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supplemented with questions designed
to answer specific needs, such as
estimating eligibility for government
programs, examining pension and
health care coverage, and analyzing
individual net worth. These
supplemental questions are included
with the core and are referred to as
‘‘topical modules.’’
The topical modules for the 2008
Panel Wave 5 are as follows: Annual
Income and Retirement Accounts;
Taxes; Child Care; and Work Schedule.
These topical modules were previously
conducted in the SIPP 2004 Panel Wave
4 instrument. Wave 5 interviews will be
conducted from January 1, 2010 through
April 30, 2010.
The SIPP is designed as a continuing
series of national panels of interviewed
households that are introduced every
few years, with each panel having
durations of approximately 3 to 4 years.
The 2008 Panel is scheduled for four
years and four months and includes
thirteen waves which began September
1, 2008. All household members 15
years old or over are interviewed using
regular proxy-respondent rules. They
are interviewed a total of thirteen times
(thirteen waves), at 4-month intervals,
making the SIPP a longitudinal survey.
Sample people (all household members
present at the time of the first interview)
who move within the country and
reasonably close to a SIPP primary
sampling unit (PSU) will be followed
and interviewed at their new address.
Individuals 15 years old or over who
enter the household after Wave 1 will be
interviewed; however, if these people
move, they are not followed unless they
happen to move along with a Wave 1
sample individual.
The OMB has established an
Interagency Advisory Committee to
provide guidance for the content and
procedures for the SIPP. Interagency
subcommittees were set up to
recommend specific areas of inquiries
for supplemental questions.
The Census Bureau developed the
2008 Panel Wave 3 topical modules
through consultation with the SIPP
OMB Interagency Subcommittee. The
questions for the topical modules
address major policy and program
concerns as stated by this subcommittee
and the SIPP Interagency Advisory
Committee.
Data provided by the SIPP are being
used by economic policymakers, the
Congress, State and local governments,
and Federal agencies that administer
social welfare or transfer payment
programs, such as the Department of
Health and Human Services and the
Department of Agriculture.
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Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Frequency: Every 4 months.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C.,
section 182.
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 e-mail (bharrisk@omb.eop.gov).
Dated: August 18, 2009.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Census Bureau
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Boundary and
Annexation Survey, Boundary
Validation Program
U.S. Census Bureau.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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 October 23, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Diana Hynek, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer,
Department of Commerce, Room 7845,
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
copies of the information collection
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instrument(s) and instructions should
be directed to Laura Waggoner, U.S.
Census Bureau, 4600 Silver Hill Road,
Suitland, MD 20233 (or via the Internet
at Laura.L.Waggoner@census.gov).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The U.S. Census Bureau requests a
revision to the Paperwork Reduction
Act clearance for the Boundary and
Annexation Survey (BAS) in order to
conduct the Boundary Validation
Program (BVP). The BVP for the 2010
Decennial Census will be administered
in parallel with the 2010 BAS. The
intent of this program is to provide each
highest elected or appointed official
(HEO) an opportunity to review the
Census Bureau’s boundary information
for the legal entities included in the
BAS. The 2010 BVP will include all
actively functioning counties or
statistically equivalent entities,
incorporated places (including
consolidated cities), minor civil
divisions (MCDs), all federally
recognized American Indian
reservations (AIRs) and off-reservation
trust land entities in the United States,
and municipios, barrios and subbarrios
in Puerto Rico. In addition, the Census
Bureau will send a letter to the governor
of each state explaining the 2010 BVP
process and advising them that state
boundaries will be reviewed in
conjunction with relevant counties
boundaries as part of the BVP.
II. Method of Collection
The 2010 BVP will be conducted in
two phases, initial and final. During the
initial BVP phase, every HEO in the
BAS universe will receive a BVP form,
a letter with instructions, and a CD
containing a complete set of 2010 BAS
maps in .pdf format for their
governmental unit. The HEO is asked to
review the 2010 BAS maps on the CD
and return the BVP form within ten
days of receipt. If the HEO determines
that there are no changes to report, the
HEO will sign and return the validated
BVP form. If the HEO determines that
boundary changes are needed, the HEO
will be instructed to return the unsigned
BVP form and work with their local
BAS contact to submit changes through
the BAS process. If either the HEO or
the BAS contact submits 2010 BAS
updates by March 1, 2010, the entity
will be included in the second and final
phase of the BVP.
