82 FR 31347 - Agency Information Collection Activities: OMB Control Number 1028-0109; iCoast-Did the coast change?

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
U.S. Geological Survey

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 128 (July 6, 2017)

Page Range		31347-31349
FR Document		2017-14192

We (the U.S. Geological Survey) will ask the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve the information collection (IC) described below. As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, 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 IC. This collection is scheduled to expire on September 30, 2017.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

U.S. Geological Survey

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Agency Information Collection Activities: OMB Control Number 
1028-0109; iCoast--Did the coast change?

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

ACTION: Notice of a renewal of a currently approved information 
collection (1028-0109).

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SUMMARY: We (the U.S. Geological Survey) will ask the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) to approve the information collection (IC) 
described below. As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 
1995, 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 IC. This 
collection is scheduled to expire on September 30, 2017.

DATES: To ensure that your comments are considered, we must receive 
them on or before September 5, 2017.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on this information collection to 
the Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Geological Survey, 
[email protected] (email). Please reference `Information 
Collection 1028-0109, iCoast--Did the Coast Change? in all 
correspondence.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen L.M. Morgan, Coastal Geologist, 
St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, U.S. Geological 
Survey, 600 4th. St. South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, 727-502-8037, 
[email protected]. You may also find information about this ICR at 
www.reginfo.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract

    As part of its mission to document coastal change, the USGS has 
been taking aerial photographs of the coast before and after each major 
storm for the past 21 years to assess damages to the natural landscape 
and the built environment. A typical mission can consist of between 
approximately 3,000-10,000 photographs. The digital photo-archive 
maintained by the USGS is a valuable environmental record almost 
200,000 photographs taken before and after 24 extreme storms along the 
Gulf and Atlantic Coasts. At the same time, the USGS has been 
developing mathematical models that predict the likely interactions 
between storm surge and coastal features, such as beaches and dunes, 
during extreme storms, with the aim of predicting areas that are 
vulnerable to storm damage. Currently the photographs are not used to 
inform the mathematical models. The models are based primarily on pre-
storm dune height and predicted wave behavior.
    If scientists could ``ground truth'' coastal damage by comparing 
before and

