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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Census Bureau
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Boundary and Annexation
Survey
The Department of Commerce will
submit the following information
collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, on or after the date of publication
of this notice. We invite the general
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public and other Federal agencies to
comment on proposed, and continuing
information collections, which helps us
assess the impact of our information
collection requirements and minimize
the public’s reporting burden. Public
comments were previously requested
via the Federal Register on Tuesday,
May 18, 2021 during a 60-day comment
period. This notice allows for an
additional 30 days for public comments.
Agency: U.S. Census Bureau,
Commerce.
Title: Boundary and Annexation
Survey.
OMB Control Number: 0607–0151.
Form Number(s): BAS–1, BAS–2,
BAS–3, BAS–5, BAS–6, BASSC–1L,
BASSC–3L, BASSC–4L.
Type of Request: Regular submission,
Request for a Revision of a Currently
Approved Collection.
Number of Respondents: 40,000
governments.
Average Hours per Response: 7.5
hours. This estimate is based on an
average of 5 hours for a no change
participant and 10 hours for a
participant with changes.
Burden Hours: 300,000 hours.
Needs and Uses: The Boundary and
Annexation Survey (BAS) provides
tribal, state, and local governments an
opportunity to review the Census
Bureau’s legal boundary data to ensure
the Census Bureau has the correct
boundary, name, and status information.
BAS also allows participants to review
and provide updates to Census
Designated Places (CDPs). BAS fulfills
the agency’s responsibility as part of the
National Spatial Data Infrastructure, for
which the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) Circular A–16 designates
the Census Bureau as the lead federal
agency for maintaining national data
about legal government boundaries, as
well as statistical and administrative
boundaries. BAS supports the spatial
data steward responsibilities of the OMB
E-Gov, Data.gov, the National Map, and
Geographic Names Information System.
The Census Bureau uses the
boundaries collected in BAS to tabulate
data for various censuses and surveys
including the decennial census,
American Community Survey (ACS),
and Population Estimates Program
(PEP). It also uses the legal boundaries
collected through BAS to support
several other programs such as
Congressional and State Legislative
redistricting, the Economic Census, the
Geographic Update Population
Certification Program, and the Special
Census program.
Numerous federal programs also rely
on accurate boundaries collected
through BAS. The U.S. Geological
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Survey’s National Map is updated
annually to depict the legal boundaries
provided by BAS. The Department of
Housing and Urban Development uses
legal boundaries to determine
jurisdictional eligibility for various
grant programs, such as the Community
Development Block Grant program. In
addition, the Department of Agriculture
uses legal boundaries to determine
eligibility for various rural housing and
economic development programs.
The following collection methods
allow the Census Bureau to coordinate
among various levels of governments to
obtain the most accurate legal boundary,
CDPs, and contact information:
• BAS
Æ Annual Response
Æ Submissions—Digital and Paper
Æ Non-Response Follow-Up
Æ State Agreements
Æ Consolidated BAS (CBAS)
Agreements
• State Certification
• Boundary Quality
The following changes have been
made since the BAS 60-day notification
was published on Tuesday, May 18,
2021.
• The paper BAS annual response
form (ARF) will no longer be included
in the late-January annual response
mailing. Participants will be instructed
to complete the online response form or
provide their response via email.
• BAS participants requesting CD/
DVD will no longer receive state specific
inserts or paper forms. State specific
insert information will move to the
online form. The paper forms are
specific to the paper response method
and will not be included with CD/DVD
requests.
• BAS participants requesting paper
maps will no longer receive state
specific inserts. State specific insert
information will move to the online
form.
• BAS participants requesting paper
maps will receive an insert that includes
a list of materials included in the
packet. This insert was omitted from the
60-day notification in error.
• The governor’s letter for state
certification will be replaced by an
email. A non-response follow-up email
was also added.
• The state certifying official letter
will be replaced by an email. A nonresponse follow-up email was also
added.
contacted during annual response where
they are asked if they have legal
boundary, CDP, or contact updates to
report. Those indicating they have
updates to provide can choose to create
a submission using an approved
response method. Those governments
that do not respond to annual response
or those governments that indicate they
have updates to provide are followed up
with during BAS non-response followup. The BAS schedule is outlined
below.
