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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
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:
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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/
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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
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$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.
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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.
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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
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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);
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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-
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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.
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[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
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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.
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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]
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