Information Collection Request Sent to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Approval; Commercial Use Authorizations, 44146-44147 [2013-17652]

Download as PDF 44146 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 141 / Tuesday, July 23, 2013 / Notices of the Refuge would continue to be closed to the public. Under Alternative C, the Service would expand current management to protect listed and sensitive species, implement an IPM Plan to control invasive plants, and initiate a comprehensive restoration plan for an old agricultural site on the Refuge to restore creosote bush scrub habitat. In addition, the existing public outreach program would be expanded and interpretive signs would be installed along the existing trail corridor. Occasional guided tours of the Refuge would continue at current levels and public access would continue to be limited to the existing public trail corridor. All other areas within the Refuge would remain closed to the public. Public Meetings The locations, dates, and times of public meetings will be listed in a planning update distributed to the project mailing list and posted on the Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge Complex public Web site at https://go.usa.gov/jbhn. ehiers on DSK2VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Review and Comment Copies of the Draft CCP/EA may be obtained by contacting Victoria Touchstone (see ADDRESSES). Copies of the Draft CCP/EA may be viewed at Sonny Bono Salton Sea NWR office (see ADDRESSES for contact information) and local libraries. The Draft CCP/EA is also available for viewing and downloading online at: https://go.usa.gov/jbhn. Comments on the Draft CCP/EA should be addressed to Victoria Touchstone (see ADDRESSES). At the end of the review and comment period for this Draft CCP/EA, comments will be analyzed by the Service and addressed in the Final CCP. 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. Alexandra Pitts, Acting Regional Director, Pacific Southwest Region Sacramento, California. [FR Doc. 2013–17770 Filed 7–22–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310–55–P VerDate Mar<15>2010 15:40 Jul 22, 2013 Jkt 229001 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Indian Affairs Indian Gaming Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior. ACTION: Notice of Tribal-State Class III Gaming Compact taking effect. AGENCY: This notice publishes the Class III Amended and Restated TribalState Gaming Compact between the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians and the State of California taking effect. DATES: Effective Date: July 23, 2013. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paula L. Hart, Director, Office of Indian Gaming, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary—Policy and Economic Development, Washington, DC 20240, (202) 219–4066. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under section 11 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) Public Law 100– 497, 25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq., the Secretary of the Interior shall publish in the Federal Register notice of approved Tribal-State compacts for the purpose of engaging in Class III gaming activities on Indian lands. The Amended and Restated Compact (Compact) provides a process for restructuring the Tribe’s gaming-related debts, reduces the Tribe’s revenue sharing requirements and extends the term of the Compact to June 30, 2032. The Secretary took no action on the Compact within 45-days of its submission by the Tribe and State. Therefore, the Compact is considered to have been approved, but only to the extent the Compact is consistent with IGRA. See 25 U.S.C. 2710 (d)(8)(C). SUMMARY: Dated: July 15, 2013. Kevin K. Washburn, Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs. [FR Doc. 2013–17680 Filed 7–22–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310–4N–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS–WASO–BSD–CONC–10000; PPWOBSADC0, PPMVSCS1Y.Y00000] Information Collection Request Sent to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Approval; Commercial Use Authorizations We (National Park Service) have sent an Information Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for review and approval. We summarize the ICR below and describe the nature of the collection and the estimated burden and cost. We may not conduct or sponsor and you are not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. SUMMARY: You must submit comments on or before August 22, 2013. DATES: Send your comments and suggestions on this information collection to the Desk Officer for the Department of the Interior at OMB– OIRA at (202) 395–5806 (fax) or OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov (email). Please provide a copy of your comments to Madonna L. Baucum, Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service, 1849 C Street NW. (MS 2601), Washington, DC 20042 (mail); or madonna_baucum@nps.gov (email). Please include ‘‘1024–CUA’’ in the subject line of your comments. ADDRESSES: To request additional information about this ICR, contact Paul Chalfant at Paul_Chalfant@nps.gov (email) or (928) 638–7900 (telephone). You may review the ICR online at https:// www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to review Department of the Interior collections under review by OMB. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB Control Number: None. This is a new collection. Title: Commercial Use Authorizations. Service Form Number(s): 10–550, 10– 660, and 10–660A. Type of Request: Existing collection in use without an OMB control number. Description of Respondents: Individuals and businesses. Respondent’s Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit. Frequency of Collection: On occasion for applications; monthly and annually for reports. National Park Service, Interior. Notice; request for comments. AGENCY: ACTION: PO 00000 Frm 00055 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\23JYN1.SGM 23JYN1 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 141 / Tuesday, July 23, 2013 / Notices Number of respondents Activity Number of annual responses Completion time per response 44147 Total annual burden hours 5,250 7,100 7,100 5,250 7,100 63,900 2.5 hours ................................ 