[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 190 (Tuesday, October 1, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79945-79946]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-22542]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Geological Survey

[GX20EG31DW50100; OMB Control Number 1028-0129]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Hydrography Addressing 
Tool

AGENCY: Geological Survey, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, 
the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), is proposing to renew an information 
collection with revisions.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
December 2, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Send your comments on this information collection request 
(ICR) by mail to U.S. Geological Survey, Information Collections 
Officer, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 159, Reston, VA 20192; or by 
email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#baddc997d3d4dcd5e5d9d5d6d6dfd9ced3d5d4c9facfc9ddc994ddd5cc"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="197e6a3470777f76467a7675757c7a6d7076776a596c6a7e6a377e766f">[email protected]</span></a>. Please reference OMB Control 
Number 1028-0129 in the subject line of your comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information 
about this ICR, contact Michael Tinker by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2b464f5f4245404e596b5e584c58054c445d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0d606979646366687f4d787e6a7e236a627b">[email protected]</span></a>, 
or by telephone at 303-202-4476.
    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-of-contact in 
the United States.

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 under the PRA.
    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 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 using 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 identifying 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: This 60-day notice is a renewal, with revisions, for the 
Hydrography Addressing Tool (HydroAdd), a website developed by the USGS 
National Geospatial Program, National Geospatial Technical Operations 
Center (NGTOC).
    HydroAdd supports users by providing a mechanism for addressing (or 
referencing) diverse external datasets to the National Hydrography 
Dataset (NHD). For example, a user can utilize HydroAdd to reference 
the geographic locations of field observations of fish presence to the 
NHD. HydroAdd provides a framework for the management of addressed data 
and enables upstream and downstream analyses within the context of the 
stream network. Any type of information can be addressed to the stream 
network, making this tool highly useful for a broad range of purposes 
that benefit the Nation.
    HydroAdd users are members of the public in State and local 
government, the private sector, academia, or are other users with basic 
knowledge of GIS. To use HydroAdd, users must first share their 
geospatial data as a hosted web feature service from ArcGIS Online. 
HydroAdd displays the user's data as a web feature service in the 
browser window. Users can then utilize HydroAdd to address their data 
to the

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NHD. Note that HydroAdd does not allow users to edit the NHD. Users are 
strictly limited to editing their own data.
    Users must register at the HydroAdd website. When registering, 
users are required to fill out a profile with a username and email 
contact. This information is stored in the application database.
    Revisions to HydroAdd are currently in development. These revisions 
include (a) allowing HydroAdd to use the latest hydrography product 
from the USGS 3D Hydrography Program (3DHP), (b) implementing an open-
source hosting service for user data (GeoServer), rather than ArcGIS 
Online, (c) updating some of the underlying logic to speed GIS 
processing, and (d) updating the name of the tool to HydroAdd3d.
    Title of Collection: Hydrography Addressing Tool.
    OMB Control Number: 1028-0129.
    Form Number: NA.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: 200.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 200.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 200.
    Estimated Completion Time per Response: 1 hour.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 200.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Frequency of Collection: one time, or as needed if respondent 
business contact information changes.
    Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: None.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor, nor is a person is required 
to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a 
currently valid OMB control number.

Kimberly Mantey,
Director, National Geospatial Technical Operations Center.
[FR Doc. 2024-22542 Filed 9-30-24; 8:45 am]
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