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31855 

Vol. 87, No. 101 

Wednesday, May 25, 2022 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Census Bureau 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Special Census Program 

AGENCY: U.S. 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 

reinstatement, with change, of the 

Special Census Program, 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 July 25, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments by 

email to dcmd.special.census@

census.gov. Please reference Special 

Census Program in the subject line of 

your comments. You may also submit 

comments, identified by Docket Number 

USBC–2022–0009 to the Federal 

e-Rulemaking 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 Christine 

Borman, Chief, Nonresponse Operations 

Branch, Decennial Census Management 

Division, 301–763–4315, and 

Christine.Flanagan.Borman@

census.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

A Special Census is an enumeration 

of population, housing units, group 

quarters, and transitory locations, 

conducted by the Census Bureau at the 

request of a Governmental Unit (GU). 

The Special Census questionnaires will 

collect the same information that was 

gathered during the 2020 Census. Title 

13, United States Code, Section 196 

authorizes the Census Bureau to 

conduct Special Censuses on a cost 

reimbursable basis for the government 

of any state, county, city, or other 

political subdivision within a state. This 

includes the District of Columbia, 

American Indian Reservations, Alaskan 

Native villages, Puerto Rico, the Island 

Areas (e.g. American Samoa, the 

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 

Islands, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin 

Islands), and other governmental units 

that require current population data 

between decennial censuses. Local 

officials frequently request a Special 

Census when there has been a 

significant population change in their 

community due to annexation, growth, 

or the addition of new group quarters 

facilities. Communities may also 

consider a Special Census if there was 

a significant number of vacant housing 

units during the previous Decennial 

Census that are now occupied. 

A full Special Census is a basic 

enumeration of population, housing 

units, and group quarters for the entire 

area within the jurisdiction of a local 

GU requesting the Special Census. A 

partial Special Census is conducted 

using the same methodologies and 

procedures as a regular or full Special 

Census, but it is for an area or section 

within the jurisdiction of the local GU. 

For example, GUs may choose to 

conduct a partial Special Census for just 

those areas that might have experienced 

a large population growth or a boundary 

change. 

Many states use Special Census 

population statistics to determine the 

distribution of state funds to local 

jurisdictions. The local jurisdictions 

may also use the data to plan new 

schools, transportation systems, housing 

programs, or water treatment facilities. 

GUs that request a Special Census will 

receive the data files containing housing 

unit and population counts by email 

when data processing and disclosure 

avoidance have been completed for the 

Special Census. The data will also be 

posted at data.census.gov for public use. 

These data will not be used to update 

official 2020 Census data products and 

apportionment counts, but they will be 

used to update data in the Census 

Bureau’s Population Estimates Program. 

The Census Bureau is requesting a 

reinstatement of the Special Census 

Program with change. For this Special 

Census Program, the Census Bureau will 

use an internet self-response 

instrument, which is the online tool 

through which respondents can answer 

their Special Census. The Census 

Bureau will also conduct fieldwork to 

perform listing and enumeration at 

housing units, group quarters, and 

transitory locations using a paper 

collection mode. As stated above, the 

Special Census questionnaires will 

collect the same information that was 

gathered during the 2020 Census. 

The Special Census Program will 

accept requests for cost estimates from 

GUs starting in March 2023 and will 

start data collection no sooner than 

January 2024. A Request for Cost 

Estimate form (SC–900 RCE) will be 

available on the Census Bureau website 

by February 2023. There is a fee to 

submit a request form. GUs will submit 

this form to the Census Bureau along 

with the fee associated with making the 

request. Once this form has been 

reviewed by the Census Bureau, the GU 

and the Census Bureau will coordinate 

to identify the exact geographic 

boundaries for the Special Census. Then 

the Special Census Program will 

coordinate with the Census Bureau’s 

regional offices to determine a cost 

estimate and timeline for the Special 


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31856 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 101 / Wednesday, May 25, 2022 / Notices 

1On August 13, 2018, the President signed into 

law the John S. McCain National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, which 

includes the Export Control Reform Act of 2018, 50 

U.S.C. 4801–4852 (‘‘ECRA’’). While Section 1766 of 

ECRA repeals the provisions of the Export 

Administration Act, 50 U.S.C. App. § 2401 et seq. 

