[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 62 (Wednesday, April 1, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17475-17476]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-07344]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Geological Survey

[GX15EB00A181100]


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 (1028-0085).

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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 September 30, 2015.

DATES: To ensure that your comments are considered, we must receive 
them on or before June 1, 2015.

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 1028-0085 National Land Remote Sensing 
Education, Outreach and Research Activity' in all correspondence.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sarah Cook, Land Remote Sensing 
Program, U.S. Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Mail Stop 
516, Reston, VA 20192 (mail); 703-648-6136 (phone); or [email protected] 
(email). You may also find information about this ICR at 
www.reginfo.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    The Land Remote Sensing Education, Outreach and Research Activity 
(NLRSEORA) is an effort that involves the development of a U.S. 
National consortium in building the capability to receive, process and 
archive remotely sensed data for the purpose of providing access to 
university and State organizations in a ready-to-use format; and to 
expand the science of remote sensing through education, research/
applications development and outreach in areas such as environmental 
monitoring, climate change research,

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natural resource management and disaster analysis. Respondents are 
submitting proposals to acquire funding for a National (U.S.) program 
to promote the uses of space-based land remote sensing data and 
technologies through education and outreach at the State and local 
level and through university-based and collaborative research projects. 
The information collected will ensure that sufficient and relevant 
information is available to evaluate and select a proposal for funding. 
A panel of USGS Land Remote Sensing Program managers and scientists 
will review each proposal to evaluate the technical merit, 
requirements, and priorities identified in the Program's call for 
proposals.
    This notice concerns the collection of information that is 
sufficient and relevant to evaluate and select proposals for funding. 
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.'' 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: 1028-0085.
    Form Number: NA.
    Title: National Land Remote Sensing Education, Outreach and 
Research Activity (NLRSEORA).
    Type of Request: New information collection.
    Affected Public: Non-profit organizations.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary (necessary to receive benefits).
    Frequency of Collection: Once per year.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: Approximately 5 
applications.
    Estimated Time per Response: We expect to receive approximately 5 
applications per year, taking each applicant approximately 24 hours to 
complete, totaling 120 burden hours. We anticipate awarding one (1) 
grant per year. The grantee will be required to submit an interim 
Annual Progress Report to the designated USGS Project Officer within 90 
days of the end of the project period and a final report on or before 
90 working days after the expiration of the agreement.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 120 hours per year.
    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.

Timothy R. Newman,
Program Coordinator, Land Remote Sensing Program, U.S. Geological 
Survey.
[FR Doc. 2015-07344 Filed 3-31-15; 8:45 am]
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