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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 1 (Friday, January 2, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 150-151]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-24185]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey
[Docket No. USGS-2025-0105; OMB Control Number 1028-0132;
GX19ZQ00G402A00]
Agency Information Collection Activities; ShakeAlert
AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995,
the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is proposing an extension to an
existing information collection for approval by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB).
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DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
February 2, 2026.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by one of the following methods:
[ssquf] Internet: <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. Search for and
submit comments on Docket No. USGS-2025-0105.
[ssquf] U.S. Mail: USGS, Information Collections Clearance Officer,
12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 159, Reston, VA 20192.
You may view this information collection request (ICR) at <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert M. de Groot by email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5123353436233e3e2511242236227f363e27"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5123353436233e3e2511242236227f363e27">[email protected]</span></a> or by telephone at 626-583-7225. Individuals in the
United States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a
speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access
telecommunications relay services. Individuals outside the United
States should use the relay services offered within their country to
make international calls to the point-of-contact in the United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the PRA of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), we provide the public and
other Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on new, 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
September 29, 2025 (90 FR 46629). No comments were received.
As part of our continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent
burdens, we are again soliciting comments from the public and other
Federal agencies on the proposed ICR that is described below. We are
especially interested in public comments addressing the following:
(1) Whether or not the collection of information is necessary for
the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have practical utility.
(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the burden for this collection
of information, including the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used.
(3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
(4) How the agency might minimize the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to respond, including using appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of response.
Comments that 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 ICR. Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other personally identifiable information
(PII) in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment--
including your PII--may be made publicly available at any time. While
you can ask us in your comment to withhold your PII from public review,
we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.
Abstract: This information is being collected for the purposes of
understanding (1) the continued feasibility of ShakeAlert-powered
alerts through the wireless emergency alerts via the Integrated Public
Alerts and Warning System (IPAWS) managed by the Federal Emergency
Management Agency, and (2) the latency of transmissions in California,
Oregon, and Washington. This collection is critical to determine
technological latencies of ShakeAlert notifications through IPAWS.
Better understanding is required to know how much time people will have
to take protective action once they receive an alert. Further,
knowledge of where the latencies exist, and why, can help us improve
and streamline our systems. This involves live testing of the system
with a population reporting back to us.
Title of Collection: ShakeAlert.
OMB Control Number: 1028-0132.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved OMB control
number.
Respondents/Affected Public: Individual households.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 1,000.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 1,000.
Estimated Completion Time per Response: 7 minutes.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 117.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: Bi-annually.
Total Estimated Annual Non-Hour Burden Cost: None.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor, nor is a person 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.).
James Mitchell,
Patent and Licensing Mgr., Office of Policy and Analysis.
[FR Doc. 2025-24185 Filed 12-30-25; 4:15 pm]
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