4338-118
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey
[GX24EG32DW20300; OMB Control Number 1028-0111]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review and Approval; The National Map Corps
(TNMCorps) –Volunteered Geographic Information Project
AGENCY: Geological Survey, 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.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
[INSERT DATE 30 DAYS AFTER DATE OF PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL
REGISTER].
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by
selecting "Currently under Review - Open for Public Comments" or by using the
search function. Please provide a copy of your comments by mail to U.S.
Geological Survey, Information Collections Officer, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive
MS 159, Reston, VA 20192; or by email to gs-info_collections@usgs.gov.
Please reference OMB Control Number 1028-0111 in the subject line of your
comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information
about this Information Collection Request (ICR), contact Erin Korris by email at

ekorris@usgs.gov, or by telephone at 303-202-4503. 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. 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), 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 18, 2024, (89
FR 27780). 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: The mission of the USGS National Geospatial Program (NGP)
is to organize, maintain, publish, and disseminate the geospatial baseline of the
Nation’s topography, natural landscape, and built environment through The
National Map (TNMap), a set of basic geospatial information provided as a
variety of products and services.
Through Office of Management and Budget Circular A-16, the Federal
Government assigns leadership responsibilities for themes of geospatial data
among Federal agencies. Based in part on this assignment, and because of the
unique ability of the NGP to provide national coverage of topographic data, the
primary focus of the NGP is to provide national leadership in The National Map
themes of hydrography and elevation. The role of the other six layers of The
National Map is generally to provide contextual or reference information to its
cartographic products and services. The objective of the NGP for these layers is
to maintain current coverage by obtaining the data from other organizations and

suppliers with a minimum investment of resources.
TNMCorps is the name of the NGP project that encourages citizen participation
in volunteer map data collection activities. TNMCorps uses crowdsourcing to
produce volunteered geographic information (VGI) by georeferencing structure
points and sharing this information with others on map-based internet platforms.
People participating in the crowdsourcing are considered part of TNMCorps.
In general, the National Structures Dataset (NSD) has been populated with the
best available national data. This data has been exposed for initial improvement
by TNMCorps volunteers via the online Map Editor (the instrument). In addition,
the data goes through a tiered-editing process, which includes peer review and
advanced editors. At each stage the data is passed through an automatic “magic
filter” to look for data issues before being submitted into the NSD. In addition,
data goes through sampling for quality assurance procedures.
TNMCorps seeks to enable collaborations with other federal agencies, as well
and private and public entities. Data within the NSD is available at no cost to the
USGS and the public via The National Map and US Topo.
Data quality studies in 2012, 2014, and 2018 showed that the volunteers’ actions
were accurate and exceeded USGS quality standards. Volunteer-collected data
showed an improvement in both location and attribute accuracy for existing data
points. Completeness, or the extent to which all appropriate features were
identified and recorded, was also improved.
Title of Collection: The National Map Corps – Volunteered Geographic
Information Project.
OMB Control Number: 1028-0111.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.

Respondents/Affected Public: general public
Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 1,000.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 100,000.
Estimated Completion Time per Response: 100,000 responses X 12
minutes on average to use the instrument = 20,000 hours. 1,000 respondents X
60 minutes on average to use the training video = 1,000 hours.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 21,000.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: Varies by volunteer; volunteers are not obligated
to collect any specific amount of data.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: There are no “no-hour
cost” burdens associated with this ICR.
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 PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).

Leslie D. Hansmann,
Supervisory Cartographer,
Core Science Systems,
USGS.

[FR Doc. 2024-13815 Filed: 6/21/2024 8:45 am; Publication Date: 6/24/2024]