Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments, 25690-25691 [2016-10041]

Agencies

• Geological Survey
• DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 83 (Friday, April 29, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25690-25691]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-10041]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

 Geological Survey

[GX16EF00PMEXP00]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments

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

ACTION: Notice of a renewal of a currently approved information 
collection (1028-0092).

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SUMMARY: We (the U.S. Geological Survey) will respectfully request the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) renew the information collection 
(IC) and/or data detailed below. To comply with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995 (PRA) and as part of our continuing efforts to reduce 
paperwork and perspective recipient burden, we invite the general 
public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment 
on the IC. This collection is scheduled to expire on 9/30/2016.

DATES: To ensure that your comments are considered, we must receive 
them on or before June 28, 2016.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 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-
7197 (fax); or gs-info_collections@usgs.gov (email). Please reference 
`Information Collection 1028-0092, The National Map: Topographic Data 
Grants Program' in all correspondence.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anthony Martin, National Geospatial 
Program, U.S. Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Mail Stop 
511, Reston, VA 20192 (mail); 703-648-4542 (phone); or amartin@usgs.gov 
(email). You may also find information about this ICR at 
www.reginfo.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    The National Geospatial Program (NGP) of the U.S. Geological Survey 
(USGS) contributes funding for the collection of geospatial data which 
increases the development of The National Map and other national 
geospatial databases. NGP will accept applications from State, local or 
tribal governments to offset present data collection programs in order 
to meet the growing and present need for current and accurate 
geospatial data. To submit a proposal a completed project narrative and 
application must be submitted via Grants.gov. Recipients who are 
selected

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for grants must supply a final technical report at the end of the 
project period. All application instructions and forms are available on 
the Internet through Grants.gov (https://www.grants.gov). Hard/paper 
submissions will not be accepted under any circumstances. All reports 
will be accepted electronically via email.

II. Data

    OMB Control Number: 1028-0092.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Title: The National Map: Topographic Data Grants Program.
    Type of Request: Renewal of existing information collection.
    Affected Public: State, Local, Tribal Government.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    Frequency of Collection: Annually.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 40 applications and 20 
final reports.
    Estimated Time per Response: The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) 
foresees 60 hours of time will be needed to complete the necessary 
submissions which will include the narrative and supporting 
documentation. We believe that reading the requirements as well as 
development, proposal writing, reviewing and submission of the proposal 
application via Grants.gov will require 47 hours. Quarterly and final 
project reports must be submitted by the award recipient. The prior 
quarter's progress must be submitted within the report 7 days following 
the start of the new quarter. The quarterly report will take at least 1 
hour to prepare. The final report must be submitted within 90 calendar 
days of the end of the project period. USGS estimates that 
approximately 10 hours will be needed to complete the final report.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 2,140 Hours per response.
    Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Non-Hour Cost'' Burden: 
There are no ``non-hour cost'' burdens related to the collection of 
this data.
    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 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.

Julia Fields,
Deputy Director, National Geospatial Program.
[FR Doc. 2016-10041 Filed 4-28-16; 8:45 am]
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