81 FR 12931 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments on the Earth Explorer User Registration Service

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
U.S. Geological Survey

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 48 (March 11, 2016)

We (the U.S. Geological Survey) are notifying the public that we have submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) the information collection request (ICR) described below. To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) and as 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 ICR.

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 48 (Friday, March 11, 2016)]
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From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-05550]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

U.S. Geological Survey

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Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments on 
the Earth Explorer User Registration Service

AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Interior.

ACTION: Notice of a new information collection, Earth Explorer User 
Registration Service.

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SUMMARY: We (the U.S. Geological Survey) are notifying the public that 
we have submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) the 
information collection request (ICR) described below. To comply with 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) and as 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 ICR.

DATES: To ensure that your comments on this ICR are considered, we must 
receive them on or before April 11, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Please submit written comments on this information 
collection directly to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Desk Officer 
for the Department of the Interior, via email: 
([email protected]); or by fax (202) 395-5806; and identify 
your submission with `OMB Control Number 1028-NEW Earth Explorer User 
Registration Service'. Please also forward a copy of your comments and 
suggestions on this information collection to the Information 
Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise 
Valley Drive MS 807, Reston, VA 20192 (mail); (703) 648-7195 (fax); or 
[email protected] (email). Please reference `OMB Information 
Collection 1028-NEW: Earth Explorer User Registration Service' in all 
correspondence.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ryan Longhenry, Earth Resources 
Observation and Science (EROS) Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 47914 
252nd St., Sioux Falls, SD 57198 (mail); 605-594-6179 (phone); or 
[email protected] (email).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract

    The USGS proposes to collect general demographic information about 
public users that download products from the USGS using Earth Explorer 
(EE) application. This information is used to help address reports to 
Congress, OMB and DOI management with planning public uses of Landsat 
and other remote sensing data. The most common uses of these data are 
used to justify the maintenance and the free distribution of the USGS 
land remote sensing data. EE also stores information about users that 
download source code products, Global Visualization Viewer (GloVis) for 
example. The information collected in the database includes the names, 
affiliations, addresses, email address and telephone numbers of 
individuals. The information is gathered to facilitate the reporting of 
demographic data for use of the EE Application. Demographic data is 
also used to make decisions on future functional requirements within 
the system.
    Earth Explorer is a Web application that enables users to find, 
preview, and download or order digital data published by the U.S. 
Geological Survey. There are more than 300 USGS Datasets available from 
the site. To download or order products from EE, users must register 
with the EE system.
    The information is stored on an internal encrypted database. The 
data is provided by the customer and utilized to notify the customer of 
data ready for download. If downloads are unsuccessful, the customer is 
contacted to provide updated information. In addition, EE requires 
certain fields to be completed such as name, address, city and zip code 
before an account can be established and an order can be submitted.
    EE does not derive new data and does not create new data through 
aggregation.
    Personal information is not used as search criteria. Access to the 
information uses the least privileged access methodology. Authorized 
individuals with specifically granted access to the Privacy Act data 
can retrieve only by account number or order number Personal data is 
encrypted while stored in the Database.

II. Data

    OMB Control Number: 1028-NEW.
    Title: Earth Explorer User Registration Service.
    Type of Request: Approval of new information collection.
    Respondent Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
    Frequency of Collection: The information is collected at the time 
of registration and is only updated by the individual. Updates to the 
information are accomplished by the individual when they feel the need 
to update. Occasions' that user might want to

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update would be if something has changed in their demographic (email 
address as an example).
    Description of Respondents: Private individuals who have requested 
USGS products from USGS/Earth Explorer application are covered in this 
system.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: Approximately 84,000 on 
an annual basis.
    Estimated Time per Response: We estimate that it will take 2 
minutes per response to submit the requested information.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 2,800.
    Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Non-Hour Cost'' Burden: 
There are no ``non-hour cost'' burdens associated with this collection 
of information.
    Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) 
provides that an agency 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. Until the OMB approves a collection 
of information, you are not obliged to respond.
    Comments: On May 4, 2015, we published a Federal Register notice 
(80 FR 25321) announcing that we would submit this ICR to OMB for 
approval and soliciting comments. The comment period closed on Juley 6, 
2015. We received no comments.

III. Request for Comments

    We again invite comments concerning this ICR as to: (a) Whether the 
proposed collection of information is necessary for the agency to 
perform its duties, including whether the information is useful; (b) 
the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed 
collection of information; (c) how to enhance the quality, usefulness, 
and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) how to minimize 
the burden on the respondents, including the use of automated 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
    Please note that comments submitted in response to this notice are 
a matter of public record. Before including your personal mailing 
address, phone number, email address, or other personally identifiable 
information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire 
comment, including your personally identifiable information, may be 
made publicly available at any time. While you can ask the OMB in your 
comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public 
review, we cannot guarantee that it will be done.

Francis Kelly,
USGS EROS Center Director.
[FR Doc. 2016-05550 Filed 3-10-16; 8:45 am]
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