Local Update of Census Addresses (LUCA) -- Feedback and Appeals Process

Tuesday,
September 15, 2009

Part V

Office of
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Bureau of the Census
Procedures for Participating in the
Appeals Process for the 2010 Decennial
Census Local Update of Census Addresses
(LUCA) Program; Notice

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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND
BUDGET
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of the Census
[Docket Number 090302265–91138–02]

Procedures for Participating in the
Appeals Process for the 2010
Decennial Census Local Update of
Census Addresses (LUCA) Program

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AGENCIES: Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget; and Bureau of
the Census, Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Final notice.
SUMMARY: As part of implementing the
Census Address List Improvement Act
of 1994, the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) and the Bureau of the
Census (Census Bureau) publish this
notice to provide information on the
final procedures for the Appeals Process
whereby tribal, State, and local
governments participating in the 2010
Decennial Census Local Update of
Census Addresses (LUCA) Program may
appeal determinations made by the
Census Bureau with respect to their
suggested changes to the 2010 Census
Address List. This notice also
summarizes the comments received on
the proposed procedures published in a
March 31, 2009, Federal Register notice
(74 FR 14696). For information
purposes, this notice also describes the
LUCA Feedback materials that the
Census Bureau will provide to
participating governments and how
those governments can use the materials
as the basis for an Appeal.
Electronic Availability: This notice is
available on the Internet from the OMB
Web site at http://www.whitehouse.gov/
omb/fedreg_default/.
DATES: These LUCA Appeals Process
procedures, which reflect revisions
based on public comment following
publication of draft procedures, will be
implemented on September 15, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Correspondence concerning
the Appeals Process may be submitted
through one of the following methods:
• Fax: Correspondence may be faxed
to Katherine K. Wallman, Chief
Statistician, Office of Management and
Budget, fax number (202) 395–7245.
• E-mail: Correspondence may be
sent to
[email protected],
with the subject 2010 Appeals Process.
Correspondence about the 2010
Census LUCA Program in general
should be sent to Arnold A. Jackson,
Associate Director for Decennial Census,

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U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, DC
20233, telephone (301) 763–8626, fax
number (301) 763–8867, e-mail
[email protected].
Because of delays in the receipt of
regular mail due to security screening,
you are encouraged to use fax or e-mail
to transmit any inquiries.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
information about the Appeals Process,
contact Suzann Evinger, Office of
Management and Budget, 10201 New
Executive Office Building, Washington,
DC 20503, telephone (202) 395–7315;
fax number (202) 395–7245. For
information about the Census Bureau’s
2010 Census LUCA Program, contact
Timothy F. Trainor, Chief, Geography
Division, U.S. Census Bureau,
Washington, DC 20233–7400, telephone
(301) 763–2131; fax (301) 763–4710.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The Census Address List Improvement
Act of 1994
The Census Address List
Improvement Act of 1994 (Pub. L. 103–
430, 108 Stat 4393 (1994)) mandates the
establishment of a program to be used
by the Census Bureau for developing the
decennial census address list and
address lists for other censuses and
surveys conducted by the Bureau. The
Act’s provisions direct the Secretary of
Commerce to: (1) Publish standards
defining the content and structure of
address information that tribal, State,
and local governments may submit to be
used for developing a national address
list; (2) develop and publish a timetable
for the Census Bureau to receive,
review, and respond to submissions;
and (3) provide a response to the
submissions regarding the Census
Bureau’s determination for each
address. The Act provides further that
OMB’s Administrator of the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
acting through the Chief Statistician and
in consultation with the Census Bureau,
shall develop a process for tribal, State,
and local governments to appeal
determinations of the Census Bureau.
The Act also directs the U.S. Postal
Service to provide the Secretary of
Commerce with address information, as
appropriate, for use by the Census
Bureau.
The Act authorizes the Census Bureau
to provide designated officials of tribal,
State, and local governments with
access to census addresses information.
Prior to the 2000 Census, the Census
Bureau was limited to providing block
summary totals of addresses to tribal
and local governments. The 2000
Census marked the first decennial
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governments were able to review the
census address list.
Summary of Comments Received in
Response to the Proposed Appeals
Process
On March 31, 2009, OMB and the
Census Bureau issued a Federal
Register notice (74 FR 14696) requesting
comments on the proposed procedures
for participating in the Appeals Process
for the 2010 Census LUCA Program.
Two comments were received on the
proposal during the comment period.
This notice issues final procedures that
incorporate changes made as a result of
the comments received.
A summary of the public comments
and the response of OMB and the
Census Bureau are provided below.
Comment 1. One commenter
contended that the requirement for
including a post office name as a
component of appealed addresses was
confusing and unnecessary, since that
was not a requirement of initial LUCA
review of the Census Address List. The
commenter also suggested that the
examples listed in the procedures of
sources of supporting documentation
that could be used to support Appeals
include State databases and services
such as driver’s licenses, vehicle
registrations, and voter registrations.
OMB and the Census Bureau adopted
both of these suggestions for the final
procedures.
Comment 2. Another commenter
suggested that an aerial map printed
from an online mapping service and
accompanied by a parcel map submitted
as supporting evidence for the existence
and location of appealed addresses
would be an efficient way for local
governments to gather supporting
evidence. OMB and the Census Bureau
agree that aerial maps from online
mapping services may be suitable as
supporting documentation provided
that the confidentiality of the census
address list is maintained.
The OMB Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs Administrator’s
2010 LUCA Appeals Process
To ensure that tribal, State, and local
governments participating in the 2010
Decennial Census LUCA Program have
a means to appeal the Census Bureau’s
determinations, the Census Address List
Improvement Act of 1994 requires that
the Administrator of OMB’s Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
acting through the Chief Statistician and
in consultation with the Census Bureau,
develop an Appeals Process to resolve
any disagreements that may remain after
participating governments receive the
Census Bureau’s LUCA Feedback

