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Information Collection Sent to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for Approval; Grand Canyon
National Park Backcountry and River
Permitting
National Park Service (NPS),
Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:
We (National Park Service)
will ask the Office of Management and
SUMMARY:
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Budget (OMB) to approve the
Information Collection (IC) described
below (OMB Control No. 1024–New). 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 IC. 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.
Public comments must be
submitted on or before November 14,
2011.
DATES:
Please send your comments
about the ICR to Madonna L. Baucum,
Information Collection Coordinator,
WASO Administrative Program Center,
National Park Service, 1201 Eye Street,
NW., Room 1242, Washington, DC
20005 (mail); or
Madonna_Baucum@nps.gov (e-mail).
Please reference Grand Canyon National
Park Backcountry and River Permitting.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gigi
Wright, Permits Office, Grand Canyon
National Park, 1824 S. Thompson Street,
Suite 201, Flagstaff, AZ 86001;
gigi_wright@nps.gov (e-mail); or 928–
638–7416 (phone). You are entitled to a
copy of the entire ICR package free-ofcharge.
ADDRESSES:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Number: None. This is a new
collection.
Title: Grand Canyon National Park
Backcountry and River Permitting.
Service Form Number: None.
Type of Request: New.
Description of Respondents:
Individuals interested in river use or
overnight backcountry use within Grand
Canyon National Park.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 72,486 (as shown below).
Annual Burden Hours: 7,763 hours as
follows:
Description
Avg. time/
response (min)
Annual
respondents
Annual
responses
Total time in
hours
Backcountry Permitting
Backcountry Permit Request Form ..........................................................
Hiker Information Form .............................................................................
Water Report Form ...................................................................................
Commercial Guiding—Verifiable Client List Form ....................................
River Permitting
Create Online Profile ................................................................................
Login Form ...............................................................................................
Forgot Username/Password Form ...........................................................
Lottery Application ....................................................................................
Accept Trip Form ......................................................................................
Noncommercial River Trip Application .....................................................
Trip Leader Trip Participant Form ............................................................
Confirm Trip Participation Form ...............................................................
Diamond Creek Application ......................................................................
........................
10
10
5
10
........................
7
1
1
8
5
60
30
5
10
........................
14,592
600
100
14
........................
4,000
11,000
500
4,440
560
510
510
6,548
87
........................
25,000
661
250
529
........................
4,000
25,000
500
8,300
560
510
510
6,548
118
........................
4,167
110
21
88
........................
467
417
8
1,107
47
510
255
546
20
........................
43,461
72,486
7,763
Purpose of Forms
hiking solo), detailed hiking plans, and
description of any significant health
issues or medications for all group
members.
Backcountry Permitting Forms
Water Report Form
Backcountry Permit Request Form
The Water Report Form is completely
optional. It is used only when a hiker
wishes to report their observations of
where they found water while in the
canyon. It includes the name of the
reporting party, a description of where
water was found, how much was
available, and date observed.
Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden
Cost: $0.
The Backcountry Permit Request
Form is required from individuals
seeking a Backcountry Permit. It asks for
the applicant’s contact information,
group size, itinerary being requested
and acceptable variations, license plates
of any trailhead vehicles, and payment
information.
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Hiker Information Form
The Hiker Information Form is
required when the applicant has
requested a solo hike, an itinerary
considered overly ambitious for the
typical hiker, or a summer hike outside
the Corridor Zone. The form asks for
information that has proven to be useful
in finding and assisting groups who get
into difficulties and need emergency
assistance. This information includes
description of gear, emergency contact
information, description of self (if
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Commercial Guiding—Verifiable Client
List Form
The Verifiable Client List Form is
required from a commercial guiding
company each time they request a
Backcountry Permit to take clients into
the backcountry. It includes contact
information for each client requesting
participation on the trip.