1.25 hours .............................. 45 minutes .............................. 13,125 8,875 47,925 TOTALS ........................................................................... ehiers on DSK2VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Form 10–550 (Application) ..................................................... Form 10–660 (Annual Report) ................................................ Form 10–660A (Monthly Report) ............................................ 19,450 76,250 ................................................. 69,925 Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: $525,000 associated with application fees. Abstract: Conducting commercial operations in a unit of the National Park System without a contract, permit, commercial use authorization, or some other written agreement is prohibited. Section 418, Public Law 105–391 (16 U.S.C. 5966) gives the Secretary of the Interior the authority to authorize a private person, corporation, or other entity to provide services to visitors in units of the National Park System through a Commercial Use Authorization (CUA). Such authorizations are not considered concession contracts. We authorize commercial operations that originate and operate entirely within a park (inpark); commercial operations that provide services originating and terminating outside of the park boundaries; noncommercial organized children’s camps, outdoor clubs, and nonprofit institutions; and other uses as the Secretary determines appropriate. The commercial operations include a range of services, such as mountain climbing guides, boat repair services, transportation services and tours, canoe livery operations, hunting guides, retail sales at festivals, fun runs, catering services, and dozens of other visitor services. We collect information on the CUA application (Form 10–650), the CUA Annual Report (Form 10–660), and CUA Monthly Report (Form 10–660A). We use the information from these forms to: • Manage the program and operations. • Determine the qualifications and abilities of the commercial operators to provide a high quality, safe, and enjoyable experience for park visitors. • Determine the impact on the parks natural and cultural resources. • Manage the use and impact of multiple operators. Comments: On April 11, 2011, we published in the Federal Register (76 FR 2007) a notice requesting public comment on this information collection. The comment period ended on June 10, 2011. We received one comment in response to this notice. The commenter did not address the information VerDate Mar<15>2010 15:40 Jul 22, 2013 Jkt 229001 collection requirements, but stated that the Government should be transparent and that CUA holders and fees should be posted on the Internet. Each park issuing CUAs publishes the holder’s contact information, the service(s) provided, and fee information on the park Web site. We did not made any changes to our information collection based on this comment. We again invite comments concerning this information collection 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. Comments that you submit 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 OMB in your comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that it will be done. Dated: July 17, 2013. Madonna L. Baucum, Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service. [FR Doc. 2013–17652 Filed 7–22–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310–EH–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS–NCR–13339; PPNCNAMAN0, PPMPSPD1Y.YM00000] Proposed Information Collection; National Capital Region Application for Public Gathering AGENCY: PO 00000 National Park Service, Interior. Frm 00056 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 ACTION: Notice; request for comments. We (National Park Service, NPS) will ask the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve the information collection (IC) 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 IC. This IC is scheduled to expire on February 28, 2014. We may not conduct or sponsor and you are not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. DATES: To ensure that we are able to consider your comments on this IC, we must receive them by September 23, 2013. ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the IC to Madonna L. Baucum, Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service, 1849 C Street NW., MS 2601, Washington, DC 20240 (mail); or madonna_baucum@nps.gov (email). Please include ‘‘1024–0021’’ in the subject line of your comments. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information about this IC, contact Robbin Owen, National Capital Region, National Park Service, 900 Ohio Drive SW., Washington, DC 20024 (mail) or at 202–245–4715 (telephone); or Marisa Richardson via email at Marisa_Richardson@nps.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: SUMMARY: I. Abstract The Division of Permits Management of the National Mall and Memorial Parks issues permits for public gatherings (special events and demonstrations) held on NPS property within the National Capital Region. Regulations at 36 CFR 7.96(g) govern permits for public gatherings and implement statutory mandates to provide for resource protection and public enjoyment. These regulations reflect the special demands on many of the urban National Capital Region parks as sites for demonstrations and special events. A special event is any presentation, program, or display that is E:\FR\FM\23JYN1.SGM 23JYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 141 (Tuesday, July 23, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44146-44147]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-17652]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-BSD-CONC-10000; PPWOBSADC0, PPMVSCS1Y.Y00000]

