[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 143 (Wednesday, July 27, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43448-43449]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-14784]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Geological Survey


Request for Public Comments on a Proposed New Information 
Collection To Be Submitted to OMB for Review Under the Paperwork 
Reduction Act

    A request for a new information collection described below will be 
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval 
under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 
35). Copies of the proposed collection may be obtained by contacting 
the USGS Clearance Officer at the phone number listed below. Comments 
on the proposal should be made within 60 days to the Bureau Clearance 
Officer, U.S. Geological Survey, 807 National Center, Reston, VA 20192.
    As required by OMB regulations at 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), the USGS 
solicits specific public comments as to:
    1. Whether the collection of information is necessary for the 
proper performance of the functions on the bureaus, including whether 
the information will have practical utility;
    2. The accuracy of the bureau's estimate of the burden of the 
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology 
and assumptions used;
    3. The quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be 
collected; and
    4. How to minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
those who are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other forms of information technology.
    Title: National Water Information System Survey.
    OMB Approval No.: New collection.
SUMMARY: The collection of information referred herein applies to a 
World-Wide Web site questionnaire to be placed on the U.S. Geological 
Survey NWISWeb Web site (http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis). The optional 
survey will assist in identifying the types of customers who use the 
NWISWeb system, their needs and their satisfaction levels. In 
particular it will request detailed feedback from users who use the 
NWISWeb to electronically collect the system's data, so that their 
needs can be incorporated into future changes to NWISWeb.
    Estimated Completion Time: 10 minutes.
    Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 10,000.
    Frequency: No frequency. Filling out the survey is wholly voluntary 
but would normally be done only once per user.

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    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 1,667 hours.
    Affected Public: The general public.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To obtain copies of the survey, 
contact the Bureau clearance officer, U.S. Geological Survey, 807 
National Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, Virginia, 20192, 
telephone (703) 648-7313.

    Dated: July 21, 2005.
Robert M. Hirsch,
Associate Director for Water.
[FR Doc. 05-14784 Filed 7-26-05; 8:45 am]
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