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1State reservations are not statistical areas, but 

they are included in PSAP for administrative 

reasons. 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

U.S. Census Bureau 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Participant 

Statistical Areas Program 

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. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, submit 

written comments, on or before October 

13, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 

14th and Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20230 (or via the 

internet at PRAcomments@doc.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Direct requests for additional 

information or copies of the information 

collection instrument(s) and 

instructions to Robin A. Pennington, 

U.S. Census Bureau, 4600 Silver Hill 

Road, Washington, DC 20233 (or via the 

internet at robin.a.pennington@

census.gov). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

Following Census Bureau guidelines, 

the Participant Statistical Areas Program 

(PSAP) allows participants to review 

and suggest modifications to the 

boundaries for block groups, census 

tracts, census county divisions (CCDs), 

and census designated places (CDPs). 

Additionally, tribal government 

designees can review or propose 

changes for tribal statistical areas, which 

include: Tribal block groups (TBGs), 

tribal census tracts (TCTs), CDPs, tribal 

designated statistical areas (TDSAs), 

state designated tribal statistical areas 

(SDTSAs), state reservations,1 Alaska 

Native village statistical areas 

(ANVSAs), Oklahoma tribal statistical 

areas (OTSA), and OTSA tribal 

subdivisions. Participants, usually 

geographers or planners, are 

representatives from tribal, state, 

county, or local governments, and 

planning agencies. The Census Bureau 

contacts participants from the 2010 

PSAP and invites tribal, state, county, or 

local governments, and planning 

agencies to the 2020 PSAP. The 

statistical boundaries delineated in 

PSAP reflect localized knowledge, meet 

Census Bureau-established criteria and 

guidelines, and are intended to better 

meet data user needs. These standard or 

tribal statistical geographies are 

reviewed and refined once every ten 

years in advance of each decennial 

census. 

The PSAP geographies represent 

statistical units for the tabulation and 

dissemination of small area data from 

the decennial census, the American 

Community Survey (ACS), and other 

Census Bureau programs and surveys. 

While legal boundaries, such as cities 

and counties, allow the Census Bureau 

to publish data by those areas, local 

governments often need data for 

planning by smaller units, such as 

neighborhoods. PSAP is a unique 

program initiated and executed by the 

Census Bureau to allow local and 

regional governments to break larger 

geographic areas into smaller units so 

that they can receive 2020 Census and 

ACS data by these smaller units and 

better plan local services. PSAP occurs 

between March 2018 and October 2020 

and has three primary components: 

1. PSAP Internal Review. 

2. PSAP Delineation. 

3. PSAP Verification. 

The primary participants are tribal 

governments, regional planning 

agencies, and councils of governments. 

Individual counties and incorporated 

places may participate in the program if 

they have the resources or better local 

knowledge of their geography. State 

agencies may also act on behalf of nontribal, local governments that lack the 

resources to participate in the program. 

1—PSAP Internal Review 

From March 2018 through May 2018, 

Census Bureau staff will contact 2010 

Census PSAP participants to solicit 

participation in the 2020 Census PSAP. 

During this time, Census Bureau staff 

will also research and identify contacts 

where the Census Bureau has no 2010 

Census PSAP participant contact 

information. Census Bureau staff will 

encourage designated 2020 Census 

PSAP contacts to reach out to tribal, 

state, county and local contacts, as well 

as planning organizations to ensure 

additional stakeholders have the 

opportunity to be involved in the 2020 

Census PSAP. 

In July 2018, all tribal, state, county, 

or local governments, and planning 

agencies receive an official invitation 

package by mail. The participant 

receives a Contact Update Form that 

they fill out and return to the Census 

Bureau. The Census Bureau then sends 

reminder packages to governments that 

do not respond in the time period 

mentioned on the Contact Update Form. 

Census Bureau staff perform an internal 

review of PSAP entities prior to the 

distribution of materials to the partners. 

