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successors or assigns, pursuant to the
Act of December 5, 1924 (43 Stat. 0672).
N–77816:
1. Valid and existing rights;
2. Right-of-way N–73694 for water
facility purposes granted to Clark
County Water Reclamation District, its
successors or assigns, pursuant to the
Act of October 21, 1976 (43 U.S.C.
1761);
3. Right-of-way N–74485 for water
facility purposes granted to Las Vegas
Valley Water Distict, its successors or
assigns, pursuant to the Act of October
21, 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1761);
4. Right-of-way N–75392 for oil and
gas pipeline purposes granted to
Southwest Gas Corp., its successors or
assigns, pursuant to the Act of February
25, 1920 (30 U.S.C. 185 sec. 28);
5. Right-of-way N–76755 for water
facility purposes granted to Clark
County, its successors or assigns,
pursuant to the Act of October 21, 1976
(43 U.S.C. 1761); and
6. Right-of-way N–81384 for water
facility purposes granted to Clark
County Water Reclamation District, its
successors or assigns, pursuant to the
Act of October 21, 1976 (43 U.S.C.
1761).
N–77818:
1. Valid and existing rights;
2. Right-of-way N–75246 for road
purposes granted to Clark County, its
successors or assigns, pursuant to the
Act of October 21, 1976 (43 U.S.C.
1761);
3. Right-of-way N–77199 for water
facility purposes granted to Clark
County Water Reclamation District, its
successors or assigns, pursuant to the
Act of October 21, 1976 (43 U.S.C.
1761);
4. Right-of-way N–77507 for water
facility purposes granted to Las Vegas
Valley Water District, its successors or
assigns, pursuant to the Act of October
21, 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1761);
5. Right-of-way N–77554 for
telephone line purposes granted to
Central Telephone Co., its successors or
assigns, pursuant to the Act of October
21, 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1761);
6. Right-of-way N–77845 for
transmission line purposes granted to
Nevada Power Co., its successors or
assigns, pursuant to the Act of October
21, 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1761);
7. Right-of-way N–77953 for oil and
gas pipeline purposes granted to
Southwest Gas Corp., its successors or
assigns, pursuant to the Act of February
25, 1920 (30 U.S.C. 185 sec. 28); and
8. Right-of-way N–78923 for drainage
facility purposes granted to Clark
County, its successors or assigns,
pursuant to the Act of October 21, 1976
(43 U.S.C. 1761).
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N–77819:
1. Valid and existing rights;
2. Right-of-way N–61873 for road
purposes granted to Clark County, its
successors or assigns, pursuant to the
Act of October 21, 1976 (43 U.S.C.
1761);
3. Right-of-way N–74322 for road
purposes granted to Clark County, its
successors or assigns, pursuant to the
Act of October 21, 1976 (43 U.S.C.
1761); and
4. Right-of-way N–77199 for water
facility purposes granted to Clark
County Water Reclamation District, its
successors or assigns, pursuant to the
Act of October 21, 1976 (43 U.S.C.
1761).
Additional detailed information
concerning this action is available for
review at the Bureau of Land
Management, Las Vegas Field Office, at
the above address.
On August 28, 2007, the above
described land will be segregated from
all other forms of appropriation under
the public land laws, including the
general mining laws, except for lease/
conveyance under the R&PP Act, leasing
under the mineral leasing laws, and
disposal under the mineral material
disposal laws.
Classification Comments: Interested
parties may submit comments involving
the suitability of the land for postal
facility sites. Comments on the
classification are restricted to whether
the land is physically suited for the
proposal, whether the use will
maximize the future use or uses of the
land, whether the use is consistent with
local planning and zoning, or if the use
is consistent with State and Federal
programs.
Application Comments: Interested
parties may submit comments regarding
the specific use proposed in the
application and plan of development,
whether the BLM followed proper
administrative procedures in reaching
the decision to lease/convey under the
R&PP Act, or any other factor not
directly related to the suitability of the
land for post offices.
Comments, including names and
addresses of respondents, will be
available for public review. Before
including your address, phone number,
e-mail address, or other personal
identifying information in your
comments, be advised 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. The BLM will make available for
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public review, in their entirety, all
comments submitted by businesses or
organizations, including comments by
individuals in their capacity as an
official or representative of a business or
organization. Any adverse comments
will be reviewed by the BLM Nevada
State Director, who may sustain, vacate,
or modify this realty action. In the
absence of any adverse comments, the
classification will become effective on
October 29, 2007. The lands will not be
available for lease/conveyance until
after the classification becomes
effective.
(Authority: 43 CFR part 2741)
Dated: August 17, 2007.
Kimber Liebhauser,
Acting Assistant Field Manager, Lands.
