83 FR 39773 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; National Land Remote Sensing Education, Outreach and Research Activity
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 155 (August 10, 2018)
Geological Survey
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 155 (August 10, 2018)
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| FR Document | 2018-17110 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 155 (Friday, August 10, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 39773-39774] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-17110] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Geological Survey [GX18EB00A181100; OMB Control Number 1028-0085] Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; National Land Remote Sensing Education, Outreach and Research Activity AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey, Interior. ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) are proposing to renew an information collection. DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before September 10, 2018. ADDRESSES: Send written comments on this information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget's Desk Officer for the Department of the Interior by email at [email protected]; or via facsimile to (202) 395-5806. Please provide a copy of your comments to USGS, Information Collections Clearance Officer, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 159, Reston, VA 20192; or by email to [email protected]. Please reference OMB Control Number 1028- 0085 in the subject line of your comments. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information about this ICR, contact Sarah Cook by email at [email protected], or by telephone at 703-648-6136. You may also view the ICR at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the USGS, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, provide the general public and other Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed, revised, and continuing collections of information. This helps us assess the impact of our information collection requirements and minimize the public's reporting burden. It also helps the public understand our information collection requirements and provide the requested data in the desired format. A Federal Register notice with a 60-day public comment period soliciting comments on this collection of information was published on May 31, 2018, 83 FR 25038. No comments have been received. We are again soliciting comments on the proposed ICR that is described below. We are especially interested in public comment addressing the following issues: (1) Is the collection necessary to the proper functions of the USGS; (2) will this information be processed and used in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate of burden accurate; (4) how might the USGS enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (5) how might the USGS minimize the burden of this collection on the respondents, including through the use of information technology. Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of public record. Before including your address, phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire [[Page 39774]] comment--including your personal identifying information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you may ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. Abstract: The National Land Remote Sensing Education, Outreach and Research Activity (NLRSEORA) is an effort that involves the development of a U.S. national consortium in building the capability to receive, process and archive remotely sensed data for the purpose of providing access to university and state organizations in a ready-to-use format; and to expand the science of remote sensing through education, research/applications development and outreach in areas such as environmental monitoring to include the effects of climate variability on water availability (or lack thereof) and phenology, natural resource management and disaster analysis. Respondents are submitting proposals to acquire funding for a national (U.S.) program to promote the uses of space-based land remote sensing data and technologies through education and outreach at the state and local level and through university-based and collaborative research projects. The information collected will ensure that sufficient and relevant information is available to evaluate and select a proposal for funding. A panel of USGS Land Resources Mission Area managers and scientists will review each proposal to evaluate the technical merit, requirements, and priorities identified in the call for proposals. This notice concerns the collection of information that is sufficient and relevant to evaluate and select proposals for funding. 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. We intend to release the project abstracts and primary investigators for awarded/funded projects only. Title of Collection: National Land Remote Sensing Education, Outreach and Research Activity OMB Control Number: 1028-0085. Form Number: None. Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection. Respondents/Affected Public: Public or private institutions of higher education including universities; State and local governments (including county, city, township or special district governments); independent school districts, Native American Tribal governments or organizations, nonprofit organizations (with or without 501(c)(3) status). Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: Approximately 5 respondents. Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: Approximately 7 responses. Estimated Completion Time per Response: 168 hours in total. We expect to receive approximately 5 applications per year, taking each applicant approximately 24 hours to complete the application process. We anticipate awarding one (1) grant per year. The grantee will be required to submit an interim Annual Progress Report to the designated USGS Project Officer within 90 days of the end of the project period and a final report on or before 90 working days after the expiration of the agreement. We anticipate the grantee will take approximately 24 hours to submit each interim annual report and the final report. Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 168 hours per year. Respondent's Obligation: Required to Obtain or Retain a Benefit. Frequency of Collection: Annually. Total Estimated Annual Non-hour Burden Cost: There are no ``non- hour-cost'' burdens associated with this IC. An agency may not conduct or sponsor and a person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. The authority for this action is the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.). Timothy Newman, Program Coordinator, National Land Imaging Program, U.S. Geological Survey. [FR Doc. 2018-17110 Filed 8-9-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4338-11-P
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Request for New Information relevant to agency decisions are: (1) provide a copy of your comments to
To ensure that a 5-year status review Those supported by quantitative USGS, Information Collections
is complete and based on the best information or studies; and (2) Those Clearance Officer, 12201 Sunrise Valley
available scientific and commercial that include citations to, and analyses Drive, MS 159, Reston, VA 20192; or by
information, we request new of, the applicable laws and regulations. email to gs-info_collections@usgs.gov.
