[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 182 (Friday, September 18, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58383-58384]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-20630]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

 Geological Survey

[GX20RN00COM0011; OMB Control Number 1028-0048]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Did You Feel It? 
Earthquake Questionnaire

AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, 
the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) are proposing to renew an information 
collection.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
November 17, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Send your comments on this information collection request 
(ICR) by mail to U.S. Geological Survey, Information Collections 
Officer, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 159, Reston, VA 20192; or by 
email to [email protected]. Please reference OMB Control 
Number 1028-0048 in the subject line of your comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information 
about this ICR, contact David Wald by email at [email protected], or by 
telephone at 303-273-8441.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, we provide the general public and other Federal agencies 
with an opportunity to comment on new, 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.
    We are soliciting comments on the proposed ICR 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. We will include or summarize each comment in our request 
to OMB to approve this ICR. 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 can 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 U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) 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 websites. 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

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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. This collection is scheduled to expire on 
June 30, 2021.
    Title of Collection: Did You Feel It? Earthquake Questionnaire.
    OMB Control Number: 1028-0048.
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: General Public.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 200,000.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 300,000.
    Estimated Completion Time per Response: 3 minutes on average.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 15,000.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion, after an earthquake.
    Total Estimated Annual Non-hour Burden Cost: $0.00.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor and a person is not required 
to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a 
currently valid OMB control number.
    The authority for this action is the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).

Jill McCarthy,
Geologic Hazards Science Center, Director.
[FR Doc. 2020-20630 Filed 9-17-20; 8:45 am]
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