Notice2023-10744
Agency Information Collection Activities: Water Resources Management-Institutional Resilience, Hazards Planning, and Data Delivery Needs Information Collection
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Published
May 19, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentGeological Survey
Abstract
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is proposing to renew an information collection.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 97 (Friday, May 19, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32237-32238]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-10744]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey
[WBS: GX.23.DJ73.U9K10.00, OMB Control Number 1028-0131]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Water Resources
Management--Institutional Resilience, Hazards Planning, and Data
Delivery Needs Information Collection
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 (PRA)
the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is proposing to renew an information
collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
July 18, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on this information collection request
(ICR) by mail to 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#244357094d4a424b7b474b48484147504d4b4a5764515743570a434b52"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f89f8bd591969e97a79b9794949d9b8c9197968bb88d8b9f8bd69f978e">[email protected]</span></a>. Please reference OMB Control
Number 1028-0131 in the subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information
about this ICR, contact Katrina Alger by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#096268656e6c7b497c7a6e7a276e667f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4229232e25273002373125316c252d34">[email protected]</span></a> or by
telephone at 303-236-5031. Individuals in the United States who are
deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability may dial
711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay
services. Individuals outside the United States should use the relay
services offered within their country to make international calls to
the point-of-contact in the United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), all information collections require
approval. We may not conduct or sponsor, nor are you required to
respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently
valid OMB control number.
As part of our continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent
burdens, we invite the public and other Federal agencies 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.
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 the agency might 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. We will include or summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this ICR. Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other personally identifiable information
(PII) in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment--
including your PII--may be made publicly available at any time. While
you can ask us in your comment to withhold your PII from public review,
we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.
Abstract:
The United States is facing growing challenges related to the
availability of water due to shifting demographics, aging water-
delivery infrastructure, and the impacts of climate change, which
include flood and drought. Working with incomplete knowledge, managers
must consider the needs of various demographic groups and economic
sectors when making management decisions as well as when responding to
emergencies. We will collect information regarding the decision-making
process and data and data-format needs to support daily, long-term, and
emergency-response decision-making. Information will also be sought on
the resilience of water-resource management institutions. A lack of
resilience within water institutions can lead to poor decision-making
and outcomes that produce conflict between water-use sectors, states,
or communities and ultimately may lead to crisis. This information will
support the delivery of appropriate data, in appropriate formats, at
the right time for decision-making and emergency response as well as
how water-resource institutions can be more resilient in the face of
the many water-resources challenges the nation currently faces.
This collection was originally approved by OMB on 08/22/2022 as a
one-year pilot study with an expiration of 8/31/23. We are seeking full
approval for this collection request through a request for revision
without substantive change.
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Title of Collection: Water Resources Management--Institutional
Resiliency, Hazards Planning, and Data Delivery.
OMB Control Number: 1028-0131.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: State, local, Tribal, Federal water
resource managers and water resource stakeholders.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 265.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 265.
Estimated Completion Time per Response: Varies from 10 to 60
minutes, depending on activity.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 154.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: Twice per year.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: None.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor, nor is a person required to
respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently
valid OMB control number.
The authority for this action is the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Joseph Nielsen,
Director, Integrated Information Dissemination Division, Water Mission
Area, USGS.
[FR Doc. 2023-10744 Filed 5-18-23; 8:45 am]
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