Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 4815-4816 [E8-1410]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 18 / Monday, January 28, 2008 / Notices in writing, and the application will be returned with no further action. VI. Award Administration Information A. Award Notices Rural Development will notify a successful applicant by an award letter accompanied by a grant agreement. The grant agreement will contain the terms and conditions for the grant. The applicant must execute and return the grant agreement, accompanied by any additional items required by the award letter or grant agreement. B. Administrative and National Policy Requirements 1. This notice, the 7 CFR 1776, and Household Water Well System Grant Program Application Guide implement the appropriate administrative and national policy requirements. Grant recipients are subject to the requirements in 7 CFR part 1776. 2. Direct Federal grants, sub-award funds, or contracts under the HWWS Program shall not be used to fund inherently religious activities, such as worship, religious instruction, or proselytization. Therefore, organizations that receive direct USDA assistance should take steps to separate, in time or location, their inherently religious activities from the services funded under the HWWS Program. USDA regulations pertaining to the Equal Treatment for Faith-based Organizations, which includes the prohibition against Federal funding of inherently religious activities, can be found either at the USDA Web site at https://www.usda.gov/fbci/finalrule.pdf or 7 CFR part 16. The audit will be submitted within 9 months after the grantee’s fiscal year. Additional audits may be required if the project period covers more than one fiscal year. b. Grantees expending less than $500,000 will provide annual financial statements covering the grant period, consisting of the organization’s statement of income and expense and balance sheet signed by an appropriate official of the organization. Financial statements will be submitted within 90 days after the grantee’s fiscal year. VII. Agency Contacts A. Web Site https://www.usda.gov/rus/water. The Rural Development’s Web site maintains up-to-date resources and contact information for the Household Water Well program. B. Phone 202–720–9589. C. Fax 202–690–0649. D. E-mail cheryl.francis@wdc.usda.gov. E. Main Point of Contact Cheryl Francis, Loan Specialist, Water and Environmental Programs, Water Programs Division, Rural Development Utilities Programs, U.S. Department of Agriculture. Dated: January 11, 2008. James M. Andrew, Administrator, Rural Utilities Service. [FR Doc. E8–1379 Filed 1–25–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–15–P mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES C. Reporting 1. Performance Reporting. All recipients of HWWS Grant Program financial assistance must provide quarterly performance activity reports to Rural Development until the project is complete and the funds are expended. A final performance report is also required. The final report may serve as the last annual report. The final report must include an evaluation of the success of the project. 2. Financial Reporting. All recipients of Household Water Well System Grant Program financial assistance must provide an annual audit, beginning with the first year a portion of the financial assistance is expended. The grantee will provide an audit report or financial statements as follows: a. Grantees expending $500,000 or more Federal funds per fiscal year will submit an audit conducted in accordance with OMB Circular A–133. VerDate Aug<31>2005 17:56 Jan 25, 2008 Jkt 214001 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: Local Update of Census Addresses (LUCA) Program. Form Number(s): D–1663 through D– 1706. OMB Control Number: 0607–0795. Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection. Burden Hours: 3,909,829. Number of Respondents: 19,780. Average Hours Per Response: 197 hours and 40 minutes. PO 00000 Frm 00049 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 4815 Needs and Uses: The information to be collected in the Local Update of Census Addresses (LUCA) Program is essential to the mission of the Census Bureau and will directly contribute to the successful outcome of Census 2010. The Census Bureau requested and received emergency clearance from OMB so that the LUCA Program start-up was not delayed. That emergency clearance expires February, 2008. The LUCA Program was developed by the U.S. Census Bureau to meet the requirements of the Census Address List Improvement Act of 1994, Public Law 103–430. Under the voluntary LUCA Program, participating governments may review the Census Bureau’s confidential list of individual living quarters addresses and provide address additions, corrections, deletions, and/or the identification of corrected address counts for census blocks; street and street attribute updates; and legal boundary updates. Governments electing to participate in the LUCA program also provide program contact information; certification of their agreement to maintain the confidentiality of the Census Bureau address information; responses regarding their physical and information technology security capabilities; program option and product media preference information; shipment inventory information; certification of their