Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 43638-43640 [2018-18443]

Download as PDF 43638 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 166 / Monday, August 27, 2018 / Notices submission mechanisms. Stakeholder input received from the two mechanisms is treated equally. The challenges, needed breakthroughs, and priorities identified by this effort will be evaluated in conjunction with input from NIFA staff. This information will be critical for NIFA’s evaluation of existing science emphasis areas and to identify investment opportunities and gaps in the current portfolio of programs. The information obtained through this iterative analysis and synthesis will help to ensure the strategic positioning and relevancy of NIFA’s investments in advancing agricultural research, education and extension. amozie on DSK3GDR082PROD with NOTICES1 DATES: (A) Online Input: Submission of online stakeholder input to the target questions will be open upon publishing of this Notice through 5 p.m. Eastern time November 30, 2018. (B) In-person Listening Sessions: Four listening sessions, each a full day, will be organized throughout the United States to obtain input from all stakeholders, including small institutions, local business and other stakeholder groups. The listening sessions will take place on October 11, 2018, October 18, 2018, October 25, 2018, and November 1, 2018. Each session will begin at 8:30 a.m. and is scheduled to end no later than 5:00 p.m. Each session will include a presentation of the goals and background information on NIFA programs, followed by comments from stakeholders. Each registered speaker will receive 5 minutes to share their comments with the Agency. If time allows after all comments from registered speakers are made, unscheduled speakers will be allowed 5 minutes to present their comments to the Agency. The length of the sessions will be adjusted according to numbers of participants seeking to provide input. All parties interested in attending an in-person listening session must RSVP no later than one week prior to the scheduled session. These sessions will be webcast and transcribed. Information about registering for the inperson session, providing written comments and viewing the webcast can be found at https://nifa.usda.gov/ nifalistens. Registration: The website, https:// nifa.usda.gov/nifalistens, includes instructions on submitting written comments and registering to attend or speak at the in-person listening sessions. All parties interested in attending an in-person listening session must RSVP no later than one week prior to the scheduled session. The number of VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:51 Aug 24, 2018 Jkt 244001 attendees and oral commenters is limited due to time and space constraints (see below). Oral commenter slots will be allotted on a first-come, first-served basis. All interested stakeholders, regardless of attendance, are welcome to submit written comments. Comments: Written comments are due by 5 p.m. Eastern time November 30, 2018. Written comments must be submitted electronically through https://nifa.usda.gov/nifalistens or emailed to NIFAlistens@nifa.usda.gov. ADDRESSES: The in-person listening sessions will take place at conference facilities in Hartford, CT (October 11, 2018), New Orleans, LA (October 18, 2018), Minneapolis, MN (October 25, 2018), and Albuquerque, NM (November 1, 2018). All parties interested in attending an in-person listening session must RSVP no later than one week prior to the scheduled session they wish to attend. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Megan Haidet, Program Specialist, NIFA, at 202–401–6617, email NIFAlistens@nifa.usda.gov, or visit https://nifa.usda.gov/nifalistens for detailed information about providing written comments, joining the in-person sessions remotely, or registering to speak at an in-person session. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The science priority-setting process at NIFA involves soliciting stakeholder input on agricultural research, education and extension needs, obtaining input from NIFA’s science staff who are informed through interactions with scientific communities, and evaluating existing programs to identify critical gaps in the current portfolio of programs in order to address challenges in U.S. agriculture. This listening effort will focus on answers to the following questions, ‘‘When considering all of agriculture, what is the greatest challenge that should be addressed through NIFA’s research, education, and extension?’’, ‘‘In your field, what is the most-needed breakthrough in science/technology that would advance your agricultural enterprise?’’, and ‘‘What is your top priority in food and agricultural research, extension, or education that NIFA should address?’’ NIFA welcomes stakeholder input from any group or individual interested in agricultural research, extension or education priorities for NIFA. NIFA is eager to listen to stakeholder’s comments on the challenges, needed breakthroughs, and priorities, solutions and opportunities that will facilitate long-term sustainable agricultural production, research, education and PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 extension. Agriculture in this context is defined broadly and includes research, extension, and education in food, fiber, forestry, range, nutritional and social sciences, including food safety and positive youth development. This listening effort will focus on the agricultural science that NIFA invests in, but not on NIFA processes or procedures. All parties interested in attending an in-person listening session must RSVP no later than one week prior to the scheduled session they will attend. Abstracts from in-person speakers can be submitted upon registration via https://nifa.usda.gov/nifalistens. Written comments by all interested stakeholders