[FR Doc. E7–17007 Filed 8–27–07; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310–HC–P
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
30-Day Notice of Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget;
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
Recordkeeping Requirements, the
National Park Service (NPS) invites
public comments on a proposed new
collection of information (OMB #1024–
XXXX).
DATES: Public comments on this
Information Collection Request (ICR)
will be accepted on or before September
27, 2007.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
directly to the Desk Officer for the
Department of the Interior (OMB #1024–
XXXX), Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, OMB, by fax at 202/
395–6566, or by electronic mail at
oira_docket@omb.eop.gov. Please also
send a copy of your comments to
Patricia A. Taylor, University of
Wyoming, Department of Sociology/
Dept. 3293, 1000 E. University Ave.,
Laramie, Wyoming 82071; or via phone
at 307/766–6870; or via e-mail at
gaia@uwvo.edu.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
James Gramann, NPS Social Science
Program, 1201 I. St., NW., Washington,
DC 20005; or via phone at 202/513–
7189; or via e-mail at
James_Gramann@partner.nps.gov., or by
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fax at 979/845–4792. You are entitled to
a copy of the entire ICR package free-ofcharge.
Comments Received on the 60-Day
Federal Register Notice: The NPS
published a 60-Day Notice to solicit
public comments on this ICR in the
Federal Register on December 6, 206
(Vol. 71, 234, Page 70786–70787). The
comment period closed on February 5,
2007. After multiple notifications to
stakeholders requesting comments, the
NPS received five comments as a result
of the publication of this 60-Day Federal
Register Notice.
One respondent was concerned over
the number of surveys the NPS conducts
and the potential for bias in all surveys.
However, there is no duplication of
information with this study, as the
Comprehensive Survey of the American
Public is the one national survey that
focuses on issues of importance to the
NPS. Moreover, it is the only national
survey that contacts non-visitors to
National Park System units. In addition
to visitors, non-visitors comprise a
population of vital interest to the NPS.
Two of the respondents wanted to be
reassured that the results of the survey
would be communicated to them
directly (American Recreation Coalition
and National Parks Conservation
Association). One respondent suggest a
number of questions, which were, or are
now, part of the survey, with one
exception. America Outdoors suggested
a question on attitudes toward fees to
enter the park. This question is quite
‘‘layered’’ in that there are several
different kinds of fees (the annual parks
pass, the specific fee for one park,
additional access fees for special areas,
and passes for the disabled). Moreover,
the recent national survey for the
Departments of the Interior and
Agriculture for the Interagency America
the Beautiful Pass addressed these
issues only one year earlier. Therefore,
this question is not included in the 2007
NPS Comprehensive Survey. Finally,
the National Park Hospitality
Association was fundamentally
concerned with the ‘‘creation’’ of
resources such as soundscape, and
suggested that such questions be
removed from the survey. The General
Authorities Act of 1970 and the 1978
amendment to the Act known as the
Redwood amendment, as well as the
National Parks Omnibus Management
Act of 1998, contain the basis of the
NPS management policies on natural
resources, including soundscapes. The
soundscape management policy of the
NPS is detailed in section 4.9 of
‘‘Management Policies 2006’’ of the
NPS, which states (NPS 206:56) that
‘‘Using appropriate management
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planning, superintendents will identify
what levels and types of unnatural
sound constitute acceptable impacts on
park natural soundscapes.’’ This survey
will assist in that planning process.
SUPPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: 2007 National Park Service
Comprehensive Survey of the American
Public.
Bureau Form Number(s): 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 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
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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. In order to produce the best
survey possible, the NPS has been and
will continue to conduct development
work in the form of pre-testing,
cognitive interviews, and focus groups
to inform survey design.
The increase in the popularity of cell
phone calls into question the adequacy
of conventional land-line sampling
frames from which households are
selected through random digit dialing
(RDD). Looking to the future, survey
methodology will need a mechanism to
sample additional cell users. In this
survey, an add-on of a cell phone user
sample will form a benchmark to
compare sampling differences with the
RDD results. The cell suer sample will
be compared to the land-line sample,
looking at demographic characteristics
of respondents, park visitation rates,
and attitudinal variables. This
information is needed by NPS to
determine whether changes in measures
racked over time represent actual shifts
in knowledge, attitudes, or behavior or
are instead artifacts of differences in
responses between cell-only households
and households with land-lines.
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 sue of
automated information collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology. Before including your
address, phone number, e-mail address,
or other personal identifying
information in your comment, you
should be aware that your entire
comment—may be made publicly
available at any time. While you can ask
us in your foment to withhold your
personal identifying information from
public review, we cannot guarantee that
we will be able to do so.
Frequency of collection: Once.
Description of Respondent: United
States residents.