This internal review ensures each of the 

statistical areas meets the criteria as 

defined. Partners will have an option to 

start with statistical areas from 2010 or 

the Census Bureau proposed areas for 

2020. 

2—Program Delineation 

In December 2018, the Census Bureau 

notifies program participants of the start 

of the delineation phase. The Census 

Bureau conducts delineation of the 2020 

PSAP boundaries using the web-based 

Geographic Update Partnership 

Software (GUPS), a customized 

geographic information system (GIS) 

based on an open-source platform. 

Participants can either download the 

materials and software online from the 

Census Bureau’s Web site or have them 

shipped on DVDs. Tribal participants 

have the additional option to use 

Census Bureau-provided paper maps for 

the delineation. Participants have a 

maximum of 120 days from the date of 

receipt of materials to complete and 

submit statistical geography updates to 

the Census Bureau. The delineation 

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and July 2019. Then, in July 2019, the 

Census Bureau sends follow-up letters 

to inform participants when the 

verification phase will start. 

3—Program Verification 

The verification phase allows 

participants to review the proposed 

edits from Census Bureau geographers. 

The Census Bureau sends a prepaid 

postcard to participants asking them to 

verify, accept, or reject the final version 

of the proposed plan, which is available 

online or by paper maps for tribal 

participants. Participants have 90 

calendar days to review updates. Census 

Bureau staff contacts non-respondents 

through a follow-up mail-out and 

follow-up telephone calls. Once the 

Census Bureau receives the postcard 

with the participants’ approval or 

acceptance of the final verification plan, 

the Census Bureau finalizes the 2020 

statistical boundaries. This phase occurs 

between December 2019 and April 2020. 

II. Method of Collection 

The Census Bureau offers two 

methods of collection for the 2020 

Census PSAP: GUPS submission 

(electronic) and paper map submission. 

The Census Bureau uses several formats 

to collect information and updates for 

statistical boundaries during the 

internal review, delineation, and 

verification phases. The Census Bureau 

collects updated contact information 

from participants who choose to 

participate in the program online, by 

email, and by telephone. The Census 

Bureau-provided software, GUPS, is the 

only method of response for state and 

local governments. Some tribal 

participants only have the option to use 

the paper map submission (TDSAs, 

ANVSAs, STDSAs, OTSAs, and OTSA 

tribal subdivisions). 

GUPS Submission 

The Census Bureau developed GUPS 

to provide (1) a free digital update 

option to those participants lacking an 

existing GIS and (2) standardized tools 

and functions enabling participants to 

navigate quickly and accurately through 

the update process. In addition, the 

standardized GUPS submissions enable 

Census Bureau staff to review, process, 

and incorporate submissions quickly 

and accurately into its database. 

Participants can download GUPS 

materials via the Web site or request 

DVDs of the materials via mail. 

Participants use GUPS to review their 

updated standard or tribal statistical 

geographies already delineated by the 

Census Bureau. The Census Bureau 

designs two types of packages: One for 

GUPS participants who are delineating 

or reviewing standard statistical 

geographies, and one for tribal statistical 

geography review. 

A. The 2020 Census PSAP package for 

standard statistical geographies 

contains: 

(1) Cover letter from the Director of 

the Census Bureau. 

(2) 2020 Census Participant Statistical 

Areas Program (PSAP) Information 

Guide. 

(3) 2020 Census Participant Statistical 

Areas Program (PSAP) Geographic 

Update Partnership Software (GUPS) 

Respondent Guide. 

(4) Quick reference guides for county 

and local governments. A one-page 

document providing criteria for each 

statistical geography eligible for updates 

as part of PSAP: 

(a) Overview. 

(b) Block groups. 

(c) Census tracts. 

(d) Census county divisions (CCDs). 

(e) Census designated places (CDPs). 

(5) GUPS Quick Start Online 

Download. 

(6) GUPS Quick Start DVD Download. 

(7) DVD for GUPS and DVD for 

Spatial Data. 

