81 FR 4062 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comment on Proposed Revisions to the United States Thoroughfare, Landmark and Postal Address Data Standard
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 15 (January 25, 2016)
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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 15 (Monday, January 25, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 4062-4063] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-01337] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Geological Survey [GX16EE000101000] Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comment on Proposed Revisions to the United States Thoroughfare, Landmark and Postal Address Data Standard AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Department of the Interior. ACTION: Notice; request for comments ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) is conducting a public review of proposed revisions to the United States Thoroughfare, Landmark and Postal Address Data Standard (Address Data Standard). The primary purposes of the Address Data Standard are to develop content specifications for address information, provide classifications for different types of addresses, establish appropriate standards and measures for evaluation of address data quality, and support exchange of address data. The FGDC endorsed the Address Data Standard in 2011, and numerous federal, state and local government agencies have since used it to manage their address data. Over the last five years, users and the authors identified a number of desirable minor corrections to the Address Data Standard. Additionally, the U.S. Census Bureau, as the maintenance authority for the Standard, has proposed adding a new Map Position element. Reviewers are requested to review and comment on the proposed revisions and/or submit additional comments on the Address Data Standard. The draft revision of the standard may be downloaded from: https://www.fgdc.gov/standards/projects/FGDC-standards-projects/street-address/AddressDataStandardRevised. The change log lists proposed changes identified since publication of the Address Data Standard in 2011. These changes are reflected in the version of the standard posted for the 2015 maintenance review and are subject to [[Page 4063]] the official public review and adjudication process. The change log may be downloaded from https://www.fgdc.gov/standards/projects/FGDC-standards-projects/street-address/ChangeLog2011-2015. The proposal for the Map Position element may be downloaded from https://www.fgdc.gov/standards/projects/FGDC-standards-projects/street-address/MapPositionProposal. DATES: Reviewers shall submit comments on the proposed revision of the United States Thoroughfare, Landmark and Postal Address Data Standard to [email protected] (subject line: Address Data Standard Revision) by April 25, 2016. ADDRESSES: Reviewers shall submit comments on the United States Thoroughfare, Landmark and Postal Data Standard using the content template format at http://www.fgdc.gov/standards/process/standards-directives/template.doc. Instructions for completing the comment template are found in FGDC Standards Directive #2d, Standards Working Group Review Guidelines: Review Comment Template, http://www.fgdc.gov/standards/process/standards-directives/directive-2d-standards-working-group-review-guidelines-review-comment-template. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Julie Binder Maitra, FGDC Standards Coordinator, U.S. Geological Survey, Federal Geographic Data Committee, [email protected], 703-648-4627. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Proposed revisions to the FGDC-endorsed United States Thoroughfare, Landmark and Postal Data Standard may be categorized as follows: 1. Corrections to typographic and minor grammatical errors, which include misspellings, missing words, etc., in all sections and minor corrections to the .XSD definitional document (for XML data exchange) and SQL code examples found in Part 4: Address Data Quality, Part 5: Data Exchange, and the appendices. 2. Updating of all links and references (URLs, etc.) throughout the Standard to reflect newer versions of other standards, reference documents, etc. 3. A proposal from the U.S. Census Bureau to add a MapPosition element to Part 2: Data Content, to describe the position of an address point. MapPosition allows multiple coordinate positions to be associated with an address. It is a repeatable element consisting of the coordinates of the map representation of an address with a description of the position. Such descriptions could be ``Front Door'', ``Parcel Centroid'', ``Building Centroid'', and ``Driveway,'' amongst others. The MapPosition proposal may be downloaded from https://www.fgdc.gov/standards/projects/FGDC-standards-projects/street-address/MapPositionProposal. Comments that concern specific issues/changes/additions may result in changes to the Address Data Standard. After FGDC endorsement of the revisions to the Address Data Standard, the updated Address Data Standard and a change log will be made available to the public on the FGDC Web site, www.fgdc.gov. This log identifies the location of the change, the existing language, the change that is made, and an explanation of the change itself. Reviewers may obtain information about how comments were addressed upon request. The FGDC coordinates the Federal government's development of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI), which encompasses the policies, standards, and procedures for organizations to cooperatively produce and share geospatial data. Federal agencies that make up the FGDC develop the NSDI in cooperation with organizations from State, local and tribal governments, the academic community, and the private sector. The authority for the FGDC is OMB Circular No. A-16 Revised on Coordination of Geographic Information and Related Spatial Data Activities (Revised August 19, 2002). More information on the FGDC and the NSDI is available at http://www.fgdc.gov. Kenneth M. Shaffer, Deputy Executive Director, Federal Geographic Data Committee, Core Science Systems, U.S. Geological Survey. [FR Doc. 2016-01337 Filed 1-22-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4338-11-P
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volunteers and facilitate partnerships implementation. This alternative will Authority
among the United States Fish and focus on managing the refuge’s natural This notice is published under the
Wildlife Service, local communities, resources to enhance habitats for authority of the National Wildlife
conservation organizations, and other priority species including waterfowl Refuge System Improvement Act of
non-Federal entities to promote public and other migratory birds, threatened 1997 (16 U.S.C. 668dd et seq.).
