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Service, MS: PRB/3W, 5275 Leesburg
Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041–3803.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin
Gawera, by U.S. mail (see ADDRESSES),
by telephone at 904–404–2464, or via
email at erin_gawera@fws.gov.
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-ofcontact in the United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the
Fish and Wildlife Service (Service),
announce receipt of an application from
Edward Rose and Sons (Eloah Estates)
(applicant) for an incidental take permit
(ITP) under the Endangered Species Act
of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C.
1531 et seq.). The applicant requests the
ITP to take the scrub-jay (Aphelocoma
coerulescens), federally listed as
threatened under the ESA, incidental to
the construction and operation of a
multi-family apartment complex in
Volusia County, Florida. We request
public comment on the application,
which includes the applicant’s habitat
conservation plan (HCP), and on the
Service’s preliminary determination that
this proposed ITP qualifies as low effect,
and may qualify for a categorical
exclusion pursuant to the Council on
Environmental Quality’s National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
regulations (40 CFR 1501.4), the
Department of the Interior’s (DOI) NEPA
regulations (43 CFR 46), and the DOI’s
Departmental Manual (516 DM
8.5(C)(2)). To make this preliminary
determination, we prepared a draft
environmental action statement and
low-effect screening form, both of which
are also available for public review.
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Proposed Project
The applicant requests a 5-year ITP to
take scrub-jays via the conversion of
approximately 7.25 acres (ac) of
occupied nesting, foraging, and
sheltering scrub-jay habitat incidental to
the construction and operation of a
multi-family apartment complex on
46.61 ac on Volusia County Parcels
810800000035 and 810400000360 in
Section 4 and 8, Township 18 South,
Range 31 East, Volusia County. The
applicant proposes to mitigate for take
of the scrub-jays through the
contribution of $222,241.50 to the
Florida Scrub-jay Conservation Fund
administered by The Nature
Conservancy prior to any clearing
activities. The Service would require the
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applicant to make this contribution
prior to engaging in any phase of the
project.
Our Preliminary Determination
The Service has made a preliminary
determination that the applicant’s
proposed project—including the
construction of the buildings and
associated infrastructure (e.g., electric,
water, and sewer lines)—would
individually and cumulatively have a
minor effect on the scrub-jay and the
human environment. Therefore, we
have preliminarily determined that the
proposed ESA section 10(a)(1)(B) permit
would be a low-effect ITP that
individually or cumulatively would
have a minor effect on the scrub-jay and
may qualify for application of a
categorical exclusion pursuant to the
Council on Environmental Quality’s
NEPA regulations, DOI’s NEPA
regulations, and the DOI Departmental
Manual. A low-effect ITP is one that
would result in (1) minor or
nonsignificant effects on species
covered in the HCP; (2) nonsignificant
effects on the human environment; and
(3) impacts that, when added together
with the impacts of other past, present,
and reasonably foreseeable actions,
would not result in significant
cumulative effects to the human
environment.
Next Steps
The Service will evaluate the
application and the comments to
determine whether to issue the
requested ITP. We will also conduct an
intra-Service consultation pursuant to
section 7 of the ESA to evaluate the
effects of the proposed take. After
considering the preceding and other
matters, we will determine whether the
permit issuance criteria of section
10(a)(1)(B) of the ESA have been met. If
met, the Service will issue ITP number
PER5847545 to Edward Rose and Sons
(Eloah Estates).
Public Availability of Comments
Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other
personal identifying information in your
comment, be aware that your entire
comment, including your personal
identifying information, may be made
available to the public. If you submit a
comment at https://
www.regulations.gov, your entire
comment, including any personal
identifying information, will be posted
on the website. If you submit a
hardcopy comment that includes
personal identifying information, such
as your address, phone number, or
email address, you may request at the
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top of your document that we withhold
this information from public review.
However, we cannot guarantee that we
will be able to do so. Moreover, all
submissions from organizations or
businesses, and from individuals
identifying themselves as
representatives or officials of
organizations or businesses, will be
made available for public disclosure in
their entirety.
Authority
The Service provides this notice
under section 10(c) of the Endangered
Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and
its implementing regulations (50 CFR
17.32) and the National Environmental
Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and
its implementing regulations (40 CFR
1500–1508 and 43 CFR 46).
Robert L. Carey,
Manager, Division of Environmental Review,
Florida Ecological Services Field Office.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey
[GX24EG32DW20300; OMB Control Number
1028–0111]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; The National Map Corps
(TNMCorps)—Volunteered Geographic
Information Project
Geological Survey, Department
of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, the U.S. Geological Survey
(USGS) is proposing to renew an
information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before July 24,
2024.
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 Review—Open for
Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function. Please provide a copy
of your comments by mail to U.S.
