[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 236 (Tuesday, December 9, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73099-73100]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-28754]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

 Geological Survey

[GX15 RN00EAA0100]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments

AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Interior.

ACTION: Notice of extension of a currently approved information 
collection, (1028-0100).

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SUMMARY: We (the U.S. Geological Survey) will ask Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) the information collection request (ICR) described 
below. The extension includes no changes to forms or instructions. 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 December 31, 2014.

DATES: To ensure that your comments on this ICR are considered, we must 
receive them on or before January 8, 2015.

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 by fax (202) 395-5806; and identify 
your submission with `OMB Control Number 1028-0100 Did you see it? 
Report a

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Landslide'. 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 1028-0100: Did you see it? Report a Landslide' in all 
correspondence.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rex Baum, Geologic Hazards Science 
Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, Mail Stop 966, Denver, CO 
80225 (mail); 303-273-8610 (phone); or [email protected] (email). You may 
also find information about this ICR at www.reginfo.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract

    The objective of this collection is to build better inventories of 
landslides through citizen participation. This project will make it 
possible for the public to report their observations of landslides on a 
USGS-hosted Web site. The information gathered through the on-line 
database will be used to classify the landslides and damage, as well as 
provide information to scientists about the location, time, speed, and 
size of the landslides. The USGS Landslide Hazards Program has 
developed an interactive Web site for public reporting of landslides.

II. Data

    OMB Control Number: 1028-0100.
    Form Number: http://landslides.usgs.gov/dysi/form.php.
    Title: Did you see it? Report a Landslide.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved information 
collection.
    Respondent Obligation: None. Participation is voluntary.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion, after a landslide.
    Description of Respondents: General Public.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 2000.
    Estimated Time per Response: We estimate that it will take 5 
minutes per person to report landslide location, time, damage and 
description using the online form.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 167 hours.
    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 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 August 26, 2014, we published a Federal Register 
notice (79 FR 50939) announcing that we would submit this ICR to OMB 
for approval and soliciting comments. The comment period closed on 
October 27, 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.

Peter Lyttle,
Coordinator, National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program.
[FR Doc. 2014-28754 Filed 12-8-14; 8:45 am]
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