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Agenda
I. Welcome
II. Vote on Advisory Memorandum
III. Public Comment
IV. Next Steps
V. Adjournment
Dated: February 23, 2018.
David Mussatt,
Supervisory Chief, Regional Programs Unit.
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recommendations for an advisory
memorandum on voting rights in the
state.
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Agenda
I. Welcome
II. Approve minutes from previous meeting
date
III. Discuss advisory memorandum
IV. Public Comment
V. Next Steps
VI. Adjournment
Dated: February 23, 2018.
David Mussatt,
Supervisory Chief, Regional Programs Unit.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Census Bureau
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Redistricting Data
Program
U.S. Census Bureau,
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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: To ensure consideration, written
comments must be submitted on or
before April 30, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer,
Department of Commerce, Room 6616,
14th and Constitution Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20230 (or via the
internet at PRAcomments@doc.gov).
You may also submit comments,
identified by Docket Number USBC–
XXXX–XXXX, to the Federal
e-Rulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. All comments
received are part of the public record.
No comments will be posted to https://
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until after the comment period has
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posted without change. All Personally
SUMMARY:
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Identifiable Information (for example,
name and address) voluntarily
submitted by the commenter may be
publicly accessible. Do not submit
Confidential Business Information or
otherwise sensitive or protected
information. You may submit
attachments to electronic comments in
Microsoft Word, Excel, WordPerfect, or
Adobe PDF file formats only.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument(s) and instructions should
be directed to James Whitehorne, U.S.
Census Bureau, 4600 Silver Hill Road,
Washington, DC 20233, rdo@census.gov.
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I. Overview
The Redistricting Data Program (RDP)
is one of many voluntary geographic
data exchange programs that collects
boundaries to update the U.S. Census
Bureau’s geographic database of
addresses, streets, and boundaries. The
Census Bureau uses its geographic
database to link demographic data from
surveys and the decennial Census to
locations and areas, such as cities,
congressional and legislative districts,
and counties. To tabulate statistics by
localities, the Census Bureau must have
accurate addresses and boundaries.
The boundaries collected in the RDP
and other geographic programs will
create census blocks, which are the
building blocks for all Census Bureau
geographic boundaries. While the
geographic programs differ in
requirements, timeframe, and
participants, the RDP and the other
geographic programs all follow the same
basic process:
1. The Census Bureau invites eligible
participants to the program. For the
RDP, we invite nonpartisan state
liaisons appointed by the legislative
leadership of each state.
2. If they elect to participate in the
program, participants receive a digital
copy of the boundaries the Census
Bureau has on file. Participants review
the boundaries and update them if
needed. RDP participants can choose to
review and provide their boundary
updates using a free customized
mapping software, or using their own
mapping software.
3. Participants return their updates to
the Census Bureau.
4. The Census Bureau updates its
geographic database with boundary
updates from participants.
5. The Census Bureau uses the newly
updated boundaries and addresses to
tabulate statistics.
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II. Abstract
The Census Bureau is requesting a
three-year clearance for the Fiscal Year
(FY) 2019 through 2021 to continue the
phases of the 2020 Census RDP
Operation. The current three-year RDP
clearance and the project specific Office
of Management and Budget (OMB)
Control Number 0607–0988 will expire
in November 2018. The new clearance
allows the Census Bureau to provide
RDP-specific materials, procedures, and
burden hours to the liaisons from the 50
states, the District of Columbia, and
Puerto Rico to complete two rounds of
verification of the Voting District Project
(VTDP), Phase 2, in 2019 and 2020. The
RDP has added a second round of VTDP
verification in 2020, resulting in an
increase of 4,836 hours in total burden
from the burden described in the
previously-approved OMB package.
