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Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 234 / Wednesday, December 6, 2006 / Notices
Dated: November 21, 2006.
Fred O’Ferrall,
Branch of Lands and Minerals Resources.
[FR Doc. E6–20586 Filed 12–5–06; 8:45 am]
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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
Department of the Interior,
National Park Service.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Under provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and 5
CFR Part 1320, Reporting and Record
Keeping Requirements, the National
Park Service (NPS) invites comments on
a proposed new collection of
information (OMB # 1024–XXXX).
DATES: Public comments will be
accepted on or before February 5, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Send Comments To: Patricia
A. Taylor, Ph.D. (Professor, Departments
of Statistics and Sociology, and WYSAC
Faculty Affiliate)—University of
Wyoming, Department of Sociology/
Dept. 3293 or Dept of Statistics/Dept.
3332, 1000 E. University Ave., Laramie,
Wyoming 82071; gaia@uwvo.edu; (307)
766–6870 (office direct line), (307) 766–
4229 (Statistics office).
To Request a Draft of Proposed
Collection of Information Contact:
Patricia A. Taylor, Ph.D. (Professor,
Departments of Statistics and Sociology,
and WYSAC Faculty Affiliate)—
University of Wyoming, Department of
Sociology/Dept. 3293 or Dept of
Statistics/Dept. 3332, 1000 E. University
Ave., Laramie, Wyoming 82071;
gaia@uwvo.edu; (307) 766–6870 (office
direct line), (307) 766–4229 (Statistics
office).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
James Gramann, Social Science
Program, National Park Service, 1201
Eye Street, NW (2300), Washington, DC
20005; Phone 202–513–7189; E-mail
igramann@tamu.edu
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: 2007 National Park Service
Comprehensive Survey of the American
Public.
Bureau Form Number: None.
OMB Number: To be requested.
Expiration Date: To be requested.
Type of Request: New collection.
Description of Need: The NPS
conducted its last comprehensive
survey of the American public in 2000.
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That survey provided valuable
information on patterns of use and nonuse of parks and on the demographic
characteristics of visitors and nonvisitors that have been used to inform
NPS decision-making. However, since
2000 many events and actions have
occurred with the potential to affect the
public’s knowledge, behavior, and
opinions regarding the NPS and the
National Park System. Examples include
the terrorist attacks of September 11,
2001, higher fuel prices, and several
catastrophic hurricanes and wildfires. In
addition, the U.S. population has aged
and become more racially and
ethnically diverse since the last
comprehensive survey. Although the
NPS and its research partners regularly
survey visitors to selected National Park
System units, these separate surveys
cannot be rolled up into a description of
visitors at the national and regional
levels, nor do they describe the
knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of
non-visitors and former visitors.
Furthermore, individual park visitor
surveys are not able to show trends in
the knowledge, opinions, and behavior
of the U.S. population over time. This
information is essential to informing
many important planning and
management decisions of the NPS,
ranging from visitor services, fee policy,
and resource management actions to
civic engagement and visitors and nonvisitors over time can also provide a
perspective on how national and
regional populations are changing in
their knowledge of the National Park
System and in their use of parks,
including leisure travel patterns,
perceived service quality, and
constraints to park visitation.
The method of information collection
for the 2007 survey will be a nationwide
telephone survey of households
conducted using a random-digit-dial
(RDD) telephone sample,
disproportionately stratified by the
seven NPS administrative regions
(including the states of Alaska and
Hawaii). In each of the seven regions,
500 completed interviews of about 15
minutes length will be obtained, for a
total of 3,500 completions.
The data collected from the
comprehensive survey will profile
patterns in visitation and non-visitation
to the National Park System. These
findings will be described in a national
technical report and in reports for each
of the seven NPS regions. Thematic
reports on specific policy and
management issues included in the
survey will be produced, and a
summary report tracking changes in key
variables between 2000 and 2007 will be
written.
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Response rates to telephone surveys
have been declining. Therefore, it is
probable that future NPS surveys of the
American public will shift from
telephone interviewing to a mail
response or to a combination of
response modes. Changes in response
mode from telephone to mail can affect
answers to survey questions. Because
the NPS comprehensive survey tracks
several ‘‘core’’ variables over time, it is
important to know if measured changes
in these variables are due to a switch in
response modes or to real changes in the
variables. To understand how response
mode affects answers to core questions,
the NPS will compare the telephone
mode of survey administration with a
paper and pencil self-administration.