River Permitting Forms
Create Online Profile Form
The Create Online Profile Form is
required from individuals who wish to
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eventually submit an application in a
lottery. This form asks for the
applicant’s legal name, date of birth,
contact information, desired username,
and desired password.
Login Form
The Login Form is required from
individuals who wish to submit an
application in an open lottery, obtain
access to view their history of payments
and applications, change contact
information or preference, or accept or
reject participation on others trips. The
form asks for a username, password, and
birthdate.
Forgot Username/Password Form
The Forgot Username/Password Form
is required when a user has forgotten
their username and/or password and
wants either of these e-mailed to them.
The user can request their username by
entering their e-mail address, or they
can request a new, computer generated
password by entering their username.
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Lottery Application Form
The Lottery Application Form is
required to submit an application in a
lottery. It allows the applicant to list 5
preferences for a launch date and trip
size, and list Potential Alternate Trip
Leaders.
Accept Trip Form
The Accept Trip Form is available
only to those who win launches through
the lottery and required if they wish to
keep the trip. This form asks if they
wish to keep the trip, and if so requires
entry or verification of their mailing
address. Once this form is complete, the
user is given the option to go to a
pay.gov form and pay a deposit.
Noncommercial River Trip Application
Form
The Noncommercial River Trip
Application Form is due 90 days before
launch and required from those who
have completed the Accept Trip Form.
It asks for concurrence with the NPS
requirements associated with the use of
a noncommercial river permit and
information about the qualified boatoperator, watercraft, safety equipment,
and itinerary.
Trip Leader Trip Participant Form
The Trip Leader Trip Participant
Form asks for the name, e-mail, and
both the date and location when each
individual participant will join or leave
the river trip.
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Confirm Trip Participation Form
All participants on noncommercial
trips complete this form, indicating
their intent to participate on the trip and
recording their legal name and date of
birth.
Diamond Creek Application
The Diamond Creek Application is
required from individuals who wish to
receive a permit to take a group down
the Colorado River launching at
Diamond Creek. The form asks for the
applicant’s contact information and
proposed itinerary.
Abstract: These forms will provide
public access on the Colorado River and
overnight access into backcountry use
areas within Grand Canyon National
Park where use limits are imposed in
accordance with NPS regulations. Such
permitting improves the ability of the
NPS to: educate users, promote public
safety, encourage visitor enjoyment,
enforce limits and regulations, verify
technical river skills, conduct search
and rescue efforts, collect fees, and
promote visitation practices which
preserve both the health of the
environment and the quality of the
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overall backcountry experience. We will
use collected information for
recreational use planning and resource
management. Some nonpersonal
information will be aggregated and
shared on the park’s Web site with the
public.
The National Park Service Organic
Act of 1916, 38 Stat 535, 16 U.S.C. 1, et
seq., requires that the NPS preserve
national parks for the use and
enjoyment of present and future
generations. The Organic Act and its
amendments afford the NPS latitude to
make resource decisions that balance
visitor recreation and resource
preservation. NPS regulations codified
in 36 CFR parts 1 through 7, 12, and 13
are designated to implement statutory
mandates that provide for resource
protection and public enjoyment.
Backcountry permit information is
collected via paper forms, and river
permit information is collected via a
combination of an online system and
paper forms.
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. We will
include or summarize each comment in
our request to OMB to approve this IC.
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: September 6, 2011.
Robert M. Gordon,
Information Collection Clearance Officer,
National Park Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–0906–8347; 4840–0097–N81]
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request: Shenandoah
National Park Angler Survey
National Park Service (NPS),
Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:
We (National Park Service,
Shenandoah National Park) will ask the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) to approve the information
collection (IC) described below. To
comply with the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 and as a part of our
continuing efforts to reduce paperwork
and respondent burden, we invite the
general public and other Federal
agencies to comment on this IC. We may
not conduct or sponsor and a person is
not required to respond to a collection
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number.
