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6See https://sam.gov/content/assistance-listings. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

Requirements 

In accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35), FSA is requesting 

comments from interested individuals 

and organizations on the information 

collection request associated with 

FSCSC. The FSCSC information 

collection request is for the eligible 

specialty crop operations to provide 

FSA the information about their eligible 

expenses to qualify for the payments 

and to enable FSA to determine the 

amount of the payment. FSA has 

submitted the emergency approval 

request for the FSCSC information 

collection activities to OMB for a 6- 

month approval. After the 60-day 

comment ends the information 

collection request will be submitted to 

OMB for a 3-year OMB approval. 

Title: Food Safety Certification for 

Specialty Crops (FSCSC) Program. 

OMB Control Number: 0560-New. 

Type of Request: New Collection. 

Abstract: The information collection 

request is required to support specialty 

crop operations to provide their eligible 

expenses to get the FSCSC payments. 

The forms for the applicants, who are 

producers or farmers, to complete for 

the FSCSC payments and the payment 

calculations are described in this 

document. 

For the following estimated total 

annual burden on respondents, the 

formula used to calculate the total 

burden hour is the estimated average 

time per response multiplied by the 

estimated total annual responses. Public 

reporting burden for this information 

collection is estimated 0.685 hours to 

include the time for reviewing 

instructions, searching existing data 

sources, gathering and maintaining the 

data needed and completing and 

reviewing the collections of 

information. 

Type of Respondents: Farmer or 

producer. 

Estimated Annual Number or 

Respondents: 22,000. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 1.7. 

Estimated Total Annual Responses: 

37,400. 

Estimated Average Time per 

Response: 0.685. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 25,652 hours. 

FSA is requesting comments on all 

aspects of this information collection to 

help us to: 

(1) Evaluate whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of FSA, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; 

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of FSA’s 

estimate of burden including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; 

(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

(4) Minimize the burden of the 

information collection on those who are 

to respond, including through the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

All comments received in response to 

this document, including names and 

addresses when provided, will be a 

matter of public record. Comments will 

be summarized and included in the 

submission for Office of Management 

and Budget approval. 

Environmental Review 

The environmental impacts of this 

notice have been considered in a 

manner consistent with the provisions 

of the National Environmental Policy 

Act (NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4321–4347), the 

regulations of the Council on 

Environmental Quality (40 CFR parts 

1500–1508), and the FSA regulations for 

compliance with NEPA (7 CFR part 

799). 

The purpose of FSCSC is to provide 

assistance to specialty crop operations 

for eligible costs related to food safety 

certification. The Categorical Exclusions 

in 7 CFR 799.31 apply, specifically 7 

CFR 799.31(b)(6)(iii) (that is, financial 

assistance to supplement income). No 

Extraordinary Circumstances (7 CFR 

799.33) exist. FSA has determined that 

this notice does not constitute a major 

Federal action that would significantly 

affect the quality of the human 

environment, individually or 

cumulatively. Therefore, FSA will not 

prepare an environmental assessment or 

environmental impact statement for this 

regulatory action. 

Federal Assistance Programs 

The title and number of the Federal 

assistance program in the Assistance 

Listing,6 to which this NOFA applies is 

10.142, Food Safety Certification for 

Specialty Crops (FSCSC) Program. 

USDA Non-Discrimination Policy 

In accordance with Federal civil 

rights law and U.S. Department of 

Agriculture (USDA) civil rights 

regulations and policies, USDA, its 

Agencies, offices, and employees, and 

institutions participating in or 

administering USDA programs are 

prohibited from discriminating based on 

race, color, national origin, religion, sex, 

gender identity (including gender 

expression), sexual orientation, 

disability, age, marital status, family or 

parental status, income derived from a 

public assistance program, political 

beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior 

civil rights activity, in any program or 

activity conducted or funded by USDA 

(not all bases apply to all programs). 

Remedies and complaint filing 

deadlines vary by program or incident. 

Persons with disabilities who require 

alternative means of communication for 

program information (for example, 

braille, large print, audiotape, American 

Sign Language, etc.) should contact the 

responsible Agency or USDA TARGET 

Center at (202) 720–2600 (voice and 

TTY) or (844) 433–2774. Additionally, 

program information may be made 

available in languages other than 

English. 

