Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request: Proposed Information Collection; National Park Service Visitor Survey Card, 31135 [2014-12565]

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• DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
• National Park Service

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 104 (Friday, May 30, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 31135]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-12565]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[WASO-NRSS-EQD-SSD-15892; PPWONRADE3. PPMRSNR1Y.NM0000]


Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request: Proposed 
Information Collection; National Park Service Visitor Survey Card

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: We (National Park Service) are asking the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) to approve the renewal of a collection that will be 
used to provide an understanding of visitor satisfaction and an 
understanding of the park and agency performance related to The 
Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). 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 ICR. A Federal agency 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, OMB 
must receive them on or before June 30, 2014.

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_Submission@omb.eop.gov 
or fax at 202-395-5806; and identify your submission as 1024-0216. 
Please also send 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 (email). 
Please reference Information Collection 1024-0216 in the subject line.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bret Meldrum, Chief, Social Science 
Program, National Park Service, 1201 Oakridge Drive, Fort Collins, CO 
80525-5596 (mail); Bret_Meldrum@nps.gov (email); or 970-267-7295 
(phone). You may also access this ICR at www.reginfo.gov.

I. Abstract

    The National Park Service (NPS) Act of 1916, 38 Stat 535, 16 USC 1, 
et seq., requires that the NPS preserve national parks for the use and 
enjoyment of present and future generations. The Visitor Survey Card 
contains eight questions regarding visitor evaluations of service and 
facility quality, awareness of park significance, and basic demographic 
information. Each year, all NPS units nationwide (approximately 330) 
are required to collect data using the Visitor Survey Card. Data and 
information collected are used to provide feedback that is used by 
Superintendents and other managers to develop performance improvement 
plans. We are, therefore, requesting the renewal of the Visitor 
Services Card so that we may continue to fulfill our program-specific 
mission to provide an interdisciplinary approach that ensures the 
integrated use of social science research in NPS decision making.

II. Data

    OMB Control Number: 1024-0224.
    Title: National Park Service Visitor Survey Card.
    Type of Request: Renewal.
    Affected Public: General Public; individual households.
    Respondent Obligation: Voluntary.
    Frequency of Collection: One time.
    Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 172,458.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 4,062 hours.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Non-Hour Cost'': 
None.

III. Request For Comments

    On February 10, 2014 we published a Federal Register notice (79 FR 
7697) announcing that we would submit this ICR to OMB for approval. In 
this notice, public comment was solicited for 60 days ending April 11, 
2014. No public comments concerning this notice were received. We again 
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.
    Comments that you submit 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, 
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: May 27, 2014.
Madonna L. Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 2014-12565 Filed 5-29-14; 8:45 am]
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