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members of the public request to 

comment. The final agenda and other 

related meeting information will be 

posted on the HWCC website, https://

www.fws.gov/program/hwcc. 

Public Input 

Depending on the number of people 

who want to comment and the time 

available, the amount of time for 

individual oral comments may be 

limited. Interested parties should 

contact the DFO, in writing (see FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT), for 

placement on the public speaker list for 

this meeting. Requests to address the 

HWCC during the meeting will be 

accommodated in the order the requests 

are received. Registered speakers who 

wish to expand upon their oral 

statements, or those who had wished to 

speak but could not be accommodated 

on the agenda, may submit written 

statements to the DFO up to 30 days 

following the meeting. 

Accessibility Information 

Please make requests in advance for 

sign language interpreter services, 

assistive listening devices, or other 

reasonable accommodations. Please 

contact the DFO (FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT) no later than 

Monday, November 27, 2023, to give the 

Service sufficient time to process your 

request. All reasonable accommodation 

requests are managed on a case-by-case 

basis. 

Public Disclosure 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personal identifying information, you 

should be aware that your entire 

comment—including your personal 

identifying information—may be made 

publicly available at any time. While 

you can 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. 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. Ch. 10. 

Matthew Huggler, 

Acting Assistant Director—Office of 

Communications. 

[FR Doc. 2023–25332 Filed 11–15–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Geological Survey 

[GX24EE000101100] 

Public Meeting of the National 

Geospatial Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey, 

Department of the Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA) of 1972, the U.S. Geological 

Survey (USGS) is publishing this notice 

to announce that a Federal Advisory 

Committee meeting of the National 

Geospatial Advisory Committee (NGAC) 

will take place and is open to members 

of the public. 

DATES: The meeting will be held as a 

webinar/teleconference on Monday, 

December 4, 2023, from 11:00 a.m. to 

5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held 

online and via teleconference. 

Instructions for registration to attend the 

meeting will be posted at www.fgdc.gov/ 

ngac. Comments can be sent by email to 

gs-faca@usgs.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

John Mahoney, Federal Geographic Data 

Committee (FGDC), USGS, by mail at 

909 First Avenue, Room 703, Seattle, 

WA 98104; by email at jmahoney@

usgs.gov; or by telephone at (206) 375– 

2565. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

meeting is being held consistent with 

the provisions of the FACA (5 U.S.C. 

Ch. 10), the Government in the 

Sunshine Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552B, as 

amended), and 41 CFR part 102–3. 

Purpose of the Meeting: The NGAC 

provides advice and recommendations 

related to management of Federal and 

national geospatial programs, the 

development of the National Spatial 

Data Infrastructure (NSDI), and the 

implementation of the Geospatial Data 

Act of 2018 (GDA) and Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

Circular A–16. The NGAC reviews and 

comments on geospatial policy and 

management issues and provides a 

forum to convey views representative of 

non-federal stakeholders in the 

geospatial community. The NGAC is 

one of the primary ways that the FGDC 

collaborates with its broad network of 

partners. Additional information about 

the NGAC is available at: www.fgdc.gov/ 

ngac. 

Agenda Topics: 

—FGDC Update 

—Landsat Advisory Group 

—3D Elevation Program (3DEP) 

—GDA 

—NSDI Strategic Planning 

—Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, 

Reusable (FAIR) Data 

—Public Comment 

Meeting Accessibility/Special 

Accommodations: The meeting is open 

to the public. Members of the public 

wishing to attend the meeting should 

visit www.fgdc.gov/ngac or contact Mr. 

John Mahoney (see FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT). Webinar/ 

conference line instructions will be 

provided to registered attendees prior to 

the meeting. 

Please make requests in advance for 

sign language interpreter services, 

assistive listening devices, or other 

reasonable accommodations. We ask 

that you contact the person listed in the 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section of this notice at least seven (7) 

business days prior to the meeting to 

give the Department of the Interior 

sufficient time to process your request. 

All reasonable accommodation requests 

are managed on a case-by-case basis. 

Individuals in the United States who 

are deaf, blind, 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-ofcontact in the United States. 

Public Disclosure of Comments: There 

will be an opportunity for public 

comment during the meeting. 

