[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 224 (Wednesday, November 21, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 65592]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-5762]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

U.S. Geological Survey


Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request

AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Interior.

ACTION: Notice of a new information collection.

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SUMMARY: To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), we 
are notifying the public that we will submit to OMB a new information 
collection request (ICR) for approval of the paperwork requirements for 
the National Spatial Data Infrastructure, Cooperative Agreements 
Program (NSDI CAP). To submit a proposal for the NSDI CAP three 
standard OMB forms and project narrative must be completed and 
submitted via on Grants.gov. This notice provides the public an 
opportunity to comment on the paperwork burden of these forms. The 
forms are available at http://www07.grants.gov/agencies/approved_standard_forms.jsp and the NSDI CAP project narrative guidance is 
available at http://www.fgdc.gov/grants/2008CAP/2008CAPSolicitation_ver6.doc.

DATES: Submit written comments by January 22, 2008.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on this information collection to 
the Department of the Interior, USGS, via:
     Email [email protected]. Use Information Collection Number 
1028-NEW, NSDI CAP in the subject line.
     FAX: (703) 648-7069. Use Information Collection Number 
1028-NEW, NSDI CAP in the subject line.
     Mail or hand-carry comments to the Department of the 
Interior; USGS Clearance Officer, U.S. Geological Survey, 807 National 
Center, Reston, VA 20192. Please reference Information Collection 1028-
NEW, NSDI CAP in your comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brigitta Urban-Mathieux. 703-648-5175. 
Copies of the forms can be obtained at no cost at http://www.reginfo.gov, or by contacting the USGS clearance officer at the 
phone number list below.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: National Spatial Data Infrastructure Cooperative Agreements 
Program (NSDI CAP).
    OMB Control Number: 1028-NEW NSDI CAP.
    Form Number: Standard Form 424 Application for Federal Assistance, 
Standard Form 424A Budget Information Non-Construction Programs, and 
Standard Form 424B Assurances Non-Construction Programs, and Project 
narrative guidance posted on Grants.gov.
    Abstract: Respondents are submitting proposals to acquire funding 
for projects to help build the infrastructure necessary for the 
geospatial data community to effectively discover, access, share, 
manage, and use digital geographic data. The NSDI consists of the 
technologies, policies, organizations, and people necessary to promote 
cost-effective production, and the ready availability and greater 
utilization of geospatial data among a variety of sectors, disciplines, 
and communities. Specific NSDI areas of emphasis include: metadata 
documentation, clearinghouse establishment, framework development, 
standards implementation, and geographic information system (GIS) 
organizational coordination.
    We will protect information from respondents considered proprietary 
under the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and its 
implementing regulations (43 CFR part 2), and under regulations at 30 
CFR 250.197, ``Data and information to be made available to the public 
or for limited inspection.'' Responses are voluntary. No questions of a 
``sensitive'' nature are asked. We intend to release the project 
abstracts and primary investigators for awarded/funded projects only.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Estimated Number and Description of Respondents: Approximately 80 
proposals are submitted by individuals involved in the area of 
geospatial science.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 80.
    Annual Burden Hours: 1280.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Hour'' Burden: We 
estimate the public reporting burden averages 8 to 16 hours per 
response. This includes the time for reviewing instructions, developing 
the proposal, and completing and reviewing the information.
    Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Non-Hour Cost'' Burden: We 
have not identified any ``non-hour cost'' burdens associated with this 
collection of information.
    Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) 
provides that an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and you are not 
required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays 
a currently valid OMB control number. Until OMB approves a collection 
of information, you are not obligated to respond.
    Comments: Before submitting an ICR to OMB, PRA section 
3506(c)(2)(A) (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) requires each agency ``* * * to 
provide notice * * * and otherwise consult with members of the public 
and affected agencies concerning each proposed collection of 
information * * *'' Agencies must specifically solicit comments to: (a) 
Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary 
for the agency to perform its duties, including whether the information 
is useful; (b) evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the 
burden of the proposed collection of information; (c) enhance the 
quality, usefulness, and clarity of the information to be collected; 
and (d) minimize the burden on the respondents, including the use of 
automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.
    To comply with the public consultation process, we publish this 
Federal Register notice announcing that we will submit this ICR to OMB 
for approval. The notice provided the required 60-day public comment 
period.
    USGS Information Collection Clearance Officer: Alfred Travnicek, 
703-648-7231.

    Dated: November 14, 2007.
Ivan DeLoatch,
Staff Director, Federal Geographic Data Committee, Geospatial 
Information Coodination Office.
[FR Doc. 07-5762 Filed 11-20-07; 8:45 am]
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