Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request,

[Federal Register: January 26, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 16)]

[Notices]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of the Census

Census 2000 Location Report for American Flag Vessels and Census 2000 Information for American Flag Vessels

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment request.

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: Written comments must be submitted on or before March 29, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Linda Engelmeier, Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 5327, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or copies of the draft forms should be directed to Charles Moore, Bureau of the Census, SFC2, MS-5700, Room 1304, 4301 Suitland Road, Suitland, Maryland 20746, phone number (301) 457-2050.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

  1. Abstract

    The Census Bureau must provide everyone in the United States and Outlying Areas the opportunity to be counted in the Census 2000, including persons living on vessels. To that end, the Census Bureau is currently developing final plans for implementing the Census 2000 Maritime Vessel Enumeration activities. The proposed Census 2000 Location Report for American Flag Vessels and Census 2000 Information for American Flag Vessels operation will greatly facilitate the enumeration of the ship board population and is similar to other vessel enumerations conducted in previous censuses. Beginning in 1999 we will work with the Maritime Administration, American Tuna Boat Association, and other vessel organizations to obtain a list of vessel owners/ operators. Each owner/operator will be sent a letter asking for a list of ships and an estimated number of crew and passengers. We will then send questionnaire packages to the owners/operators for each vessel they report and ask that they distribute the packages to

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    their vessels. The packages will consist of shipboard census reports (SCRs) (previously cleared by the Office of Management and Budget), envelopes, Privacy Act Notices, and a Form D-47, Census 2000 Location Report for American Flag Vessels. The ship's captain/master is asked to complete the Location Report and return it with the completed SCRs to the Census Bureau's National Processing Center in Jeffersonville, IN. Each owner/operator is asked to complete a Form D-34, Census 2000 Information for American Flag Vessels for any ship that did not receive a packet. The Census Bureau will use the information on the D-34 to prepare and mail questionnaire packets to these missed ships. The information on the D-47 will be used to geocode each vessel to its correct census geography.

  2. Method of Collection

    The Census Bureau will mail forms D-34 and D-47 to the owners/ operators and ship's captains/masters who will manually complete the forms and return them to the Census Bureau for geocoding and additional questionnaire mailings, as necessary.

  3. Data

    OMB Number: Not available.

    Form Number: D-34, D-47.

    Type of Review: Regular Submission.

    Affected Public: American flag vessel owners/operators and ship's captains/masters.

    Estimated Number of Respondents: We estimate that 780 American Flag Vessels will be reported to us initially, and that 30 ships will be missed in our initial questionnaire package mailing.

    Estimated Time Per Response: Form D-34--2 minutes; Form D-47--5 minutes.

    Estimated total Annual Burden: 66 hours.

    Estimated total Annual Cost: There is no cost to respondents for providing information on this operation, except for a few minutes of their time.

    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.

    Legal Authority: Title 13, United States Code, Sections 141 and 193.

  4. 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: January 20, 1999. Linda Engelmeier, Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.

    [FR Doc. 99-1781Filed1-25-99; 8:45 am]

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