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Alternative B: Provide a high level of
environmental protection for wildlife
habitat and other resource values, while
allowing the production of resource
commodities.
Alternative C: Maximize the
production of resource commodities
while providing an adequate level of
environmental protection for other
resources.
Alternative D: (BLM’s Preferred
Alternative): Optimize the mix of
resource outputs, including production
of resource commodities and wildlife
habitat, while providing enhancement
of environmental protection for all
resources.
The key issues addressed by the
alternatives are: (1) Development of
domestic energy sources, including
wind power; (2) off highway vehicle/
snowmobile use and outdoor recreation;
(3) National Historic Trails and cultural
resources management; (4) management
of wildlife habitat, including special
status plant and animal species; (5)
special management designations; and
(6) travel management planning.
The Draft RMP/EIS included analysis
of nine new areas proposed for
consideration as Areas of Critical
Environmental Concern (ACEC). The
BLM found that these areas meet
relevance and importance criteria as set
forth in 43 CFR 1610.7–2, and the
impacts of including these proposed
ACECs were analyzed as part of the
alternatives in the Draft RMP/EIS.
With Alternative D (BLM Preferred
Alternative), the BLM proposes to
establish the Bridger Butte ACEC (727
acres); Special status plant species
ACEC (907 acres); and Cushion plant
community ACEC (61 acres); and retain
the Raymond Mountain ACEC (13,926
acres).
In addition, in Alternative D, the BLM
analyzed the effects of opening 3,963
acres for consideration of future coal
leasing. The proposed coal lease area is
situated in T. 17 N., R. 117 W., Section
18, 20, 30, and 32; T. 16 N., R. 118 W.,
Section 2; 17 N., R. 118 W., Section 24.
Comments on the Draft RMP/EIS
received from the public and internal
BLM review were incorporated as
appropriate into the proposed plan.
After careful consideration of the
comments received, adjustment and
clarifications were made to Alternative
D, BLM’s Preferred Alternative. As
modified, Alternative D is now
presented as the Proposed Kemmerer
RMP in the PRMP/FEIS. The Proposed
Kemmerer RMP would provide
comprehensive, long-range decisions for
the use and management of resources in
the planning area administered by the
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BLM and focus on the principles of
multiple use and sustained yield.
Instructions for filing a protest with
the Director of the BLM regarding the
PRMP/FEIS may be found in the Dear
Reader Letter of the Kemmerer PRMP/
FEIS and at 43 CFR 1610.5–2. E-mailed
and faxed protests will not be accepted
as valid protests unless the protesting
party also provides the original letter by
either regular or overnight mail
postmarked by the close of the protest
period. Under these conditions, the
BLM will consider the e-mailed or faxed
protest as an advance copy and it will
receive full consideration. If you wish to
provide the BLM with such advance
notification, please direct faxed protests
to the attention of the BLM protest
coordinator at 202–452–5112, and emails to Brenda_HudgensWilliams@blm.gov. All protests,
including the follow-up letter (if emailing or faxing) must be in writing
and mailed to the appropriate address,
as set forth in the ADDRESSES section
above. Before including your address,
phone number, e-mail address, or other
personal identifying information in your
protest, you should be aware that your
entire protest—including your personal
identifying information—may be made
publicly available at any time. While
you can ask us in your protest to
withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Martin G. Griffith,
Acting State Director.
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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 the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and 5
CFR Part 1320, Reporting and Record
Keeping Requirements, the National
Park Service (NPS) invites public
comments on a proposed new collection
of information (1024-xxxx).
DATES: Public comments will be
accepted on the proposed Information
Collection Request (ICR) on or before
October 21, 2008.
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Send comments to:
Margaret Littlejohn; Park Studies Unit,
College of Natural Resources, University
of Idaho; P.O. Box 441139, Moscow,
Idaho 83844–1139; or via phone at 208/
885–7863; or via fax at 208/885–4261; or
via e-mail at littlej@uidaho.edu. Also,
you may send comments to Leonard E.
Stowe, NPS Information Collection
Clearance Officer, 1849 C St., NW.,
(2605), Washington, DC 20240; or via email at leonard stowe@nps.gov. All
responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approval. All comments
will become a matter of public record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
James Gramann, NPS Social Science
Program, 1201 ‘‘Eye’’ St., Washington,
DC 20005; or via phone at 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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Programmatic Approval for the
National Park Service Visitor Services
Project
Bureau Form Number: None
OMB Number: To be requested.
Expiration Date: To be requested.
Type of Request: New collection.