This test will utilize an additional
sample of 4,000 listed mailing addresses
with associated phone numbers
(screened to eliminate numbers that
duplicate numbers in the RDD sample)
and randomly split in half.
A short-form questionnaire including
a few core variables from the full
survey, such as visitation patterns and
demographics, will be used for this test.
One-half of the sample will be
administered as a phone survey. The
other half will be sent a printed version
of the short-form questionnaire. The
project anticipates obtaining 1,000
completed questionnaires from each of
the two response modes, for an
additional 2,000 short interviews
beyond the 3,500 completed for the
main telephone survey. A report on
response-mode effects on survey
interviewing will be produced,
including mode effects on response
rates, non-response bias, the
demographic characteristics of
respondents, item non-response, and
substantive responses to core variables.
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. Before including your
address, phone number, e-mail address,
or other identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you can ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
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Automated data collection: This
information will be primarily collected
via telephone interviews. Some
information will be collected through
paper and pencil, self-administered
mail-back surveys. No automated data
collection will take place.
Description of respondents: Residents
of the United States of America in the
seven administrative regions of National
Park Service.
Estimated average number of
respondents: 5,500 (3,500 for the main
telephone survey and 2,000 for the
response-mode test).
Estimated average number of
responses: 5,500.
Estimated average burden hours per
response: 10 minutes.
Frequency of response: 1 time per
respondent.
Estimated annual reporting burden:
1,100 hours.
Dated: November 29, 2006.
Leonard E. Stowe,
NPS, Information Collection Clearance
Officer.
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE
COMMISSION
[Investigation Nos. 731–TA–873–875, 877–
880, and 882 (Review)]
Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar From
Belarus, China, Indonesia, Korea,
Latvia, Moldova, Poland, and Ukraine
United States International
Trade Commission.
ACTION: Scheduling of full five-year
reviews concerning the antidumping
duty orders on steel concrete reinforcing
bar from Belarus, China, Indonesia,
Korea, Latvia, Moldova, Poland, and
Ukraine.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Commission hereby gives
notice of the scheduling of full reviews
pursuant to section 751(c)(5) of the
Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1675(c)(5))
(the Act) to determine whether
revocation of the antidumping duty
orders on steel concrete reinforcing bar
from Belarus, China, Indonesia, Korea,
Latvia, Moldova, Poland, and Ukraine
would be likely to lead to continuation
or recurrence of material injury within
a reasonably foreseeable time. For
further information concerning the
conduct of these reviews and rules of
general application, consult the
Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure, part 201, subparts A through
E (19 CFR part 201), and part 207,
subparts A, D, E, and F (19 CFR part
207).
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Effective Date: Date of
Commission Approval of Action Jacket.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Olympia DeRosa Hand (202–205–3182),
Office of Investigations, U.S.
International Trade Commission, 500 E
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20436.
Hearing-impaired persons can obtain
information on this matter by contacting
the Commission’s TDD terminal on 202–
205–1810. Persons with mobility
impairments who will need special
assistance in gaining access to the
Commission should contact the Office
of the Secretary at 202–205–2000.
General information concerning the
Commission may also be obtained by
accessing its Internet server (https://
www.usitc.gov). The public record for
these reviews may be viewed on the
Commission’s electronic docket (EDIS)
at https://edis.usitc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background.—On November 6, 2006,
the Commission determined that
responses to its notice of institution of
the subject five-year reviews were such
that full reviews pursuant to section
751(c)(5) of the Act should proceed (71
FR 66974, November 17, 2006). A record
of the Commissioners’ votes, the
Commission’s statement on adequacy,
and any individual Commissioner’s
statements are available from the Office
of the Secretary and at the
Commission’s Web site.
Participation in the reviews and
public service list.—Persons, including
industrial users of the subject
merchandise and, if the merchandise is
sold at the retail level, representative
consumer organizations, wishing to
participate in these reviews as parties
must file an entry of appearance with
the Secretary to the Commission, as
provided in section 201.11 of the
Commission’s rules, by 45 days after
publication of this notice. A party that
filed a notice of appearance following
publication of the Commission’s notice
of institution of the reviews need not
file an additional notice of appearance.
