Agency Information Collection Activities; Markup Application, 52498 [2024-13792]

Agencies

• Geological Survey
• DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 121 (Monday, June 24, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 52498]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-13792]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Geological Survey

[GX24EG00COM0001; OMB Control Number 1028-0127]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Markup Application

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

ACTION: Notice of Information Collection; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, 
the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is proposing to renew an information 
collection with revisions.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
July 24, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Send your comments on this information collection request 
(ICR) by mail to US 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-
0127 in the subject line of your comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information 
about this ICR, contact Gregory Cocks by email at [email protected], or 
by telephone at 303-202-4146.
    Individuals in the United States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of 
hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or 
TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay services. Individuals 
outside the United States should use the relay services offered within 
their country to make international calls to the point-of-contact in 
the United States.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the PRA of 1995 (44 
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) 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 
April 11, 2024, (89 FR 25646). 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 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. 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: Markup Application is the name of the USGS National 
Geospatial Technical Operations Center project that allows citizen 
participation in volunteer map data collection activities for 
hydrography datasets.

Proposed Revision

    For this ICR revision, the USGS will no longer be collecting data 
for the following: National Hydrography Dataset (NHD), Watershed 
Boundary Dataset (WBD), and National Hydrography Dataset Plus High 
Resolution (NHDPlus HR). We will transition to the 3D Hydrography 
Program (3DHP).
    The USGS manages the 3DHP. The USGS also offers technical support 
and distributes authoritative hydrography data to the public as part of 
The National Map.
    Markup Application allows citizens to submit proposed changes and 
corrections, called ``suggested edits,'' to 3DHP. All submitted 
suggested edits, along with the user email contact, are saved in a 
dataset to be reviewed by USGS staff, or trusted stakeholders, for 
allowable edits and for validation. USGS staff or trusted stakeholders 
may contact the user submitting the suggested edit(s) via the recorded 
email address if further clarification is needed. Validated suggested 
edits go in a queue of edits to be incorporated into the 3DHP. The 
edits are made by USGS editors using internal editing tools/methods. No 
edits to the hydrography datasets take place within the Markup 
Application.
    Title of Collection: Markup Application.
    OMB Control Number: 1028-0127.
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals/households.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 115.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 2,087.
    Estimated Completion Time per Response: Between 3 minutes for 
markup creation (1972 responses = 99 hours) and 18 minutes for user 
login and lessons reviewed (115 responses = 35 hours) depending on 
activity.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 134 hours.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Frequency of Collection: Occasional.
    Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: None.
    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 Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).

Hannah Boggs,
Acting Director, National Geospatial Technical Operations Center, U.S. 
Geological Survey.
[FR Doc. 2024-13792 Filed 6-21-24; 8:45 am]
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