Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments; The William T. Pecora Award Application and Nomination Process, 74763 [2014-29356]

Agencies

• Geological Survey
• DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 241 (Tuesday, December 16, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 74763]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-29356]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Geological Survey

[GX15EB00A181100]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments; 
The William T. Pecora Award Application and Nomination Process

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

ACTION: Notice of revision of a currently approved information 
collection, (1028-0101).

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SUMMARY: We (the U.S. Geological Survey) will ask Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) the information collection request (ICR) described 
below. To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) 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 ICR. This collection is scheduled 
to expire on January 31, 2015.

DATES: To ensure that your comments on this ICR are considered, we must 
receive them on or before January 15, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Please submit written comments on this information 
collection directly to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Desk Officer 
for the Department of the Interior, via email: 
(OIRA_SUBMISSION@omb.eop.gov); or by fax (202) 395-5806; and identify 
your submission with `OMB Control Number 1028-0101 William T. Pecora 
Award'. Please also forward a copy of your comments and suggestions 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) 648-7195 (fax); or gs-info_collections@usgs.gov (email). Please reference `OMB Information 
Collection 1028-0101: William T. Pecora Award' in all correspondence.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Holm, EROS Center, U.S. 
Geological Survey, 47914 252nd Street, Sioux Falls, SD 57198 (mail); 
605-594-6127 (phone); or holm@usgs.gov (email). You may also find 
information about this ICR at www.reginfo.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    The William T. Pecora Award is presented annually to individuals or 
groups that make outstanding contributions toward understanding the 
Earth by means of remote sensing. The award is sponsored jointly by the 
Department of the Interior (DOI) and the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration (NASA).
    In 1974 the Pecora Award was established in honor of Dr. William T. 
Pecora, former Director of the U.S. Geological Survey, Under Secretary, 
Department of the Interior and a motivating force behind the 
establishment of a program for civil remote sensing of the earth from 
space. The purpose of the award is to recognize individuals or groups 
working in the field of remote sensing of the earth. National and 
international nominations are accepted from the public and private 
sector individuals, teams, organizations, and professional societies.
    Nomination packages include three sections: (A) Cover Sheet, (B) 
Summary Statement, and (C) Supplemental Materials. The cover sheet 
includes professional contact information. The Summary Statement is 
limited to two pages and describes the nominee's achievements in the 
scientific and technical remote sensing community, contributions 
leading to successful practical applications of remote sensing, and/or 
major breakthroughs in remote sensing science or technology. 
Nominations may include up to 10 pages of supplemental information such 
as resume, publications list, and/or letters of endorsement.

II. Data

    OMB Control Number: 1028-0101.
    Form Number: None.
    Title: The William T. Pecora Award Application and Nomination 
Process.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved information 
collection.
    Respondent Obligation: None. Participation is voluntary.
    Frequency of Collection: Annually.
    Description of Respondents: Individuals or households; Businesses 
and other academic and non-profit institutions; state and local 
government agencies.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 20.
    Estimated Time per Response: 10 hours.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 200.
    Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Non-Hour Cost'' Burden: 
There are no ``non-hour cost'' burdens associated with this collection 
of information.
    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. Until the OMB approves a collection 
of information, you are not obliged to respond.
    Comments: On 8-13-2014, we published a Federal Register notice (79 
FR 47666) announcing that we would submit this ICR to OMB for approval 
and soliciting comments. The comment period closed on 10-13-2014. We 
received no comments.

III. Request for Comments

    We again invite comments concerning this ICR 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) how 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 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 the OMB in your 
comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public 
review, we cannot guarantee that it will be done.

Frank Kelly,
Director, Earth Resources Observation and Science Center, U.S. 
Geological Survey.
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