Leading up to the decennial census,
many geographies are changing
simultaneously and consequently may
affect the Voting District (VTD)
geography. This second verification is
necessary to make sure that VTD
geographies are up-to-date and align
with decennial geography. The Census
Bureau will deliver the 2020 Census
Redistricting Data (Phase 3) by April 1,
2021. RDP is executed under the
provisions of Title 13, Section 141(c) of
the United States Code (U.S.C.).
Under the provisions of Public Law
94–171, as amended (Title 13, United
States Code (U.S.C.), Section 141(c)), the
Director of the Census Bureau is
required to provide the ‘‘officers or
public bodies having initial
responsibility for the legislative
apportionment or districting of each
state . . .’’ with the opportunity to
specify geographic areas (e.g., Voting
Districts (VTDs), wards, and election
precincts) for which they wish to
receive decennial census population
counts for the purpose of
reapportionment or redistricting.
III. Method of Collection
The Census Bureau develops and uses
different methods to collect data from
program participants. The Census
Bureau issued invitation letters by mail
(U.S. Postal Service) and follow-up
emails to the officers or public bodies
having initial responsibility for
legislative reapportionment and
redistricting. The 50 states, the District
of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico have identified non-partisan
liaisons that are already working
directly with the Census Bureau on the
2020 Census RDP.
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In addition, to begin work on Phase 1
and Phase 2, the Census Bureau
provides to states:
1. Data from the Master Address File/
Topologically Integrated Geographic
Encoding and Referencing system.
2. The Geographic Update Program
Software (GUPS), an optional software
tool.
3. The procedures necessary for each
state to participate.
States are not required to use GUPS,
but they have to submit their
submission to the Census Bureau
electronically in Census Bureauspecified formats. During the
submission period, the Census Bureau
provides training in the use of GUPS
and assists the states in understanding
the procedures necessary for processing
files for their submission.
State liaisons have participated and/
or will continue to provide inputs in the
following phases of the program:
Phase 1: Block Boundary Suggestion
Project (BBSP) (2015–2017)
Between 2015 and 2017, the Census
Bureau collaborated with each state
liaison to collect and verify suggestions
for 2020 Census tabulation blocks
through the BBSP. The purpose of the
BBSP was to afford states the
opportunity to identify non-standard
features often used as electoral
boundaries (such as a power line or
stream, rather than a street centerline,
which might divide voters on the same
street into two districts) for use as 2020
Census tabulation block boundaries. For
the first time, states also had the
opportunity to review legal limits, such
as county and incorporated place
boundaries, as reported through the
Boundary and Annexation Survey
(BAS). The Census Bureau conducts the
BAS annually to update information
about the legal boundaries and names of
all governmental units. The alignment
of the BAS with the BBSP facilitated the
cooperation between state and local
governments. States that chose to
participate in Phase 1 received
guidelines and training for providing
their suggestions.
Phase 2: Voting District Project (VTDP)
(2018–2020)
The VTDP is the second phase of the
RDP operation. During this phase, states
are able to submit their VTD boundaries
and to suggest legal boundary updates to
the Census Bureau. In addition, state
liaisons who participated in the
delineation have two opportunities to
verify the submitted VTDs prior to
release of the 2020 Census redistricting
data tabulations, which occurs in Phase
3. VTDP delineation occurs between
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January and May 2018 and is included
in the current OMB clearance. VTDP
verifications occur in early 2019 and
early 2020.
• VTDs Delineation (2018)
States that choose to participate in
VTDP receive geographic products that
allow them the opportunity to update
the VTDs for inclusion in the 2020
Census tabulation geography. State
liaisons also have the option to continue
to align their effort with updates from
state and local government officials
participating in the BAS. The VTD/BAS
updates continue through May 2018.
• VTDs Verification (2019 and 2020)
The Census Bureau will conduct two
rounds of verification of the VTDs. The
Census Bureau will perform an initial
VTD verification between December
2018 and May 2019. Leading up to the
decennial census, many geographies are
changing simultaneously and
subsequently may affect the VTD
geography. In order to provide current
VTDs to the states that align better with
decennial geography, a second round of
verification will occur between
December 2019 and March 2020 for
states that participated in the initial
delineation and first verification.
