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Rural Schools and County SelfDetermination Act of 2000.
All North Gifford Pinchot National
Forest Resource Advisory Committee
meetings are open to the public.
Interested citizens are encouraged to
attend. The ‘‘open forum’’ provides
opportunity for the public to bring
issues, concerns, and discussion topics
to the Advisory Committee. The ‘‘open
forum’’ is scheduled to occur at 9:10
a.m. Interested speakers will need to
register prior to the open forum period.
The committee welcomes the public’s
written comments on committee
business at any time.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Direct questions regarding this meeting
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Forest Headquarters Office, Gifford
Pinchot National Forest, 10600 NE. 51st
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Dated: March 6, 2009.
Janine Clayton,
Forest Supervisor.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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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: U.S. Census Bureau.
Title: National Immunization Survey
Evaluation Study.
Form Number(s): Numerous.
OMB Control Number: None.
Type of Request: New collection.
Burden Hours: 1,445.
Number of Respondents: 2,695.
Average Hours Per Response: 32
minutes.
Needs and Uses: On behalf of the
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services, the U.S.
Census Bureau requests authorization of
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) to conduct an evaluation study
of an alternative sampling methodology
for the National Immunization Survey
(NIS). The purpose of this study is to
explore how collaborating with the CDC
and using the American Community
Survey (ACS) as the sampling frame for
selecting eligible households could
result in improvements to the NIS. Use
of the ACS as a sampling frame, which
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includes non-landline households and
also identifies households with ageeligible children, would provide a more
complete sampling frame for the NIS
and could substantially reduce data
collection costs.
The NIS is currently a continuing,
nationwide random-digit-dialing (RDD)
landline telephone survey of families
with children aged 19 to 35 months, and
teens aged 13–17 years, followed by a
mailed survey to children’s
immunization providers. Since the
survey’s inception to the present,
private contractors have conducted the
NIS for the CDC. National, state, and
local level estimates of vaccine-specific
coverage, including newly licensed
vaccines, are produced annually.
The NIS was established to provide an
on going, consistent data set for
analyzing vaccination coverage among
young children in the United States and
disseminating this information to state
and local health departments and other
interested public health partners. One of
the goals of the 1993 Childhood
Immunization Initiative was to achieve
target vaccination coverage levels for 2year-old children. One of the activities
for meeting these goals was to improve
surveillance for vaccine coverage. As a
result, funding for the NIS was provided
and data collection began in April 1994.
Subsequently, national Healthy People
2000 and 2010 objectives included
targets for childhood and adolescent
vaccination rates. Currently, the NIS
provides vaccination coverage estimates
annually for children aged 19–35
months and teens aged 13–17 years, by
state and at least six city/county areas.
The information collected is used to
evaluate state and local immunization
programs, to develop health care
policies, and to assist in the
determination of funding allocations for
the Vaccines for Children (VFC)
program. Since 1994, the VFC program
has helped families of children who
may not otherwise have access to
vaccines by providing free vaccines to
doctors who serve them.
In recent years, the NIS has covered
a decreasing portion of the target
population as more households rely
solely on cell phone telephone service.
Based on data from January–June 2008
from the National Health Interview
Survey (NHIS), 29 percent of children
under three years of age lived in
households without landline services.
Among households with both landline
and cell phone service, some may
primarily use their cell phones and be
less likely to respond to calls to their
landlines. As part of the CDC’s
continuing effort to evaluate and refine
the NIS, this study is intended to
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explore how sampling from the ACS for
households with age-eligible children
having landline, cell phone only, and no
telephone service could result in
improvements to the survey,
particularly in terms of coverage,
response, and cost, and whether the
ACS and supplemental administrative
files can be used to identify a sufficient
sample of children for national, state
and local level assessment.
The NIS is the largest survey ever
conducted to assess vaccination
coverage of young children and
adolescents in the U.S. and is used to
measure and assess changes in
vaccination coverage levels over time.
Also, the NIS helps track progress
towards public health immunization
goals. The purpose of this evaluation
study is to determine if using the ACS
as the frame from which to select the
NIS sample will result in improvements
to the survey, in terms of providing a
more complete sampling frame,
increasing response rates, and
decreasing data collection costs. The
evaluation study will be kept as closely
as possible to the current NIS to allow
comparisons, but plans are to
incorporate innovations that could be
implemented eventually as part of a full
production survey. With the overall goal
of improving response rates and
coverage, possible experiments could
include offering incentives to all
sampled households or using different
versions of the advance letter or
screener to encourage participation.
The NIS is an important tool for
measuring vaccination coverage levels
for the nation; however, there are
limitations and challenges that the
current NIS faces. The NIS evaluation
study provides the CDC with the
opportunity to explore some possible
changes to the survey methodology in
an attempt to assess new options and
refine current methods. One major
design change is in the sample
selection. The current NIS sample is
selected by landline RDD, whereas the
sample for the NIS Evaluation Study is
a targeted sample of age-eligible
respondents drawn from the ACS
sample. Using the ACS as the NIS
sampling frame provides a rich source
of data for non-respondents and allows
for more powerful weighting
adjustments. Furthermore, the NIS RDD
sample is limited to households with
landline telephone service. However,
the Evaluation Study sample will not
only include households with landline
service but also non-landline
households (wireless service only) and
households with no phone service. The
information collected from the latter
two groups will assist the CDC in
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assessing the potential bias in the
current NIS estimates from the
exclusion of these households.
