[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 88 (Friday, May 8, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21716-21717]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-10714]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

U.S. Geological Survey


Agency Information Collection Activity; USGS Societal Uses and 
Benefits of Moderate-Resolution Satellite Imagery Survey

AGENCY: United States 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 have submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) a new information collection request (ICR) 
for approval of the paperwork requirements for the study on the 
Societal Uses and Benefits of Moderate-Resolution Satellite Imagery.

DATES: You must submit comments on or before June 8, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Please submit comments on this information collection 
directly to the Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information 
and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Desk Officer for the Department of 
the Interior, via e-mail [[email protected]] or fax (202) 395-
5806; and identify your submission as 1028--NEW. Please also submit a 
copy of your comments to Phadrea Ponds, USGS Information Collection 
Clearance Officer, 2150-C Center Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 80525 (mail); 
(970) 226-9230 (fax); or [email protected] (e-mail). Please reference 
Information Collection 1028--NEW, LANDSAT in the subject line.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Earlene Swann by mail at U.S. 
Geological Survey, 2150-C Center Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 80525 or by 
telephone at (970) 226-9346.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract

    The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is responsible for maintaining 
the national archive of Landsat data and distributing data to users. 
The Landsat Program benefits a wide community of users, including 
federal, state, and local governments, the global change research 
community, national security agencies, academia, and private sector 
users. The USGS Land Remote Sensing Program (LRS) initiated this 
information collection as part of a regulation mandate to lead efforts 
to develop a long-term plan to achieve technical, financial, and 
managerial stability for operational land imaging. To address this data 
need this information collection is designed to: (1) Better understand 
the uses and applications of moderate-resolution satellite imagery, (2) 
identify and classify the breadth and depth of the users of these 
imagery, and (3) determine the societal benefits of Landsat. This 
information collection will be conducted by scientists and staff in the 
Policy Analysis and Science Assistance Branch (PASA) of the USGS. The 
information collection will be conducted online and utilizes five 
forms.

II. Data

    OMB Control Number: 1028--NEW.
    Title: The Societal Uses and Benefits of Moderate-Resolution 
Satellite Imagery.
    Respondent Obligation: Voluntary.
    Frequency of Collection: One-time.
    Estimated Annual Number of and Description of Respondents: 3983. 
State and Local Government, private individuals, state and local land 
management officials, scientists, and geographic researchers.

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                                                                                     Estimated
                                                                                    completion
                                                                  Annual  number     time per        Estimated
                                                                   of  responses    respondent    annual  burden
                                                                                       (min)
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Form 1..........................................................             971              35             567
Form 2..........................................................             971              25             404
Forms 3 and 4...................................................            1941              15             486
Form 5..........................................................             100               3               5
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    Total.......................................................            3983  ..............            1462
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    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Non-Hour Cost'': 
There are no ``non-hour cost'' burdens associated with this collection 
of information.

III. Request for Comments

    On September 4, 2008, we published a Federal Register notice (73 FR 
51645) announcing that we would submit this information collection to 
OMB for approval. The notice provided a 60-day comment period ending on 
November 4, 2008. We did not receive any comments in response to that 
notice.
    We again invite comments concerning this ICR on: (a) Whether the 
proposed collection of information is necessary for the agency to 
perform its duties, including whether the information is

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useful; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
usefulness, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) 
ways to minimize the burden on the respondents, including the use of 
automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.
    Comments that you submit 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 anytime. 
While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your personal 
identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we 
will be able to do so.

    Dated: May 4, 2009.
Bruce K. Quirk,
Land Remote Sensing Program Coordinator.
[FR Doc. E9-10714 Filed 5-7-09; 8:45 am]
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