are welcomed through 5 p.m. Eastern time, November 30, 2018. All input will become a part of the official record and available on the NIFA website, https://nifa.usda.gov/ nifalistens. Done at Washington, DC, this day of August 1, 2018. Thomas Shanower, Acting Director, National Institute of Food and Agriculture. [FR Doc. 2018–18535 Filed 8–24–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–22–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. Agency: U.S. Census Bureau. Title: Boundary and Annexation Survey & Boundary Validation Program. OMB Control Number: 0607–0151. Form Number(s): BAS 1, BAS 2, BAS 3, BAS 5, BAS 6, BAS ARF, BASSC, BVP 1, BVP 2. Type of Request: Regular Submission. Number of Respondents: 132,465. Average Hours per Response: Varies. Stage of review or response Annual Response Notification .................................... No Change Response .......... Telephone Follow-up ............ Packages with Changes ....... State Certification Review .... State Certification Local Review ................................... Boundary Quality Assessment Reconciliation Project ............................... E:\FR\FM\27AUN1.SGM 27AUN1 Estimated time per response (hours) 0.5 4 0.5 8 10 2 25 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 166 / Monday, August 27, 2018 / Notices Census Bureau must have accurate addresses and boundaries. Stage of review or response The BAS annually updates incorporated place boundaries, minor civil divisions, counties, and the Boundary Validation Program 2 federally recognized American Indian areas inventory for compliance with 1 Respondent Burden Hour: 265,590 responsibilities specified in the OMB Needs and Uses: The Boundary and Circular A–16, Governmental Units and Annexation Survey (BAS) is one of the seven voluntary geographic partnership Administrative and Statistical Boundaries Data Theme. BAS supports programs that collect boundaries, addresses, and streets to update the U.S. the spatial data steward responsibilities of the OMB E-Gov, Data.gov, The Census Bureau’s Master Address File/ National Map, and updates to the Topologically Integrated Geographic Geographic Names Information Systems. Encoding and Referencing database The results of the BAS are needed to (MAF/TIGER). The Census Bureau uses provide information documenting the its geographic database to link creation of newly incorporated places, demographic data from surveys and the decennial census to locations and areas, minor civil divisions, counties, federally recognized American Indian Areas such as cities, school districts, and (including American Indian counties. In order to tabulate statistics reservations, and off-reservation trust by localities, the Census Bureau must have accurate addresses and boundaries. lands). BAS also includes the dissolution of incorporated places and The boundaries collected during the minor civil divisions, and changes in BAS and other geographic programs the boundaries of incorporated places, become bounding features for census minor civil divisions, counties, and blocks, which are the building blocks American Indian Areas. Alaska Native for all Census Bureau geographic Regional Corporations will be updated boundaries. While the Census Bureau’s in the 2020 Census Participant geographic programs differ in Statistical Areas Program rather than requirements, time frame, and BAS. BAS information provides an participants, the BAS and other appropriate record for reporting the geographic programs all follow the same results of the decennial census, basic process: economic census, the Population 1. The Census Bureau invites eligible Estimates Program, and surveys such as participants to the program. For the the American Community Survey. In the BAS, the Census Bureau invites legal year 2020, all legal documentation for governments. inclusion in the 2020 Census must be 2. If they elect to participate in the effective January 1, 2020. All legal program, participants receive a copy of boundary changes will be placed on the boundaries or addresses that the hold and updated during the 2021 BAS Census Bureau has on file. BAS if effective January 2, 2020 or later. participants can choose to review and The BAS universe and mailing update their boundaries using materials vary depending both upon the Geographic Update Partnership needs of the Census Bureau in fulfilling Software—which is a free customized mapping software—paper maps, or their its censuses and household surveys and upon budget constraints. Counties or own mapping software. 3. Participants return their updates to equivalent entities, federally recognized American Indian reservations, offthe Census Bureau. reservation trust lands, and tribal 4. The Census Bureau processes and subdivisions are included in every BAS. verifies all submissions for accuracy, There are projects to support the BAS and updates its geographic database among various levels of governments with boundary or address updates and obtain the most accurate boundary submitted by the participants. information. These are the: 5. The Census Bureau uses the newly • Boundary Quality Assessment and updated boundaries and addresses to Reconciliation Project. tabulate statistics. The Census Bureau • Boundary Validation Program. uses its geographic database to link • State Certification Program. demographic data from surveys and the The Boundary Quality and decennial census to locations and areas, Reconciliation Project (BQARP) such as cities, congressional and supports the BAS program, improves legislative districts, and counties. To boundary quality in the Census Bureau’s tabulate statistics by localities, the MAF/TIGER database and lessens the burden on BAS participants. BQARP 1 The respondent burden hour was incorrectly works with state level cadastral or estimated at 270,710 hours in the previously geographic information system published 60-Day