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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: The American Community
Survey.
OMB Control Number: 0607–0810.
Form Number(s): ACS–1, ACS–1(SP),
ACS–1PR, ACS–1PR(SP), ACS–1(GQ),
ACS–1(PR)(GQ), GQFQ, ACS CATI
(HU), ACS CAPI (HU), ACS Reinterview
(HU), GQ Reinterview.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Burden Hours: 1,994,500.
Number of Respondents: 3,220,000.
Average Hours Per Response:
Household Questionnaire—38 minutes;
Group Quarters Facility Questionnaire—
15 minutes; Group Quarters Individual
Questionnaire—25 minutes;
Reinterview—10 minutes.
Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census
Bureau requests authorization from the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) to continue conducting the
American Community Survey (ACS).
The Census Bureau has developed a
methodology to collect and update
every year demographic, social,
economic, and housing data that are
essentially the same as the ‘‘long-form’’
data that the Census Bureau
traditionally has collected once a
decade as part of the decennial census.
Federal and state government agencies
use such data to evaluate and manage
federal programs and to distribute
funding for various programs that
include food stamp benefits,
transportation dollars, and housing
grants. State, county, and community
governments, nonprofit organizations,
businesses, and the general public use
information like housing quality,
income distribution, journey-to-work
patterns, immigration data, and regional
age distributions for decision-making
and program evaluation.
In years past, the Census Bureau
collected the long-form data only once
every 10 years, which become out of
date over the course of the decade. To
provide more timely data, the Census
Bureau developed the ACS. The ACS
blends the strength of small area
estimation with the high quality of
current surveys. There is an increasing
need for current data describing lower
geographic detail. The ACS is now the
only source of data available for smallarea levels across the Nation and in
Puerto Rico. In addition, there is an
increased interest in obtaining data for
small subpopulations such as groups
within the Hispanic, Asian, and
American Indian populations, the
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elderly, and children. The ACS provides
current data throughout the decade for
small areas and subpopulations.
The ACS began providing up-to-date
profiles in 2006 for areas and
population groups of 65,000 or more
people, providing policymakers,
planners, and service providers in the
public and private sectors with
information every year—not just every
10 years. The ACS program will provide
estimates annually for all states and for
all medium and large cities, counties,
and metropolitan areas. For smaller
areas and population groups, it will take
3 to 5 years to accumulate information
to provide accurate estimates. After that
period of time, the multiyear estimates
will be updated annually.
Using the Master Address File (MAF)
from the decennial census that is
updated each year, we will select a
sample of addresses, mail survey forms
each month to a new group of potential
households, and attempt to conduct
interviews over the telephone with
households that have not responded.
Upon completion of the telephone
follow-up, we will select a sub-sample
of the remaining households, which
have not responded, typically at a rate
of one in three, to designate a household
for a personal interview. Census will
also conduct interviews with a sample
of residents at a sample of group
quarters (GQ) facilities. Collecting these
data from a new sample of housing unit
(HU) and GQ facilities every month will
provide more timely data and will
lessen respondent burden in the 2010
Census.
Census will release a yearly microdata
file, similar to the Public Use Microdata
Sample file of the Census 2000 longform records. In addition, we will
produce total population summary
tabulations similar to the Census 2000
tabulations down to the block group
level. The microdata files, tabulated
files, and their associated
documentation are available through the
Internet.
The goals of the ACS are to:
• Provide federal, state, and local
governments an information base for the
administration and evaluation of
government programs;
• Improve the 2010 Census; and
• Provide data users with timely
demographic, housing, social, and
economic data updated every year that
can be compared across states,
communities, and population groups.
For the 2009 ACS, modified data
collection materials based upon results
of the 2007 ACS Content Test will be
used. The content of the proposed 2009
ACS questionnaire and data collection
instruments for both HU and GQ
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operations reflect 2007 tested changes to
content, instructions, and forms design.
Census plan to add a new question on
field of degree (FOD) of a person’s
bachelor’s degree beginning in 2009. We
also plan to reinstate a ‘duration of
vacancy’ question asked of contacts for
vacant units during the non-response
follow-up modes of data collection.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Frequency: Monthly.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C.,
Sections 141, 193 and 221.
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: May 22, 2008.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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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 emergency
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction
Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).
Agency: National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST).
Title: Technology Innovation Program
Application Requirements.
Form Number(s): NIST–1022.
OMB Approval Number: None.
Type of Request: Emergency
submission.
Burden Hours: 11,100.
Number of Respondents: 300.
Average Hours Per Response: 37.
Needs and Uses: The Technology
Innovation Program (TIP) is a
competitive cost sharing program
designed to assist U.S. businesses and
institutions of higher education or other
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organizations, such as national
laboratories and nonprofit research
institutions, to support, promote, and
accelerate innovation in the United
States through high-risk, high-reward
research in areas of critical national
need. High-risk, high-reward research is
research that:
a. has the potential for yielding
transformational results with far-ranging
or wide-ranging implications;
b. addresses areas of critical national
need that support, promote, and
accelerate innovation in the United
States and is within NIST’s areas of
technical competence; and is too novel
or spans too diverse a range of
disciplines to fare well in the traditional
peer-review process.
Affected Public: U.S. businesses and
institutions of higher education or other
organizations, such as national
laboratories and nonprofit research
institutions.
