American Community Survey Agricultural Sales and Farm Indicator Data, 55219-55221 [2024-14633]

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Persons interested in the work of this Committee are directed to the Commission’s website, https://www.usccr.gov, or may contact the Regional Programs Coordination Unit at lschiller@ usccr.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Agenda I. Welcome & Roll Call II. Committee Discussion III. Public Comment IV. Next Steps V. Adjournment Dated: June 28, 2024. David Mussatt, Supervisory Chief, Regional Programs Unit. [FR Doc. 2024–14657 Filed 7–2–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE P PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 55219 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Census Bureau [Docket Number: 240620–0168] X–RIN 0607–XC077 American Community Survey Agricultural Sales and Farm Indicator Data Census Bureau, Department of Commerce. ACTION: Notice of request for comments. AGENCY: The American Community Survey (ACS) is a continuous survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau, gathering detailed housing and socioeconomic data from around 3.54 million addresses in the U.S. and about 36,000 addresses in Puerto Rico annually. It replaces the long-form census previously done once a decade, providing crucial statistics for governmental, non-profit, business, and public decision-making at various levels. To enhance efficiency and reduce respondent burden, the ACS is increasingly utilizing administrative and third-party data sources. The Census Bureau is considering using such data to replace the agricultural sales question, which has implications for federal programs and economic analysis. The proposal explores several data sources to classify properties as farms or non-farms. The Department of Commerce invites the public to comment on the proposed research to determine whether data other than survey responses can be used effectively to replace agricultural sales data currently provided by the Census Bureau that has been obtained from responses to the ACS. DATES: To ensure consideration, comments must be received on or before August 19, 2024. ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments by email to acso.pra@census.gov. Please reference ACS Agricultural Sales in the subject line of your comments. All comments received are part of the public record. All Personally 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, or Adobe PDF file formats. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or specific questions related to collection SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\03JYN1.SGM 03JYN1 55220 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 128 / Wednesday, July 3, 2024 / Notices khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES activities should be directed to Elizabeth Poehler, ADC for Survey Methods, U.S. Census Bureau, 301–763– 9305, elizabeth.poehler@census.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Background The American Community Survey (ACS) is an ongoing monthly survey that collects detailed housing and socioeconomic data from a sample of about 3.54 million addresses in the 50 states and the District of Columbia and about 36,000 addresses in Puerto Rico each year, where it is known as the Puerto Rico Community Survey (PRCS). The ACS also collects detailed socioeconomic data from about 170,900 residents living in group quarters (GQ) facilities in the United States and Puerto Rico. Resulting tabulations from this data collection are provided every year. The ACS allows the U.S. Census Bureau to provide timely and relevant housing and socioeconomic statistics, even for small geographic areas. The Census Bureau developed the ACS to collect and update demographic, social, economic, and housing data every year that are essentially the same as the ‘‘long-form’’ data that the Census Bureau formerly collected once a decade as part of the decennial census. Federal and state government agencies use such data to evaluate and manage federal programs and to distribute funding for various programs that include food stamp benefits, transportation dollars, and housing grants. State, county, tribal, and community governments, nonprofit organizations, businesses, and the general public use information such as housing quality, income distribution, journey-to-work patterns, immigration data, and regional age distributions for decision-making and program evaluation. The ACS is now the only source of comparable data about social, economic, housing, and demographic characteristics for small areas and small subpopulations across the nation and in Puerto Rico. The ACS program provides estimates annually for all states and all medium and large cities, counties, and metropolitan areas. For smaller areas and population groups, it takes five years to accumulate enough data to provide reliable estimates. Every community in the nation continues to receive a detailed, statistical portrait of its social, economic, housing, and demographic characteristics each year through one-year and five-year ACS products. The ACS collects detailed socioeconomic data on over 40 topics. The list of topics and questions can be found here: https://www.census.gov/ VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:36 Jul 02, 2024 Jkt 262001 library/publications/2018/dec/plannedquestions-2020-acs.html. The Census Bureau collects these data under the authority of Title 