In the final BVP phase, once the
timely 2010 BAS updates are applied to
the MAF/TIGER Database (MTDB), each
HEO is provided a complete set of
updated paper maps. This is their final
opportunity to review the boundary and
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verify that the BAS 2010 changes are
reflected. In the final BVP phase, each
HEO submits any remaining corrections
directly to the Census Bureau using the
instructions provided in the BAS
respondent guide.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0607–0151.
Form Number: BVP–1; BVP–2.
Type of Review: Regular submission.
Affected Public: All actively
functioning counties or statistically
equivalent entities, incorporated places
(including consolidated cities), minor
civil divisions (MCDs), all federally
recognized American Indian
reservations (AIRs) and off-reservation
trust land entities in the United States,
and municipios, barrios and subbarrios
in Puerto Rico.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
48,000.
Estimated Time per Response: 2
hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 96,000 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost:
$2,075,520. The estimate is based on an
hourly rate of $21.62 from ‘‘financial
administration’’ payroll in the Annual
Survey of State and Local Government
Employment.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C.
Section 6.
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IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection;
they also will become a matter of public
record.
Dated: August 18, 2009.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Procedures for
Considering Requests and Comments
From the Public for Textile and Apparel
Safeguard Actions on Imports From
Oman
AGENCY: International Trade
Administration (ITA).
ACTION: Notice.
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.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before October 23,
2009.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Diana Hynek, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer,
Department of Commerce, Room 7845,
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
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Maria D’Andrea, Office of
Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department
of Commerce, Tel. (202) 482–4058,
maria_dandrea@ita.doc.gov, Fax. (202)
482–0667.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
Title III, Subtitle B, Section 321
through Section 328 of the United
States-Oman Free Trade Agreement
Implementation Act (the ‘‘Act’’)
implements the textile and apparel
safeguard provisions, provided for in
Article 3.1 of the United States-Oman
Free Trade Agreement (the
‘‘Agreement’’). This safeguard
mechanism applies when, as a result of
the elimination of a customs duty under
the Agreement, an Omani textile or
apparel article is being imported into
the United States in such increased
quantities, in absolute terms or relative
to the domestic market for that article,
and under such conditions as to cause
serious damage or actual threat thereof
to a U.S. industry producing a like or
directly competitive article. In these
circumstances, Article 3.1 permits the
United States to increase duties on the
imported article from Oman to a level
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that does not exceed the lesser of the
prevailing U.S. normal trade relations
(NTR)/most-favored-nation (MFN) duty
rate for the article or the U.S. NTR/MFN
duty rate in effect on the day before the
Agreement entered into force.
The Statement of Administrative
Action accompanying the Act provides
that ITA’s Committee for the
Implementation of Textile Agreements
(CITA) will issue procedures for
requesting such safeguard measures, for
making its determinations under section
322(a) of the Act, and for providing
relief under section 322(b) of the Act.
In Proclamation No. 8332 (73 FR
80289, December 31, 2008), the
President delegated to CITA his
authority under Subtitle B of Title III of
the Act with respect to textile and
apparel safeguard measures.
CITA must collect information in
order to determine whether a domestic
textile or apparel industry is being
adversely impacted by imports of these
products from Oman, thereby allowing
CITA to take corrective action to protect
the viability of the domestic textile
industry, subject to section 322(b) of the
Act.
Pursuant to Section 321(a) of the Act
and Section 7 of Presidential
Proclamation 8332 of December 29,
2008, an interested party in the U.S.
domestic textile and apparel industry
may file a request for a textile and
apparel safeguard action with CITA.
