Notice2021-19151
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Hydrography Maintenance Portal
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Published
September 7, 2021
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentGeological Survey
Abstract
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) are proposing a new information collection, in use without OMB approval.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 170 (Tuesday, September 7, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50151-50152]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-19151]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey
[GX21EG31DW50100; OMB Control Number 1028-NEW]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Hydrography
Maintenance Portal
AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we,
the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) are proposing a new information
collection, in use without OMB approval.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
October 7, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function. Please
provide a copy of your comments to the U.S. Geological Survey,
Information Collections Officer, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 159,
Reston, VA 20192; or by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2344500e4a4d454c7c404c4f4f4640574a4c4d5063565044500d444c55"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="abccd886c2c5cdc4f4c8c4c7c7cec8dfc2c4c5d8ebded8ccd885ccc4dd">[email protected]</span></a>. Please
reference OMB Control Number 1028-NEW in the subject line of your
comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information
about this ICR, contact Michael Tinker by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#8ae7eefee3e4e1eff8cafff9edf9a4ede5fc"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="076a63736e696c6275477274607429606871">[email protected]</span></a>,
or by telephone at 303-202-4476. You may also view the ICR at <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Individuals who are hearing or
speech impaired may call the Federal Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339
for TTY assistance.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the PRA and 5 CFR
1320.8(d)(1), we provide the general
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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 60-day public comment period
soliciting comments on this collection of information was published on
December 11, 2020. (85 FR 80137). No comments were received.
As part of our continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent
burdens, we are again soliciting comments from the public and other
Federal agencies on the proposed ICR that is described below. We are
especially interested in public comment addressing the following:
(1) Whether or not the collection of information is necessary for
the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including
whether or not the information will have practical utility;
(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the burden for this collection
of information, including the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
(4) How might the agency minimize the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to respond, including through the use of
appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g.,
permitting electronic submission of response.
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 Hydrography Maintenance Portal (HMP) is a website
used by trained editors to access data from the USGS National
Hydrography Dataset (NHD) or Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD) national
databases for the purpose of editing the data to update, correct, or
otherwise improve it. HMP is used by federal employees of the USGS
National Geospatial Program (NGP) and state partners with which USGS
has a signed Stewardship Program Memorandums of Understanding (MOU).
USGS employees use the HMP as their primary means of accessing NHD and
WBD for data management. State partners use the HMP to check out areas
of the NHD and/or WBD to perform edits and updates to the data using
their specialized, local knowledge of the streams in their areas. These
data contributions are very important to maintaining the datasets as A-
16 National Geospatial Data Assets, as well as helping to prevent
duplication of data by supporting editing of one primary dataset by
many.
Using HMP, NHD or WBD data is ``checked out'' from a national
database for a select area. No other editor can check out the data for
an area when the data is already checked out. The HMP is not used to
directly edit or submit (``check in'') data to the national database.
Data checked out with HMP must be edited with USGS hydrography editing
tools, such as the WBD Edit Tool or the NHD Update Tool. To check in
data, editors must use the USGS hydrography editing tools.
Registered users are assigned check out permissions by the HMP
administrators. HMP administrators are a limited group of the USGS NHD/
WBD Partner Support Team. HMP user accounts are necessary because they
allow HMP administrators to provide assistance if needed, to coordinate
production needs, and enable tracking on the editing history for the
datasets through reporting.
HMP has reporting functions to generate production statistics.
These reports detail active and previous checkout histories within
specified date ranges. The business contact information of the users
who checked out the data are visible on these reports. Any registered
user can generate reports with HMP.
HMP reports are frequently used to coordinate essential production
needs between states, or between USGS staff and state partners. The
reports allow USGS staff to contact partners if there is a problem with
their data or allow partners to contact partners in others states to
confirm if editing work is planned or occurring in an adjacent
watershed.
Title of Collection: Hydrography Maintenance Portal.
OMB Control Number: 1028-NEW.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: New, collection in use without OMB approval.
Respondents/Affected Public: General public. NHD stewards and
editors.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 100.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 100.
Estimated Completion Time per Response: 1 minute.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 2 hours.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: One time.
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.).
David Brostuen,
Director, National Geospatial Technical Operation Center.
[FR Doc. 2021-19151 Filed 9-3-21; 8:45 am]
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