13, United States Code, Sections 141, 193, 221, and 223. By that same law, the Census Bureau is obligated to use existing information that has already been collected by other government agencies, whenever possible, instead of asking for such information directly from the public. Following the Census Bureau’s strategic plan and transformation initiative to change our focus from being a survey-centric data provider to a data product-focused provider of information, the ACS program has made it a priority to use alternative data sources and expand the use of administrative and third-party data to meet customer needs and reduce the dependency on traditional methods of data collection. The expanded use of administrative and third-party data in the ACS is expected to reduce data collection costs, improve operational efficiency, reduce respondent burden, and improve the quality of ACS data products. The Census Bureau has begun to explore the use of administrative and third-party data in a variety of ways for various topics on the ACS. Beginning in January 2024, we implemented an adaptive approach for collecting data on property lot size (acreage) that uses administrative property tax data purchased from a third-party vendor. We analyzed the quality of the property tax data for acreage and developed business rules for using the data. The acreage question is skipped when administrative data are available. Research is underway to determine how administrative and third-party data can be used for other topics on the ACS. This program announcement is specifically related to using administrative and third-party data for the agricultural sales question. The agricultural sales question was introduced in 1960 on the Decennial Census housing questionnaire. The question was transferred to the ACS when the ACS replaced the Decennial Census long-form in 2005. The question is asked of people living in single-family attached and detached housing units and mobile homes built on at least one acre of land. In the past 12 months, what were the actual sales of all agricultural products from this property? None $1 to $999 $1,000 to $2,499 $2,500 to $4,999 $5,000 to $9,999 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 $10,000 or more The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) uses data from this question to aid in calculations for its data release on National Income and Product Accounts (NIPAs). The BEA uses the data to create a distinction between farm and non-farm properties. They define farms as properties reporting agricultural product sales of $1,000 or more in the past 12 months; the remaining properties are classified as non-farms. Data from this question are also used in editing and imputation procedures by the Census Bureau for employment and income. The Census Bureau releases data on agricultural sales on the ACS Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) file; data on agricultural sales are not included in any ACS tabulations on data.census.gov. II. Proposal For a question to be included in the ACS, there must be a legally cited federal need for the data. Currently, BEA’s use of these data is the only known federally required use. The Census Bureau proposes exploring using administrative and third-party data to satisfy BEA’s data need instead of asking the public the agricultural sales question. This project proposes using administrative and third-party data from multiple sources to create a variable that classifies ACS sample addresses as farms or non-farms. The data sources under consideration include tax assessment records on property and land use, parcel boundary data from property tax records, survey data, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Form 1040 Schedule F data on profit or loss from farming, and land cover data based on satellite imagery. Data will be assessed for quality and a farm indicator will be formulated through statistical modeling and business rules. The resulting indicator will be evaluated at the microdata level and against current tabulated estimates. The proposed farm indicator could also replace the current agricultural sales data used in the Census Bureau’s editing and imputation procedures for employment and income data. After research is conducted, a report will be made public on the Census Bureau’s website. The ACS is not expected to be changed before 2026. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, additional Federal Register notices with the opportunity for public comment will be published in the Federal Register before a change is implemented. E:\FR\FM\03JYN1.SGM 03JYN1 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 128 / Wednesday, July 3, 2024 / Notices III. Request for Comments We are soliciting public comments to identify additional stakeholders that use the current Agricultural Sales data on the ACS PUMS file. We are also interested in feedback about the proposed research. Comments you submit in response to this notice are a matter of public record. Before including your address, phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment—including your personal identifying information—may be made publicly available at any time. While you may ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. Robert L. Santos, Director, Census Bureau, approved the publication of this Notice in the Federal Register. Dated: June 26, 2024. Shannon Wink, Program Analyst, Policy Coordination Office, U.S. Census Bureau. Dated: June 28, 