[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 227 (Monday, November 24, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71042-71043]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-27825]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

U.S. Geological Survey


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submitted for Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) Review; Comment Request on Extension of 
Existing Information Collection

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

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: We (U.S. Geological Survey) have sent an Information 
Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for review and approval. The ICR, which 
is summarized below, describes the nature of the collection and the 
estimated burden and cost. This ICR is scheduled to expire on November 
14, 2008. We may not conduct or sponsor and a person is not required to 
respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently 
valid OMB control number. However, under OMB regulations, we may 
continue to conduct or sponsor this information collection while it is 
pending at OMB.

DATE: You must submit comments on or before December 24, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Send your comments on this information collection directly 
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Desk Officer for the Department of the 
Interior via OMB e-mail: ([email protected]); or by fax (202) 
395-6566; and identify your submission with 1028-0048.
    Please submit a copy of your comments to the Phadrea Ponds, 
Information Collections, U.S. Geological Survey, 2150-C Center Avenue, 
Fort Collins, CO 80525 (mail); (970) 226-9230 (fax); or FAX: 
[email protected] (e-mail). Use Information Collection Number 1028-0048 
in the subject line.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information 
about this ICR, contact Jim Dewey at (303) 274-8419.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 1028-0048.
    Title: USGS Earthquake Report.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: General Public.
    Respondent Obligation: Voluntary.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion, after an earthquake.
    Estimated Completion Time: 6 minutes.
    Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 200,000.

    Note: We have recalculated our estimated number of responses 
requested in our 60 day FR notice (73 FR 53267) from 100,000 to 
200,000 responses. This recalculation is based on our experience 
with the data compiled over the three year period (2005-2008), 
during which we had many more responses than we anticipated in 2005.

    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 20,000 hours.

    Note: We have recalculated our estimated number of responses 
requested in our 60 day FR notice (73 FR 53267) from 10,000 to 
20,000 hours. Assuming that 200,000 respondents will each spend 6 
minutes responding to the proposed information collection the total 
adjusted hour burden will be 20,000 hours.

    Abstract: The collection of information applies to a World-Wide Web 
site questionnaire that permits individuals to report on the effects of 
the shaking from an earthquake--on themselves personally, buildings, 
other man-made structures, and ground effects such as faulting or 
landslides. The USGS may use the information to provide qualitative, 
quantitative, or graphical descriptions of earthquake damage.
    We will protect information from respondents considered proprietary 
under the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and 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 will release data collected on these 
forms only in a summary format that is not company-specific.
    Comments: To comply with the public consultation process, on 
September 14, 2008, we published a Federal Register notice (73 FR 
53267) announcing our intent to submit this information collection to 
OMB for approval. In that notice we solicited public comments for 60 
days, ending on November 14, 2008. We did not receive any comments 
concerning the notice.
    We again invite comments concerning this information collection on:
    (1) Whether or not the collection of information is necessary, 
including whether or not the information will have practical utility;

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    (2) The accuracy of our estimate of the burden for this collection 
of information;
    (3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
    (4) Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
respondents.
    Please note that the comments submitted in response to this notice 
are a matter of public record. Before including your address, phone 
number, e-mail 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 can ask OMB in your comment to withhold your 
personal identifying information from public review, we cannot 
guarantee that it will be done.
    USGS Information Collection Clearance Contact: Phadrea Ponds, 970-
226-9445.

    Dated: November 17, 2008.
Suzette M. Kimball,
Associate Director for Geology.
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