Information Collection; Prince William Sound User Experience Survey, 61857-61858 [E7-21515]
Download as PDF
<![CDATA[
Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 211 / Thursday, November 1, 2007 / Notices
Comments are invited on:
(1) Whether this collection
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) The accuracy of the agency’s
estimate of burden, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) Ways to minimize the burden of
the collection of the information on
those who are to respond, including the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
All comments received in response to
this notice, including names and
addresses when provided, will be a
matter of public records. Comments will
be summarized and included in the
submission for Office of Management
and Budget approval.
Signed at Washington, DC, on October 26,
2007.
John A. Johnson,
Acting Administrator, Farm Service Agency.
[FR Doc. E7–21478 Filed 10–31–07; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410–05–P
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Information Collection; Prince William
Sound User Experience Survey
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice; request for comment.
AGENCY:
mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES
ACTION:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Forest Service is seeking comments
from all interested individuals and
organizations on the new information
collection: Prince William Sound User
Experience Survey.
DATES: Comments must be received in
writing on or before December 31, 2007
to be assured of consideration.
Comments received after that date will
be considered to the extent practicable.
ADDRESSES: Comments concerning this
notice should be addressed to Sara
Boario or Aaron Poe, Glacier Ranger
District, Chugach National Forest, Forest
Service, USDA, P.O. Box 129 Forest
Station Road, Girdwood, AK 99587
Comments also may be submitted via
facsimile to (907) 783–2094 or by e-mail
to: sboario@fs.fed.us and
apoe@fs.fed.us.
The public may inspect comments
received at Glacier Ranger District, 145
VerDate Aug<31>2005
19:40 Oct 31, 2007
Jkt 214001
Forest Station Road, Girdwood, Alaska,
during normal business hours; 0800–
1700 Monday through Friday. Visitors
are encouraged to call ahead to (907)
783–3242 to facilitate entry to the
building.
Sara
Boario and Aaron Poe at (907) 783–
3242. Individuals who use TDD may
call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at
1–800–877–8339, 24 hours a day, every
day of the year, including holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Prince William Sound User
Experience Survey.
OMB Number: 0596–New.
Type of Request: New.
Abstract: In 1989, Prince William
Sound (PWS), the heart of the Chugach
National Forest (CNF), was severely
impacted by the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
(EVOS). In the aftermath of the spill,
federal and state trustees were awarded
criminal and civil restitution funds to
help with the recovery (and the
evaluation of the recovery) of injured
resources and human services,
including the recreation/tourism service
(still listed as ‘‘recovering’’). For the
current list of injured resources and
human services, please visit the Exxon
Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council:
https://www.evostc.state.ak.us/
Publications/injuredresources.cfm.
The CNF, as the major land-owning
federal trustee in PWS, is required and
committed to playing an important role
in the recovery process. One area that
has received less attention by
researchers in the past, and is of critical
importance to the CNF managers today,
is the distribution, behavior and
experience of human users throughout
the PWS and its impact on EVOS
injured resources and human services.
Human use in the PWS is increasing,
and there is growing concern that
increased competition and rapid growth
in commercial and independent human
use may be threatening EVOS injured
resources and human services.
The Prince William Sound User
Experience Survey, along with an
associated recreation behavior
simulation (funded by EVOS federal
criminal restitution dollars) will add
critical depth to the few existing PWS
human use studies by describing the
exact nature of user-resource
experiences in the PWS, and evaluating
the potential for conflict among user
groups and displacement due to
lingering oil.
Both user experience and conflicts
between user groups have significant
implications for injured resources and
human services recovery. This
information is required to make
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
PO 00000
Frm 00003
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
61857
predictions about changing dynamics of
human use distribution and intensity.
Such predictive power is needed to gain
an understanding of the spatial and
temporal patterns of recreation/tourism
human use relative to EVOS impacted
resources and services. The results will
inform recovery and restoration
activities which have been undertaken
by both the EVOS trustees and local
resource managers relative to current
and projected levels of human use. It
also provides an excellent opportunity
to assess the recovery of the recreation/
tourism human service, injured and
redistributed by the EVOS and still
listed as ‘‘recovering’’ by the Trustee
Council, and whether or how CNF
managers can further enhance its
recovery.
