Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request: A Survey of Direct Recreational Uses Along the Colorado River, 8340-8341 [2015-03096]

Download as PDF 8340 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 31 / Tuesday, February 17, 2015 / Notices Service Form Number: None. Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection of information. Description of Respondents: Museums that receive Federal funds and have possession of or control over Native American cultural items. Annual respondents Information collections New Summary/Inventory —Private Sector ..................................................................................... —Govt .................................................................................................... Update Summary/Inventory —Private Sector ..................................................................................... —Govt .................................................................................................... Notices —Private Sector ..................................................................................... —Govt .................................................................................................... Notify Tribes and Request Information —Private Sector ..................................................................................... —Govt .................................................................................................... Respond to Request for Information —Govt .................................................................................................... Totals .............................................................................................. Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: None. tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Dated: February 10, 2015. Madonna L. Baucum, Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service. [FR Doc. 2015–03111 Filed 2–13–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310–EH–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:51 Feb 13, 2015 1 2 100 hours ......... 200 hours ......... 100 200 226 245 226 245 10 hours ........... 10 hours ........... 2,260 2,450 41 64 41 64 10 hours ........... 10 hours ........... 410 640 4 10 4 10 30 minutes ........ 30 minutes ........ 2 5 16 16 48 minutes ........ 13 609 609 ........................... 6,080 Jkt 235001 [NPS–WASO–NRSS–EQD–SSB–17651; PPWONRADE3, PPMRSNR1Y.NM000] Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request: A Survey of Direct Recreational Uses Along the Colorado River National Park Service, Interior. Notice and request for comments. AGENCY: ACTION: We (National Park Service) are asking the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve the Information Collection Request (ICR) described below. The National Park Service (NPS) is requesting approval of a new collection that will be collected in collaboration with the U.S. Geological Survey’s Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center and used to provide information concerning the direct recreational uses along the Colorado River—specifically the stretch between the Glen Canyon Dam and Lee’s Ferry. 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. DATES: To ensure that your comments on this ICR are considered, OMB must receive them on or before March 19, 2015. ADDRESSES: Please submit written comments on this information SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00056 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Total annual burden hours 1 2 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE We 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 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 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, 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 it will be done. Average time/ response (hr) Annual responses DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR III. Comments Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. Frequency of Collection: On occasion. 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, to OIRA_ Submission@omb.eop.gov (email) or 202–395–5806 (fax); and identify your submission as 1024–DREC. 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–DREC in the subject line. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Phadrea Ponds, Information Collection Review Coordinator, National Park Service, 1201 Oakridge Drive, Fort Collins, CO 80525 (mail); or phadrea_ ponds@nps.gov (email). Please reference Information Collection 1024–DREC in the subject line. You may also access this ICR at www.reginfo.gov. I. Abstract We wish to conduct this study to understand the social and economic impacts of water levels on recreation uses of the Colorado River, specifically the areas from Glen Canyon Dam to the head of Lake Mead. We are requesting approval to administer two versions of the key valuation questions (CV and conjoint). The rationale for administering two surveys containing CV and conjoint questions is because the survey design recognizes that the state of the art methods used in nonmarket valuation have substantially E:\FR\FM\17FEN1.SGM 17FEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 31 / Tuesday, February 17, 2015 / Notices advanced since these user groups were surveyed on these issues more than 25 years ago. A survey will be mailed to a sample of whitewater floaters and anglers to collect information concerning (1) trip/visit characteristics, (2) activities and (3) opinions on river management. This information collection will be used to provide empirical data that will help NPS managers and planners understand the impacts of direct recreational uses along the Colorado River. II. Data OMB Control Number: 1024–DREC. Title: A Survey of Direct Recreational Uses Along The Colorado River. Type of Request: NEW. Affected Public: General public; individual households. Respondent Obligation: Voluntary. Frequency of Collection: One time. Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 2,340. Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 780 hours. Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’: None. tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES III. Request for Comments On August 26, 2014, we published a Federal Register notice (79 FR 50940) announcing that we would submit this ICR to OMB for approval. Public comments were solicited for 60 days ending October 27, 2014. We received one comment in response to that notice. The commenter suggested that this study is unnecessary because the SocioEconomic Ad Hoc Group (SEAHG) is in the process of developing a study to address the informational needs related to the Glen Canyon Dam operations and the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon. We contend that this study does not cause a conflict because the survey does not duplicate any ongoing or parallel effort but rather is intended to provide information that will be used to update a more than 25 year old study of the same resources. 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. A Federal agency may not conduct or sponsor and a person is not required to VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:51 Feb 13, 2015 Jkt 235001 respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. 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: February 9, 2015. Madonna L. Baucum, Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service. [FR Doc. 2015–03096 Filed 2–13–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310–EH–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS–NER–BOHA–17599; PPMPSPD1Z.YM0000] [PPNEBOHAS1] Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area Advisory Council National Park Service, Interior. Notice of annual meeting. AGENCY: ACTION: This notice announces the annual meeting of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area Advisory Council. The agenda includes updates from the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, the Boston Harbor Island Alliance, and the National Park Service about project, program, marketing, and water transportation plans for the 2015 Season. There will also be a discussion about the Council’s mission, goals, and community outreach initiative. The Council will hold elections for officers and nominate Council representatives to the Boston Harbor Islands Partnership. Superintendent Giles Parker will also give updates about park operations and planning efforts. DATES: March 11, 2015, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. (EASTERN). ADDRESSES: Partnership Office, 15 State Street, 2nd Floor Conference Room, Boston, MA 02109. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Giles Parker, Superintendent and Designated Federal Official (DFO), Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area, 15 State Street, Suite 1100, Boston, MA 02109, telephone SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00057 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 8341 (617) 223–8669, or email giles_parker@ nps.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This meeting is open to the public. Those wishing to submit written comments may contact the DFO for the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area Advisory Council, Giles Parker, by mail at National Park Service, Boston Harbor Islands, 15 State Street, Suite 1100, Boston, MA 02109 or via email giles_ parker@nps.gov. Before including your address, telephone 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 may 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. The Council was appointed by the Director of the National Park Service pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 460kkk(g). The purpose of the Council is to advise and make recommendations to the Boston Harbor Islands Partnership with respect to the implementation of a management plan and park operations. Efforts have been made locally to ensure that the interested public is aware of the meeting dates. Dated: February 10, 2015. Alma Ripps, Chief, Office of Policy. [FR Doc. 2015–03110 Filed 2–13–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310–EE–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Reclamation [RR83550000, 14XR0680A1, RX.31580001.0090104] Agency Information Collection; Proposed Revisions to a Currently Approved Information Collection (OMB Control Number 1006–0006) Bureau of Reclamation, Interior. ACTION: Notice and request for comments. AGENCY: We, the Bureau of Reclamation, intend to submit a request for renewal (with revisions) of an existing approved information collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) titled, Certification Summary Form, Reporting Summary Form for Acreage Limitation, 43 CFR part 426 and 43 CFR part 428, OMB Control Number 1006–0006. SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\17FEN1.SGM 17FEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 31 (Tuesday, February 17, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8340-8341]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-03096]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

