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on respondents, including the use of 

automated, electronic, mechanical, or 

other technological collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. 

All comments received in response to 

this notice, including names and 

addresses when provided, will be a 

matter of public record. Comments will 

be summarized and included in the 

submission request for Office of 

Management and Budget approval. 

Dated: September 9, 2021. 

Alexander L. Friend, 

Deputy Chief, Research & Development. 

[FR Doc. 2021–19766 Filed 9–13–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3411–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Census Bureau 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; American Community Survey 

AGENCY: Census Bureau, Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection, 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, invites 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. The purpose of this 

notice is to allow for 60 days of public 

comment on the proposed extension of 

the American Community Survey, prior 

to the submission of the information 

collection request (ICR) to OMB for 

approval. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, 

comments regarding this proposed 

information collection must be received 

on or before November 15, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments by 

email to acso.pra@census.gov. Please 

reference the American Community 

Survey in the subject line of your 

comments. You may also submit 

comments, identified by Docket Number 

USBC–2021–0019, to the Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. All comments 

received are part of the public record. 

No comments will be posted to http:// 

www.regulations.gov for public viewing 

until after the comment period has 

closed. Comments will generally be 

posted without change. All Personally 

Identifiable Information (for example, 

name and address) voluntarily 

submitted by the commenter may be 

publicly accessible. Do not submit 

Confidential Business Information or 

otherwise sensitive or protected 

information. You may submit 

attachments to electronic comments in 

Microsoft Word, Excel, or Adobe PDF 

file formats. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

specific questions related to collection 

activities should be directed to Dameka 

Reese, U.S. Census Bureau, American 

Community Survey Office, 301–763– 

3804, dameka.m.reese@census.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

Since its founding, the U.S. Census 

Bureau has balanced the demands of a 

growing country requiring information 

about its people and economy, with 

concerns for respondents’ 

confidentiality and the time and effort it 

takes respondents to answer questions. 

Beginning with the 1810 Census, 

Congress added questions to support a 

range of public concerns and uses, and 

over the course of a century, federal 

agencies requested to add questions 

about agriculture, industry, and 

commerce, as well as individuals’ 

occupation, ancestry, marital status, 

disabilities, place of birth and other 

topics. In 1940, the Census Bureau 

introduced the long-form census in 

order to ask more detailed questions to 

only a sample of the public. 

In the early 1990s, the demand for 

current, nationally consistent data from 

a wide variety of users led federal 

government policymakers to consider 

the feasibility of collecting social, 

economic, and housing data 

continuously throughout the decade. 

The benefits of providing current data, 

along with the anticipated decennial 

census benefits in cost savings, 

planning, improved census coverage, 

and more efficient operations, led the 

Census Bureau to plan the 

implementation of the continuous 

measurement survey, later called the 

American Community Survey (ACS). 

After years of testing, the ACS replaced 

the long form in 2005. The ACS is 

conducted throughout the United States 

and in Puerto Rico, where it is called 

the Puerto Rico Community Survey 

(PRCS). Each year a sample of 

approximately 3.5 million households 

and about 170,000 persons living in 

group quarters (GQ) in the United States 

are selected to participate in the ACS 

and PRCS. 

II. Method of Collection 

To encourage self-response in the 

ACS, the Census Bureau sends up to 

five mailings to housing units selected 

to be in the sample. The first mailing, 

sent to all mailable addresses in the 

sample, includes an invitation to 

participate in the ACS online and states 

that a paper questionnaire will be sent 

in a few weeks to those unable to 

respond online. The second mailing is 

a letter that reminds respondents to 

complete the survey online, thanks 

them if they have already done so, and 

informs them that a paper form will be 

sent at a later date if we do not receive 

their response. In a third mailing, the 

questionnaire package is sent only to 

those sample addresses that have not 

completed the online questionnaire 

within two weeks. The fourth mailing is 

a postcard that reminds respondents to 

respond and informs them that an 

interviewer may contact them if they do 

not complete the survey. A fifth mailing 

is sent to respondents who have not 

completed the survey within five weeks. 

This letter provides a due date and 

reminds the respondents to return their 

questionnaires to be removed from 

future contact. The Census Bureau will 

ask those who fill out the survey online 

to provide an email address, which will 

be used to send an email reminder to 

households that did not complete the 

online form. The reminder asks them to 

log back in to finish responding to the 

survey. If the Census Bureau does not 

receive a response or if the household 

refuses to participate, the address may 

be selected for computer-assisted 

personal interviewing (CAPI). 

Some addresses are deemed 

unmailable because the address is 

incomplete or directs mail only to a post 

office box. The Census Bureau currently 

collects data for these housing units 

using both online and CAPI. 

For sample housing units in the 

Puerto Rico Community Survey (PRCS), 

a different mail strategy is employed. 

The Census Bureau continues to use the 

previously used mail strategy with no 

references to an internet response 

option. The Census Bureau sends up to 

five mailings to a Puerto Rico address 

selected to be in the sample. The first 

mailing includes a prenotice letter. The 

second and fourth mailings include the 

paper survey. The third and fifth 

mailings serve as a reminder to respond 

to the survey. Puerto Rico addresses 

deemed unmailable because the address 

is incomplete or directs mail only to a 

post office box are collected by CAPI. 