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Estimated average number of
respondents: 4042 per year (Final
Survey: 4,000; Developmental work:
focus = 12, cognitive interview = 12,
pre-test calling = 20).
Estimated average number of
responses: 4042 per year.
Estimated average time burden per
respondent: 4 hours per respondent
(Final Survey: 15 minutes/respondent;
Developmental work: focus group = 90
minutes/respondent, cognitive
interview = 120 minutes/respondent,
pre-test calling = 15 minutes/
respondent).
Frequency of response: 1 time per
respondent.
Estimated total annual reporting
burden: 1047 hours per year.
Dated: July 25, 2007.
Leonard E. Stowe,
NPS, Information Collection Clearance
Officer.
[FR Doc. 07–4204 Filed 8–27–07; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
30-Day Notice of Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget;
Opportunity for Public Comment
Department of the Interior,
National Park Service.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Under provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and 5
CFR Part 1320, Reporting and
Recordkeeping Requirements, the
National Park Service (NPS) invites
public comments on a proposed new
collection of information (OMB #1024–
XXXX).
DATES: Public comments on this
Information Collection Request (ICR)
will be accepted on or before September
27, 2007.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
directly to the Desk Officer for the
Department of the Interior (OMB #1024–
XXXX), Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, OMB, by fax at 202/
395–6566, or by electronic mail at
oira_docket@omb.eop.gov. Please also
send a copy of your comments to
Patricia A. Taylor, University of
Wyoming, Department of Sociology/
Dept. 3293; 1000 E. University Ave.,
Laramie, WY 82071; or via phone 307/
766–6870; or via e-mail at
gaia@uwvo.edu.
Dr.
James Gramann, NPS Social Science
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Program, 1201 ‘‘Eye’’ St., NW.,
Washington, DC 20005; or via phone
202/513–7189; or via e-mail at
James_Gramann@partner.nps.gov. You
are entitled to a copy of the entire ICR
package free-of-charge.
Comments Received on the 60-Day
FEDERAL REGISTER Notice: The NPS
published a 60-Day Notice to solicit
public comments on this ICR in the
Federal Register on December 6, 2006
(Vol. 71, No. 234, Page 70786–70787).
The comment period closed on February
5, 2007. After multiple notifications to
stakeholders requesting comments, the
NPS received five comments as a result
of the publication of this 60-Day Federal
Register Notice.
One respondent was concerned over
the number of surveys the NPS conducts
and the potential for bias in all surveys.
However, there is no duplication of
information with this study, as the
Comprehensive Survey of the American
Public is the only national survey that
focuses on issues of importance to the
NPS. Moreover, it is the only national
survey that contacts non-visitors to
National Park System units. In addition
to visitors, non-visitors comprise a
population of vital interest to the NPS.
Two of the respondents wanted to be
reassured that the results of the survey
would be communicated to them
directly (American Recreation Coalition
and National Parks Conservation
Association). One respondent suggested
a number of questions, which were, or
are now, part of the survey, with one
exception. America Outdoors suggested
a question on attitudes toward fees to
enter the park. This question is quite
‘‘layered’’ in that there are several
different kinds of fees (the annual parks
pass, the specific fee for one park,
additional access fees for special areas,
and passes for the disabled). Moreover,
the recent national survey for the
Departments of the Interior and
Agriculture for the Interagency America
the Beautiful Pass addressed these
issues only one year earlier. Therefore,
this question is not included in the 2007
NPS Comprehensive Survey. Finally,
the National Park Hospitality
Association was fundamentally
concerned with the ‘‘creation’’ of
resources such as soundscape, and
suggested that such questions be
removed from the survey. The General
Authorities Act of 1970 and the 1978
amendment to the Act known as the
Redwood amendment, as well as the
National Parks Omnibus Management
Act of 1998, contain the basis of the
NPS management policies on natural
resources, including soundscapes. The
soundscape management policy of the
NPS is detailed in section 4.9 of
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‘‘Management Policies 2006’’ of the
NPS, which states (NPS 2006:56) that
‘‘Using appropriate management
planning, superintendents will identify
what levels and types of unnatural
sound constitute acceptable impacts on
park natural soundscapes.’’ This survey
will assist in that planning process.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: 2007 National Park Service
Comprehensive Survey of the American
Public.
Bureau Form Number(s): 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
nonuse 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 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,
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
30-Day Notice of Submission to the Office of Management and
Budget; Opportunity for Public Comment
AGENCY: Department of the Interior, National Park Service.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: Under provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and 5
CFR Part 1320, Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements, the National
Park Service (NPS) invites public comments on a proposed new collection
of information (OMB 1024-XXXX).
