Billing Code 4338-11
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey
[GX24EG00COM0001; OMB Control Number 1028-0127]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Markup Application
AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Information Collection; request for comment.
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
[INSERT DATE 30 DAYS AFTER DATE OF PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL
REGISTER].
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on this information collection request (ICR)
by mail to US Geological Survey, Information Collections Officer, 12201 Sunrise
Valley Drive MS 159, Reston, VA 20192; or by email to gsinfo_collections@usgs.gov. Please reference OMB Control Number 1028-0127
in the subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information
about this ICR, contact Gregory Cocks by email at gjcocks@usgs.gov, or by
telephone at 303-202-4146.
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 of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), we provide the general public and
other Federal agencies with an opportunity 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.
A Federal Register notice with a 60-day public comment period soliciting
comments on this collection of information was published on April 11, 2024, (89
FR 25646). No comments were received.
As part of our continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent
burdens, we are again soliciting comments from the public and other Federal
agencies on the proposed ICR that is described below. 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: Markup Application is the name of the USGS National
Geospatial Technical Operations Center project that allows citizen participation in
volunteer map data collection activities for hydrography datasets.
Proposed Revision:
For this ICR revision, the USGS will no longer be collecting data for the
following: National Hydrography Dataset (NHD), Watershed Boundary Dataset
(WBD), and National Hydrography Dataset Plus High Resolution (NHDPlus HR).
We will transition to the 3D Hydrography Program (3DHP).
The USGS manages the 3DHP. The USGS also offers technical support and
distributes authoritative hydrography data to the public as part of The National
Map.
Markup Application allows citizens to submit proposed changes and
corrections, called “suggested edits,” to 3DHP. All submitted suggested edits,
along with the user email contact, are saved in a dataset to be reviewed by
USGS staff, or trusted stakeholders, for allowable edits and for validation. USGS
staff or trusted stakeholders may contact the user submitting the suggested
edit(s) via the recorded email address if further clarification is needed. Validated
suggested edits go in a queue of edits to be incorporated into the 3DHP. The
edits are made by USGS editors using internal editing tools/methods. No edits to
the hydrography datasets take place within the Markup Application.

Title of Collection: Markup Application.
OMB Control Number: 1028-0127
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals/households.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 115.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 2,087.
Estimated Completion Time per Response: Between 3 minutes for
markup creation (1972 responses = 99 hours) and 18 minutes for user
login and lessons reviewed (115 responses = 35 hours) depending on
activity.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 134 Hours.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: Occasional.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: None.
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 Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Hannah Boggs,
Acting Director, National Geospatial Technical Operations Center,
U.S. Geological Survey.

[FR Doc. 2024-13792 Filed: 6/21/2024 8:45 am; Publication Date: 6/24/2024]