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after photographs of the coast, the predictive models might be 
improved. It is not physically or economically possible for USGS 
scientists to examine all aerial photographs related to each storm, 
however, and automation of this process is also problematic. Image 
analysis software is not yet sophisticated enough to automatically 
identify damages to the natural landscape and the infrastructure that 
are depicted in these photographs; human perception and local knowledge 
are required. `iCoast--Did the Coast Change?' (hereafter referred to as 
`iCoast') is a USGS research project to construct a web-based 
application that will allow citizen volunteers to compare these before 
and after photographs of the coast and identify changes that result 
from extreme storms through a process known as `crowdsourcing' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowdsourcing). In concept, this application will 
be similar to those of other citizen science image comparison and 
classification projects such as the Citizen Science Alliance's Cyclone 
Center project, (see www.cyclonecenter.org), which asks people to 
classify types of cyclones by comparing satellite images.
    There are two distinct purposes to `iCoast':
     To allow USGS scientists to `ground truth' or validate 
their predictive storm surge models. These mathematical models, which 
are widely used in the emergency management community for locating 
areas of potential vulnerability to incoming storms, are currently 
based solely on pre-storm beach morphology as determined by high-
resolution elevation data, and predicted wave behavior derived from 
parameters of the approaching storm. The on-the-ground post-storm 
observations provided by citizens using `iCoast' will allow scientists 
to determine the accuracy of the models for future applications, and
     to serve as a repository of images that enables citizens 
to become more aware of their vulnerability to coastal change and to 
participate in the advancement of coastal science.
    The application consists of sets of before-and-after photographs 
from each storm with accompanying educational material about coastal 
hazards. Since the photographs of a given area were taken on different 
dates following slightly different flight paths, the geographic 
orientation of before and after images may differ slightly. Often there 
will be more than one image covering approximately the same geographic 
area and showing the same coastal features. Participants are asked to 
identify which post-storm image best covers the same geographic area 
and shows the same natural and man-made features as the image taken 
after the storm. After the best match between before-and-after aerial 
photographs is established, participants will classify post-storm 
coastal damage using simple one-or-two word descriptive tags. This type 
of tagging is similar to that used in commercial photo-sharing Web 
sites such as Flickr (www.flickr.com). Each participant will classify 
photographs of their choice. They may classify as many photographs as 
they wish in as many sessions as they choose.
    In order for a citizen to participate in classifying the 
photographs, the following information must be collected by this 
application:
    (1) Participants will login to the `iCoast' application using 
externally issued credentials via the Federally approved ``Open 
Identity Exchange'' (www.openid.net) method. This Federal Government 
program benefits users by accelerating their sign up, reducing the 
frustration of maintaining multiple passwords, allowing them to control 
their own identity, and minimizing password security risks. User 
credentials will be managed and authenticated by Google, an Identity 
Provider approved by the Federal Government. During the login process 
participants will be redirected to a Google owned and operated login 
page. Following successful authentication of Id and password, 
participants are asked by Google to confirm agreement to their Google 
email address being shared with `iCoast'. Users have the option to 
decline this and halt the login process with no information shared to 
`iCoast'. If a participant accepts the sharing of their email address 
then the USGS will store the address within the `iCoast' database. 
`iCoast' is never supplied nor does it request a participant's password 
directly. Storing of the participant's email address by `iCoast' is 
necessary to permit the pairing of Google login credentials with their 
`iCoast' profile. The USGS will encrypt all stored participant email 
addresses. No other information or Google account access is shared by 
Google to `iCoast' and nothing is shared from `iCoast' to Google at any 
time.
    (2) Level of expertise: At initial log in to `iCoast', the 
participant will be asked to indicate what type of `crowd' or group he 
or she belongs to by picking from a pre-determined list (e.g. coastal 
scientist, coastal planner, coastal resident, general public, etc.). 
The participant may also optionally contribute his or her professional 
affiliation in an open text box, but this is not required. Professional 
affiliation may provide additional information to the scientists to 
more fully assess the accuracy of a participant's classifications. 
Provision of level of expertise alone will not allow an individual to 
be personally identified.
    (3) Keyword tagging: After comparing pre-and post-storm aerial 
photographs, participants can select predefined keyword tags OR they 
can submit their own in a free-form text field. The keyword tags will 
help the USGS determine classification accuracy, and confirm or refute 
pre-storm predictions of coastal inundation and damage derived from the 
mathematical storm surge models.
    This application will have many benefits. It will serve the cause 
of open government and open data, in that these images will be 
available to the public in an easily accessible online format for the 
first time. It will enhance the science of coastal change and allow for 
more accurate storm surge predictions, benefitting emergency managers 
and coastal planners. It will also familiarize coastal communities with 
coastal processes and increase their awareness of vulnerabilities to 
extreme storms. We anticipate that this application will be used by 
educators to further science, technology, engineering and mathematics 
(STEM) education; outreach to educators is planned.

II. Data

    OMB Control Number: 1028-0109.
    Form Number: None.
    Title: iCoast--Did the Coast Change?
    Type of Request: Renewal of existing information collection.
    Affected Public: Coastal scientists, coastal managers, marine 
science students, emergency managers, citizens/residents of coastal 
communities.
    Respondent's Obligation: None. Participation is voluntary.
    Frequency of Collection: Occasional.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 2000 individuals.
    Estimated Time per Response: 5 minutes.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 167 hours.
    Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Non-Hour Cost'' Burden: 
There are no ``non-hour cost'' burdens associated with this IC.
    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 and current expiration date.

III. Request for Comments

    We are soliciting comments as to: (a) Whether the proposed 
collection of

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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) ways 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 the 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 us in your 
comment to withhold your personally identifiable information from 
public view, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.