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materials. This section describes the
final procedures for that Appeals
Process. For reference, the Appeals
Process that was used for the 2000
Census is described in the Federal
Register notice published on June 30,
1999 (64 FR 35548). Also, for reference
purposes only, the section that
immediately follows the Appeals
Process, entitled ‘‘The Census Bureau’s
2010 Decennial Census LUCA
Program,’’ describes the alreadycompleted phase of the program.
A. Overview of the Appeals Process
Governmental jurisdictions that
participated in LUCA Option 1 or LUCA
Option 2 and completed a review of
2010 Census LUCA materials may file
an Appeal if they meet the eligibility
criteria. Jurisdictions that participated
in LUCA Option 3 are not eligible to
appeal. Appeals must be filed within 30
calendar days from the date the
participant receives its LUCA Feedback
materials. Appeals filed after the
deadline will be denied as untimely.
When filing an Appeal, eligible
participants must include supporting
documentation that substantiates the
existence and location of each appealed
address. Eligible participants may file
an Appeal with the 2010 Decennial
Census LUCA Appeals Staff, a
temporary Federal entity set up to
administer the Appeals Process. Appeal
decisions will be based solely on a
review of written documentation
provided to the Appeals Staff by the
eligible government. The decision of the
Appeals Staff will be final. The Appeals
Staff is scheduled to conclude its review
of Appeal submissions by March 31,
2010. Specific eligibility criteria and
detailed requirements for Appeal
submissions are provided below.
B. Appeal Procedures for Option 1—
Title 13 Full Address List Review LUCA
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1. Eligibility Criteria for Filing an
Appeal
Option 1 participating governments
are eligible to file an Appeal if they (1)
Returned additions to, or corrections of,
the 2010 Decennial Census Address
List, or (2) challenged the count of
addresses in one or more census blocks
on the 2010 Decennial Census Address
Count List after their LUCA review, or
(3) certified to the Census Bureau after
their LUCA review that the 2010
Decennial Census Address List was
correct and required no update.
Eligible Option 1 participating
governments may appeal (1) Address
additions and corrections they provided
after their initial review of the 2010

