Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request,

[Federal Register: January 21, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 13)]

[Notices]

[Page 3275]

From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

[DOCID:fr21ja99-30]

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

DOC has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).

AGENCY: Bureau of the Census.

Title: Census 2000--Puerto Rico.

Form Number(s): D-1(UL)(PR), D-1(UL)(PR)(S), D-1(E)(PR), D- 1(E)(PR)(S), D-1(E)SUPP(PR), D-1(E)SUPP(PR)(S), D-1(HF)(PR), D-1 (HF)(PR)(S), D-2(UL)(PR),D-2(UL)(PR)(S), D-2(E)(PR), D-2(E)(PR)(S), D- 2(E)SUPP(PR), D-2(E)SUPP(PR)(S), D-2(HF)(PR), D-2 (HF)(PR)(S), D- 10(PR), D-10(PR)(S), D-15A(PR), D-15A(PR)(S), D-15B(PR), D-15B(PR)(S), D-20A(PR), D-20A(PR)(S), D-20B(PR), D-20B(PR)(S), D-21(PR), D-23(PR), D-806(PR), D-806(PR)(S), D-1(F)(PR), D-5(L)(UL)(PR), D-9(UL)(PR), D- 16A(L)(UL)(PR), D-16B(L)(UL)(PR), D-19A(L)(PR), D-19A(L)(PR)(S), D- 19B(L)(PR), D-19B(L) (PR)(S), D-19C(L)(PR), D-19C(L)(PR)(S), D-26(PR), D-31(PR), D-(UL)(PR), D-6(PR), D-6(UL)(PR), D-7(PR), D-7(UL)(PR), D- 8(PR), D-8A(PR), D-8B(PR), D-12(PR), D-14(PR), D-40(PR), D-40(SCR)(PR).

Agency Approval Number: Not available.

Type of Request: New collection.

Burden: Short form--251,767 hours, Long form--190,400 hours, Reinterview--1,582 hours.

Number of Respondents: 1,400,000.

Avg Hours Per Response: Short form--13 minutes, Long form--48 minutes, Reinterview--6 minutes.

Needs and Uses: The United States Constitution mandates that a census of the Nation's population and housing be taken every 10 years. Title 13 of the United States Code specifies that in addition to the 50 states and the District of Columbia, the census should include Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. This OMB submission covers Puerto Rico only. The other areas mentioned will be submitted separately. The Census Bureau's goal in Census 2000 is to take the most accurate and cost-effective census possible. The importance of an accurate decennial census cannot be overstated. Puerto Rico census data are used to redraw legislative district boundaries to ensure that political representation is distributed accurately and to determine funding allocations for the distribution of Federal and Puerto Rico funds each year. Census data will tell us what we know about Puerto Rico; they are a definitive benchmark for virtually all demographic information used by the Federal, Puerto Rico and local governments, policy makers, educators, journalists, and community and nonprofit organizations.

Affected Public: Individuals and households.

Frequency: One time.

Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.

Legal Authority: Title 13, U.S.C, Sections 141, 193, 191.

OMB Desk Officer: Nancy Kirkendall, (202) 395-7313.

Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained by calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, DOC Forms Clearance Officer, (202) 482-3272, Department of Commerce, room 5327, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.

Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to Nancy Kirkendall, OMB Desk Officer, room 10201, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: January 15, 1999. Madeleine Clayton, Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 99-1371Filed1-20-99; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510-07-P