However, the success of the evaluation
is contingent on the Census Bureau’s
ability to draw sufficient sample from
the ACS for state and local area
estimates.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; businesses or other forprofit.
Frequency: One time.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Title 13, United
States Code, Section 8 and the Public
Health Service Act, Title 42, United
States Code, Sections 306 & 2102(a)(7).
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 7845, 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 email (bharrisk@omb.eop.gov).
Dated: March 11, 2009.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of the Census
Census Advisory Committees
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AGENCY: Bureau of the Census,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
SUMMARY: The Bureau of the Census
(Census Bureau) is giving notice of a
joint meeting of the Census Advisory
Committees (CACs) on the African
American Population, the American
Indian and Alaska Native Populations,
the Asian Population, the Hispanic
Population, and the Native Hawaiian
and Other Pacific Islander Populations.
The Committees will address issues
related to the 2010 Decennial Census,
including the Integrated
Communications Campaign, 2010
Partnerships, and other decennial
activities. The five Census Advisory
Committees on Race and Ethnicity will
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meet in plenary and concurrent sessions
on April 22–24, 2009. Last minute
changes to the schedule are possible,
which could prevent advance
notification.
DATES: April 22–24, 2009. On April 22,
the meeting will begin at approximately
1 p.m. and end at approximately 5 p.m.
On April 23, the meeting will begin at
approximately 8:30 a.m. and end at
approximately 4:30 p.m. On April 24,
the meeting will begin at approximately
8:30 a.m. and end at approximately 3:45
p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the U.S. Census Bureau, 4600 Silver Hill
Road, Suitland, Maryland 20746.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeri
Green, Committee Liaison Officer,
Department of Commerce, U.S. Census
Bureau, Room 8H182, 4600 Silver Hill
Road, Suitland, Maryland 20746,
telephone 301–763–6590. For TTY
callers, please use the Federal Relay
Service 1–800–877–8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CACs
on the African American Population,
the American Indian and Alaska Native
Populations, the Asian Population, the
Hispanic Population, and the Native
Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
Populations are comprised of nine
members each. The Committees provide
an organized and continuing channel of
communication between the
representative race and ethnic
populations and the Census Bureau. The
Committees provide an outside-user
perspective and advice on research and
design plans for the 2010 Decennial
Census, the American Community
Survey, and other related programs
particularly as they pertain to an
accurate count of these communities.
The Committees also assist the Census
Bureau on ways that census data can
best be disseminated to diverse race and
ethnic populations and other users. The
Committees are established in
accordance with the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (Title 5, United States
Code, Appendix 2, Section 10(a)(b)).
All meetings are open to the public.
A brief period will be set aside at the
meeting for public comment. However,
individuals with extensive questions or
statements must submit them in writing
to Ms. Jeri Green at least three days
before the meeting. Seating is available
to the public on a first-come, first-served
basis.
These meetings are physically
accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language
interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to the Committee
Liaison Officer as soon as possible,
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preferably two weeks prior to the
meeting.
Due to increased security and for
access to the meeting, please call 301–
763–3231 upon arrival at the Census
Bureau on the day of the meeting. A
photo ID must be presented in order to
receive your visitor’s badge. Visitors are
not allowed beyond the first floor.
Dated: March 10, 2009.
Thomas L. Mesenbourg,
Acting Director, Bureau of the Census.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
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Barium Carbonate from the People’s
Republic of China: Continuation of
Antidumping Duty Order
AGENCY: Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: As a result of the
determinations by the Department of
Commerce (‘‘Department’’) and the
International Trade Commission (‘‘ITC’’)
that revocation of the existing
antidumping duty (‘‘AD’’) order on
barium carbonate from the People’s
Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’) would likely
lead to continuation or recurrence of
dumping and material injury to an
industry in the United States within a
reasonably foreseeable time, the
Department is publishing this notice of
continuation of the AD order.
EFFECTIVE DATE: March 17, 2009.
FOR INFORMATION CONTACT: Hallie Noel
Zink at 202–482–6907; AD/CVD
Operations, Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW,
Washington, DC 20230.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On September 2, 2008, the
Department initiated a sunset review of
the antidumping duty order on barium
carbonate from the PRC pursuant to
section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930,
as amended (‘‘Act’’). See Initiation of
Five-year (‘‘Sunset’’) Review, 73 FR
51275 (September 2, 2008); see also
Antidumping Duty Order: Barium
Carbonate from the People’s Republic of
China, 68 FR 56619 (October 1, 2003).
