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Type of Request: Regular submission.
Burden Hours: 18,953.
Number of Respondents: 875
Average Hours Per Response: 22.
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Dated: March 2, 2009.
Gwellnar Banks,
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Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of the Census
[Docket Number 090130099–9106–01]
American Community Survey 5-Year
Data Products
AGENCY: Bureau of the Census,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Census Bureau has
released American Community Survey
(ACS) data products in the form of 1year estimates for 2005, 2006, and 2007,
and 3-year estimates for the period of
2005–2007. Annual updates of these
products are planned. Specifically, in
2009 and 2010, the Census Bureau will
publish 1-year estimates for the 2008
ACS and the 2009 ACS, and 3-year
estimates for the 2006–2008 ACS and
2007–2009 ACS, respectively. Beginning
in late 2010, the Census Bureau plans to
introduce 5-year data products covering
the period of 2005–2009. The Census
Bureau is proposing to modify its
current line of data products to
accommodate the 5-year estimates and
is requesting comments from current
and potential users of ACS data
products to help guide this
modification. The release of the 5-year
estimates will achieve a goal of the ACS
to provide small area data similar to the
data published after Census 2000, based
on the long-form sample. Plans for the
production of an ACS Summary File for
race, ethnic origin, ancestry, and
country of birth, and another for
American Indians and Alaska Natives,
will be described in a future Federal
Register notice.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before April 20, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Susan Schechter, Chief, American
Community Survey Office, Room
3K276, Mail Stop 7500, Washington, DC
20233–7500.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Susan Schechter, Chief, American
Community Survey Office, on (301)
763–8950, by e-mail at
Susan.Schechter.Bortner@census.gov, or
by mail at Room 3K276, Mail Stop 7500,
Washington, DC 20233–7500.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The ACS
is part of the 2010 Decennial Census
Program and provides annually
updated, detailed demographic,
socioeconomic, and housing
information for communities across the
United States and Puerto Rico. One goal
of the ACS is to provide small area data
similar to the data published after
Census 2000, based on the long-form
sample. This goal will be met with the
release of ACS 5-year estimates.
The Census Bureau is proposing to
release 5-year estimates using the same
set of ACS data products that were
produced for the 2005–2007 ACS 3-year
data products: detailed tables, summary
files, data profiles, narrative profiles,
selected population profiles, subject
tables, geographic comparison tables,
thematic maps, and Public Use
Microdata Sample (PUMS) files.
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Descriptions of each of these data
products follow:
Detailed tables and summary files
include the most detailed ACS data and
crosstabulations of ACS variables.
Data profiles provide separate fact
sheets on social, economic, housing,
and demographic characteristics.
Narrative profiles provide clear,
concise textual descriptions of the data
included in the data profiles.
Subject tables include detailed ACS
data, organized by subject such as
employment, education, and income.
Selected population profiles provide
social, economic, and housing
characteristics for a large number of
groups based on race, ethnicity, country
of birth, and ancestry.
Geographic comparison tables allow
the comparison of ACS data for a given
time period across a variety of
geographic areas.
Thematic maps provide graphic
displays of the data available from the
geographic comparison tables, which
compare ACS data for different areas in
a given time period.
Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS)
Files provide access to ACS microdata
for data users to create summaries that
are not available as ACS summary
products.
To see the Census Bureau’s specific
proposal for 5-year data products, please
visit https://www.census.gov/acs/www/
Downloads/
proposal_acs5yearproducts.pdf. This
proposal will be effective with the first
release of 5-year estimates currently
planned in 2010 (2005–2009 ACS) and
will continue to be implemented
annually. Table 1 of the proposal
provides a summary of ACS 5-year data
products relative to the current ACS 1year data products. There are two 1-year
data products that are not proposed for
the 3-year or 5-year products—ranking
tables and comparison profiles:
Ranking tables provide state rankings
of estimates across a broad set of social,
economic, and housing variables.
Comparison profiles compare ACS
estimates for the current year to those
from previous years for a specific
geographic area.
