[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 22 (Tuesday, February 3, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5776-5777]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-02073]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

U.S. Geological Survey

[GX15RN00FUJA300]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments

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

ACTION: Notice of a revision of a currently approved information 
collection, 1028-0048, Did You Feel It? Earthquake.

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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. This 
collection is scheduled to expire on May 31, 2015.

DATES: To ensure that your comments are considered, we must receive 
them on or before April 6, 2015.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on this information collection to 
the Information Collection Clearance

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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 1028-0048, USGS Earthquake Data Report' in all 
correspondence.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Wald, (303) 273-8441, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract

    The U.S. Geological Survey is required to collect, evaluate, 
publish and distribute information concerning earthquakes. Respondents 
have an opportunity to voluntarily supply information concerning the 
effects of shaking from an earthquake--on themselves, buildings, other 
man-made structures, and ground effects such as faulting or landslides. 
Respondents' observations are interpreted in terms of numbers that 
measure the strength of shaking, and the resulting numbers are 
displayed on maps that are viewable from USGS earthquake Web sites. 
Observations are submitted via the Felt Report questionnaire accessed 
from the USGS Did You Feel It? Earthquake Web pages, and may be 
submitted via computer or mobile phone. Respondents are asked to 
provide information on the location to which the report pertains. The 
locations may, at the respondent's option, be given imprecisely (city-
name or postal Zip Code) or precisely (street address, geographic 
coordinates, or current location determined by the user's mobile 
phone). Low resolution maps of shaking based on both precise and 
imprecise observations are published for all earthquakes for which 
observations are submitted. For earthquakes felt by many respondents, 
the observations that are associated with more precise locations are 
used in the preparation of higher resolution maps of earthquake 
shaking.
    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. We will release data collected on these 
forms only in formats that do not include proprietary information 
volunteered by respondents.

II. Data

    OMB Control Number: 1028-0048.
    Form Number: 1028-0048.
    Title: Earthquake Report (Did You Feel It? Earthquake).
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: General Public.
    Respondent's Obligation: None. Participation is voluntary.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion, after each earthquake.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: Approximately 300,000 
individuals, based on past experience, but strongly dependent on the 
number of moderate or large earthquakes occurring near population 
centers, which cannot be known in advance.
    Estimated Time per Response: Six minutes, on average.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 30,000 hours.
    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.

Linda Pratt,
Geologic Hazards Science Center, Associate Director.
[FR Doc. 2015-02073 Filed 2-2-15; 8:45 am]
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