(‘‘EAA’’), (except for three sections which are 

inapplicable here), Section 1768 of ECRA provides, 

in pertinent part, that all orders, rules, regulations, 

and other forms of administrative action that were 

made or issued under the EAA, including as 

continued in effect pursuant to the International 

Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1701 

et seq. (‘‘IEEPA’’), and were in effect as of ECRA’s 

date of enactment (August 13, 2018), shall continue 

in effect according to their terms until modified, 

superseded, set aside, or revoked through action 

undertaken pursuant to the authority provided 

under ECRA. Moreover, Section 1761(a)(5) of ECRA 

authorizes the issuance of temporary denial orders. 

50 U.S.C. 4820(a)(5). 

Census and will present them to the GU. 

The cost of a Special Census varies 

depending on the GU’s housing and 

population counts and whether a 

government requests a full or partial 

Special Census. The cost estimate 

outlines the anticipated costs to the 

sponsoring government for staffing, 

materials, data processing and 

tabulation. Included with the cost 

estimate is a Memorandum of 

Agreement (MOA). Once a signed MOA 

and initial payment are transmitted to 

the Census Bureau, the Special Census 

process will begin. When data 

collection, processing, disclosure 

avoidance, and tabulation have been 

completed, the GU will receive official 

census statistics on the population and 

housing unit counts for the entire 

jurisdiction or parts of the jurisdiction, 

as defined in the MOA at the beginning 

of the Special Census process. All 

Special Census statistics will be subject 

to disclosure avoidance using 

differential privacy methods, consistent 

with the processes and methods used 

for 2020 Census data products, prior to 

their release to the public. Requests for 

cost estimates from GUs will be 

accepted through May 2027. 

II. Method of Collection 

The Census Bureau plans to use an 

internet self-response instrument for 

respondents to respond online to the 

Special Census questionnaire. 

Respondents will have a number of 

weeks to respond to the Special Census 

questionnaire using the internet selfresponse instrument. At the start of the 

Special Census, the Census Bureau will 

send an invitation letter to housing 

units in the GU’s Special Census area 

with information needed to respond 

online. Reminder letters and postcards 

will be sent to each housing unit to 

encourage self-response and provide 

information needed to do so. 

Approximately two weeks after the 

end of the Special Census self-response 

period, the Census Bureau will conduct 

follow-up operations in the field to 

enumerate housing units that did not 

respond using the internet self-response 

instrument. Housing units that do not 

respond online will be contacted by a 

field representative who will conduct a 

Special Census interview using a paper 

questionnaire. The field operations will 

also enumerate group quarters and 

transitory locations in the GU’s Special 

Census area. The Census Bureau plans 

to use a paper questionnaire to conduct 

Special Census interviews at transitory 

locations and group quarters. During the 

field operations, Special Census field 

representatives will also update the 

addresses of living quarters as needed, 

based on their observation of housing 

units, transitory locations, and group 

quarters. 

Several quality assurance measures 

will be implemented for each Special 

Census to ensure that high quality data 

are gathered using the most efficient and 

cost-effective procedures. These include 

edits incorporated into the online 

questionnaire and the ability to validate 

potentially erroneous responses in the 

field. Independent quality assurance 

checks and reinterview of a sample of 

field questionnaires will also be 

implemented to ensure the quality of 

the data collected in the field. 

As the Census Bureau develops 

automated tools and methods for data 

collection and listing for the 2030 

Decennial Census, the Special Census 

Program may incorporate this additional 

automation throughout the decade. 

Updates to the operational design will 

be implemented no earlier than 2026. 

The incorporation of additional 

automation may increase data collection 

quality and efficiency, resulting in a 

cost savings for GUs, but the extent of 

those cost savings is currently 

unknown. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0607–0368. 

Form Number(s): SC–Q, SC–CQ, SC– 

Q–TL, SC–CQ–TL, SC–Q–GE, SC–RQ, 

SC–900 RCE. 

Type of Review: Regular submission, 

Request for a Reinstatement, with 

Change, of a Previously Approved 

Collection. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households; State, Local, or Tribal 

government. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

340,000. 

Estimated Time per Response: 

approximately 10 minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 56,667. 

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: Voluntary. 

Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C. 

Section 196. 

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. 

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