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Census Address List that the Census
Bureau was able to process, but
ultimately did not accept, (2) addresses
they believe are still missing from
blocks whose address count they
challenged during their LUCA review of
the Address Count List, and (3)
addresses that were deleted from the
2010 Decennial Census Address List by
the Census Bureau during the Address
Canvassing Operation that were not
commented on by participants during
their initial LUCA review.
When filing an Appeal, eligible LUCA
Program participants must provide (1)
Contact information for the
governmental jurisdiction filing the
Appeal, (2) address information for each
address being appealed, and (3)
supporting documentation that
substantiates the existence and/or
location of each address being appealed
as specified below.
2. Contact Information
Eligible participants must provide the
following contact information for the
governmental jurisdiction filing the
Appeal:
a. Name of the governmental
jurisdiction, and
b. Name, mailing address, telephone
number, fax number, and electronic
mail address (if any) of that
jurisdiction’s contact person for the
Appeal.
3. Address Information
a. Eligible participants must provide
the following six items of information to
appeal the Census Bureau’s rejection of
the submission of a new address to be
added to, or a correction to an existing
address on, the Census Address List (as
evidenced by the Census Bureau’s final
determination code for that address on
the Detailed Feedback Address List),
OR
to appeal the Census Bureau’s
deletion of an address during the
Address Canvassing Operation that was
not previously commented on by the
participant during its initial LUCA
review (as indicated for that address on
the Detailed Feedback Address List):
(1) Complete address (including the
house number, unit designator if
applicable, street name, street direction,
street type, and ZIP Code) or, if there is
no address, a location description of the
housing unit or other living quarters.
(2) Master Address File identification
number.
(3) Census Tract number.
(4) Census Block number.
(5) Participant submitted action code.
(6) Census Bureau’s Processing Code.
Eligible participants may submit their
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designating the addresses on a copy of
their paper Detailed Feedback Address
List, as an extract file of addresses from
their computer-readable Detailed
Feedback Address List, or as a separate
printed list. Technical requirements for
submitting appealed addresses in
computer-readable form will be
included in the user guides to the LUCA
Feedback materials that the Census
Bureau will send to participating
governments.
b. To appeal the omission of
addresses the eligible participant
believes are still missing from blocks
whose address counts the participant
challenged previously during its initial
LUCA review (as evidenced by the
revised address counts for those blocks
on the Detailed Feedback Address
Count Challenge List), provide the
following items of information for each
missing address:
(1) Complete address (including the
house number, unit designator if
applicable, street name, street direction,
street type, and ZIP Code) or, if there is
no address, a location description of the
housing unit or other living quarters.
(2) Census Tract number from the
map or shapefile.
(3) Census Block number from the
map or shapefile.
Eligible participants may submit their
appealed addresses by entering them on
Appeal Address Add Pages that will be
supplied by the Census Bureau with the
LUCA Feedback materials, or they may
submit them in computer-readable form.
Technical requirements for submitting
appealed addresses in computerreadable form will be included in the
user guides to the LUCA Feedback
materials that the Census Bureau will
send to participating governments.
4. Supporting Documentation
Eligible participants must provide
supporting documentation for each
appealed address as specified below in
section E, ‘‘Supporting Documentation
an Eligible Government Must File with
an Appeal.’’
C. Appeal Procedures for Option 2—
Title 13 Local Address List Submission
LUCA Program Participants
1. Eligibility Criteria for Filing an
Appeal
Option 2 participants are eligible to
file an Appeal if they: (1) Returned their
local city-style address list, or (2)
certified to the Census Bureau after their
LUCA review that the 2010 Census
Address List was correct and required
no update. Option 2 participants may
appeal: (1) Address additions and
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initial review of the 2010 Census
Address List that the Census Bureau
was able to process, but ultimately did
not accept (as evidenced by the Census
Bureau’s final determination code for
that address on the Detailed Feedback
Address List) and (2) the Census
Bureau’s deletion of an address from the
2010 Census Address List during the
Address Canvassing Operation (as
indicated for that address on the
Detailed Feedback Address List).
When filing an Appeal, jurisdictions
must provide: (1) Contact information
for the jurisdiction, (2) address
information for each address being
appealed, and (3) supporting
documentation that substantiates the
existence and/or location of each
address being appealed as specified
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2. Contact Information
Eligible participants must provide the
following contact information for the
governmental jurisdiction filing the
Appeal:
a. Name of the eligible jurisdiction,
and
b. Name, mailing address, telephone
number, fax number, and electronic
mail address (if any) of that
jurisdiction’s contact person for the
Appeal.
3. Address Information
Eligible participants must provide the
following information for each address
that is being appealed:
a. Complete address (including the
house number, unit designator if
applicable, street name, street direction,
street type, and ZIP Code) or a location
description of the housing unit or other
living quarters.
b. Master Address File identification
number.
c. Census Tract number from the map
or shapefile.
d. Census Block number from the map
or shapefile.
e. Census Bureau’s Processing Code.
Eligible participants may submit their
appealed address information by
designating the addresses on a copy of
their paper Detailed Feedback Address
List, as an extract file of addresses from
their computer-readable Detailed
Feedback Address List, or as a separate
printed list. Technical requirements for
submitting appealed addresses in
computer-readable form will be
included in the user guides to the LUCA
Feedback materials that the Census
Bureau will send to participating
governments.
4. Supporting Documentation
Eligible participants must provide
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i. Tax assessment records, if they
distinguish residential from commercial
units.
3. Information that demonstrates the
D. Appeal Procedures for Option 3—
quality of address or map reference
Non-Title 13 Local Address List
sources provided as supporting
Submission LUCA Participants
evidence such as:
Option 3 participants are not eligible
a. Date of the address source.
b. How often the address source is
to file an Appeal because these
updated.
participants do not receive the detailed
c. Methods used to update the source.
address level feedback materials
d. Quality assurance procedure(s)
required as the basis for an Appeal.
used in maintaining the address source.
E. Supporting Documentation That Must
e. How the address source is used by
Be Filed With an Appeal
the eligible government and/or by the
originator of the source.
The Appeals decisions will be based
All Appeal documentation must be
solely on a review of written
filed with the Appeals Staff within 30
documentation provided by the eligible
calendar days after the eligible
participating government and the
participating government’s receipt of its
Census Bureau. Eligible participating
governments must submit the following LUCA Feedback materials. The eligible
jurisdiction may not submit any
supporting documentation with their
materials to the Appeals Staff after the
Appeals:
30-day period has elapsed.
1. A written statement that outlines
the eligible participating government’s
F. Deadline To File Appeals
position for why the Appeals Staff
Appeals must be filed by the eligible
should adopt its recommendations. The
participating government within 30
statement must specifically respond to
calendar days after that government’s
the explanation that accompanied the
receipt of the LUCA Feedback materials.
Census Bureau’s LUCA Feedback
‘‘Receipt’’ as used herein is defined as
materials.
the delivery date reported to the Census
2. For each address (or group of
Bureau by the delivery service that
addresses), supporting documentary
transmits the feedback materials to the
evidence, including a reference to the
eligible participating government. In
exact location on the supporting
documentation where the Appeals Staff order to safeguard the confidential
address materials covered by Title 13,
can find specific evidence, supporting
the transmitting of an Appeal to the
the eligible government’s position with
respect to the existence or correctness of 2010 Decennial Census LUCA Appeals
that address. Useful types of supporting Staff must adhere to the Census
Bureau’s specific guidelines for
evidence include:
shipping materials. The guidelines will
a. Documentation of an on-site
inspection and/or interview of residents be supplied with the feedback materials.
The guidelines specifically prohibit the
and/or neighbors.
use of e-mail or fax as secure modes of
b. Issuance of a recent occupancy
transmitting confidential materials. The
permit for the unit. (Building permits
are not acceptable, as they do not ensure eligible participating government
that the units have been built and/or are should transmit its Appeal materials to
the Appeals Staff via regular or Express
occupied.)
Mail or overnight delivery service, and
c. Provision of utilities (electricity,
gas, sewer, water, telephone, etc.) to the must keep a record of the date it
transmits these materials. The ‘‘filing
residence. The utility record should
date’’ for the Appeal shall be the date
show that this is not a service to a
the Appeal is postmarked or the date it
commercial unit, or an additional
service to an existing residence (such as is shipped by the delivery service. All
Appeals filed after the deadline will be
a second telephone line).
denied as untimely.
d. Provision of other governmental
services (driver’s licenses, vehicle
G. Where To File an Appeal
registrations, voter registrations,
Appeals must be sent to the 2010
housing assistance, welfare, etc.) to
Decennial Census LUCA Appeals Staff,
residents of the unit.
the address for which will be supplied
e. Photography, including aerial
with the feedback materials. Upon
photography.
receipt of an Appeal, the LUCA Appeals
f. Aerial maps printed from an online
Staff will send a confirmation to the
mapping service.
eligible jurisdiction that its Appeal has
g. Land use maps.
been received. The Appeals Staff also
h. Local 911 emergency lists, if they
distinguish residential from commercial will notify the Census Bureau that the
Appeal has been filed.
units.
appealed address as specified below in
section E, ‘‘Supporting Documentation
That Must File With an Appeal.’’