Information Collection Request Sent to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for Approval; Commercial Use Authorizations

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: We (National Park Service) have sent an Information Collection
Request (ICR) to OMB for review and approval. We summarize the ICR
below and describe the nature of the collection and the estimated
burden and cost. We may not conduct or sponsor and you are not required
to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a
currently valid OMB control number.

DATES: You must submit comments on or before August 22, 2013.

ADDRESSES: Send your comments and suggestions on this information
collection to the Desk Officer for the Department of the Interior at
OMB-OIRA at (202) 395-5806 (fax) or OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov
(email). Please provide a copy of your comments to Madonna L. Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service, 1849 C
Street NW. (MS 2601), Washington, DC 20042 (mail); or madonna_baucum@nps.gov (email). Please include ``1024-CUA'' in the subject line
of your comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information
about this ICR, contact Paul Chalfant at Paul_Chalfant@nps.gov (email)
or (928) 638-7900 (telephone). You may review the ICR online at https://www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to review Department of the
Interior collections under review by OMB.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: None. This is a new collection.
Title: Commercial Use Authorizations.
Service Form Number(s): 10-550, 10-660, and 10-660A.
Type of Request: Existing collection in use without an OMB control
number.
Description of Respondents: Individuals and businesses.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion for applications; monthly and
annually for reports.

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Number of
Activity Number of annual Completion time per Total annual
respondents responses response burden hours
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Form 10-550 (Application)............. 5,250 5,250 2.5 hours............... 13,125
Form 10-660 (Annual Report)........... 7,100 7,100 1.25 hours.............. 8,875
Form 10-660A (Monthly Report)......... 7,100 63,900 45 minutes.............. 47,925
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TOTALS............................ 19,450 76,250 ........................ 69,925
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Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: $525,000 associated with
application fees.
Abstract: Conducting commercial operations in a unit of the
National Park System without a contract, permit, commercial use
authorization, or some other written agreement is prohibited. Section
418, Public Law 105-391 (16 U.S.C. 5966) gives the Secretary of the
Interior the authority to authorize a private person, corporation, or
other entity to provide services to visitors in units of the National
Park System through a Commercial Use Authorization (CUA). Such
authorizations are not considered concession contracts. We authorize
commercial operations that originate and operate entirely within a park
(in-park); commercial operations that provide services originating and
terminating outside of the park boundaries; noncommercial organized
children's camps, outdoor clubs, and nonprofit institutions; and other
uses as the Secretary determines appropriate. The commercial operations
include a range of services, such as mountain climbing guides, boat
repair services, transportation services and tours, canoe livery
operations, hunting guides, retail sales at festivals, fun runs,
catering services, and dozens of other visitor services.
We collect information on the CUA application (Form 10-650), the
CUA Annual Report (Form 10-660), and CUA Monthly Report (Form 10-660A).
We use the information from these forms to:
Manage the program and operations.
Determine the qualifications and abilities of the
commercial operators to provide a high quality, safe, and enjoyable
experience for park visitors.
Determine the impact on the parks natural and cultural
resources.
Manage the use and impact of multiple operators.
Comments: On April 11, 2011, we published in the Federal Register
(76 FR 2007) a notice requesting public comment on this information
collection. The comment period ended on June 10, 2011. We received one
comment in response to this notice. The commenter did not address the
information collection requirements, but stated that the Government
should be transparent and that CUA holders and fees should be posted on
the Internet. Each park issuing CUAs publishes the holder's contact
information, the service(s) provided, and fee information on the park
Web site. We did not made any changes to our information collection
based on this comment.
We again invite comments concerning this information collection 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.
Comments that you submit 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 OMB in your comment to withhold your personal
identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that it
will be done.

Dated: July 17, 2013.
Madonna L. Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 2013-17652 Filed 7-22-13; 8:45 am]
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