To file a program discrimination 

complaint, complete the USDA Program 

Discrimination Complaint Form, AD– 

3027, found online at https://

www.usda.gov/oascr/how-to-file-aprogram-discrimination-complaint and 

at any USDA office or write a letter 

addressed to USDA and provide in the 

letter all the information requested in 

the form. To request a copy of the 

complaint form, call (866) 632–9992. 

Submit your completed form or letter to 

USDA by mail to: U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20250–9410 or email: OAC@

usda.gov. 

USDA is an equal opportunity 

provider, employer, and lender. 

Zach Ducheneaux, 

Administrator, Farm Service Agency, and 

Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit 

Corporation. 

[FR Doc. 2022–13014 Filed 6–17–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

[Docket No. 210518–0109] 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. 

Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of amendment, Privacy 

Act System of Records; COMMERCE/ 

CENSUS–8, Statistical Administrative 

Records System. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Privacy Act of 1974, as amended and 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) Circular A–108, ‘‘Federal Agency 


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Responsibilities for Review, Reporting, 

and Publication under the Privacy Act,’’ 

the Department of Commerce 

(Department) is issuing this notice of 

intent to modify a system of records, 

COMMERCE/CENSUS–8, Statistical 

Administrative Records System. 

DATES: To be considered, written 

comments must be submitted on or 

before July 21, 2022. This modified 

system of records will become effective 

on June 21, 2022 with the exception of 

any newly proposed or modified routine 

uses set forth under the section heading, 

‘‘ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS 

MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM, 

INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS 

AND PURPOSES OF SUCH USES,’’ 

which are subject to a 30-day period 

during which interested persons may 

submit comments to the Department. A 

new or modified routine use will 

become effective on August 5, 2022, 

unless the new or modified routine use 

needs to be changed as a result of public 

comment. 

If the modified system of records 

notice needs to be changed, the 

Department will publish a subsequent 

notice in the Federal Register by August 

5, 2022, stating that the current system 

of records will remain in effect until a 

revised notice is published in the 

Federal Register. 

ADDRESSES: Please address comments 

to: Byron Crenshaw, Privacy 

Compliance Branch, Room 8H021, U.S. 

Census Bureau, Washington, DC 20233– 

3700 or by email, Byron.Crenshaw@

census.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Byron Crenshaw, Privacy Compliance 

Branch, Room 8H021, U.S. Census 

Bureau, Washington, DC 20233–3700, 

301–763–7997, or by email, 

Byron.Crenshaw@census.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

update makes nine program-related 

changes to COMMERCE/CENSUS–8, 

Statistical Administrative Records 

System. The first of nine proposed 

changes to program-related provisions 

update the description of the system 

location to specify the name and 

address of the cloud service provider. 

The second proposed change updates 

the description of the system manager 

for this system of records to reflect a 

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Bureau) 

reorganization that places some of the 

administrative records maintained in 

this system of records under a new 

manager. Administrative records 

maintained by the Center for 

Optimization and Data Science, 

including unique data sets that are 

extracted or combined on an as-needed 

basis for approved projects, are 

maintained in this system of records 

and will remain with the Research and 

Methodology Directorate but will be 

managed by the Assistant Director 

rather than the Associate Director. For 

specific research activities, these 

records may contain names as the 

personal identifier for retrieval of these 

records. The remaining administrative 

records with personal identifiers will be 

managed by the Associate Director for 

Economic Programs. The third proposed 

change updates the description of the 

purposes of the system to clarify that 

some identifiers (e.g., social security 

numbers) may be retained for special 

research projects, including projects to 

support evidence-based policymaking as 

specified in the Foundations for 

Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 

2018, and consist of evidence of 

program effectiveness to inform 

processes for making policy decisions. 

