[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 239 (Friday, December 11, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80137-80138]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-27293]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Geological Survey

[GX21EG31DW50100; OMB Control Number 1028-New]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Hydrography Maintenance 
Portal

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 a new information 
collection.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
February 9, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Send your comments on this information collection request 
(ICR) by mail to U.S. Geological Survey,

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Information Collections Officer, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 159, 
Reston, VA 20192; or by email to [email protected]. Please 
reference OMB Control Number 1028-xxxx in the subject line of your 
comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information 
about this ICR, contact Michael Tinker by email at [email protected], 
or by telephone at 303-202-4476.

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 Hydrography Maintenance Portal (HMP) is a website 
used by trained editors to access data from the USGS National 
Hydrography Dataset (NHD) or Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD) national 
databases for the purpose of editing the data to update, correct, or 
otherwise improve it. HMP is used by federal employees of the USGS 
National Geospatial Program (NGP) and state partners with which USGS 
has a signed Stewardship Program Memorandums of Understanding (MOU). 
USGS employees use the HMP as their primary means of accessing NHD and 
WBD for data management. State partners use the HMP to check out areas 
of the NHD and/or WBD to perform edits and updates to the data using 
their specialized, local knowledge of the streams in their areas. These 
data contributions are very important to maintaining the datasets as A-
16 National Geospatial Data Assets, as well as helping to prevent 
duplication of data by supporting editing of one primary dataset by 
many.
    Using HMP, NHD or WBD data is ``checked out'' from a national 
database for a select area. No other editor can check out the data for 
an area when the data is already checked out. The HMP is not used to 
directly edit or submit (``check in'') data to the national database. 
Data checked out with HMP must be edited with USGS hydrography editing 
tools, such as the WBD Edit Tool or the NHD Update Tool. To check in 
data, editors must use the USGS hydrography editing tools.
    An HMP user must take special training from USGS staff before they 
can register for an HMP user account. After training, users register an 
HMP user account with their business contact information including 
first/last name, business phone, state, and work organization. 
Registered users are then assigned check out permissions by the HMP 
administrators. HMP administrators are a limited group of the USGS NHD/
WBD Partner Support Team. HMP user accounts are necessary because they 
allow HMP administrators to provide assistance if needed, to coordinate 
production needs, and enable tracking on the editing history for the 
datasets through reporting.
    HMP has reporting functions to generate production statistics. 
These reports detail active and previous checkout histories within 
specified date ranges. The business contact information of the users 
who checked out the data are visible on these reports. Any registered 
user can generate reports with HMP.
    HMP reports are frequently used to coordinate essential production 
needs between states, or between USGS staff and state partners. The 
reports allow USGS staff to contact partners if there is a problem with 
their data or allow partners to contact partners in others states to 
confirm if editing work is planned or occurring in an adjacent 
watershed.
    Title of Collection: Hydrography Maintenance Portal.
    OMB Control Number: New.
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: New.
    Respondents/Affected Public: General public. NHD stewards and 
editors.
    affiliated with Federal, State, Local governments, and 
universities.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 200.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 200.
    Estimated Completion Time per Response: 1 hour.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 200.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Frequency of Collection:
    Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: None.
    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.).

David Brostuen,
Acting Director, National Geospatial Technical Operations Center.
[FR Doc. 2020-27293 Filed 12-10-20; 8:45 am]
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