60-Day Notice of Intention To Request Clearance of Collection of Information; Opportunity for Public Comment, 54686-54687 [06-7719]

Download as PDF 54686 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 180 / Monday, September 18, 2006 / Notices It is the practice of the NPS to make all comments, including names and addresses of respondents who provide that information, available for public review following the conclusion of the NEPA process. Individuals may request that the NPS withhold their name and/ or address from public disclosure. If you wish to do this, you must state this prominently at the beginning of your comments. Commentators using the Web site can make such a request by checking the box ‘‘keep my information private.’’ NPS will honor such requests to the extent allowable by law, but you should be aware that NPS may still be required to disclose your name and address pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act. Description of Respondents: 1⁄4 medium to large publicly owned companies and 3⁄4 private entities. Estimated Annual Reporting Burden: 4224 hours. Estimated Average Burden Hours per Response: 176 Hours. Estimated Average Number of Respondents: 24 annually. Estimated Frequency of Response: 24 annually. Dated: September 17, 2006. Leonard E. Stowe, NPS, Information and Collection Clearance Officer. [FR Doc. 06–7717 Filed 9–15–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–52–M DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service 60-Day Notice of Intention To Request Clearance of Collection of Information; Opportunity for Public Comment Department of the Interior, National Park Service. ACTION: Notice and request for comments. cprice-sewell on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES AGENCY: SUMMARY: Under provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and 5 CFR Part 1320, Reporting and Record Keeping Requirements, the NPS invites comments on the need for gathering the information in the proposed survey (OMB #1024–XXXX). DATES: Public comments will be accepted on or before November 17, 2006. ADDRESSES: Send Comments to: Kirsten M. Leong, NPS SCEP Student, Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University, 306 Fernow Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853; Phone: 607–255– 4136; e-mail: kml47@cornell.edu. To Request a Draft of Proposed Collection of Information Contact: VerDate Aug<31>2005 14:48 Sep 15, 2006 Jkt 208001 Kirsten M. Leong, NPS SCEP Student, Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University, 306 Fernow Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853; Phone: 607–255– 4136; e-mail: kml47@cornell.edu. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Margaret Wild, Biological Resource Management Division, 1201 Oakridge Dr., Suite 200, Fort Collins, CO 80525; Phone: 970–225–3593; e-mail: Margaret_Wild@nps.gov. Title: Identifying Capacity for Local Community Participation in Wildlife Management Planning: White-tailed Deer in Northeastern NPS Units. Bureau Form Number: None. OMB Number: To be requested. Expiration Date: To be requested. Type of Request: New collection. Description of Need: NPS and DOI policies have begun to place more emphasis on civic engagement and public participation in park management (NPS Director’s Order 75A), as well as communication and collaboration with local communities (NPS Director’s Order 52A. Discussions with NPS natural resource managers indicate a need for tools to better understand local community residents and ways to engage them in management and planning, especially in situations where local communities may be impacted by NPS management decisions. Biological studies have been conducted on white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in park units of the northeastern U.S. for over two decades to determine deer population density, movement, and impact on park resources. Because deer biology has been relatively well-studied in parks, management issues related to deer were chosen as a model system to study the ways in which input from local stakeholders can affect wildlife management planning. Five sites were chosen to represent various stages of deer-issue maturity and amount of outreach efforts related to these issues: The Potomac Gorge area of Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park; Fire Island National Seashore; Morristown National Historical Park; Prince William Forest Park; and Valley Forge National Historical Park. Fire Island National Seashore is the only park identified with a long history of deer issues and experience with deer outreach activities. Valley Forge National Historical Park and Morristown National Historical Park represent parks with a long history of deer issues and limited deer outreach activities. Prince