2024. Dawn Shackleford, Executive Director of Trade Agreements Policy & Negotiations, Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board. [FR Doc. 2024–14662 Filed 7–2–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE [FR Doc. 2024–14633 Filed 7–2–24; 8:45 am] Foreign-Trade Zones Board BILLING CODE 3510–07–P [B–37–2024] Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 80, Notification of Proposed Production Activity; Senior Operation LLC; (Expansion Joints and Clamshell Bellows); New Braunfels, Texas DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Foreign-Trade Zones Board [Order No. 2165] Expansion of Subzone; Hyster-Yale Group, Inc.; Sulligent, Alabama khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES Whereas, notice inviting public comment has been given in the Federal Register (89 FR 15970, March 6, 2024) and the application has been processed pursuant to the FTZ Act and the Board’s regulations; and, Whereas, the Board adopts the findings and recommendations of the examiners’ memorandum, and finds that the requirements of the FTZ Act and the Board’s regulations are satisfied; Now, therefore, the Board hereby approves the expansion of Subzone 98D on behalf of Hyster-Yale Group, Inc. in Sulligent, Alabama, as described in the application and Federal Register notice, subject to the FTZ Act and the Board’s regulations, including section 400.13. Pursuant to its authority under the Foreign-Trade Zones Act of June 18, 1934, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the Board) adopts the following Order: Whereas, the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Act provides for ‘‘. . . the establishment . . . of foreign-trade zones in ports of entry of the United States, to expedite and encourage foreign commerce, and for other purposes,’’ and authorizes the ForeignTrade Zones Board to grant to qualified corporations the privilege of establishing foreign-trade zones in or adjacent to U.S. Customs and Border Protection ports of entry; Whereas, the Board’s regulations (15 CFR part 400) provide for the establishment of subzones for specific uses; Whereas, the City of Birmingham, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 98, has made application to the Board for the expansion of Subzone 98D on behalf of Hyster-Yale Group, Inc. in Sulligent, Alabama, (FTZ Docket B–9–2024, docketed March 1, 2024); VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:36 Jul 02, 2024 Jkt 262001 Senior Operation LLC submitted a notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ Board (the Board) for its facility in New Braunfels, Texas within FTZ 80. The notification conforming to the requirements of the Board’s regulations (15 CFR 400.22) was received on June 28, 2024. Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), FTZ production activity would be limited to the specific foreign-status material(s)/ component(s) and specific finished product(s) 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 include: metal expansion joints (stainless and carbon steel) and clamshell bellows (stainless and alloy steel) (duty rate ranges from duty-free to 5.5%). The proposed foreign-status materials/components include: flat rolled stainless steel (width of 6.35 mm to 50.8 mm) and cold-rolled stainless- PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 55221 steel coils (width of 1.62 mm to 4.554 mm) (duty-free). The request indicates that the materials/components are subject to duties under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (section 232) and section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 (section 301), depending on the country of origin. The applicable section 232 and section 301 decisions require subject merchandise to be admitted to FTZs in privileged foreign status (19 CFR 146.41). The Board’s regulations (15 CFR 400.13(c)(2)) require that merchandise subject to AD/CVD orders, or items which would be otherwise subject to suspension of liquidation under AD/ CVD procedures if they entered U.S. customs territory, be admitted to the zone in privileged foreign status. 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 August 12, 2024. 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: June 28, 2024. Elizabeth Whiteman, Executive Secretary. [FR Doc. 2024–14663 Filed 7–2–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Foreign-Trade Zones Board [Order No. 2164] Reorganization and Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 96 Under Alternative Site Framework; Eagle Pass, Texas Pursuant to its authority under the Foreign-Trade Zones Act of June 18, 1934, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the Board) adopts the following Order: Whereas, the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Act provides for ‘‘. . . the establishment . . . of foreign-trade zones in ports of entry of the United States, to expedite and encourage foreign commerce, and for other purposes,’’ and authorizes the Board to grant to qualified corporations the privilege of establishing foreign-trade zones in or adjacent to U.S. Customs and Border Protection ports of entry; Whereas, the Board adopted the alternative site framework (ASF) (15 E:\FR\FM\03JYN1.SGM 03JYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 128 (Wednesday, July 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55219-55221]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-14633]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Census Bureau

