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Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 6 / Thursday, January 9, 2020 / Notices
An agency 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.
The authorities for this action are the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501, et seq.), the National
Materials and Minerals Policy, Research
and Development Act of 1980 (30 U.S.C.
1601 et seq.), the National Mining and
Minerals Policy Act of 1970 (30 U.S.C.
21(a)), and the Strategic and Critical
Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98
et seq.).
Michael Magyar,
Associate Director, National Minerals
Information Center, USGS.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey
[GX20EF00COM00; OMB Control Number
1028–0092]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Topographic Data
Grants
U.S. Geological Survey,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we,
the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) are
proposing to renew an information
collection.

SUMMARY:

Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before February
10, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments on
this information collection request (ICR)
to the Office of Management and
Budget’s Desk Officer for the
Department of the Interior by email at
[email protected]; or via
facsimile to (202) 395–5806. Please
provide a copy of your comments to
U.S. Geological Survey, Information
Collections Officer, 12201 Sunrise
Valley Drive, MS 159, Reston, VA
20192; or by email to gs-info_
[email protected]. Please reference
OMB Control Number 1028–xxxx in the
subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Diane Eldridge by
email at [email protected], or by
telephone at 703–648–4521. You may

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also view the ICR at http://
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 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 July 22,
2019, 84 FR 35125. No comments were
received.
We are again soliciting comments on
the proposed ICR that is described
below. We are especially interested in
public comment addressing the
following issues: (1) Is the collection
necessary to the proper functions of the
USGS; (2) will this information be
processed and used in a timely manner;
(3) is the estimate of burden accurate;
(4) how might the USGS enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (5) how
might the USGS minimize the burden of
this collection on the respondents,
including through the use of
information technology.
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 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 any time. While
you can ask us in your comment to
withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Abstract: The U.S. Geological Survey
gathers topographic data through the 3D
Elevation Program (3DEP). The primary
goal of 3DEP is to systematically collect
enhanced elevation data in the form of
high-quality light detection and ranging
(lidar) data over the conterminous
United States, Hawaii, and the U.S.
territories, as well as interferometric
synthetic aperture radar (ifsar) data over
Alaska. The implementation model for
3DEP is based on multi-agency
partnership funding for topographic
data acquisition, with the USGS acting
in a lead program management role to

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facilitate planning and acquisition for
the broader community, through the use
of government contracts and partnership
agreements. USGS issues cooperative
agreements with partners to collect
topographic data through an annual
Broad Agency Announcement (BAA),
which is a competitive solicitation
issued to facilitate the cooperative
collection of lidar and derived elevation
data for the 3D Elevation Program
(3DEP). It has been included in the
annual Catalog of Domestic Federal
Assistance under USGS 15.8 17. Federal
agencies, state and local governments,
tribes, academic institutions and the
private sector are eligible to submit
proposals. USGS collects information
from applicants about their proposed
topographic data collection, cost sharing
and then uses that information to
determine grant awards.
Title of Collection: Topographic Data
Grants.
OMB Control Number: 1028–0092.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: State
and local governments, tribes, academic
institutions and the private sector are
eligible to submit proposals.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 14.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 188.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: 60 hours to apply for work
order, 1 hour for Monthly report, 20
hours for final report.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 1,634 hours.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
Obtain or Retain a Benefit.
Frequency of Collection: One time
annually.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour
Burden Cost: None.
An agency 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.
The authority for this action is the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq).
Michael Tischler,
Director, National Geospatial Program.
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