William Forest Park and Chesapeake and Ohio National SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PO 00000 Frm 00079 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Historical Park (Potomac Gorge area) represent parks with relatively young deer issues and relatively few outreach activities related to deer. No parks with young deer issues and many deer outreach activities were identified. This study will focus on residents of communities near these parks, using a mail-back survey to describe and understand their opinions and experiences related to the role of parks in deer and other wildlife management, their understanding of deer issues and ways to address them in parks, and the influence of public input in wildlife management in parks. Follow-up telephone interviews with nonrespondents (up to 100 per park) will be conducted to assess non-response bias. This information will assist park staff in improving communication with the public in the event that these parks consider managing impacts related to deer in the future. However, any formal management that is considered will be subject to public input requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4231 et seq.). Therefore, research associated with this study should not be considered equivalent to public scoping related to a NEPA process. In addition, insights from this study will enhance NPS ability to respond to other natural resource management issues that involve local communities. Comments are invited on: (1) The practical utility of the information being gathered; (2) the accuracy of the burden hour estimate; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways to minimize the burden to respondents, including use of automated information collection techniques or other forms of information technology. Automated data collection: This information will be primarily collected via mail-back questionnaire. Telephone interviews will be conducted with a small number of non-respondents to the mail survey. No automated data collection will take place. Description of respondents: Residents of communities near: the Potomac Gorge area of Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park; Fire Island National Seashore; Morristown National Historical Park; Prince William National Historical Park; and Valley Forge National Historical Park. Estimated average number of respondents: 2,500 (2,000 respondents for mail survey; 500 respondents for telephone interviews). Estimated average number of responses: 2,500 (2,000 respondents for E:\FR\FM\18SEN1.SGM 18SEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 180 / Monday, September 18, 2006 / Notices mail survey; 500 respondents for telephone interviews). Estimated average burden hours per response: 1⁄3 hour for mail survey respondents; 1⁄12 hour for follow-up telephone interview respondents. Frequency of Response: 1 time per respondent. Estimated annual reporting burden: 709 hours. Dated: September 7, 2006. Leonard E. Stowe, NPS, Information Collection Clearance Officer. [FR Doc. 06–7719 Filed 9–15–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–52–M DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR National Park Service Legislative Environmental Impact Statement on Gull Egg Harvest by the Huna Tlingit in Glacier Bay National Park National Park Service, Interior. Notice of intent to prepare a Legislative Environmental Impact Statement. AGENCY: cprice-sewell on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES ACTION: SUMMARY: The National Park Service (NPS) is preparing a Legislative Environmental Impact Statement (LEIS) on the potential harvest of gull eggs by the Huna Tlingit in Glacier Bay National Park. The purpose of the LEIS is to respond to Section 4 of the Glacier Bay National Park Resource Management Act of 1999 (Pub. L. 106–455) which requires the Secretary of Interior, in consultation with local residents, to assess whether sea gull eggs can be collected in the park on a limited basis without impairing the biological sustainability of the gull population in the park. The Act further requires that if the study determines that the limited collection of sea gull eggs can occur without impairing the biological sustainability of the gull population in the park, the Secretary shall submit recommendations for legislation to Congress. The proposed action alternative will include harvesting glaucous-winged gull (Larus glaucescens) eggs by tribal members of the Hoonah Indian Association (HIA) under a traditional harvest strategy cooperatively produced by NPS and HIA The traditional harvest strategy would outline the methods by which eggs could be harvested, harvest limits, and monitoring actions that would be implemented to ensure that park purposes and values would remain