PWS recreation users will be
contacted at harbors in three
communities: Whittier, Cordova, and
Valdez prior to embarking on their trips.
They will be asked to complete a
questionnaire during their trip and
return it in a self-addressed and
stamped envelope. The information will
be collected by Forest Service
employees and contractors for the
University of Arizona.
Data collection efforts will consist of
a mapped description (trip diary) of the
trip completed; the numbers and types
of encounters respondents had with
other users during the trip; and user
perceptions about experiences relative
to expectations prior to the trip.
Additionally, limited categorical
information will be collected about the
mode of transportation and preferred
recreation activity in the PWS.
This information will be used to
characterize recreation users to the area,
as well as experiences of individuals
regarding encounters with other human
uses. The data will be used by managers
to determine use patterns for the PWS,
giving decision makers insight into the
recovery of injured resources and
human services, which were
redistributed around the PWS in the
aftermath of EVOS. This data will
provide managers with the ability to
protect and restore EVOS injured
resources and human services during a
time of increasing human use in the
PWS.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 20
minutes.
Type of Respondents: Individuals.
Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 500.
Estimated Annual Number of
Responses per Respondent: One.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 167 hours.
Comment is invited on: (1) Whether
this collection of information is
E:\FR\FM\01NON1.SGM
01NON1
61858
Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 211 / Thursday, November 1, 2007 / Notices
necessary for the stated purposes and
the proper performance of the functions
of the agency, including whether the
information will have practical or
scientific utility; (2) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (4)
ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on
respondents, including the use of
automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology.
All comments received in response to
this notice, including names and
addresses when provided, will be a
matter of public record. Comments will
be summarized and included in the
request for Office of Management and
Budget approval.
Dated: October 25, 2007.
C.L. Newman, Jr.,
Acting Deputy Chief, NFS.
[FR Doc. E7–21515 Filed 10–31–07; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410–11–P
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Notice of Proposed Fee Change;
Federal Lands Recreation
Enhancement Act (Title VIII, Pub. L.
108–447)
USDA Forest Service.
Notice of proposed fee change.
AGENCY:
mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Begich, Boggs Visitor
Center, located within the Chugach
National Forest in Alaska will change
the fee it charges after consideration of
public comments. New fees are to begin
on Memorial Day Weekend 2008. The
increased fee that it collects will help to
make up the shortfall in operations and
maintenance costs that it is
experiencing due to declining Federal
budgets and a change in fee authority.
The expanded fee program will allow
the visitor center to reopen its doors to
the public on weekends from October
through May, and to offer interpretive
presentations to the public during the
summer months, as well as upkeep the
center and its exhibits and audio-visual
programs and equipment. We are also
planning to charge facility use fees, as
outlined in our ‘‘Amended Business and
Communication Plan 2007,’’ for special
use of the visitor center. As a result we
are also seeking input from the public
on the fee structure for special facility
VerDate Aug<31>2005
19:40 Oct 31, 2007
Jkt 214001
use during the same comment period.
The special facility use fees will be a
part of the amended Recreation Fee
structure for the Begich, Boggs Visitor
Center and help us to meet our
operation and maintenance needs.
Currently the only fee charged at the
center is a fee for the movie ‘‘Voices
From the Ice.’’ The fee is currently $1
per person (age 16 and older). Starting
on Memorial Day Weekend 2008, we
propose to charge a higher fee to all
visitors (age 16 and older). The
expanded fee will allow these visitors to
see the movie, visit the exhibits and
participate in any of our interpretive
walks and presentations offered. Those
people who do not pay for this
expanded standard amenity fee will be
able to use the restrooms, shop in the
Alaska Natural History Association
bookstore or ask questions of our staff at
the front desk.