Consistent with longstanding CITA
practice in considering textile safeguard
actions, CITA will consider an
interested party to be an entity (which
may be a trade association, firm,
certified or recognized union, or group
of workers) that is representative of
either: (A) A domestic producer or
producers of an article that is like or
directly competitive with the subject
Omani textile or apparel article; or (B)
a domestic producer or producers of a
component used in the production of an
article that is like or directly
competitive with the subject Omani
textile or apparel article.
In order for a request to be
considered, the requestor must provide
the following information in support of
a claim that a textile or apparel article
from Oman is being imported into the
United States in such increased
quantities, in absolute terms or relative
to the domestic market for that article,
and under such conditions as to cause
serious damage or actual threat thereof,
to a U.S. industry producing an article
that is like, or directly competitive with,
the imported article: (1) Name and
description of the imported article
concerned; (2) import data
demonstrating that imports of an Omani
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Census Bureau
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Boundary and
Annexation Survey, Boundary Validation Program
AGENCY: U.S. Census Bureau.
ACTION: Notice.
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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 October 23, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Diana Hynek, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 7845, 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
copies of the information collection instrument(s) and instructions
should be directed to Laura Waggoner, U.S. Census Bureau, 4600 Silver
Hill Road, Suitland, MD 20233 (or via the Internet at
Laura.L.Waggoner@census.gov).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The U.S. Census Bureau requests a revision to the Paperwork
Reduction Act clearance for the Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS) in
order to conduct the Boundary Validation Program (BVP). The BVP for the
2010 Decennial Census will be administered in parallel with the 2010
BAS. The intent of this program is to provide each highest elected or
appointed official (HEO) an opportunity to review the Census Bureau's
boundary information for the legal entities included in the BAS. The
2010 BVP will include all actively functioning counties or
statistically equivalent entities, incorporated places (including
consolidated cities), minor civil divisions (MCDs), all federally
recognized American Indian reservations (AIRs) and off-reservation
trust land entities in the United States, and municipios, barrios and
subbarrios in Puerto Rico. In addition, the Census Bureau will send a
letter to the governor of each state explaining the 2010 BVP process
and advising them that state boundaries will be reviewed in conjunction
with relevant counties boundaries as part of the BVP.
II. Method of Collection
The 2010 BVP will be conducted in two phases, initial and final.
During the initial BVP phase, every HEO in the BAS universe will
receive a BVP form, a letter with instructions, and a CD containing a
complete set of 2010 BAS maps in .pdf format for their governmental
unit. The HEO is asked to review the 2010 BAS maps on the CD and return
the BVP form within ten days of receipt. If the HEO determines that
there are no changes to report, the HEO will sign and return the
validated BVP form. If the HEO determines that boundary changes are
needed, the HEO will be instructed to return the unsigned BVP form and
work with their local BAS contact to submit changes through the BAS
process. If either the HEO or the BAS contact submits 2010 BAS updates
by March 1, 2010, the entity will be included in the second and final
phase of the BVP.
In the final BVP phase, once the timely 2010 BAS updates are
applied to the MAF/TIGER Database (MTDB), each HEO is provided a
complete set of updated paper maps. This is their final opportunity to
review the boundary and
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verify that the BAS 2010 changes are reflected. In the final BVP phase,
each HEO submits any remaining corrections directly to the Census
Bureau using the instructions provided in the BAS respondent guide.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0607-0151.
Form Number: BVP-1; BVP-2.
Type of Review: Regular submission.
Affected Public: All actively functioning counties or statistically
equivalent entities, incorporated places (including consolidated
cities), minor civil divisions (MCDs), all federally recognized
American Indian reservations (AIRs) and off-reservation trust land
entities in the United States, and municipios, barrios and subbarrios
in Puerto Rico.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 48,000.
Estimated Time per Response: 2 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 96,000 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $2,075,520. The estimate is based on
an hourly rate of $21.62 from ``financial administration'' payroll in
the Annual Survey of State and Local Government Employment.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C. Section 6.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information;
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on respondents, including through the use of
automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for OMB approval of this information
collection; they also will become a matter of public record.
Dated: August 18, 2009.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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