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H. The Appeals Review and Final
Decision Process
The Appeals Process will be
administered by the 2010 Decennial
Census LUCA Appeals Staff, a
temporary Federal entity. The Appeals
Staff will include Appeals Officers who
are trained in the procedures for
processing an Appeal and in the
examination and analysis of address list
information, locations of addresses and
housing units, and supporting materials.
For each Appeal, an Appeals Officer
will review the Census Bureau’s
feedback materials and the written
documentation and supporting evidence
submitted by the eligible government
and consider the quality of the address
reference source as the basis for
determining the validity of an address
(or group of addresses) and its (their)
location(s). No testimony or oral
argument will be received by the
Appeals Officer.
At the conclusion of the review of an
appealed address (or group of
addresses), the Appeals Officer will
prepare a draft written determination.
The draft written determination will be
reviewed by a higher-level official on
the Appeals Staff. The Director of the
Appeals Staff (or his or her designee)
will then issue a final written
determination to both the eligible
government and the Census Bureau. The
final written determination will include
a brief explanation of the Appeals Staff’s
decision, and will specify how the
appealed address(es) or its (their)
location(s) should appear on the 2010
Decennial Census Address List. Each
final written determination shall
become part of the administrative record
of the Appeals Process.
The Appeals Staff’s decision is final.
The Census Bureau will include on the
2010 Decennial Census Address List
used for subsequent census operations
all addresses added to, or corrected in,
the 2010 Census Address List as a result
of the Appeals Process, and attempt to
locate and enumerate them. Inclusion of
an address on the list does not mean
that a living quarters with that address
exists or that the address will be
included in the final 2010 data
summaries. The census-taking process
will determine the inclusion status of
the address—whether or not it is
actually a housing unit—and the final
population and housing unit status for
each address.
I. Completion of the Appeals Process
Appeals reviews will be completed
and written determinations issued to the
concerned parties as soon as possible.
The Census Address List Improvement