unimpaired. A second alternative will consider more limited egg harvest VerDate Aug<31>2005 14:48 Sep 15, 2006 Jkt 208001 opportunities. A no action alternative, which would continue to preclude egg harvest throughout the park will also be included in the LEIS. Scoping: The National Park Service seeks input from interested groups, organizations, individuals and government agencies. Written and verbal scoping comments are being solicited. Further information on this LEIS process is available by contacting the National Park Service at Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. Our practice is to make comments, including names, home addresses, home phone numbers, and email addresses of respondents, available for public review. Individual respondents may request that we withhold their names and/or home addresses, etc., but if you wish us to consider withholding this information you must state this prominently at the beginning of your comments. In addition, you must present a rationale for withholding this information. This rationale must demonstrate that disclosure would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of privacy. Unsupported assertions will not meet this burden. In the absence of exceptional, documentable circumstances, this information will be released. We will always make submissions from organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or businesses, available for public inspection in their entirety. The LEIS is being prepared in accordance with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4331 et seq.) and its implementing regulations at 40 CFR part 1500 and the process for proposals for legislation (40 CFR 1506.8). DATES: Comments concerning the scope of this project should be received on or before November 17, 2006. The draft LEIS is projected to be available in early 2007. Submit electronic comments to https://parkplanning.nps.gov. Written comments may be mailed to the address provided below. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Beth Moss, Project Manager, Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, P.O. Box 140, Gustavus, AK 99826. Telephone (907) 945–3545 x31, Fax (907) 945–3703. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Glacier Bay National Park is the traditional homeland of the Huna Tlingit people. The Huna Tlingit harvested eggs at gull rookeries in Glacier Bay, including the large nesting site on South Marble Island, prior to the park being PO 00000 Frm 00080 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 54687 established in 1925. Until recently, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act prohibited the harvest of gull eggs, and by statute and NPS regulations, harvest is still precluded within park boundaries. Legislation is necessary to authorize the collection of sea gull eggs in the park, and regulations would need to be promulgated to implement the gull egg collection program in accordance with the provisions of Section 4 of Pub. L. 106–455. Dated: August 9, 2006. Victor Knox, Acting Regional Director, Alaska. [FR Doc. 06–7716 Filed 9–15–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–HX–M DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision for the Environmental Impact Statement on the South Denali Implementation Plan, Denali National Park and Preserve, AK National Park Service, Interior. Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision for the Environmental Impact Statement on the South Denali Implementation Plan. AGENCY: ACTION: SUMMARY: The National Park Service (NPS) announces the availability of the Record of Decision (ROD) for the Environmental Impact Statement on the South Denali Implementation Plan, Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska. This Record of Decision documents the decision by the NPS, in cooperation with the State of Alaska and MatanuskaSusitna Borough to adopt the South Denali Implementation Plan. The Final South Denali Implementation Plan and Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) was prepared cooperatively by the National Park Service, the State of Alaska, and the Matanuska-Susitna Borough to provide specific direction for expanded visitor facilities and recreational opportunities in the South Denali region until 2021. South Denali is defined to include the local communities, the Petersville Road corridor, the western section of Denali State Park, the northern part of the Peters Hills, lands east of the Peters Hills to the eastern boundary of Denali State Park, and the Parks Highway corridor from Rabideaux Creek north through the state park. The NPS selected Alternative C, as described in the FEIS. Of the two action alternatives, this alternative best meets the objectives of the plan for resource E:\FR\FM\18SEN1.SGM 18SEN1