(8) Postage-paid envelope to submit 

boundary changes. 

(9) Delineation and verification 

prepaid postage postcards. 

B. The typical PSAP package for tribal 

statistical geographies contains: 

(1) Cover letter from the Director of 

the Census Bureau. 

(2) 2020 Census Participant Statistical 

Areas Program (PSAP) Tribal 

Information Guide. 

(3) 2020 Census Participant Statistical 

Areas Program (PSAP) Geographic 

Update Partnership Software (GUPS) 

Tribal Respondent Guide. 

(4) Quick reference guides for tribal 

governments. A one-page document 

providing criteria for each statistical 

geography eligible for updates as part of 

PSAP: 

(a) Overview. 

(b) Census designated places (CDPs). 

(c) Census county divisions (CCDs). 

(d) Tribal block groups (TBGs). 

(e) Tribal census tracts (TCTs). 

(f) Tribal designated statistical areas 

(TDSAs). 

(g) State designated tribal statistical 

areas (SDTSAs). 

(h) Alaska Native village statistical 

areas (ANVSAs). 

(i) Oklahoma tribal statistical areas 

(OTSAs). 

(j) OTSA tribal subdivisions. 

(5) GUPS Quick Start Online 

Download. 

(6) GUPS Quick Start DVD Download. 

(7) DVD for GUPS and DVD for 

Spatial Data. 

(8) Postage-paid envelope to submit 

boundary changes. 

(9) Delineation and verification 

prepaid postage postcards. 

Paper Map Submission Only 

Submission using paper maps is the 

only option offered to tribal 

governments and state tribal liaisons 

whose spatial data are not available in 

GUPS. The participant receives a large 

paper map and draws the boundary 

updates on the maps using pencils 

provided in the package. The 

participant uses the postage-paid 

envelope to submit the annotated map 

to the Census Bureau and then Census 

Bureau digitizes the map. The typical 

PSAP paper map submission package 

contains: 

(1) Cover letter from the Director of 

the Census Bureau. 

(2) 2020 Census Participant Statistical 

Areas Program (PSAP) Tribal Paper 

Respondent Guide. 

(3) Quick reference guides for tribal 

governments. A one-page document 

providing criteria for each statistical 

geography eligible for updates as part of 

PSAP: 

(a) Overview. 

(b) Census designated places (CDPs). 

(c) Census county divisions (CCDs). 

(d) Tribal block groups (TBGs). 

(e) Tribal census tracts (TCTs). 

(f) Tribal designated statistical areas 

(TDSAs). 

(g) State designated tribal statistical 

areas (SDTSAs). 

(h) Alaska Natives village statistical 

areas (ANVSAs). 

(i) Oklahoma tribal statistical areas 

(OTSAs). 

(j) OTSA tribal subdivisions. 

(4) Set of maps of their statistical 

geographic entities. 

(5) Supplies for updating paper maps. 

(6) Postage-paid envelope to submit 

boundary changes. 

(7) Delineation and verification 

prepaid postage postcards. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number 

Form Number: 20PSAP–F–500—State 

Recognized Tribes Update Form. 

20PSAP–F–510—Contact Update Form. 

20PSAP–F–511—Product Preference 

Form. 20PSAP–F–520—State Tribal 

Liaison Contact Update Form. 20PSAP– 

F–530—Federally Recognized Tribe 

Contact Update Form. 20PSAP–F–540— 

Federally Recognized Tribe Product 

Preference Form. 

Type of Review: Regular submission. 

Affected Public: All Federally or state 

recognized Indian tribes and Alaska 

Natives in the United States, states, 


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1See Silicon Metal from Australia, Brazil, and 

Kazakhstan: Initiation of Countervailing Duty 

Investigations, 82 FR 16356 (April 4, 2017) 

(Initiation Notice). 

