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1 In Alaska, census subareas are equivalents of 

CCDs. For purposes of this notice, the term ‘‘CCD’’

will also refer to census subareas in Alaska. 

3. There are no known regulatory 

alternatives which would accomplish 

the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46–48c) in 

connection with the services proposed 

for addition to the Procurement List. 

Comments on this certification are 

invited. Commenters should identify the 

statement(s) underlying the certification 

on which they are providing additional 

information. 

End of Certification 

The following services are proposed 

for addition to Procurement List for 

production by the nonprofit agencies 

listed: 

Services: 

Service Type/Location: Custodial Services 

Air National Guard, 1401 Robert B. 

Miller Jr. Drive, Garden City, GA 

NPA: Trace, Inc., Boise, ID. 

Contracting Activity: Air National Guard, 

165th Air Wing, Garden City, GA 

Service Type/Location: Janitorial/Custodial 

Services, U.S. Coast Guard, Integrated 

Support Command (ISC), San Pedro 

Terminal Station, San Pedro, CA 

NPA: Elwyn, Inc., Aston, PA. 

Contracting Activity: U.S. Coast Guard 

-Alameda, Alameda, CA 

Service Type/Location: Laundry Services, 

Blanchfield Army Community Hospital 

(BACH), Fort Campbell, KY 

NPA: Lakeview Center, Inc., Pensacola, FL. 

Contracting Activity: Department of the 

Army, Southeast Regional Contracting 

Office (SERCO), Fort Gordon, GA 

Service Type/Location: Laundry Services, 

Fort Campbell, Fort Campbell, KY 

NPA: Lakeview Center, Inc., Pensacola, FL. 

Contracting Activity: Department of the 

Army, Army Contracting Agency, 

Directorate of Contracting, Fort 

Campbell, KY 

Service Type/Location: Laundry Services, Air 

National Guard-Sioux City, 185th Air 

Refeuling Wing, 2920 Headquarters 

Avenue, Sioux City, IA 

NPA: Genesis Development, Jefferson, IA. 

Contracting Activity: Iowa Air National 

Guard, Sioux City, IA. 

Deletions: 

Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification 

I certify that the following action will 

not have a significant impact on a 

substantial number of small entities. 

The major factors considered for this 

certification were: 

1. If approved, the action should not 

result in additional reporting, 

recordkeeping or other compliance 

requirements for small entities. 

2. If approved, the action may result 

in authorizing small entities to furnish 

the products and service to the 

Government. 

3. There are no known regulatory 

alternatives which would accomplish 

the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46–48c) in 

connection with the products and 

services proposed for deletion from the 

Procurement List. 

Comments on this certification are 

invited. Commenters should identify the 

statement(s) underlying the certification 

on which they are providing additional 

information. 

End of Certification 

The following products and service 

are proposed for deletion from the 

Procurement List: 

Products: 