In general, the 3-year table shells, the
layout of a data table without the actual
data, are the table shells proposed for
the 5-year tables. To view the existing
3-year data products and table shells,
please go to the American FactFinder
(AFF) Web site. (Users can access the
AFF from the Census Bureau’s home
page at https://www.census.gov/ or from
the AFF link on the ACS data release
page at https://www.census.gov/acs/
www/Products/ to view and
download each data product.) Table 2 of
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the proposal, https://www.census.gov/
acs/www/Downloads/
proposal_acs5yearproducts.pdf, shows
all the geographic summary levels for
which we plan to release 5-year data
products as well as those summary
levels for which we do not plan to
release any 5-year products. As was the
case for Census 2000, some specific data
products will not be produced for
certain geographic summary levels.
Table 2 summarizes, for selected data
products, the specific geographic
summary levels proposed for 5-year
ACS tabulations. Table 3 of the
proposal, https://www.census.gov/acs/
www/Downloads/
proposal_acs5yearproducts.pdf,
summarizes the geographic summary
levels proposed for the 5-year thematic
maps and identifies the nested
geographies that would be available for
each of these geographic summary
levels. For example, Table 3 shows that
thematic maps based on ACS 5-year
estimates would allow users to compare
census tracts within counties. Table 4 of
the proposal summarizes the same type
of information for geographic
comparison tables. For both thematic
maps and geographic comparison tables,
the same topics would be covered as are
currently available in the corresponding
1-year and 3-year products.
The Census Bureau is also proposing
to release new data products that were
not produced for Census 2000. These
products are based on geography
identified in the ‘‘Place of Work’’ and
‘‘Residence 1 Year Ago’’ questions.
Table 5 of the proposal identifies the
proposed geographic summary levels for
the 5-year ACS data products based on
‘‘Place of Work’’ and ‘‘Residence 1 Year
Ago.’’
As is true for all Census Bureau data
products, defined standards must be
met to ensure the publication of highquality ACS estimates. These standards
are based on estimates of survey
coverage, survey (unit) nonresponse,
and item nonresponse. While 1-year and
3-year ACS data products must also
meet specified statistical reliability
standards in order to be published,
those standards will not be applied to
the 5-year data products. However,
certain limitations on the release of 5year ACS data will be imposed to meet
disclosure avoidance requirements.
Restrictions on the release required for
disclosure avoidance are detailed in the
proposal https://www.census.gov/acs/
www/Downloads/
proposal_acs5yearproducts.pdf.
The Census Bureau seeks input and
feedback on ACS data products and
requests comments via this Federal
Register notice on the suite of data
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products for the ACS 5-year estimates.
We are especially interested in data
users’ specific feedback on the following
four dimensions of these plans:
Block Group Level Geography—As
detailed in the proposal at https://
www.census.gov/acs/www/Downloads/
proposal_acs5yearproducts.pdf, some
geographic summary levels, such as
block groups, will receive only a subset
of the full set of data products.
However, the Census Bureau
acknowledges the value of block group
data for users, especially those in rural
areas, to create their own geographies.
The Census Bureau also recognizes that
the small sample sizes associated with
block groups means that many of the
estimates at the block group level will
not be reliable. To address these
concerns, the Census Bureau is
considering alternative dissemination
options for block group data. Please
comment on the option of releasing
block group data but not releasing data
products for this summary level with
the other data products.
Types of Data Products—We propose
to release 5-year estimates in detailed
tables, summary files, subject tables,
data profiles, narrative profiles, selected
population profiles, thematic maps, and
geographic comparison tables. A 5-year
PUMS files is also proposed. Narrative
profiles and selected population profiles
are not proposed for specific geographic
summary levels, such as block groups.
Restrictions Required for Disclosure
Avoidance or Statistical Reliability—We
propose that restrictions on the release
of 5-year estimates be based solely on
disclosure avoidance requirements.
