[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 170 (Tuesday, September 7, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50151-50152]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-19151]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Geological Survey

[GX21EG31DW50100; OMB Control Number 1028-NEW]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; 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, in use without OMB approval.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
October 7, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function. Please 
provide a copy of your comments to the 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-NEW 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. You may also view the ICR at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Individuals who are hearing or 
speech impaired may call the Federal Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339 
for TTY assistance.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the PRA and 5 CFR 
1320.8(d)(1), we provide the general

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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.
    A Federal Register notice with a 60-day public comment period 
soliciting comments on this collection of information was published on 
December 11, 2020. (85 FR 80137). No comments were received.
    As part of our continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent 
burdens, we are again soliciting comments from the public and other 
Federal agencies on the proposed ICR that is described below. We are 
especially interested in public comment addressing the following:
    (1) Whether or not the collection of information is necessary for 
the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including 
whether or not the information will have practical utility;
    (2) The accuracy of our estimate of the burden for this collection 
of information, including the validity of the methodology and 
assumptions used;
    (3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
    (4) How might the agency minimize the burden of the collection of 
information on those who are to respond, including through the use of 
appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., 
permitting electronic submission of response.
    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 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.
    Registered users are 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: 1028-NEW.
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: New, collection in use without OMB approval.
    Respondents/Affected Public: General public. NHD stewards and 
editors.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 100.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 100.
    Estimated Completion Time per Response: 1 minute.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 2 hours.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Frequency of Collection: One time.
    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,
Director, National Geospatial Technical Operation Center.
[FR Doc. 2021-19151 Filed 9-3-21; 8:45 am]
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