Participation in the 2020 Census RDP
Phases 1 (BBSP) and 2 (VTDP), under
Title 13, U.S.C., is voluntary. However,
the Census Bureau cannot ensure that
the 2020 Census tabulation geography
will support the redistricting needs of a
state that has chosen not to participate
in Phase 1 and Phase 2.
Phase 3: Delivery of the 2020 Census
Redistricting Data (2021)
By April 1, 2021, the Director of the
Census Bureau will, in accordance with
Title 13, U.S.C., furnish the Governor
and state legislative leaders, both the
majority and minority, and any public
bodies responsible for legislative
redistricting, with 2020 Census
population counts for standard census
tabulation areas (e.g., states,
Congressional districts, state legislative
districts, American Indian areas,
counties, cities, towns, census tracts,
census block groups, and census blocks)
regardless of a state’s participation in
Phase 1 or 2. The Director of the Census
Bureau will provide 2020 Census
population counts for those states
participating in Phase 2, for both the
standard tabulation areas and for VTDs.
For each state, this delivery will occur
no later than April 1, 2021.
November 2017 and May 2018. The
Census Bureau is not planning to collect
the 117th CDs and SLDs in 2020.
• 2020 Census
Between November 2021 and May
2022, the Census Bureau will solicit
from each state the boundaries of the
newly drawn 118th CDs and 2022 SLDs.
This effort will occur every two years in
advance of the 2030 Census in order to
update these boundaries with new or
changed plans. A verification phase will
occur with each update.
Phase 5: Review of the 2020 Census RDP
and Recommendations for the 2030
Census RDP (2020 Post-Data Collection)
Phase 4: Collection of Post-Census
Redistricting Data Plans (2011–2022)
As the final phase of the 2020 Census
RDP, the Census Bureau will work with
the states to conduct a thorough review
of the RDP. The intent of this review,
and the final report that results, is to
provide guidance to the Secretary and
the Census Bureau Director in planning
the 2030 Census RDP.
• 2010 Census
IV. Data
Beginning in 2011 and every two
years thereafter, the Census Bureau
solicits from each state the newly drawn
legislative and Congressional district
plans and prepares appropriate data
tabulations based on the new districts.
From November 2015 through May
2016, the Census Bureau completed the
data collection and verification of the
115th Congressional Districts (CDs) and
2016 State Legislative Districts (SLDs).
The 116th CDs and SLDs collection and
verification will occur between
OMB Control Number: 0607–0988.
Form Number(s): Not available.
Type of Review: Regular submission.
Affected Public: All 50 states, the
District of Columbia, and the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
52.
Estimated Time per Response: 72
hours.
Estimated Burden Hours (Information
Collection Renewal—FY 2019–2021):
11,284.
Estimated total hour burden per fiscal year (FY)
Phases/activities
Currently approved OMB
Renewal
2016
BBSP
BBSP
VTDP
VTDP
VTDP
Annotation Phase 1 ...............................................
Verification Phase 2 ..............................................
Delineation Phase 1 ..............................................
Delineation round one ...........................................
Verification round two ...........................................
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
6,448
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3,224
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12,896
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6,448
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4,836
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Total Estimated Hour Burden ...................................
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Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 3,761.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Authority: Legal Authority:
Title 13, U.S.C., Sections 16, 141, and
193.
V. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
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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
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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;
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they also will become a matter of public
record.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department Lead PRA Officer, Office of the
Chief Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[S–166–2014]
Foreign-Trade Zone 231—Stockton,
California; Withdrawal of Application
for Subzone Expansion; Medline
Industries, Inc.; Lathrop, California
Notice is hereby given of the
withdrawal of the application of the
Port of Stockton, California, grantee of
FTZ 231, requesting an additional site
within Subzone 231A on behalf of
Medline Industries, Inc., located in
Lathrop, California. The application was
docketed on December 15, 2014 (79 FR
75787, December 19, 2014).