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Act of 1994 (Pub. L. 103–430, 108 Stat
4393 (1994)) requires that all Appeals be
resolved before the decennial census
date (April 1, 2010).
The Census Bureau’s 2010 Decennial
Census LUCA Program
The Census Bureau and OMB provide
below a summary of the procedures for
participation in the 2010 Decennial
Census LUCA Program. This
information is being provided below for
reference purposes only; the 2010
Decennial Census LUCA Program has
concluded. Please see the notice
published in Federal Register on March
7, 2008, (73 FR 12369) for more
information on the program.
For the 2010 LUCA Program,
participating governmental jurisdictions
chose one of three participation options
for reviewing the census address list
and/or submitting their own local
residential address information to the
Census Bureau. In addition, they could
opt to receive materials in paper or
computer-readable formats, or use
Census Bureau-supplied software to
update their jurisdiction’s map features
and address list. Jurisdictions with more
than 6,000 addresses were required to
participate using a computer-readable
address list or the Census Bureausupplied software. All LUCA
participants were required to ‘‘geocode’’
(i.e., identify for an individual address
its correct geographic location including
the correct State, county, census tract,
and census block codes) each city-style
address they added or submitted. The
census tract and census block numbers
are displayed on the Census Bureausupplied maps, digital shapefiles, and
software tool. Additionally, all LUCA
participants could make updates and
corrections to the features and
boundaries on the Census Bureausupplied maps or digital shapefiles.
Described below are the three options
that tribal, State, and local governments
could have used to participate in the
2010 Decennial Census LUCA Program.
Option 1—Title 13 Full Address List
Review
The Option 1 Full Address List
Review option required that the
participant sign a Confidentiality
Agreement in accordance with Title 13,
United States Code (U.S.C.) to maintain
the confidentiality of the census address
information they received from the
Census Bureau for review. The Full
Address List Review participants
received the 2010 Decennial Census
LUCA Address List, the 2010 Decennial
Census LUCA Address Count List
(providing a count of addresses within
each census block), and census maps or

