Agency Information Collection Activities: Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection, 38207-38208 [2011-16321]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
• National Park Service

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 125 (Wednesday, June 29, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38207-38208]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-16321]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NRSS-06/24-7784; 2330-RYY]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Extension of a 
Currently Approved Information Collection

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

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ACTION: Notice of a revision of a currently approved information 
collection (1024-0224).

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SUMMARY: We (National Park Service) will ask the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) to approve the information collection request (ICR) 
described below. As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and 
as part of our continuing efforts to reduce paperwork and respondent 
burden, we invite the general public and other Federal agencies to take 
this opportunity to comment on this ICR which is an extension of a 
currently approved collection of information (OMB 1024-0224). 
We may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond 
to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid 
OMB control number.

DATES: Public comments will be accepted on or before July 29, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Please submit written comments on this ICR to the OMB Office 
of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Desk Officer for the 
Department of the Interior via e-mail to oira_docket@omb.eop.gov or 
fax at 202-395-5806; and reference Information Collection 1024-0224 in 
the subject line. Please also submit a copy of your comments to Phadrea 
Ponds, Information Collection Coordinator, National Park Service, 1201 
Oakridge Drive, Fort Collins, CO 80525 (mail): or phadrea_ponds@nps.gov (e-mail); and reference Information Collection 1024-0224 
in the subject line.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Bruce Peacock, Chief, NPS Social 
Science Division, 1201 Oakridge Drive, Fort Collins, CO 80525; 970-267-
2106 (Phone); 970-225-3597 (Fax); or Bruce_Peacock@nps.gov (e-mail). 
To see a copy of the entire ICR submitted to OMB, go to https://www.reginfo.gov (Information Collection Review, Currently under 
Review).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    The NPS needs information concerning park visitors and visitor 
services, potential park visitors, and residents of communities near 
parks to provide National Park Service (NPS) managers with usable 
knowledge for improving the quality and utility of agency programs, 
services, and planning efforts. Since many of the NPS surveys are 
similar in terms of the populations being surveyed, the types of 
questions being asked, and research methodologies, the NPS proposes to 
renew its clearance from OMB for a generic Information Collection 
(1024-0224) of NPS-sponsored surveys. Since 1999, the benefits of this 
generic approval program have been significant to the NPS, Department 
of the Interior, OMB, NPS cooperators, and the public. Significant time 
and cost savings have been incurred and 514 surveys have been conducted 
in units throughout the National Park System. Approval was typically 
granted in 60 days or less from the date the Principal Investigator 
(PI) first submitted the survey package for review. This is a 
significant reduction over the approximately 6-8 months involved in the 
regular OMB review process. From FY 1999 through FY 2010, the generic 
ICR process has produced an estimated cost savings to the Federal 
government and PIs of $1,017,495.

II. Data

    Title: Programmatic Clearance for NPS-Sponsored Public Surveys.
    OMB Control Number: 1024-0224.
    Current Expiration Date: June 30, 2011.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: General Public; visitors and potential visitors to 
parks, and residents of communities near parks.
    Respondent Obligation: Voluntary.
    Frequency of Collection: One-time; on occasion.
    Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 57,500.
    Annual Burden Hours: 19,350 hours.
    Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Non-Hour Cost'' Burden: We 
have not identified any ``non-hour cost'' burdens associated with this 
collection of information.

III. Request for Comments

    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 techniques or other 
forms of information technology.
    Please note that the comments submitted in response to this notice 
are a matter of public record. 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 OMB in your comment to withhold your 
personal identifying information from public review, we cannot 
guarantee that it will be done.

     Dated: June 24, 2011.
Robert M. Gordon,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 2011-16321 Filed 6-28-11; 8:45 am]
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