• January 1—Boundary updates must
be legally in effect on or before this date
to be reported in the current survey
year.
• January to May—Tribal, state, and
local governments respond during
annual response or non-response
follow-up indicating if they have legal
boundary, CDP, or contact updates to
report. Those with boundary updates to
report download or request materials to
create a submission to return to the
Census Bureau.
• Early January—The Census Bureau
sends the annual response email. Tribal,
state, and local governments are
contacted through email to determine if
they have legal boundary, CDP, or
contact updates to report.
• Late January—The Census Bureau
sends the annual response letter. Tribal,
state, and local governments that do not
have an email address on file with the
Census Bureau or did not respond to the
annual response email are contacted
through mail to determine if they have
legal boundary, CDP, or contact updates
to report.
• Mid-February—The Census Bureau
conducts BAS non-response follow-up
through email. Governments that have
not responded to annual response, along
with those that indicated they have
boundary changes to report, are
contacted through email.
• March 1—Boundary updates
returned by this date will be reflected in
the ACS and PEP data and in next year’s
BAS materials.
• March to May—The Census Bureau
conducts BAS non-response telephone
follow-up. Governments that did not
respond to the annual response email,
letter, and non-response email are
contacted over the phone to determine
if they have any legal boundary, CDP, or
contact updates to report.
• May 31—Boundary updates
returned by this date will be reflected in
next year’s BAS materials.
BAS
BAS—Annual Response
The Census Bureau first contacts
tribal, state, and local governments
during annual response. During this
phase, the Census Bureau contacts all
The Census Bureau collects legal
boundary, CDP, and contact updates
from tribal, state, and local governments
during BAS. Governments are first
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eligible governments through email and
mail. The BAS annual response email
includes program information and
directs governments to respond through
an online form if they have legal
boundary, CDP, or contact updates to
report. Only those governments that do
not have an email address on file with
the Census Bureau or did not respond
to the annual response email are
contacted through mail. The mailed
package consists of a letter and program
flyer.
Through annual response,
participants are instructed to review the
legal boundary, name, and status
information, along with the contact
information that the Census Bureau has
on file for their government. BAS
participants are also able to review CDP
boundaries. Eligible governments can
review their boundaries using the
Census Bureau’s TIGERweb online GIS
viewer, partnership shapefiles, or PDF
maps.
Participants respond if they have legal
boundary, CDP, or contact updates to
report through an online form, email,
fax, or mail. Those indicating they have
updates to provide can choose to create
a submission using the Census Bureau’s
Geographic Update Partnership
Software (GUPS) tool, their own GIS, or
on paper maps. Participants can request
to receive the materials to create their
submission through download, by mail
on CD/DVD or on large format paper
maps.
The Census Bureau uses email and
encourages participants to use the
online form to respond to annual
response to reduce cost and participant
burden.
BAS—Submissions
Tribal, state, and local governments
with boundary updates can choose to
create a submission using either digital
or paper response methods during
annual response. The data provided to
the partners, by the Census Bureau, are
derived from its Master Address File
and Topologically Integrated
Geographic Encoding and Reference
(MAF/TIGER) System. The boundary
data reflects updates reported by
partners through the prior year’s BAS.
BAS—Digital Submission Methods
The Census Bureau offers participants
two digital submission methods.
Governments with boundary updates
can create a submission using the GUPS
tool or their own GIS. When completing
annual response, participants select one
of the following options:
• CD/DVD. Participants can choose to
receive GUPS and the partnership
shapefiles through mail on CD/DVD.
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• Download. Participants can choose
to download GUPS and partnership
shapefiles, or partnership shapefiles
only to use in their own GIS. The
Census Bureau also offers a partnership
toolbox that can be used in the partner’s
own GIS.
Those partners that elect to receive
digital materials on CD/DVD will
receive a package through the mail
containing the following materials:
• Letter.