The fourth proposed change revises the 

description of categories of individuals 

covered by the system to clarify that the 

system of records may include data on 

individuals obtained from other 

government entities (e.g., state, local, 

and tribal governments), other thirdparty entities, and websites (such as 

through web scraping). The fifth 

proposed change updates the 

description of categories of records in 

the system to provide new detail about 

the information in the categories, 

including the collection of social media 

screen name (such as through web 

scraping or the acquisition of contact 

information through commercial 

resellers), place of birth, mobility status, 

citizenship, immigration status, and 

disability status. The sixth proposed 

change clarifies the record source 

categories by specifying other Census 

Bureau systems of records from which 

records in this system are obtained and 

by providing additional details 

regarding non-federal sources, including 

other government entities and other 

third-party entities. The seventh 

proposed change is a non-substantive 

change to the description of routine uses 

of the records to clarify that certain 

individuals (designated as Special 

Sworn Status individuals) authorized by 

Title 13, U.S. Code have access to this 

system of records. Special Sworn Status 

individuals are subject to the same 

confidentiality requirements as regular 

Census Bureau employees. This notice 

does not propose any new or 

significantly modified routine uses to 

this system of records. The eighth 

proposed change updates the policies 

and practices for retrieval of records to 

show the linkage between systems of 

records covered by COMMERCE/ 

CENSUS–3, Demographic Survey 

Collection (Census Bureau Sampling 

Frame) (name change from 

COMMERCE/CENSUS–3, Special 

Censuses, Surveys, and Other Studies 

pending publication in the Federal 

Register); COMMERCE/CENSUS–4, 

Economic Survey Collection; 

COMMERCE/CENSUS–5, Decennial 

Census Program; COMMERCE/ 

CENSUS–7, Demographic Survey 

Collection (Non-Census Bureau 

Sampling Frame) (name change from 

COMMERCE/CENSUS–7, Special 

Censuses of Population Conducted for 

State and Local Government pending 

publication in the Federal Register); 

COMMERCE/CENSUS–9, Longitudinal 

Employer-Household Dynamics System; 

COMMERCE/CENSUS–12, Foreign 

Trade Statistics; and this system of 

records for approved special research 

projects with limited access. The ninth 

proposed change updates 

administrative, technical, and physical 

safeguards to include additional 

safeguard language regarding cloud 

service providers approved in the 

government-wide Federal Risk and 

Authorization Management Program 

(FedRAMP) that provides a 

standardized approach to security 

assessment, authorization, and 

continuous monitoring for cloud 

products and services. This update also 

makes minor administrative updates. 

The proposed changes are in 

accordance with OMB Circular A–108, 

which requires agencies to periodically 

review systems of records notices for 

accuracy and completeness, paying 

special attention to changes in the 

manner in which records are organized, 

indexed or retrieved that result in a 

change in the nature or scope of these 

records; and the Privacy Act, which 

requires agencies to publish in the 

Federal Register a notice that describes 

the changes to the system of records. 

The Privacy Act also requires each 

agency that proposes to establish or 

significantly modify a system of records 

to provide adequate advance notice of 

any such proposal to OMB, the 

Committee on Oversight and Reform of 

the House of Representatives, and the 

Committee on Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs of the Senate (5 

U.S.C 552a(r)). The purpose of 

providing the advance notice to OMB 

and Congress is to permit an evaluation 

of the potential effect of the proposal on 

the privacy and other rights of 

individuals. The Department filed a 

report describing the modified system of 

records covered by this notice with the 

Chair of the Senate Committee on 

Homeland Security and Governmental 

Affairs, the Chair of the House 


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Committee on Oversight and Reform, 

and the Deputy Administrator of the 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, OMB on [INSERT DATE OF 

LETTERS]. 

SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER: 

COMMERCE/CENSUS–8, Statistical 

Administrative Records System. 

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION: 

None. 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

U.S. Census Bureau, Bowie Computer 

Center, 17101 Melford Boulevard, 

Bowie, Maryland 20715; and at a 

FedRAMP-approved cloud services 

facility, Amazon Web Services (AWS), 

located at 410 Terry Ave. N, Seattle, WA 

98109. 

SYSTEM MANAGER(S): 

For Center for Optimization and Data 

Science: Assistant Director for Research 

and Methodology, U.S. Census Bureau, 

4600 Silver Hill Road, Washington, DC 

20233–8000. 

For Economic Research Division 

(ERD) Records: Associate Director for 

Economic Programs, U.S. Census 

Bureau, 4600 Silver Hill Road, 

Washington, DC 20233–8000. 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 

13 U.S.C. 6. 

PURPOSE(S) OF THE SYSTEM: 

This system of records supports the 

Census Bureau’s core mission of 

producing economic and demographic 

statistics. To accomplish this mission, 

the Census Bureau is directed to acquire 

information from public and third-party 

sources to ensure the efficient and 

economical conduct of its censuses and 

surveys by using that information 

instead of conducting direct inquiries. 