[NPS-WASO-NRSS-EQD-SSB-17651; PPWONRADE3, PPMRSNR1Y.NM000]


Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request: A Survey of 
Direct Recreational Uses Along the Colorado River

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 Information Collection Request (ICR) 
described below. The National Park Service (NPS) is requesting approval 
of a new collection that will be collected in collaboration with the 
U.S. Geological Survey's Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center 
and used to provide information concerning the direct recreational uses 
along the Colorado River--specifically the stretch between the Glen 
Canyon Dam and Lee's Ferry. 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.

DATES: To ensure that your comments on this ICR are considered, OMB 
must receive them on or before March 19, 2015.

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, to OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov (email) or 
202-395-5806 (fax); and identify your submission as 1024-DREC. 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-DREC in the subject line.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Phadrea Ponds, Information Collection 
Review Coordinator, National Park Service, 1201 Oakridge Drive, Fort 
Collins, CO 80525 (mail); or phadrea_ponds@nps.gov (email). Please 
reference Information Collection 1024-DREC in the subject line. You may 
also access this ICR at www.reginfo.gov.

I. Abstract

    We wish to conduct this study to understand the social and economic 
impacts of water levels on recreation uses of the Colorado River, 
specifically the areas from Glen Canyon Dam to the head of Lake Mead. 
We are requesting approval to administer two versions of the key 
valuation questions (CV and conjoint). The rationale for administering 
two surveys containing CV and conjoint questions is because the survey 
design recognizes that the state of the art methods used in non-market 
valuation have substantially

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advanced since these user groups were surveyed on these issues more 
than 25 years ago. A survey will be mailed to a sample of whitewater 
floaters and anglers to collect information concerning (1) trip/visit 
characteristics, (2) activities and (3) opinions on river management. 
This information collection will be used to provide empirical data that 
will help NPS managers and planners understand the impacts of direct 
recreational uses along the Colorado River.

II. Data

    OMB Control Number: 1024-DREC.
    Title: A Survey of Direct Recreational Uses Along The Colorado 
River.
    Type of Request: NEW.
    Affected Public: General public; individual households.
    Respondent Obligation: Voluntary.
    Frequency of Collection: One time.
    Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 2,340.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 780 hours.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Non-Hour Cost'': 
None.

III. Request for Comments

    On August 26, 2014, we published a Federal Register notice (79 FR 
50940) announcing that we would submit this ICR to OMB for approval. 
Public comments were solicited for 60 days ending October 27, 2014. We 
received one comment in response to that notice. The commenter 
suggested that this study is unnecessary because the Socio-Economic Ad 
Hoc Group (SEAHG) is in the process of developing a study to address 
the informational needs related to the Glen Canyon Dam operations and 
the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon. We contend that this study does 
not cause a conflict because the survey does not duplicate any ongoing 
or parallel effort but rather is intended to provide information that 
will be used to update a more than 25 year old study of the same 
resources.
    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.
    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. 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: February 9, 2015.
Madonna L. Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-03096 Filed 2-13-15; 8:45 am]
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