• CD or DVD containing GUPS tool.
• CD or DVD containing partnership
shapefiles, respondent guides, and a
readme text file.
Governments that elect to download
materials can find the software,
partnership shapefiles, respondent
guides, and other information included
in the letter on the BAS website.
Tribal, state, and local governments
use GUPS or their own GIS to create a
submission with legal boundaries
updates, and optionally, CDPs, linear
features, and landmarks updates.
Partners return these updates
electronically using the Census Bureau’s
SWIM file transfer module.
Governments selecting one of the digital
response methods during annual
response will receive SWIM access
information through email.
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BAS—Paper Submission Method
The Census Bureau also provides
partners a paper map option to create a
submission with legal boundary, CDP,
linear feature, and landmark updates.
When completing annual response,
partners select the following option:
• Paper maps. Participants can
choose to receive large format paper
maps through mail. Those partners that
elect to receive paper maps will receive
a package through the mail containing
the following materials:
• Letter.
• Insert listing materials included in
the package.
• Form specific to the government
type.
Æ BAS–1—Incorporated places and
consolidated cities.
Æ BAS–2—Counties and county
equivalent governments.
Æ BAS–3—Minor civil divisions.
Æ BAS–5—Federally recognized tribal
reservations and off-reservation trust
lands.
• Large format paper maps covering
the extent of the government.
• Supplies to update the paper maps.
• Respondent guide.
• Postage-paid return envelope.
Tribal, state, and local governments
use the provided supplies to annotate
legal boundaries updates, and
optionally, CDPs, linear features, and
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landmarks updates on paper maps.
Partners return these updates using the
Census Bureau provided postage-paid
return envelope.
BAS—Non-Response Follow-Up
Tribal, state, and local governments
that do not respond to annual response
or those governments that indicate they
have updates to provide are followed up
with during BAS non-response followup. Non-response follow-up is
conducted through email and over the
phone.
Governments that have not responded
to annual response, along with those
that indicated they have boundary
changes to report, are first contacted
through email. The email reminds
participants to respond through an
online form if they have legal boundary,
CDP, or contact updates to report. Those
governments that indicated they have
boundary updates to report are
requested to submit those updates to the
Census Bureau by the BAS program
deadline.
Partners that still have not responded
are contacted by phone later in the
program cycle. Governments are
requested to provide a response over the
phone on whether they have legal
boundary, CDP, or contact updates to
report. Again, those governments that
indicated they have boundary updates
to report are reminded to submit those
updates to the Census Bureau by the
program deadline.
State Agreements
BAS state agreements allow for the
coordination and sharing of information
and resources between the Census
Bureau and state governments in
collecting boundary information for
local governments. Through this
agreement with state governments, the
Census Bureau aims to reduce the
duplication of effort across various
levels of governments as well as the cost
and time burden associated with
participating in BAS. To facilitate a state
agreement, the Census Bureau may enter
a Memorandum of Understanding
(MOU) with the state. States interested
in establishing a state agreement MOU
can do so when there is state legislation
requiring local governments to report all
legal boundary updates to a state
agency.
The Census Bureau currently
maintains two types of state agreements.
In the first type of agreement, the state
reports boundary changes for all local
governments within its jurisdiction
during BAS. Local governments in this
type of agreement are notified about
BAS, however, do not receive materials
to participate, and are instructed to
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report all boundary updates to the state
so that they are reported to the Census
Bureau. Under the second type of
agreement, the state provides the Census
Bureau with a list of local governments
that reported boundary changes. The
Census Bureau uses the list to target
those local governments during BAS.
States have the option to report the list
of governments with known legal
boundary changes to the Census Bureau.
Consolidated BAS (CBAS) Agreements
The Census Bureau offers CBAS
agreements to counties or county
equivalent governments that are
interested in submitting boundary
updates for legal governments within
their jurisdiction. CBAS agreements
help ensure collection of complete and
accurate boundary data, reduces
duplication of effort between local and
county governments and the Census
Bureau, and reduces the cost and time
burden on local governments. Once
entered into a CBAS agreement, local
governments are notified about BAS,
however, do not receive materials to
participate, and are instructed to report
all boundary updates to the county or
county equivalent government so that
they are reported to the Census Bureau.
