[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 57 (Tuesday, March 25, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16368-16369]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-06456]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Geological Survey

[GX14EF00CNTRC00]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments

AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Interior.

ACTION: Notice of a new information collection, Assessment of the 
Business Requirements and Benefits of Enhanced Geospatial Water Data.

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SUMMARY: We (the U.S. Geological Survey) will ask the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) to approve the information collection (IC) 
described below. As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 
1995, and as 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.

DATES: To ensure that your comments are considered, we must receive 
them on or before May 27, 2014.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on this information collection to 
the Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Geological Survey, 
12201 Sunrise Valley Drive MS 807, Reston, VA 20192 (mail); (703) 648-
7197 (fax); or [email protected] (email). Please reference `Information 
Collection 1028-NEW, Assessment of the Business Requirements and 
Benefits of Enhanced Geospatial Water Data' in all correspondence.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steve Aichele, Geographer, at (517) 
887-8918 or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    The U.S. Geological Survey National Geospatial Program (NGP) is the 
Federal agency tasked by the Office of Management and Budget Circular 
A-16 with coordination of the hydrography (surface-water features) 
geospatial data theme. The purpose of this study is to ensure that the 
NGP's management of hydrography data theme is optimized to fully 
support the potential of geospatial data and information use in water 
science and mapping.
    This one-time, voluntary information collection will engage 
professional users of hydrography information, including scientists, 
planners, and managers from Federal, state, and local government as 
well as academia and the private sector. The process will be guided by 
an interagency management team led by USGS with support from a 
professional services contractor. The information collection will 
include an online survey as well as interviews and focus group using a 
standardized template. The information collection will focus on (1) 
respondent's current use of hydrography data, (2) desired improvements 
to hydrography data, and (3) benefits accrued to the respondent's 
mission if enhanced hydrography data were available. Personally 
Identifiable Information (PII) will not be sought. The results of the 
information collection will be used to evaluate potential future 
program changes for USGS hydrography data. A summary of the results 
will be published in a USGS publication.
    We will protect information from respondents 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''. All information will be stored according 
to established USGS security and information access protocols.

II. Data

    OMB Control Number: 1028-NEW.
    Title: Assessment of the Business Requirements and Benefits of 
Enhanced Geospatial Water Data.
    Type of Request: New information collection.
    Affected Public: States, U.S. Territories, Tribes, and selected 
private natural resource development companies.
    Respondent's Obligation: None. Participation is voluntary.
    Frequency of Collection: One time.
    Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 300.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 300.
    Estimated Time per Response: 4 hours.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 1200.
    Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Non-Hour Cost'' Burden: 
There are no ``non-hour cost'' burdens associated with this IC.
    Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) 
provides that an agency 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 and current expiration date.

III. Request for Comments

    We are soliciting comments as to: (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) how to minimize the burden 
on the respondents, including the use of automated collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology.
    Please note that the comments submitted in response to this notice 
are a matter of public record. Before including your personal mailing 
address, phone number, email address, or other personally identifiable 
information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire 
comment, including your personally identifiable information, may be 
made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your 
comment to withhold your personally identifiable information from 
public view, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.

Mark Demulder,
Chief, National Geospatial Program.
[FR Doc. 2014-06456 Filed 3-24-14; 8:45 am]
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