The case has been closed without
prejudice.
Dated: February 26, 2018.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–560–830]
Biodiesel From Indonesia: Final
Determination of Sales at Less Than
Fair Value
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) determines that imports of
biodiesel from Indonesia are being, or
are likely to be, sold in the United States
at less than fair value (LTFV), as
provided in section 735 of the Tariff Act
of 1930, as amended (the Act). The
period of investigation (POI) is January
1, 2016, through December 31, 2016.
The final weighted-average dumping
margins are listed below in the section
entitled ‘‘Final Determination Margins.’’
DATES: Applicable March 1, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Myrna Lobo or Alex Cipolla, AD/CVD
Operations, Office VII, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
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NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482–2371 or (202) 482–4956,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On October 31, 2017, Commerce
published in the Federal Register the
preliminary affirmative determination of
sales at LTFV in the antidumping duty
(AD) investigation of biodiesel from
Indonesia.1 On December 8, 2017,
Commerce published a postponement
notice, extending the due date of the
final LTFV determination until February
15, 2018.2 Commerce invited comments
from interested parties on the
Preliminary Determination.3 The
petitioner, Wilmar, and Musim Mas
filed case and rebuttal briefs on both
sales and cost issues.4 In addition, the
Government of Indonesia filed a case
brief. Commerce exercised its discretion
to toll deadlines affected by the closure
of the Federal Government from January
20 through 22, 2018. The revised
deadline for the final determination of
this investigation is now February 20,
2018.5 A summary of the events that
occurred since Commerce published the
Preliminary Determination, as well as a
full discussion of the issues raised by
interested parties for this final
determination, may be found in the
1 See Biodiesel from Indonesia: Preliminary
Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than
Fair Value, 82 FR 50379 (October 31, 2017)
(Preliminary Determination) and accompanying
Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM).
2 See Biodiesel from Argentina and Indonesia:
Postponement of Final Determinations of Sales in
Less Than Fair Value Investigations and Extension
of Provisional Measures, 82 FR 57952 (December 8,
2017).
3 See Memorandum ‘‘Antidumping Duty
Investigation of Biodiesel from Indonesia: Deadline
for Case Briefs,’’ dated November 22, 2017; see also
Memorandum ‘‘Antidumping Duty Investigation of
Biodiesel from Indonesia: Deadline for Case Briefs,’’
dated December 1, 2017.
4 The petitioner is the National Biodiesel Board
Fair Trade Coalition, which is an ad hoc association
comprised of domestic producers of biodiesel, as
well as one trade association. See, e.g., Biodiesel
from Argentina and Indonesia; Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Petitions, dated March 23,
2017. The mandatory respondents in this
investigation are Wilmar Trading PTE Ltd. (Wilmar)
and PT Musim Mas (Musim Mas).
5 See Memorandum for The Record from
Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance, performing the nonexclusive functions and duties of the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance,
‘‘Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the
Federal Government,’’ dated January 23, 2018. All
deadlines in this segment of the proceeding have
been extended by 3 days. If the new deadline falls
on a non-business day, in accordance with
Commerce’s practice, the deadline will become the
next business day. See Notice of Clarification:
Application of ‘‘Next Business Day’’ Rule for
Administrative Determination Deadlines Pursuant
to the Tariff Act of 1930, as Amended, 70 FR 24533
(May 10, 2005).
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Issues and Decision Memorandum.6 The
Issues and Decision Memorandum is a
public document and is on file
electronically via Enforcement and
Compliance’s Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Centralized
Electronic Service System (ACCESS).
ACCESS is available to registered users
at https://access.trade.gov, and it is
available to all parties in the Central
Records Unit, Room B8024 of the main
Commerce building. In addition, a
complete version of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum can be accessed
directly at https://enforcement.trade.gov/
frn/. The signed and electronic versions
of the Issues and Decision
Memorandum are identical in content.
