96-24029. Request for Public Comments on Proposed Information Collection To Be Submitted to the Office of Management and Budget for Review Under the Paperwork Reduction Act

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 183 (Thursday, September 19, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 49339]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-24029]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey


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

    The proposed information collection described below will be 
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget for approval under the 
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 
35). Copies of the proposed collection instrument may be obtained by 
contacting the Bureau's clearance officer at the phone number listed 
below. Comments and suggestions on the proposal should be made within 
60 days directly to the Bureau Clearance Officer, U.S. Geological 
Survey, 208 National Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, 
Virginia 20192. Telephone [phone].
    Title: On-Demand System for Printing USGS Maps.
    OMB approval number: New Collection.
    Abstract: Customers for USGS maps will be invited to indicate their 
satisfaction with an experimental, on-demand version of a USGS 
topographic map as compared to the standard printed edition of the same 
map. Potential respondents will be mailed an evaluation package 
consisting of sample maps and a short questionnaire. Those electing to 
respond will then use the postage-paid questionnaire to answer specific 
questions about the experimental map and to submit additional comments 
they may wish to offer. Information from respondents will be used to 
evaluate a point-of-sale map printing system the USGS intends to 
develop under a cooperative research and development agreement with 
private industry. The proposed collection is limited in scope to the 
on-demand printing system and its output products, and to the 
suitability of these experimental products to meet respondent 
applications for USGS maps.
    Bureau form number: None.
    Frequency: An estimated 2-3 surveys per year as indicated by 
technical milestones reached during the course of the on-demand 
development project and by customer reaction to initial map products 
generated from the on-demand system.
    Description of respondents: General public USGS map purchasers; 
dealers of USGS maps.
    Estimated completion time: 0.1 hours per response.
    Annual responses: 1,000.
    Annual burden hours: 100 hours.
    Bureau clearance officer: John Cordyack, 703-648-7313.

    Dated: September 10, 1996.
Richard E. Witmer,
Acting Chief, National Mapping Division.
[FR Doc. 96-24029 Filed 9-18-96; 8:45 am]
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