presubmission notice. This mistake is corrected in the 30-Day FRN. coordinators to update state, county and amozie on DSK3GDR082PROD with NOTICES1 Estimated time per response (hours) VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:51 Aug 24, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 43639 incorporated place boundaries. The BAS would then continue the collection of annexations and de-annexations on a transaction basis as they occur over time. Ensuring quality and spatially accurate boundaries is a critical component of the geographic preparations for the 2020 Census and the Census Bureau’s ongoing geographic partnership programs and surveys. In addition, the improvement of boundary quality is an essential element of the Census Bureau’s commitment as the responsible agency for legal boundaries under the OMB Circular A–16. The Census Bureau will conduct the 2020 Boundary Validation Program (BVP) in conjunction with the 2020 BAS. The BVP is a part of BAS conducted in preparation for the decennial census. The Census Bureau conducts the BVP every ten years to provide the highest elected or appointed officials of tribal and local governments an opportunity to review the boundary data collected during the BAS over the last decade. The 2020 BVP will cover: • All actively functioning counties or statistically equivalent entities. • Incorporated places (including consolidated cities). • All actively functioning minor civil divisions. • All federally recognized American Indian reservations and off-reservation trust land entities in the United States. • Municipios, barrios, barrio-pueblos and subbarrios in Puerto Rico. In addition, the Census Bureau will send a letter to the governor of each state explaining the 2020 BVP process and advising them the Census Bureau will review the state boundaries in conjunction with relevant county boundaries as part of the BVP. The Census Bureau will conduct the 2020 BVP in two phases, initial and final. During the initial BVP phase, every highest elected official in the BAS universe will receive a BVP form, a letter with instructions, and paper maps or a CD/DVD containing a complete set of 2020 BAS maps in PDF format for their governmental unit with the option to request other formats. The Census Bureau asks the highest elected official to review their boundaries and return the BVP form within ten days of receipt. If the highest elected official determines that there are no changes to report, the highest elected official will sign and return the validated BVP form. If the highest elected official determines that their entity requires boundary changes, the Census Bureau requests the highest elected official to work with their BAS contact to submit boundary changes through the 2020 BAS process. If either the highest elected official or the BAS E:\FR\FM\27AUN1.SGM 27AUN1 amozie on DSK3GDR082PROD with NOTICES1 43640 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 166 / Monday, August 27, 2018 / Notices contact submits 2020 BAS boundary updates, effective as of January 1, 2020, or before, by the deadline of March 1, 2020, the entity will be included in the final phase of the BVP. The government will have the option to submit the corrections on either paper or digital maps. In the final BVP phase, once the Census Bureau applies the participant’s 2020 BAS boundary updates to the MAF/TIGER database, the Census Bureau will provide each highest elected official a complete set of updated 2020 BAS maps or shapefiles. The governments may request CD/DVD, download or plotted paper maps. This is their final opportunity to review the boundary and verify that the Census Bureau clearly reflects the correct boundary in the MAF/TIGER database, effective January 1, 2020, for the 2020 Census. In the final BVP phase, each highest elected official submits any remaining corrections within five days directly to the Census Bureau using the instructions provided in the BAS respondent guide. The final stage of BAS is the annual State Certification Program. This program allows state level agencies to verify that the status and boundary updates received through the previous years’ BAS updates were accomplished according to state law. The State Certification Program will be held in 2018 and 2019. The BVP replaces the State Certification in 2020. During each cycle of this program, Governordesignated state certifying officials review listings of incorporated place legal boundary and functional status changes reported to the BAS during the previous year. The extent of the State Certification program varies depending on the laws governing annexations, deannexations, incorporations, and disincorporations in the given state. Some states have strong laws that require local governments to report legal boundary changes to the state government. In these states, the state certifying official is able to certify, edit, add, or reverse reported annexations, and may mark a legal boundary change as a duplicate of a previously reported change. In these states, the state certifying official also has the authority to request that the Census Bureau edit or delete information received from the local government. In states that do not require local governments to report legal boundary changes to the state, the Census Bureau will not edit or delete information without confirmation from the local government. If the state certifying official adds legal boundary changes missing from the Census Bureau’s annexation list, the Census VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:51 Aug 24, 2018 Jkt 244001 Bureau will contact the local government to request information. The State Certification program helps to ensure that all levels of government represent boundaries consistently and accurately. The data and information collected from the BAS and BVP serve tribal, federal, state and local governments, and the