Paperwork Reduction Act Statement

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This information collection is authorized by the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 4701) [Nov 29, 1990]. Your responses are voluntary and need only be submitted once. We estimate that it will take approximately 1 minute to prepare and submit the response. We ask you for basic contact information to contact you for new species occurrence alerts and for password retrievals, if needed.

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501), 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 Office of Management and Budget control number. OMB has reviewed and approved this information collection and assigned OMB Control Number 1028-0098. You may submit comments on any aspect of this information collection, including the accuracy of the estimated burden hours and suggestions to reduce this burden. Send your comments to: Information Collections Clearance Officer, U.S. Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr., Reston, VA 20192 or to gs-info_collections@usgs.gov.

Privacy Act Statement

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Authority: Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 4701) [Nov 29, 1990]

System of Records: Computer Registration System (Interior/USGS-18) published at 74 FR 23430 [May 19, 2009].

Principal purpose: The principal purpose for collecting this information is to alert users to new occurrences of nonindigenous aquatic species in the U.S. We expect this form requires 1 minute to complete the registration.

Routine use: This information will be used by the U.S. Geological Survey to provide information concerning the status, distribution, and potential impacts of non-native aquatic organisms to users who registered with our alert system.

Disclosure is voluntary: You are not required to provide your personal contact information in order to view alerts on our NAS Alert System website. However, if you do not provide contact information, we will be unable to notify you of alerts via e-mail.