[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 236 (Thursday, December 9, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 76752]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-30952]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

U.S. Geological Survey

[USGS GX11GK009970000]


Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request

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

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: We (U.S. Geological Survey) will ask the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) to approve the information collection (IC) described 
below. To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and as a part 
of our continuing efforts to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, we 
invite the general public and other federal agencies to comment on this 
IC. We may not conduct or sponsor and a person is not required to 
respond to a collection unless it displays a currently valid OMB 
control number.

DATES: You must submit comments on or before February 18, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Send your comments to the IC to Phadrea Ponds, Information 
Collections Clearance Officer, U.S. Geological Survey, 2150-C Center 
Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 80525 (mail); (970) 226-9230 (fax); or 
[email protected] (e-mail). Please reference Information Collection 1028-
NEW, DYSI.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rex Baum by mail at U.S. Geological 
Survey, Denver Federal Center, Box 25046, M.S. 966, Denver, CO 80225-
0046, or by telephone at 303-273-8610.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    Landslides are a serious but little understood hazard in the U.S., 
causing more than $3 billion in damages and 25 deaths per year. The 
objective of this collection is to educate Americans about landslide 
hazards and to build better inventories of landslides through citizen 
participation. This project will make it possible for the public to 
report their observations of landslides on a Web site. The information 
gathered through the on-line database will be used to classify the 
landslides and damage, as well as provide information to scientists 
about the location, time, speed, and size of the landslides. The USGS 
Landslide Hazards Program is developing an interactive Web site for 
public reporting of landslides that is patterned after the USGS 
Earthquake Program's successful ``Did you feel it?'' Web site for 
collecting reports of felt earthquakes. A Pilot Project will be 
conducted in the United States. The USGS may use the information to 
provide qualitative, quantitative, or graphical descriptions of 
landslide 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.

II. Data

    OMB Control Number: None. This is a new collection.
    Title: USGS Landslide Report.
    Type of Request: New.
    Affected Public: General public.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion, after a landslide.
    Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 2,000.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 200.

III. Request for Comments

    We invite comments 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 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. To comply with the 
public process, we hereby publish this Federal Register notice 
announcing that we will submit this IC to OMB for approval. The notice 
provides the required 60-day public comment period.

    Dated: December 3, 2010.
William S. Leith,
Acting Associate Director for Natural Hazards.
[FR Doc. 2010-30952 Filed 12-8-10; 8:45 am]
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