Description of Need: The National
Park Service (NPS) relies on accurate
information concerning park visitors to
inform planning and management
aimed at better serving the visiting
public. The NPS collects information on
visitors’ characteristics, opinions,
preferences, and trip expenditures by
means of visitor surveys, including
those conducted by the NPS Visitor
Services Project (VSP). Each year, the
VSP completes up to 18 visitor surveys
and focus groups in individual units of
the National Park System. The NPS
currently has a programmatic approval
for NPS-sponsored public surveys
(1024–0224). This programmatic
approval has resulted in dramatic
improvements in the agency’s ability to
conduct social science research in and
around NPS units. The proposed VSP
Programmatic Approval would extend
these benefits by allowing this relatively
homogeneous subset of information
collections to go through its own review
process. This will reduce the time that
it takes for VSP information collections
to be reviewed and fielded, benefiting
parks that depend on VSPs to collect
timely and accurate data from visitors
for planning and management purposes.
The VSP conducts site-specific
information collections, including indepth visitor surveys and focus groups,
at up to 18 parks per year. These studies
ADDRESSES:
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are similar in terms of the populations
contacted, the types of questions asked,
and the research methods employed.
Due to these similarities, the NPS is
proposing to the OMB an alternative
approach to complying with the
Paperwork Reduction Act by allowing
individual VSP information collection
requests to be submitted to OMB under
the proposed Programmatic Approval.
Implementation of this proposal will
lead to less time involved in creating
submissions for individual VSP
collections and decreased review times
for studies submitted under the
Programmatic Approval. The obligation
to respond is voluntary.
Automated data collection: This
information will be collected via mailback surveys or standard focus group
protocols. No automated data collection
will take place.
Description of respondents: A sample
of visitors to parks and/or residents of
communities near parks.
Estimated average number of
respondents: The program does not
identify the number of respondents
because that number will differ in each
information collection, depending on
the purpose and design of the project.
Estimated average number of
responses: The program does not
identify the number of responses
because that number will differ in each
information collection. For most
projects, respondents will be asked to
respond only one time. In those cases,
the number of responses will be the
same as the number of respondents.
Estimated average burden hours per
response: Completion times for
individual visitor surveys conducted by
the VSP average around 20 minutes per
respondent. Average contact times are
one minute per contact. Focus groups
average two hours in length.
Frequency of Response: 1 time per
respondent.
Estimated total annual reporting
burden: The program identifies the
requested total number of burden hours
annually for all information collections
to be 10,000 burden hours per year. The
total annual burden per project for most
studies conducted under the auspices of
this program will be within the range of
100 to 900 burden hours.
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 hour to
respondents, including use of
automated information techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Before including your address, phone
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number, e-mail address, or other
personal identifying information in your
comment—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.
Dated: August 7, 2008.
Leonard E. Stowe,
NPS, Information Collection Clearance
Officer.
[FR Doc. E8–19427 Filed 8–21–08; 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 the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and 5
CFR Part 1320, Reporting and Record
Keeping Requirements, the National
Park Service (NPS) invites public
comments on a proposed new collection
of information (1024–xxxx).
DATES: Public comments will be
accepted on the proposed Information
Collection Request (ICR) on or before
October 21, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to: Tatjana
Rosen, School of Forestry and
Environmental Studies, Yale University,
205 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT
06511; or via e-mail at
Tatjana.Rosen@yale.edu. Also, you may
send comments to Leonard E. Stowe,
NPS Information Collection Clearance
Officer, 1849 C St., NW., (2605),
Washington, DC 20240; or via e-mail at
leonard_stowe@nps.gov. All responses
to this notice will be summarized and
included in the request for the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
approval. All comments will become a
matter of public record.
To request a draft of proposed
collection of information contact:
Tatjana Rosen, School of Forestry and
Environmental Studies, Yale University,
205 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT
06511; or via e-mail at
Tatjana.Rosen@yale.edu.
Dr.
James Gramann, National Park Service
Social Science Program, 1201 ‘‘Eye’’ St.,
Washington, DC 20005; or via phone at
202/513–7189; or via e-mail at
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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James_Gramann@partner.nps.gov. You
are entitled to a copy of the entire ICR
package free of charge.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title:
Economic Study of Roadside Bear
Viewing in Yellowstone National Park.
Bureau Form Number: None.
OMB Number: To be requested.
Expiration Date: To be requested.
Type of Request: New Collection.
Description of Need: Yellowstone
National Park (YNP) now attempts to
enhance opportunities for roadside bear
viewing by leaving bears in proximity of
park roads and devoting resources to
managing ‘‘bear jams’’ (traffic jams
created by visitors stopping to view the
bears) and their associated challenges.
Three questions arise with respect to
this policy. First, what economic value
does the opportunity to view bears near
roads in YNP have to the visitors
themselves; second, what are visitors’
perceptions about the current roadside
bear management policy; and third,
what impact does the policy to allow
bears to remain in roadside locations
have on YNP visitation rates and on
visitors’ broader views of bears, other
wildlife, and other natural resources.