Scope of the Investigation
The product covered by this
investigation is biodiesel from
Indonesia. Commerce did not receive
any scope comments subsequent to the
Preliminary Determination and,
therefore, the scope has not been
updated since the Preliminary
Determination. See the scope in
Appendix I to this notice.
Period of Investigation
The POI is January 1, 2016, through
December 31, 2016.
Verification
As provided in section 782(i) of the
Act, we conducted the cost and sales
verifications of Wilmar in Medan,
Indonesia, Singapore, and Pearland,
Texas, in October and November, 2017.
We used standard verification
procedures, including an examination of
relevant accounting and production
records, and original source documents
provided by the respondents.
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in the case and
rebuttal briefs by parties in this
investigation are addressed in the Issues
and Decision Memorandum, which is
hereby adopted by this notice. A list of
the issues raised is attached to this
notice as Appendix II.
Changes Since the Preliminary
Determination
Based on our analysis of the
comments received and our findings at
verification, we made certain changes to
the margin calculations. For a
discussion of these changes, see the
Issues and Decision Memorandum.
6 See Memorandum to the File, ‘‘Issues and
Decision Memorandum for the Final Affirmative
Determination in the Antidumping Duty
Investigation of Biodiesel from Indonesia,’’ dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this
notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Census Bureau
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Redistricting
Data Program
AGENCY: U.S. Census Bureau, Commerce.
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.
DATES: To ensure consideration, written comments must be submitted on
or before April 30, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 14th
and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230 (or via the internet
at [email protected]). You may also submit comments, identified by
Docket Number USBC-XXXX-XXXX, to the Federal e-Rulemaking Portal:
https://www.regulations.gov. All comments received are part of the
public record. No comments will be posted to https://www.regulations.gov
for public viewing until after the comment period has closed. Comments
will generally be posted without change. All Personally
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Identifiable Information (for example, name and address) voluntarily
submitted by the commenter may be publicly accessible. Do not submit
Confidential Business Information or otherwise sensitive or protected
information. You may submit attachments to electronic comments in
Microsoft Word, Excel, WordPerfect, or Adobe PDF file formats only.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection instrument(s) and instructions
should be directed to James Whitehorne, U.S. Census Bureau, 4600 Silver
Hill Road, Washington, DC 20233, [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Overview
The Redistricting Data Program (RDP) is one of many voluntary
geographic data exchange programs that collects boundaries to update
the U.S. Census Bureau's geographic database of addresses, streets, and
boundaries. The Census Bureau uses its geographic database to link
demographic data from surveys and the decennial Census to locations and
areas, such as cities, congressional and legislative districts, and
counties. To tabulate statistics by localities, the Census Bureau must
have accurate addresses and boundaries.
The boundaries collected in the RDP and other geographic programs
will create census blocks, which are the building blocks for all Census
Bureau geographic boundaries. While the geographic programs differ in
requirements, timeframe, and participants, the RDP and the other
geographic programs all follow the same basic process:
1. The Census Bureau invites eligible participants to the program.
For the RDP, we invite nonpartisan state liaisons appointed by the
legislative leadership of each state.
2. If they elect to participate in the program, participants
receive a digital copy of the boundaries the Census Bureau has on file.
Participants review the boundaries and update them if needed. RDP
participants can choose to review and provide their boundary updates
using a free customized mapping software, or using their own mapping
software.
3. Participants return their updates to the Census Bureau.
4. The Census Bureau updates its geographic database with boundary
updates from participants.
5. The Census Bureau uses the newly updated boundaries and
addresses to tabulate statistics.
