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included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection; 

they also will become a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: June 2, 2009. 

Glenna Mickelson, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–13153 Filed 6–4–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Census Bureau 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; 2010–2012 

American Community Survey Methods 

Panel Testing 

AGENCY: U.S. Census Bureau, 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burden, invites the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

take this opportunity to comment on 

proposed and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)). 

DATES: To ensure consideration, written 

comments must be submitted on or 

before August 4, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Diana Hynek, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 7845, 

14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20230 (or via the 

Internet at dHynek@doc.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument(s) and instructions should 

be directed to Susan Schechter, U.S. 

Census Bureau, American Community 

Survey Office, Washington, DC 20233, 

by FAX to (301) 763–8620 or e-mail at 

susan.schechter.bortner@census.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

Given the rapid demographic changes 

experienced in recent years and the 

strong expectation that such changes 

will continue and accelerate, the oncea-decade data collection approach of a 

census is no longer acceptable as a 

source for the housing and socioeconomic data collected on the census 

long form. To meet the needs and 

expectations of the country, the Census 

Bureau developed the American 

Community Survey (ACS). This survey 

collects detailed socioeconomic data 

every month and provides tabulations of 

these data on a yearly basis. The ACS 

allows the Census Bureau to provide 

more timely and relevant housing and 

socio-economic data while also 

reducing operational risks in the census 

by eliminating the long form historically 

given to one in every six addresses. 

Full implementation of the ACS 

includes an annual sample of 

approximately three million residential 

addresses a year in the 50 States and the 

District of Columbia, and another 36,000 

addresses in Puerto Rico. A sample this 

large allows for annual production and 

release of single-year estimates for areas 

with a population of 65,000 or more. 

Lower levels of geography require 

aggregates of three and five years’ worth 

of data in order to produce estimates of 

comparable quality to the census long 

form. An ongoing data collection effort 

with an annual sample of this 

magnitude requires that the ACS 

continue research, testing and 

evaluations aimed at improving overall 

ACS data quality, achieving survey cost 

efficiencies, and developing and 

improving ACS questionnaire content 

and related data collection materials. 

The ACS Methods Panel during the 

2010–2012 period may include testing 

methods for increasing survey and 

operational efficiencies; alternative 

methods or procedures may be 

developed and evaluated that could 

potentially reduce the overall survey 

cost, lessen respondent burden, and 

improve response rates. At this time, 

specific plans are in place to propose 

three methods panel tests: a content 

reinterview study, 2010 ACS Content 

Test, and an Internet Test. Since the 

ACS Methods Panel is designed to 

address emerging issues, we may 

conduct additional testing as needed. 

Testing would focus on methods for 

reducing data collection costs or testing 

new questions that have an urgent need 

to be included on the ACS. 

During the decennial census year, a 

content reinterview study (CRS) was 

conducted in conjunction with the long 

form, which the ACS now replaces. The 

decennial CRS was an evaluation of the 

quality of the data collected in the 

census, focusing on response bias and 

simple response variance (reliability). 

The Census Bureau proposes to design 

and implement a continuous CRS to 

look at the current ACS production 

questions on an ongoing basis. This will 

allow for the identification of problems 

with reliability. Results from the CRS 

will provide data users with concrete 

data quality measures (such as 

reliability or bias measures) for each 

ACS item. 

The ACS CRS will allow the Census 

Bureau to continuously monitor the data 

quality of the ACS and identify 

questions that are currently unreliable 

or that may become unreliable due to 

changes in the survey climate (e.g., 

changes in policy that change the 

definition of what the ACS is trying to 

measure). The results from the CRS, 

generated on a yearly basis, would 

identify which questions require 

modifications and future testing via a 

content test, thus providing a more 

scientific approach to determining the 

need for content testing of current ACS 

items. The CRS will be conducted by 

telephone only with a small sample of 

cases that responded during production. 

Second, in response to Federal 

agencies’ requests for new and revised 

ACS questions, the Census Bureau plans 

to conduct the 2010 ACS Content Test. 

Changes to the current ACS content and 

the addition of new content were 

identified through the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

Interagency Committee for the ACS and 

through recent or anticipated legislative 

action. The primary objective of the 

ACS 2010 Content Test is to test 

whether changes to question wording, 

response categories, and redefinition of 

underlying constructs improve the 

quality of data collected. The Census 

Bureau proposes to evaluate changes to 

the questions by comparing the revised 

questions to the current ACS questions, 

or for new questions, to compare the 

performance of question versions to 

each other as well as to other wellknown sources of such information. The 

proposed topics for content testing are 

new questions to measure computer and 

Internet access and usage, as well as 

parental place of birth and revisions to 

veteran’s identification and period of 

service, cash public assistance, wages 

income and property income, and the 

Food Stamps program name. 

A third test, the ACS Internet Test, is 

planned to determine the best methods 

for informing sample households about 

an ACS Internet response option and 

encouraging them to respond. By 

offering an Internet response option in 

the ACS, the Census Bureau is taking 

further steps to comply with the e-gov 

initiative and potentially reduce data 

collection costs. The objectives of the 

Internet Test include: potential 

improvement in self-response rates; 

potential cost savings if we can change 

the distribution of responses by mode 

(i.e., obtain more responses by Internet); 

and potential improvement in data 

quality including a potential reduction 

in item nonresponse. 


