Information Collection Activities: Timpanogos Cave National Monument Visitor and Community Survey, 59221-59222 [2012-23671]
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Public Land Order No. 7802; Extension
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AGENCY:
This order extends the
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additional 20-year period. The
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values of the Granite Chinese Walls
Historic Site, which would otherwise
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By virtue of the authority vested in
the Secretary of the Interior by Section
204 of the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C.
1714, it is ordered as follows:
Public Land Order No. 6944 (57 FR
45321 (1992)), which withdrew
approximately 43.75 acres of National
Forest System land from location and
entry under the United States mining
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leasing under the mineral leasing laws,
to protect the Granite Chinese Walls
Historic Site, is hereby extended for an
additional 20-year period until
September 30, 2032.
Dated: September 13, 2012.
Rhea S. Suh,
Assistant Secretary—Policy, Management
and Budget.
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Information Collection Activities:
Timpanogos Cave National Monument
Visitor and Community Survey
National Park Service (NPS),
Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:
We (National Park Service)
will ask the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) to approve the
Information Collection (IC) described
below. This collection will consist of a
survey and a focus group script that will
be used to collect visitors and local
community members’ perceptions and
evaluations of four management issues
(1) Cave tour size and frequency; (2)
ticketing procedure and fees; (3)
concession service quality and
selection; and (4) safety concerns on
park trails. 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.
DATES: Please submit your comments on
or before November 26, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Please send your comments
to Phadrea Ponds, Information
Collections Coordinator, National Park
SUMMARY:
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Service, 1201 Oakridge Drive, Fort
Collins, CO 80525 (mail); or
phadrea_ponds@nps.gov (email). Please
reference Information Collection 1024–
NEW, TICA in the subject line.
Jim
Ireland, Superintendent at
Jim_Ireland@nps.gov (email); or by mail
at RR3, Box 200, American Fork, UT
84003.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
I. Abstract
The National Park Service (NPS) will
conduct a study at Timpanogos Cave
National Monument. The study consists
of a survey and a focus group using a
random sample of visitors and residents
of the communities surrounding the
park. The collection will be used to
understand visitors and local resident’s
perceptions and evaluations of the
following management issues:
(1) Cave tour size and frequency.
(2) Ticketing process and fees.
(3) Concession service quality and
selection.
(4) Safety concerns and user conflict
while using park trails.
The information from this collection
will provide NPS managers and
planners with visitors and community
members’ perceptions of how each of
the above management issue affects
their overall quality of visit experience.
Visitors’ opinions about cave tour size
and frequency as well as the ticketing
process will be incorporated with
ecological survey data to determine the
most appropriate resource management
strategy that balance between protection
of the cave and visitor experience. Other
information such safety concerns and
concession services will be used in park
management planning to determine
appropriate management actions. Data
collected will also be used in
interpretive planning document to
improve overall visit experience.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1024–NEW.
Title: Timpanogos Cave National
Monument Visitor and Community
Survey.
Type of Request: This is a new
collection.
Affected Public: Park Visitors and
Local Residents.
Respondent Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: One time.
Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 1,460.
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Estimate
number of
responses
Completion
time (minutes)
Annual burden
hours
Survey ..........................................................................................................................................
Focus group .................................................................................................................................
1,400
60
15
90
350
90
Total ......................................................................................................................................
1,460
115
440
Annual Burden Hours: 440 hours. We
expect to receive 1,460 annual
responses (1,400 surveys and 60 focus
group participants). We estimate an
average of 15 minutes to complete a
survey instrument (1,400 × 15 minutes
= 350 hours), an average of 90 minutes
per focus group session (60 × 90
minutes = 90 hours).
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’
Burden: None.
Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA
(44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) provides that an
agency may not conduct or sponsor a
collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number and current expiration date.
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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: September 20, 2012.
Madonna L. Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer,
National Park Service.