Frequency: Annually.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
OMB Desk Officer: Jasmeet Seehra,
(202) 395–3123.
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 by
June 20, 2008, to Jasmeet Seehra, OMB
Desk Officer, FAX number (202) 395–
5806 or via the Internet at Jasmeet_K._
Seehra@omb.eop.gov.
Dated: May 22, 2008.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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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: National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Title: Coral Reef Valuation Study.
OMB Approval Number: None.
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Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission.
Burden Hours: 990.
Number of Respondents: 1,980.
Average Hours Per Response: 30
minutes.
Needs and Uses: This is a national
survey using two independently
recruited Internet panels: the American
National Election Study (ANES) Internet
Panel and Stanford’s Major Research
Instrumentation Panel (MRI) Internet
Panel. The survey is designed to yield
information that can be used to estimate
total economic values for protection and
restoration of Hawaii’s coral reef
ecosystems. The survey addresses the
public’s preferences and economic
values for the use of no-take areas as a
management tool and the public’s
preferences and economic values for
restoring damaged coral reefs.
NOAA is a member of the U.S. Coral
Reef Task Force (CRTF), which was
established in June 1998 through
Executive Order (EO) 13089. As a
member of the CRTF, and in support of
the U.S. Coral Reef Initiative, NOAA has
significant responsibilities for managing
U.S. coral reef habitats and undertaking
scientific studies to better manage the
nation’s coral reef resources. In March
2000, the task force approved the firstever National Action Plan to Conserve
Coral Reefs pursuant to the Coral Reef
Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 6401–
6409). The Action Plan identifies 13
major goals, including five that the
proposed research addresses: (1)
Conduct strategic research, (2)
understand the social and economic
factors of coral reef ecosystems, (3)
improve the use of marine protected
areas (MPAs), (4) restore damaged reefs,
and (5) improve outreach and education
about coral reef ecosystems. In support
of NOAA’s fulfillment of these goals,
this study is designed to develop a
survey instrument to elicit economic
values for Hawaiian coral reef
ecosystems at the national level. The
overall objective of this project is to
develop economically valid and reliable
national estimates of individuals’ values
for alternative Hawaiian coral reef
protection and improvement options.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Frequency: One-time only.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker,
(202) 395–3897.
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,
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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 David Rostker, OMB Desk
Officer, FAX number (202) 395–7285, or
David_Rostker@omb.eop.gov.
Dated: May 22, 2008.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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International Trade Administration
A–570–928, A–791–821, A–552–803
Postponement of Preliminary
Determinations of Antidumping Duty
Investigations; Uncovered Innerspring
Units from the People’s Republic of
China, South Africa, and the Socialist
Republic of Vietnam
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
EFFECTIVE DATE: May 28, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin
Begnal at (202) 482–1442 or Scot
Fullerton at (202) 482–1386 (People’s
Republic of China), Office 9; Dmitry
Vladimirov at (202) 482–0665 or Minoo
Hatten at (202) 482–1690 (South Africa),
Office 5; Eugene Degnan at (202) 482–
0414 or Robert Bolling at (202) 482–
3434 (Socialist Republic of Vietnam),
Office 8, AD/CVD Operations, Import
Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Postponement of Preliminary
Determinations
On January 28, 2008, the Department
of Commerce (the Department)
published in the Federal Register the
initiation of the antidumping
investigations on uncovered innerspring
units from the People’s Republic of
China (PRC), South Africa, and the
Socialist Republic of Vietnam
(Vietnam). See Uncovered Innerspring
Units from the People’s Republic of
China, South Africa, and the Socialist
Republic of Vietnam: Initiation of
Antidumping Duty Investigations, 73 FR
4817 (January 28, 2008) (Initiation
Notice).
The notice of initiation stated that the
Department would issue its preliminary
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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 emergency provisions of the Paperwork Reduction
Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).
Agency: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
Title: Technology Innovation Program Application Requirements.
Form Number(s): NIST-1022.
OMB Approval Number: None.
Type of Request: Emergency submission.
Burden Hours: 11,100.
Number of Respondents: 300.
Average Hours Per Response: 37.
Needs and Uses: The Technology Innovation Program (TIP) is a
competitive cost sharing program designed to assist U.S. businesses and
institutions of higher education or other
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organizations, such as national laboratories and nonprofit research
institutions, to support, promote, and accelerate innovation in the
United States through high-risk, high-reward research in areas of
critical national need. High-risk, high-reward research is research
that:
a. has the potential for yielding transformational results with
far-ranging or wide-ranging implications;
b. addresses areas of critical national need that support, promote,
and accelerate innovation in the United States and is within NIST's
areas of technical competence; and is too novel or spans too diverse a
range of disciplines to fare well in the traditional peer-review
process.
Affected Public: U.S. businesses and institutions of higher
education or other organizations, such as national laboratories and
nonprofit research institutions.
Frequency: Annually.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
OMB Desk Officer: Jasmeet Seehra, (202) 395-3123.
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 by June 20, 2008, to Jasmeet Seehra, OMB Desk
Officer, FAX number (202) 395-5806 or via the Internet at Jasmeet--K.--
Seehra@omb.eop.gov.
Dated: May 22, 2008.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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