awareness of the resources of the Refuge and endangered species, species of
and the National Wildlife Refuge concern, and resident fish and wildlife. Dated: November 10, 2015.
System and public participation in the Additionally, wildlife surveys would be Brett E. Hunter,
conservation of those resources’’ (Cat conducted using established protocols Deputy Chief, National Wildlife Refuge
Island NWR Establishment Act, 114 to establish baseline habitat conditions, System Southeast Region.
Stat. 1418, October 27, 2000). estimate wildlife population indices, [FR Doc. 2016–01417 Filed 1–22–16; 8:45 am]
determine responses to management BILLING CODE 4333–15–P
Background
actions, and contribute to larger scale
The CCP Process biological assessments. Invasive exotic
and nuisance species would be actively DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
The National Wildlife Refuge System
Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. managed to minimize their impacts on
refuge resources. Refuge forests would Geological Survey
668dd-668ee) (Administration Act), as
amended by the National Wildlife be actively managed to enhance wildlife [GX16EE000101000]
Refuge System Improvement Act of habitat. Aquatic habitats on the refuge
would be inventoried and assessed, and Agency Information Collection
1997, requires us to develop a CCP for Activities: Request for Comment on
each national wildlife refuge. The where feasible, access to them would be
improved for recreational anglers. Proposed Revisions to the United
purpose for developing a CCP is to States Thoroughfare, Landmark and
provide refuge managers with a 15-year Refuge cultural resources would
continue to be protected as they have Postal Address Data Standard
plan for achieving refuge purposes and
contributing toward the mission of the been in the past. In addition, the refuge AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),
National Wildlife Refuge System, would seek funding to survey and Department of the Interior.
consistent with sound principles of fish catalog cultural resources on the refuge.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments
and wildlife management, conservation, Protection of cultural resources would
legal mandates, and our policies. In be integrated into refuge planning at all SUMMARY: The Federal Geographic Data
addition to outlining broad management levels, and management actions would Committee (FGDC) is conducting a
direction on conserving wildlife and be reviewed in order to avoid or public review of proposed revisions to
their habitats, CCPs identify wildlife- mitigate impacts to cultural resources. the United States Thoroughfare,
dependent recreational opportunities Under the preferred alternative, Landmark and Postal Address Data
available to the public, including public use would be more actively Standard (Address Data Standard).
opportunities for hunting, fishing, managed by refuge staff. Hunting and The primary purposes of the Address
wildlife observation, wildlife fishing would continue to be managed Data Standard are to develop content
photography, and environmental and made available with the active specifications for address information,
education and interpretation. We will partnership of Louisiana Department of provide classifications for different
review and update the CCP at least Wildlife and Fisheries. More law types of addresses, establish appropriate
every 15 years in accordance with the enforcement personnel hours would be standards and measures for evaluation
Administration Act. allocated by the Service for Cat Island of address data quality, and support
NWR. New partnerships with exchange of address data. The FGDC
Comments organizations interested in promoting endorsed the Address Data Standard in
We made copies of the Draft CCP/EA nonconsumptive refuge use would be 2011, and numerous federal, state and
available for a 30-day public review and sought, and existing ones strengthened. local government agencies have since
comment period via a Federal Register In particular, environmental education used it to manage their address data.
