[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 132 (Monday, July 12, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39701-39702]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-16736]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
U.S. Geological Survey
Revision of a Currently Approved Collection: Users, Uses, and
Benefits of Landsat Satellite Imagery
AGENCY: United States Geological Survey (USGS), Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments of a currently approved collection
(1028-0091).
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SUMMARY: We (U.S. Geological Survey) will ask the Office of Management
and Budget (OMS) to approve the information collection (IC) described
below. As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), and as
a part of our continuing efforts to reduce paperwork and respondent
burden, we invite the general public and other Federal agencies to take
this opportunity to comment on this IC. As a federal agency, we may not
conduct or sponsor and you are not required to respond to, a collection
of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
DATES: You must submit comment on or before September 10, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Please send your comments concerning the IC to Phadrea
Ponds, Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Geological
Survey, 2150-C Centre Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 80526 (mail); (970) 226-
9230 (fax); or [email protected] (e-mail). Please reference Information
Collection 1028-0091.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Holly Miller by mail at U.S.
Geological Survey, 2150-C Centre Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 80526, or by
telephone at (970) 226-9133.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
In 2008, the USGS's Land Remote Sensing (LRS) Program initiated a
study to determine the users, uses, and benefits of Landsat imagery.
Before that study, there had been very limited assessments of the users
of this imagery to better understand the uses and benefits; the last
comprehensive evaluation of the benefits of Landsat was completed over
30 years ago. The current information collection (1028-0091) provided
up-to-date information about the current users and uses of Landsat
imagery, as well as the benefits derived from the availability of the
imagery. We are proposing revisions to the existing collection that
will allow us to focus specifically on Landsat users where the last
collection provided general information from a broader population of
moderate resolution imagery users. This revised collection will allow
the LRS Program to examine the changes in users, uses and benefits
resulting from Landsat imagery now being offered at no cost to the
users. This recent policy change has resulted in a dramatic increase in
the amount of imagery being requested and distributed directly from
USGS. Because of the influx of new users, the LRS Program would like to
know if the needs of the new users are similar or different when
compared to the current roster of established users. The Program will
use the information from this collection to understand if they are
currently meeting the needs of their user community. Questions will be
asked to determine user characteristics, uses and benefits of Landsat
imagery.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1028-0091.
Title: Users, Uses, and Benefits of Landsat Satellite Imagery.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: One time only.
Estimated Number and Description of Respondents: 2500 domestic and
international state and local land management officials, and university
scientists and researchers.
Estimated Total Annual Responses: 2500.
Estimated Time per Response: 30 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1250.
III. Request for Comments
We invite comment concerning this IC on: (1) Whether or not the
collection of information is necessary, including whether or not the
information will have practical utility; (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 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 IC.
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 us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that it will be
done.
Dated July 2, 1010.
Bryant Cramer,
Associate Director for Geography.
[FR Doc. 2010-16736 Filed 7-9-10; 8:45 am]
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