information from all sources. See ‘‘What Please reference OMB Control Number
Completed and Active Reviews
information do we consider in our 1028–0085 in the subject line of your
A list of all completed and currently comments.
review?’’ for specific criteria. If you
active 5-year status reviews addressing
submit information, please support it FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
species for which the Mountain-Prairie
with documentation such as maps, request additional information about
Region of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
bibliographic references, methods used this ICR, contact Sarah Cook by email at
Service has lead responsibility is
to gather and analyze the data, and/or scook@usgs.gov, or by telephone at 703–
available at http://www.fws.gov/
copies of any pertinent publications, 648–6136. You may also view the ICR
endangered/.
reports, or letters by knowledgeable at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
sources. Authority: This document is published PRAMain.
under the authority of the Endangered
How do I ask questions or provide Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the
information? 1531 et seq.). USGS, in accordance with the
If you wish to provide information for Dated: February 9, 2018. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
any species listed above, please submit Matt Hogan, provide the general public and other
your comments and materials to the Deputy Regional Director, Mountain-Prairie
Federal agencies with an opportunity to
appropriate contact in the table above. Region. comment on proposed, revised, and
You may also direct questions to those [FR Doc. 2018–17143 Filed 8–9–18; 8:45 am]
continuing collections of information.
contacts. Individuals who are hearing This helps us assess the impact of our
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impaired or speech impaired may call information collection requirements and
the Federal Relay Service at 800–877– minimize the public’s reporting burden.
8339 for TTY assistance. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR It also helps the public understand our
information collection requirements and
Public Availability of Submissions Geological Survey provide the requested data in the
Before including your address, phone desired format.
[GX18EB00A181100; OMB Control Number
number, email address, or other A Federal Register notice with a 60-
1028–0085]
personal identifying information in your day public comment period soliciting
comment, you should be aware that Agency Information Collection comments on this collection of
your entire comment—including your Activities; Submission to the Office of information was published on May 31,
personal identifying information—may Management and Budget for Review 2018, 83 FR 25038. No comments have
be made publicly available at any time. and Approval; National Land Remote been received.
While you can ask us in your comment Sensing Education, Outreach and We are again soliciting comments on
to withhold your personal identifying Research Activity the proposed ICR that is described
information from public review, we below. We are especially interested in
AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey, public comment addressing the
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
Interior. following issues: (1) Is the collection
do so.
Comments and materials received will ACTION: Notice of information collection; necessary to the proper functions of the
be available for public inspection, by request for comment. USGS; (2) will this information be
appointment, during normal business processed and used in a timely manner;
SUMMARY: In accordance with the (3) is the estimate of burden accurate;
hours at the offices where the comments Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we,
are submitted. (4) how might the USGS enhance the
the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) are quality, utility, and clarity of the
Contents of Public Comments proposing to renew an information information to be collected; and (5) how
collection. might the USGS minimize the burden of
Please make your comments as
specific as possible. Please confine your DATES: Interested persons are invited to this collection on the respondents,
comments to issues for which we seek submit comments on or before including through the use of
comments in this notice, and explain September 10, 2018. information technology.
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the basis for your comments. Include ADDRESSES: Send written comments on Comments that you submit in
sufficient information with your this information collection request (ICR) response to this notice are a matter of
comments to allow us to authenticate to the Office of Management and public record. Before including your
any scientific or commercial data you Budget’s Desk Officer for the address, phone number, email address,
include. Department of the Interior by email at or other personal identifying
The comments and recommendations OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov; or via information in your comment, you
that will be most useful and likely to be facsimile to (202) 395–5806. Please should be aware that your entire
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comment—including your personal education including universities; State was inadvertently published in error
identifying information—may be made and local governments (including and is hereby withdrawn.
publicly available at any time. While county, city, township or special district [FR Doc. C1–2018–16986 Filed 8–9–18; 8:45 am]
you may ask us in your comment to governments); independent school BILLING CODE 1301–00–D
withhold your personal identifying districts, Native American Tribal
information from public review, we governments or organizations, nonprofit
cannot guarantee that we will be able to organizations (with or without 501(c)(3) DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
do so. status).