DATE: Please submit your comment on
or before November 14, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Please send your comments
to the IC to Phadrea Ponds, Information
Collections Coordinator, National Park
Service, 1201 Oakridge Drive, Fort
Collins, CO 80525 (mail); or
phadrea_ponds@nps.gov (e-mail).
Please reference Information Collection
1024–NEW, SHEN–ANGLER.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeb
Wofford by mail at Shenandoah
National Park, 3655 U.S. HWY 211E,
Luray, VA 22835 or
Jeb_Wofford@nps.gov (e-mail). You are
entitled to a copy of the entire IC
package free-of-charge.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: None. This is
a new collection.
Title: Shenandoah National Park
Angler Survey.
Type of Request: New.
Affected Public: General public.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: One-time
(spring, summer, and fall seasons).
Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 500.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 83 hours.
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’
Burden: None
Abstract: Aquatic resources and
recreational fishing played a large role
in the establishment of Shenandoah
National Park and fishing remains an
important recreational activity.
Nevertheless, relatively little is known
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
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Information Collection Sent to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for Approval; Grand Canyon National Park Backcountry and
River Permitting
AGENCY: National Park Service (NPS), Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: We (National Park Service) will ask the Office of Management
and
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Budget (OMB) to approve the Information Collection (IC) described below
(OMB Control No. 1024-New). 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 IC. 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 must be submitted on or before November 14,
2011.
ADDRESSES: Please send your comments about the ICR to Madonna L.
Baucum, Information Collection Coordinator, WASO Administrative Program
Center, National Park Service, 1201 Eye Street, NW., Room 1242,
Washington, DC 20005 (mail); or Madonna_Baucum@nps.gov (e-mail).
Please reference Grand Canyon National Park Backcountry and River
Permitting.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gigi Wright, Permits Office, Grand
Canyon National Park, 1824 S. Thompson Street, Suite 201, Flagstaff, AZ
86001; gigi_wright@nps.gov (e-mail); or 928-638-7416 (phone). You are
entitled to a copy of the entire ICR package free-of-charge.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Number: None. This is a new collection.
Title: Grand Canyon National Park Backcountry and River Permitting.
Service Form Number: None.
Type of Request: New.
Description of Respondents: Individuals interested in river use or
overnight backcountry use within Grand Canyon National Park.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 72,486 (as shown below).
Annual Burden Hours: 7,763 hours as follows:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Avg. time/ Annual Annual Total time in
Description response (min) respondents responses hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Backcountry Permitting .............. .............. .............. ..............
Backcountry Permit Request Form............. 10 14,592 25,000 4,167
Hiker Information Form...................... 10 600 661 110
Water Report Form........................... 5 100 250 21
Commercial Guiding--Verifiable Client List 10 14 529 88
Form.......................................
River Permitting .............. .............. .............. ..............
Create Online Profile....................... 7 4,000 4,000 467
Login Form.................................. 1 11,000 25,000 417
Forgot Username/Password Form............... 1 500 500 8
Lottery Application......................... 8 4,440 8,300 1,107
Accept Trip Form............................ 5 560 560 47
Noncommercial River Trip Application........ 60 510 510 510
Trip Leader Trip Participant Form........... 30 510 510 255
Confirm Trip Participation Form............. 5 6,548 6,548 546
Diamond Creek Application................... 10 87 118 20
---------------------------------------------------------------
.............. 43,461 72,486 7,763
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Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: $0.
Purpose of Forms
Backcountry Permitting Forms
Backcountry Permit Request Form
The Backcountry Permit Request Form is required from individuals
seeking a Backcountry Permit. It asks for the applicant's contact
information, group size, itinerary being requested and acceptable
variations, license plates of any trailhead vehicles, and payment
information.
Hiker Information Form
The Hiker Information Form is required when the applicant has
requested a solo hike, an itinerary considered overly ambitious for the
typical hiker, or a summer hike outside the Corridor Zone. The form
asks for information that has proven to be useful in finding and
assisting groups who get into difficulties and need emergency
assistance. This information includes description of gear, emergency
contact information, description of self (if hiking solo), detailed
hiking plans, and description of any significant health issues or
medications for all group members.
