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Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 241 / Tuesday, December 16, 2014 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey
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Agency Information Collection
Activities: Request for Comments; The
William T. Pecora Award Application
and Nomination Process
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of revision of a currently
approved information collection, (1028–
0101).
AGENCY:

We (the U.S. Geological
Survey) will ask Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) the information
collection request (ICR) described
below. To comply with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) and as part
of our continuing efforts to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden, we
invite the general public and other
Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on this ICR.
This collection is scheduled to expire
on January 31, 2015.
DATES: To ensure that your comments
on this ICR are considered, we must
receive them on or before January 15,
2015.
SUMMARY:

Please submit written
comments on this information
collection directly to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), Office
of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Attention: Desk Officer for the
Department of the Interior, via email:
([email protected]); or
by fax (202) 395–5806; and identify your
submission with ‘OMB Control Number
1028–0101 William T. Pecora Award’.
Please also forward a copy of your
comments and suggestions on this
information collection to the
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, U.S. Geological Survey, 12201
Sunrise Valley Drive MS 807, Reston,
VA 20192 (mail); (703) 648–7195 (fax);
or [email protected] (email).
Please reference ‘OMB Information
Collection 1028–0101: William T.
Pecora Award’ in all correspondence.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas Holm, EROS Center, U.S.
Geological Survey, 47914 252nd Street,
Sioux Falls, SD 57198 (mail); 605–594–
6127 (phone); or [email protected] (email).
You may also find information about
this ICR at www.reginfo.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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ADDRESSES:

I. Abstract
The William T. Pecora Award is
presented annually to individuals or
groups that make outstanding

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contributions toward understanding the
Earth by means of remote sensing. The
award is sponsored jointly by the
Department of the Interior (DOI) and the
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA).
In 1974 the Pecora Award was
established in honor of Dr. William T.
Pecora, former Director of the U.S.
Geological Survey, Under Secretary,
Department of the Interior and a
motivating force behind the
establishment of a program for civil
remote sensing of the earth from space.
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 the public and private
sector individuals, teams, organizations,
and professional societies.
Nomination packages include three
sections: (A) Cover Sheet, (B) Summary
Statement, and (C) 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.
Nominations may include up to 10
pages of supplemental information such
as resume, publications list, and/or
letters of endorsement.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1028–0101.
Form Number: None.
Title: The William T. Pecora Award
Application and Nomination Process.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved information
collection.
Respondent Obligation: None.
Participation is voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: Annually.
Description of Respondents:
Individuals or households; Businesses
and other academic and non-profit
institutions; state and local government
agencies.
Estimated Total Number of Annual
Responses: 20.
Estimated Time per Response: 10
hours.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 200.
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’
Burden: There are no ‘‘non-hour cost’’
burdens associated with this collection
of information.
Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA
(44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) provides that an
agency may not conduct or sponsor and
you are not required to respond to a

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collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number. Until the OMB approves a
collection of information, you are not
obliged to respond.
Comments: On 8–13–2014, we
published a Federal Register notice (79
FR 47666) announcing that we would
submit this ICR to OMB for approval
and soliciting comments. The comment
period closed on 10–13–2014. We
received no comments.
III. Request for Comments
We again invite comments concerning
this ICR as to: (a) Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the agency to perform its duties,
including whether the information is
useful; (b) the accuracy of the agency’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information; (c) how to
enhance the quality, usefulness, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) how to minimize the
burden on the respondents, including
the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Please note that comments submitted
in response to this notice are a matter
of public record. Before including your
personal mailing address, phone
number, email address, or other
personally identifiable information in
your comment, you should be aware
that your entire comment, including
your personally identifiable
information, may be made publicly
available at any time. While you can ask
the OMB in your comment to withhold
your personal identifying information
from public review, we cannot
guarantee that it will be done.
Frank Kelly,
Director, Earth Resources Observation and
Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey.
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