Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 23269-23271 [2016-09101]

Download as PDF 23269 Notices Federal Register Vol. 81, No. 76 Wednesday, April 20, 2016 This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings, delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency statements of organization and functions are examples of documents appearing in this section. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Agricultural Marketing Service Agricultural Marketing Service Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Lhorne on DSK5TPTVN1PROD with NOTICES April 14, 2016. The Department of Agriculture will submit the following information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104–13 on or after the date of publication of this notice. Comments are requested regarding (1) whether the collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information will have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate of burden including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology should be addressed to: Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC; New Executive Office Building, 725—17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503. Commenters are encouraged to submit their comments to OMB via email to: OIRA_Submission@ omb.eop.gov or fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250–7602. Comments regarding these information collections are best assured of having their full effect if received by May 20, 2016. Copies of the VerDate Sep<11>2014 14:53 Apr 19, 2016 Jkt 238001 submission(s) may be obtained by calling (202) 720–8681. An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless the collection of information displays a currently valid OMB control number and the agency informs potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information that such persons are not required to respond to the collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. Title: Local Food Directories and Survey (formerly Farmers Market Directory and Survey) OMB Control Number: 0581–0169 Note: Burden from approved collection OMB 0581–0289 ‘‘Local Food Directories and Survey,’’ is being merged with the renewal submission of 0581–0169. The title of 0581– 0169 will be changed from ‘‘Farmers Market Directory and Survey’’ to ‘‘Local Food Directories and Survey.’’ Summary of Collection: The primary legislative basis for conducting farmer’s market research is the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621– 1627). In addition, the Farmer-toConsumer Direct Marketing Act of 1976 supports USDA’s work to enhance the effectiveness of direct marketing, such as the development of modern farmers markets, the development of On-Farm Markets, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) and Food Hubs. The Marketing Services Division (MSD), Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) identifies marketing opportunities, provides analysis to help take advantage of those opportunities and develops and evaluates solutions including improving farmers markets and other direct-toconsumer marketing activities. Markets are maintained by State Departments of Agriculture, local public authorities, grower organizations and non-profit organizations. Need and Use of the Information: The information will be collected using the form TM–6 ‘‘Farmers’ Market Directory and Survey,’’ the On-Farm Market Questionnaire, CSA Questionnaire, and the Food Hub Questionnaire. Each survey/questionnaire collects the data necessary to populate the USDA National Farmers Market Directory, and the other three direct to customer directories. Combining the collections will reduce the number of times that it PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 seeks to make contact with market managers. Participating market managers are invited to participate in an optional National Farmers Market Managers Survey evaluating the farmer’s market sector. These markets represent a varied range of sizes, geographical locations, types, ownership, structure, and will provide a valid overview of farmers markets in the United States. Information such as the size of market’s, operating times and days, retail and wholesale sales, management structure, and rules and regulations governing the markets are all important questions that need to be answered in the design of a new market. The information developed by the Farmer’s Market Survey will support better designs, development techniques, and operating methods for modern farmers markets and outline improvements that can be applied to revitalize existing markets. The three direct marketing channel directories along with the National Farmer’s Market Directory Web site will provide synergies, give customers a one stop shopping Web site for a wide variety of locally produced directly marketed farm products, and provide a free advertising venue for agricultural enterprise managers seeking to diversify their farming operation by marketing directly to customers. Description of Respondents: Not-forprofit institutions Number of Respondents: 5,625 Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion Total Burden Hours: 1,619 Ruth Brown, Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer. [FR Doc. 2016–09115 Filed 4–19–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 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: Generic Clearance for Master Address File (MAF) and Topologically E:\FR\FM\20APN1.SGM 20APN1 Lhorne on DSK5TPTVN1PROD with NOTICES 23270 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 76 / Wednesday, April 20, 2016 / Notices Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (TIGER) Update Activities. OMB Control Number: 0607–0809. Form Number(s): DF–31DA(E/S) Confidentiality Notice Listing and Mapping Application Screen Shots. Type of Request: Regular submission. Number of Respondents: FY16: 60,000 HH, 2,000 GQs FY17: 60,000 HH, 2,000 GQs FY18: 60,000 HH, 2,000 GQs Average Hours per Response: 3 min/ HH; 10 min/GQs. Burden Hours: FY16: 3,333 FY17: 3,333 FY18: 3,333 Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau requests approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for an extension of the generic clearance for a number of activities it plans to conduct to update its Master Address File (MAF) and maintain the linkage between the MAF and the Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding Referencing System (TIGER) of address ranges and associated geographic information. This MAF/TIGER database (MTdb) serves as the national repository for all of the spatial, geographic, and residential address data needed for census and survey data collection, data tabulation, data dissemination, geocoding