Christopher Reich,
Deputy Center Director, USGS St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science 
Center.
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17.21(g) to enhance the propagation or The applicant requests a permit to ACTION: Notice of a renewal of a
survival of the following species: film up to 100 Southern sea otters currently approved information
African slender-snouted crocodile (Enhydra lutris nereis) and up to 80 collection (1028–0109).
(Crocodylus cataphractus), Asian Northern sea otters (Enhydra lutris
elephant (Elephas maximus), cheetah kenyoni) within a six month period at SUMMARY: We (the U.S. Geological
(Acinonyx jubatus), Malayan tiger the Monterey Bay area, California, and Survey) will ask the Office of
(Panthera tigris corbetti), western gorilla Cordova and Simpson Bay areas and Management and Budget (OMB) to
(Gorilla gorilla), Bornean orangutan Prince William Sound, Alaska, for the approve the information collection (IC)
(Pongo pygmaeus), red-fronted lemur purpose of education. This notification described below. As required by the
(Eulemur rufus), mongoose lemur covers activities to be conducted by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
(Eulemur mongoz), ring-tailed lemur applicant over a 5-year period. 1995, and as part of our continuing
(Lemur catta), red-ruffed lemur (Varecia efforts to reduce paperwork and
IV. Next Steps respondent burden, we invite the
rubra), Cuban parrot (Amazona
leucocephala), blue-throated macaw If the Service decides to issue permits general public and other Federal
(Ara glaucogularis), and golden parakeet to any of the applicants listed in this agencies to take this opportunity to
(Guarouba guarouba). This notification notice, we will publish a notice in the comment on this IC. This collection is
covers activities to be conducted by the Federal Register. You may locate the scheduled to expire on September 30,
applicant over a 5-year period. Federal Register notice announcing the 2017.
Applicant: Fossil Rim Wildlife Center, permit issuance date by searching in DATES: To ensure that your comments
Glen Rose, TX; PRT–31693C www.regulations.gov under the permit are considered, we must receive them
The applicant requests a captive-bred number listed in this document. on or before September 5, 2017.
wildlife registration under 50 CFR V. Public Comments ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
17.21(g) to enhance the propagation or on this information collection to the
survival of the following species: You may submit your comments and Information Collection Clearance
Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus), Arabian materials concerning this notice by one Officer, U.S. Geological Survey, gs-info_
oryx (Oryx leucoryx), maned wolf of the methods listed in ADDRESSES. We collections@usgs.gov (email). Please
(Chrysocyon brachyurus), Przewalski’s will not consider comments sent by reference ‘Information Collection 1028–
horse (Equus przewalskii), black-footed email or fax or to an address not listed 0109, iCoast—Did the Coast Change? in
cat (Felix negripes), red-crowned crane in ADDRESSES. all correspondence.
(Grus japonensis), and black rhino If you submit a comment via http:// FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
(Diceros bicornis). This notification www.regulations.gov, your entire Karen L.M. Morgan, Coastal Geologist,
covers activities to be conducted by the comment, including any personal St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine
applicant over a 5-year period. identifying information, will be posted Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey,
Applicant: The University of Alabama at on the Web site. If you submit a 600 4th. St. South, St. Petersburg, FL
Birmingham, Birmingham, AL; PRT– hardcopy comment that includes 33701, 727–502–8037, kmorgan@
14503C personal identifying information, you usgs.gov. You may also find information
The applicant requests a permit to may request at the top of your document about this ICR at www.reginfo.gov.
import biological samples from the wild that we withhold this information from SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
and captive-born Asian elephant public review. However, we cannot
(Elephas maximus) for the purpose of guarantee that we will be able to do so. I. Abstract
scientific research. This notification We will post all hardcopy comments As part of its mission to document
covers activities to be conducted by the on http://www.regulations.gov. coastal change, the USGS has been
applicant over a 1-year period. taking aerial photographs of the coast
Applicant: The University of Alabama at VI. Authorities
before and after each major storm for the
Birmingham, Birmingham AL; PRT– Endangered Species Act of 1973, (16 past 21 years to assess damages to the
15849C U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); Marine Mammal natural landscape and the built
The applicant requests a permit to Protection Act of 1972, (16 U.S.C. 1361 environment. A typical mission can
import biological samples from the wild et seq.). consist of between approximately
and captive-born Asian elephant 3,000–10,000 photographs. The digital
Joyce Russell,
(Elephas maximus) for the purpose of photo-archive maintained by the USGS
scientific research. This notification Government Information Specialist, Branch
is a valuable environmental record
of Permits, Division of Management
covers activities to be conducted by the Authority. almost 200,000 photographs taken
applicant over a 1-year period. before and after 24 extreme storms along
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B. Marine Mammal the Gulf and Atlantic Coasts. At the
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same time, the USGS has been
Applicant: U.S. Fish Wildlife Service developing mathematical models that
Marine Mammals Management, predict the likely interactions between
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Anchorage, AK; PRT–039386 storm surge and coastal features, such as
The applicant requests authorization U.S. Geological Survey beaches and dunes, during extreme
to renew their permit to take Pacific storms, with the aim of predicting areas
walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) samples,
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that are vulnerable to storm damage.
conduct surveys, and import biological Currently the photographs are not used
specimens for the purposes of scientific Agency Information Collection to inform the mathematical models. The
research. This notification covers Activities: OMB Control Number 1028– models are based primarily on pre-storm
activities to be conducted by the 0109; iCoast—Did the coast change? dune height and predicted wave
applicant over a 5-year period. behavior.
Applicant: Offspring Films, Bristol, UK; AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), If scientists could ‘‘ground truth’’
PRT–29633C Interior. coastal damage by comparing before and