To provide the information on which 

the American public, businesses, 

policymakers, and analysts rely, the 

Statistical Administrative Records 

System efficiently re-uses data from 

external sources, thereby eliminating 

the need to collect information again. 

Therefore, the purpose of this system is 

to centralize and control the use of 

personally identifiable information by 

providing a secure repository that 

supports statistical operations. With the 

exception of special projects, the system 

removes Social Security Numbers 

(SSNs) contained in source files and 

replaces them with unique nonidentifying codes called Protected 

Identification Keys (PIKs) prior to use 

by other Census Bureau operating units. 

Census Bureau staff use the PIK to 

merge files to conduct approved 

research projects. Through legal 

agreements documenting permitted uses 

of the external data, linked files may be 

created to produce statistics. By 

combining survey and census data with 

administrative record data obtained 

from other government entities, thirdparty entities (e.g., commercial and 

private sources) and websites, the 

Census Bureau will improve the quality 

and usefulness of its statistics and 

reduce the respondent burden 

associated with direct data collection 

efforts. The system will also be used to 

plan, evaluate, and enhance survey and 

census operations; improve 

questionnaire design and selected 

survey data products; produce research 

and statistical products such as 

estimates of the demographic, social, 

and economic characteristics of the 

population. Additionally, this system of 

records includes records maintained for 

evidence-based policymaking. These 

records consist of evidence of program 

effectiveness to inform processes for 

making policy decisions. 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM: 

This system covers the population of 

the United States and territories. In 

order to approximate coverage of the 

population in support of its statistical 

programs, the Census Bureau will 

acquire administrative record files from 

federal agencies such as the 

Departments of Agriculture, Education, 

Health and Human Services, Homeland 

Security, Housing and Urban 

Development, Labor, Treasury, Veterans 

Affairs, the Office of Personnel 

Management, the Social Security 

Administration, the Selective Service 

System, and the U.S. Postal Service. 

Data on individuals may also be sought 

from other government entities (e.g., 

state, local, and tribal governments), 

third-party entities (e.g., commercial 

and private sources), and websites. 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

Records in this system of records are 

organized into three components: The 

first category contains records with 

personal identifiers (names and SSNs), 

with access restricted to a limited 

number of sworn Census Bureau staff. 

These records are only used for a brief 

period of time while the personal 

identifiers are replaced with unique 

non-identifying codes. In a controlled 

Information Technology (IT) 

environment, the identifying 

information SSN contained in source 

files is removed and replaced with 

unique non-identifying codes. Section 6 

of Title 13, U.S. Code, authorizes the 

Census Bureau to acquire information 

from other federal departments and 

agencies and for the acquisition of 

reports of other governmental or private 

sources. Data acquired by the Census 

Bureau to meet this directive may 

include direct identifiers such as name, 

address, date of birth, driver’s license 

number, and SSN. The direct identifiers 

are used to identify duplicate lists and 

link across multiple sources. The 

Census Bureau has developed software 

to standardize and validate incoming 

person records to assign a PIK, which is 

retained on file so that SSNs can be 

removed. This process occurs through 

the Person Identification Validation 

System (PVS). The PVS software 

processes direct identifiers from input 

files. Census Bureau staff use the person 

linkage keys to merge files when 

conducting approved research and 

operations activities. The software is 

also used to facilitate record linkage for 

Census Bureau research partners within 

the Federal Statistical System, the 

decentralized network of federal 

agencies that produce data about the 

people, economy, natural resources, and 

infrastructure of the United States. 

Through legal agreements, linkage keys 

may be created by the Census Bureau for 

other Federal Statistical System 

agencies to produce statistics. The PVS 

does not append additional identifying 

information, only a unique identifier to 

facilitate record linkage. 

The second category contains records 

that are maintained on unique data sets 

that are extracted or combined on an asneeded basis in approved projects. 