These are summarized in the proposal at
https://www.census.gov/acs/www/
Downloads/
proposal_acs5yearproducts.pdf. As is
true for all Census Bureau data
products, standards defined to ensure
the publication of high-quality estimates
must be met. These standards are based
on estimates of survey coverage, survey
(unit) nonresponse, and item
nonresponse. The ACS 1-year and 3year estimates were subjected to
restrictions based on the reliability of
the estimates. The Census Bureau does
not propose that these restrictions be
applied to the 5-year estimates. Please
comment if you believe that the
standards used to determine which 1and 3-year estimates are published
should also be applied to the 5-year
estimates. In addition, if such
limitations are implemented, tell us if
you suggest that the full set of estimates
be made available to users through some
other means.
Periodicity of Data Release—We
propose that, as is the case for 1-year
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estimates and 3-year estimates, ACS 5year estimates be released annually.
Paperwork Reduction Act
Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, no person is required to respond
to, nor shall a person be subject to a
penalty for failure to comply with, a
collection of information subject to
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA), unless that
collection of information displays a
current, valid Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) control number. In
accordance with the PRA, 44 United
States Code, Chapter 35, the OMB
approved the ACS under OMB Control
Number 0607–0810. We will furnish
report forms to organizations included
in the survey, and additional copies will
be available upon written request to the
Director, U.S. Census Bureau,
Washington, DC 20233–0001.
Dated: February 26, 2009.
Thomas L. Mesenbourg,
Acting Director, U.S. Census Bureau.
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International Trade Administration
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Brake Rotors From the People’s
Republic of China: Extension of Time
Limit for Preliminary Results of the
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review
AGENCY: Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
EFFECTIVE DATE: March 2, 2009
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brian Smith or Terre Keaton Stefanova,
AD/CVD Operations, Office 2, Import
Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20230;
telephone; (202) 482–1766 or (202) 482–
1280, respectively.
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On December 18, 2008, we extended
the preliminary results deadline from
December 31, 2008, to March 2, 2009.
See Brake Rotors From the People’s
Republic of China: Notice of Extension
of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of
the Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review, 73 FR 77004 (December 18,
2008).
Statutory Time Limits
Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act
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the Department to make a preliminary
determination in an administrative
review within 245 days after the last day
of the anniversary month of an order or
finding for which a review is requested.
If it is not practicable to complete the
review within this time period, section
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows the
Department to extend this deadline to a
maximum of 365 days after the last day
of the anniversary month.
Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary
Results
We determine that it is not practicable
to complete the preliminary results of
this review within the original time
limit because the Department requires
additional time to examine separate rate
issues in this administrative review.
Therefore, the Department is
extending the time limit for completion
of the preliminary results from 306 days
to 320 days, in accordance with section
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. The preliminary
results are now due no later than March
16, 2009. The final results continue to
be due 120 days after the publication of
the preliminary results.
We are issuing and publishing this
notice in accordance with section
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.213(h)(2).
Dated: March 2, 2009.
John M. Andersen,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
On June 4, 2008, the Department of
Commerce (the Department) published
in the Federal Register a notice of
initiation of the administrative review of
the antidumping duty order on brake
rotors from the People’s Republic of
China (PRC) covering the period April 1,
2007, through March 31, 2008. See
Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative
Reviews and Requests for Revocation in
Part, 73 FR 31813 (June 4, 2008).