Clocks, Atomic Standard, Thermometer 

NSN: 6645–01–491–9837 

NSN: 6645–01–491–9840 

NSN: 6645–01–491–9841 

NSN: 6645–01–491–9844 

NSN: 6685–01–492–0910 

NPA: The Chicago Lighthouse for People 

who are Blind or Visually Impaired, 

Chicago, IL 

Contracting Activity: General Services 

Administration, Office Supplies & Paper 

Products Acquisition Ctr, New York, NY 

Wrapper, Sterilization 

NSN: 6530–00–197–9223 

NSN: 6530–00–926–4902 

NSN: 6530–00–926–4903 

NSN: 6530–00–926–4904 

NSN: 6530–00–926–4905 

NSN: 6530–00–197–9283 

NPA: Alabama Industries for the Blind, 

Talladega, AL 

NPA: Blind Industries & Services of 

Maryland, Baltimore, MD 

NPA: Mississippi Industries for the Blind, 

Jackson, MS 

NSN: 6530–00–197–9228 

NPA: Alabama Industries for the Blind, 

Talladega, AL 

NPA: Arizona Industries for the Blind, 

Phoenix, AZ 

NPA: Blind Industries & Services of 

Maryland, Baltimore, MD 

NPA: Mississippi Industries for the Blind, 

Jackson, MS 

Contracting Activity: Veterans Affairs 

National Acquisition Center, Hines, IL 

NSN: 6530–01–036–0398 

NPA: Unknown 

NSN: 6530–01–244–2776 

NSN: 6530–01–244–9946 

NSN: 6530–01–246–0156 

NSN: 6530–01–246–1935 

NSN: 6530–01–248–4813 

NPA: Alabama Industries for the Blind, 

Talladega, AL 

NPA: Arizona Industries for the Blind, 

Phoenix, AZ 

NPA: Blind Industries & Services of 

Maryland, Baltimore, MD 

NPA: Mississippi Industries for the Blind, 

Jackson, MS 

Contracting Activity: Defense Supply Center 

Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 

NSN: 6530–00–299–9603 

NPA: Alabama Industries for the Blind, 

Talladega, AL 

NPA: Arizona Industries for the Blind, 

Phoenix, AZ 

NPA: Blind Industries & Services of 

Maryland, Baltimore, MD 

NPA: Mississippi Industries for the Blind, 

Jackson, MS 

Contracting Activity: Defense Supply Center 

Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 

Contracting Activity: Veterans Affairs 

National Acquisition Center, Hines, IL 

Service: 

Service Type/Location: Commissary Shelf 

Stocking & Custodial, Fort Stewart, GA 

NPA: Unknown 

Contracting Activity: Defense Commissary 

Agency (DeCA), Fort Lee, VA 

Kimberly M. Zeich, 

Director, Program Operations. 

[FR Doc. E8–2366 Filed 2–7–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6353–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of the Census 

[Docket Number 070111009–7786–02] 

Census County Division and 

Equivalent Entities Program for the 

2010 Census-Final Criteria 

AGENCY: Bureau of the Census, 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of final criteria and 

program implementation. 

SUMMARY: This Notice announces the 

Bureau of the Census’ (Census Bureau’s) 

final criteria for defining census county 

divisions (CCDs) and equivalent entities 

for the 2010 Census. Based on responses 

to the request for comments on 

proposed criteria published in the 

Federal Register of April 6, 2007 (72 FR 

17324), the Census Bureau will retain 

CCDs as a statistical geographic entity 

for use in tabulating and presenting data 

from the decennial census, the 

American Community Survey (ACS), 

and, as appropriate, other censuses and 

surveys. 

CCDs and equivalent entities are 

statistical geographic entities 

established cooperatively by the Census 

Bureau and officials of state and local 

governments in 22 states 1 where minor 

civil divisions (MCDs) either do not 

exist or have been unsatisfactory for 

reporting census data. The primary goal 

of the CCD program has been to 

establish and maintain a set of 


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2For Census Bureau purposes, the term ‘‘county’’

includes parishes in Louisiana; boroughs, city and 

boroughs, municipalities, and census areas in 

Alaska; independent cities in Maryland, Missouri, 

Nevada, and Virginia; districts and islands in 

American Samoa, and districts in the U.S. Virgin 

Islands; municipalities in the Commonwealth of the 

Northern Mariana Islands; municipios in Puerto 

Rico; and the areas constituting the District of 

Columbia and Guam. This notice will refer to all of 

these entities collectively as ‘‘counties.’’

subcounty 2 units that have stable 

boundaries and recognizable names. 

In addition to providing final criteria 

for CCDs, this notice also contains a 

summary of comments received in 

response to proposed criteria published 

in the April 6, 2007, Federal Register 

(72 FR 17324), as well as both the 

Census Bureau’s response to those 

comments and a description of the 

changes made to the criteria. 

DATES: This notice’s final criteria will be 

effective on February 8, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

Geographic Standards and Criteria 

Branch, Geography Division, U.S. 

Census Bureau, via e-mail at 

geo.psap.list@census.gov or telephone at 

(301) 763–3056. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. History 

When CCDs were introduced prior to 

the 1950 Census, few alternatives were 

available for the provision of statistical 

data related to relatively stable, 

subcounty geographic units. Census 

tracts were defined in only a subset of 

metropolitan area counties. MCDs 

existed in all counties, but in some 

states, MCD boundaries changed 

frequently enough that they were not 

useful for comparing statistical data 

from one decade to another. 