State Certification
The state certification program
provides an annual opportunity for state
agencies to verify that the legal
boundary, name, and status information
received through BAS updates were
reported in accordance with state law.
The Census Bureau requests that each
state governor designate a state
certifying official (SCO) to participate in
the program. The SCO reviews listings
of legal boundary changes, as well as
government names and statuses that
were submitted through the previous
year’s BAS. These listings include the
attribute information for new
incorporations, dissolutions, mergers,
consolidations, and legal boundary
changes. The listings also include the
names and functional statuses of all
local governments within the state’s
jurisdiction. The SCO can request that
the Census Bureau edit the attribute
data, add missing records, or remove
invalid records. Invalid records only are
removed if the state government
maintains an official record of all
changes to legal boundaries and
governments as mandated by state law.
The state certification schedule is as
follows:
• October—The Census Bureau sends
an email to governors requesting the
state appoint an SCO to participate in
the program. Non-response emails are
sent to governors that do not respond.
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• December—The Census Bureau
distributes the SCO emails. The SCO
email contains information required by
the SCO to participate in the program.
Non-response emails are sent to SCOs
that do not respond.
• March—The Census Bureau
distributes discrepancy emails to local
governments based on feedback from
the SCO.
The state certification materials
include emails to the governor, general
emails to convey any additional
information, respondent guide, legal
boundary change, and government name
and status listings to the SCO, and
discrepancy emails to local
governments. The listings and
respondent guide are provided on the
BAS website. The SCO returns all
updates electronically through the
SWIM file transfer module.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
Boundary Quality
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The Boundary Quality project is
designed to assess, analyze, and
improve the spatial quality of legal,
statistical, and administrative
boundaries within the Census Bureau’s
MAF/TIGER System. Ensuring quality
boundaries is a critical component of
the geographic preparations for each
decennial census and the Census
Bureau’s ongoing geographic programs.
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 OMB Circular A–16.
The Boundary Quality project
represents an effort to systematically
target and assess boundary quality
within the Census Bureau’s MAF/TIGER
System. Historically, it has relied
exclusively on geographic programs
such as BAS and the Participant
Statistical Areas Program (PSAP) to
obtain updates to tribal, state, local
government, and CDP boundaries.
While programs like BAS play an
essential role in improving boundary
quality, the goal of boundary quality
activities is to establish a more accurate
baseline for legal boundaries and CDPs
within an entire state or county. BAS
would build on this baseline by
collecting individual legal boundary
changes and optionally associated
addresses, and CDP updates, on a
transaction basis as they occur over the
years.
Affected Public: Tribal, state, and
local governments in all 50 states and
District of Columbia.
Frequency: Annual.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Title 13, U.S.C.,
Section 6.
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may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov.
Follow the instructions to view the
Department of Commerce collections
currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be
submitted within 30 days of the
publication of this notice on the
following website www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain. Find this
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function and entering either the
title of the collection or the OMB
Control Number 0607–0151.
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6.5%). The request indicates both
materials are subject to duties under
section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974
(section 301), depending on the country
of origin. The applicable Section 301
decisions require subject merchandise
to be admitted to FTZs in privileged
foreign status (19 CFR 146.41).
Public comment is invited from
interested parties. Submissions shall be
addressed to the Board’s Executive
Secretary and sent to: ftz@trade.gov. The
closing period for their receipt is
November 15, 2021.
A copy of the notification will be
available for public inspection in the
‘‘Online FTZ Information System’’
section of the Board’s website.
For further information, contact
Christopher Wedderburn at
Chris.Wedderburn@trade.gov.