services, and map production. The MAF contains all known living quarters and serves as the base of the census frame, to deliver questionnaires and postcards and to facilitate in-person data collection. The goal is to have each address in the MAF linked to a geographic location in TIGER, the Census Bureau’s mapped spatial database. This linkage also ensures that the census data are processed and tabulated in the correct geographic location. The Census Bureau established the first MAF/TIGER System to support the Census 2000 enumeration. The objective was to build and maintain a permanent housing unit address list and linked spatial database for future use. The 1990 Census Address Control File was the initial base for the MAF. The United States Postal Service (USPS) Delivery Sequence File (DSF) provided regular updates to the MAF in city-style address areas. Census 2000 frame operations were the first decennial census operations to update the MAF. Census 2000 enumeration operations supplied additional updates to the MAF. After Census 2000, the advent of the American Community Survey (ACS), an ongoing census survey to collect community information, strengthened the need for MTdb updates throughout the decade. Between 2000 and 2010, the VerDate Sep<11>2014 14:53 Apr 19, 2016 Jkt 238001 Census Bureau continued to use the USPS’s DSF to update the MAF at least twice a year. In addition, the ACS established the Community Address Updating System, a program that provides field verified address updates to the MAF particularly in areas where the DSF is deficient. The Census Bureau used the addresses in the MTdb for the address frame for the 2010 Census and all frame-building operations and will do so again for the 2020 Census. These addresses are also used as a sampling frame for the American Community Survey and our other demographic current surveys. Maintenance activities for the MTdb are ongoing. The generic clearance has proved to be very beneficial to the Census Bureau. The generic clearance has allowed us to utilize our limited resources on actual operational planning and development of procedures. The extension will be especially beneficial over the upcoming three years by enabling us to focus on the efforts to improve procedures and continue updating the MTdb for the 2020 Census and current surveys. The Census Bureau will follow the protocol of past generic clearances: 30 days before the scheduled start date of each census activity, we will provide OMB with a detailed background on the activity, estimates of respondent burden and samples of pertinent forms. After the close of each fiscal year, we will also file a year-end summary report with OMB, presenting the results of each activity conducted. The following sections describe the activities to be included under the clearance. The Census Bureau has conducted these activities (or similar ones) previously and the respondent burden remains relatively unchanged from one time to another. The estimated number of respondents is based on historical contact data and applied to the number of Census blocks in sample. Demographic Area Address Listing (DAAL) The Demographic Area Address Listing (DAAL) program encompasses the geographic area updates for the Community Address Updating System (CAUS) and the National Health Interview Survey, the area and group quarters (GQ) frame listings for many ongoing demographic surveys (the Current Population Survey, the Consumer Expenditures Survey, etc.), and any other operations that use the MTdb as a frame for data collection. As noted above, the CAUS program was designed to address quality concerns relating to areas with high concentrations of noncity-style addresses and to provide a rural PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 counterpart to the update of city-style addresses the Census Bureau will receive from the U.S. Postal Service’s DSF. The ongoing demographic surveys, as part of the 2000 Sample Redesign Program, use the MTdb as one of several sources of addresses from which they select their samples. The DAAL program is a cooperative effort among many divisions at the Census Bureau; it includes automated listing software, systems, and procedures that allow us to conduct address listing operations in a dependent manner based on information contained in the MTdb. The DAAL operations are conducted on an ongoing basis in potentially any county across the country. Census Bureau field staff canvass selected 2010 Census tabulation blocks in an effort to improve the address list in areas where substantial address changes may have occurred that have not been added to the MTdb through regular update operations, and/or in blocks in the area or group quarters frame sample for the demographic surveys. Staff update existing information and, when necessary, contact individuals to collect accurate location and mailing address information. In general, contact with a household occurs only when the staff is adding a unit to the address list, there is a missing mailing address flag, and/ or the individual’s address is not posted or visible to the staff. There is no predetermined or scripted list of questions asked for households as part of this listing operation. If an address is not posted or visible to the staff, they inquire about the address of the structure, the mailing address, and in some instances, the year the structure was built. If the occupants of these households are not at home, the staff may attempt to contact a neighbor to obtain the correct address information. DAAL collects Group Quarters information from all GQs in the selected blocks, and although there is not a scripted list of questions, the staff will ask information about the GQ such as the number of beds, the GQ name, and so on. DAAL is an ongoing operation. Listing assignments are distributed regularly, with the work conducted throughout the time period. We expect the DAAL listing operation will be conducted throughout the entire time period of the extension of this clearance. MAF Coverage Study The MAF Coverage Study (MAFCS) is planned as an ongoing Census Bureau effort to update the MTdb for current surveys and the Decennial Census, as well as to produce MTdb coverage E:\FR\FM\20APN1.SGM 20APN1 Lhorne on DSK5TPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 76 / Wednesday, April 20, 2016 / Notices estimates at national and sub-national levels. The coverage estimates produced as a result of the MAFCS design will allow the Census Bureau to establish a baseline coverage measure for the MTdb and yearly measures to assess the impacts of ongoing address updates on the MTdb. In addition to the traditional updates from the United States Postal Service and current