DATES: Please submit comments on or
before January 2, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Lezlie Murray, Glacier
Ranger District, Chugach National
Forest, P.O. Box 129, Girdwood, AK
99587.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lezlie Murray, Visitor Center Director,
Begich, Boggs Visitor Center, (907) 754–
2316, llmurray01@fs.fed.us. https://
www.fs.fed.us/r10/chugach/
chugach_pages/bbvc.html.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Federal Recreation Lands Enhancement
Act (Title VII, Pub. L. 108–447) directed
the Secretary of Agriculture to publish
a six month advance notice in the
Federal Register whenever a change in
an established recreation fee is being
considered. The Recreation Fee
Program, authorized in Public Law 104–
134, is designed to fund federal
recreation facilities and services and
visitor center facilities and services
through user fees collected on the site.
The Begich, Boggs Visitor Center has
charged a fee for the movie through the
Fee Demo Program beginning in 1999,
and then through the Federal Recreation
Lands Enhancement Act when the Fee
Program was made permanent
beginning in 2005.
Dated: October 26, 2007.
Joe L. Meade,
Forest Supervisor.
[FR Doc. 07–5431 Filed 10–31–07; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410–11–M
COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS
Sunshine Act Notice
United States Commission on
Civil Rights.
AGENCY:
PO 00000
Frm 00004
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
ACTION:
Notice of briefing.
Friday, November 9,
2007; 9:30 a.m.
PLACE: U.S. Commission on Civil Rights,
624 Ninth Street, NW., Rm. 540,
Washington, DC 20425.
DATE AND TIME:
Briefing Agenda
Briefing on Minorities in Foster Care
and Adoption
I. Introductory Remarks by Chairman
II. Speakers’ Presentations
III. Questions by Commissioners and
Staff Director
IV. Adjourn
CONTACT PERSON FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION: Sock Foon MacDougall,
Press and Communications (202) 376–
8582.
Dated: October 30, 2007.
David Blackwood,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 07–5458 Filed 10–30–07; 1:05 pm]
BILLING CODE 6335–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–570–893]
Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp
from the People’s Republic of China:
Rescission of the Second
Administrative Review
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
EFFECTIVE DATE: November 1, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Quigley, AD/CVD Operations,
Office 9, Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W.,
Washington D.C. 20230; telephone:
(202) 482–4047.
AGENCY:
Background
On April 6, 2007, the Department of
Commerce (‘‘the Department’’)
published in the Federal Register a
notice of initiation listing 105 firms for
which it received timely requests for an
administrative review of this
antidumping duty order. See Notice of
Initiation of Administrative Reviews of
the Antidumping Duty Orders on
Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from
the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and
the People’s Republic of China, 72 FR
17095 (April 6, 2007). The period of
review (POR) is February 1, 2006,
through January 31, 2007.
On July 5, 2007, the Louisiana Shrimp
Association (‘‘LSA’’) withdrew its
E:\FR\FM\01NON1.SGM
01NON1
]]>Agencies
[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 211 (Thursday, November 1, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61857-61858]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-21515]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Information Collection; Prince William Sound User Experience
Survey
AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice; request for comment.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Forest Service is seeking comments from all interested individuals and
organizations on the new information collection: Prince William Sound
User Experience Survey.
DATES: Comments must be received in writing on or before December 31,
2007 to be assured of consideration. Comments received after that date
will be considered to the extent practicable.
ADDRESSES: Comments concerning this notice should be addressed to Sara
Boario or Aaron Poe, Glacier Ranger District, Chugach National Forest,
Forest Service, USDA, P.O. Box 129 Forest Station Road, Girdwood, AK
99587
Comments also may be submitted via facsimile to (907) 783-2094 or
by e-mail to: sboario@fs.fed.us and apoe@fs.fed.us.
The public may inspect comments received at Glacier Ranger
District, 145 Forest Station Road, Girdwood, Alaska, during normal
business hours; 0800-1700 Monday through Friday. Visitors are
encouraged to call ahead to (907) 783-3242 to facilitate entry to the
building.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sara Boario and Aaron Poe at (907)
783-3242. Individuals who use TDD may call the Federal Relay Service
(FRS) at 1-800-877-8339, 24 hours a day, every day of the year,
including holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Prince William Sound User Experience Survey.