[Docket Number: 240620-0168]
X-RIN 0607-XC077


American Community Survey Agricultural Sales and Farm Indicator 
Data

AGENCY: Census Bureau, Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The American Community Survey (ACS) is a continuous survey 
conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau, gathering detailed housing and 
socioeconomic data from around 3.54 million addresses in the U.S. and 
about 36,000 addresses in Puerto Rico annually. It replaces the long-
form census previously done once a decade, providing crucial statistics 
for governmental, non-profit, business, and public decision-making at 
various levels. To enhance efficiency and reduce respondent burden, the 
ACS is increasingly utilizing administrative and third-party data 
sources. The Census Bureau is considering using such data to replace 
the agricultural sales question, which has implications for federal 
programs and economic analysis. The proposal explores several data 
sources to classify properties as farms or non-farms. The Department of 
Commerce invites the public to comment on the proposed research to 
determine whether data other than survey responses can be used 
effectively to replace agricultural sales data currently provided by 
the Census Bureau that has been obtained from responses to the ACS.

DATES: To ensure consideration, comments must be received on or before 
August 19, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments by 
email to [email protected]. Please reference ACS Agricultural Sales 
in the subject line of your comments. All comments received are part of 
the public record. All Personally 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, or Adobe 
PDF file formats.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
specific questions related to collection

[[Page 55220]]

activities should be directed to Elizabeth Poehler, ADC for Survey 
Methods, U.S. Census Bureau, 301-763-9305, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    The American Community Survey (ACS) is an ongoing monthly survey 
that collects detailed housing and socioeconomic data from a sample of 
about 3.54 million addresses in the 50 states and the District of 
Columbia and about 36,000 addresses in Puerto Rico each year, where it 
is known as the Puerto Rico Community Survey (PRCS). The ACS also 
collects detailed socioeconomic data from about 170,900 residents 
living in group quarters (GQ) facilities in the United States and 
Puerto Rico. Resulting tabulations from this data collection are 
provided every year. The ACS allows the U.S. Census Bureau to provide 
timely and relevant housing and socioeconomic statistics, even for 
small geographic areas.
    The Census Bureau developed the ACS to collect and update 
demographic, social, economic, and housing data every year that are 
essentially the same as the ``long-form'' data that the Census Bureau 
formerly collected once a decade as part of the decennial census. 
Federal and state government agencies use such data to evaluate and 
manage federal programs and to distribute funding for various programs 
that include food stamp benefits, transportation dollars, and housing 
grants. State, county, tribal, and community governments, nonprofit 
organizations, businesses, and the general public use information such 
as housing quality, income distribution, journey-to-work patterns, 
immigration data, and regional age distributions for decision-making 
and program evaluation. The ACS is now the only source of comparable 
data about social, economic, housing, and demographic characteristics 
for small areas and small subpopulations across the nation and in 
Puerto Rico.
    The ACS program provides estimates annually for all states and all 
medium and large cities, counties, and metropolitan areas. For smaller 
areas and population groups, it takes five years to accumulate enough 
data to provide reliable estimates. Every community in the nation 
continues to receive a detailed, statistical portrait of its social, 
economic, housing, and demographic characteristics each year through 
one-year and five-year ACS products.
    The ACS collects detailed socioeconomic data on over 40 topics. The 
list of topics and questions can be found here: https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2018/dec/planned-questions-2020-acs.html.
    The Census Bureau collects these data under the authority of Title 
13, United States Code, Sections 141, 193, 221, and 223. By that same 
law, the Census Bureau is obligated to use existing information that 
has already been collected by other government agencies, whenever 
possible, instead of asking for such information directly from the 
public.
    Following the Census Bureau's strategic plan and transformation 
initiative to change our focus from being a survey-centric data 
provider to a data product-focused provider of information, the ACS 
program has made it a priority to use alternative data sources and 
expand the use of administrative and third-party data to meet customer 
needs and reduce the dependency on traditional methods of data 
collection. The expanded use of administrative and third-party data in 
the ACS is expected to reduce data collection costs, improve 
operational efficiency, reduce respondent burden, and improve the 
quality of ACS data products. The Census Bureau has begun to explore 
the use of administrative and third-party data in a variety of ways for 
various topics on the ACS.
    Beginning in January 2024, we implemented an adaptive approach for 
collecting data on property lot size (acreage) that uses administrative 
property tax data purchased from a third-party vendor. We analyzed the 
quality of the property tax data for acreage and developed business 
rules for using the data. The acreage question is skipped when 
administrative data are available.
    Research is underway to determine how administrative and third-
party data can be used for other topics on the ACS. This program 
announcement is specifically related to using administrative and third-
party data for the agricultural sales question.
    The agricultural sales question was introduced in 1960 on the 
Decennial Census housing questionnaire. The question was transferred to 
the ACS when the ACS replaced the Decennial Census long-form in 2005. 
The question is asked of people living in single-family attached and 
detached housing units and mobile homes built on at least one acre of 
land.
    In the past 12 months, what were the actual sales of all 
agricultural products from this property?