notice on May 1, 2015 (80 FR 24958). opportunities would be enhanced by Over the last five years, users and the
Copies of the Draft CCP/EA were posted active participation of Service personnel authors identified a number of desirable
at refuge headquarters and also were with local schools and nonprofit minor corrections to the Address Data
available for download at http:// organizations. Standard. Additionally, the U.S. Census
www.fws.gov/southeast/planning/CCP/ Refuge infrastructure would be Bureau, as the maintenance authority
cat-island.html. Over 100 letters with maintained as in the past. The refuge for the Standard, has proposed adding a
links to the draft comprehensive would seek to improve access via the new Map Position element.
conservation plan and environmental main refuge road and various trails. Reviewers are requested to review and
assessment were distributed to local Efforts would be made to provide access comment on the proposed revisions
landowners, the public, and local, State, to the northeast section of the refuge, and/or submit additional comments on
and Federal agencies. Three and access via Cat Island Road would be the Address Data Standard.
respondents, consisting of the Humane pursued. The refuge would hire or The draft revision of the standard may
Society of the United States, the Jena assign staff to the refuge. Staff may be downloaded from: https://
include one or more of the following: www.fgdc.gov/standards/projects/
asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
Band of Choctaw Indians, and local
citizens, submitted comments on the Refuge manager, volunteer coordinator, FGDC-standards-projects/street-
Draft CCP/EA by mail or email. equipment operator, law enforcement address/AddressDataStandardRevised.
officer, forester, and biologist. Any or all The change log lists proposed changes
CCP Alternatives, Including Our of these may be shared positions among identified since publication of the
Preferred Alternative refuges in the Lower Mississippi River Address Data Standard in 2011. These
We developed three alternatives for Refuge Complex. Full staffing under this changes are reflected in the version of
managing the refuge (Alternatives A, B, alternative is anticipated to be 1.5 to 2 the standard posted for the 2015
and C), with Alternative B selected for full-time employees. maintenance review and are subject to
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the official public review and and ‘‘Driveway,’’ amongst others. The Act as Title X, Subtitle C of the
adjudication process. The change log MapPosition proposal may be Omnibus Public Land Management Act
may be downloaded from https:// downloaded from https://www.fgdc.gov/ of 2009. The publication of this notice
www.fgdc.gov/standards/projects/ standards/projects/FGDC-standards- causes the waivers and release of certain
FGDC-standards-projects/street- projects/street-address/ claims to become effective as required
address/ChangeLog2011-2015. MapPositionProposal. by the Settlement Act.
The proposal for the Map Position Comments that concern specific DATES: This notice is effective January
element may be downloaded from issues/changes/additions may result in 25, 2016.
https://www.fgdc.gov/standards/ changes to the Address Data Standard.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
projects/FGDC-standards-projects/ After FGDC endorsement of the
Address all comments and requests for
street-address/MapPositionProposal. revisions to the Address Data Standard,
additional information to Catherine
DATES: Reviewers shall submit the updated Address Data Standard and
Wilson, Chair, Duck Valley Water Rights
comments on the proposed revision of a change log will be made available to
Settlement Implementation Team,
the United States Thoroughfare, the public on the FGDC Web site,
www.fgdc.gov. This log identifies the Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Landmark and Postal Address Data Indian Affairs, Western Region, 2600 N.
Standard to standards@fgdc.gov (subject location of the change, the existing
language, the change that is made, and Central Avenue, 4th Floor, Phoenix, AZ
line: Address Data Standard Revision) 85004. (602) 379–6789.
by April 25, 2016. an explanation of the change itself.
