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area after determining that the applicant
is better able than any other applicant
to provide such official services (7
U.S.C. 79(f)(1)). GIPSA designated
Intercontinental, headquarters in Corpus
Christi, Texas, to provide official
inspection services under the Act
effective July 20, 2006, and terminating
September 30, 2007.
Section 7(g)(1) of USGSA provides
that designations of official agencies
will terminate not later than three years
and may be renewed according to the
criteria and procedures prescribed in
Section 7(f) of USGSA.
Intercontinental’s designation ends
September 30, 2007, according to
USGSA. In the March 7, 2007, Federal
Register (72 FR 10138), GIPSA asked
persons interested in providing official
services in the area served by
Intercontinental to submit an
application for designation. However,
SGS North America Inc., the company
that currently owns Intercontinental,
advised GIPSA that they purchased
Mid-Iowa, a currently designated
official agency, and that Intercontinental
will be merged into Mid-Iowa.
Accordingly, GIPSA is not proceeding
further with the request for applications
for designation published in the March
7, 2007, Federal Register. GIPSA is
amending Mid-Iowa’s designation due
to the ownership change of
Intercontinental.
Pursuant to Section 7(f)(2) of the Act,
the following geographic area, in the
State of Texas will now be assigned to
Mid-Iowa.
• Bounded on the north by the
northern Young, Jack, Montague, Cooke,
Grayson, Fannin, Lamar, Red River,
Morris, and Marion County line east to
the Texas State line;
• Bounded on the east by the eastern
Texas State line south to the southern
Texas State line;
• Bounded on the south by the
southern Texas State line west to the
western Val Verde County line;
• Bounded on the west by the
western Val Verde, Edwards, Kimble,
Mason, San Saba, Mills, Comanche,
Eastland, Stephens, and Young County
lines north to the northern Young
County line.
Mid-Iowa’s assigned geographic area
does not include the export port
locations inside Mid-Iowa’s area which
are serviced by GIPSA.
Effective July 1, 2007, Mid-Iowa’s
present geographic area is amended to
include the state of Texas. Mid-Iowa’s
current designation to provide official
inspection services terminates June 30,
2008. Official services may be obtained
by contacting Mid-Iowa at 319–363–
0239.
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Authority: 7 U.S.C. 71 et seq.
David R. Shipman,
Acting Administrator, Grain Inspection,
Packers and Stockyards Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
The Department of Commerce will
submit 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: U.S. Census Bureau.
Title: Boundary and Annexation
Survey (BAS).
Form Number(s): BAS 1, BAS 2, BAS
3, BAS 4, BAS 5, BAS 6, BAS–ARF1,
and BAS–ARF2; 6 Respondent Guides;
and 21 Letters.
Agency Approval Number: 0607–
0151.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Burden Hours: 145,750.
Number of Respondents: 34,000.
Average Hours per Response: 4 hours
and 30 minutes.
Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census
Bureau is requesting the clearance of
forms to continue the Boundary and
Annexation Survey (BAS). The BAS
documents the following actions by
governmental units:
—The creation of newly incorporated
places and minor civil divisions
(MCDs)
—The creation of new counties, and the
addition of new federally recognized
American Indian areas (AIAs)
(American Indian Areas include
reservations and/or off-reservation
trust lands and tribal subdivisions)
—The dissolution of incorporated
places and MCDs
—The changes in the boundaries of
incorporated places, MCDs, counties,
barrios, subbarrios, municipios,
consolidated cities, and AIANNHAs
(American Indian, Alaska Native,
Native Hawaiian Areas include
reservations and/or off-reservation
trust lands and tribal subdivisions,
Alaska Native Regional Corporations
(ANRCs) and Hawaiian home lands).
