Notice2024-22873
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NOAA Geospatial Metadata
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Published
October 3, 2024
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Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Abstract
The Department of Commerce, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of our information collection requirements and minimize the public's reporting burden. The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment preceding submission of the collection to OMB.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 192 (Thursday, October 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80544-80545]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-22873]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; NOAA Geospatial Metadata
AGENCY: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of information collection, request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), invites the general public and other
Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and continuing information
collections, which helps us assess the impact of our information
collection requirements and minimize the public's reporting burden. The
purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment
preceding submission of the collection to OMB.
DATES: To ensure consideration, comments regarding this proposed
information collection must be received on or before December 2, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments to
Adrienne Thomas, NOAA PRA Officer, at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1a54555b5b344a485b5a74757b7b347d756c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ffb1b0bebed1afadbebf91909e9ed1989089">[email protected]</span></a>. Please
reference OMB Control Number 0648-0024 in the subject line of your
comments. Do not submit Confidential Business Information or otherwise
sensitive or protected information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
specific questions related to collection activities should be directed
to James Primrose, IT Specialist, NOAA/National Centers for
Environmental Information, 325 Broadway, Boulder CO 80305, 720-248-
8122, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#8ec4efe3ebfda0defce7e3fce1fdebcee0e1efefa0e9e1f8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c58fa4a8a0b6eb95b7aca8b7aab6a085abaaa4a4eba2aab3">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This request is for renewal and extension of a currently approved
information collection. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) collects, generates, retains, and redistributes
geospatial metadata in a wide array of data formats covering diverse
aspects of earth, biological, and space sciences. To fully understand
and reuse these data over the course of many years, NOAA provides
several metadata documentation tools for various communities of users
to enable them to easily create complete, standards-based descriptive
information about geospatial data. The following tools, in use by NOAA
Program offices, are authorized to collect geospatial metadata
consistent with Executive Order 12906, NOAA Administrative Order 212-
15, and the 2013 Office of Science and Technology Policy Memorandum
`Public Access to Research Results'. Geospatial metadata collected by
the listed tools are voluntary, but the ability for data documented by
relevant geospatial metadata is significantly degraded if metadata are
incomplete, inaccurate or otherwise less than the information
collection tool supports. The collections approved under this control
number include: (1) National Environmental Satellite, Data and
Information Service: Send2NCEI web application; (2) National
Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service: Advanced
Tracking and Resource tool for Archive Collections (ATRAC) web
application; (3) National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information
Service: Collection Metadata Editing Tool (CoMET) web application; (4)
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS): InPort metadata authoring
tool; and (5) Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR): Science
Data Information System (SDIS) metadata and data submission tool.
Collecting geospatial metadata is necessary to fully understand,
use, and reuse geospatial data, geospatial metadata because metadata
provides contextual information about data formats, bounding areas, use
and access limitations (if any). Geospatial metadata from this
information collection also supports multiple search and discovery
catalog services, such as <a href="http://data.gov">data.gov</a>, NASA Global Change Master Directory
(GCMD), and many others.
Information will be collected from data producers (primarily
university, private industry, and government-funded scientific
researchers) in multiple fields of geosciences, biological and
atmospheric sciences, and socio-economic sciences. Geospatial metadata
typically includes descriptive information about specific observed,
calculated, or modeled data (e.g., title, abstract, purpose statement,
descriptive discovery keywords), characteristics of the described data
(e.g., date and spatial range of data collection activities, data
processing steps, collected/measured
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variables and units of measure for those variables) and administrative
information (e.g., who collected or created data and metadata, how to
cite data when used in scientific analyses). Information collected by
the listed tools is used to inform the appropriate use of data
described by related geospatial metadata.
II. Method of Collection
All of the listed information collection instruments use a series
of guided web page (html) forms to collect specific elements of
geospatial metadata (e.g., start/end date of data observations,
descriptive discovery keywords, file format types and file-naming
conventions).
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648-0024.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular. [Renewal and extension of a current
information collection].
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations; Not-
for-profit institutions; State, Local, or Tribal government; Federal
government; Research universities.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 665 respondents per year
(Send2NCEI--300 respondents; ATRAC--100 respondents; CoMET--50
respondents; InPort--15 respondents;
SDIS--200 respondents).
Estimated Time per Response: Send2NCEI--.75 hours; ATRAC--4 hours;
CoMET--3 hours; InPort--1 hour; SDIS--1 hour.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 990 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $0 in recordkeeping/
reporting costs.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary. NMFS and OAR internal policies
related to availability of future funding options may apply to users of
InPort and SDIS tools, respectively.
Legal Authority: Executive Order 12906, NOAA Administrative Order
212-15, 2013 Office of Science and Technology Policy Memorandum `Public
Access to Research Results', NOAA Response to OSTP Memorandum `Public
Access to Research Results'
IV. Request for Comments
We are soliciting public comments to permit the Department/Bureau
to: (a) Evaluate whether the proposed information collection is
necessary for the proper functions of the Department, including whether
the information will have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the accuracy
of our estimate of the time and cost burden for this proposed
collection, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions
used; (c) Evaluate ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected; and (d) Minimize the reporting burden
on those who are to respond, including the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology.
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 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 may 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.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2024-22873 Filed 10-2-24; 8:45 am]
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