II. Abstract
The Census Bureau is requesting a three-year clearance for the
Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 through 2021 to continue the phases of the 2020
Census RDP Operation. The current three-year RDP clearance and the
project specific Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Control Number
0607-0988 will expire in November 2018. The new clearance allows the
Census Bureau to provide RDP-specific materials, procedures, and burden
hours to the liaisons from the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and
Puerto Rico to complete two rounds of verification of the Voting
District Project (VTDP), Phase 2, in 2019 and 2020. The RDP has added a
second round of VTDP verification in 2020, resulting in an increase of
4,836 hours in total burden from the burden described in the
previously-approved OMB package. Leading up to the decennial census,
many geographies are changing simultaneously and consequently may
affect the Voting District (VTD) geography. This second verification is
necessary to make sure that VTD geographies are up-to-date and align
with decennial geography. The Census Bureau will deliver the 2020
Census Redistricting Data (Phase 3) by April 1, 2021. RDP is executed
under the provisions of Title 13, Section 141(c) of the United States
Code (U.S.C.).
Under the provisions of Public Law 94-171, as amended (Title 13,
United States Code (U.S.C.), Section 141(c)), the Director of the
Census Bureau is required to provide the ``officers or public bodies
having initial responsibility for the legislative apportionment or
districting of each state . . .'' with the opportunity to specify
geographic areas (e.g., Voting Districts (VTDs), wards, and election
precincts) for which they wish to receive decennial census population
counts for the purpose of reapportionment or redistricting.
III. Method of Collection
The Census Bureau develops and uses different methods to collect
data from program participants. The Census Bureau issued invitation
letters by mail (U.S. Postal Service) and follow-up emails to the
officers or public bodies having initial responsibility for legislative
reapportionment and redistricting. The 50 states, the District of
Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico have identified non-
partisan liaisons that are already working directly with the Census
Bureau on the 2020 Census RDP.
In addition, to begin work on Phase 1 and Phase 2, the Census
Bureau provides to states:
1. Data from the Master Address File/Topologically Integrated
Geographic Encoding and Referencing system.
2. The Geographic Update Program Software (GUPS), an optional
software tool.
3. The procedures necessary for each state to participate.
States are not required to use GUPS, but they have to submit their
submission to the Census Bureau electronically in Census Bureau-
specified formats. During the submission period, the Census Bureau
provides training in the use of GUPS and assists the states in
understanding the procedures necessary for processing files for their
submission.
State liaisons have participated and/or will continue to provide
inputs in the following phases of the program:
Phase 1: Block Boundary Suggestion Project (BBSP) (2015-2017)
Between 2015 and 2017, the Census Bureau collaborated with each
state liaison to collect and verify suggestions for 2020 Census
tabulation blocks through the BBSP. The purpose of the BBSP was to
afford states the opportunity to identify non-standard features often
used as electoral boundaries (such as a power line or stream, rather
than a street centerline, which might divide voters on the same street
into two districts) for use as 2020 Census tabulation block boundaries.
For the first time, states also had the opportunity to review legal
limits, such as county and incorporated place boundaries, as reported
through the Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS). The Census Bureau
conducts the BAS annually to update information about the legal
boundaries and names of all governmental units. The alignment of the
BAS with the BBSP facilitated the cooperation between state and local
governments. States that chose to participate in Phase 1 received
guidelines and training for providing their suggestions.
Phase 2: Voting District Project (VTDP) (2018-2020)
The VTDP is the second phase of the RDP operation. During this
phase, states are able to submit their VTD boundaries and to suggest
legal boundary updates to the Census Bureau. In addition, state
liaisons who participated in the delineation have two opportunities to
verify the submitted VTDs prior to release of the 2020 Census
redistricting data tabulations, which occurs in Phase 3. VTDP
delineation occurs between
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January and May 2018 and is included in the current OMB clearance. VTDP
verifications occur in early 2019 and early 2020.
VTDs Delineation (2018)
States that choose to participate in VTDP receive geographic
products that allow them the opportunity to update the VTDs for
inclusion in the 2020 Census tabulation geography. State liaisons also
have the option to continue to align their effort with updates from
state and local government officials participating in the BAS. The VTD/
BAS updates continue through May 2018.