For much of the period from the 1950 

Census through the 1980 Census, county 

subdivisions (MCDs and CCDs) 

provided the only subcounty unit of 

geography at which data users could 

obtain statistical data for complete 

coverage of counties nationwide. The 

introduction of block numbering areas 

(BNAs) in counties without census 

tracts for the 1990 Census offered an 

alternate subcounty entity for which 

data could be tabulated. For Census 

2000, the Census Bureau introduced 

census tracts nationwide (in many 

counties, BNAs were simply relabeled 

as ‘‘census tracts’’) and the greater 

dissemination of, and ability to analyze, 

data at the census tract level made CCDs 

less necessary as statistical reporting 

units. 

II. Summary of Comments Received in 

Response to the Proposed Criteria 

The April 6, 2007, Federal Register 

(72 FR 17324) notice requested 

comment on proposed criteria for CCDs. 

In addition, the Census Bureau sought 

comment regarding the continued 

identification and use of CCDs as 

statistical geographic areas for the 

tabulation, presentation, and analysis of 

statistical data. In raising the question of 

continued identification of CCDs, the 

Census Bureau sought to ascertain the 

extent to which data users still found 

CCDs to be useful geographic areas 

given that census tracts are defined 

nationwide, and that census tract-level 

statistical data are widely available and 

more easily manipulated using 

prevailing spreadsheet, database, and 

geographic information system software. 

The Census Bureau noted that it would 

consider eliminating CCDs as a census 

geographic area if commenters no longer 

found them to be useful for data 

presentation and analysis. If comments 

indicated continued relevance, the 

Census Bureau would retain CCDs. 

The Census Bureau received 172 

comments in response to the proposed 

criteria, all specifically in response to 

the issue of whether to retain or 

eliminate CCDs. Commenters 

represented a broad range of data users, 

including individual data users; local, 

state, and federal government agencies; 

nonprofit and nongovernmental 

organizations; and private sector 

organizations and companies. 

The Census Bureau received 164 

comments in favor of retaining CCDs, 

noting their continued relevance as 

geographic areas for data presentation 

and analysis. Of these, 154 comments 

related specifically to retaining the San 

Fernando Valley CCD in Los Angeles 

County, California. Of the other 

comments in favor of retaining CCDs, 

six were received from state 

departments of health, noting that data 

for CCDs are used for analysis and 

program implementation, particularly in 

less populated counties in which CCDs 

subdivide census tracts and, therefore, 

provide data for smaller geographic 

areas and populations. 

Of the remaining eight comments, 

four were in response to a survey 

conducted in the San Fernando Valley, 

with three in favor of eliminating CCDs 

and one undecided. Two commenters (a 

national trade association and a 

nongovernmental policy research 

organization) favored elimination of 

CCDs, stating that as a result of 

nationwide availability of data for 

census tracts, they no longer analyzed 

data by CCD. 

The Tennessee Office of Information 

Resources requested replacement of 

CCDs in Tennessee with county 

commissioner districts, commenting 

that the latter were more relevant to the 

ongoing planning and policy analysis 

needs of local and state government 

agencies. County commissioner districts 

in Tennessee are legal entities defined 

for the purpose of electing county 

commissioners, and are a type of legal, 

administrative MCD. They are redefined 

after each decennial census, and their 

boundaries generally remain stable and 

unchanged through the decade. When 

considering this request, the Census 

Bureau sought additional comment from 

data users in Tennessee, working 

through the Tennessee State Data Center 

(SDC) and its network of affiliates. 

Responses to the Tennessee SDC’s 

request for comment generally favored 

adoption of county commissioner 

districts as the county subdivision type 

for use in tabulating and presenting 

Census Bureau data, and concurred with 

the Office of Information Resources 

request to replace CCDs with county 

commissioner districts. 