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digital shapefiles of their jurisdiction.
Participants who selected this option
were required to have the means to
secure the census address list
containing Title 13 information.
Although the LUCA Address List
contained both city-style (e.g., house
number, street name, ZIP Code) and
noncity-style (e.g., rural route/box
number, post office box number, general
delivery, location description)
addresses, participants could only add
and/or provide updates to city-style
addresses. In addition, Option 1
participants could challenge the address
count for any census block on their
LUCA Address Count List. If the entire
governmental jurisdiction contained
only noncity-style addresses, Option 1
was the only LUCA Program option the
jurisdiction could choose. Participants
with both city-style and noncity-style
addresses could not provide updates for
individual addresses on the LUCA
Address List and challenge the count of
addresses on the LUCA Address Count
List within the same census block.
Option 2—Title 13 Local Address List
Submission
The Option 2 Title 13 Local Address
List Submission option required that the
participants sign a Confidentiality
Agreement in accordance with Title 13,
U.S.C., to maintain the confidentiality of
the census address information they
received from the Census Bureau. This
was a new LUCA option for the 2010
Census intended for those participants
who did not have the time or resources
to update the 2010 Decennial Census
LUCA Address List, but wished to
submit their local residential address
list for Census Bureau use. Participants
who selected this option were required
to have the means to secure the census
address list containing Title 13
information.
Although Option 2 participants
received both the LUCA Address List
containing residential city-style and
noncity-style addresses and the LUCA
Address Count List, these materials
could only be used for reference
purposes. Option 2 LUCA participants
were required to submit their local citystyle address list in a Census Bureaudefined computer-readable format. The
Census Bureau did not accept Option 2
LUCA participants’ local address lists in
paper format and did not accept local
address lists containing noncity-style
addresses.
Option 3—Non-Title 13 Local Address
List Submission
The Option 3 Non-Title 13 Local
Address List Submission option was
also a new LUCA option for the 2010

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Census. Under Option 3, participants
could choose not to receive and review
the 2010 Decennial Census LUCA
Address List for their jurisdiction, and
not to be required to sign a
Confidentiality Agreement. Instead, the
participants received the 2010
Decennial Census LUCA Address Count
List in computer-readable format for
reference purposes only. Option 3
LUCA participants were required to
submit their local city-style address list
in a Census Bureau-defined computerreadable format. The Census Bureau did
not accept Option 3 LUCA participants’
local address lists in paper format and
did not accept local address lists
containing noncity-style addresses.

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The Census Bureau’s 2010 Decennial
Census Address Canvassing Operation
The Census Bureau conducted a
nationwide field check called the
Address Canvassing Operation to verify
the census address list, including the
qualifying updates supplied by 2010
Census LUCA participants. The
operation began in March of 2009.
During this operation, Census Bureau
field staff added, deleted, and corrected
entries on the Census Address List and
made needed corrections to census
maps. The Census Bureau’s feedback to
LUCA Program participants, conveying
the Census Bureau’s determinations on
their submissions of additions and
updates to census address information,
will be based on the results of Address
Canvassing.
The 2010 Decennial Census LUCA
Feedback Materials
The Census Bureau will provide 2010
LUCA Feedback materials to qualifying
governmental jurisdictions on a flow
basis starting in October 2009, and
ending in December 2009. The majority
of LUCA Program participants will
receive their feedback materials in the
same media format that they requested
for the initial 2010 Census LUCA review
materials. Although the initial LUCA
review materials stated that the Census
Bureau would provide structure
coordinates (map spots) for the feedback
phase of the program, the Census
Bureau will not provide them for
housing units collected during the 2009
Address Canvassing Operation due to
schedule changes that have delayed the
timing of coordinate processing.
The Census Bureau will provide the
LUCA Feedback materials after
completing the following steps:
(1) For jurisdictions that submitted
address updates to the 2010 Decennial
Census LUCA Address List or submitted
their local address list, the Census
Bureau will review and apply each