VTDs Verification (2019 and 2020)
The Census Bureau will conduct two rounds of verification of the
VTDs. The Census Bureau will perform an initial VTD verification
between December 2018 and May 2019. Leading up to the decennial census,
many geographies are changing simultaneously and subsequently may
affect the VTD geography. In order to provide current VTDs to the
states that align better with decennial geography, a second round of
verification will occur between December 2019 and March 2020 for states
that participated in the initial delineation and first verification.
Participation in the 2020 Census RDP Phases 1 (BBSP) and 2 (VTDP),
under Title 13, U.S.C., is voluntary. However, the Census Bureau cannot
ensure that the 2020 Census tabulation geography will support the
redistricting needs of a state that has chosen not to participate in
Phase 1 and Phase 2.
Phase 3: Delivery of the 2020 Census Redistricting Data (2021)
By April 1, 2021, the Director of the Census Bureau will, in
accordance with Title 13, U.S.C., furnish the Governor and state
legislative leaders, both the majority and minority, and any public
bodies responsible for legislative redistricting, with 2020 Census
population counts for standard census tabulation areas (e.g., states,
Congressional districts, state legislative districts, American Indian
areas, counties, cities, towns, census tracts, census block groups, and
census blocks) regardless of a state's participation in Phase 1 or 2.
The Director of the Census Bureau will provide 2020 Census population
counts for those states participating in Phase 2, for both the standard
tabulation areas and for VTDs. For each state, this delivery will occur
no later than April 1, 2021.
Phase 4: Collection of Post-Census Redistricting Data Plans (2011-2022)
2010 Census
Beginning in 2011 and every two years thereafter, the Census Bureau
solicits from each state the newly drawn legislative and Congressional
district plans and prepares appropriate data tabulations based on the
new districts. From November 2015 through May 2016, the Census Bureau
completed the data collection and verification of the 115th
Congressional Districts (CDs) and 2016 State Legislative Districts
(SLDs). The 116th CDs and SLDs collection and verification will occur
between November 2017 and May 2018. The Census Bureau is not planning
to collect the 117th CDs and SLDs in 2020.
2020 Census
Between November 2021 and May 2022, the Census Bureau will solicit
from each state the boundaries of the newly drawn 118th CDs and 2022
SLDs. This effort will occur every two years in advance of the 2030
Census in order to update these boundaries with new or changed plans. A
verification phase will occur with each update.
Phase 5: Review of the 2020 Census RDP and Recommendations for the 2030
Census RDP (2020 Post-Data Collection)
As the final phase of the 2020 Census RDP, the Census Bureau will
work with the states to conduct a thorough review of the RDP. The
intent of this review, and the final report that results, is to provide
guidance to the Secretary and the Census Bureau Director in planning
the 2030 Census RDP.
IV. Data
OMB Control Number: 0607-0988.
Form Number(s): Not available.
Type of Review: Regular submission.
Affected Public: All 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 52.
Estimated Time per Response: 72 hours.
Estimated Burden Hours (Information Collection Renewal--FY 2019-
2021): 11,284.
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Estimated total hour burden per fiscal year (FY)
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Phases/activities Currently approved OMB Renewal
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2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
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BBSP Annotation Phase 1........... 6,448 ........... ........... ........... ........... ...........
BBSP Verification Phase 2......... ........... 3,224 ........... ........... ........... ...........
VTDP Delineation Phase 1.......... ........... ........... 12,896 ........... ........... ...........
VTDP Delineation round one........ ........... ........... ........... 6,448 ........... ...........
VTDP Verification round two....... ........... ........... ........... ........... 4,836 ...........
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Total Estimated Hour Burden... 22,984
11,284
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 3,761.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $0.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Authority: Legal Authority:
Title 13, U.S.C., Sections 16, 141, and 193.
V. 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;
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they also will become a matter of public record.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department Lead PRA Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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