In accepting Tennessee’s request to 

switch from CCDs to county 

commissioner districts (a type of MCD), 

the Census Bureau also offers other CCD 

states the opportunity to replace CCDs 

with MCDs, provided the following 

conditions are met: 

1. There is demonstrated support from 

a wide range of data users within the 

state for the switch from current CCDs 

to a legally existing county subdivision; 

2. The type of MCD selected for 

adoption exists in all counties 

throughout the state and is well known 

or easily identifiable by data users; and 

3. The type of MCD selected has 

relatively stable boundaries, with 

changes generally limited to updates or 

redistricting once following each 

census, but stable through the 

remainder of the decade. 

The Census Bureau will consider 

requests from the other 21 CCD states to 

replace CCDs with a type of MCD, based 

on the conditions stated above. If the 

MCDs are to be used for the tabulation 

of data from the 2010 Census, requests 

must be received in writing by April 15, 

2008, to provide the Census Bureau 

sufficient time to consult with data 

users in the state through the State Data 

Center and its network of affiliates, 

prepare geographic update materials, 

and process boundary submissions. 

Changes to the Criteria From the 

Proposed Rule 

The changes made to the final criteria 

(from the proposed criteria) in ‘‘Section 

III, General principles and criteria for 

CCDs for the 2010 Census’’ are as 

follows: 

1. Paragraph 1 in this section 

appeared in Section C, ‘‘CCD Criteria for 

the 2010 Census,’’ in the previous 


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3For Census Bureau purposes, the United States 

includes the 50 states and the District of Columbia. 

4For Census Bureau purposes, the Island Areas 

include American Samoa, the Commonwealth of 

the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, the U.S. 

Virgin Islands, and the U.S. Minor Outlying Islands. 

The U.S. Minor Outlying Islands are an aggregation 

of nine U.S. territories: Baker Island, Howland 

Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, 

the Midway Islands, Navassa Island, Palmyra Atoll, 

and Wake Island. 

Federal Register notice (April 6, 2007; 

72 FR 17324). We have moved it to the 

beginning of Section III in the final 

criteria because the wording applies to 

both the general principles and 

delineation criteria. We removed the 

reference to American Indian 

reservations and off-reservation trust 

lands because these areas are, by 

definition, within the United States. 

2. Section A, ‘‘General principles,’’

paragraph 3, reworded several sentences 

to provide greater clarity regarding the 

relationship between CCDs and census 

tracts. 

3. Section A, ‘‘General principles,’’

paragraph 4, added three sentences to 

clarify North Dakota’s and Tennessee’s 

requests to use MCDs rather than CCDs 

for tabulating data. We made this 

change to note Tennessee’s recent 

request in response to the April 6, 2007, 

Federal Register (72 FR 17234). The 

reference to North Dakota’s request for 

the 1970 Census was added to provide 

an example of a state that had shifted 

from CCDs to MCDs. 

4. Section B, ‘‘CCD Criteria for the 

2010 Census,’’ added the first 

paragraph, summarizing the criteria that 

follow in more detail. 

5. Section B, ‘‘CCD Criteria for the 

2010 Census,’’ criteria relating to 

community orientation, added the 

words ‘‘together form a cohesive 

community area’’ to provide greater 

clarity. 

6. Section B, ‘‘CCD Criteria for the 

2010 Census,’’ criteria relating to visible 

and/or stable boundaries, changed 

wording in the last sentence from 

‘‘permits’’ to ‘‘requires’’ that CCDs 

follow state, county, and census tract 

boundaries. This change in wording is 

consistent with wording elsewhere in 

the criteria, with the stated intent of the 

CCD program, and with past practice. 

Additional wording changes were made 

to improve clarity. 

7. Section B, ‘‘CCD Criteria for the 

2010 Census,’’ criteria relating to census 

tract boundaries, removed the reference 

to the Puerto Rico Community Survey 

because CCDs are not defined in Puerto 

Rico. We also deleted the requirement 

that new CCDs must have a minimum 

population of 1,200 (the minimum 

threshold for a census tract) because 

population thresholds and requirements 

are not consistent with the general 

concept of a CCD. 

