82396 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 225 / Friday, November 24, 2023 / Notices 

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 in your comment 

to withhold your PII from public review, 

we cannot guarantee that we will be 

able to do so. 

Abstract: The William T. Pecora 

Awards are presented annually to 

individuals or teams using satellite or 

aerial remote sensing who make 

outstanding contributions toward 

understanding the Earth (land, oceans, 

and air), educating the next generation 

of scientists, informing decisionmakers, 

or supporting natural or human-induced 

disaster response. The award is 

sponsored jointly by the Department of 

the Interior (DOI) and the National 

Aeronautics and Space Administration 

(NASA). The award was established in 

1974 to honor the memory of Dr. 

William T. Pecora, former Director of 

the U.S. Geological Survey and Under 

Secretary, Department of the Interior. 

Dr. Pecora was a motivating force 

behind the establishment of a program 

for civil remote sensing of the Earth 

from space. His early vision and support 

helped establish what we know today as 

the Landsat satellite mission. The 

purpose of the award is to recognize 

individuals or groups working in the 

field of remote sensing of the Earth. 

National and international nominations 

are accepted from public and private 

sector individuals, teams, organizations, 

and professional societies. 

The nomination packages include 

three sections: a cover sheet, a summary 

statement, and supplemental materials. 

The cover sheet includes professional 

contact information. The summary 

statement is limited to two pages and 

describes the nominee’s achievements 

in the scientific and technical remote 

sensing community, contributions 

leading to successful practical 

applications of remote sensing, and/or 

major breakthroughs in remote sensing 

science or technology. The 

supplemental materials section is 

limited to 12 pages (resume, 

publications list, letters of endorsement, 

etc.) which highlights the specific 

individual or group’s achievements 

which should be peer-reviewed and 

documented in industry-recognized and 

scientifically credible publications. 

Title of Collection: The William T. 

Pecora Award Application and 

Nomination Process. 

OMB Control Number: 1028–0101. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Extension of an 

existing collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals, businesses and other 

academic and non-profit institutions; 

State, local and Tribal governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 10–15. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 10–15. 

Estimated Completion Time per 

Response: 6 hours. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 90 hours. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Frequency of Collection: Annually. 

Total Estimated Annual Nonhour 

Burden Cost: None. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. 

The authority for this action is the 

PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

Timothy Newman, 

Program Coordinator, National Land Imaging 

Program, USGS. 

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Geological Survey 

[GX23BA000AD0100; OMB Control Number 

1028–0103] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; USA National 

Phenology Network—The Nature’s 

Notebook Plant and Animal Observing 

Program 

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 to extend an 

information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before 

December 26, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments on 

this information collection request (ICR) 

to the Office of Management and 

Budget’s Desk Officer for the 

Department of the Interior by email at 

OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov; or via 

facsimile to (202) 395–5806. Please 

provide a copy of your comments to the 

USGS, Information Collections 

Clearance Officer, 12201 Sunrise Valley 

Drive MS 159, Reston, VA 20192; or by 

email to gs-info_collections@usgs.gov. 

Please reference OMB Control Number 

1028–0103 Nature’s Notebook in the 

subject line of your comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this ICR, contact Melanie J. Steinkamp 

by email at msteinkamp@usgs.gov or by 

telephone at 703–261–3128.You may 

also view the ICR at http://

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. 

A Federal Register notice with a 60- 

day public comment period soliciting 

comments on this collection of 

information was published on August 4, 

2023 (88 FR 51851). No comments were 

received. 

As part of our continuing effort to 

reduce paperwork and respondent 

burdens, we invite the public and other 

federal agencies to comment on new, 


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1The record is defined in § 207.2(f) of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 

CFR 207.2(f)). 

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. 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 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 in your 

comment to withhold your PII from 

public review, we cannot guarantee that 

we will be able to do so. 