Reviewers may obtain information about SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
ADDRESSES: Reviewers shall submit Settlement Act was enacted to resolve
comments on the United States how comments were addressed upon
request. the water right claims of the Shoshone-
Thoroughfare, Landmark and Postal Paiute Tribes (Tribes) of the Duck Valley
The FGDC coordinates the Federal
Data Standard using the content Reservation relative to the upstream
government’s development of the
template format at http://www.fgdc.gov/ water users in the East Fork of the
National Spatial Data Infrastructure
standards/process/standards-directives/ Owyhee River in the State of Nevada
(NSDI), which encompasses the
template.doc. Instructions for (State). The non-federal settling parties
policies, standards, and procedures for
completing the comment template are submitted a signed Settlement
organizations to cooperatively produce
found in FGDC Standards Directive #2d, Agreement (Agreement) to Congress
and share geospatial data. Federal
Standards Working Group Review prior to enactment of the Settlement
agencies that make up the FGDC
Guidelines: Review Comment Template, Act. As described in section 10802, the
develop the NSDI in cooperation with
http://www.fgdc.gov/standards/process/ purposes of the Settlement Act are:
organizations from State, local and tribal
standards-directives/directive-2d- (1) To resolve outstanding issues with
governments, the academic community,
standards-working-group-review- respect to the East Fork of the Owyhee
and the private sector. The authority for
guidelines-review-comment-template. River in the State in such a manner as
the FGDC is OMB Circular No. A–16
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. to provide important benefits to—(A)
Revised on Coordination of Geographic
Julie Binder Maitra, FGDC Standards Information and Related Spatial Data The United States; (B) the State; (C) the
Coordinator, U.S. Geological Survey, Activities (Revised August 19, 2002). Tribes; and (D) the upstream water
Federal Geographic Data Committee, More information on the FGDC and the users;
jmaitra@fgdc.gov, 703–648–4627. NSDI is available at http:// (2) to achieve a fair, equitable, and
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Proposed www.fgdc.gov. final settlement of all claims of the
revisions to the FGDC-endorsed United Tribes, members of the Tribes, and the
States Thoroughfare, Landmark and Kenneth M. Shaffer, United States on behalf of the Tribes
Postal Data Standard may be categorized Deputy Executive Director, Federal and members of Tribes to the waters of
as follows: Geographic Data Committee, Core Science the East Fork of the Owyhee River in the
1. Corrections to typographic and Systems, U.S. Geological Survey. State;
minor grammatical errors, which [FR Doc. 2016–01337 Filed 1–22–16; 8:45 am] (3) to ratify and provide for the
include misspellings, missing words, BILLING CODE 4338–11–P enforcement of the Agreement among
etc., in all sections and minor the parties to the litigation;
corrections to the .XSD definitional (4) to resolve the Tribes’ water-related
document (for XML data exchange) and DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR claims for damages against the United
SQL code examples found in Part 4: States;
Office of the Secretary
Address Data Quality, Part 5: Data (5) to require the Secretary to perform
Exchange, and the appendices. [16XD4523WS\DS10100000\DWSN00000. all obligations of the Secretary under the
2. Updating of all links and references 000000\DP10020] Agreement and the Settlement Act; and
(URLs, etc.) throughout the Standard to (6) to authorize the actions and
reflect newer versions of other Statement of Findings: Shoshone- appropriations necessary to meet the
standards, reference documents, etc. Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley obligations of the United States under
3. A proposal from the U.S. Census Reservation Water Rights Settlement the Agreement and the Settlement Act.
Bureau to add a MapPosition element to Act
Part 2: Data Content, to describe the Statement of Findings
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Interior.
position of an address point. In accordance with section 10808(d)
asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
ACTION: Notice.
MapPosition allows multiple coordinate of the Settlement Act, I find as follows:
positions to be associated with an SUMMARY: The Secretary of the Interior (1) The Agreement and the waivers
address. It is a repeatable element is publishing this notice in accordance and releases authorized and set forth in
consisting of the coordinates of the map with section 10808(d) of the Shoshone- sections 10808(a) and (b) of the
representation of an address with a Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Settlement Act have been executed by
description of the position. Such Reservation Water Rights Settlement Act the parties and the Secretary;
descriptions could be ‘‘Front Door’’, of 2009 (Pub. L. 111–11) (Settlement (2) the Fourth Judicial District Court,
‘‘Parcel Centroid’’, ‘‘Building Centroid’’, Act). Congress enacted the Settlement Elko County, Nevada, has issued a
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