Abstract: The National Land Remote Total Estimated Number of Annual Bureau of Land Management
Sensing Education, Outreach and Respondents: Approximately 5 [(LLCAD06000.51010000.ER0000.LVRWB0
Research Activity (NLRSEORA) is an respondents. 9B2920.18X5017AP) CACA49397;
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a U.S. national consortium in building Responses: Approximately 7 responses.
the capability to receive, process and Estimated Completion Time per Notice of Availability of the Draft
archive remotely sensed data for the Response: 168 hours in total. We expect Environmental Impact Statement and
purpose of providing access to to receive approximately 5 applications Environmental Impact Report and Draft
university and state organizations in a per year, taking each applicant Land Use Plan Amendment to the
ready-to-use format; and to expand the approximately 24 hours to complete the California Desert Conservation Area
science of remote sensing through application process. We anticipate Plan for the Desert Quartzite Solar
education, research/applications awarding one (1) grant per year. The Project
development and outreach in areas such grantee will be required to submit an
as environmental monitoring to include AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,
interim Annual Progress Report to the Interior.
the effects of climate variability on designated USGS Project Officer within
water availability (or lack thereof) and ACTION: Notice of availability.
90 days of the end of the project period
phenology, natural resource and a final report on or before 90 SUMMARY: In accordance with the
management and disaster analysis. working days after the expiration of the National Environmental Policy Act
Respondents are submitting proposals to agreement. We anticipate the grantee (NEPA) of 1969, as amended, and the
acquire funding for a national (U.S.) will take approximately 24 hours to Federal Land Policy and Management
program to promote the uses of space- submit each interim annual report and Act of 1976, as amended, the Bureau of
based land remote sensing data and the final report. Land Management (BLM) has prepared
technologies through education and Total Estimated Number of Annual a draft Environmental Impact Statement
outreach at the state and local level and Burden Hours: 168 hours per year. (EIS), and, in collaboration with
through university-based and Respondent’s Obligation: Required to Riverside County, a draft Environmental
collaborative research projects. The Obtain or Retain a Benefit. Impact Report (EIR) for the Desert
information collected will ensure that Frequency of Collection: Annually. Quartzite Solar Project (DQSP). A draft
sufficient and relevant information is Total Estimated Annual Non-hour Land Use Plan Amendment to the
available to evaluate and select a Burden Cost: There are no ‘‘non-hour- California Desert Conservation Area
proposal for funding. A panel of USGS cost’’ burdens associated with this IC. Plan (CDCA) is also included. This
Land Resources Mission Area managers An agency may not conduct or notice announces the opening of the
and scientists will review each proposal sponsor and a person is not required to public comment period, following the
to evaluate the technical merit, respond to a collection of information date the Environmental Protection
requirements, and priorities identified unless it displays a currently valid OMB Agency (EPA) publishes its Notice of
in the call for proposals. control number. Availability (NOA) in the Federal
This notice concerns the collection of The authority for this action is the Register.
information that is sufficient and Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
relevant to evaluate and select proposals U.S.C. 3501, et seq.). DATES: To ensure that all comments will
for funding. We will protect information be considered, the BLM must receive
from respondents considered Timothy Newman, written comments on the draft plan
proprietary under the Freedom of Program Coordinator, National Land Imaging amendment and draft EIS/EIR by
Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and its Program, U.S. Geological Survey. November 8, 2018. The BLM will
implementing regulations (43 CFR part [FR Doc. 2018–17110 Filed 8–9–18; 8:45 am] announce future meetings or hearings
2), and under regulations at 30 CFR BILLING CODE 4338–11–P and any other public involvement
250.197, ‘‘Data and information to be activities at least 15 days in advance
made available to the public or for through public notices, media releases,
limited inspection.’’ Responses are DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR the project website, and/or mailings.
voluntary. No questions of a ‘‘sensitive’’ ADDRESSES: The public may submit
U.S. Geological Survey comments related to the project during
nature are asked. We intend to release
the project abstracts and primary [GX18EB00A181100; OMB Control Number the public comment period by using any
investigators for awarded/funded 1028–0085/Renewal] of the following methods:
projects only. • Website: https://goo.gl/GmkJk4.
Title of Collection: National Land Agency Information Collection • Email: blm_ca_desert_quartzite_
Remote Sensing Education, Outreach Activities; National Land Remote solar_project@blm.gov.
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and Research Activity Sensing Education, Outreach and • Mail: Desert Quartzite Solar Project,
OMB Control Number: 1028–0085. Research Activity Bureau of Land Management Palm
Form Number: None. Springs-South Coast Field Office, 1201
Correction
Type of Review: Extension of a Bird Center Drive, Palm Springs, CA
currently approved collection. Notice document 2018–16986 92234.
Respondents/Affected Public: Public appearing on pages 39115 through Copies of the draft EIS/EIR and draft
or private institutions of higher 39116, in the issue of August 8, 2018, plan amendment are available at the
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| Contact | To request additional information about this ICR, contact Sarah Cook by email at [email protected], or by telephone at 703-648-6136. You may also view the ICR at http:// www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. | |
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