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Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 223 / Tuesday, November 21, 2017 / Notices
Information collection
Number of
respondents
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of response
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B. Solicitation of Public Comment
This notice is soliciting comments
from members of the public and affected
parties concerning the collection of
information described in Section A on
the following:
(1) Whether the proposed 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 the agency’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) Ways to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on those
who are to respond; including through
the use of appropriate automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses.
HUD encourages interested parties to
submit comment in response to these
questions.
Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35.
Dated: October 12, 2017.
Neal Rackleff,
Assistant Secretary, Community Planning and
Development.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey
[GX17EG40DW73200; OMB Control Number
1028–0111]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: The National Map Corps
(TNMCorps)—Volunteered Geographic
Information Project
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
USGS is proposing to renew an
information collection (IC).
DATES: To ensure that your comments
are considered, we must receive them
on or before January 22, 2018.
SUMMARY:
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You may submit comments
on this information collection to the
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, U.S. Geological Survey, 12201
Sunrise Valley Drive MS 159, Reston,
VA 20192 (mail); or gs-info_collections@
usgs.gov (email). Please reference
‘Information Collection 1028–0111, The
National Map Corps’ in all
correspondence.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin
Korris, National Geospatial Technical
Operations Center, USGS, Denver
Federal Center, Box 25046, Mail Stop
510, Denver, CO 80225 (mail); 303–202–
4503 (phone); or ekorris@usgs.gov
(email). You may also find information
about this ICR at www.reginfo.gov.
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.
We are soliciting comments on the
proposed IC 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. We will include or
summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this IC. Before
including your address, phone number,
email address, or other personal
identifying information in your
comment, please be aware that your
entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
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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 Map Corps
(TNMCorps) is the name of the U.S.
Geological Survey (USGS) National
Geospatial Program (NGP) project that
encourages citizen participation in
volunteer map data collection activities.
TNMCorps uses crowdsourcing—new
technologies and Internet services to
georeference structure points and share
this information with others on mapbased Internet platforms—to produce
volunteered geographic information
(VGI). People participating in the crowd
sourcing will be considered part of the
TNMCorps.
In general, the National Structures
Dataset (NSD) has been populated with
the best available national data. This
data has been exposed for initial
improvement by TNMCorps volunteers
via the online Map Editor (the
instrument). In addition, the data goes
through a tiered-editing process, which
includes Peer Review and Advanced
Editors. At each stage the data is passed
through an automatic ‘‘magic filter’’ to
look for data issues before being
submitted into the NSD. In addition
data goes through sampling for quality
assurance procedures.
Once part of the NSD, the data are
then available to the USGS and to the
public at no cost via The National Map
and ultimately US Topo.
Data quality studies in 2012 and 2014
showed that the volunteers’ actions
were accurate and exceeded USGS
quality standards. Volunteer-collected
data showed an improvement in both
location and attribute accuracy for
existing data points. Completeness, or
the extent to which all appropriate
features were identified and recorded,
was also improved.
Title of Collection: The National Map
Corps—Volunteered Geographic
Information Project.
OMB Control Number: 1028–0111.
Form Number: NA.
Type of Request: Extension of
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: General Public.
Respondent’s Obligation: None.
Participation is voluntary.
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Frequency of Collection: Intermittent,
with an estimated 840 participants
annually.
Estimated Total Number of Annual
Responses: 100,000.
Estimated Time per Response: 12
minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours:
20,000.
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’
Burden: 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 authorities for this action are the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501, et seq.).
Kari Craun,
Director, National Geospatial Technical,
Operations Center, U.S. Geological Survey.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey
[GX17EE000101000; OMB Control Number
1028–0110]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; International Organization
for Standardization (ISO) Geospatial
Metadata Editors Registry
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
USGS is proposing to renew an
information collection.
DATES: To ensure that your comments
are considered, we must receive them
on or before January 22, 2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
on this information collection to the
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, U.S. Geological Survey, 12201
Sunrise Valley Drive MS 159, Reston,
VA 20192 (mail); or gs-info_collections@
usgs.gov (email). Please reference
‘Information Collection 1028–0110, ISO
Geospatial Metadata Editors Registry’ in
the subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jennifer Carlino, Federal Geographic
Data Committee Office of the
Secretariat, USGS, P.O. Box 25046, Mail
Stop 302, Denver Federal Center,
Denver, CO 80225 (mail); 303–202–4260
(phone); or jcarlino@usgs.gov (email).
You may also find information about
this IC at www.reginfo.gov.
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SUMMARY:
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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.