Records are extracted or combined as 

needed using the unique nonidentifying codes, not by name or SSN, 

to prepare numerous statistical 

products. These records may contain 

information such as: demographic 

information—date of birth, place of 

birth, sex, race, ethnicity, household 

and family characteristics, birth 

expectations, mobility status, education, 

citizenship, immigration status, marital 

status, tribal affiliation, veteran’s status, 

and disability status, etc.; geographical 

information—address and geographic 

codes, etc.; mortality information— 

cause of death and hospitalization 

information, etc.; health information— 

type of provider, services provided, cost 

of services, and quality indicators, etc.; 

economic information—housing 

characteristics, income, occupation, 

employment and unemployment 

information, health insurance coverage, 

federal and state program participation, 

assets, and wealth, etc.; respondent 

contact information—name, telephone 

number, email address or equivalent 

(such as social media screen name). 

Additionally, the Census Bureau may 


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retain some direct identifiers (e.g., SSN) 

for projects per interagency agreements 

and for short-term projects. 

The third category contains two types 

of records that use name data for 

specific research activities. The Census 

Bureau has policies and procedures to 

review and control name data from 

administrative records providers and 

third-party sources. This category refers 

to name data used to plan contact 

operations for surveys and censuses and 

for research on names. The first type of 

records includes: Respondent contact 

information—name (or username), 

address, telephone number (both 

landline and cell phone number), and 

email address or equivalent (such as 

social media screen name), etc. The 

second type of records includes name 

data used to set Demographic 

Characteristics Flags—names are 

compared to lookup tables and used in 

models to assign sex and ethnicity. 

Records in this category are maintained 

on unique data sets that are extracted or 

combined on an as-needed basis using 

the unique non-identifying codes that 

replaced the SSNs, but with some name 

information retained. Other 

demographic information in this second 

type of records includes: date of birth, 

place of birth, sex, race, ethnicity, 

household and family characteristics, 

mobility status, citizenship, 

immigration status, education, marital 

status, tribal affiliation, veteran status, 

and disability status. 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

In general the records in this system 

come indirectly from individuals and 

addresses obtained from other systems 

of records covered by COMMERCE/ 

CENSUS–3, Demographic Survey 

Collection (Census Bureau Sampling 

Frame) (name change from 

COMMERCE/CENSUS–3, Special 

Censuses, Surveys, and Other Studies 

pending publication in the Federal 

Register); COMMERCE/CENSUS–4, 

Economic Survey Collection; 

COMMERCE/CENSUS–5, Decennial 

Census Programs; COMMERCE/ 

CENSUS–7, Demographic Survey 

Collection (Non-Census Bureau 

Sampling Frame) (name change from 

COMMERCE/CENSUS–7, Special 

Censuses of Population Conducted for 

State and Local Government pending 

publication in the Federal Register); 

COMMERCE/CENSUS–9, Longitudinal 

Employer-Household Dynamics System; 

and COMMERCE/CENSUS–12, Foreign 

Trade Statistics. Additionally, the 

Census Bureau will acquire 

administrative record files on 

individuals and addresses from federal, 

state, local and tribal governments, 

third-party entities (e.g., commercial or 

private sources), and websites. Federal 

agency sources include: Departments of 

Agriculture, Education, Health and 

Human Services, Homeland Security, 

Housing and Urban Development, 

Labor, Treasury, Veterans Affairs, the 

Office of Personnel Management, the 

Social Security Administration, the 

Selective Service System, and the U.S. 

Postal Service. 

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

PURPOSES OF SUCH USES: 

There are no routine uses for this 

system of records. Access to records 

maintained in the system is restricted to 

Census Bureau employees and certain 

individuals authorized by Title 13, U.S. 

Code (designated as Special Sworn 

Status individuals). These individuals 

are subject to the same confidentiality 

requirements as regular Census Bureau 

employees. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORAGE OF

RECORDS: 

Records will be stored in a secure 

computerized system and on magnetic 

media; output data will be electronic. 

Magnetic media will be stored in a 

secure area within a locked drawer or 

cabinet. Source data sets containing 

personal identifiers will be maintained 

in a secure restricted-access IT 

environment. Records may also be 

stored by or at a secure FedRAMPapproved cloud service provider or 

facility. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETRIEVAL OF

RECORDS: 

Census Bureau staff producing 

statistical products will have access 

only to data sets from which SSNs have 

been deleted and replaced by a PIK. 

