[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 142 (Monday, July 25, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 44354]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-18609]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR



 Geological Survey



[USGS-GX11EE000101000]




Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request for 

National Spatial Data Infrastructure, Cooperative Agreements Program 

(NSDI CAP)



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



ACTION: Notice of an extension of a currently approved information 

collection (1028-0084).



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SUMMARY: To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), we 

(the U.S. Geological Survey) are notifying the public that we will 

submit to OMB an extension of a currently approved information 

collection (IC) for the National Spatial Data Infrastructure, 

Cooperative Agreements Program (NSDI CAP). This notice provides the 

public and other Federal agencies an opportunity to comment on the 

paperwork burden of this information collection (IC). The existing IC 

is scheduled to expire on January 31, 2012. To submit a proposal for 

the NSDI CAP three standard OMB forms and project narrative must be 

completed and submitted via Grants.gov.



DATES: To ensure that your comments on this IC are considered, please 

submit them on or before September 23, 2011.



ADDRESSES: Please also submit a copy of your written comments to USGS 

Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Geological Survey, 12201 

Sunrise Valley Drive, Mail Stop 807, Reston, VA 20192 (mail); 703-648-

7197 (phone); 703-648-6853 (fax); or [email protected] (e-mail). 

Please reference Information Collection 1028-0084 NSDI CAP in the 

subject line.



FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information 

about this IC, please contact USGS, Brigitta Urban-Mathieux U.S. 

Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Mail Stop 590, Reston, 

Virginia 20192 (mail); by telephone (703) 648-5175; or 

[email protected] (e-mail).



SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 



I. Abstract



    Respondents are submitting proposals to acquire funding for 

projects to help build the infrastructure necessary for the geospatial 

data community to effectively discover, access, share, manage, and use 

digital geographic data. The NSDI consists of the technologies, 

policies, organizations, and people necessary to promote cost-effective 

production, and the ready availability and greater utilization of 

geospatial data among a variety of sectors, disciplines, and 

communities. Specific NSDI areas of emphasis include: metadata 

documentation, clearinghouse establishment, framework development, 

standards implementation, and building organizational collaboration and 

cooperation among organizations to leverage of geospatial resources.

    We will protect information considered proprietary under the 

Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and its 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 intend to release the project 

abstracts and primary investigators for awarded/funded projects only.



II. Data



    OMB Control Number: 1028-0084.

    Title: National Spatial Data Infrastructure Cooperative Agreements 

Program (NSDI CAP).

    Type of Request: Notice of an extension of a currently approved 

information collection.

    Affected Public: Private Sector; State, Local, and Tribal 

governments; Academia, and Non-profit organizations.

    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary (necessary to receive benefits).

    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.

    Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 60.

    Estimated Total Annual Responses: 60.

    Estimated Time per Response: 25 hours.

    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,500 hours.



III. Request for Comments



    We invite comments concerning this IC 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.

    Please note that any 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 publically available 

at anytime. While you can ask OMB in your comment to withhold your 

personal identifying information from public review, we cannot 

guarantee that will be done.



    Dated: July 19, 2011.

Ivan DeLoatch,

Executive Director, Federal Geographic Data Committee, Core Science 

Systems.

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