Dated: September 30, 2021.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
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Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, Notification of
Proposed Production Activity, AbbVie
Ltd. (Pharmaceutical Products),
Barceloneta, Puerto Rico
AbbVie Ltd. (AbbVie) submitted a
notification of proposed production
activity to the FTZ Board (the Board) for
its facility in Barceloneta, Puerto Rico
within Subzone 7I. The notification
conforming to the requirements of the
Board’s regulations (15 CFR 400.22) was
received on September 24, 2021.
Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), FTZ
production activity would be limited to
the specific foreign-status materials and
specific finished products described in
the submitted notification (summarized
below) and subsequently authorized by
the Board. The benefits that may stem
from conducting production activity
under FTZ procedures are explained in
the background section of the Board’s
website—accessible via www.trade.gov/
ftz. The proposed finished products and
materials would be added to the
production authority that the Board
previously approved for the operation,
as reflected on the Board’s website.
The proposed finished products
include UBRELVY® tablets,
ATOGEPANT® tablets and atogepant
and ubrelvy extrudates (duty-free).
The proposed foreign-status materials
include ubrogepant and atogepant active
pharmaceutical ingredients (duty rate
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Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 281—MiamiDade County, Florida, Authorization of
Production Activity, Intel Corporation
(Kitting, Assembly and Packaging of
Computer Electronics), Miami, Florida
On June 2, 2021, ModusLink
Corporation, an operator within FTZ
281, submitted a notification of
proposed production activity to the FTZ
Board on behalf of Intel Corporation for
its facility within FTZ 281.
The notification was processed in
accordance with the regulations of the
FTZ Board (15 CFR part 400), including
notice in the Federal Register inviting
public comment (86 FR 31695, June 15,
2021). On September 30, 2021, the
applicant was notified of the FTZ
Board’s decision that no further review
of the activity is warranted at this time.
The production activity described in the
notification was authorized, subject to
the FTZ Act and the FTZ Board’s
regulations, including Section 400.14.
Textile bags must be admitted in
privileged foreign status (19 CFR
146.41).
Dated: September 30, 2021.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Census Bureau
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Boundary and Annexation Survey
The Department of Commerce will submit the following information
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, on or after the date of publication of this notice. We invite the
general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and
continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of
our information collection requirements and minimize the public's
reporting burden. Public comments were previously requested via the
Federal Register on Tuesday, May 18, 2021 during a 60-day comment
period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public
comments.
Agency: U.S. Census Bureau, Commerce.
Title: Boundary and Annexation Survey.
OMB Control Number: 0607-0151.
Form Number(s): BAS-1, BAS-2, BAS-3, BAS-5, BAS-6, BASSC-1L, BASSC-
3L, BASSC-4L.
Type of Request: Regular submission, Request for a Revision of a
Currently Approved Collection.
Number of Respondents: 40,000 governments.
Average Hours per Response: 7.5 hours. This estimate is based on an
average of 5 hours for a no change participant and 10 hours for a
participant with changes.
Burden Hours: 300,000 hours.
Needs and Uses: The Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS) provides
tribal, state, and local governments an opportunity to review the
Census Bureau's legal boundary data to ensure the Census Bureau has the
correct boundary, name, and status information. BAS also allows
participants to review and provide updates to Census Designated Places
(CDPs). BAS fulfills the agency's responsibility as part of the
National Spatial Data Infrastructure, for which the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-16 designates the Census Bureau
as the lead federal agency for maintaining national data about legal
government boundaries, as well as statistical and administrative
boundaries. BAS supports the spatial data steward responsibilities of
the OMB E-Gov, Data.gov, the National Map, and Geographic Names
Information System.
The Census Bureau uses the boundaries collected in BAS to tabulate
data for various censuses and surveys including the decennial census,
American Community Survey (ACS), and Population Estimates Program
(PEP). It also uses the legal boundaries collected through BAS to
support several other programs such as Congressional and State
Legislative redistricting, the Economic Census, the Geographic Update
Population Certification Program, and the Special Census program.
Numerous federal programs also rely on accurate boundaries
collected through BAS. The U.S. Geological
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Survey's National Map is updated annually to depict the legal
boundaries provided by BAS. The Department of Housing and Urban
Development uses legal boundaries to determine jurisdictional
eligibility for various grant programs, such as the Community
Development Block Grant program. In addition, the Department of
Agriculture uses legal boundaries to determine eligibility for various
rural housing and economic development programs.
