[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 246 (Tuesday, December 23, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77030-77031]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-29912]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

U.S. Geological Survey

[GX14EF00CNTRC00]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments on 
the Assessment of the Business Requirements and Benefits of Enhanced 
Geospatial Water Data

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

ACTION: Notice of a new information collection, Assessment of the 
Business

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Requirements and Benefits of Enhanced Geospatial Water Data.

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SUMMARY: We (the U.S. Geological Survey) are notifying the public that 
we have submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) the 
information collection request (ICR) described below. To comply with 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) 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 ICR.

DATES: To ensure that your comments on this ICR are considered, we must 
receive them on or before January 22, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Please submit written comments on this information 
collection directly to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Desk Officer 
for the Department of the Interior, via email: 
([email protected]); or by fax (202) 395-5806; and identify 
your submission with `OMB Control Number 1028-NEW Assessment of the 
Business Requirements and Benefits of Enhanced Geospatial Water Data'. 
Please also forward a copy of your comments and suggestions 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) 648-7195 (fax); or [email protected] 
(email). Please reference `OMB 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, National Geospatial 
Program U.S. Geological Survey, 215 Limekiln Rd., New Cumberland, PA 
17070 (mail); 717-730-6949 (phone); or [email protected] (email). You 
may also find information about this ICR at www.reginfo.gov.

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. Respondents may be contacted subsequently for 
clarification of responses. 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 it's 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: Approval of new information collection.
    Respondent Obligation: None (participation is voluntary).
    Frequency of Collection: One time.
    Description of Respondents: States, U.S. Territories, Tribes and 
selected private natural resource development companies.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 375 invited to survey, 
300 expected respondents.
    Estimated Time per Response: We estimate that it will take 5 
minutes to read the invitation and 1 hour per person to complete the 
questionnaire.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 331.
    Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Non-Hour Cost'' Burden: 
There are no ``non-hour cost'' burdens associated with this collection 
of information.
    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. Until the OMB approves a collection 
of information, you are not obliged to respond.
    Comments: On March 25, 2014, we published a Federal Register notice 
(79 FR 16368) announcing that we would submit this ICR to OMB for 
approval and soliciting comments. The comment period closed on May 27, 
2014. We received no comments.

III. Request for Comments

    We again invite comments concerning this ICR 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) how 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 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 the OMB in your 
comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public 
review, we cannot guarantee that it will be done.

Julia L. Fields,
Deputy Director, National Geospatial Program.
[FR Doc. 2014-29912 Filed 12-22-14; 8:45 am]
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