Water Report Form
The Water Report Form is completely optional. It is used only when
a hiker wishes to report their observations of where they found water
while in the canyon. It includes the name of the reporting party, a
description of where water was found, how much was available, and date
observed.
Commercial Guiding--Verifiable Client List Form
The Verifiable Client List Form is required from a commercial
guiding company each time they request a Backcountry Permit to take
clients into the backcountry. It includes contact information for each
client requesting participation on the trip.
River Permitting Forms
Create Online Profile Form
The Create Online Profile Form is required from individuals who
wish to eventually submit an application in a lottery. This form asks
for the applicant's legal name, date of birth, contact information,
desired username, and desired password.
Login Form
The Login Form is required from individuals who wish to submit an
application in an open lottery, obtain access to view their history of
payments and applications, change contact information or preference, or
accept or reject participation on others trips. The form asks for a
username, password, and birthdate.
Forgot Username/Password Form
The Forgot Username/Password Form is required when a user has
forgotten their username and/or password and wants either of these e-
mailed to them. The user can request their username by entering their
e-mail address, or they can request a new, computer generated password
by entering their username.
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Lottery Application Form
The Lottery Application Form is required to submit an application
in a lottery. It allows the applicant to list 5 preferences for a
launch date and trip size, and list Potential Alternate Trip Leaders.
Accept Trip Form
The Accept Trip Form is available only to those who win launches
through the lottery and required if they wish to keep the trip. This
form asks if they wish to keep the trip, and if so requires entry or
verification of their mailing address. Once this form is complete, the
user is given the option to go to a pay.gov form and pay a deposit.
Noncommercial River Trip Application Form
The Noncommercial River Trip Application Form is due 90 days before
launch and required from those who have completed the Accept Trip Form.
It asks for concurrence with the NPS requirements associated with the
use of a noncommercial river permit and information about the qualified
boat-operator, watercraft, safety equipment, and itinerary.
Trip Leader Trip Participant Form
The Trip Leader Trip Participant Form asks for the name, e-mail,
and both the date and location when each individual participant will
join or leave the river trip.
Confirm Trip Participation Form
All participants on noncommercial trips complete this form,
indicating their intent to participate on the trip and recording their
legal name and date of birth.
Diamond Creek Application
The Diamond Creek Application is required from individuals who wish
to receive a permit to take a group down the Colorado River launching
at Diamond Creek. The form asks for the applicant's contact information
and proposed itinerary.
Abstract: These forms will provide public access on the Colorado
River and overnight access into backcountry use areas within Grand
Canyon National Park where use limits are imposed in accordance with
NPS regulations. Such permitting improves the ability of the NPS to:
educate users, promote public safety, encourage visitor enjoyment,
enforce limits and regulations, verify technical river skills, conduct
search and rescue efforts, collect fees, and promote visitation
practices which preserve both the health of the environment and the
quality of the overall backcountry experience. We will use collected
information for recreational use planning and resource management. Some
nonpersonal information will be aggregated and shared on the park's Web
site with the public.
The National Park Service Organic Act of 1916, 38 Stat 535, 16
U.S.C. 1, et seq., requires that the NPS preserve national parks for
the use and enjoyment of present and future generations. The Organic
Act and its amendments afford the NPS latitude to make resource
decisions that balance visitor recreation and resource preservation.
NPS regulations codified in 36 CFR parts 1 through 7, 12, and 13 are
designated to implement statutory mandates that provide for resource
protection and public enjoyment.
Backcountry permit information is collected via paper forms, and
river permit information is collected via a combination of an online
system and paper forms.
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. We will include or summarize each
comment in our request to OMB to approve this IC. 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: September 6, 2011.
Robert M. Gordon,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 2011-23161 Filed 9-9-11; 8:45 am]
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