return/destruction of materials containing confidential data; and, for participants not submitting address list changes, their reasons for not doing so. The program will be available to tribal, state, and local governments, and the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico (or their designated representatives) in areas for which the Census Bureau performs a precensus address canvassing operation (excluded are sparsely settled areas in the states of Alaska and Maine). The LUCA program includes federally-recognized American Indian tribes with reservations and/or off-reservation trust lands, states, and general-purpose local governments, such as cities and townships, for which the Census Bureau reports data. This information collection will occur between August 2007 and May 2008. The Census Bureau will use the LUCA program to help develop the housing unit and group quarters (e.g., college dormitory, nursing home, correctional facility, etc.) address information that it will need to conduct the 2010 Decennial Census. Because tribal, state, and local governments have current knowledge of and data about where housing growth and change are occurring in their jurisdictions, their input into the overall E:\FR\FM\28JAN1.SGM 28JAN1 4816 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 18 / Monday, January 28, 2008 / Notices development of the address list for the census makes a vital contribution. . Affected Public: State, local or Tribal government. Frequency: One-time. Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., Section 16. 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). Dated: January 22, 2008. Gwellnar Banks, Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer. [FR Doc. E8–1410 Filed 1–25–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–07–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE U.S. Census Bureau Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Special Census Program U.S. Census Bureau, Department of Commerce. ACTION: Notice. mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES AGENCY: 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 March 28, 2008. ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 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 VerDate Aug<31>2005 17:56 Jan 25, 2008 Jkt 214001 copies of the information collection instrument(s) and instructions should be directed to J. Michael Stump, Bureau of the Census, 4600 Silver Hill Rd., Room 5H117, Washington, DC 20233 (or via the Internet at j.michael.stump@census.gov). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Abstract The Special Census Program is a reimbursable service offered and performed by the Census Bureau for the government of any state; county, city, or other political subdivision within a state; for the government of the District of Columbia; and for the government of any possession or area over which the U.S. exercises jurisdiction, control, or sovereignty, and other governmental units which require current population data between decennial censuses. The Special Census Program will be closing down for this decade in 2009 and will startup again after the 2010 Decennial Census. We are requesting an extension of the expiration date of the Special Census Program through June 2009, at which time, the program will close down and will be unavailable until after the 2010 Decennial Census. Many states distribute funds based on current population statistics. In addition, special census data are used by the local jurisdictions to plan new schools, transportation systems, housing programs, and water treatment facilities. The Census Bureau will use the following forms to update addresses listed on the Census Bureau’s Master Address File (MAF) and to enumerate populations in special censuses: SC–1, Special Census Enumerator Questionnaire—This interview form will be used to collect special census data at regular housing units (HU). SC–1 (SUPP), Continuation Form for Enumerator Questionnaire—This interview form will be used to collect special census data at a regular HU when there are more than five members in a household. SC–1 (Telephone), Special Census Enumeration Questionnaire—This interview form will be used to collect special census data when a respondent calls the local special census office. SC–2, Special Census Special Place Questionnaire—This interview form will be used to collect special census data at group quarters (GQ) in special places (SP) such as hospitals, prisons, boarding and rooming houses, campgrounds, hotels, college dormitories, military facilities, and convents. SC–116, Group Quarters Enumeration Control Sheet—This page will be used PO 00000 Frm 00050 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 by Special Census enumerators to list residents/clients at GQs. SC–351, Group Quarters Initial Contact Checklist—This checklist will be used by enumerators to collect contact information and to determine the type of GQ. SC–920, Address Listing Page—This page will include existing addresses from the MAF. Special Census enumerators will update these addresses, if needed, at the time of enumeration. SC–921(HU), Housing Unit Add Page—This page will be used by enumerators to add HUs that are observed to exist on the ground and that are not contained on the address listing page. SC–921(SP), Special Place/Group Quarter Add