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As part of our continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent
burdens, we invite the public and other
Federal agencies 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.
We are especially interested in public
comment addressing the following:
(1) Whether or not the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
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(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the
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(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
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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
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public record. Before including your
address, phone number, email address,
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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 William T. Pecora
Awards are presented annually to
individuals or teams using satellite or
aerial remote sensing who make
outstanding contributions toward
understanding the Earth (land, oceans,
and air), educating the next generation
of scientists, informing decisionmakers,
or supporting natural or human-induced
disaster response. The award is
sponsored jointly by the Department of
the Interior (DOI) and the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration
(NASA). The award was established in
1974 to honor the memory of Dr.
William T. Pecora, former Director of
the U.S. Geological Survey and Under
Secretary, Department of the Interior.
Dr. Pecora was a motivating force
behind the establishment of a program
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for civil remote sensing of the Earth
from space. His early vision and support
helped establish what we know today as
the Landsat satellite mission. 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 public and private
sector individuals, teams, organizations,
and professional societies.
The nomination packages include
three sections: a cover sheet, a summary
statement, and 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. The
supplemental materials section is
limited to 12 pages (resume,
publications list, letters of endorsement,
etc.) which highlights the specific
individual or group’s achievements
which should be peer-reviewed and
documented in industry-recognized and
scientifically credible publications.
Title of Collection: The William T.
Pecora Award Application and
Nomination Process.
OMB Control Number: 1028–0101.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension of an
existing collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Individuals, businesses and other
academic and non-profit institutions;
State, local and Tribal governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 10–15.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 10–15.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: 6 hours.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 90 hours.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: Annually.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour
Burden Cost: None.
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
PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Timothy Newman,
Program Coordinator, National Land Imaging
Program, USGS.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey
[GX23BA000AD0100; OMB Control Number
1028–0103]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; USA National
Phenology Network—The Nature’s
Notebook Plant and Animal Observing
Program
U.S. Geological Survey,
Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), the U.S. Geological Survey
(USGS) is proposing to extend an
information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before
December 26, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments on
this information collection request (ICR)
to the Office of Management and
Budget’s Desk Officer for the
Department of the Interior by email at
OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov; or via
facsimile to (202) 395–5806. Please
provide a copy of your comments to the
USGS, Information Collections
Clearance Officer, 12201 Sunrise Valley
Drive MS 159, Reston, VA 20192; or by
email to gs-info_collections@usgs.gov.
Please reference OMB Control Number
1028–0103 Nature’s Notebook in the
subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Melanie J. Steinkamp
by email at msteinkamp@usgs.gov or by
telephone at 703–261–3128.You may
also view the ICR at https://
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the PRA, (44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), all
information collections require
approval. We may not conduct or
sponsor, nor are you required to
respond to, a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number.
A Federal Register notice with a 60day public comment period soliciting
comments on this collection of
information was published on August 4,
2023 (88 FR 51851). No comments were
received.
As part of our continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent
burdens, we invite the public and other
federal agencies to comment on new,
SUMMARY:
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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 especially interested in public
comment 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 or not 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 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. 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: The USA–National
Phenology Network is a program
sponsored by the USGS that uses
standardized forms for tracking plant
and animal activity as part of a project
called Nature’s Notebook. The Nature’s
Notebook forms are used to record
phenology (e.g., the timing of the leafing
or flowering of plants and the
reproduction or migration of animals) as
part of a nationwide effort to understand
and predict how plants and animals
respond to environmental variation and
changes in weather and climate.
Contemporary data collected through
Nature’s Notebook are quality-checked,
described, and made publicly available;
data are used to inform decision-making
in a variety of contexts, including
agriculture, drought monitoring, and
wildfire risk assessment. Phenological
information is also critical for the
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management of wildlife, invasive
species, and agricultural pests, and for
understanding and managing risks to
human health and welfare, including
allergies, asthma, and vector-borne
diseases. Participants may contribute
phenology information to Nature’s
Notebook through a browser-based web
application or via mobile applications
for iPhone and Android operating
systems, meeting Government
Paperwork Elimination Act (GPEA) and
Privacy Act requirements. The web
application interface consists of several
components: User registration; a
searchable list of 1,756 plant and animal
species that can be observed; a ‘‘profile’’
for each species that contains
information about the species including
its description and the appropriate
monitoring protocols; a series of
interfaces for registering as an observer,
registering an observation site, and
registering plants and animals at an
observation site; generating datasheets
to take to the field, and a data entry page
that mimics the datasheets.
Title of Collection: USA NATIONAL
PHENOLOGY NETWORK—THE
NATURE’S NOTEBOOK PLANT AND
ANIMAL OBSERVING PROGRAM.