To explore these questions, YNP is
planning to use a mail-back
questionnaire designed to systematically
collect data from visitors in the
following areas: Visit and individual
characteristics, importance of different
natural resources to the trip,
acceptability of different wildlife
management practices for roadside bear
viewing, effects of management policy
changes on the decision to return to the
park (including regional economic
impact) and perspectives on roadside
bear viewing. The information acquired
will help determine the effectiveness of
current bear roadside management
practices and—if the results so show—
provide a credible basis to seek
additional funds to manage roadside
bears. The Bear Management Office in
YNP has collected data on ‘‘bear jams’’
reported in the park since 2000,
including the number of personnel
hours spent by park staff in order to
keep bear jams safe and visitors
satisfied. Currently there are more ‘‘bear
jams’’ than park rangers to manage them
and several visitors and ‘‘bear
enthusiasts’’ have expressed some level
of concern about that situation.
The results of the survey will help
define the costs and benefits associated
with the current roadside bear
management policy in YNP. In addition,
it will provide park managers and others
with important, accurate information
about the YNP visitor population in
general, as well as visitor and trip
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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 the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
and 5 CFR Part 1320, Reporting and Record Keeping Requirements, the
National Park Service (NPS) invites public comments on a proposed new
collection of information (1024-xxxx).
DATES: Public comments will be accepted on the proposed Information
Collection Request (ICR) on or before October 21, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to: Margaret Littlejohn; Park Studies Unit,
College of Natural Resources, University of Idaho; P.O. Box 441139,
Moscow, Idaho 83844-1139; or via phone at 208/885-7863; or via fax at
208/885-4261; or via e-mail at littlej@uidaho.edu. Also, you may send
comments to Leonard E. Stowe, NPS Information Collection Clearance
Officer, 1849 C St., NW., (2605), Washington, DC 20240; or via e-mail
at leonard stowe@nps.gov. All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request for the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approval. All comments will become a matter of public
record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. James Gramann, NPS Social Science
Program, 1201 ``Eye'' St., Washington, DC 20005; or via phone at 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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Programmatic Approval for the National Park Service Visitor
Services Project
Bureau Form Number: None
OMB Number: To be requested.
Expiration Date: To be requested.
Type of Request: New collection.
Description of Need: The National Park Service (NPS) relies on
accurate information concerning park visitors to inform planning and
management aimed at better serving the visiting public. The NPS
collects information on visitors' characteristics, opinions,
preferences, and trip expenditures by means of visitor surveys,
including those conducted by the NPS Visitor Services Project (VSP).
Each year, the VSP completes up to 18 visitor surveys and focus groups
in individual units of the National Park System. The NPS currently has
a programmatic approval for NPS-sponsored public surveys (1024-0224).
This programmatic approval has resulted in dramatic improvements in the
agency's ability to conduct social science research in and around NPS
units. The proposed VSP Programmatic Approval would extend these
benefits by allowing this relatively homogeneous subset of information
collections to go through its own review process. This will reduce the
time that it takes for VSP information collections to be reviewed and
fielded, benefiting parks that depend on VSPs to collect timely and
accurate data from visitors for planning and management purposes.
The VSP conducts site-specific information collections, including
in-depth visitor surveys and focus groups, at up to 18 parks per year.
These studies
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are similar in terms of the populations contacted, the types of
questions asked, and the research methods employed. Due to these
similarities, the NPS is proposing to the OMB an alternative approach
to complying with the Paperwork Reduction Act by allowing individual
VSP information collection requests to be submitted to OMB under the
proposed Programmatic Approval. Implementation of this proposal will
lead to less time involved in creating submissions for individual VSP
collections and decreased review times for studies submitted under the
Programmatic Approval. The obligation to respond is voluntary.
Automated data collection: This information will be collected via
mail-back surveys or standard focus group protocols. No automated data
collection will take place.
Description of respondents: A sample of visitors to parks and/or
residents of communities near parks.
Estimated average number of respondents: The program does not
identify the number of respondents because that number will differ in
each information collection, depending on the purpose and design of the
project.
Estimated average number of responses: The program does not
identify the number of responses because that number will differ in
each information collection. For most projects, respondents will be
asked to respond only one time. In those cases, the number of responses
will be the same as the number of respondents.
Estimated average burden hours per response: Completion times for
individual visitor surveys conducted by the VSP average around 20
minutes per respondent. Average contact times are one minute per
contact. Focus groups average two hours in length.
Frequency of Response: 1 time per respondent.
Estimated total annual reporting burden: The program identifies the
requested total number of burden hours annually for all information
collections to be 10,000 burden hours per year. The total annual burden
per project for most studies conducted under the auspices of this
program will be within the range of 100 to 900 burden hours.
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 hour
to respondents, including use of automated information techniques or
other forms of information technology. Before including your address,
phone number, e-mail address, or other personal identifying information
in your comment--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.
Dated: August 7, 2008.
Leonard E. Stowe,
NPS, Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-19427 Filed 8-21-08; 8:45 am]
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