8. Section B, ‘‘CCD Criteria for the 

2010 Census,’’ criteria relating to name 

identification, we added a requirement 

that the name of an existing CCD may 

not be changed unless a compelling 

reason is provided. This addition is 

intended to promote consistency and 

continuity from one census to another 

and avoid needless changes that may 

result in confusion among data users. 

III. General Principles and Criteria for 

CCDs for the 2010 Census 

The criteria outlined herein apply to 

the United States,3 Puerto Rico, and the 

Island Areas.4 In accordance with the 

final criteria, the Census Bureau may 

modify and, if necessary, reject any 

proposals for CCDs that do not meet the 

established criteria. In addition, the 

Census Bureau reserves the right to 

modify the boundaries and attributes of 

CCDs as required to maintain 

established geographic relationships 

before the final tabulation geography is 

set for the 2010 Census. 

A. General Principles 

1. The primary goal of the CCD 

program is to establish and maintain a 

set of subcounty units that have stable 

boundaries and recognizable names. 

The boundaries of CCDs usually 

coincide with visible features or stable, 

significant legal boundaries, such as the 

boundary of an American Indian 

reservation, federally managed land, or 

conjoint incorporated places. CCDs have 

no legal status as statistical geographic 

entities and are defined only for the 

tabulation and presentation of statistical 

data. 

2. A CCD usually represents a single 

contiguous area consisting of one or 

more communities, trading centers, or, 

in some instances, major land uses that 

are relatively compact in shape. 

3. A CCD shall have a relationship to 

existing census tracts, either 

encompassing one or more census tracts 

or having two or more CCDs nest within 

a single census tract. The boundaries of 

a CCD, or combination of nested CCDs, 

align with census tract boundaries. Note 

that a county with a population less 

than the optimum population for a 

census tract (less than 4,000 people) 

may contain more CCDs than census 

tracts. For example, McCone County, 

Montana, which has a 2006 estimated 

population of 1,760, contains only one 

census tract, but is divided into two 

CCDs. 

4. Since the 1950s, the Census Bureau 

has worked with state and local officials 

to replace MCDs with CCDs for the 

collection, presentation, and analysis of 

Census Bureau data, particularly in 

states in which MCDs do not provide 

governmental services and functions, 

and in which MCD boundaries tend to 

change between decennial censuses. As 

of Census 2000, CCDs were defined in 

22 states: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, 

California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, 

Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Kentucky, 

Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, 

Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, 

Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington, 

and Wyoming. North Dakota adopted 

CCDs for use in tabulating and 

presenting data from the 1970 Census. 

Following the 1970 Census, North 

Dakota requested that the Census 

Bureau again use MCDs to tabulate and 

present statistical data. For the 2010 

Census, Tennessee has requested that 

the Census Bureau replace its CCDs 

with county commissioner districts, a 

type of legal, administrative MCD. 

B. CCD Criteria for the 2010 Census 

CCDs must (1) have community 

orientation, (2) have visible and/or 

stable boundaries, (3) conform to census 

tract boundaries, and (4) have 

recognizable names. 

1. Community Orientation 

Each CCD should center on one or 

more places and encompass additional 

surrounding territory that together form 

a cohesive community area. The 

definition of community should take 

into account factors such as production, 

marketing, consumption, and the 

integrating factor of local institutions. 

The locality on which a CCD is 

centered usually is an incorporated 

place or an unincorporated community, 

which might be identified as a census 

designated place. In some cases, the 

CCD may center on a major area of 

significantly different topography, land 

use, or ownership, such as a large 

military installation or American Indian 

reservation. A CCD should always 

comprise a reasonably compact, 

continuous land area, generally with 

road access to all areas within the CCD. 

2. Visible and/or Stable Boundaries 

To make the location of CCD 

boundaries less ambiguous, the 

boundaries should follow, wherever 

possible, visible and identifiable 

features. The use of visible features 

makes it easier to locate and identify 

CCD boundaries over time, as the 

locations of most visible features in the 

landscape change infrequently, making 

data collection easier and more reliable, 

while reducing the possibility for data 

allocation errors. The Census Bureau 

requires that CCDs follow state and 

county boundaries, conform to census 


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tract boundaries, and allows CCDs to 

follow the boundaries of federally 

recognized American Indian 

reservations, and federal-, state-, or 

locally-managed land. 

