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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 56 / Tuesday, March 24, 2015 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
U.S. Geological Survey
[USGS–GX15GL00DT7ST00]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Request for Comments
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of a revision of a
currently approved information
collection (1028–0087).
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 (PRA) 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. This collection is
scheduled to expire on September 30,
2015.

SUMMARY:

To ensure that your comments
are considered, we must receive them
on or before May 26, 2015.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
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) 648–7197 (fax);
or [email protected] (email).
Please reference ‘Information Collection
1028–0087, ‘National Geological and
Geophysical Data Preservation Program’
in all correspondence.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Betty Adrian at (303) 202–4828 or by
mail at U.S. Geological Survey, Box
25046, MS 975, Denver Federal Center,
Denver, CO 80225, or by email at
[email protected].
DATES:

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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I. Abstract
Section 351 of the Energy Policy Act
of 2005 directs the Secretary of the
Interior, through the Director of the U.S.
Geological Survey, as follows, ‘‘The
Secretary shall carry out a National
Geological and Geophysical Data
Preservation Program in accordance
with this section—
(1) To archive geologic, geophysical,
and engineering data, maps, well logs,
and samples;
(2) To provide a national catalog of
such archival material; and
(3) To provide technical and financial
assistance related to the archival
material.’’

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The Plan outlines program goals and
recommends implementation strategies.
An action item in the plan is to ‘‘begin
interactions with State geological
surveys and other DOI agencies that
maintain geological and geophysical
data and samples to address their
preservation and data rescue needs.’’ In
response, the USGS is requesting each
state that elects to participate in the
program to:
(1) Inventory their current collections and
data preservation needs to provide a
snapshot of the diversity of scientific
collections held, supported, or used by State
geological surveys. This inventory of current
collections will form the foundation of the
National Catalog;
(2) Build the National Catalog by providing
site-specific metadata for items in
inventoried collections. Focus on sitespecific sample data allows broad national
coverage with content useful to a wide
variety of users. The types of sites cataloged
will be determined by the holdings of
participating states; and
(3) In FY 2010 and beyond, depending on
appropriations, states would be invited to
propose projects that address other priorities
identified in the Implementation Plan for the
National Geological and Geophysical Data
Preservation Program, including: (a) Digital
infrastructure; (b) Metadata for items in data
collections; and (c) Special data rescue
needs.

Furthermore, annual data
preservation priorities are provided in
the Program Announcement as guidance
for applicants to consider when
submitting proposals. its inception in
2007, NGGDPP has awarded 44 states
with $4,585,849 which, when matched
or exceeded by the states, amounts to
over $9M invested in the rescue and
preservation efforts. This notice
concerns the collection of information
that is sufficient and relevant to
evaluate and select proposals for
funding. We will protect information
from respondents considered
proprietary under the Freedom of
Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and
implementing regulations (43 CFR part
2), and under regulations at 30 CFR
250.197, ‘‘Data and information to be
made available to the public or for
limited inspection.’’ Responses are
voluntary. No questions of a ‘‘sensitive’’
nature are asked. We intend to release
the project abstracts and identify
primary investigators for awarded/
funded projects only.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1028–0087.
Form Number: NA.
Title: National Geological and
Geophysical Data Preservation Program
(NGGDPP)

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Type of Request: Notice of an
extension of a currently approved
information collection (1028–0087).
Affected Public: All State Geological
Surveys will have the opportunity to
apply for matching Federal funds.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary,
but necessary to receive benefits.
Frequency of Collection: Annually.
Estimated Total Number of Annual
Responses: 34.
Estimated Time per Response: We
estimate the public reporting burden
averages 36 hours per response. This
includes time (1) to write and review
the proposal and submit it through
www.grants.gov and (2) prepare and
submit the final technical report.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours:
1224.
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’
Burden: There are no ‘‘non-hour cost’’
burdens associated with this IC.
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
collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number and current expiration date.
III. Request for Comments
We are soliciting comments 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) ways 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 the 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 us in your comment to
withhold your personally identifiable
information from public view, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Betty M. Adrian,
Program Coordinator, National Geological
and Geophysical Data Preservation Program.
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