[Federal Register: May 8, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 88)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
U.S. Geological Survey
Agency Information Collection Activity; USGS Societal Uses and
Benefits of Moderate-Resolution Satellite Imagery Survey
AGENCY: United States Geological Survey (USGS), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of a new information collection.
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SUMMARY: To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), we
are notifying the public that we have submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) a new information collection request (ICR)
for approval of the paperwork requirements for the study on the
Societal Uses and Benefits of Moderate-Resolution Satellite Imagery.
DATES: You must submit comments on or before June 8, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Please submit comments on this information collection
directly to the Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Desk Officer for the Department of
the Interior, via e-mail [OIRA_DOCKET@omb.eop.gov] or fax (202) 395-
5806; and identify your submission as 1028--NEW. Please also submit a
copy of your comments to Phadrea Ponds, USGS Information Collection
Clearance Officer, 2150-C Center Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 80525 (mail);
(970) 226-9230 (fax); or pponds@usgs.gov (e-mail). Please reference
Information Collection 1028--NEW, LANDSAT in the subject line.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Earlene Swann by mail at U.S.
Geological Survey, 2150-C Center Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 80525 or by
telephone at (970) 226-9346.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is responsible for maintaining
the national archive of Landsat data and distributing data to users.
The Landsat Program benefits a wide community of users, including
federal, state, and local governments, the global change research
community, national security agencies, academia, and private sector
users. The USGS Land Remote Sensing Program (LRS) initiated this
information collection as part of a regulation mandate to lead efforts
to develop a long-term plan to achieve technical, financial, and
managerial stability for operational land imaging. To address this data
need this information collection is designed to: (1) Better understand
the uses and applications of moderate-resolution satellite imagery, (2)
identify and classify the breadth and depth of the users of these
imagery, and (3) determine the societal benefits of Landsat. This
information collection will be conducted by scientists and staff in the
Policy Analysis and Science Assistance Branch (PASA) of the USGS. The
information collection will be conducted online and utilizes five
forms.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1028--NEW.
Title: The Societal Uses and Benefits of Moderate-Resolution
Satellite Imagery.
Respondent Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: One-time.
Estimated Annual Number of and Description of Respondents: 3983.
State and Local Government, private individuals, state and local land
management officials, scientists, and geographic researchers.
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Estimated
completion
Annual number time per Estimated
of responses respondent annual burden
(min)
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Form 1.......................................................... 971 35 567
Form 2.......................................................... 971 25 404
Forms 3 and 4................................................... 1941 15 486
Form 5.......................................................... 100 3 5
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Total....................................................... 3983 .............. 1462
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Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Non-Hour Cost'':
There are no ``non-hour cost'' burdens associated with this collection
of information.
III. Request for Comments
On September 4, 2008, we published a Federal Register notice (73 FR
51645) announcing that we would submit this information collection to
OMB for approval. The notice provided a 60-day comment period ending on
November 4, 2008. We did not receive any comments in response to that
notice.
We again invite comments concerning this ICR on: (a) Whether the
proposed collection of information is necessary for the agency to
perform its duties, including whether the information is
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useful; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
usefulness, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d)
ways to minimize the burden on the respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of
public record. Before including your address, phone number, e-mail
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 anytime.
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.
Dated: May 4, 2009.
Bruce K. Quirk,
Land Remote Sensing Program Coordinator.
[FR Doc. E9-10714 Filed 5-7-09; 8:45 am]
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