[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 85 (Monday, May 4, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25321-25322]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-10317]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Geological Survey

[GX15ED00CPN]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments

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

ACTION: Notice of an information collection, Earth Explorer User 
Registration Service.

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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 July 6, 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-NEW, Earth Explorer User Registration 
Service' in all correspondence.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ryan Longhenry, Long Term Archive 
Project Manager, at (605) 695-1611 or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract

    The USGS proposes to collect general demographic information about 
public users that download products from the USGS using Earth Explorer 
(EE) application to help address Congress, OMB and DOI management's 
questions as to who uses Landsat and other remote sensing data and what 
are the most common uses of these data which they have found to be 
valuable for justifying and maintaining the free distribution of the 
USGS land remote sensing data. EE also stores information about users 
that download source code products (GloVis for example). The 
information collected in the database includes the names, affiliations, 
addresses, email address and telephone numbers of individuals. The 
information is gathered to facilitate the reporting of demographic data 
for use of the EE Application. Demographic

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data is also used to make decisions on future functional requirements 
within the system.
    Earth Explorer is a Web application that enables users to find, 
preview, and download or order digital data published by the U.S. 
Geological Survey. There are more than 300 USGS Datasets available from 
the site. To download or order products from EE, users must register 
with the EE system.
    The information is stored on an internal encrypted database. The 
data is provided by the customer and utilized to contact the customer 
to notify customer of data ready for download. If downloads are 
unsuccessful, the customer is contacted to provide updated information. 
In addition, EE requires certain fields to be completed such as name, 
address, city and zip code before an account can be established and an 
order can be submitted. Email is sent to new registered users to 
validate user email information.
    EE does not derive new data and does not create new data through 
aggregation.
    Personal information is not used as search criteria. Access to the 
information uses the least privileged access methodology. Authorized 
individuals with specifically granted access to the Privacy Act data 
can retrieve only by account number or order number Personal data is 
encrypted while stored in the Database. Contact ID is generated when 
account is created.

II. Data

    OMB Control Number: 1028-NEW.
    Title: Earth Explorer User Registration Service.
    Type of Request: Existing information collection without prior 
approval.
    Affected Public: Federal Agencies, state, tribal, and non-
government individuals who have requested USGS products from USGS/Earth 
Explorer application are covered in this system. The system has only 
one category for individuals.
    Respondent's Obligation: Participant data is furnished by the 
individual and is required for order fulfillment.
    Frequency of Collection: The information is collected at the time 
of registration and is only updated by the individual. Updates to the 
information are accomplished by the individual when they feel the need 
to update. Occasions' that user might want to update would be if 
something has changed in their demographic (email address as an 
example).
    Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 84,000.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: Approximately 84,000 
new users are added on an annual basis.
    Estimated Time per Response: 2 min.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 2,800.
    Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Non-Hour Cost'' Burden: 
None.
    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.

Francis P. Kelly,
Director, EROS Center.
[FR Doc. 2015-10317 Filed 5-1-15; 8:45 am]
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