97-9472. Request for Public Comments on Proposed Information Collection Submitted to the Office of Management and Budget for Review Under the Paperwork Reduction Act

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 71 (Monday, April 14, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18141-18142]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-9472]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Geological Survey


Request for Public Comments on Proposed Information Collection 
Submitted to the Office of Management and Budget for Review Under the 
Paperwork Reduction Act

    The proposed information collection described below has been 
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget for approval under the 
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
3506(c)(2)). Copies of the proposed collection may be obtained by 
contacting the Bureau's clearance officer at the phone number listed 
below. Public comments on the proposal should be made within 30 days 
directly

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to: Desk Officer for the Interior Department, Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 
20503; and the Bureau Clearance Officer, U.S. Geological Survey, 208 
National Center, Reston, VA 20192.
    As required by OMB regulations at 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), the U.S. 
Geological Survey solicits specific public comments as to:
    1. Whether the collection of information is necessary for the 
proper performance of the functions on the bureaus, including whether 
the information will have practical utility;
    2. The accuracy of the bureau's estimate of the burden of the 
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology 
and assumptions used:
    3. The quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be 
collected; and
    4. How to minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
those who are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other forms of information technology.
    Title: National Mapping Division Data Grant Program for Land 
Processes Research.
    OMB approval number: 1028-0052.
    Abstract: Respondents supply information and awardees supply a 
final report. Application information identifies the land processes 
research project and remotely sensed data requirements. Final report 
identifies utility of Data Grant Program in the completion of the 
nonprofit institution's research project.
    Bureau form number: None.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Description respondents: Non-profit institutions.
    Estimated completion time: 25 hours.
    Annual responses: 520.
    Annual burden hours: 13,000 hours.
    Bureau clearance officer: John Cordyack, 703-648-7313.

    Dated: February 5, 1997.
John N. Fischer,
Acting Associate Chief, Operations
[FR Doc. 97-9472 Filed 4-11-97; 8:45 am]
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