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National Park Service
(email). You may also contact John
Bryan at John_Bryan@nps.gov (email).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
[WASO–NRSS–BRMD–11317; 2340–NYS]
I. Abstract
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request: NPS Institutional
Animal Care and Use Committee
(IACUC) General Submission, Annual
Review, and Exhibitor Forms
All research, teaching, and exhibition
projects involving vertebrate animals
taking place on NPS territories must be
approved by the NPS IACUC prior to
their commencement. Principal
Investigators (PI) are required to submit
the completed General Submission,
Annual Renewal, or Exhibitor
Submission as required for approval to
the NPS IACUC Office.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service (NPS),
Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:
We (National Park Service)
will ask the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) to approve the
information collection (IC) described
below. This collection currently consist
of three forms (General Submission,
Annual Renewal, Exhibitor Submission)
used by the Institutional Animal Care
and Use Committee (NPS IACUC/the
Committee) to ensure compliance with
the Animal Welfare Act (AWA), its
regulations (AWAR), and the
Interagency Research Animal
Committee (IRAC) principles for
projects involving the use of vertebrate
animals in research, teaching, and/or
exhibition. 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. The PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501, et
seq.) provides that 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 and current expiration date.
DATES: Please submit your comment on
or before November 26, 2012.
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 (email). Please
reference Information Collection 1024–
NEW, NPS IACUC in the subject line.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jordan Spaak, NPS IACUC
Administrator by mail at Biological
Resource Management Division 1201
Oakridge Drive, Suite 200 Fort Collins,
CO 80525 or Jordan_Spaak @nps.gov
SUMMARY:
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OMB Control Number: None. This
collection is currently in use without an
OMB Control Number.
Title: NPS Institutional Animal Care
and Use Committee (IACUC) General
Submission Form.
Type of Request: New.
Affected Public: General public.
Anyone involved in research, teaching,
and exhibition projects involving
vertebrate animals in NPS units.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Frequency of Collection: One-time, on
occasion.
Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 75.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 450 hours. We expect to receive
75 annual responses. We estimate an
average of 6 hours per response.
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’
Burden: None
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
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NRSS-EQD-11325; 1500-BASE-SZB]
Information Collection Activities: Timpanogos Cave National
Monument Visitor and Community Survey
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 Budget (OMB) to approve the Information Collection (IC) described
below. This collection will consist of a survey and a focus group
script that will be used to collect visitors and local community
members' perceptions and evaluations of four management issues (1) Cave
tour size and frequency; (2) ticketing procedure and fees; (3)
concession service quality and selection; and (4) safety concerns on
park trails. 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.
DATES: Please submit your comments on or before November 26, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Please send your comments to Phadrea Ponds, Information
Collections Coordinator, National Park Service, 1201 Oakridge Drive,
Fort Collins, CO 80525 (mail); or phadrea_ponds@nps.gov (email).
Please reference Information Collection 1024-NEW, TICA in the subject
line.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Ireland, Superintendent at Jim_Ireland@nps.gov (email); or by mail at RR3, Box 200, American Fork, UT
84003.
I. Abstract
The National Park Service (NPS) will conduct a study at Timpanogos
Cave National Monument. The study consists of a survey and a focus
group using a random sample of visitors and residents of the
communities surrounding the park. The collection will be used to
understand visitors and local resident's perceptions and evaluations of
the following management issues:
(1) Cave tour size and frequency.
(2) Ticketing process and fees.
(3) Concession service quality and selection.
(4) Safety concerns and user conflict while using park trails.
The information from this collection will provide NPS managers and
planners with visitors and community members' perceptions of how each
of the above management issue affects their overall quality of visit
experience. Visitors' opinions about cave tour size and frequency as
well as the ticketing process will be incorporated with ecological
survey data to determine the most appropriate resource management
strategy that balance between protection of the cave and visitor
experience. Other information such safety concerns and concession
services will be used in park management planning to determine
appropriate management actions. Data collected will also be used in
interpretive planning document to improve overall visit experience.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1024-NEW.
Title: Timpanogos Cave National Monument Visitor and Community
Survey.
Type of Request: This is a new collection.
Affected Public: Park Visitors and Local Residents.
Respondent Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: One time.
Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 1,460.
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Estimate
number of Completion time Annual burden
responses (minutes) hours
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Survey....................................................... 1,400 15 350
Focus group.................................................. 60 90 90
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Total.................................................... 1,460 115 440
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Annual Burden Hours: 440 hours. We expect to receive 1,460 annual
responses (1,400 surveys and 60 focus group participants). We estimate
an average of 15 minutes to complete a survey instrument (1,400 x 15
minutes = 350 hours), an average of 90 minutes per focus group session
(60 x 90 minutes = 90 hours).
Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Non-Hour Cost'' Burden:
None.
Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.)
provides that an agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of
information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number and
current expiration date.
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: September 20, 2012.
Madonna L. Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 2012-23671 Filed 9-25-12; 8:45 am]
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