surveys, the Census Bureau now continuously updates the MTdb with data from local data providers through the Geographic Support Systems (GSS). The MAFCS estimates will allow the Census Bureau to assess the updates from the GSS as well as other ongoing updates. MAFCS will leverage existing Census Bureau programs and systems to achieve these objectives. MAFCS data are collected by DAAL staff; hence, there will be a large increase to the DAAL operation workload. During Fiscal Year 2016, the bulk of the production field data collection (18,500 blocks) will occur from April 2016 through September 2017. In subsequent fiscal years, the field data collection will be spread over a 12month period from October through September. The MAFCS uses probabilistic sampling methods to select blocks to canvass in the United States (except remote areas of Alaska) and Puerto Rico. Blocks for Puerto Rico will be selected for Fiscal Year 2017 and canvassing will not begin until April 2017. Blocks that are known to include public lands, nonresidential military facilities, or only street medians are out of scope for the MAFCS. The listed activities are not exhaustive of all activities that may be performed under this generic clearance. We will follow the approved procedure when submitting any additional activities not specifically listed here. All activities described above directly support the Census Bureau’s efforts to update the MTdb on a regular basis so that the most current MTdb will be available for use in conducting and evaluating statistical programs the Census Bureau undertakes on a monthly, annual, or periodic basis. Affected Public: Individuals or households. Frequency: Continuous throughout the three years. Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. Legal Authority: Title 13 United States Code, Sections 141 and 193. This information collection request may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view Department of Commerce collections currently under review by OMB. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed VerDate Sep<11>2014 14:53 Apr 19, 2016 Jkt 238001 information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to OIRA_Submission@ omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395–5806. Dated: April 15, 2016. Glenna Mickelson, Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer. [FR Doc. 2016–09101 Filed 4–19–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–07–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A–520–803] Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet and Strip From the United Arab Emirates: Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2014–2015 Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. DATES: Effective Date: April 20, 2016. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew Huston, Office VII, Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–4261. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: AGENCY: Background On November 3, 2015, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published a notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet and strip from the United Arab Emirates covering the period November 1, 2014, through October 31, 2015.1 The Department received a timely request from Petitioners 2 for an AD administrative review of two companies: JBF RAK LLC (JBF) and Flex Middle East FZE (Flex).3 In addition, Polyplex USA LLC and Flex Films (USA) Inc., domestic interested parties, submitted a timely request for an AD review of JBF,4 and JBF submitted a 1 See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative Review, 80 FR 67706, 67707 (November 3, 2015). 2 Petitioners are DuPont Teijin Films, Mitsubishi Polyester Film, Inc., and SKC, Inc. 3 See Petitioners’ letter, ‘‘Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Film, Sheet, and Strip from United Arab Emirates: Request for Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,’’ dated November 30, 2015. 4 See letter from Polyplex USA LLC and Flex Films (USA), Inc., ‘‘Polyethylene Terephthalate PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 23271 timely request for an AD review of itself.5 On January 7, 2016, pursuant to the requests from interested parties, the Department published a notice of initiation of administrative review with respect to Flex and JBF.6 On March 29, 2016, Petitioners withdrew their requests for review of Flex.7 Rescission in Part Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the Secretary will rescind an administrative review, in whole or in part, if a party that requested the review withdraws the request within 90 days of the date of publication of the notice of initiation of the requested review. The Department initiated the instant review on January 7, 2016 and Petitioners withdrew their request on March 29, 2016, which is within the 90-day period and thus is timely. Because Petitioners’ withdrawal of their requests for review is timely and because no other party requested a review of Flex, we are rescinding this review, in part, with respect to Flex, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1). No party to the review withdrew their request for a review of JBF. As such, the instant review will continue with respect to JBF. Assessment The Department will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to assess anti-dumping duties on all appropriate entries. Subject merchandise of Flex will be assessed ADs at rates equal to the cash deposit of estimated ADs required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, during the period November 1, 2014, through October 31, 2015, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). The Department intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 days after the date of publication of this notice. Notification to Importers This notice serves as a reminder to importers for whom this review is being rescinded, as of the publication date of (PET) Film, Sheet, and Strip from United Arab Emirates: Request for Antidumping Administrative Review,’’ dated November 30, 2015. 5 See JBF’s letter, ‘‘JBF RAK LLC/Request for A/ D Administrative Review: Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Film, Sheet, and Strip from United Arab Emirates,’’ dated November 30, 2015. 6 See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 81 FR 736 (January 7, 2016). JBF’s name was misspelled in the January 7, 2016 initiation notice, and was corrected in the subsequent initiation notice, see Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 81 FR 6832, 6837 (February 9, 2016). 7 See Petitioners’ letter ‘‘Withdrawal of Request for Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,’’ dated March 29, 2016. E:\FR\FM\20APN1.SGM 20APN1