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correctly submitted participant address
update to its address list, adding any
new addresses not already on its list.
(2) The Census Bureau will conduct
the Address Canvassing Operation and
in the course of doing so will verify the
participant suggested address updates
(additions, corrections, deletions, etc.).
The Address Canvassing Operation will
ensure that all address updates and
additions exist and that they are in the
correct census block.
Potential group quarters (GQs)
addresses are identified as ‘‘other living
quarters’’ for the feedback phase of the
LUCA Program. Addresses identified in
the Address Canvassing operation as
potentially being GQs are later classified
as group quarters, housing units, or
nonresidential during a separate Census
Bureau operation, the Group Quarters
Validation, scheduled for October 2009.
Described below are the 2010 Census
LUCA Feedback materials that LUCA
Program participants will receive under
each of the three participation options.
LUCA Feedback for Option 1—Title 13
Full Address List Review Participants
The Census Bureau will provide 2010
Census LUCA Feedback materials to
Option 1 tribal, State, or local
governments that took any of the
following actions:
(1) Submitted updates (i.e., additions,
corrections, deletions) to city-style
addresses on the 2010 Census LUCA
Address List.
(2) Challenged the housing unit
address count and/or group quarters
address count for one or more census
blocks on the 2010 Census LUCA
Address Count List.
(3) Updated the Census Bureau maps.
(4) Certified to the Census Bureau at
the end of their LUCA review that the
2010 Census LUCA Address List was
correct and needed no update.
The 2010 Census LUCA Feedback
materials that the Census Bureau will
provide to each Option 1 participating
government will document which local
address additions and updates the
Census Bureau accepted or did not
accept. The 2010 Census LUCA
Feedback materials include:
(1) A Full Address List that contains
all of the residential addresses currently
recorded in the Census Address List
within the participant’s jurisdiction.
This address list will reflect the results
of the jurisdiction’s participation in the
2010 Census LUCA Program, the
Address Canvassing Operation, and
updates from other sources.
(2) A Detailed Feedback Address List
that shows each address record addition
and update submitted by the participant
and a processing code that identifies a

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specific action taken by the Census
Bureau on that address record. The
Detailed Feedback Address List will
also identify addresses deleted in the
Address Canvassing Operation.
(3) A Full Address Count List that
shows the current residential address
counts, including those for housing
units and other living quarters, for each
census block within the participant’s
jurisdiction.
(4) A Detailed Feedback Address
Count Challenge List that shows address
counts only for those census blocks
challenged by the participant or where
the address count decreased as a result
of Census Bureau operations.
Note—On the Detailed Feedback Address
List and the Detailed Feedback Address
Count Challenge List, addresses will be
reported only with 4-digit basic block
numbers instead of any suffixed block
numbers that may appear on the other
feedback materials. These block numbers will
not be suffixed.

(5) A Feedback Address Update
Summary Report that displays the
tallies of actions taken by the Census
Bureau for all of the address updates
submitted by the participant.
(6) Feedback maps may include
feature updates provided by the
participant and/or other updates found
by the Census Bureau during the
Address Canvassing Operation.
Boundary updates from the 2009
Boundary and Annexation Survey
submitted after March 1, 2009, may not
be reflected.
Note—The 4-digit block number on the
Full Address List, Full Address Count List,
and Feedback maps will be identical to those
appearing on the initial LUCA review
materials. However, the suffixes associated
with the 4-digit basic block numbers may
have no correlation to the suffixes on the
initial review materials.