Depending on the number of people 

who wish to speak and the time 

available, the time for individual 

comments may be limited. Written 

comments may also be sent to the NGAC 

for consideration. To allow for full 

consideration of information by NGAC 

members, written comments must be 

provided to John Mahoney (see FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) at least 

three (3) business days prior to the 

meeting. Any written comments 

received will be provided to NGAC 

members before the meeting. 

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 may 

ask us in your comment to withhold 

your PII from public review, we cannot 

guarantee that we will be able to do so. 


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Authority: 5 U.S.C. Ch. 10. 

Kenneth Shaffer, 

Deputy Executive Director, Federal 

Geographic Data Committee. 

[FR Doc. 2023–25246 Filed 11–15–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Geological Survey 

[GX23DJ56UFK1000] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Request for Comments on 

the USGS Water Use Data Acquisition 

AGENCY: U. S. Geological Survey, 

Department of the Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

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 January 

16, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Send your comments on 

this information collection request (ICR) 

by mail to Cheryl Dieter, USGS 

Maryland-Delaware-DC Water Science 

Center, 5522 Research Park Drive, 

Catonsville, MD 21228, or by email at 

cadieter@usgs.gov. Please reference 

‘OMB Information Collection 1028— 

NEW USGS Water Use Data Acquisition’ 

in the subject line of your comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this ICR, contact Cheryl Dieter by mail 

at Maryland-Delaware-DC Water 

Science Center, 5522 Research Park 

Drive, Catonsville, MD 21228; by email 

at cadieter@usgs.gov, or by telephone at 

443–883–0761. 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-ofcontact in the United States. You may 

also view the ICR at https://

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the PRA, 44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq. and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), all 

information collections require 

approval. We may not conduct or 

sponsor, nor are you required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. 

As part of our continuing effort to 

reduce paperwork and respondent 

burdens, we invite the public and other 

Federal agencies 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. 

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; 

(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 to withhold your 

PII from public review, we cannot 

guarantee that we will be able to do so. 

Abstract: This notice identifies an 

information collection activity that the 

USGS Water Availability and Use 

Science Program has submitted to OMB 

for approval to collect information on 

the use of water resources in the United 

States. The information is used by USGS 

scientists to estimate water use in 

several categories including (but not 

limited to) public-supply, domestic, 

irrigation, thermoelectric-cooling, 

industrial, mining, aquaculture, and 

livestock applications. USGS national 

water-use estimates are disseminated to 

stakeholders and the general public on 

an ongoing basis and fulfill 

requirements of the SECURE Water Act. 

The information also supports regional 

and national water-availability studies 

in the United States. The USGS has 

produced estimates of annual water use 

by category aggregated at the countyand state level every five years since 

1950. For 2020, models will be used to 

produce the estimates and they will be 

made at a higher temporal and spatial 

resolution than previous years’ 

estimates. Model estimates are 

dependent on validation using the data 

collected nationally for specific wateruse facilities. USGS water-use 

specialists will request reported wateruse data annually from non-federal 

agencies. This collection also aims to 

request data from facilities on an ad hoc 

basis to acquire data for categories of 

use or locations where state-reported 

data are not sufficient for estimating 

water use. Respondents can provide 

relevant data in a variety of electronic 

formats, usually via websites, file 

sharing, or email. Information will also 

be gathered on the water-use datadelivery needs of USGS water-use 

stakeholders and other end users. 

Title of Collection: USGS Water Use 

Data Acquisition. 

OMB Control Number: 1028–NEW. 

Form Number: DI–3680. 

Type of Review: New collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State 

and local government agencies, 

Individuals or households, businesses, 

Tribal governments. 

Water-Resource Agencies 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 300. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 300. 

Initial contact: 150 with completion 

time of 1 minute. 

Data submission: 150 with 

completion time of 4 hours. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 603 hours. 

Water-Use Facilities 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 7,500. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 7,500. 

Initial contact: 5,000 with completion 

time of 1 minute. 

Data submission: 2,500 with 

completion time of 4 hours. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 10,084 hours. 

Individual Water Users 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 1,500. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 7,000. 

Initial contact: 1,000 with completion 

time of 1 minute. 

Data submission: 6,000 with 

completion time of 0.5 hours. 


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