The results of the BAS provide
geographic information to support the
following products and/or services:
—Decennial and economic censuses
—American Community Survey
—Population Estimates Program
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—OMB Circular A–16 Responsibilities
for:
—Geospatial One Stop E–GOV Initiative
—Federal Geographic Data Committee
(FGDC) Responsibilities for:
—FGDC Subcommittee on Cultural and
Demographic Data
—Boundaries
—U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Initiative on The National Map
—Federal Information Processing
Standards (FIPS) program
—Geographic Names Information
Systems (GNIS) program
The BAS also fulfills the requirements
specified in Title 13, United States
Code, Section 6.
In past decades, the BAS mailing
universe varied depending on the year.
However, starting in 2008, the Census
Bureau will include all governments in
the universe to support the 2010
Decennial Census and the other
programs mentioned above. To
minimize time and cost, the BAS will
mail only those governments with legal
boundary changes and, will not be sent
to governments with no changes.
We have revised and added to the
option to submissions methods. The
following information describes the
methods that participants can use to
respond to the BAS, including
electronic response options as required
by the E-government initiative:
Paper BAS
Participants are provided with paper
maps and forms to update their
boundary and geographic information. If
the participant does not respond during
Advance Response, they will
automatically be enrolled in the
traditional paper BAS method.
Web-BAS
Every year in January, participants
will receive a user name and password.
This password will be used to access a
Web site through a web browser (such
as, Internet Explorer, Netscape or
Firefox). The Web-BAS site lets the user
submit changes according to specific
business rules and constraints set by the
Census Bureau.
MAF/TIGER Partnership Software
(MTPS)
MTPS is a PC-based software
application for participants to update
Census Bureau maps and forms, as well
as local contact data. Participants
receive a CD containing the software to
install on their computer, one or more
CD(s) containing the data for their entity
and the surrounding area, and a user
name and password to access the data
in the software. Participants will be able
to submit the map and form updates
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required to return the data.
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Digital BAS
Digital BAS is designed to accept
submissions from experienced
geographic information system (GIS)
users. Digital BAS participants modify
spatial data provided by the Census
Bureau to digitally submit boundary and
feature updates. Participants must
follow the same requirements that are
part of Web-BAS and MTPS.
Visit the BAS Web site at https://
www.census.gov/geo/www/bas/
bashome.html for more information on
each of these methods.
The data and information collected
from the BAS serves Federal, State,
local, and tribal governments, and the
private sector. The BAS is the primary
provider for the following services and
products:
—Data collection for the decennial and
economic censuses, and annual
surveys
—Primary data of new municipal
incorporations and disincorporations
—Legal boundary changes for
governmental units
—Inventory for the FIPS and GNIS
programs
—Updates of population estimates for
governments including: The creation
of new governments; the dissolution
of governments; or changes in
boundaries for local or tribal
governments
—Legal boundary framework layer for
the FGDC National Spatial Data
Infrastructure, the USGS National
Map, and the E–GOV Geospatial One
Stop.
Affected Public: State, local or tribal
government.
Frequency: Annually.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C.,
Section 6.
OMB Desk Officer: Brian HarrisKojetin, (202) 395–7314.
Copies of the above information
collection proposal can be obtained by
calling or writing Diana Hynek,
Departmental Paperwork Clearance
Officer, (202) 482–0266, Department of
Commerce, Room 6625, 14th and
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
DC 20230 (or via the Internet at
dhynek@doc.gov).
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to Brian Harris-Kojetin, OMB
Desk Officer either by fax 202–395–7245
or e-mail bharrisk@omb.eop.gov.
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Dated: June 18, 2007.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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BILLING CODE 3510–07–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
The Department of Commerce will
submit 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: U.S. Census Bureau.
Title: Current Industrial Reports (CIR)
Program (Wave II—Mandatory and
Voluntary).
Form Number(s): M311J, M313N,
M313P, M327G, MQ311A, MQ313A,
MQ315A, MQ325A, MQ325F, MQ333W,
MA311D, MA314Q, MA321T, MA325G,
MA333N, MA333P, MA335E, MA335J,
and MA336G.
