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Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 158 / Tuesday, August 16, 2011 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey
[GX11EB00A184000]

Agency Information Collections
Activities; The Pecora Award;
Application and Nomination Process
United States Geological
Survey (USGS), Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments for
a new information collection.
AGENCY:

We (the U.S. Geological
Survey) will ask the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to
approve the information collection (IC)
described below. As required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 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 IC.
After public review, we will submit an
information request to the Office of
Management and Budget for review and
consideration for approval. Please note
that we 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.
DATES: To ensure that we are able to
consider your comments to this IC, we
must receive them on or before October
17, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments and
suggestions on this IC to the USGS
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, U.S. Geological Survey, 12201
Sunrise Valley Drive, Mail Stop 807,
Reston, VA 20192 (mail); 703–648–7197
(phone); 703–648–6853 (fax); or
[email protected] (e-mail). Please
reference Information Collection 1028–
NEW Pecora Award in the subject line.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this IC, please contact the U.S.
Geological Survey, Tina Pruett, MS–517,
12201 Sunrise Valley Dr., Reston, VA
20192 (mail), by telephone (703)-648–
4585, or [email protected] (e-mail).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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SUMMARY:

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

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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.
The award consists of a citation and
plaque, which are presented to the
recipient at an appropriate public forum
by the Secretary of the Interior and the
NASA Administrator or their
representatives. The name of the
recipient is also inscribed on permanent
plaques, which are displayed by the
sponsoring agencies.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1028–NEW.
Title: The Pecora Award; Application
and Nomination Process.
Type of Request: This is a new
collection.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; businesses and other
academic and non-profit institutions;
State, local and tribal governments.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: Annually.
Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 20.
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
20.
Estimated Time per Response: 10
hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 200.
III. Request for Comments
We invite comments concerning this
IC on: (a) Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the agency to perform its duties,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of
the agency’s estimate of the burden of

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the proposed collection of information;
(c) ways to enhance the quality,
usefulness, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d)
ways to minimize the burden on the
respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. Before including your
address, phone number, e-mail address
or other personal identifying
information in your comment, you
should be aware that your entire
comment including your personal
identifying information, may be made
publicly available at anytime. While you
can ask OMB in your comment to
withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that will be done.
Dated: August 9, 2011.
Bruce Quirk,
Program Coordinator, Land Remote Sensing
Program, U.S. Geological Survey.
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Notice of Invitation To Participate; Coal
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ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

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