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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: Generic Clearance for Master Address File (MAF) and 
Topologically

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Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (TIGER) Update 
Activities.
    OMB Control Number: 0607-0809.
    Form Number(s): DF-31DA(E/S) Confidentiality Notice Listing and 
Mapping Application Screen Shots.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Number of Respondents:

FY16: 60,000 HH, 2,000 GQs
FY17: 60,000 HH, 2,000 GQs
FY18: 60,000 HH, 2,000 GQs

    Average Hours per Response: 3 min/HH; 10 min/GQs.
    Burden Hours:

FY16: 3,333
FY17: 3,333
FY18: 3,333

    Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau requests approval from the Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB) for an extension of the generic 
clearance for a number of activities it plans to conduct to update its 
Master Address File (MAF) and maintain the linkage between the MAF and 
the Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding Referencing System 
(TIGER) of address ranges and associated geographic information. This 
MAF/TIGER database (MTdb) serves as the national repository for all of 
the spatial, geographic, and residential address data needed for census 
and survey data collection, data tabulation, data dissemination, 
geocoding services, and map production. The MAF contains all known 
living quarters and serves as the base of the census frame, to deliver 
questionnaires and postcards and to facilitate in-person data 
collection. The goal is to have each address in the MAF linked to a 
geographic location in TIGER, the Census Bureau's mapped spatial 
database. This linkage also ensures that the census data are processed 
and tabulated in the correct geographic location.
    The Census Bureau established the first MAF/TIGER System to support 
the Census 2000 enumeration. The objective was to build and maintain a 
permanent housing unit address list and linked spatial database for 
future use. The 1990 Census Address Control File was the initial base 
for the MAF. The United States Postal Service (USPS) Delivery Sequence 
File (DSF) provided regular updates to the MAF in city-style address 
areas. Census 2000 frame operations were the first decennial census 
operations to update the MAF. Census 2000 enumeration operations 
supplied additional updates to the MAF.
    After Census 2000, the advent of the American Community Survey 
(ACS), an ongoing census survey to collect community information, 
strengthened the need for MTdb updates throughout the decade. Between 
2000 and 2010, the Census Bureau continued to use the USPS's DSF to 
update the MAF at least twice a year. In addition, the ACS established 
the Community Address Updating System, a program that provides field 
verified address updates to the MAF particularly in areas where the DSF 
is deficient. The Census Bureau used the addresses in the MTdb for the 
address frame for the 2010 Census and all frame-building operations and 
will do so again for the 2020 Census. These addresses are also used as 
a sampling frame for the American Community Survey and our other 
demographic current surveys. Maintenance activities for the MTdb are 
ongoing.
    The generic clearance has proved to be very beneficial to the 
Census Bureau. The generic clearance has allowed us to utilize our 
limited resources on actual operational planning and development of 
procedures. The extension will be especially beneficial over the 
upcoming three years by enabling us to focus on the efforts to improve 
procedures and continue updating the MTdb for the 2020 Census and 
current surveys.
    The Census Bureau will follow the protocol of past generic 
clearances: 30 days before the scheduled start date of each census 
activity, we will provide OMB with a detailed background on the 
activity, estimates of respondent burden and samples of pertinent 
forms. After the close of each fiscal year, we will also file a year-
end summary report with OMB, presenting the results of each activity 
conducted.
    The following sections describe the activities to be included under 
the clearance. The Census Bureau has conducted these activities (or 
similar ones) previously and the respondent burden remains relatively 
unchanged from one time to another. The estimated number of respondents 
is based on historical contact data and applied to the number of Census 
blocks in sample.

