Agency Information Collection Activities: 30-Day Notice of Intention To Request Clearance of Collection of Information; Opportunity for Public Comment, 37706-37707 [2012-15296]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
• National Park Service

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 121 (Friday, June 22, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37706-37707]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-15296]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-BSD-CONC-10370; 2410-OYC]


Agency Information Collection Activities: 30-Day Notice of 
Intention To Request Clearance of Collection of Information; 
Opportunity for Public Comment

AGENCY: National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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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 1024-0126). 
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: To ensure that your comments on this ICR are considered, please 
submit them on or before July 23, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Please submit written comments on this information 
collection directly to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Office 
of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Desk Officer for the 
Department of the Interior via email to OIRA_DOCKET@omb.eop.gov or fax 
at 202-395-5806; and identify your

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submission as 1024-0126, Proposed Sale of Concession Operations, 36 CFR 
51, Subpart J. Please send a copy your comments to Madonna L. Baucum, 
Acting Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service, 
1849 C Street NW., Mailstop 2605 (Rm. 1242), Washington, DC 20240 
(mail); or madonna_baucum@nps.gov (email).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Jo A. Pendry, Chief, Commercial 
Services Program, National Park Service, 1849 C Street NW., Mailstop 
2410, Washington, DC 20240 (mail); jo_pendry@nps.gov (email); or (202) 
371-2090 (fax). To see a copy of the entire ICR submitted to OMB, go to 
https://www.reginfo.gov (Information Collection Review, Currently under 
Review).

I. Abstract

    The NPS authorizes private businesses known as concessioners to 
provide necessary and appropriate visitor facilities and services in 
areas of the National Park System. Concession authorizations may be 
assigned, sold, transferred, or encumbered by the concessioner subject 
to prior written approval of the NPS. The NPS requires that certain 
information be submitted for review prior to the consummation of any 
sale, transfer, assignment, or encumbrance. The information requested 
is used to determine whether or not the proposed transaction will 
result in an adverse impact on the protection, conservation, or 
preservation of the resources of the unit of the National Park System; 
decreased services to the public; the lack of a reasonable opportunity 
for profit over the remaining term of the authorization; or rates in 
excess of approved rates to the public. In addition, pursuant to the 
regulations at 36 CFR part 51, the value of rights for intangible 
assets such as the concession contract, right of preference in renewal, 
user days, or low fees, belongs to the Government. If any portion of 
the purchase price is attributable either directly or indirectly to 
such assets, the transaction may not be approved. The amount and type 
of information to be submitted varies with the type and complexity of 
the proposed transaction. Without such information, the NPS would be 
unable to determine whether approval of the proposed transaction would 
be adequate.

II. Data

    OMB Control Number: 1024-0126.
    Title: Proposed Sale of Concession Operations, 36 CFR 51, Subpart 
J.
    Form(s): None.
    Type of Request: Extension of a previously approved collection of 
information.
    Description of Respondents: Businesses, nonprofit organizations.
    Respondent Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Responses: 20
    Estimated Average Completion Time per Response: 80 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,600 hours.
    Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: $5,000.

III. Request for Comments

    We invite comments concerning this ICR on:
     Whether or not the collection of information is necessary, 
including whether or not the information will have practical utility;
     The accuracy of our estimate of the burden for this 
collection of information;
     Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
     Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of 
information on respondents.
    Please note that the comments submitted in response to this notice 
are a matter of public record. Before including your address, phone 
number, email 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: June 19, 2012.
Madonna L. Baucum,
Acting Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service.
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