[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 8 (Thursday, January 11, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1382-1383]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-00351]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

U.S. Geological Survey

[GX17RB00CMFCA00; OMB Control Number 1028-New]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Current and 
Future Landsat User Requirements

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

ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: We (the USGS) 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 February 12, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Send written comments on this information collection request 
(ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget's Desk Officer for the 
Department of the Interior by email at [email protected]; or 
via facsimile to (202) 395-5806. Please provide a copy of your comments 
to USGS, Information Collections Clearance Officer, 12201 Sunrise 
Valley Drive, MS 159, Reston, VA 20192; or by email to [email protected]. Please reference OMB Control Number 1028-NEW 
in the subject line of your comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rudy Schuster, Branch Chief, at (970) 
226-9230 or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the U.S.G.S., in accordance with the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, provide the general public and other 
Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed, revised, 
and continuing collections of information. This helps us assess the 
impact of our information collection requirements and minimize the 
public's reporting burden. It also helps the public understand our 
information collection requirements and provide the requested data in 
the desired format.
    A Federal Register notice with a 60-day public comment period 
soliciting comments on this collection of information was published on 
June 19, 2017, 82 FR 27867. No comments were received.
    We are again soliciting comments on the proposed IC that is 
described below. We are especially interested in public comment 
addressing the following issues: (1) Is the collection necessary to the 
proper functions of the USGS; (2) will this information be processed 
and used in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate of burden accurate; 
(4) how might the USGS enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (5) how might the USGS minimize the 
burden of this collection on the respondents, including through the use 
of information technology.
    Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of 
public record. Before including your address, phone number, email 
address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you 
should be aware that your entire comment--including your personal 
identifying information--may be made publicly available at any time. 
While you may ask us in your comment to withhold your personal 
identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we 
will be able to do so.
    Abstract: The USGS Land Remote Sensing (LRS) Program is currently 
planning for the next generation of Landsat satellites. These 
satellites will continue the multi-decadal continuous collection of 
moderate-resolution,

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multispectral, remotely-sensed imagery through the Landsat program. 
Landsat satellite imagery has been available at no cost to the public 
since 2008, which has resulted in the distribution of millions of 
scenes each subsequent year, as well tens of thousands of Landsat users 
registering with USGS to access the data. In order to continue to 
provide high quality imagery that meets the needs of users, LRS is 
collecting current and future user requirements for sensor and 
satellite attributes. These attributes include spatial resolution, 
spectral bands, frequency of acquisition, and many others. LRS will use 
the information from this collection to understand if they are 
currently meeting the needs of their user community and to help 
determine the features of future Landsat satellites. Questions will be 
asked to determine user characteristics, current uses of imagery, 
preferred attributes of Landsat imagery, and benefits of Landsat 
imagery. All current U.S. Landsat imagery users who are registered with 
USGS will be invited to take part in the survey and a large sample of 
international Landsat users will also be invited.
    To protect the confidentiality and privacy of survey respondents, 
the data from the survey will not be associated with any respondent's 
email address at any time and will only be analyzed and reported in 
aggregate. All files containing PII will be password-protected, housed 
on secure USGS servers, and only accessible to the research team. The 
data from the survey will be aggregated and statistically analyzed and 
the results will be published in publically available USGS reports.
    OMB Control Number: 1028-NEW.
    Title: Current and Future Landsat User Requirements.
    Type of Request: New information collection.
    Respondent Obligation: None. Participation is voluntary.
    Frequency of Collection: One time only.
    Description of Respondents: General public.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 11,660
    Estimated Time per Response: We estimate that it will take 20 
minutes per person to complete the full survey and 5 minutes per person 
to complete the non-response survey.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 3,335
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Non-Hour Cost'': 
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.
    The authority for this action is the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.).

Timothy Newman,
Land Remote Sensing Program Coordinator.
[FR Doc. 2018-00351 Filed 1-10-18; 8:45 am]
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