As a result of its review, the Department
found that revocation of this AD order
would likely lead to continuation or
recurrence of dumping and notified the
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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: National Immunization Survey Evaluation Study.
Form Number(s): Numerous.
OMB Control Number: None.
Type of Request: New collection.
Burden Hours: 1,445.
Number of Respondents: 2,695.
Average Hours Per Response: 32 minutes.
Needs and Uses: On behalf of the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the
U.S. Census Bureau requests authorization of the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) to conduct an evaluation study of an alternative
sampling methodology for the National Immunization Survey (NIS). The
purpose of this study is to explore how collaborating with the CDC and
using the American Community Survey (ACS) as the sampling frame for
selecting eligible households could result in improvements to the NIS.
Use of the ACS as a sampling frame, which includes non-landline
households and also identifies households with age-eligible children,
would provide a more complete sampling frame for the NIS and could
substantially reduce data collection costs.
The NIS is currently a continuing, nationwide random-digit-dialing
(RDD) landline telephone survey of families with children aged 19 to 35
months, and teens aged 13-17 years, followed by a mailed survey to
children's immunization providers. Since the survey's inception to the
present, private contractors have conducted the NIS for the CDC.
National, state, and local level estimates of vaccine-specific
coverage, including newly licensed vaccines, are produced annually.
The NIS was established to provide an on going, consistent data set
for analyzing vaccination coverage among young children in the United
States and disseminating this information to state and local health
departments and other interested public health partners. One of the
goals of the 1993 Childhood Immunization Initiative was to achieve
target vaccination coverage levels for 2-year-old children. One of the
activities for meeting these goals was to improve surveillance for
vaccine coverage. As a result, funding for the NIS was provided and
data collection began in April 1994. Subsequently, national Healthy
People 2000 and 2010 objectives included targets for childhood and
adolescent vaccination rates. Currently, the NIS provides vaccination
coverage estimates annually for children aged 19-35 months and teens
aged 13-17 years, by state and at least six city/county areas. The
information collected is used to evaluate state and local immunization
programs, to develop health care policies, and to assist in the
determination of funding allocations for the Vaccines for Children
(VFC) program. Since 1994, the VFC program has helped families of
children who may not otherwise have access to vaccines by providing
free vaccines to doctors who serve them.
In recent years, the NIS has covered a decreasing portion of the
target population as more households rely solely on cell phone
telephone service. Based on data from January-June 2008 from the
National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), 29 percent of children under
three years of age lived in households without landline services. Among
households with both landline and cell phone service, some may
primarily use their cell phones and be less likely to respond to calls
to their landlines. As part of the CDC's continuing effort to evaluate
and refine the NIS, this study is intended to explore how sampling from
the ACS for households with age-eligible children having landline, cell
phone only, and no telephone service could result in improvements to
the survey, particularly in terms of coverage, response, and cost, and
whether the ACS and supplemental administrative files can be used to
identify a sufficient sample of children for national, state and local
level assessment.
The NIS is the largest survey ever conducted to assess vaccination
coverage of young children and adolescents in the U.S. and is used to
measure and assess changes in vaccination coverage levels over time.
Also, the NIS helps track progress towards public health immunization
goals. The purpose of this evaluation study is to determine if using
the ACS as the frame from which to select the NIS sample will result in
improvements to the survey, in terms of providing a more complete
sampling frame, increasing response rates, and decreasing data
collection costs. The evaluation study will be kept as closely as
possible to the current NIS to allow comparisons, but plans are to
incorporate innovations that could be implemented eventually as part of
a full production survey. With the overall goal of improving response
rates and coverage, possible experiments could include offering
incentives to all sampled households or using different versions of the
advance letter or screener to encourage participation.
The NIS is an important tool for measuring vaccination coverage
levels for the nation; however, there are limitations and challenges
that the current NIS faces. The NIS evaluation study provides the CDC
with the opportunity to explore some possible changes to the survey
methodology in an attempt to assess new options and refine current
methods. One major design change is in the sample selection. The
current NIS sample is selected by landline RDD, whereas the sample for
the NIS Evaluation Study is a targeted sample of age-eligible
respondents drawn from the ACS sample. Using the ACS as the NIS
sampling frame provides a rich source of data for non-respondents and
allows for more powerful weighting adjustments. Furthermore, the NIS
RDD sample is limited to households with landline telephone service.
However, the Evaluation Study sample will not only include households
with landline service but also non-landline households (wireless
service only) and households with no phone service. The information
collected from the latter two groups will assist the CDC in
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assessing the potential bias in the current NIS estimates from the
exclusion of these households. However, the success of the evaluation
is contingent on the Census Bureau's ability to draw sufficient sample
from the ACS for state and local area estimates.
Affected Public: Individuals or households; businesses or other
for-profit.
Frequency: One time.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Title 13, United States Code, Section 8 and the
Public Health Service Act, Title 42, United States Code, Sections 306 &
2102(a)(7).
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 7845, 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 email (bharrisk@omb.eop.gov).
Dated: March 11, 2009.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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