The following collection methods allow the Census Bureau to
coordinate among various levels of governments to obtain the most
accurate legal boundary, CDPs, and contact information:
BAS
[cir] Annual Response
[cir] Submissions--Digital and Paper
[cir] Non-Response Follow-Up
[cir] State Agreements
[cir] Consolidated BAS (CBAS) Agreements
State Certification
Boundary Quality
The following changes have been made since the BAS 60-day
notification was published on Tuesday, May 18, 2021.
The paper BAS annual response form (ARF) will no longer be
included in the late-January annual response mailing. Participants will
be instructed to complete the online response form or provide their
response via email.
BAS participants requesting CD/DVD will no longer receive
state specific inserts or paper forms. State specific insert
information will move to the online form. The paper forms are specific
to the paper response method and will not be included with CD/DVD
requests.
BAS participants requesting paper maps will no longer
receive state specific inserts. State specific insert information will
move to the online form.
BAS participants requesting paper maps will receive an
insert that includes a list of materials included in the packet. This
insert was omitted from the 60-day notification in error.
The governor's letter for state certification will be
replaced by an email. A non-response follow-up email was also added.
The state certifying official letter will be replaced by
an email. A non-response follow-up email was also added.
BAS
The Census Bureau collects legal boundary, CDP, and contact updates
from tribal, state, and local governments during BAS. Governments are
first contacted during annual response where they are asked if they
have legal boundary, CDP, or contact updates to report. Those
indicating they have updates to provide can choose to create a
submission using an approved response method. Those governments that do
not respond to annual response or those governments that indicate they
have updates to provide are followed up with during BAS non-response
follow-up. The BAS schedule is outlined below.
January 1--Boundary updates must be legally in effect on
or before this date to be reported in the current survey year.
January to May--Tribal, state, and local governments
respond during annual response or non-response follow-up indicating if
they have legal boundary, CDP, or contact updates to report. Those with
boundary updates to report download or request materials to create a
submission to return to the Census Bureau.
Early January--The Census Bureau sends the annual response
email. Tribal, state, and local governments are contacted through email
to determine if they have legal boundary, CDP, or contact updates to
report.
Late January--The Census Bureau sends the annual response
letter. Tribal, state, and local governments that do not have an email
address on file with the Census Bureau or did not respond to the annual
response email are contacted through mail to determine if they have
legal boundary, CDP, or contact updates to report.
Mid-February--The Census Bureau conducts BAS non-response
follow-up through email. Governments that have not responded to annual
response, along with those that indicated they have boundary changes to
report, are contacted through email.
March 1--Boundary updates returned by this date will be
reflected in the ACS and PEP data and in next year's BAS materials.
March to May--The Census Bureau conducts BAS non-response
telephone follow-up. Governments that did not respond to the annual
response email, letter, and non-response email are contacted over the
phone to determine if they have any legal boundary, CDP, or contact
updates to report.
May 31--Boundary updates returned by this date will be
reflected in next year's BAS materials.
BAS--Annual Response
The Census Bureau first contacts tribal, state, and local
governments during annual response. During this phase, the Census
Bureau contacts all eligible governments through email and mail. The
BAS annual response email includes program information and directs
governments to respond through an online form if they have legal
boundary, CDP, or contact updates to report. Only those governments
that do not have an email address on file with the Census Bureau or did
not respond to the annual response email are contacted through mail.
The mailed package consists of a letter and program flyer.
Through annual response, participants are instructed to review the
legal boundary, name, and status information, along with the contact
information that the Census Bureau has on file for their government.
BAS participants are also able to review CDP boundaries. Eligible
governments can review their boundaries using the Census Bureau's
TIGERweb online GIS viewer, partnership shapefiles, or PDF maps.