Geological Survey, Information
Collections Officer, 12201 Sunrise
Valley Drive MS 159, Reston, VA 20192;
SUMMARY:
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or by email to gs-info_collections@
usgs.gov. Please reference OMB Control
Number 1028–0111 in the subject line of
your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this Information Collection Request
(ICR), contact Erin Korris by email at
ekorris@usgs.gov, or by telephone at
303–202–4503. 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-ofcontact in the United States. 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), 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 60day public comment period soliciting
comments on this collection of
information was published on April 18,
2024, (89 FR 27780). 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
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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 mission of the USGS
National Geospatial Program (NGP) is to
organize, maintain, publish, and
disseminate the geospatial baseline of
the Nation’s topography, natural
landscape, and built environment
through The National Map (TNMap), a
set of basic geospatial information
provided as a variety of products and
services.
Through Office of Management and
Budget Circular A–16, the Federal
Government assigns leadership
responsibilities for themes of geospatial
data among Federal agencies. Based in
part on this assignment, and because of
the unique ability of the NGP to provide
national coverage of topographic data,
the primary focus of the NGP is to
provide national leadership in The
National Map themes of hydrography
and elevation. The role of the other six
layers of The National Map is generally
to provide contextual or reference
information to its cartographic products
and services. The objective of the NGP
for these layers is to maintain current
coverage by obtaining the data from
other organizations and suppliers with a
minimum investment of resources.
TNMCorps is the name of the NGP
project that encourages citizen
participation in volunteer map data
collection activities. TNMCorps uses
crowdsourcing to produce volunteered
geographic information (VGI) by
georeferencing structure points and
sharing this information with others on
map-based internet platforms. People
participating in the crowdsourcing are
considered part of 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
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submitted into the NSD. In addition,
data goes through sampling for quality
assurance procedures.
TNMCorps seeks to enable
collaborations with other federal
agencies, as well and private and public
entities. Data within the NSD is
available at no cost to the USGS and the
public via The National Map and US
Topo.
Data quality studies in 2012, 2014,
and 2018 showed that the volunteers’
actions were accurate and exceeded
USGS quality standards. Volunteercollected 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: None.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: general
public.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 1,000.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 100,000.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: 100,000 responses × 12
minutes on average to use the
instrument = 20,000 hours. 1,000
respondents × 60 minutes on average to
use the training video = 1,000 hours.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 21,000.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: Varies by
volunteer; volunteers are not obligated
to collect any specific amount of data.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour
Burden Cost: There are no ‘‘no-hour
cost’’ burdens associated with this ICR.
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 PRA (44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.).
Leslie D. Hansmann,
Supervisory Cartographer, Core Science
Systems, USGS.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey
[GX24EG32DW20300; OMB Control Number 1028-0111]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; The National
Map Corps (TNMCorps)--Volunteered Geographic Information Project
AGENCY: 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 (PRA) of 1995,
the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is proposing to renew an information
collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
July 24, 2024.
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 Review--Open for
Public Comments'' or by using the search function. Please provide a
copy of your comments by mail to U.S. Geological Survey, Information
Collections Officer, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive MS 159, Reston, VA
20192;
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or by email to [email protected]. Please reference OMB
Control Number 1028-0111 in the subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information
about this Information Collection Request (ICR), contact Erin Korris by
email at [email protected], or by telephone at 303-202-4503. 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.
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), 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 18, 2024, (89 FR 27780). 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: The mission of the USGS National Geospatial Program (NGP)
is to organize, maintain, publish, and disseminate the geospatial
baseline of the Nation's topography, natural landscape, and built
environment through The National Map (TNMap), a set of basic geospatial
information provided as a variety of products and services.
Through Office of Management and Budget Circular A-16, the Federal
Government assigns leadership responsibilities for themes of geospatial
data among Federal agencies. Based in part on this assignment, and
because of the unique ability of the NGP to provide national coverage
of topographic data, the primary focus of the NGP is to provide
national leadership in The National Map themes of hydrography and
elevation. The role of the other six layers of The National Map is
generally to provide contextual or reference information to its
cartographic products and services. The objective of the NGP for these
layers is to maintain current coverage by obtaining the data from other
organizations and suppliers with a minimum investment of resources.
TNMCorps is the name of the NGP project that encourages citizen
participation in volunteer map data collection activities. TNMCorps
uses crowdsourcing to produce volunteered geographic information (VGI)
by georeferencing structure points and sharing this information with
others on map-based internet platforms. People participating in the
crowdsourcing are considered part of 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.
TNMCorps seeks to enable collaborations with other federal
agencies, as well and private and public entities. Data within the NSD
is available at no cost to the USGS and the public via The National Map
and US Topo.
Data quality studies in 2012, 2014, and 2018 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: None.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: general public.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 1,000.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 100,000.
Estimated Completion Time per Response: 100,000 responses x 12
minutes on average to use the instrument = 20,000 hours. 1,000
respondents x 60 minutes on average to use the training video = 1,000
hours.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 21,000.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: Varies by volunteer; volunteers are not
obligated to collect any specific amount of data.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: There are no ``no-hour
cost'' burdens associated with this ICR.
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 PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Leslie D. Hansmann,
Supervisory Cartographer, Core Science Systems, USGS.
[FR Doc. 2024-13815 Filed 6-21-24; 8:45 am]
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