The Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS) & Boundary Validation Program (BVP)

Forms and Documents

Forms and supporting documents for this ICR

Document	Type	Status	Availability
Form BAS-ARF Boundary & Annexation Survey, Annual Response Form	Form	Removed	Available
Form BAS-6 Boundary & Annexation Survey, Consolidated BAS	Form	Removed	Available
Form BAS-5 Boundary & Annexation Survey, American Indian Reservations and Off-Reservation Trust Lands	Form	Removed	Available
Form BAS-4 Boundary & Annexation Survey, Newly Incorporated Places and Newly Activated Governments	Form	Removed	Available
Form BAS-3 Boundary & Annexation Survey, Minor Civil Divisions	Form	Removed	Repair queued
Form BAS-2 Boundary & Annexation Survey, Counties and Equivalent Areas	Form	Removed	Available
Form BAS-1 Boundary & Annexation Survey, Incorporated Places	Form	Removed	Available
Form BAS-ARF BAS Annual Response Form	Form	New	Available
Form BAS5L BAS 5L - Email	Form	New	Available
Form BAS4L BAS 4L - Email	Form	New	Available
Form BAS3L-Indiana BAS 3L Indiana MCDs - Email	Form	New	Available
Form BAS3L BAS 3L - Partnership - Email	Form	New	Available
Form BAS2L BAS 2L - Tribal Email	Form	New	Available
Form BAS1L-Indiana BAS 1L Indiana County/Place	Form	New	Available
Form BAS1L-Georgia BAS 1L Georgia - Email	Form	New	Available
Form BAS1L-Email BAS 1L - Email	Form	New	Available
Form BAS-9L BAS 9L - Letter for map requests	Form	New	Available
Form BAS-5L BAS 5L - Letter Consolidated BAS partial	Form	New	Available
Form BAS-4L BAS 4L Letter outside consolidation	Form	New	Available
Form BAS-3L BAS 3L - Consolidated BAS Letter	Form	New	Available
Form BAS-2L BAS 2L Form Link	Form	New	Available
Form BAS-1L BAS 1L Form Link	Form	New	Available
Form BAS-6 BAS 6 - Consolidated BAS	Form	New	Available
Form BAS-5 BAS 5 - AIA Form	Form	New	Repair queued
Form BAS-3 BAS 3 - MCD Form	Form	New	Available
Form BAS-2 BAS 2 - County Form	Form	New	Repair queued
Form BAS-1 BAS 1 - Place Form	Form	New	Available
OMB_83I_0607_0151_2.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2016-03-08	Available
BAS_2016_2018_Supporting Statement Part B_final.docx	Supporting Statement B	Uploaded 2016-03-21	Available
BAS 2016_2018_SupportingStatement Part A_final.docx	Supporting Statement A	Uploaded 2016-03-21	Available
BAS 0607-0151 - Signed 83-I and Routing Slip.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2015-12-10	Available

IC Document Collections

Information collection document groups

IC ID	Collection	Type	Status	Form
37116	The Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS)	Form	Removed	Boundary & Annexation Survey, Annual Response Form
37116	The Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS)	Form	Removed	Boundary & Annexation Survey, Consolidated BAS
37116	The Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS)	Form	Removed	Boundary & Annexation Survey, American Indian Reservations and Off-Reservation Trust Lands
37116	The Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS)	Form	Removed	Boundary & Annexation Survey, Newly Incorporated Places and Newly Activated Governments
37116	The Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS)	Form	Removed	Boundary & Annexation Survey, Minor Civil Divisions
37116	The Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS)	Form	Removed	Boundary & Annexation Survey, Counties and Equivalent Areas
37116	The Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS)	Form	Removed	Boundary & Annexation Survey, Incorporated Places
37116	The Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS)	Other-BAS Respondent Guide -- Paper Respondents	Removed
219080	Boundary and Annexation Survey	Form	New	BAS Annual Response Form
219080	Boundary and Annexation Survey	Form	New	BAS 5L - Email
219080	Boundary and Annexation Survey	Form	New	BAS 4L - Email
219080	Boundary and Annexation Survey	Form	New	BAS 3L Indiana MCDs - Email
219080	Boundary and Annexation Survey	Form	New	BAS 3L - Partnership - Email
219080	Boundary and Annexation Survey	Form	New	BAS 2L - Tribal Email
219080	Boundary and Annexation Survey	Form	New	BAS 1L Indiana County/Place
219080	Boundary and Annexation Survey	Form	New	BAS 1L Georgia - Email
219080	Boundary and Annexation Survey	Form	New	BAS 1L - Email
219080	Boundary and Annexation Survey	Form	New	BAS 9L - Letter for map requests
219080	Boundary and Annexation Survey	Form	New	BAS 5L - Letter Consolidated BAS partial
219080	Boundary and Annexation Survey	Form	New	BAS 4L Letter outside consolidation
219080	Boundary and Annexation Survey	Form	New	BAS 3L - Consolidated BAS Letter
219080	Boundary and Annexation Survey	Form	New	BAS 2L Form Link
219080	Boundary and Annexation Survey	Form	New	BAS 1L Form Link
219080	Boundary and Annexation Survey	Form	New	BAS 6 - Consolidated BAS
219080	Boundary and Annexation Survey	Form	New	BAS 5 - AIA Form
219080	Boundary and Annexation Survey	Form	New	BAS 3 - MCD Form
219080	Boundary and Annexation Survey	Form	New	BAS 2 - County Form
219080	Boundary and Annexation Survey	Form	New	BAS 1 - Place Form
219080	Boundary and Annexation Survey	Other-Insert - Response Methods	New