None
$1 to $999
$1,000 to $2,499
$2,500 to $4,999
$5,000 to $9,999
$10,000 or more
    The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) uses data from this 
question to aid in calculations for its data release on National Income 
and Product Accounts (NIPAs). The BEA uses the data to create a 
distinction between farm and non-farm properties. They define farms as 
properties reporting agricultural product sales of $1,000 or more in 
the past 12 months; the remaining properties are classified as non-
farms.
    Data from this question are also used in editing and imputation 
procedures by the Census Bureau for employment and income.
    The Census Bureau releases data on agricultural sales on the ACS 
Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) file; data on agricultural sales are 
not included in any ACS tabulations on data.census.gov.

II. Proposal

    For a question to be included in the ACS, there must be a legally 
cited federal need for the data. Currently, BEA's use of these data is 
the only known federally required use. The Census Bureau proposes 
exploring using administrative and third-party data to satisfy BEA's 
data need instead of asking the public the agricultural sales question. 
This project proposes using administrative and third-party data from 
multiple sources to create a variable that classifies ACS sample 
addresses as farms or non-farms. The data sources under consideration 
include tax assessment records on property and land use, parcel 
boundary data from property tax records, survey data, Internal Revenue 
Service (IRS) Form 1040 Schedule F data on profit or loss from farming, 
and land cover data based on satellite imagery. Data will be assessed 
for quality and a farm indicator will be formulated through statistical 
modeling and business rules. The resulting indicator will be evaluated 
at the microdata level and against current tabulated estimates.
    The proposed farm indicator could also replace the current 
agricultural sales data used in the Census Bureau's editing and 
imputation procedures for employment and income data.
    After research is conducted, a report will be made public on the 
Census Bureau's website. The ACS is not expected to be changed before 
2026. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, additional 
Federal Register notices with the opportunity for public comment will 
be published in the Federal Register before a change is implemented.

[[Page 55221]]

III. Request for Comments

    We are soliciting public comments to identify additional 
stakeholders that use the current Agricultural Sales data on the ACS 
PUMS file. We are also interested in feedback about the proposed 
research.
    Comments you submit in response to this notice are a matter of 
public record. Before including your address, phone number, email 
address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you 
should be aware that your entire comment--including your personal 
identifying information--may be made publicly available at any time. 
While you may ask us in your comment to withhold your personal 
identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we 
will be able to do so.
    Robert L. Santos, Director, Census Bureau, approved the publication 
of this Notice in the Federal Register.

    Dated: June 26, 2024.
Shannon Wink,
Program Analyst, Policy Coordination Office, U.S. Census Bureau.
[FR Doc. 2024-14633 Filed 7-2-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-07-P


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