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


60-Day Notice of Intention To Request Clearance of Collection of 
Information; Opportunity for Public Comment

AGENCY: Department of the Interior, National Park Service.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: Under provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and 5 
CFR Part 1320, Reporting and Record Keeping Requirements, the NPS 
invites comments on the need for gathering the information in the 
proposed survey (OMB 1024-XXXX).

DATES: Public comments will be accepted on or before November 17, 2006.

ADDRESSES: Send Comments to: Kirsten M. Leong, NPS SCEP Student, 
Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University, 306 Fernow Hall, 
Ithaca, NY 14853; Phone: 607-255-4136; e-mail: kml47@cornell.edu.
    To Request a Draft of Proposed Collection of Information Contact: 
Kirsten M. Leong, NPS SCEP Student, Department of Natural Resources, 
Cornell University, 306 Fernow Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853; Phone: 607-255-
4136; e-mail: kml47@cornell.edu.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Margaret Wild, Biological Resource 
Management Division, 1201 Oakridge Dr., Suite 200, Fort Collins, CO 
80525; Phone: 970-225-3593; e-mail: Margaret--Wild@nps.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: Identifying Capacity for Local 
Community Participation in Wildlife Management Planning: White-tailed 
Deer in Northeastern NPS Units.
    Bureau Form Number: None.
    OMB Number: To be requested.
    Expiration Date: To be requested.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Description of Need: NPS and DOI policies have begun to place more 
emphasis on civic engagement and public participation in park 
management (NPS Director's Order 75A), as well as communication and 
collaboration with local communities (NPS Director's Order 52A. 
Discussions with NPS natural resource managers indicate a need for 
tools to better understand local community residents and ways to engage 
them in management and planning, especially in situations where local 
communities may be impacted by NPS management decisions.
    Biological studies have been conducted on white-tailed deer 
(Odocoileus virginianus) in park units of the northeastern U.S. for 
over two decades to determine deer population density, movement, and 
impact on park resources. Because deer biology has been relatively 
well-studied in parks, management issues related to deer were chosen as 
a model system to study the ways in which input from local stakeholders 
can affect wildlife management planning. Five sites were chosen to 
represent various stages of deer-issue maturity and amount of outreach 
efforts related to these issues: The Potomac Gorge area of Chesapeake 
and Ohio Canal National Historical Park; Fire Island National Seashore; 
Morristown National Historical Park; Prince William Forest Park; and 
Valley Forge National Historical Park. Fire Island National Seashore is 
the only park identified with a long history of deer issues and 
experience with deer outreach activities. Valley Forge National 
Historical Park and Morristown National Historical Park represent parks 
with a long history of deer issues and limited deer outreach 
activities. Prince William Forest Park and Chesapeake and Ohio National 
Historical Park (Potomac Gorge area) represent parks with relatively 
young deer issues and relatively few outreach activities related to 
deer. No parks with young deer issues and many deer outreach activities 
were identified.
    This study will focus on residents of communities near these parks, 
using a mail-back survey to describe and understand their opinions and 
experiences related to the role of parks in deer and other wildlife 
management, their understanding of deer issues and ways to address them 
in parks, and the influence of public input in wildlife management in 
parks. Follow-up telephone interviews with non-respondents (up to 100 
per park) will be conducted to assess non-response bias. This 
information will assist park staff in improving communication with the 
public in the event that these parks consider managing impacts related 
to deer in the future. However, any formal management that is 
considered will be subject to public input requirements of the National 
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4231 et seq.). Therefore, 
research associated with this study should not be considered equivalent 
to public scoping related to a NEPA process. In addition, insights from 
this study will enhance NPS ability to respond to other natural 
resource management issues that involve local communities. Comments are 
invited on: (1) The practical utility of the information being 
gathered; (2) the accuracy of the burden hour estimate; (3) ways to 
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be 
collected; and (4) ways to minimize the burden to respondents, 
including use of automated information collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology.
    Automated data collection: This information will be primarily 
collected via mail-back questionnaire. Telephone interviews will be 
conducted with a small number of non-respondents to the mail survey. No 
automated data collection will take place.
    Description of respondents: Residents of communities near: the 
Potomac Gorge area of Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical 
Park; Fire Island National Seashore; Morristown National Historical 
Park; Prince William National Historical Park; and Valley Forge 
National Historical Park.
    Estimated average number of respondents: 2,500 (2,000 respondents 
for mail survey; 500 respondents for telephone interviews).
    Estimated average number of responses: 2,500 (2,000 respondents for

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mail survey; 500 respondents for telephone interviews).
    Estimated average burden hours per response: \1/3\ hour for mail 
survey respondents; \1/12\ hour for follow-up telephone interview 
respondents.
    Frequency of Response: 1 time per respondent.
    Estimated annual reporting burden: 709 hours.

    Dated: September 7, 2006.
Leonard E. Stowe,
NPS, Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 06-7719 Filed 9-15-06; 8:45 am]
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