OMB Number: 0596-New.
Type of Request: New.
Abstract: In 1989, Prince William Sound (PWS), the heart of the
Chugach National Forest (CNF), was severely impacted by the Exxon
Valdez Oil Spill (EVOS). In the aftermath of the spill, federal and
state trustees were awarded criminal and civil restitution funds to
help with the recovery (and the evaluation of the recovery) of injured
resources and human services, including the recreation/tourism service
(still listed as ``recovering''). For the current list of injured
resources and human services, please visit the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
Trustee Council: https://www.evostc.state.ak.us/Publications/
injuredresources.cfm.
The CNF, as the major land-owning federal trustee in PWS, is
required and committed to playing an important role in the recovery
process. One area that has received less attention by researchers in
the past, and is of critical importance to the CNF managers today, is
the distribution, behavior and experience of human users throughout the
PWS and its impact on EVOS injured resources and human services. Human
use in the PWS is increasing, and there is growing concern that
increased competition and rapid growth in commercial and independent
human use may be threatening EVOS injured resources and human services.
The Prince William Sound User Experience Survey, along with an
associated recreation behavior simulation (funded by EVOS federal
criminal restitution dollars) will add critical depth to the few
existing PWS human use studies by describing the exact nature of user-
resource experiences in the PWS, and evaluating the potential for
conflict among user groups and displacement due to lingering oil.
Both user experience and conflicts between user groups have
significant implications for injured resources and human services
recovery. This information is required to make predictions about
changing dynamics of human use distribution and intensity. Such
predictive power is needed to gain an understanding of the spatial and
temporal patterns of recreation/tourism human use relative to EVOS
impacted resources and services. The results will inform recovery and
restoration activities which have been undertaken by both the EVOS
trustees and local resource managers relative to current and projected
levels of human use. It also provides an excellent opportunity to
assess the recovery of the recreation/tourism human service, injured
and redistributed by the EVOS and still listed as ``recovering'' by the
Trustee Council, and whether or how CNF managers can further enhance
its recovery.
PWS recreation users will be contacted at harbors in three
communities: Whittier, Cordova, and Valdez prior to embarking on their
trips. They will be asked to complete a questionnaire during their trip
and return it in a self-addressed and stamped envelope. The information
will be collected by Forest Service employees and contractors for the
University of Arizona.
Data collection efforts will consist of a mapped description (trip
diary) of the trip completed; the numbers and types of encounters
respondents had with other users during the trip; and user perceptions
about experiences relative to expectations prior to the trip.
Additionally, limited categorical information will be collected about
the mode of transportation and preferred recreation activity in the
PWS.
This information will be used to characterize recreation users to
the area, as well as experiences of individuals regarding encounters
with other human uses. The data will be used by managers to determine
use patterns for the PWS, giving decision makers insight into the
recovery of injured resources and human services, which were
redistributed around the PWS in the aftermath of EVOS. This data will
provide managers with the ability to protect and restore EVOS injured
resources and human services during a time of increasing human use in
the PWS.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 20 minutes.
Type of Respondents: Individuals.
Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 500.
Estimated Annual Number of Responses per Respondent: One.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 167 hours.
Comment is invited on: (1) Whether this collection of information
is
[[Page 61858]]
necessary for the stated purposes and the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including whether the information will have
practical or scientific utility; (2) the accuracy of the agency's
estimate of the burden of the collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected;
and (4) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on
respondents, including the use of automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
All comments received in response to this notice, including names
and addresses when provided, will be a matter of public record.
Comments will be summarized and included in the request for Office of
Management and Budget approval.
Dated: October 25, 2007.
C.L. Newman, Jr.,
Acting Deputy Chief, NFS.
[FR Doc. E7-21515 Filed 10-31-07; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410-11-P