DATES: Public comments on this Information Collection Request (ICR)
will be accepted on or before September 27, 2007.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments directly to the Desk Officer for the
Department of the Interior (OMB 1024-XXXX), Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs, OMB, by fax at 202/395-6566, or by
electronic mail at oira_docket@omb.eop.gov. Please also send a copy of
your comments to Patricia A. Taylor, University of Wyoming, Department
of Sociology/Dept. 3293, 1000 E. University Ave., Laramie, Wyoming
82071; or via phone at 307/766-6870; or via e-mail at gaia@uwvo.edu.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. James Gramann, NPS Social Science
Program, 1201 I. St., NW., Washington, DC 20005; or via phone at 202/
513-7189; or via e-mail at James--Gramann@partner.nps.gov., or by
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fax at 979/845-4792. You are entitled to a copy of the entire ICR
package free-of-charge.
Comments Received on the 60-Day Federal Register Notice: The NPS
published a 60-Day Notice to solicit public comments on this ICR in the
Federal Register on December 6, 206 (Vol. 71, 234, Page 70786-70787).
The comment period closed on February 5, 2007. After multiple
notifications to stakeholders requesting comments, the NPS received
five comments as a result of the publication of this 60-Day Federal
Register Notice.
One respondent was concerned over the number of surveys the NPS
conducts and the potential for bias in all surveys. However, there is
no duplication of information with this study, as the Comprehensive
Survey of the American Public is the one national survey that focuses
on issues of importance to the NPS. Moreover, it is the only national
survey that contacts non-visitors to National Park System units. In
addition to visitors, non-visitors comprise a population of vital
interest to the NPS. Two of the respondents wanted to be reassured that
the results of the survey would be communicated to them directly
(American Recreation Coalition and National Parks Conservation
Association). One respondent suggest a number of questions, which were,
or are now, part of the survey, with one exception. America Outdoors
suggested a question on attitudes toward fees to enter the park. This
question is quite ``layered'' in that there are several different kinds
of fees (the annual parks pass, the specific fee for one park,
additional access fees for special areas, and passes for the disabled).
Moreover, the recent national survey for the Departments of the
Interior and Agriculture for the Interagency America the Beautiful Pass
addressed these issues only one year earlier. Therefore, this question
is not included in the 2007 NPS Comprehensive Survey. Finally, the
National Park Hospitality Association was fundamentally concerned with
the ``creation'' of resources such as soundscape, and suggested that
such questions be removed from the survey. The General Authorities Act
of 1970 and the 1978 amendment to the Act known as the Redwood
amendment, as well as the National Parks Omnibus Management Act of
1998, contain the basis of the NPS management policies on natural
resources, including soundscapes. The soundscape management policy of
the NPS is detailed in section 4.9 of ``Management Policies 2006'' of
the NPS, which states (NPS 206:56) that ``Using appropriate management
planning, superintendents will identify what levels and types of
unnatural sound constitute acceptable impacts on park natural
soundscapes.'' This survey will assist in that planning process.
SUPPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: 2007 National Park Service Comprehensive Survey of the
American Public.
Bureau Form Number(s): 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. In order to produce the best
survey possible, the NPS has been and will continue to conduct
development work in the form of pre-testing, cognitive interviews, and
focus groups to inform survey design.
The increase in the popularity of cell phone calls into question
the adequacy of conventional land-line sampling frames from which
households are selected through random digit dialing (RDD). Looking to
the future, survey methodology will need a mechanism to sample
additional cell users. In this survey, an add-on of a cell phone user
sample will form a benchmark to compare sampling differences with the
RDD results. The cell suer sample will be compared to the land-line
sample, looking at demographic characteristics of respondents, park
visitation rates, and attitudinal variables. This information is needed
by NPS to determine whether changes in measures racked over time
represent actual shifts in knowledge, attitudes, or behavior or are
instead artifacts of differences in responses between cell-only
households and households with land-lines.
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 sue of automated information collection
techniques or other forms of information technology. Before including
your address, phone number, e-mail address, or other personal
identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your
entire comment--may be made publicly available at any time. While you
can ask us in your foment to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be
able to do so.
Frequency of collection: Once.
Description of Respondent: United States residents.
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Estimated average number of respondents: 4042 per year (Final
Survey: 4,000; Developmental work: focus = 12, cognitive interview =
12, pre-test calling = 20).
Estimated average number of responses: 4042 per year.
Estimated average time burden per respondent: 4 hours per
respondent (Final Survey: 15 minutes/respondent; Developmental work:
focus group = 90 minutes/respondent, cognitive interview = 120 minutes/
respondent, pre-test calling = 15 minutes/respondent).
Frequency of response: 1 time per respondent.
Estimated total annual reporting burden: 1047 hours per year.
Dated: July 25, 2007.
Leonard E. Stowe,
NPS, Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 07-4204 Filed 8-27-07; 8:45 am]
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