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II. Method of Collection 

Continuous ACS CRS—Cases that 

responded to production ACS from all 

three ACS response modes (mail, 

telephone, and personal visit) will be 

included. Reinterview modules 

containing a subset of the questions will 

be created so that the entire ACS 

questionnaire can be tested over several 

months. Each question set or module of 

the CRS will require multiple data 

collection months to provide enough 

sample for analysis purposes. 

Reinterviews will be conducted within 

2 to 4 weeks of the original data 

collection. It is important that the 

reinterview is close enough timing-wise 

to the original data collection to 

minimize the possibility of changes in 

what is being measured, but far enough 

away so respondents do not exactly 

remember previous responses. 

2010 Content Test—The field test 

portion of the ACS content test will be 

largely based on the data collection 

methods currently used in the 

production ACS. Sampled addresses 

will be mailed a pre-notice letter, a selfadministered paper questionnaire, and a 

reminder postcard. Households that do 

not return their initial questionnaire in 

a timely manner will also be mailed a 

replacement questionnaire. For 

households that do not return their 

mailed questionnaire, we will attempt to 

collect their data through Computer 

Assisted Telephone Interviewing or 

Computer Assisted Personal 

Interviewing. 

There will also be a Content Followup reinterview as part of the content 

test. That is, we will attempt a followup CATI reinterview with all 

households that responded in the field 

test and for whom we have a telephone 

number. This reinterview will focus on 

the particular questions that we are 

evaluating in the field test, and will not 

include every question asked in the 

original interview. 

Internet Test—Currently, the ACS and 

the Puerto Rico Community Survey 

(PRCS) collect data using three modes: 

mailout/mailback of a paper 

questionnaire, telephone, and personal 

visit. In the proposed test we will offer 

a fourth response mode—an Internet 

self-response option—to respondents in 

the ACS and the PRCS during the mail 

data collection phase. 

Different strategies will be used to 

inform respondents of the Internet 

response option. In all strategies, the 

URL for the secure ACS Internet site and 

instructions for completing the survey 

online will be provided to respondents 

by mail. 

The Census Bureau plans to design 

four versions of the ACS Internet 

instrument—an English version and a 

Spanish version for both the ACS and 

the PRCS. Households that do not 

respond by mail or Internet will be 

contacted for a telephone interview, 

similar to ACS production, since a voice 

message could encourage a household to 

respond by mail or Internet. This test 

will not include a personal visit 

operation like ACS production. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0607–0936. 

Form Number: ACS–1, ACS1(SP), 

ACS–1(PR), ACS–1(PR)SP, ACS 

CATI(HU), and ACS RI(HU). 

Type of Review: Regular submission. 

Affected Public: Individuals and 

households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

We plan to contact the following 

number of respondents: Content 

Reinterview Study, 71,520 responding 

addresses per year; 2010 Content Test, 

70,000 residential addresses during the 

field test and 40,000 responding 

addresses during the content follow-up 

conducted by telephone; Internet Test, 

90,000 residential addresses. Other 

potential content test: 70,000 residential 

addresses during the field test and 

40,000 responding addresses during the 

content follow-up conducted by 

telephone. Other potential test of new 

methods: 30,000 residential addresses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 

Estimates are: Content Test field test, 38 

minutes, content test follow-up, 15 

minutes; Internet Test, 38 minutes; 

Content Reinterview Study, 15 minutes; 

other potential test of new methods, 38 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 67,515. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: Except 

for their time, there is no cost to 

respondents. 

Respondent Obligation: Mandatory. 

Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C. 

Section 182. 

IV. Request for Comments 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden 

(including hours and cost) of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection; 

they also will become a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: June 2, 2009. 

Glenna Mickelson, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–13130 Filed 6–4–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–427–818] 

Notice of Rescission of Antidumping 

Duty Administrative Reviews: Low 

Enriched Uranium From France 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 5, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Myrna Lobo or Justin Neuman, Office of 

AD/CVD Enforcement VI, Import 

Administration, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue, NW, Washington DC 20230; 

telephone: (202) 482–2371 or (202) 482– 

0486, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On December 21, 2001, the 

Department of Commerce (the 

Department) published the antidumping 

duty order on low enriched uranium 

from France. See Notice of Amended 

Final Determination of Sales at Less 

Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty 

Order: Low Enriched Uranium From 

France, 67 FR 6680 (February 13, 2002). 

On February 4, 2009, the Department 

published in the Federal Register a 

notice of opportunity to request an 

administrative review of the 

antidumping order on low enriched 

uranium from France for the period of 

February 1, 2008 through January 31, 

2009. See Antidumping or 

Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 

Suspended Investigation; Opportunity 

to Request Administrative Review, 74 

FR 6013 (February 4, 2009). On 

February 19, 2009, USEC timely 

requested that the Department conduct 

an administrative review of Eurodif for 

the period of February 1, 2008 through 

January 31, 2009. USEC was the only 

party to request this administrative 


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