60-Day Notice of Intention To Request Clearance of Collection of Information; Opportunity for Public Comment, 8105-8106 [E9-3789]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
• National Park Service

[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 34 (Monday, February 23, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8105-8106]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-3789]


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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 (OMB 1024-xxxx).

DATES: Public comments on this Information Collection Request (ICR) 
will be accepted on or before April 24, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Send Comments To: Wayne Freimund, Arkwright Professor of 
Protected Area Studies, University of Montana, College of Forestry and 
Conservation, 32 Campus Drive, CHCB 463, Missoula, MT 59812, (406) 243-
5184, wayne.freimund@umontana.edu. Also, you may send comments to 
Leonard Stowe, NPS Information Collection Clearance Officer, 1849 C 
St., NW., (2605), Washington, DC 20240; or by 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: 
Wayne Freimund, Arkwright Professor of Protected Area Studies, 
University of Montana, College of Forestry and Conservation, 32 Campus 
Drive, CHCB 463, Missoula, MT 59812; or via phone at 406/243-5184; or 
via e-mail at wayne.freimund@umontana.edu, or Jack Potter, Chief of 
Science and Resource Management, Glacier National Park, NPS, P.O. Box 
128, West Glacier, MT 59936; or via phone at 406/888-7821; or via e-
mail at jack_potter@nps.gov.

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 once the 
package is submitted to OMB for review. You can access this ICR at 
https://www.reginfo.gov/public/.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Understanding Glacier National Park Visitors' Beliefs about 
Climate Change.
    Bureau Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Number: To be requested.
    Expiration Date: To be requested.
    Type of Request: New Collection.
    Description of Need: The National Park Service (NPS) Organic Act of 
1916, as amended and supplemented, 16 U.S.C. 1, et seq., requires that 
the NPS preserve national parks for the use and enjoyment of present 
and future generations. Climate change may significantly impact the 
conditions in Glacier National Park (GNP), which among other predicted 
impacts, may lose its glaciers in the next twenty-five years. In order 
to develop effective responses to climate change impacts on both 
natural resources and visitor experiences in GNP, park managers need 
better information on what park visitors believe about climate change, 
the connections they make between climate change and GNP, and 
strategies to effectively educate park visitors about climate change 
and ways to reduce its impacts.
    The NPS and GNP are currently developing a range of responses to 
climate change including educational programming. A centerpiece of 
these education programs is the Do Your Part for Climate Friendly Parks 
initiative, which asks park visitors to assess their personal 
contribution to climate change and then make commitments to lower their 
carbon footprint to help protect a national park of their choice from 
the impacts of climate change. This website was launched in the summer 
of 2008. GNP visitors may be a prime audience for this website, as 
melting glaciers in the park is one of the more obvious symbols of 
climate change impacts in the National Park System. However, more 
information is needed about visitors' beliefs about climate change to 
make this website as effective as possible. In addition, GNP 
implemented a mass transit system in the summer of 2007 as part of a 
major reconstruction of the Going to the Sun Road. Surveys of visitor 
attitudes about the shuttles found that a large percentage of GNP 
shuttle riders chose to ride the shuttle to protect the environment of 
the park. However, further understanding of the connections people make 
between protecting the environment, reducing climate change and mass 
transit in general and the GNP shuttle in particular will help park 
managers develop more effective climate change response and education 
strategies.
    The primary objectives of this research are to provide information 
that will assist the GNP staff in developing climate change education 
programming and to develop recommendations for improving the Do Your 
Part for Climate Friendly Parks initiative. Specifically, this research 
will seek to understand the connections visitors make between riding 
the shuttle, protecting the environment of Glacier National Park (GNP), 
and reducing potential impacts of climate change on GNP, and to assess 
their awareness of and willingness to utilize the planned Do Your Part 
for Climate Friendly Parks Web-based initiative.
    Automated data collection: This information will be collected by 
on-site,

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through self completed surveys. No automated data collection will be 
used. Responding is voluntary.
    Description of respondents: Visitors to Glacier National Park who 
visit between July 1, 2009, and August 31, 2009.
    Estimated average number of respondents: We will contact 550 
individuals stratified by weekend and weekday periods and expect 495, 
or 90 percent, to agree to respond.
    Estimated average number of responses: We expect to collect 495 
completed surveys.
    Estimated average time burden per respondent: 1 minute for non-
respondents and 5 minutes for respondents.
    Frequency of Response: 1 time per respondent.
    Estimated total annual reporting burden: 50 hours per year.
    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 being 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 personal 
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.

    Dated: February 11, 2009.
Leonard E. Stowe,
NPS, Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-3789 Filed 2-20-09; 8:45 am]
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