2See Silicon Metal from Australia, Brazil and 

Kazakhstan: Notice of Postponement of Preliminary 

Determinations of Antidumping Duty 

Investigations, 82 FR 22490 (May 16, 2017). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Determination: Countervailing Duty 

Investigation of Silicon Metal from Brazil,’’ 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. 

6See Memorandum, ‘‘Silicon Metal from 

Australia, Brazil, Kazakhstan, and Norway: Scope 

Comments Decision Memorandum for the 

Preliminary Determinations,’’ dated June 27, 2017 

(Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum). 

counties, local governments, and 

planning agencies. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

3,801. 

Estimated Time per Response: 

Between 7 and 606 hours, estimated 

average 40 hours. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 

152,040. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $4,523,190. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C. 

Section 6. 

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. 

Summarization of comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 

be included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection. 

Comments will also become a matter of 

public record. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

PRA Department Lead, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2017–17033 Filed 8–11–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[S–75–2017] 

Approval of Subzone Status; Universal 

Metal Products, Inc.; Pharr, Texas 

On May 10, 2017, the Executive 

Secretary of the Foreign-Trade Zones 

(FTZ) Board docketed an application 

submitted by McAllen Foreign Trade 

Zone, Inc., grantee of FTZ 12, requesting 

subzone status subject to the existing 

activation limit of FTZ 12, on behalf of 

Universal Metal Products, Inc., in Pharr, 

Texas. 

The application was processed in 

accordance with the FTZ Act and 

Regulations, including notice in the 

Federal Register inviting public 

comment (82 FR 25240, June 1, 2017). 

The FTZ staff examiner reviewed the 

application and determined that it 

meets the criteria for approval. Pursuant 

to the authority delegated to the FTZ 

Board Executive Secretary (15 CFR Sec. 

400.36(f)), the application to establish 

Subzone 12B was approved on July 14, 

2017, subject to the FTZ Act and the 

Board’s regulations, including Section 

400.13, and further subject to FTZ 12’s 

873.5-acre activation limit. 

Dated: August 8, 2017. 

Andrew McGilvray, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2017–17120 Filed 8–11–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–351–851] 

Silicon Metal From Brazil: Preliminary 

Affirmative Countervailing Duty 

Determination, and Alignment of Final 

Determination With Final Antidumping 

Duty Determination 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(the Department) preliminarily 

determines that countervailable 

subsidies are being provided to 

producers and exporters of silicon metal 

from Brazil. The period of investigation 

is January 1, 2016, through December 

31, 2016. 

DATES: Effective August 14, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert Palmer or George Ayache, AD/ 

CVD Operations, Office VIII, 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–9068 or 

(202) 482–2623, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This preliminary determination is 

made in accordance with section 703(b) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act). The Department published the 

notice of initiation of this investigation 

on April 4, 2017.1 On May 16, 2017, the 

Department postponed the preliminary 

determination of this investigation and 

the revised deadline is now August 7, 

2017.2 For a complete description of the 

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 http:// 

access.trade.gov, and is available to all 

parties in the Central Records Unit, 

Room B8024 of the main Department of 

Commerce building. In addition, a 

complete version of the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum can be accessed 

directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/ 

frn/. The signed and electronic versions 

of the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum are identical in content. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The product covered by this 

investigation is silicon metal from 

Brazil. For a complete description of the 

scope of this investigation, see 

Appendix I. 

Scope Comments 

In accordance with the preamble to 

the Department’s regulations,4 the 

Initiation Notice set aside a period of 

time for parties to raise issues regarding 

product coverage, (i.e., scope).5 Certain 

interested parties commented on the 

scope of the investigation as it appeared 

in the Initiation Notice. For a summary 

of the product coverage comments and 

rebuttal responses submitted to the 

record for this preliminary 

determination, and accompanying 

discussion and analysis of all comments 

timely received, see the Preliminary 

Scope Decision Memorandum.6 The 

Department preliminarily is not 

modifying the scope language as it 

appeared in the Initiation Notice. See 

Appendix I. 


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