Abstract: The USA–National 

Phenology Network is a program 

sponsored by the USGS that uses 

standardized forms for tracking plant 

and animal activity as part of a project 

called Nature’s Notebook. The Nature’s 

Notebook forms are used to record 

phenology (e.g., the timing of the leafing 

or flowering of plants and the 

reproduction or migration of animals) as 

part of a nationwide effort to understand 

and predict how plants and animals 

respond to environmental variation and 

changes in weather and climate. 

Contemporary data collected through 

Nature’s Notebook are quality-checked, 

described, and made publicly available; 

data are used to inform decision-making 

in a variety of contexts, including 

agriculture, drought monitoring, and 

wildfire risk assessment. Phenological 

information is also critical for the 

management of wildlife, invasive 

species, and agricultural pests, and for 

understanding and managing risks to 

human health and welfare, including 

allergies, asthma, and vector-borne 

diseases. Participants may contribute 

phenology information to Nature’s 

Notebook through a browser-based web 

application or via mobile applications 

for iPhone and Android operating 

systems, meeting Government 

Paperwork Elimination Act (GPEA) and 

Privacy Act requirements. The web 

application interface consists of several 

components: User registration; a 

searchable list of 1,756 plant and animal 

species that can be observed; a ‘‘profile’’ 

for each species that contains 

information about the species including 

its description and the appropriate 

monitoring protocols; a series of 

interfaces for registering as an observer, 

registering an observation site, and 

registering plants and animals at an 

observation site; generating datasheets 

to take to the field, and a data entry page 

that mimics the datasheets. 

Title of Collection: USA NATIONAL 

PHENOLOGY NETWORK—THE 

NATURE’S NOTEBOOK PLANT AND 

ANIMAL OBSERVING PROGRAM. 

OMB Control Number: 1028–0103. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Members of the public registered with 

Nature’s Notebook, State Cooperative 

Extension employees, and Tribal 

members. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 6,598. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 4,102,388. 

Estimated Completion Time per 

Response: Upon joining the program, 

each of the 6,598 respondents is 

expected to spend 13 minutes to register 

and read guidelines for an annual 

burden of 1,430 hours. New and existing 

respondents are expected to spend 

about two minutes on each observation 

and submission of a phenophase status 

record. Given a projection of 4,102,388 

phenophase status responses each year, 

annual burden of observation and 

submission of records is 136,746 hours. 

Thus, the Total Estimated Annual 

Burden is 138,176 hours. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion; 

depends on the seasonal activity of 

plants and animals. 

Non-hour burden costs may be 

incurred for optional items such as 

clipboards, pencils, flags, markers, 

stakes, tags and/or popsicle sticks. We 

estimate that only 20% of users (i.e., 

1,320) will incur these costs, at an 

estimated cost of $2.52 per user, for a 

Total Estimated Annual Non-hour 

Burden cost of $3,327. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, nor is a person required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. 

The authority for this action is the 

PRA of 1995. 

Melanie J. Steinkamp, 

Species Management Research Program 

Coordinator, Ecosystems Mission Area, U.S. 

Geological Survey. 

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INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation No. 731–TA–1103 (Third 

Review)] 

Certain Activated Carbon From China 

Determination 

On the basis of the record 1 developed 

in the subject five-year review, the 

United States International Trade 

Commission (‘‘Commission’’) 

determines, pursuant to the Tariff Act of 

1930 (‘‘the Act’’), that revocation of the 

antidumping duty order on certain 

activated carbon from China would be 

likely to lead to continuation or 

recurrence of material injury to an 

industry in the United States within a 

reasonably foreseeable time. 

Background 

The Commission instituted this 

review on June 1, 2023 (88 FR 35926) 

and determined on September 5, 2023 

that it would conduct an expedited 

review (88 FR 68670, October 4, 2023). 

The Commission made this 

determination pursuant to section 

751(c) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(c)). It 

completed and filed its determination in 

this review on November 20, 2023. The 

views of the Commission are contained 

in USITC Publication 5474 (November 

2023), entitled Certain Activated Carbon 

from China: Investigation No. 731–TA– 

1103 (Third Review). 

By order of the Commission. 

Issued: November 20, 2023. 

Lisa Barton, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

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