Records from this system of records may 

also be linked to records covered by 

COMMERCE/CENSUS–3, Demographic 

Survey Collection (Census Bureau 

Sampling Frame) (name change from 

COMMERCE/CENSUS–3, Special 

Censuses, Surveys, and Other Studies 

pending publication in the Federal 

Register); COMMERCE/CENSUS–4, 

Economic Survey Collection; 

COMMERCE/CENSUS–5, Decennial 

Census Programs; COMMERCE/ 

CENSUS–7, Demographic Survey 

Collection (Non-Census Bureau 

Sampling Frame) (name change from 

COMMERCE/CENSUS–7, Special 

Censuses of Population Conducted for 

State and Local Government pending 

publication in the Federal Register), 

COMMERCE/CENSUS–9, Longitudinal 

Employer-Household Dynamics System; 

and, COMMERCE/CENSUS–12, Foreign 

Trade Statistics, where the records may 

be retrieved by the PIK or by a direct 

identifier (such as name or SSN) 

common to all seven systems of records 

(including this SORN) to conduct 

approved special research projects. Only 

a limited number of sworn Census 

Bureau staff and individuals with 

Special Sworn Status, who work within 

a secure restricted-access environment, 

will be permitted to retrieve records 

containing direct identifiers. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETENTION AND

DISPOSAL OF RECORDS: 

Records are to be retained in 

accordance with General Records 

Schedule GRS 5.1, 5.2, and the Census 

Bureau’s records control schedule 

DAA–0029–2014–0005, Records of the 

Center for Administrative Records 

Research and Applications, which are 

approved by the National Archives and 

Records Administration (NARA). 

Records are also retained in accordance 

with agreements developed in 

accordance with other agencies and 

source entities. Federal tax information 

administrative record data will be 

retained and disposed of in accordance 

with 26 U.S.C. 6103(p)(4)(F)(ii) and 

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) 

Publication 1075, Tax Information 

Security Guidelines for Federal, State 

and Local Agencies. The Census Bureau 

issues an Annual Safeguard Security 

Report that includes information on the 

retention and disposal of federal tax 

information. The Census Bureau does 

not transfer Federal tax information 

administrative record data to NARA. 

ADMINISTRATIVE, TECHNICAL, AND PHYSICAL

SAFEGUARDS: 

The Census Bureau is committed to 

respecting respondent privacy and 

protecting confidentiality. Through the 

Data Stewardship Program, we have 

implemented management, operational, 

and technical controls and practices to 

ensure high-level data protection to 

respondents of our censuses and 

surveys. 

(1) A policy against unauthorized 

browsing protects respondent 

information from casual or 

inappropriate use by any person with 

access to Census Bureau protected data. 

Unauthorized browsing is defined as the 

act of searching or looking through, for 

other than work-related purposes, 

protected personal or business-related 

information that directly or indirectly 

identifies individual persons or 

businesses. Unauthorized browsing is 

prohibited. 

(2) All Census Bureau employees and 

persons with Special Sworn Status are 

subject to the restrictions, penalties, and 

prohibitions of 13 U.S.C. 9 and 214 as 


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1See Sodium Nitrite from India and the Russian 

Federation: Initiation of Countervailing Duty 

Investigations, 87 FR 7108 (February 8, 2022) 

(Initiation Notice). 

2See Sodium Nitrite from India: Postponement of 

Preliminary Determination in the Countervailing 

Duty Investigation, 87 FR 15373 (March 18, 2022). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Affirmative Determination in the 

Countervailing Duty Investigation of Sodium Nitrite 

from India,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby 

adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum). 

4See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, 

Final Rule, 62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997). 

5See Initiation Notice, 87 FR at 7109. 

modified by 18 U.S.C. 3551, et. seq.; 

provisions of the Privacy Act, as 

applicable; 18 U.S.C. 1905; 26 U.S.C. 

7213, 7213A, and 7431; and 42 U.S.C. 

1306. 