International Trade Administration
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Stainless Steel Bar From India:
Preliminary Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review
AGENCY: Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
is conducting an administrative review
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of the Census
[Docket Number 090130099-9106-01]
American Community Survey 5-Year Data Products
AGENCY: Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Census Bureau has released American Community Survey
(ACS) data products in the form of 1-year estimates for 2005, 2006, and
2007, and 3-year estimates for the period of 2005-2007. Annual updates
of these products are planned. Specifically, in 2009 and 2010, the
Census Bureau will publish 1-year estimates for the 2008 ACS and the
2009 ACS, and 3-year estimates for the 2006-2008 ACS and 2007-2009 ACS,
respectively. Beginning in late 2010, the Census Bureau plans to
introduce 5-year data products covering the period of 2005-2009. The
Census Bureau is proposing to modify its current line of data products
to accommodate the 5-year estimates and is requesting comments from
current and potential users of ACS data products to help guide this
modification. The release of the 5-year estimates will achieve a goal
of the ACS to provide small area data similar to the data published
after Census 2000, based on the long-form sample. Plans for the
production of an ACS Summary File for race, ethnic origin, ancestry,
and country of birth, and another for American Indians and Alaska
Natives, will be described in a future Federal Register notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before April 20, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Susan Schechter, Chief,
American Community Survey Office, Room 3K276, Mail Stop 7500,
Washington, DC 20233-7500.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Schechter, Chief, American
Community Survey Office, on (301) 763-8950, by e-mail at
Susan.Schechter.Bortner@census.gov, or by mail at Room 3K276, Mail Stop
7500, Washington, DC 20233-7500.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The ACS is part of the 2010 Decennial Census
Program and provides annually updated, detailed demographic,
socioeconomic, and housing information for communities across the
United States and Puerto Rico. One goal of the ACS is to provide small
area data similar to the data published after Census 2000, based on the
long-form sample. This goal will be met with the release of ACS 5-year
estimates.
The Census Bureau is proposing to release 5-year estimates using
the same set of ACS data products that were produced for the 2005-2007
ACS 3-year data products: detailed tables, summary files, data
profiles, narrative profiles, selected population profiles, subject
tables, geographic comparison tables, thematic maps, and Public Use
Microdata Sample (PUMS) files. Descriptions of each of these data
products follow:
Detailed tables and summary files include the most detailed ACS
data and crosstabulations of ACS variables.
Data profiles provide separate fact sheets on social, economic,
housing, and demographic characteristics.
Narrative profiles provide clear, concise textual descriptions of
the data included in the data profiles.
Subject tables include detailed ACS data, organized by subject such
as employment, education, and income.
Selected population profiles provide social, economic, and housing
characteristics for a large number of groups based on race, ethnicity,
country of birth, and ancestry.
Geographic comparison tables allow the comparison of ACS data for a
given time period across a variety of geographic areas.
Thematic maps provide graphic displays of the data available from
the geographic comparison tables, which compare ACS data for different
areas in a given time period.
Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) Files provide access to ACS
microdata for data users to create summaries that are not available as
ACS summary products.
To see the Census Bureau's specific proposal for 5-year data
products, please visit https://www.census.gov/acs/www/Downloads/
proposal_acs5yearproducts.pdf. This proposal will be effective with
the first release of 5-year estimates currently planned in 2010 (2005-
2009 ACS) and will continue to be implemented annually. Table 1 of the
proposal provides a summary of ACS 5-year data products relative to the
current ACS 1-year data products. There are two 1-year data products
that are not proposed for the 3-year or 5-year products--ranking tables
and comparison profiles:
Ranking tables provide state rankings of estimates across a broad
set of social, economic, and housing variables.
Comparison profiles compare ACS estimates for the current year to
those from previous years for a specific geographic area.
In general, the 3-year table shells, the layout of a data table
without the actual data, are the table shells proposed for the 5-year
tables. To view the existing 3-year data products and table shells,
please go to the American FactFinder (AFF) Web site. (Users can access
the AFF from the Census Bureau's home page at https://www.census.gov/ or
from the AFF link on the ACS data release page at https://
www.census.gov/acs/www/Products/ to view and download each
data product.) Table 2 of the proposal, https://www.census.gov/acs/www/
Downloads/proposal_acs5yearproducts.pdf, shows all the geographic
summary levels for which we plan to release 5-year data products as
well as those summary levels for which we do not plan to release any 5-
year products. As was the case for Census 2000, some specific data
products will not be produced for certain geographic summary levels.
Table 2 summarizes, for selected data products, the specific geographic
summary levels proposed for 5-year ACS tabulations. Table 3 of the
proposal, https://www.census.gov/acs/www/Downloads/proposal_
acs5yearproducts.pdf, summarizes the geographic summary levels proposed
for the 5-year thematic maps and identifies the nested geographies that
would be available for each of these geographic summary levels. For
example, Table 3 shows that thematic maps based on ACS 5-year estimates
would allow users to compare census tracts within counties. Table 4 of
the proposal summarizes the same type of information for geographic
comparison tables. For both thematic maps and geographic comparison
tables, the same topics would be covered as are currently available in
the corresponding 1-year and 3-year products.
