Register**                     on Tuesday, July 2, 2024, during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.                

*Agency:*                     U.S. Census Bureau, Commerce.                

*Title:*                     Spatial, Address, and Imagery Data Program.                

*OMB Control Number:*                     0607-1008.                

*Form Number(s):*                     Feedback Form.                

*Type of Request:*                     Regular submission, request for a revision of a currently approved collection.                

*Number of Respondents:*
    - Census Bureau Contact with Respondents: 1,500 (500/year).
    - Census Bureau Acquisition of Respondent Geographic Data and Content Clarification: 750 (250/year).
    - Feedback: 75 (25/year).

*Average Hours per Response:*
    - Census Bureau Contact with Respondents: 1 hour.
    - Census Bureau Acquisition of Respondent Geographic Data and Content Clarification: 1.5 hours.
    - Feedback: 1 hour.

*Burden Hours:*                     2,700 hours.                
    - Census Bureau Contact with Respondents: 1,500 hours.
    - Census Bureau Acquisition of Respondent Geographic Data and Content Clarification: 1,125 hours.
    - Feedback: 75 hours.

*Needs and Uses:*                     The Spatial, Address, and Imagery Data (SAID) Program is one of many voluntary geographic partnership programs that collects data to update and maintain the U.S. Census Bureau's geographic database, known as the Master Address File/Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) System. The MAF/TIGER System is vital for the Census Bureau to collect, process, tabulate, and disseminate data.                

The geographic framework within the MAF/TIGER System enables the Census Bureau field personnel to navigate to the appropriate locations for data collection. It enables the Census Bureau to define geographic boundaries, including census blocks, and accurately link demographic data from surveys and the decennial census to census blocks, locations, and areas, such as counties, cities, and school districts for data tabulation and dissemination.

The SAID Program supports the Census Bureau's ongoing demographic surveys and 2030 Census planning efforts by continuing to improve address coverage, collect and update street centerlines, and enhance the overall quality and integrity of the MAF/TIGER System after major census update programs have concluded. The SAID Program provides the Census Bureau with a continuous method to obtain current, accurate, and complete address, street centerline, and imagery data.

Since its inception, the SAID Program has allowed the Census Bureau to update addresses and street centerlines across the country. Moving forward, the SAID Program will continue to acquire addresses, street centerlines, and imagery in areas identified with housing unit growth or change or where the Census Bureau has inadequate coverage or data, to continue updating and improving the MAF/TIGER System.

The Census Bureau is adding a feedback component to its geographic partnership programs to improve the administration of the respective program and potentially reduce the future burden. Participants may be asked to provide their feedback on materials, method(s) of data collection, manner of communications, and the usability of the program applications and tools.

The SAID Program follows the process below:
    - The Census Bureau invites partners in targeted areas to participate each fiscal year, including Tribal, State, county, and local governments; Federal agencies; and other authoritative organizations.
    - Partners are asked to provide a current address list with associated location points and attributes, a street centerline file, and/or imagery data for their jurisdiction that is no more than two years old.
    - Partners upload the requested data files using the Secure Web Incoming Module (SWIM) or equivalent file transfer module, deliver large imagery datasets on hard drives, or the Census Bureau acquires the files/data through direct download. If the data file size is too large to submit through SWIM, a hard drive will be sent to the participant for file upload and sent back to the Census Bureau.
    - The Census Bureau validates, then updates the MAF/TIGER System with the address and street centerline data provided by partners and uses the provided imagery for quality control and change detection.
    - The Census Bureau uses these updated addresses, streets, and imagery to support Census Bureau field operations, decennial census operations, ongoing demographic survey response collection, and data tabulation.
    - The Census Bureau provides partners feedback regarding the data they supplied.

*Affected Public:*                     Tribal, State, county, and local governments, and organizations as well as other Federal agencies.                

*Frequency:*                     Annual.                

*Respondent's Obligation:*                     Voluntary.                

*Legal Authority:*13 U.S.C. 6, 16, 141, and 193.                

                    This information collection request may be viewed at                     *www.reginfo.gov.*                     Follow the instructions to view the Department of Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.                

                    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of this notice on the following website                     *www.reginfo.gov/​public/​do/​PRAMain.*                     Find this particular information collection by selecting “Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments” or by using the search function and entering either the title of the collection or the OMB Control Number 0607-1008.                

Sheleen Dumas,

Departmental PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.

[FR Doc. 2024-28269 Filed 12-2-24; 8:45 am]

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