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information is necessary for the agency 205–3115. Copies of non-confidential Order No. 5 and, accordingly, he
to perform its duties, including whether documents filed in connection with this determined that Yangzhou be found in
the information is useful; (b) the investigation are or will be available for default. Order No. 6 at 2. The ALJ
accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the inspection during official business further stated that Yangzhou therefore
burden of the proposed collection of hours (8:45 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.) in the waived its right to appear, be served
information; (c) ways to enhance the Office of the Secretary, U.S. with documents, and to contest the
quality, usefulness, and clarity of the International Trade Commission, 500 E allegations at issue in this investigation.
information to be collected; and (d) how Street SW., Washington, DC 20436, Id. No party petitioned for review of the
to minimize the burden on the telephone (202) 205–2000. General subject ID, and the Commission has
respondents, including the use of information concerning the Commission determined not to review the ID.
automated collection techniques or may also be obtained by accessing its Complainants have indicated that they
other forms of information technology. Internet server at https://www.usitc.gov. are not seeking a general exclusion
Please note that the comments The public record for this investigation order. See Complaint and Mot.
submitted in response to this notice are may be viewed on the Commission’s In connection with the final
a matter of public record. Before electronic docket (EDIS) at https:// disposition of this investigation, the
including your personal mailing edis.usitc.gov. Hearing-impaired Commission may (1) issue an order that
address, phone number, email address, persons are advised that information on could result in the exclusion of the
or other personally identifiable this matter can be obtained by subject articles from entry into the
information in your comment, you contacting the Commission’s TDD United States, and/or (2) issue a cease
should be aware that your entire terminal on (202) 205–1810. and desist order that could result in the
comment, including your personally respondent being required to cease and
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
identifiable information, may be made desist from engaging in unfair acts in
Commission instituted this investigation
publicly available at any time. While the importation and sale of such
under section 337 of the Tariff Act of
you can ask us in your comment to articles.
1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337 Accordingly, the Commission is
withhold your personally identifiable (‘‘section 337’’), on April 12, 2017,
information from public view, we interested in receiving written
based on a complaint filed by Curlin submissions that address the form of
cannot guarantee that we will be able to Medical Inc. of East Aurora, New York;
do so. remedy, if any, that should be ordered.
ZEVEX, Inc. of Salt Lake City, Utah; and If a party seeks exclusion of an article
Christopher Reich, Moog Inc. of East Aurora, New York from entry into the United States for
Deputy Center Director, USGS St. Petersburg
(collectively, ‘‘Complainants’’). 82 FR purposes other than entry for
Coastal and Marine Science Center. 17690–91 (Apr. 12, 2017). The consumption, the party should so
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complaint alleges a violation of section indicate and provide information
337 by reason of infringement of certain establishing that activities involving
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claims of U.S. Patent Nos. 6,164,921 other types of entry either are adversely
(‘‘the ‘921 patent’’) and 6,371,732 (‘‘the affecting it or are likely to do so. For
‘732 patent’’). The complaint named background, see Certain Devices for