The Secretary will maintain a public
service list containing the names and
addresses of all persons, or their
representatives, who are parties to the
reviews.
Limited disclosure of business
proprietary information (BPI) under an
administrative protective order (APO)
and BPI service list.—Pursuant to
section 207.7(a) of the Commission’s
rules, the Secretary will make BPI
gathered in these reviews available to
authorized applicants under the APO
issued in the reviews, provided that the
application is made by 45 days after
publication of this notice. Authorized
DATES:
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applicants must represent interested
parties, as defined by 19 U.S.C. 1677(9),
who are parties to the reviews. A party
granted access to BPI following
publication of the Commission’s notice
of institution of the reviews need not
reapply for such access. A separate
service list will be maintained by the
Secretary for those parties authorized to
receive BPI under the APO.
Staff report.—The prehearing staff
report in the reviews will be placed in
the nonpublic record on April 20, 2007,
and a public version will be issued
thereafter, pursuant to section 207.64 of
the Commission’s rules.
Hearing.—The Commission will hold
a hearing in connection with the
reviews beginning at 9:30 a.m. on May
10, 2007, at the U.S. International Trade
Commission Building. Requests to
appear at the hearing should be filed in
writing with the Secretary to the
Commission on or before May 1, 2007.
A nonparty who has testimony that may
aid the Commission’s deliberations may
request permission to present a short
statement at the hearing. All parties and
nonparties desiring to appear at the
hearing and make oral presentations
should attend a prehearing conference
to be held at 9:30 a.m. on May 3, 2007,
at the U.S. International Trade
Commission Building. Oral testimony
and written materials to be submitted at
the public hearing are governed by
sections 201.6(b)(2), 201.13(f), 207.24,
and 207.66 of the Commission’s rules.
Parties must submit any request to
present a portion of their hearing
testimony in camera no later than 7
business days prior to the date of the
hearing.
Written submissions.—Each party to
the reviews may submit a prehearing
brief to the Commission. Prehearing
briefs must conform with the provisions
of section 207.65 of the Commission’s
rules; the deadline for filing is May 1,
2007. Parties may also file written
testimony in connection with their
presentation at the hearing, as provided
in section 207.24 of the Commission’s
rules, and posthearing briefs, which
must conform with the provisions of
section 207.67 of the Commission’s
rules. The deadline for filing
posthearing briefs is May 22, 2007;
witness testimony must be filed no later
than three days before the hearing. In
addition, any person who has not
entered an appearance as a party to the
reviews may submit a written statement
of information pertinent to the subject of
the reviews on or before May 22, 2007.
On June 19, 2007, the Commission will
make available to parties all information
on which they have not had an
opportunity to comment. Parties may
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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 National
Park Service (NPS) invites comments on a proposed new collection of
information (OMB 1024-XXXX).
DATES: Public comments will be accepted on or before February 5, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Send Comments To: Patricia A. Taylor, Ph.D. (Professor,
Departments of Statistics and Sociology, and WYSAC Faculty Affiliate)--
University of Wyoming, Department of Sociology/Dept. 3293 or Dept of
Statistics/Dept. 3332, 1000 E. University Ave., Laramie, Wyoming 82071;
gaia@uwvo.edu; (307) 766-6870 (office direct line), (307) 766-4229
(Statistics office).
To Request a Draft of Proposed Collection of Information Contact:
Patricia A. Taylor, Ph.D. (Professor, Departments of Statistics and
Sociology, and WYSAC Faculty Affiliate)--University of Wyoming,
Department of Sociology/Dept. 3293 or Dept of Statistics/Dept. 3332,
1000 E. University Ave., Laramie, Wyoming 82071; gaia@uwvo.edu; (307)
766-6870 (office direct line), (307) 766-4229 (Statistics office).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Gramann, Social Science Program,
National Park Service, 1201 Eye Street, NW (2300), Washington, DC
20005; Phone 202-513-7189; E-mail igramann@tamu.edu
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: 2007 National Park Service Comprehensive Survey of the
American Public.