The following features are acceptable: 

a. County boundaries (always a CCD 

boundary); 

b. Census tract boundaries, which 

usually follow visible, perennial, 

natural, and cultural features, such as 

roads, rivers, canals, railroads, or aboveground, high-tension power lines; 

c. Legally defined, federally 

recognized American Indian reservation 

boundaries; 

d. The boundaries of federal-, state-, 

or locally-managed land, such as 

National Parks, National Monuments, 

National Forests, other types of large 

parks or forests, airports, marine ports, 

prisons, military installations, or other 

facilities; and 

e. Conjoint city limits (in certain 

situations, such as city limits that 

change infrequently). 

f. When the above types of features 

are not available for use as CCD 

boundaries, the Census Bureau may, at 

its discretion, approve other 

nonstandard, visible features, such as 

ridge lines, above-ground pipelines, 

streams, or fence lines. The Census 

Bureau may also accept, on a case-bycase basis, the boundaries of selected 

nonstandard and potentially nonvisible 

features, such as the boundaries of 

cemeteries, golf courses, glaciers, or the 

straight-line extensions of visible 

features and other lines-of-sight. 

3. Census Tract Boundaries; Population 

Size 

Whenever possible, a CCD should 

encompass one or more contiguous 

census tracts, or multiple CCDs should 

constitute a single census tract. 

Therefore, CCD boundaries should be 

consistent with census tract boundaries. 

Population size is not as important a 

consideration with CCDs as it is with 

census tracts. Historically, CCDs have 

ranged from a few hundred people (in 

selected situations) to more than one 

million. However, data quality and 

availability may be factors that local 

governments and planners should 

consider in defining statistical 

geographic areas. As a general rule, 

period estimates of demographic 

characteristics of small population areas 

from the ACS will be subject to higher 

variances than comparable period 

estimates for areas with larger 

populations. In addition, the Census 

Bureau’s disclosure rules may have the 

effect of restricting the availability and 

amount of data for areas with small 

populations. 

4. Name Identification 

• The names of existing CCDs shall 

not be changed unless a compelling 

reason is provided, such as when the 

name from which the CCD was derived 

has changed, as in the case of 

Bainbridge Island, Washington, when 

the name of the city (Winslow) changed. 

• A new CCD usually is named after 

the largest population center or 

historically central place within it (e.g., 

Taos, Chimayo, or Ohkay Owingeh, 

New Mexico). 

• Where a CCD contains multiple 

centers with relatively equal 

importance, a CCD name may represent 

the two or three centers (e.g., Mount 

Pleasant-Moroni, Utah). 

• A CCD may be named after the 

American Indian Reservation (e.g., 

Hualapai, Arizona or Nez Perce, Idaho) 

or a prominent land use area (e.g., 

Federal Reservation, Washington or 

Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming) 

in which it is partially or wholly 

located. 

• A CCD may be named after a 

prominent physical feature (e.g., Mount 

Rainier, Washington) or a distinctive 

region within the county (e.g., Death 

Valley, California; Everglades and 

Lower Keys, Florida). 

• If there is no clear cultural focus or 

topographic name that can be applied, 

a CCD name shall consist of the county 

name and a compass direction to 

indicate the portion of the county in the 

CCD or a place name and a compass 

direction to give the CCD location 

relative to the place. The directional 

indicator precedes a county name (e.g., 

Northeast Cobb, Georgia). If a place 

name is used, the directional indicator 

follows it (e.g., Del Rio Northwest, 

Texas). 

In all cases, the objective is to clearly 

identify the extent of the CCD by means 

of an area name since CCD names 

always should be meaningful to data 

users. Any name used as a CCD name 

must also be recognized by the Board on 

Geographic Names for federal use and 

appear in the Geographic Names 

Information System maintained by the 

U.S. Geological Survey. This includes 

any individual names combined to 

make a hyphenated CCD name. 