LUCA Feedback for Option 2—Title 13
Local Address List Submission
Participants
The Census Bureau will provide 2010
Census LUCA Feedback materials to
Option 2 tribal, State, or local
governments that took any of the
following actions:
(1) Submitted their local city-style
address list.
(2) Updated the Census Bureau maps.
(3) Certified to the Census Bureau at
the end of their LUCA review that the
2010 Census Address List was correct
and a local address list submission was
not needed.
The 2010 Census LUCA Feedback
materials that the Census Bureau will
provide to each Option 2 participating
government will document which local
address submissions the Census Bureau
accepted or did not accept. The 2010
LUCA Feedback materials include:

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(1) A Full Address List that contains
all of the residential addresses for those
housing units and other living quarters
currently recorded in the Census
Address File within the participant’s
jurisdiction. This address list will
reflect the results of the jurisdiction’s
participation in the 2010 Census LUCA
Program, the Address Canvassing
Operation, and other sources.
(2) A Detailed Feedback Address List
that shows each address record
submitted by the participant and a
processing code that identifies a specific
action taken by the Census Bureau on
that address record. The Detailed
Feedback Address List will also identify
addresses deleted in the Address
Canvassing Operation.
Note—On the Detailed Feedback Address
List, addresses will be reported only with 4digit basic block numbers instead of any
suffixed block numbers that may appear on
the other feedback materials. These block
numbers will not be suffixed.

(3) A Full Address Count List that
shows the current residential address
counts, including those for housing
units and other living quarters, for each
census block within the participant’s
jurisdiction.
(4) A Detailed Feedback Address
Count Challenge List that shows address
counts only where the address count
decreased as a result of Census Bureau
operations.
Note—On the Detailed Feedback Address
List and the Detailed Feedback Address
Count Challenge List, addresses will be
reported only with 4-digit basic block
numbers instead of any suffixed block
numbers that may appear on the other
feedback materials. These block numbers will
not be suffixed.

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(5) A Feedback Address Update
Summary Report that displays the
tallies of actions taken by the Census
Bureau for all of the addresses
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(6) Feedback Maps may include
feature updates provided by the
participant and/or other updates found
by the Census Bureau during the
Address Canvassing Operation.
Boundary updates from the 2009
Boundary and Annexation Survey
submitted after March 1, 2009, may not
be reflected.
Note—The 4-digit block number on the
Full Address List, Full Address Count List,
and Feedback maps will be identical to those
appearing on the initial LUCA review
materials. However, the suffixes associated
with the 4-digit basic block numbers may
have no correlation to the suffixes on the
initial review materials.

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have no correlation to the suffixes on the
initial review materials.

The LUCA Feedback for Option 3
participants does not include a Full
Address List, Detailed Feedback
Address List, a Detailed Feedback
Address Count Challenge List, or a Full
Address Count List.
Participants under all three options
that submitted map updates only
without certifying that their address
lists were correct will only receive
maps/shapefiles as feedback.
Executive Order 12866

This notice has been determined to be
not significant under Executive Order
LUCA Feedback for Option 3—Non-Title 12866.
13 Local Address List Submission
Paperwork Reduction Act
Participants
The Census Bureau will provide 2010
Census LUCA Feedback materials to
Option 3 tribal, State, or local
governments that took any of the
following actions:
(1) Submitted their local city-style
address list.
(2) Updated the Census Bureau maps.
(3) Certified to the Census Bureau at
the end of their LUCA review that the
2010 Census Address Count List was
correct and a local address list
submission was not needed.
The 2010 Census LUCA Feedback
materials that the Census Bureau will
provide to each Option 3 participating
government include:
(1) Feedback Maps that may include
feature updates provided by the
participant and/or other updates found
by the Census Bureau during the
Address Canvassing Operation.
(2) A Feedback Address Update
Summary Report.
Note—The 4-digit block number on the
Feedback maps will be identical to those
appearing on the initial LUCA review
materials. However, the suffixes associated
with the 4-digit basic block numbers may

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Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, no person is required to respond
to, nor shall a person be subject to a
penalty for failure to comply with, a
collection of information subject to the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA) unless that
collection of information displays a
current, valid Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) control number. In
accordance with the PRA, 44 U.S.C.,
Chapter 35, the Census Bureau
requested, and OMB granted its
clearance for, the initial mailout of
informational materials for this program
on June 19, 2009, (OMB Control Number
0607–0795, expires on April 30, 2012).
The Census Bureau approval request for
remainder of the Appeals Process has
yet to be submitted.
Kevin F. Neyland,
Acting Administrator, Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs.
Robert M. Groves,
Director, Bureau of the Census.
[FR Doc. E9–22172 Filed 9–14–09; 8:45 am]
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