Demographic Area Address Listing (DAAL)

    The Demographic Area Address Listing (DAAL) program encompasses the 
geographic area updates for the Community Address Updating System 
(CAUS) and the National Health Interview Survey, the area and group 
quarters (GQ) frame listings for many ongoing demographic surveys (the 
Current Population Survey, the Consumer Expenditures Survey, etc.), and 
any other operations that use the MTdb as a frame for data collection. 
As noted above, the CAUS program was designed to address quality 
concerns relating to areas with high concentrations of noncity-style 
addresses and to provide a rural counterpart to the update of city-
style addresses the Census Bureau will receive from the U.S. Postal 
Service's DSF. The ongoing demographic surveys, as part of the 2000 
Sample Redesign Program, use the MTdb as one of several sources of 
addresses from which they select their samples.
    The DAAL program is a cooperative effort among many divisions at 
the Census Bureau; it includes automated listing software, systems, and 
procedures that allow us to conduct address listing operations in a 
dependent manner based on information contained in the MTdb. The DAAL 
operations are conducted on an ongoing basis in potentially any county 
across the country. Census Bureau field staff canvass selected 2010 
Census tabulation blocks in an effort to improve the address list in 
areas where substantial address changes may have occurred that have not 
been added to the MTdb through regular update operations, and/or in 
blocks in the area or group quarters frame sample for the demographic 
surveys. Staff update existing information and, when necessary, contact 
individuals to collect accurate location and mailing address 
information. In general, contact with a household occurs only when the 
staff is adding a unit to the address list, there is a missing mailing 
address flag, and/or the individual's address is not posted or visible 
to the staff. There is no pre-determined or scripted list of questions 
asked for households as part of this listing operation. If an address 
is not posted or visible to the staff, they inquire about the address 
of the structure, the mailing address, and in some instances, the year 
the structure was built. If the occupants of these households are not 
at home, the staff may attempt to contact a neighbor to obtain the 
correct address information. DAAL collects Group Quarters information 
from all GQs in the selected blocks, and although there is not a 
scripted list of questions, the staff will ask information about the GQ 
such as the number of beds, the GQ name, and so on.
    DAAL is an ongoing operation. Listing assignments are distributed 
regularly, with the work conducted throughout the time period. We 
expect the DAAL listing operation will be conducted throughout the 
entire time period of the extension of this clearance.

MAF Coverage Study

    The MAF Coverage Study (MAFCS) is planned as an ongoing Census 
Bureau effort to update the MTdb for current surveys and the Decennial 
Census, as well as to produce MTdb coverage

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estimates at national and sub-national levels. The coverage estimates 
produced as a result of the MAFCS design will allow the Census Bureau 
to establish a baseline coverage measure for the MTdb and yearly 
measures to assess the impacts of ongoing address updates on the MTdb. 
In addition to the traditional updates from the United States Postal 
Service and current surveys, the Census Bureau now continuously updates 
the MTdb with data from local data providers through the Geographic 
Support Systems (GSS). The MAFCS estimates will allow the Census Bureau 
to assess the updates from the GSS as well as other ongoing updates. 
MAFCS will leverage existing Census Bureau programs and systems to 
achieve these objectives. MAFCS data are collected by DAAL staff; 
hence, there will be a large increase to the DAAL operation workload.
    During Fiscal Year 2016, the bulk of the production field data 
collection (18,500 blocks) will occur from April 2016 through September 
2017. In subsequent fiscal years, the field data collection will be 
spread over a 12-month period from October through September. The MAFCS 
uses probabilistic sampling methods to select blocks to canvass in the 
United States (except remote areas of Alaska) and Puerto Rico. Blocks 
for Puerto Rico will be selected for Fiscal Year 2017 and canvassing 
will not begin until April 2017. Blocks that are known to include 
public lands, nonresidential military facilities, or only street 
medians are out of scope for the MAFCS.
    The listed activities are not exhaustive of all activities that may 
be performed under this generic clearance. We will follow the approved 
procedure when submitting any additional activities not specifically 
listed here.
    All activities described above directly support the Census Bureau's 
efforts to update the MTdb on a regular basis so that the most current 
MTdb will be available for use in conducting and evaluating statistical 
programs the Census Bureau undertakes on a monthly, annual, or periodic 
basis.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: Continuous throughout the three years.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 United States Code, Sections 141 and 193.
    This information collection request may be viewed at 
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view Department of Commerce 
collections currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395-5806.

    Dated: April 15, 2016.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-09101 Filed 4-19-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3510-07-P
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