IV. Definitions of Key Terms 

American Indian reservation—A 

federally recognized American Indian 

land area with boundaries established 

by final treaty, statute, executive order, 

and/or court order, and over which a 

federally recognized American Indian 

tribal government has governmental 

authority. Along with reservations, 

designations such as colonies, 

communities, pueblos, rancherias, and 

reserves apply to American Indian 

reservations. 

Block group—A statistical subdivision 

of a census tract consisting of all census 

blocks whose numbers begin with the 

same digit in a census tract. A block 

group is the smallest geographic entity 

for which the Census Bureau normally 

tabulates sample data. 

Census block—A geographic area 

bounded by visible and/or nonvisible 

features in the Census Bureau’s Master 

Address File/Topologically Integrated 

Geographic Encoding and Referencing 

database. A block is the smallest 

geographic entity for which the Census 

Bureau tabulates decennial census data. 

Census designated place—A 

statistical geographic entity with a 

concentration of population, housing, 

and commercial structures that is 

identifiable by name, but is not within 

an incorporated place. 

Census tract—A small, relatively 

permanent statistical geographic 

division of a county defined for the 

tabulation and publication of Census 

Bureau data. The primary goal of the 

census tract program is to provide a set 

of nationally consistent small, statistical 

geographic units, with stable boundaries 

that facilitate analysis of data across 

time. 

Conjoint—A description of a 

boundary shared by two adjacent 

geographic areas. 

Contiguous—A description of a 

geographic entity having an 

uninterrupted outer boundary, such that 

it forms a single, connected piece of 

territory. Noncontiguous areas form 

separate, disconnected pieces. 

Federally managed land—Territory 

that is federally owned and/or 

administered by an agency of the U.S. 

federal government, such as the 

National Park Service, Bureau of Land 

Management, or Department of Defense. 

Incorporated place—A type of 

governmental unit, incorporated under 

state law as a city, town (except in New 

England, New York, and Wisconsin), 

borough (except in Alaska and New 

York), or village, generally to provide 

specific governmental services for a 

concentration of people within legally 

prescribed boundaries. 

Minor civil division—The primary 

governmental or administrative division 

of a county in 28 states, Puerto Rico, 

and the Island Areas having legal 

boundaries, names, and descriptions. 

MCDs represent many different types of 

legal entities with a wide variety of 

characteristics, powers, and functions 

depending on the state and type of 

MCD. In some states, some or all of the 


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1From August 21, 1994 through November 12, 

2000, the Act was in lapse. During that period, the 

President, through Executive Order 12924, which 

had been extended by successive Presidential 

Notices, the last of which was August 3, 2000 (3 

CFR 2000 Comp. 397 (2001)), continued the 

Regulations in effect under the International 

Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701–

1706 (2000)) (‘‘IEEPA’’). On November 13, 2000, the 

Act was reauthorized by Pub. L. 106–508 (114 Stat. 

2360 (2000)) and remained in effect through August 

20, 2001. Since August 21, 2001, the Act has been 

in lapse. Executive Order 13222 of August 17, 2001 

(3 CFR 2001 Comp 783 (2002)), which has been 

extended by successive Presidential Notices, the 

most recent of which was August 15, 2007 (72 FR 

46137 (August 16, 2007)), continues the Regulations 

in effect under IEEPA. 

incorporated places also constitute 

MCDs. 

Nonvisible feature—A map feature 

that is not visible on the ground, such 

as a city or county boundary through 

space, a property line running through 

space, a short line-of-sight extension of 

a road to another visible feature, or a 

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intermittent stream), or may be 

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requests verification that nonstandard 

features pose no problem in their 

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Executive Order 12866 

This notice has been determined to be 

not significant under Executive Order 

12866. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

This program notice does not 

represent a collection of information 

subject to the requirements of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C., 

Chapter 35. 

Dated: February 5, 2008. 

Steve H. Murdock, 

Director, Bureau of the Census. 

[FR Doc. E8–2348 Filed 2–7–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Economic Analysis 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request; Correction 

AGENCY: Bureau of Economic Analysis 

(BEA), Department of Commerce. 