OMB Control Number: 1028–0103.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Members of the public registered with
Nature’s Notebook, State Cooperative
Extension employees, and Tribal
members.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 6,598.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 4,102,388.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: Upon joining the program,
each of the 6,598 respondents is
expected to spend 13 minutes to register
and read guidelines for an annual
burden of 1,430 hours. New and existing
respondents are expected to spend
about two minutes on each observation
and submission of a phenophase status
record. Given a projection of 4,102,388
phenophase status responses each year,
annual burden of observation and
submission of records is 136,746 hours.
Thus, the Total Estimated Annual
Burden is 138,176 hours.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion;
depends on the seasonal activity of
plants and animals.
Non-hour burden costs may be
incurred for optional items such as
clipboards, pencils, flags, markers,
stakes, tags and/or popsicle sticks. We
estimate that only 20% of users (i.e.,
1,320) will incur these costs, at an
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estimated cost of $2.52 per user, for a
Total Estimated Annual Non-hour
Burden cost of $3,327.
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
PRA of 1995.
Melanie J. Steinkamp,
Species Management Research Program
Coordinator, Ecosystems Mission Area, U.S.
Geological Survey.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey
[GX23BA000AD0100; OMB Control Number 1028-0103]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; USA National
Phenology Network--The Nature's Notebook Plant and Animal Observing
Program
AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA),
the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is proposing to extend an information
collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
December 26, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments on this information collection request
(ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget's Desk Officer for the
Department of the Interior by email at [email protected]; or
via facsimile to (202) 395-5806. Please provide a copy of your comments
to the USGS, Information Collections Clearance Officer, 12201 Sunrise
Valley Drive MS 159, Reston, VA 20192; or by email to [email protected]. Please reference OMB Control Number 1028-
0103 Nature's Notebook in the subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information
about this ICR, contact Melanie J. Steinkamp by email at
[email protected] or by telephone at 703-261-3128.You may also view
the ICR at https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the PRA, (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), all information collections require
approval. We may not conduct or sponsor, nor are you required to
respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently
valid OMB control number.
A Federal Register notice with a 60-day public comment period
soliciting comments on this collection of information was published on
August 4, 2023 (88 FR 51851). No comments were received.
As part of our continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent
burdens, we invite the public and other federal agencies to comment on
new,
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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 especially interested in public comment 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 or not 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 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. 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: The USA-National Phenology Network is a program sponsored
by the USGS that uses standardized forms for tracking plant and animal
activity as part of a project called Nature's Notebook. The Nature's
Notebook forms are used to record phenology (e.g., the timing of the
leafing or flowering of plants and the reproduction or migration of
animals) as part of a nationwide effort to understand and predict how
plants and animals respond to environmental variation and changes in
weather and climate. Contemporary data collected through Nature's
Notebook are quality-checked, described, and made publicly available;
data are used to inform decision-making in a variety of contexts,
including agriculture, drought monitoring, and wildfire risk
assessment. Phenological information is also critical for the
management of wildlife, invasive species, and agricultural pests, and
for understanding and managing risks to human health and welfare,
including allergies, asthma, and vector-borne diseases. Participants
may contribute phenology information to Nature's Notebook through a
browser-based web application or via mobile applications for iPhone and
Android operating systems, meeting Government Paperwork Elimination Act
(GPEA) and Privacy Act requirements. The web application interface
consists of several components: User registration; a searchable list of
1,756 plant and animal species that can be observed; a ``profile'' for
each species that contains information about the species including its
description and the appropriate monitoring protocols; a series of
interfaces for registering as an observer, registering an observation
site, and registering plants and animals at an observation site;
generating datasheets to take to the field, and a data entry page that
mimics the datasheets.
Title of Collection: USA NATIONAL PHENOLOGY NETWORK--THE NATURE'S
NOTEBOOK PLANT AND ANIMAL OBSERVING PROGRAM.
OMB Control Number: 1028-0103.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Members of the public registered with
Nature's Notebook, State Cooperative Extension employees, and Tribal
members.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 6,598.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 4,102,388.
Estimated Completion Time per Response: Upon joining the program,
each of the 6,598 respondents is expected to spend 13 minutes to
register and read guidelines for an annual burden of 1,430 hours. New
and existing respondents are expected to spend about two minutes on
each observation and submission of a phenophase status record. Given a
projection of 4,102,388 phenophase status responses each year, annual
burden of observation and submission of records is 136,746 hours. Thus,
the Total Estimated Annual Burden is 138,176 hours.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion; depends on the seasonal
activity of plants and animals.
Non-hour burden costs may be incurred for optional items such as
clipboards, pencils, flags, markers, stakes, tags and/or popsicle
sticks. We estimate that only 20% of users (i.e., 1,320) will incur
these costs, at an estimated cost of $2.52 per user, for a Total
Estimated Annual Non-hour Burden cost of $3,327.
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 PRA of 1995.
Melanie J. Steinkamp,
Species Management Research Program Coordinator, Ecosystems Mission
Area, U.S. Geological Survey.
[FR Doc. 2023-25915 Filed 11-22-23; 8:45 am]
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