private sector. The BVP provides validation for the information collected through the BAS. The BAS is the primary provider for the following services and products: (1) Classify data collected in the periodic decennial and economic censuses and annual surveys. (2) Serve as the primary source of information regarding new incorporations, disincorporations, and other changes in the local and tribal government inventory for the Federal Information Processing Series and Geographic Names Information Systems programs, tribal, state and local officials, and private data users. (3) Update its estimates of the population as a result of the creation of new governments, the dissolution of governments, or changes in boundaries for existing local or tribal governments. (4) Serve as the source for governmental unit boundary information as a framework layer of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure for The National Map and the data.gov website. Information quality is an integral part of the pre-dissemination review of the information disseminated by the Census Bureau. Information quality is also integral to the information collections conducted by the Census Bureau, and we incorporate it into the clearance process as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Affected Public: Tribal, state and local governments. Frequency: Annually. Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. Legal Authority: Title 13, U.S.C., Section 6. 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. Sheleen Dumas, Departmental Lead PRA Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer. [FR Doc. 2018–18443 Filed 8–24–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–07–P PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A–484–803] Large Diameter Welded Pipe From Greece: Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Postponement of Final Determination Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that large diameter welded pipe (welded pipe) from Greece is being, or is likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV). The period of investigation (POI) is January 1, 2017, through December 31, 2017. Interested parties are invited to comment on this preliminary determination. DATES: Applicable August 27, 2018. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brittany Bauer, AD/CVD Operations, Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–3860. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: AGENCY: Background This preliminary determination is made in accordance with section 733(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Commerce published the notice of initiation of this investigation on February 20, 2018.1 On June 8, 2018, Commerce postponed the preliminary determination of this investigation; the revised deadline is now August 20, 2018.2 For a complete description of the events that followed the initiation of this investigation, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.3 A list of topics included in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is included as Appendix II to this notice. The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically via Enforcement and Compliance’s 1 See Large Diameter Welded Pipe from Canada, Greece, India, the People’s Republic of China, the Republic of Korea, and the Republic of Turkey: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 83 FR 7154 (February 20, 2018) (Initiation Notice). 2 See Large Diameter Welded Pipe from Canada, Greece, India, the People’s Republic of China, the Republic of Korea, and the Republic of Turkey: Postponement of Preliminary Determinations in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 83 FR 27953 (June 15, 2018). 3 See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Determination in the Less-ThanFair-Value Investigation of Large Diameter Welded Pipe from Greece,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). E:\FR\FM\27AUN1.SGM 27AUN1

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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 166 (Monday, August 27, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43638-43640]
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[FR Doc No: 2018-18443]


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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.
    Agency: U.S. Census Bureau.
    Title: Boundary and Annexation Survey & Boundary Validation 
Program.
    OMB Control Number: 0607-0151.
    Form Number(s): BAS 1, BAS 2, BAS 3, BAS 5, BAS 6, BAS ARF, BASSC, 
BVP 1, BVP 2.
    Type of Request: Regular Submission.
    Number of Respondents: 132,465.
    Average Hours per Response: Varies.

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               Stage of review or response                 per response
                                                              (hours)
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Annual Response Notification............................             0.5
No Change Response......................................               4
Telephone Follow-up.....................................             0.5
Packages with Changes...................................               8
State Certification Review..............................              10
State Certification Local Review........................               2
Boundary Quality Assessment Reconciliation Project......              25

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Boundary Validation Program.............................               2
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    Respondent Burden Hour: 265,590 \1\
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    \1\ The respondent burden hour was incorrectly estimated at 
270,710 hours in the previously published 60-Day presubmission 
notice. This mistake is corrected in the 30-Day FRN.