We are soliciting comments on the
proposed IC 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. We will include or
summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this IC. Before
including your address, phone number,
email address, or other personal
identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire 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: As National Spatial Data
Infrastructure (NSDI) stakeholders move
forward with the implementation of the
International Organization for
Standardization’s (ISO) 191** series of
geospatial metadata standards, there is
increasing demand for information
about applications/editors that can be
used to create ISO compliant metadata
records. The USGS, through the Federal
Geographic Data Committee (FGDC)
Office of the Secretariat (www.fgdc.gov),
proposes development of an online
registration system for developers of ISO
Geospatial Metadata Editors to
voluntarily describe their metadata
tools. Developers will be asked to
include information such as features of
the editor, its functionality, supported
standards, and point of contact
information through a login-based,
online form. The FGDC Metadata
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Working Group (MWG) (https://
www.fgdc.gov/organization/workinggroups-subcommittees/mwg/index_
html), whose membership represents
Federal, State, Local and Tribal
governments and the Private Sector, has
requested the development of the
registry as a useful tool to learn about
available ISO Geospatial Metadata
Editors. Because the information about
the editors may be of interest or utility
to others implementing ISO geospatial
metadata standards, the FGDC will
make the information collected
available on the Web in the form of a
simple registry-type database. FGDC
MWG members as well as non FGDC
MWG members including geospatial
metadata implementers from private
sector, academia, all forms of
government, and the general public, will
have read-only access to the editor
information published in the registry.
Title: ISO Geospatial Metadata Editors
Registry.
OMB Control Number: 1028–0110.
Form Number: Not applicable.
Type of Request: Renewal of existing
information collection.
Affected Public: Federal, State, Local
and Tribal governments, Private Sector,
and others involved in the development
of ISO geospatial metadata.
Respondent’s Obligation: None.
Participation is voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: Following its
initial collection from editor developers,
the information will be reviewed at least
annually. As part of the annual review,
all editor developers listed in the
registry will be contacted and requested
to update their information, if needed,
via the login-based online form.
Additionally, all NSDI stakeholders will
be reminded via Web posting at the
FGDC Web site (www.fgdc.gov) and
community-of-practice networking that
new editors may be added to the
registry.
Estimated Total Number of Annual
Responses: Approximately 5.
Estimated Time per Response: We
estimate that it will take one hour per
person to document a single editor for
inclusion in the registry. In future years,
review of editor information to ensure
currency or identification of new editors
is expected to require de minimis effort.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 5
hours.
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’
Burden: 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.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey
[GX17EG40DW73200; OMB Control Number 1028-0111]
Agency Information Collection Activities: The National Map Corps
(TNMCorps)--Volunteered Geographic Information Project
AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
USGS is proposing to renew an information collection (IC).
DATES: To ensure that your comments are considered, we must receive
them on or before January 22, 2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on this information collection to
the Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Geological Survey,
12201 Sunrise Valley Drive MS 159, Reston, VA 20192 (mail); or gs-info_collections@usgs.gov (email). Please reference `Information
Collection 1028-0111, The National Map Corps' in all correspondence.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin Korris, National Geospatial
Technical Operations Center, USGS, Denver Federal Center, Box 25046,
Mail Stop 510, Denver, CO 80225 (mail); 303-202-4503 (phone); or
ekorris@usgs.gov (email). You may also find information about this ICR
at www.reginfo.gov.
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.
We are soliciting comments on the proposed IC 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. We will include or summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this IC. Before including your address, phone number,
email address, or other personal identifying information in your
comment, please be aware that your entire 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 Map Corps (TNMCorps) is the name of the U.S.
Geological Survey (USGS) National Geospatial Program (NGP) project that
encourages citizen participation in volunteer map data collection
activities. TNMCorps uses crowdsourcing--new technologies and Internet
services to georeference structure points and share this information
with others on map-based Internet platforms--to produce volunteered
geographic information (VGI). People participating in the crowd
sourcing will be considered part of the TNMCorps.
In general, the National Structures Dataset (NSD) has been
populated with the best available national data. This data has been
exposed for initial improvement by TNMCorps volunteers via the online
Map Editor (the instrument). In addition, the data goes through a
tiered-editing process, which includes Peer Review and Advanced
Editors. At each stage the data is passed through an automatic ``magic
filter'' to look for data issues before being submitted into the NSD.
In addition data goes through sampling for quality assurance
procedures.
Once part of the NSD, the data are then available to the USGS and
to the public at no cost via The National Map and ultimately US Topo.
Data quality studies in 2012 and 2014 showed that the volunteers'
actions were accurate and exceeded USGS quality standards. Volunteer-
collected data showed an improvement in both location and attribute
accuracy for existing data points. Completeness, or the extent to which
all appropriate features were identified and recorded, was also
improved.
Title of Collection: The National Map Corps--Volunteered Geographic
Information Project.
OMB Control Number: 1028-0111.
Form Number: NA.
Type of Request: Extension of currently approved collection.
Affected Public: General Public.
Respondent's Obligation: None. Participation is voluntary.
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Frequency of Collection: Intermittent, with an estimated 840
participants annually.
Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 100,000.
Estimated Time per Response: 12 minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 20,000.
Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Non-Hour Cost'' Burden:
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 authorities for this action are the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.).
Kari Craun,
Director, National Geospatial Technical, Operations Center, U.S.
Geological Survey.
[FR Doc. 2017-25148 Filed 11-20-17; 8:45 am]
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