Page—This page will be used by enumerators to add SPs/GQs that are observed to exist on the ground and that are not reflected in the address listing page. The Special Census Program will operate as a generic OMB clearance including a library of forms and the operational procedures that will be used for the remaining special censuses we anticipate conducting this decade. The Census Bureau will establish a reimbursable agreement with a variety of potential special census customers that are unknown at this time. Census will submit for OMB’s review and approval, using a change worksheet, any special-purpose questions requested by customers to be added to special census questionnaires. II. Method of Collection The Special Census Program will use the Census 2000 Update/Enumerate (U/ E) methodology. Enumerators will canvass their assigned areas with an address register that contains addresses obtained from the MAF. Special Census enumerators will update the address information, as needed, based on their observation of HUs and/or SPs/GQs that exist on the ground. Additionally, enumerators will interview households at regular HUs and residents at GQs using the appropriate Special Census questionnaire. III. Data OMB Control Number: 0607–0368. Form Numbers: SC–1, SC–1(SUPP), SC–1(Telephone), SC–2, SC–116, SC351, SC–920, SC–921(HU), SC–921(SP). Type of Review: Regular submission. Affected Public: Individuals or households, business or other for-profit organizations, not-for-profit institutions. Estimated Number of Respondents: (June 2008 through June 2009) Enumerator Questionnaire—152,440 respondents. E:\FR\FM\28JAN1.SGM 28JAN1

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[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 18 (Monday, January 28, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4815-4816]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-1410]


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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: Local Update of Census Addresses (LUCA) Program.
    Form Number(s): D-1663 through D-1706.
    OMB Control Number: 0607-0795.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden Hours: 3,909,829.
    Number of Respondents: 19,780.
    Average Hours Per Response: 197 hours and 40 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The information to be collected in the Local Update 
of Census Addresses (LUCA) Program is essential to the mission of the 
Census Bureau and will directly contribute to the successful outcome of 
Census 2010. The Census Bureau requested and received emergency 
clearance from OMB so that the LUCA Program start-up was not delayed. 
That emergency clearance expires February, 2008.
    The LUCA Program was developed by the U.S. Census Bureau to meet 
the requirements of the Census Address List Improvement Act of 1994, 
Public Law 103-430. Under the voluntary LUCA Program, participating 
governments may review the Census Bureau's confidential list of 
individual living quarters addresses and provide address additions, 
corrections, deletions, and/or the identification of corrected address 
counts for census blocks; street and street attribute updates; and 
legal boundary updates. Governments electing to participate in the LUCA 
program also provide program contact information; certification of 
their agreement to maintain the confidentiality of the Census Bureau 
address information; responses regarding their physical and information 
technology security capabilities; program option and product media 
preference information; shipment inventory information; certification 
of their return/destruction of materials containing confidential data; 
and, for participants not submitting address list changes, their 
reasons for not doing so. The program will be available to tribal, 
state, and local governments, and the District of Columbia and Puerto 
Rico (or their designated representatives) in areas for which the 
Census Bureau performs a precensus address canvassing operation 
(excluded are sparsely settled areas in the states of Alaska and 
Maine). The LUCA program includes federally-recognized American Indian 
tribes with reservations and/or off-reservation trust lands, states, 
and general-purpose local governments, such as cities and townships, 
for which the Census Bureau reports data. This information collection 
will occur between August 2007 and May 2008.
    The Census Bureau will use the LUCA program to help develop the 
housing unit and group quarters (e.g., college dormitory, nursing home, 
correctional facility, etc.) address information that it will need to 
conduct the 2010 Decennial Census. Because tribal, state, and local 
governments have current knowledge of and data about where housing 
growth and change are occurring in their jurisdictions, their input 
into the overall

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development of the address list for the census makes a vital 
contribution. .
    Affected Public: State, local or Tribal government.
    Frequency: One-time.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., Section 16.
    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: January 22, 2008.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
 [FR Doc. E8-1410 Filed 1-25-08; 8:45 am]
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