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    Needs and Uses: The Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS) is one of 
the seven voluntary geographic partnership programs that collect 
boundaries, addresses, and streets to update the U.S. Census Bureau's 
Master Address File/Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and 
Referencing database (MAF/TIGER). The Census Bureau uses its geographic 
database to link demographic data from surveys and the decennial census 
to locations and areas, such as cities, school districts, and counties. 
In order to tabulate statistics by localities, the Census Bureau must 
have accurate addresses and boundaries. The boundaries collected during 
the BAS and other geographic programs become bounding features for 
census blocks, which are the building blocks for all Census Bureau 
geographic boundaries. While the Census Bureau's geographic programs 
differ in requirements, time frame, and participants, the BAS and other 
geographic programs all follow the same basic process:
    1. The Census Bureau invites eligible participants to the program. 
For the BAS, the Census Bureau invites legal governments.
    2. If they elect to participate in the program, participants 
receive a copy of the boundaries or addresses that the Census Bureau 
has on file. BAS participants can choose to review and update their 
boundaries using Geographic Update Partnership Software--which is a 
free customized mapping software--paper maps, or their own mapping 
software.
    3. Participants return their updates to the Census Bureau.
    4. The Census Bureau processes and verifies all submissions for 
accuracy, and updates its geographic database with boundary or address 
updates submitted by the participants.
    5. The Census Bureau uses the newly updated boundaries and 
addresses to tabulate statistics. 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 BAS annually updates incorporated place boundaries, minor civil 
divisions, counties, and the federally recognized American Indian areas 
inventory for compliance with responsibilities specified in the OMB 
Circular A-16, Governmental Units and Administrative and Statistical 
Boundaries Data Theme. BAS supports the spatial data steward 
responsibilities of the OMB E-Gov, Data.gov, The National Map, and 
updates to the Geographic Names Information Systems. The results of the 
BAS are needed to provide information documenting the creation of newly 
incorporated places, minor civil divisions, counties, federally 
recognized American Indian Areas (including American Indian 
reservations, and off-reservation trust lands). BAS also includes the 
dissolution of incorporated places and minor civil divisions, and 
changes in the boundaries of incorporated places, minor civil 
divisions, counties, and American Indian Areas. Alaska Native Regional 
Corporations will be updated in the 2020 Census Participant Statistical 
Areas Program rather than BAS. BAS information provides an appropriate 
record for reporting the results of the decennial census, economic 
census, the Population Estimates Program, and surveys such as the 
American Community Survey. In the year 2020, all legal documentation 
for inclusion in the 2020 Census must be effective January 1, 2020. All 
legal boundary changes will be placed on hold and updated during the 
2021 BAS if effective January 2, 2020 or later.
    The BAS universe and mailing materials vary depending both upon the 
needs of the Census Bureau in fulfilling its censuses and household 
surveys and upon budget constraints. Counties or equivalent entities, 
federally recognized American Indian reservations, off-reservation 
trust lands, and tribal subdivisions are included in every BAS.
    There are projects to support the BAS among various levels of 
governments and obtain the most accurate boundary information. These 
are the:
     Boundary Quality Assessment and Reconciliation Project.
     Boundary Validation Program.
     State Certification Program.
    The Boundary Quality and Reconciliation Project (BQARP) supports 
the BAS program, improves boundary quality in the Census Bureau's MAF/
TIGER database and lessens the burden on BAS participants. BQARP works 
with state level cadastral or geographic information system 
coordinators to update state, county and incorporated place boundaries. 
The BAS would then continue the collection of annexations and de-
annexations on a transaction basis as they occur over time. Ensuring 
quality and spatially accurate boundaries is a critical component of 
the geographic preparations for the 2020 Census and the Census Bureau's 
ongoing geographic partnership programs and surveys. In addition, the 
improvement of boundary quality is an essential element of the Census 
Bureau's commitment as the responsible agency for legal boundaries 
under the OMB Circular A-16.
    The Census Bureau will conduct the 2020 Boundary Validation Program 
(BVP) in conjunction with the 2020 BAS. The BVP is a part of BAS 
conducted in preparation for the decennial census. The Census Bureau 
conducts the BVP every ten years to provide the highest elected or 
appointed officials of tribal and local governments an opportunity to 
review the boundary data collected during the BAS over the last decade. 
The 2020 BVP will cover:
     All actively functioning counties or statistically 
equivalent entities.
     Incorporated places (including consolidated cities).
     All actively functioning minor civil divisions.
     All federally recognized American Indian reservations and 
off-reservation trust land entities in the United States.