Bureau Form Number: None.
OMB Number: To be requested.
Expiration Date: To be requested.
Type of Request: New collection.
Description of Need: The NPS conducted its last comprehensive
survey of the American public in 2000. That survey provided valuable
information on patterns of use and non-use of parks and on the
demographic characteristics of visitors and non-visitors that have been
used to inform NPS decision-making. However, since 2000 many events and
actions have occurred with the potential to affect the public's
knowledge, behavior, and opinions regarding the NPS and the National
Park System. Examples include the terrorist attacks of September 11,
2001, higher fuel prices, and several catastrophic hurricanes and
wildfires. In addition, the U.S. population has aged and become more
racially and ethnically diverse since the last comprehensive survey.
Although the NPS and its research partners regularly survey visitors to
selected National Park System units, these separate surveys cannot be
rolled up into a description of visitors at the national and regional
levels, nor do they describe the knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of
non-visitors and former visitors. Furthermore, individual park visitor
surveys are not able to show trends in the knowledge, opinions, and
behavior of the U.S. population over time. This information is
essential to informing many important planning and management decisions
of the NPS, ranging from visitor services, fee policy, and resource
management actions to civic engagement and visitors and non-visitors
over time can also provide a perspective on how national and regional
populations are changing in their knowledge of the National Park System
and in their use of parks, including leisure travel patterns, perceived
service quality, and constraints to park visitation.
The method of information collection for the 2007 survey will be a
nationwide telephone survey of households conducted using a random-
digit-dial (RDD) telephone sample, disproportionately stratified by the
seven NPS administrative regions (including the states of Alaska and
Hawaii). In each of the seven regions, 500 completed interviews of
about 15 minutes length will be obtained, for a total of 3,500
completions.
The data collected from the comprehensive survey will profile
patterns in visitation and non-visitation to the National Park System.
These findings will be described in a national technical report and in
reports for each of the seven NPS regions. Thematic reports on specific
policy and management issues included in the survey will be produced,
and a summary report tracking changes in key variables between 2000 and
2007 will be written.
Response rates to telephone surveys have been declining. Therefore,
it is probable that future NPS surveys of the American public will
shift from telephone interviewing to a mail response or to a
combination of response modes. Changes in response mode from telephone
to mail can affect answers to survey questions. Because the NPS
comprehensive survey tracks several ``core'' variables over time, it is
important to know if measured changes in these variables are due to a
switch in response modes or to real changes in the variables. To
understand how response mode affects answers to core questions, the NPS
will compare the telephone mode of survey administration with a paper
and pencil self-administration. This test will utilize an additional
sample of 4,000 listed mailing addresses with associated phone numbers
(screened to eliminate numbers that duplicate numbers in the RDD
sample) and randomly split in half.
A short-form questionnaire including a few core variables from the
full survey, such as visitation patterns and demographics, will be used
for this test. One-half of the sample will be administered as a phone
survey. The other half will be sent a printed version of the short-form
questionnaire. The project anticipates obtaining 1,000 completed
questionnaires from each of the two response modes, for an additional
2,000 short interviews beyond the 3,500 completed for the main
telephone survey. A report on response-mode effects on survey
interviewing will be produced, including mode effects on response
rates, non-response bias, the demographic characteristics of
respondents, item non-response, and substantive responses to core
variables.
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. Before including
your address, phone number, e-mail address, or other identifying
information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire
comment--including your personal identifying information--may be made
publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to
withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.
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Automated data collection: This information will be primarily
collected via telephone interviews. Some information will be collected
through paper and pencil, self-administered mail-back surveys. No
automated data collection will take place.
Description of respondents: Residents of the United States of
America in the seven administrative regions of National Park Service.
Estimated average number of respondents: 5,500 (3,500 for the main
telephone survey and 2,000 for the response-mode test).
Estimated average number of responses: 5,500.
Estimated average burden hours per response: 10 minutes.
Frequency of response: 1 time per respondent.
Estimated annual reporting burden: 1,100 hours.
Dated: November 29, 2006.
Leonard E. Stowe,
NPS, Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 06-9538 Filed 12-5-06; 8:45 am]
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