Participants respond if they have legal boundary, CDP, or contact
updates to report through an online form, email, fax, or mail. Those
indicating they have updates to provide can choose to create a
submission using the Census Bureau's Geographic Update Partnership
Software (GUPS) tool, their own GIS, or on paper maps. Participants can
request to receive the materials to create their submission through
download, by mail on CD/DVD or on large format paper maps.
The Census Bureau uses email and encourages participants to use the
online form to respond to annual response to reduce cost and
participant burden.
BAS--Submissions
Tribal, state, and local governments with boundary updates can
choose to create a submission using either digital or paper response
methods during annual response. The data provided to the partners, by
the Census Bureau, are derived from its Master Address File and
Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Reference (MAF/TIGER)
System. The boundary data reflects updates reported by partners through
the prior year's BAS.
BAS--Digital Submission Methods
The Census Bureau offers participants two digital submission
methods. Governments with boundary updates can create a submission
using the GUPS tool or their own GIS. When completing annual response,
participants select one of the following options:
CD/DVD. Participants can choose to receive GUPS and the
partnership shapefiles through mail on CD/DVD.
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Download. Participants can choose to download GUPS and
partnership shapefiles, or partnership shapefiles only to use in their
own GIS. The Census Bureau also offers a partnership toolbox that can
be used in the partner's own GIS.
Those partners that elect to receive digital materials on CD/DVD
will receive a package through the mail containing the following
materials:
Letter.
CD or DVD containing GUPS tool.
CD or DVD containing partnership shapefiles, respondent
guides, and a readme text file.
Governments that elect to download materials can find the software,
partnership shapefiles, respondent guides, and other information
included in the letter on the BAS website.
Tribal, state, and local governments use GUPS or their own GIS to
create a submission with legal boundaries updates, and optionally,
CDPs, linear features, and landmarks updates. Partners return these
updates electronically using the Census Bureau's SWIM file transfer
module. Governments selecting one of the digital response methods
during annual response will receive SWIM access information through
email.
BAS--Paper Submission Method
The Census Bureau also provides partners a paper map option to
create a submission with legal boundary, CDP, linear feature, and
landmark updates. When completing annual response, partners select the
following option:
Paper maps. Participants can choose to receive large
format paper maps through mail. Those partners that elect to receive
paper maps will receive a package through the mail containing the
following materials:
Letter.
Insert listing materials included in the package.
Form specific to the government type.
[cir] BAS-1--Incorporated places and consolidated cities.
[cir] BAS-2--Counties and county equivalent governments.
[cir] BAS-3--Minor civil divisions.
[cir] BAS-5--Federally recognized tribal reservations and off-
reservation trust lands.
Large format paper maps covering the extent of the
government.
Supplies to update the paper maps.
Respondent guide.
Postage-paid return envelope.
Tribal, state, and local governments use the provided supplies to
annotate legal boundaries updates, and optionally, CDPs, linear
features, and landmarks updates on paper maps. Partners return these
updates using the Census Bureau provided postage-paid return envelope.
BAS--Non-Response Follow-Up
Tribal, state, and local governments that do not respond to annual
response or those governments that indicate they have updates to
provide are followed up with during BAS non-response follow-up. Non-
response follow-up is conducted through email and over the phone.
Governments that have not responded to annual response, along with
those that indicated they have boundary changes to report, are first
contacted through email. The email reminds participants to respond
through an online form if they have legal boundary, CDP, or contact
updates to report. Those governments that indicated they have boundary
updates to report are requested to submit those updates to the Census
Bureau by the BAS program deadline.
Partners that still have not responded are contacted by phone later
in the program cycle. Governments are requested to provide a response
over the phone on whether they have legal boundary, CDP, or contact
updates to report. Again, those governments that indicated they have
boundary updates to report are reminded to submit those updates to the
Census Bureau by the program deadline.
State Agreements
BAS state agreements allow for the coordination and sharing of
information and resources between the Census Bureau and state
governments in collecting boundary information for local governments.
Through this agreement with state governments, the Census Bureau aims
to reduce the duplication of effort across various levels of
governments as well as the cost and time burden associated with
participating in BAS. To facilitate a state agreement, the Census
Bureau may enter a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the state.