The Census Bureau employs a 

different strategy to collect data from 

GQs. The Census Bureau defines GQs as 


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places where people live or stay, in a 

group living arrangement that is owned 

or managed by an entity or organization 

providing housing and/or services for 

the residents, such as college/university 

student housing, residential treatment 

centers, skilled nursing facilities, group 

homes, military barracks, correctional 

facilities, workers’ group living quarters 

and Job Corps centers, and emergency 

and transitional shelters. The Census 

Bureau collects data for GQs primarily 

through personal interview. The Census 

Bureau will obtain the facility 

information by conducting a personal 

visit interview with a GQ contact. 

During this interview, the Census 

Bureau obtains roster of residents and 

randomly selects them for person-level 

interviews. During the person-level 

phase, an FR uses CAPI automated 

instrument to collect detailed 

information for each sampled resident. 

FRs also have the option to distribute a 

bilingual (English/Spanish) 

questionnaire to residents for selfresponse if unable to complete a CAPI 

interview. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0607–0810. 

Form Number(s): ACS–1, ACS–1(SP), 

ACS–1(PR), ACS–1(PR)SP, ACS–1(GQ), 

ACS–1(PR)(GQ), GQFQ, ACS CAPI 

(HU), ACS RI (HU), AGQ QI, and AGQ 

RI. 

Type of Review: Regular submission, 

Request for an Extension, without 

Change. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

3,540,000 for household respondents; 

20,000 for contacts in GQ; 170,000 

persons in GQ; 43,200 households for 

reinterview; and 2,000 GQ contacts for 

reinterview. The total estimated number 

of respondents is 3,775,200. 

Estimated Time per Response: 40 

minutes for the average household 

questionnaire; 15 minutes for a GQ 

facility questionnaire; 25 minutes for a 

GQ person questionnaire; 10 minutes for 

a household reinterview; 10 minutes for 

a GQ-level reinterview. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 2,360,000 for household 

respondents; 5,000 for contacts in GQ; 

70,833 for GQ residents 7,200 

households for reinterview; and 333 GQ 

contacts for reinterview. The estimate is 

an annual average of 2,443,366 burden 

hours. 

TABLE 1—ANNUAL ACS RESPONDENT AND BURDEN HOUR ESTIMATES

Data collection operation Forms or instrument used in data collection 

Annual 

estimated 

number of 

respondents 

Estimated 

minutes per 

respondent by 

data collection 

activity 

Annual 

estimated 

burden hours 

I. ACS Household Questionnaire, Online Survey, Telephone, and Personal Visit.ACS–1, ACS 1(SP), ACS–1PR, ACS– 

1PR(SP), Online Survey, Telephone, CAPI.

3,540,000 40 2,360,000 

II. ACS GQ Facility Questionnaire CAPI— 

Telephone and Personal Visit.

CAPI GQFQ ................................................... 20,000 15 5,000 

III. ACS GQ CAPI Personal Interview or Telephone, and Paper Self-response.CAPI, ACS–1(GQ), ACS–1(GQ)(PR) ............ 170,000 25 70,833 

IV. ACS Household Reinterview—CATI/CAPI ACS HU–RI .................................................... 43,200 10 7,200 

V. ACS GQ-level Reinterview—CATI/CAPI .... ACS GQ–RI .................................................... 2,000 10 333 

Totals ....................................................... ......................................................................... 3,775,200 N/A 2,443,366 

Estimated Annualized Respondent Burden Hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $0. (This is not the cost of 

respondents’ time, but the indirect costs 

respondents may incur for such things 

as purchases of specialized software or 

hardware needed to report, or 

expenditures for accounting or records 

maintenance services required 

specifically by the collection.) 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C. 

Section 141 and 193. 

IV. Request for Comments 

We are soliciting public comments to 

permit the Department/Bureau to: (a) 

Evaluate whether the proposed 

information collection is necessary for 

the proper functions of the Department, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the 

accuracy of our estimate of the time and 

cost burden for this proposed collection, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

Evaluate ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (d) Minimize the 

reporting burden on those who are to 

respond, including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Comments that you submit in 

response to this notice are a matter of 

public record. We will include, or 

summarize, each comment in our 

request to OMB to approve this ICR. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you may ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Chief Information Officer, Commerce 

Department. 

[FR Doc. 2021–19805 Filed 9–13–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Industry and Security 

In the Matter of: Tengiz Sydykov, 2805 

8th Street South, Arlington, VA 22204– 

2245; Order Denying Export Privileges 

On January 11, 2019 in the U.S. 

District Court for the Eastern District of 

Virginia, Tengiz Sydykov (‘‘Sydykov’’) 

was convicted of violating section 38 of 

the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 

2778) (‘‘AECA’’). Specifically, Sydykov 

was convicted for knowingly and 

willfully exporting and causing to be 

exported from the United States to 


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