[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 35 (Tuesday, February 23, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8988-8989]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-03680]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

U.S. Geological Survey

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Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments on 
the National Spatial Data Infrastructure--Cooperative Agreements 
Program (NSDI CAP)

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

ACTION: Notice of a new information collection, National Spatial Data 
Infrastructure--Cooperative Agreements Program (NSDI CAP).

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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, OMB 
must receive them on or before March 24, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Please submit written comments on this information

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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 National Spatial 
Data Infrastructure--Cooperative Agreements Program (NSDI CAP)'. 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: 
National Spatial Data Infrastructure--Cooperative Agreements Program 
(NSDI CAP) in all correspondence.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brigitta Urban-Mathieux, Federal 
Geographic Data Committee Office of the Secretariat, U.S. Geological 
Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Mail Stop 590, Reston, VA 20192 
(mail); 703-648-5175 (phone); or [email protected] (email). You may 
also find information about this ICR at www.reginfo.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    Respondents are submitting proposals to acquire funding for 
projects to help build the infrastructure necessary for the geospatial 
data community to effectively discover, access, share, manage, and use 
digital geographic data. The National Spatial Data Infrastructure 
(NSDI) consists of the technologies, policies, organizations, and 
people necessary to promote cost-effective production, and the ready 
availability and greater utilization of geospatial data among a variety 
of sectors, disciplines, and communities. Specific NSDI areas of 
emphasis include: Metadata documentation, clearinghouse establishment, 
geospatial data framework development, standards implementation, and 
geographic information system (GIS) organizational coordination.
    We will issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) via Grants.gov. The 
incoming proposals will be reviewed and scored based on the responses 
to the questions in the RFP. No questions of a ``sensitive'' nature are 
asked. We intend to release the project abstracts and names of the 
primary investigators for awarded/funded projects only.

II. Data

    OMB Control Number: 1028--NEW.
    Title: National Spatial Data Infrastructure--Cooperative Agreements 
Program (NSDI CAP).
    Type of Request: Approval of new information collection.
    Respondent Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    Frequency of Collection: This is an annual offer.
    Description of Respondents: General public, State and Local 
governments, Tribal nations.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 60.
    Estimated Time per Response: Application: 35 hours; Interim and 
Final reports: 5 hours each.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 2,350 hours.
    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.
    Comments: On 08/07/2015, we published a Federal Register notice (80 
FR 47512) announcing that we would submit this ICR to OMB for approval 
and soliciting comments. The comment period closed on 10/06/2015. 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 us and the OMB 
in your comment to withhold your personal identifying information from 
public review, we cannot guarantee that it will be done.

Ivan DeLoatch,
Executive Director, Federal Geographic Data Committee, Core Science 
Systems.
[FR Doc. 2016-03680 Filed 2-22-16; 8:45 am]
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