[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 85 (Tuesday, May 4, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23797-23798]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-10374]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey
Proposed Information Collection; Assessment of the Business
Requirements and Benefits of Enhanced National Elevation Data
AGENCY: United States Geological Survey (USGS), Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: We (U.S. Geological Survey) will ask the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) to approve the information collection (IC) described
below. To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and a part of
our continuing efforts to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, we
invite the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on this
IC. We may not conduct or sponsor and a person is not required to
respond to a collection unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number.
DATES: You must submit comment on or before July 6, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments to the IC to Phadrea Ponds, Information
Collections Clearance Officer, U.S. Geological Survey, 2150-C Center
Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 80525 (mail); (970) 226-9230 (fax); or
[email protected] (e-mail). Please reference Information Collection 1028-
NEW, LiDAR.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gregory Snyder by mail at U.S.
Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 517, Reston, VA
20192-0001, or by telephone at 703-648-5169.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
USGS Geography supports some of the most pressing resource
management, environmental and climate change science issues faced by
our Nation. Light Detection And Ranging (LiDAR) is the leading
technology for collecting highly-accurate three-dimensional
measurements of the Earth's topography and surface features such
buildings, bridges, coastlines, rivers, forests and other landscape
characteristics. These data provide an unprecedented tool for
scientific understanding and informed National decisions related to
ecosystem management, energy development, natural resource conservation
and mitigating geologic and flood-related hazards. The USGS now
collects LiDAR data to a limited extent and primarily for upgrading
bare-earth elevation data for The National Map. This study seeks to
establish a baseline of national business needs and associated benefits
for LiDAR to enhance the responsiveness of USGS programs, and to design
an efficient future program that balances requirements, benefits and
costs. The study advances coordinated program development among the
numerous federal and state agencies that increasingly rely on LiDAR to
enable the fulfillment of their missions. The study is sponsored by the
National Digital Elevation Program steering committee and supported by
several member agencies.
The information collection process will be guided by an interagency
management team led by USGS with support from a professional services
contractor. The information collection will be conducted using a
standardized template. We will protect information from respondents
considered proprietary under the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C.
552) and its 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.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: None. This is a new collection.
Title: Assessment of the Business Requirements and Benefits of
Enhanced National Elevation Data.
Type of Request: New.
Affected Public: States, U.S. Territories, Tribes and selected
private natural resource development companies.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: One time only.
Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: Approximately 300
responses.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,200.
III. Request for Comments
We invite comments concerning this IC on:
(1) Whether or not the collection of information is necessary,
including whether or not the information will have practical utility;
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(2) the accuracy of our estimate of the burden for this collection
of information;
(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
(4) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on
respondents.
Please note that the comments submitted 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 any time. While you can ask OMB in your comment to withhold your
personal identifying information from public review, we cannot
guarantee that it will be done. To comply with the public process, we
hereby publish this Federal Register notice announcing that we will
submit this IC to OMB for approval. The notice provides the required
60-day public comment period.
USGS Information Collection Clearance Officer: Phadrea D. Ponds,
970-226-9445.
Dated: April 27, 2010.
Bruce K. Quirk,
Land Remote Sensing Program Coordinator.
[FR Doc. 2010-10374 Filed 5-3-10; 8:45 am]
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