[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 132 (Monday, July 12, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39701-39702]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-16736]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

U.S. Geological Survey


Revision of a Currently Approved Collection: Users, Uses, and 
Benefits of Landsat Satellite Imagery

AGENCY: United States Geological Survey (USGS), Interior.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments of a currently approved collection 
(1028-0091).

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SUMMARY: We (U.S. Geological Survey) will ask the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMS) to approve the information collection (IC) described 
below. As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), and as 
a part of our continuing efforts to reduce paperwork and respondent 
burden, we invite the general public and other Federal agencies to take 
this opportunity to comment on this IC. As a federal agency, we 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.

DATES: You must submit comment on or before September 10, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Please send your comments concerning the IC to Phadrea 
Ponds, Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Geological 
Survey, 2150-C Centre Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 80526 (mail); (970) 226-
9230 (fax); or [email protected] (e-mail). Please reference Information 
Collection 1028-0091.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Holly Miller by mail at U.S. 
Geological Survey, 2150-C Centre Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 80526, or by 
telephone at (970) 226-9133.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract

    In 2008, the USGS's Land Remote Sensing (LRS) Program initiated a 
study to determine the users, uses, and benefits of Landsat imagery. 
Before that study, there had been very limited assessments of the users 
of this imagery to better understand the uses and benefits; the last 
comprehensive evaluation of the benefits of Landsat was completed over 
30 years ago. The current information collection (1028-0091) provided 
up-to-date information about the current users and uses of Landsat 
imagery, as well as the benefits derived from the availability of the 
imagery. We are proposing revisions to the existing collection that 
will allow us to focus specifically on Landsat users where the last 
collection provided general information from a broader population of 
moderate resolution imagery users. This revised collection will allow 
the LRS Program to examine the changes in users, uses and benefits 
resulting from Landsat imagery now being offered at no cost to the 
users. This recent policy change has resulted in a dramatic increase in 
the amount of imagery being requested and distributed directly from 
USGS. Because of the influx of new users, the LRS Program would like to 
know if the needs of the new users are similar or different when 
compared to the current roster of established users. The Program will 
use the information from this collection to understand if they are 
currently meeting the needs of their user community. Questions will be 
asked to determine user characteristics, uses and benefits of Landsat 
imagery.

II. Data

    OMB Control Number: 1028-0091.
    Title: Users, Uses, and Benefits of Landsat Satellite Imagery.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Frequency of Collection: One time only.
    Estimated Number and Description of Respondents: 2500 domestic and 
international state and local land management officials, and university 
scientists and researchers.
    Estimated Total Annual Responses: 2500.
    Estimated Time per Response: 30 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1250.

III. Request for Comments

    We invite comment concerning this IC on: (1) Whether or not the 
collection of information is necessary, including whether or not the 
information will have practical utility; (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 you submit in 
response to this notice are a matter of public record. We will include 
or summarize each comment in our request to OMB to approve this IC. 
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 us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying 
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that it will be 
done.

    Dated July 2, 1010.
Bryant Cramer,
Associate Director for Geography.
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