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 0607-0151	ICR Reference No: 201511-0607-004
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201211-0607-003
Agency/Subagency: DOC/CENSUS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: The Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS) & Boundary Validation Program (BVP)
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 03/21/2016
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 12/29/2015
Terms of Clearance: This collection will not conduct testing; it will only conduct its main information collection. Within 3 months of this clearance, the agency will submit (to be included in the ROCIS record) its previous observed response rates from respondent contributors by method of collection. Upon requesting new clearance, the agency also will submit the observed response rates from respondent contributors by method of collection from THIS collection.

table that charts list comparision

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	03/31/2019	36 Months From Approved	03/31/2016
Responses	86,555	0	84,464
Time Burden (Hours)	174,697	0	169,368
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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Abstract: The Census Bureau conducts the BAS annually to collect boundary updates and information about selected legally defined geographic areas, including counties (and equivalent areas), incorporated places, Minor Civil Divisions (MCDs), as well as federally recognized American Indian Reservations (AIRs), Off-Reservation Trust Lands (ORTLs), and Tribal Subdivisions.

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 13 USC 6
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

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Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	80 FR 51766	08/26/2015
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	80 FR 80317	12/24/2015
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

table that charts list of burden

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Boundary and Annexation Survey	BAS-1, BAS-2, BAS-5L, BAS3L, BAS-3, BAS-2L, BAS-4L, BAS2L, BAS5L, BAS-ARF, BAS-5, BAS-6, BAS-3L, BAS-1L, BAS-9L, BAS1L-Email , BAS1L-Georgia, BAS1L-Indiana, BAS3L-Indiana, BAS4L	BAS 1 - Place Form ,   BAS 2 - County Form ,   BAS 3 - MCD Form ,   BAS 5 - AIA Form ,   BAS 6 - Consolidated BAS ,   BAS 1L Form Link ,   BAS 2L Form Link ,   BAS 3L - Consolidated BAS Letter ,   BAS 4L Letter outside consolidation ,   BAS 5L - Letter Consolidated BAS partial ,   BAS 9L - Letter for map requests ,   BAS 1L - Email ,   BAS 1L Georgia - Email ,   BAS 1L Indiana County/Place ,   BAS 2L - Tribal Email ,   BAS 3L - Partnership - Email ,   BAS 3L Indiana MCDs - Email ,   BAS 4L - Email ,   BAS 5L - Email ,   BAS Annual Response Form
The Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS)	BAS-4, BAS-3, BAS-ARF, BAS-6, BAS-5, BAS-1, BAS-2	Boundary & Annexation Survey, Incorporated Places ,   Boundary & Annexation Survey, Counties and Equivalent Areas ,   Boundary & Annexation Survey, Minor Civil Divisions ,   Boundary & Annexation Survey, Newly Incorporated Places and Newly Activated Governments ,   Boundary & Annexation Survey, American Indian Reservations and Off-Reservation Trust Lands ,   Boundary & Annexation Survey, Consolidated BAS ,   Boundary & Annexation Survey, Annual Response Form

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ICR Summary of Burden

table that charts list of burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	86,555	84,464	0	2,091	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	174,697	169,368	0	5,329	0	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: The reason for the increase in burden hours from the current OMB approval is due to RDP reconciliation, BQARP, and research projects.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $16,000,000

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

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Common Form ICR:  No

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On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).

The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(i) Why the information is being collected;

(ii) Use of information;

(iii) Burden estimate;

(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);

(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and

(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.

Certification Date: 12/29/2015

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