The Census Bureau is also proposing to release new data products
that were not produced for Census 2000. These products are based on
geography identified in the ``Place of Work'' and ``Residence 1 Year
Ago'' questions. Table 5 of the proposal identifies the proposed
geographic summary levels for the 5-year ACS data products based on
``Place of Work'' and ``Residence 1 Year Ago.''
As is true for all Census Bureau data products, defined standards
must be met to ensure the publication of high-quality ACS estimates.
These standards are based on estimates of survey coverage, survey
(unit) nonresponse, and item nonresponse. While 1-year and 3-year ACS
data products must also meet specified statistical reliability
standards in order to be published, those standards will not be applied
to the 5-year data products. However, certain limitations on the
release of 5-year ACS data will be imposed to meet disclosure avoidance
requirements. Restrictions on the release required for disclosure
avoidance are detailed in the proposal https://www.census.gov/acs/www/
Downloads/proposal_acs5yearproducts.pdf.
The Census Bureau seeks input and feedback on ACS data products and
requests comments via this Federal Register notice on the suite of data
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products for the ACS 5-year estimates. We are especially interested in
data users' specific feedback on the following four dimensions of these
plans:
Block Group Level Geography--As detailed in the proposal at https://
www.census.gov/acs/www/Downloads/proposal_acs5yearproducts.pdf, some
geographic summary levels, such as block groups, will receive only a
subset of the full set of data products. However, the Census Bureau
acknowledges the value of block group data for users, especially those
in rural areas, to create their own geographies. The Census Bureau also
recognizes that the small sample sizes associated with block groups
means that many of the estimates at the block group level will not be
reliable. To address these concerns, the Census Bureau is considering
alternative dissemination options for block group data. Please comment
on the option of releasing block group data but not releasing data
products for this summary level with the other data products.
Types of Data Products--We propose to release 5-year estimates in
detailed tables, summary files, subject tables, data profiles,
narrative profiles, selected population profiles, thematic maps, and
geographic comparison tables. A 5-year PUMS files is also proposed.
Narrative profiles and selected population profiles are not proposed
for specific geographic summary levels, such as block groups.
Restrictions Required for Disclosure Avoidance or Statistical
Reliability--We propose that restrictions on the release of 5-year
estimates be based solely on disclosure avoidance requirements. These
are summarized in the proposal at https://www.census.gov/acs/www/
Downloads/proposal_acs5yearproducts.pdf. As is true for all Census
Bureau data products, standards defined to ensure the publication of
high-quality estimates must be met. These standards are based on
estimates of survey coverage, survey (unit) nonresponse, and item
nonresponse. The ACS 1-year and 3-year estimates were subjected to
restrictions based on the reliability of the estimates. The Census
Bureau does not propose that these restrictions be applied to the 5-
year estimates. Please comment if you believe that the standards used
to determine which 1- and 3-year estimates are published should also be
applied to the 5-year estimates. In addition, if such limitations are
implemented, tell us if you suggest that the full set of estimates be
made available to users through some other means.
Periodicity of Data Release--We propose that, as is the case for 1-
year estimates and 3-year estimates, ACS 5-year estimates be released
annually.
Paperwork Reduction Act
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person is required
to respond to, nor shall a person be subject to a penalty for failure
to comply with, a collection of information subject to requirements of
the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), unless that collection of
information displays a current, valid Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) control number. In accordance with the PRA, 44 United States
Code, Chapter 35, the OMB approved the ACS under OMB Control Number
0607-0810. We will furnish report forms to organizations included in
the survey, and additional copies will be available upon written
request to the Director, U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, DC 20233-0001.
Dated: February 26, 2009.
Thomas L. Mesenbourg,
Acting Director, U.S. Census Bureau.
[FR Doc. E9-4803 Filed 3-5-09; 8:45 am]
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