     Municipios, barrios, barrio-pueblos and subbarrios in 
Puerto Rico.
    In addition, the Census Bureau will send a letter to the governor 
of each state explaining the 2020 BVP process and advising them the 
Census Bureau will review the state boundaries in conjunction with 
relevant county boundaries as part of the BVP.
    The Census Bureau will conduct the 2020 BVP in two phases, initial 
and final. During the initial BVP phase, every highest elected official 
in the BAS universe will receive a BVP form, a letter with 
instructions, and paper maps or a CD/DVD containing a complete set of 
2020 BAS maps in PDF format for their governmental unit with the option 
to request other formats. The Census Bureau asks the highest elected 
official to review their boundaries and return the BVP form within ten 
days of receipt. If the highest elected official determines that there 
are no changes to report, the highest elected official will sign and 
return the validated BVP form. If the highest elected official 
determines that their entity requires boundary changes, the Census 
Bureau requests the highest elected official to work with their BAS 
contact to submit boundary changes through the 2020 BAS process. If 
either the highest elected official or the BAS

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contact submits 2020 BAS boundary updates, effective as of January 1, 
2020, or before, by the deadline of March 1, 2020, the entity will be 
included in the final phase of the BVP. The government will have the 
option to submit the corrections on either paper or digital maps.
    In the final BVP phase, once the Census Bureau applies the 
participant's 2020 BAS boundary updates to the MAF/TIGER database, the 
Census Bureau will provide each highest elected official a complete set 
of updated 2020 BAS maps or shapefiles. The governments may request CD/
DVD, download or plotted paper maps. This is their final opportunity to 
review the boundary and verify that the Census Bureau clearly reflects 
the correct boundary in the MAF/TIGER database, effective January 1, 
2020, for the 2020 Census. In the final BVP phase, each highest elected 
official submits any remaining corrections within five days directly to 
the Census Bureau using the instructions provided in the BAS respondent 
guide.
    The final stage of BAS is the annual State Certification Program. 
This program allows state level agencies to verify that the status and 
boundary updates received through the previous years' BAS updates were 
accomplished according to state law. The State Certification Program 
will be held in 2018 and 2019. The BVP replaces the State Certification 
in 2020. During each cycle of this program, Governor-designated state 
certifying officials review listings of incorporated place legal 
boundary and functional status changes reported to the BAS during the 
previous year. The extent of the State Certification program varies 
depending on the laws governing annexations, deannexations, 
incorporations, and disincorporations in the given state. Some states 
have strong laws that require local governments to report legal 
boundary changes to the state government. In these states, the state 
certifying official is able to certify, edit, add, or reverse reported 
annexations, and may mark a legal boundary change as a duplicate of a 
previously reported change. In these states, the state certifying 
official also has the authority to request that the Census Bureau edit 
or delete information received from the local government. In states 
that do not require local governments to report legal boundary changes 
to the state, the Census Bureau will not edit or delete information 
without confirmation from the local government. If the state certifying 
official adds legal boundary changes missing from the Census Bureau's 
annexation list, the Census Bureau will contact the local government to 
request information. The State Certification program helps to ensure 
that all levels of government represent boundaries consistently and 
accurately.
    The data and information collected from the BAS and BVP serve 
tribal, federal, state and local governments, and the private sector. 
The BVP provides validation for the information collected through the 
BAS. The BAS is the primary provider for the following services and 
products:
    (1) Classify data collected in the periodic decennial and economic 
censuses and annual surveys.
    (2) Serve as the primary source of information regarding new 
incorporations, disincorporations, and other changes in the local and 
tribal government inventory for the Federal Information Processing 
Series and Geographic Names Information Systems programs, tribal, state 
and local officials, and private data users.
    (3) Update its estimates of the population as a result of the 
creation of new governments, the dissolution of governments, or changes 
in boundaries for existing local or tribal governments.
    (4) Serve as the source for governmental unit boundary information 
as a framework layer of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure for 
The National Map and the data.gov website.
    Information quality is an integral part of the pre-dissemination 
review of the information disseminated by the Census Bureau. 
Information quality is also integral to the information collections 
conducted by the Census Bureau, and we incorporate it into the 
clearance process as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
    Affected Public: Tribal, state and local governments.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 13, U.S.C., Section 6.
    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 [email protected] or fax to (202)395-5806.

Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental Lead PRA Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-18443 Filed 8-24-18; 8:45 am]
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