77652 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 238 / Monday, December 13, 2010 / Notices 

Authority 

We provide this notice under Section 

10 of the Act and NEPA regulations (40 

CFR 1506.6). 

Dated: December 3, 2010. 

David L. Hankla, 

Field Supervisor, Jacksonville Field Office. 

[FR Doc. 2010–31148 Filed 12–10–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

U.S. Geological Survey 

[USGS—GX11EB00A1810.00] 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Assessment of the Business 

Requirements and Benefits of 

Enhanced National Elevation Data 

AGENCY: United States Geological 

Survey (USGS), Interior. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: We (U.S. Geological Survey) 

have sent an Information Collection 

Request (ICR) to OMB for review and 

approval. The ICR, which is 

summarized below, describes the nature 

of the collection and the estimated 

burden and cost. To comply with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and 

as part of our continuing efforts to 

reduce paperwork and respondent 

burden, we invite the general public and 

other Federal agencies to comment on 

this ICR. We may not conduct or 

sponsor and a person is not required to 

respond to a collection unless it 

displays a currently valid Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) control 

number. 

DATES: You must submit comment on or 

before January 12, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Send your comments and 

suggestions on this ICR to the Desk 

Officer for the Department of the 

Interior at OMB–OIRA at (202) 395– 

5806 (fax) or 

OIRA_DOCKET@OMB.eop.gov (e-mail). 

Please send a copy of your comments on 

the ICR to Phadrea Ponds, Information 

Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. 

Geological Survey, 2150–C Centre 

Avenue Fort Collins, CO 80526 (mail); 

pondsp@usgs.gov (e-mail). Please 

reference Information Collection 

Request 1028–NEW, LiDAR. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gregory Snyder by mail at U.S. 

Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley 

Drive, MS 517, Reston, VA 20192–0001, 

or by telephone at 703–648–5169. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

USGS supports some of the most 

pressing resource management, 

environmental and climate change 

science issues faced by our Nation. 

Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) is 

the leading technology for collecting 

highly accurate three-dimensional 

measurements of the Earth’s topography 

and surface features such as buildings, 

bridges, coastlines, rivers, forests and 

other landscape characteristics. These 

data provide an unprecedented tool for 

scientific understanding and inform 

National decisions related to ecosystem 

management, energy development, 

natural resource conservation and 

mitigating geologic and flood-related 

hazards. The USGS now collects LiDAR 

data to a limited extent and primarily 

for upgrading bare-earth elevation data 

for The National Map. This study seeks 

to establish a baseline of national 

business needs and associated benefits 

for LiDAR to enhance the 

responsiveness of USGS programs, and 

to design an efficient future program 

that balances requirements, benefits and 

costs. The study advances coordinated 

program development among the 

numerous Federal and State agencies 

that increasingly rely on LiDAR to 

enable the fulfillment of their missions. 

The study is sponsored by the National 

Digital Elevation Program steering 

committee and supported by several 

member agencies. 

The information collection process 

will be guided by an interagency 

management team led by USGS with 

support from a professional services 

contractor. The information collection 

will be conducted using a standardized 

template. Responses are one-time and 

voluntary. 

II. Data 

OMB Control Number: None. This is 

a new collection. 

Title: Assessment of the Business 

Requirements and Benefits of Enhanced 

National Elevation Data. 

Type of Request: New. 

Affected Public: States, U.S. 

Territories, Tribes and local natural 

resource development agencies. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Frequency of Collection: One time 

only. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Respondents: 445. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 422. 

III. Request for Comments 

We are again inviting comments 

concerning this ICR on: (a) Whether the 

proposed collection of information is 

necessary for the agency to perform its 

duties, including whether the 

information is useful; (b) the accuracy of 

the agency’s estimate of the burden of 

the proposed collection of information; 

(c) ways to enhance the quality, 

usefulness, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (d) 

ways to minimize the burden on the 

respondents, 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. Before including your 

address, phone number, e-mail 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 

publically available at any time. While 

you can ask OMB in your comment to 

withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that will be done. 

Dated: December 7, 2010. 

Bruce K. Quirk, 

Program Coordinator. 

[FR Doc. 2010–31169 Filed 12–10–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4311–AM–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLNVSO0000.L16100000.DO0000.

LXSS100F0000, 241A; 11–08807; 

MO#4500015402; TAS: 14X1109] 

Notice of Intent to Prepare a Resource 

Management Plan for the Battle 

Mountain District and Associated 

Environmental Impact Statement, 

Nevada 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969, as amended, and the Federal Land 

Policy and Management Act of 1976, as 

amended, the Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) Battle Mountain 

District, Battle Mountain, Nevada, 

intends to prepare a Resource 

Management Plan (RMP) and associated 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

for the Battle Mountain District, and by 

this notice is announcing the beginning 

of the scoping process to solicit public 

comments and identify issues. The new 

Battle Mountain RMP will cover both 

the Mount Lewis Field Office and the 

Tonopah Field Office and will replace 

the existing Shoshone-Eureka and 

Tonopah RMPs. 


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