Notice2024-00946
Agency Information Collection Activities: User Testing of Graphics for USGS Aftershock Forecasts
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Published
January 19, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentGeological Survey
Abstract
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is proposing a new information collection.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 13 (Friday, January 19, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3685-3686]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-00946]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey
[GX23ZQ00F080400, OMB Control Number 1028-NEW]
Agency Information Collection Activities: User Testing of
Graphics for USGS Aftershock Forecasts
AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the 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 a new information
collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
February 20, 2024.
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 Review--Open for
Public Comments'' or by using the search function. Please provide a
copy of your comments by mail to USGS, Information Collections
Clearance Officer, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 159, Reston, VA 20192
or by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#254256084c4b434a7a464a49494046514c4a4b5665505642560b424a53"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5235217f3b3c343d0d313d3e3e3731263b3d3c2112272135217c353d24">[email protected]</span></a>. Please reference OMB
Control Number 1028-New User Testing of Graphics for USGS Aftershock
Forecasts in the subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information
about this Information Collection Request (ICR), contact Sara McBride
by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#83f0e8eee0e1f1eae7e6c3f6f0e4f0ade4ecf5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a9dac2c4cacbdbc0cdcce9dcdaceda87cec6df">[email protected]</span></a> or by telephone at 650-750-5270.
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. You may also view the ICR at <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), 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 60-day public comment period
soliciting comments on this collection of information was published on
January 17, 2023. (88 FR 2636). 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;
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(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. 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 USGS produces and releases forecasts for earthquake
aftershocks following damaging earthquakes in an automated manner.
Currently, these forecasts are communicated to the public and to
specialized users in the form of text and tables. The aim of this
project is to produce graphics and maps for aftershock forecasts that
can best serve user needs and ensure their usability through online
user testing. In this information collection, the USGS will ask users
questions about the forecast using a variety of graphical
representations. This will help identify how different graphics affect
how users understand and use aftershock forecast information. The
results of this user testing will improve the way the USGS communicates
aftershock forecasts to the public.
Title of Collection: User testing of graphics for USGS aftershock
forecasts.
OMB Control Number: 1028-NEW.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: New.
Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals/households.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 400.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 400.
Estimated Completion Time per Response: 15 minutes.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 100.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: One-time, in an online survey.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: 0.
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.
Shane Detweiler,
Director, Earthquake Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey.
[FR Doc. 2024-00946 Filed 1-18-24; 8:45 am]
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