Agency Approval Number: 0607–
0395.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Burden: 10,859 hours.
Number of Respondents: 8,152.
Average Hours per Response: 35
minutes.
Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census
Bureau is requesting a revision of the
mandatory and voluntary surveys in
Wave II of the Current Industrial
Reports (CIR) program. The Census
Bureau conducts a series of monthly,
quarterly, and annual surveys as part of
the CIR program. The CIR program
focuses primarily on the quantity and
value of shipments data of particular
products and occasionally with data on
production and inventories; unfilled
orders, receipts, stocks, and
consumption; and comparative data on
domestic production, exports, and
imports of the products they cover. Due
to the large number of surveys in the
CIR program, for clearance purposes, the
CIR surveys are divided into ‘‘waves.’’
One wave is resubmitted for clearance
each year. This year the Census Bureau
is submitting mandatory and voluntary
surveys of Wave II for clearance.
During the economic census years,
years ending in 2 and 7 all voluntary
annual surveys are made mandatory.
For the 2007 Economic Census the
following surveys are converting to
mandatory status: MA311D—
‘‘Confectionery’’, MA333N—‘‘Fluid
Power Products for Motion Control
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(Including Aerospace), and MA336G—
‘‘Aerospace Industry’’. MA334M was
moved to ‘‘Consumer Electronics’’ and
MA334Q, ‘‘Semiconductors, Electronic
Components and Semiconductor
Manufacturing Equipment’’ to another
wave. Also, we are discontinuing
MQ335C—‘‘Fluorescent Lamp Ballasts’’
because manufacturing activities are
located outside the United States.
Primary users of these data are
government and regulatory agencies,
business firms, trade associations, and
private research and consulting
organizations. The Federal Reserve
Board (FRB) uses CIR data in its
monthly index of industrial production
as well as its annual revision to the
index. The Bureau of Economic
Analysis (BEA) and the Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BLS) use the CIR data in the
estimate of components of gross
domestic product (GDP) and the
estimate of output for productivity
analysis, respectively. Many
government agencies, such as the
International Trade Commission,
Department of Agriculture, Food and
Drug Administration, Department of
Energy, Federal Aviation
Administration, BEA, and International
Trade Administration use the data for
industrial analysis, projections, and
monitoring import penetration. Private
business firms and organizations use the
data for trend projections, market
analysis, product planning, and other
economic and business-oriented
analysis. Since the CIR program is the
sole, consistent source of information
regarding specific manufactured
products in the intercensal years, the
absence thereof would severely hinder
the Federal Government’s ability to
measure and monitor important
segments of the domestic economy, as
well as the effect of import penetration.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Frequency: Monthly, quarterly, and
annually.
Respondent’s Obligation: This request
contains both voluntary and mandatory
surveys.
Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C.,
Sections 61, 81, 131, 182, 224, 225.
OMB Desk Officer: Brian HarrisKojetin, (202) 395–7314.
Copies of the above information
collection proposal can be obtained by
calling or writing Diana Hynek,
Departmental Paperwork Clearance
Officer, (202) 482–0266, Department of
Commerce, room 6625, 14th and
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
DC 20230 (or via the Internet at
dhynek@doc.gov).
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
The Department of Commerce will submit 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: U.S. Census Bureau.
Title: Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS).
Form Number(s): BAS 1, BAS 2, BAS 3, BAS 4, BAS 5, BAS 6, BAS-ARF1,
and BAS-ARF2; 6 Respondent Guides; and 21 Letters.
Agency Approval Number: 0607-0151.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Burden Hours: 145,750.
Number of Respondents: 34,000.
Average Hours per Response: 4 hours and 30 minutes.
Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census Bureau is requesting the clearance
of forms to continue the Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS). The BAS
documents the following actions by governmental units:
--The creation of newly incorporated places and minor civil divisions
(MCDs)
--The creation of new counties, and the addition of new federally
recognized American Indian areas (AIAs) (American Indian Areas include
reservations and/or off-reservation trust lands and tribal
subdivisions)
--The dissolution of incorporated places and MCDs
--The changes in the boundaries of incorporated places, MCDs, counties,
barrios, subbarrios, municipios, consolidated cities, and AIANNHAs
(American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian Areas include
reservations and/or off-reservation trust lands and tribal
subdivisions, Alaska Native Regional Corporations (ANRCs) and Hawaiian
home lands).
The results of the BAS provide geographic information to support
the following products and/or services:
--Decennial and economic censuses
--American Community Survey
--Population Estimates Program
--OMB Circular A-16 Responsibilities for:
--Geospatial One Stop E-GOV Initiative
--Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) Responsibilities for:
--FGDC Subcommittee on Cultural and Demographic Data
--Boundaries
--U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Initiative on The National Map
--Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) program
--Geographic Names Information Systems (GNIS) program
The BAS also fulfills the requirements specified in Title 13,
United States Code, Section 6.
In past decades, the BAS mailing universe varied depending on the
year. However, starting in 2008, the Census Bureau will include all
governments in the universe to support the 2010 Decennial Census and
the other programs mentioned above. To minimize time and cost, the BAS
will mail only those governments with legal boundary changes and, will
not be sent to governments with no changes.
We have revised and added to the option to submissions methods. The
following information describes the methods that participants can use
to respond to the BAS, including electronic response options as
required by the E-government initiative:
Paper BAS
Participants are provided with paper maps and forms to update their
boundary and geographic information. If the participant does not
respond during Advance Response, they will automatically be enrolled in
the traditional paper BAS method.
Web-BAS
Every year in January, participants will receive a user name and
password. This password will be used to access a Web site through a web
browser (such as, Internet Explorer, Netscape or Firefox). The Web-BAS
site lets the user submit changes according to specific business rules
and constraints set by the Census Bureau.
MAF/TIGER Partnership Software (MTPS)
MTPS is a PC-based software application for participants to update
Census Bureau maps and forms, as well as local contact data.
Participants receive a CD containing the software to install on their
computer, one or more CD(s) containing the data for their entity and
the surrounding area, and a user name and password to access the data
in the software. Participants will be able to submit the map and form
updates
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using this software. A CD writer is required to return the data.
Digital BAS
Digital BAS is designed to accept submissions from experienced
geographic information system (GIS) users. Digital BAS participants
modify spatial data provided by the Census Bureau to digitally submit
boundary and feature updates. Participants must follow the same
requirements that are part of Web-BAS and MTPS.
Visit the BAS Web site at https://www.census.gov/geo/www/bas/
bashome.html for more information on each of these methods.
The data and information collected from the BAS serves Federal,
State, local, and tribal governments, and the private sector. The BAS
is the primary provider for the following services and products:
--Data collection for the decennial and economic censuses, and annual
surveys
--Primary data of new municipal incorporations and disincorporations
--Legal boundary changes for governmental units
--Inventory for the FIPS and GNIS programs
--Updates of population estimates for governments including: The
creation of new governments; the dissolution of governments; or changes
in boundaries for local or tribal governments
--Legal boundary framework layer for the FGDC National Spatial Data
Infrastructure, the USGS National Map, and the E-GOV Geospatial One
Stop.
Affected Public: State, local or tribal government.
Frequency: Annually.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., Section 6.
OMB Desk Officer: Brian Harris-Kojetin, (202) 395-7314.
Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained
by calling or writing Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance
Officer, (202) 482-0266, Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 14th and
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at
dhynek@doc.gov).
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice
to Brian Harris-Kojetin, OMB Desk Officer either by fax 202-395-7245 or
e-mail bharrisk@omb.eop.gov.
Dated: June 18, 2007.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E7-12210 Filed 6-22-07; 8:45 am]
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