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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 40 / Tuesday, March 1, 2016 / Notices
Date: February 23, 2016.
Merrie Nichols-Dixon,
Deputy Director, Office of Policy, Programs
and Legislative Initiatives.

may also find information about this
ICR at www.reginfo.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey
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Agency Information Collection
Activities: Request for Comments
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of an extension of an
information collection (1028–0051).
AGENCY:

We (the U.S. Geological
Survey) are notifying the public that we
have submitted to the 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 April 30, 2016.
DATE: To ensure that your comments on
this ICR are considered, OMB must
receive them on or before March 31,
2016.
ADDRESSES: 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
fax at 202–395–5806; and identify your
submission with ‘OMB Control Number
1028–0051 Earthquake Hazards Program
Research and Monitoring’. 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)
648–7199 (fax); or gs-info_collections@
usgs.gov (email). Please reference ‘OMB
Control Number 1028–0051 Earthquake
Hazards Program Research and
Monitoring’ in all correspondence.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas Pratt, Earthquake Hazards
Program, U.S. Geological Survey, 12201
Sunrise Valley Drive, Mail Stop 905,
Reston, VA 20192 (mail); 703–648–6709
(phone); or [email protected] (email). You

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I. Abstract
Research and monitoring findings are
essential to fulfilling USGS’s
responsibility under the Earthquake
Hazards Reduction Act to develop
earthquake hazard assessments and
recording earthquake activity
nationwide. Residents, emergency
responders, and engineers rely on the
USGS for this accurate and scientifically
sound information. The Earthquake
Hazards Program funds external
investigators to carry out these
important activities. In response to our
Program Announcements investigators
submit proposals for research and
monitoring activities on earthquake
hazard assessments, earthquake causes
and effects, and earthquake monitoring.
This information is used as the basis for
selection and award of projects meeting
the USGS’s Earthquake Hazards
Program objectives. Final reports of
research and monitoring findings are
required for each funded proposal;
annual progress reports are required for
awards of a two- to five-year duration.
Final reports are made available to the
public at the Web site http://
earthquake.usgs.gov/research/external/.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1028–0051.
Form Number: N/A.
Title: Earthquake Hazards Program
Research and Monitoring.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required in
order to obtain or retain benefits.
Frequency of Collection: Annually
and once every two to five years.
Description of Respondents: Research
scientists, engineers, and the general
public.
Estimated Total Number of Annual
Responses: 350 responses in total,
consisting of 250 applications and
narratives and 100 annual and final
reports.
Estimated Time per Response: 45
hours per proposal application response
and 12 hours per final or annual
progress report.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours:
12,450 (11,250 hours per application
and 1200 hours per final or annual
progress report).
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

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you are not required to respond to a
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 November 5, 2015, we
published a Federal Register notice (80
FR 68557) announcing that we would
submit this ICR to OMB for approval
and soliciting comments. The comment
period closed on January 4, 2016. 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
us and the OMB in your comment to
withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that it will be done.
William Leith,
Senior Science Advisor for Earthquake and
Geologic Hazards.
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