States interested in establishing a state agreement MOU can do so when
there is state legislation requiring local governments to report all
legal boundary updates to a state agency.
The Census Bureau currently maintains two types of state
agreements. In the first type of agreement, the state reports boundary
changes for all local governments within its jurisdiction during BAS.
Local governments in this type of agreement are notified about BAS,
however, do not receive materials to participate, and are instructed to
report all boundary updates to the state so that they are reported to
the Census Bureau. Under the second type of agreement, the state
provides the Census Bureau with a list of local governments that
reported boundary changes. The Census Bureau uses the list to target
those local governments during BAS. States have the option to report
the list of governments with known legal boundary changes to the Census
Bureau.
Consolidated BAS (CBAS) Agreements
The Census Bureau offers CBAS agreements to counties or county
equivalent governments that are interested in submitting boundary
updates for legal governments within their jurisdiction. CBAS
agreements help ensure collection of complete and accurate boundary
data, reduces duplication of effort between local and county
governments and the Census Bureau, and reduces the cost and time burden
on local governments. Once entered into a CBAS agreement, local
governments are notified about BAS, however, do not receive materials
to participate, and are instructed to report all boundary updates to
the county or county equivalent government so that they are reported to
the Census Bureau.
State Certification
The state certification program provides an annual opportunity for
state agencies to verify that the legal boundary, name, and status
information received through BAS updates were reported in accordance
with state law. The Census Bureau requests that each state governor
designate a state certifying official (SCO) to participate in the
program. The SCO reviews listings of legal boundary changes, as well as
government names and statuses that were submitted through the previous
year's BAS. These listings include the attribute information for new
incorporations, dissolutions, mergers, consolidations, and legal
boundary changes. The listings also include the names and functional
statuses of all local governments within the state's jurisdiction. The
SCO can request that the Census Bureau edit the attribute data, add
missing records, or remove invalid records. Invalid records only are
removed if the state government maintains an official record of all
changes to legal boundaries and governments as mandated by state law.
The state certification schedule is as follows:
October--The Census Bureau sends an email to governors
requesting the state appoint an SCO to participate in the program. Non-
response emails are sent to governors that do not respond.
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December--The Census Bureau distributes the SCO emails.
The SCO email contains information required by the SCO to participate
in the program. Non-response emails are sent to SCOs that do not
respond.
March--The Census Bureau distributes discrepancy emails to
local governments based on feedback from the SCO.
The state certification materials include emails to the governor,
general emails to convey any additional information, respondent guide,
legal boundary change, and government name and status listings to the
SCO, and discrepancy emails to local governments. The listings and
respondent guide are provided on the BAS website. The SCO returns all
updates electronically through the SWIM file transfer module.
Boundary Quality
The Boundary Quality project is designed to assess, analyze, and
improve the spatial quality of legal, statistical, and administrative
boundaries within the Census Bureau's MAF/TIGER System. Ensuring
quality boundaries is a critical component of the geographic
preparations for each decennial census and the Census Bureau's ongoing
geographic programs. 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 OMB Circular A-16.
The Boundary Quality project represents an effort to systematically
target and assess boundary quality within the Census Bureau's MAF/TIGER
System. Historically, it has relied exclusively on geographic programs
such as BAS and the Participant Statistical Areas Program (PSAP) to
obtain updates to tribal, state, local government, and CDP boundaries.
While programs like BAS play an essential role in improving boundary
quality, the goal of boundary quality activities is to establish a more
accurate baseline for legal boundaries and CDPs within an entire state
or county. BAS would build on this baseline by collecting individual
legal boundary changes and optionally associated addresses, and CDP
updates, on a transaction basis as they occur over the years.
Affected Public: Tribal, state, and local governments in all 50
states and District of Columbia.
Frequency: Annual.
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 the Department of
Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of
this notice on the following website www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Find this information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day
Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function and
entering either the title of the collection or the OMB Control Number
0607-0151.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2021-21732 Filed 10-4-21; 8:45 am]
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