This notice corrects the notice 

published on February 1, 2008, Volume 

73, Number 22, page 6114. The 

following items are corrected and 

replaced—

Title: Biomedical Research and 

Development Price Index (BRDPI) 

Survey. 

OMB Control Number: 0608–0069. 

All other information stated in the 

February 1, 2008 notice remains 

effective. 

Dated: February 5, 2008. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. E8–2373 Filed 2–7–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Industry and Security 

Action Affecting Export Privileges: 

AR–AM Medical Services LLC; In the 

Matter of AR–AM Medical Services 

LLC; Case No. 06–08 

Order 

The Office of Antiboycott 

Compliance, Bureau of Industry and 

Security, U.S. Department of Commerce 

(‘‘BIS’’), having determined to initiate 

an administrative proceeding pursuant 

to Section 11(c) of the Export 

Administration Act of 1979, as amended 

(50 U.S.C. 2401–2420 (2000)) (the 

‘‘Act’’) 1 and the Export Administration 

Regulations (currently codified at 15 

CFR Parts 730–774 (2007) (the 

‘‘Regulations’’), against AR–AM Medical 

Services LLC (‘‘AR–AM’’), a domestic 

concern, based on allegations set forth 

in the Proposed Charging Letter, dated 

April 17, 2006, that alleged that AR–AM 

committed three violations of the 

Regulations; 

* * * * * 

Specifically, the charges are: 

1. Three Violations of 15 CFR 

760.2(d)—Furnishing Information about 

Business Relationships With Boycotted 

Countries or Blacklisted Persons: During 

the years 2001 and 2002, AR–AM 

engaged in transaction(s) involving the 

sale and/or transfer of goods or services 

(including information) from the United 

States to Syria. In connection with these 

activities, on three occasions, AR–AM, 

with intent to comply with, further or 

support an unsanctioned foreign 

boycott, furnished information 

concerning its or another person’s 

business relationships with or in a 

boycotted country, an activity 

prohibited by Section 760.2(d) of the 

Regulations, and not excepted. 

BIS and AR–AM having entered into 

a Settlement Agreement pursuant to 

Section 766.18(a) of the Regulations 

whereby the parties have agreed to settle 

this matter in accordance with the terms 

and conditions set forth therein and the 

terms of the Settlement Agreement 

having been approved by me; 

It is therefore ordered that: 

First, a civil penalty of $7,200 is 

assessed against AR–AM. Payment shall 

be suspended for a period of two years 

from the date of entry of this Order and 

thereafter shall be waived, provided 

that, during the period of suspension, 

AR–AM has committed no violation of 

the Act and Regulations or any order 

issued thereunder. 

Second, for a period of two years from 

the date of entry of this Order, AR–AM 

Medical Services LLC (Great Neck, New 

York) (‘‘Denied Person’’) may not 

participate, directly or indirectly, in any 

way in any transaction involving any 

commodity, software or technology 

(collectively, ‘‘item’’) exported or to be 

exported from the United States to 

Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, 

Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, the 

United Arab Emirates or the Republic of 

Yemen (collectively, the ‘‘Territory’’) 

that is subject to the Regulations, or in 

any other activity relating to the 

Territory that is subject to the 

Regulations, including, but not limited 

to: 

A. Applying for, obtaining, or using 

any license, License Exception, or 

export control document, relating to the 

Territory; 

B. Carrying on negotiations 

concerning, or ordering, buying, 

receiving, using, selling, delivering, 

storing, disposing of, forwarding, 

transporting, financing, or otherwise 

servicing in any way, any transaction 

involving any item exported or to be 

exported fro the United States to the 

Territory that is subject to the 

Regulations, or in any other activity 

relating to the Territory subject to the 

Regulations; or 

C. Benefitting in any way from any 

transaction involving any item exported 

or to be exported from the United States 

to the Territory that is subject to the 

Regulations, or in any other activity 

relating to the Territory subject to the 

Regulations. 

Third, no person may, directly or 

indirectly, do any of the following: 

A. Export or reexport to or on behalf 

of the Denied Person any item subject to 

the Regulations from the United States 

to the Territory; 


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