Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request, 25857 [E6-6593]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
• Bureau of Reclamation
• Reclamation Bureau

[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 84 (Tuesday, May 2, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 25857]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-6593]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation


Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment 
Request

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 
notice announces that the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) intends 
to seek approval of the following proposed new information collection: 
Recreation Survey, New Melones Lake Project, Sonora, CA. Before 
submitting the information collection request to the Office of 
Management and Budget for approval, Reclamation is soliciting comments 
on specific aspects of the information collection.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by July 3, 2006.

ADDRESSES: Address all comments concerning this information collection 
to Bureau of Reclamation, Central California Area Office, 7794 Folsom 
Dam Road, Folsom, CA 95630.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information or a copy of 
the proposed collection of information form, contact Ms. Elizabeth 
Ayres, Bureau of Reclamation, telephone 916-989-7192, or at the address 
above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the 
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper 
performance of Reclamation's functions, including whether the 
information will have practical use; (b) the accuracy of Reclamation's 
estimated time and cost burdens of the proposed collection of 
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions 
used; (c) ways to enhance the quality, use, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the 
collection of information on respondents, including increased use of 
automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology. Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions 
submitted within 60 days of this publication.
    Title: Recreation Survey, New Melones Lake Project, Sonora, CA.
    Abstract: The purpose of the on-site recreation survey is to 
characterize existing users, characterize their use of the New Melones 
Project, assess their satisfaction with their experience and the 
facilities, and find out what other opportunities or facilities they 
would like to see developed at the New Melones Lake Project. The 
purpose of the regional telephone survey is to characterize regional 
population, their outdoor recreation use, the demand for various types 
of outdoor recreation activities, trends in outdoor recreation use, and 
the extent to which regional population use New Melones Lake Project, 
Sonora, CA. Together the on-site survey and the regional telephone 
survey shall describe the recreational preferences of visitors to the 
New Melones Lake Project and provide guidance on what recreational 
planning objectives should be included in the New Melones Lake Project 
RMP/EIS.
    Description of respondents: Persons who recreate at New Melones 
Lake Project and the areas surrounding New Melones Lake Project, and 
residents in Sonora and Tuolumne counties.
    Frequency: This is a one-time voluntary survey.
    Estimated Total Number of Respondents: 1,500.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 375 hours.

                                        Estimate of Burden for Each Form
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                                                                     Burden
                                                                  estimate per      Number of     Annual burden
                              Form                                  form  (in      respondents    on respondents
                                                                    minutes)                        (in hours)
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On-site survey.................................................              15            1250            312.5
Telephone survey...............................................              15             250             62.5
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    Total......................................................  ..............            1500            375
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    Our practice is to make comments, including names and home 
addresses of respondents, available for public review. Individual 
respondents may request that we withhold their home address from public 
disclosure, which we will honor to the extent allowable by law. There 
also may be circumstances in which we would withhold a respondent's 
identity from public disclosure, as allowable by law. If you wish us to 
withhold your name and/or address, you must state this prominently at 
the beginning of your comment. We will make all submissions from 
organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying 
themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or 
businesses, available for public disclosure in their entirety.

    Dated: April 24, 2006.
Michael R. Finnegan,
Area Manager of Central California Area Office, Mid-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. E6-6593 Filed 5-1-06; 8:45 am]
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