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, 56286-56287 [2021-22049]

Agencies

• Geological Survey
• DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 193 (Friday, October 8, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56286-56287]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-22049]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Geological Survey

[GX22EB00A181100; 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.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) 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 
November 8, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
    Written comments may also be submitted by mail to U.S. Geological 
Survey, Information Collections 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 mail or email.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information 
about this Information Collection Request (ICR), contact Sarah Cook by 
email at [email protected] or by telephone at 703-648-6136. You may also 
view the ICR at https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the PRA and 5 CFR 
1320.8(d)(1), we provide the general 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 
May 18, 2021 (86 FR 26934). 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 comment addressing the following:
    (1) Whether this collection of information is necessary for the 
proper performance of the functions of the USGS, including whether the 
information will have practical utility;
    (2) Whether your estimate of the burden for this collection of 
information is accurate
    (3) Whether the methodology and assumptions used are valid;
    (4) how we might enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
    (5) How the USGS might minimize the burden of this collection of 
information on those asked to respond, including through the use of 
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. 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: The National Land Remote Sensing Education, Outreach and 
Research Activity (NLRSEORA) is an effort to develop a U.S. nationwide 
consortium to build 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 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 Core Science Systems Mission Area managers and 
scientists will review each proposal to evaluate the technical merit, 
requirements, and priorities identified.
    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, Tribal governments or organizations, 
nonprofit organizations (with or without 501(c)(3) status).
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 5.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 5.
    Estimated Completion Time per Response: 2 hours.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 10.

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    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Frequency of Collection: Annually.
    Total Estimated Annual Nonhour 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.
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