INTERNATIONAL TRADE Yangzhou WeiDeLi Trade Co., Ltd. of
COMMISSION Connecting Computers via Telephone
Yangzhou, China (‘‘Yangzhou’’ or Lines, Inv. No. 337–TA–360, USITC
[Investigation No. 337–TA–1048] ‘‘Respondent’’) as the only respondent Pub. No. 2843, Comm’n Op. at 7–10
in this investigation. The Commission’s (Dec. 1994).
Certain Intravascular Administration Office of Unfair Import Investigations If the Commission contemplates some
Sets and Components Thereof; Notice was named as a party. form of remedy, it must consider the
of a Commission Determination Not To On April 7, 2017, the Commission effects of that remedy upon the public
Review an Initial Determination Finding served a copy of the Complaint and interest. The factors the Commission
Respondent Yangzhou Weideli Trade Notice of Investigation on Yangzhou by will consider include the effect that an
Co., Ltd. in Default; Request for express delivery. EDIS Document exclusion order and/or cease and desist
Submissions Number 606380. Docket Services orders would have on (1) the public
confirmed that the documents were health and welfare, (2) competitive
AGENCY: U.S. International Trade accepted by Yangzhou on April 10, conditions in the U.S. economy, (3) U.S.
Commission. 2017. Yangzhou did not timely respond production of articles that are like or
ACTION: Notice. to the Complaint and Notice of directly competitive with those that are
Investigation. On May 10, 2017, subject to investigation, and (4) U.S.
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Complainants filed a Motion for an consumers. The Commission is
the U.S. International Trade Order to Show Cause and Entry of therefore interested in receiving written
Commission has determined not to Default Judgement as to Respondent and submissions that address the
review an initial determination (‘‘ID’’) for a Stay of the Procedural Schedule. aforementioned public interest factors
(Order No. 6) of the presiding (Mot.) On May 23, 2017, the ALJ issued in the context of this investigation.
administrative law judge (‘‘ALJ’’) Order No. 5, granting Complainants’ If the Commission orders some form
finding respondent Yangzhou WeiDeLi motion and ordering respondent of remedy, the U.S. Trade
Trade Co., Ltd. in default. The Yangzhou to show cause why it should Representative, as delegated by the
Commission is requesting submissions not be held in default for failing to President, has 60 days to approve or
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on remedy, bonding and the public respond to the complaint and notice of disapprove the Commission’s action.
interest. investigation. The order set a deadline See Presidential Memorandum of July
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: of June 9, 2017, and no response was 21, 2005, 70 FR 43251 (July 26, 2005).
Michael Liberman, Esq., Office of the received from Yangzhou. During this period, the subject articles
General Counsel, U.S. International On June 13, 2017, the ALJ issued the would be entitled to enter the United
Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW., subject ID (Order No. 6). The ALJ found States under bond, in an amount
Washington, DC 20436, telephone (202) that Yangzhou failed to respond to determined by the Commission and

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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice of a renewal of a currently approved information collection (1028-0109).
Dates		To ensure that your comments are considered, we must receive them on or before September 5, 2017.
Contact		Karen L.M. Morgan, Coastal Geologist, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 600 4th. St. South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, 727-502-8037, [email protected] You may also find information about this ICR at www.reginfo.gov.
FR Citation		82 FR 31347

82 FR 31347 - Agency Information Collection Activities: OMB Control Number 1028-0109; iCoast-Did the coast change?

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