Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 241 / Tuesday, December 16, 2014 / Notices 74763 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Geological Survey 

[GX15EB00A181100] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Request for Comments; The 

William T. Pecora Award Application 

and Nomination Process 

AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of revision of a currently 

approved information collection, (1028– 

0101). 

SUMMARY: We (the U.S. Geological 

Survey) will ask Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) the information 

collection request (ICR) described 

below. To comply with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) and as part 

of our continuing efforts to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, we 

invite the general public and other 

Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on this ICR. 

This collection is scheduled to expire 

on January 31, 2015. 

DATES: To ensure that your comments 

on this ICR are considered, we must 

receive them on or before January 15, 

2015. 

ADDRESSES: Please submit written 

comments on this information 

collection directly to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), Office 

of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: Desk Officer for the 

Department of the Interior, via email: 

(OIRA_SUBMISSION@omb.eop.gov); or 

by fax (202) 395–5806; and identify your 

submission with ‘OMB Control Number 

1028–0101 William T. Pecora Award’. 

Please also forward a copy of your 

comments and suggestions on this 

information collection to the 

Information Collection Clearance 

Officer, U.S. Geological Survey, 12201 

Sunrise Valley Drive MS 807, Reston, 

VA 20192 (mail); (703) 648–7195 (fax); 

or gs-info_collections@usgs.gov (email). 

Please reference ‘OMB Information 

Collection 1028–0101: William T. 

Pecora Award’ in all correspondence. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas Holm, EROS Center, U.S. 

Geological Survey, 47914 252nd Street, 

Sioux Falls, SD 57198 (mail); 605–594– 

6127 (phone); or holm@usgs.gov (email). 

You may also find information about 

this ICR at www.reginfo.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The William T. Pecora Award is 

presented annually to individuals or 

groups that make outstanding 

contributions toward understanding the 

Earth by means of remote sensing. The 

award is sponsored jointly by the 

Department of the Interior (DOI) and the 

National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA). 

In 1974 the Pecora Award was 

established in honor of Dr. William T. 

Pecora, former Director of the U.S. 

Geological Survey, Under Secretary, 

Department of the Interior and a 

motivating force behind the 

establishment of a program for civil 

remote sensing of the earth from space. 

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 the public and private 

sector individuals, teams, organizations, 

and professional societies. 

Nomination packages include three 

sections: (A) Cover Sheet, (B) Summary 

Statement, and (C) 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. 

Nominations may include up to 10 

pages of supplemental information such 

as resume, publications list, and/or 

letters of endorsement. 

II. Data 

OMB Control Number: 1028–0101. 

Form Number: None. 

Title: The William T. Pecora Award 

Application and Nomination Process. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Respondent Obligation: None. 

Participation is voluntary. 

Frequency of Collection: Annually. 

Description of Respondents: 

Individuals or households; Businesses 

and other academic and non-profit 

institutions; state and local government 

agencies. 

Estimated Total Number of Annual 

Responses: 20. 

Estimated Time per Response: 10 

hours. 

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 200. 

Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’ 

Burden: There are no ‘‘non-hour cost’’ 

burdens associated with this collection 

of information. 

Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA 

(44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) provides that an 

agency may not conduct or sponsor and 

you are not required to respond to a 

collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. Until the OMB approves a 

collection of information, you are not 

obliged to respond. 

Comments: On 8–13–2014, we 

published a Federal Register notice (79 

FR 47666) announcing that we would 

submit this ICR to OMB for approval 

and soliciting comments. The comment 

period closed on 10–13–2014. We 

received no comments. 

III. Request for Comments 

We again invite comments concerning 

this ICR as to: (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) how to 

enhance the quality, usefulness, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) how to minimize the 

burden on the respondents, including 

the use of automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. 

Please note that comments submitted 

in response to this notice are a matter 

of public record. Before including your 

personal mailing address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personally identifiable information in 

your comment, you should be aware 

that your entire comment, including 

your personally identifiable 

information, may be made publicly 

available at any time. While you can ask 

the OMB in your comment to withhold 

your personal identifying information 

from public review, we cannot 

guarantee that it will be done. 

Frank Kelly, 

Director, Earth Resources Observation and 

Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

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Notice of Public Meeting; Central 

Montana Resource Advisory Council 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

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