[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 188 (Wednesday, September 29, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60134-60135]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-24374]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

U.S. Geological Survey

[USGS-8327CPDM2]


Notice of a Revision of a Currently Approved Information 
Collection (1028-0091)

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

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ACTION: Notice of a revision of a currently approved information 
collection (1028-0091).

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SUMMARY: We (the U.S. Geological Survey) have sent an Information 
Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for review and approval. The ICR, which is summarized below, describes 
the nature of the collection and the estimated burden on the public.

DATES: You must submit comments on or before December 28, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Please send your comments and suggestions on this ICR to the 
Desk Officer for the Department of the Interior at OMB-OIRA at (202) 
395-5806 (fax) or [email protected] (e-mail). Please also send a 
copy of your comments on the ICR to Phadrea Ponds, Information 
Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Geological Survey, 2150-C Centre 
Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 80526 (mail); [email protected] (e-mail).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information 
about this ICR, please contact USGS, 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

    This study was approved by OMB (on September 30, 2009). We are 
requesting a revision of this collection. The U.S. Geological Survey's 
(USGS) Land Remote Sensing (LRS) Program has been briefed on the 
results associated with this ICR and has requested additional 
information to be collected concerning the users of Landsat Imagery. 
After careful consideration and review of the results, the LRS Program 
determined that they would like to know more about users of Landsat 
imagery. Specifically, in order to meet legal and programmatic 
responsibilities to effectively manage the Landsat system, the LRS has 
requested additional information about the uses and the values of a 
defined population of users who obtain imagery from the Earth Resources 
Observation and Science Center (EROS). EROS is responsible for 
collecting, processing, archiving, and distributing Landsat imagery. 
Between 2008 and 2009, there was a five-fold increase in users when 
imagery became available at no cost beginning in late 2008. The LRS 
Program is very interested in knowing more about this population of 
users. The initial information collection provided information about a 
diverse contingent of Landsat and other moderate-resolution imagery 
users, but was not generalizable to the entire population of users, and 
did not include new users who may have begun using Landsat after it 
became available at no cost. This collection has been revised to 
provide USGS with information about a population of users for which 
they currently have no existing data. Additionally, this information 
could help guide efforts to provide suitable replacement imagery in the 
event of a break in Landsat continuity by providing a better 
understanding of likely user responses to this scenario. 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.

II. Data

    OMB Control Number: 1028-0091.
    Title: Users, Uses, and Value of Landsat Satellite Imagery.
    Type of Request: This is a revision of a currently approved 
collection.
    Respondent Obligation: Voluntary.
    Frequency of Collection: One-time.
    Estimated Annual Number of and Description of Respondents: 14,773. 
State and Local Government, private individuals, state and local land 
management officials, scientists, and geographic researchers.

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                                                                                                      Estimated
                                                  Annual number     Estimated completion time per       annual
                                                  of responses               respondent                 burden
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Survey.........................................          13,051  30 minutes........................        6,526
Non-respondents................................           1,722  3 minutes.........................           87
    Total......................................          14,773  ..................................        6,613
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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

    We are inviting 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 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 any time. 
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: September 22, 2010.
D. Bryant Cramer,
Associate Director for Geography.
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