(3) All Census Bureau employees and

persons with Special Sworn Status will 

be regularly advised of regulations 

governing the confidentiality of the data 

and will be required to complete an 

annual Data Stewardship Awareness 

training, and those who have access to 

Federal Tax Information data will be 

regularly advised of regulations 

governing the confidentiality of the data 

and will be required to complete an 

annual Title 26, U.S. Code awareness 

program. Employees of FedRAMPapproved cloud service providers do not 

have access to Census Bureau protected 

data maintained in this system of 

records. 

(4) The restricted-access IT

environment has been established to 

limit the number of Census Bureau staff 

with direct access to the personal 

identifiers in this system to protect the 

confidentiality of the data and to 

prevent unauthorized use or access. 

(5) All Census Bureau and FedRAMPapproved computer systems that 

maintain sensitive information are in 

compliance with the Federal 

Information Security Management Act, 

as amended (44 U.S.C. 3551–3559), 

which includes auditing and controls 

over access to restricted data. 

(6) The use of unsecured

telecommunications to transmit 

individually identifiable information is 

prohibited. 

(7) Paper copies that contain sensitive

information are stored in secure 

facilities in a locked drawer or file 

cabinet. 

(8) Each requested use of the data

maintained in this system of records 

will be reviewed by an in-house Project 

Review Board to ensure that data 

relating to the project will be used only 

for authorized purposes. All uses of the 

data are solely for statistical purposes, 

which by definition means that uses 

will not directly affect benefits or 

enforcement actions for any individual. 

Only when the Project Review Board 

has approved a project will access to 

information from one or more of the 

source data sets be granted. Data from 

external sources in approved projects 

will not be made publicly available. 

Any publications based on the 

Statistical Administrative Records 

System will be cleared for release under 

the direction of the Census Bureau’s 

Disclosure Review Board, which will 

confirm that all the required disclosure 

protection procedures have been 

implemented. No information will be 

released that identifies any individual. 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

None. 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

None. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES: 

None. 

EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(4), this 

system of records is exempted from 

subsections (c)(3); (d); (e)(1); (e)(4)(G), 

(H), and (I); and (f) of the Privacy Act. 

These subsections include, but are not 

limited to, certain requirements 

concerning notification, access, and 

contest procedures. This exemption is 

applicable as the data are maintained by 

the Census Bureau solely as statistical 

records, as required under Title 13, U.S. 

Code, and are not used in whole or in 

part in making any determination about 

an identifiable individual. This 

exemption is made in accordance with 

the Department’s rules which appear in 

15 CFR part 4 Subpart B. 

HISTORY: 

81 FR 776554, November 3, 2016, 

Notice of Proposed Amendment. 

Jennifer Goode, 

Deputy Director and Acting Director of the 

Office of Privacy and Open Government. 

[FR Doc. 2022–12598 Filed 6–17–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–533–907] 

Sodium Nitrite From India: Preliminary 

Affirmative Countervailing Duty 

Determination and Alignment of Final 

Determination With the Final 

Antidumping Duty Determination 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 

determines that countervailable 

subsidies are being provided to 

producers and exporters of sodium 

nitrite from India for the period of 

investigation (POI) January 1, 2021, 

through December 31, 2021. Interested 

parties are invited to comment on this 

preliminary determination. 

DATES: Applicable June 21, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eva 

Kim, AD/CVD Operations, Office IV, 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–8283. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This preliminary determination is 

made in accordance with section 703(b) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act). Commerce published the 

notice of initiation of this countervailing 

duty (CVD) investigation on February 8, 

2022.1 On March 18, 2022, Commerce 

postponed the preliminary 

determination of this investigation until 

June 13, 2022.2 For a complete 

description of events that followed the 

initiation of this investigation, see the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum.3 A 

list of topics discussed 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 Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Centralized 

Electronic Service System (ACCESS). 

ACCESS is available to registered users 

at https://access.trade.gov. In addition, a 

complete version of the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum can be accessed 

directly at https://access.trade.gov/ 

public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The product covered by this 

investigation is sodium nitrite from 

India. For a complete description of the 

scope of the investigation, see Appendix 

I. 

Scope Comments 

In accordance with the preamble to 

Commerce’s regulations,4 the Initiation 

Notice set aside a period of time for 

parties to raise issues regarding product 

coverage, (i.e., scope).5 No interested 

party commented on the scope of the 

investigation as it appeared in the 

Initiation Notice. 


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