Proposed Information Collection; The Interagency Access Pass and Senior Pass Application Processes, 59243-59244 [2016-20602]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
• National Park Service

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 167 (Monday, August 29, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59243-59244]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-20602]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-BSD-FEES-21785; PX.XBSAD0096.00.1]


Proposed Information Collection; The Interagency Access Pass and 
Senior Pass Application Processes

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: 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 information collection is 
scheduled to expire on May 31, 2017. 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: You must submit comments on or before October 28, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the IC to Madonna L. Baucum, 
Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service, 12201 
Sunrise Valley Drive (MS-242), Reston, VA 20192 (mail); or 
madonna_baucum@nps.gov (email). Please reference OMB Control Number 
1024-0252 in the subject line of your comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information 
about this IC, contact Brooke Linford by email at 
brooke_linford@nps.gov, or at (202) 513-7139 (telephone).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    The America the Beautiful--National Parks and Federal Recreation 
Lands Pass Program covers recreation opportunities on public lands 
managed by four Department of the Interior agencies--the National Park 
Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management, and 
the Bureau of Reclamation--and by the Department of Agriculture's U.S. 
Forest Service. The passes provide visitors an affordable and 
convenient way to access Federal recreation lands. The pass program's 
proceeds are used to improve and enhance visitor recreation services. 
Two of the available passes--Interagency Access Pass and Interagency 
Senior Pass--require documentation and are the bases for this 
information collection.
    The Interagency Access Pass is a free, lifetime pass issued to 
citizens or residents who are domiciled in the United States, 
regardless of age, and who have a medical determination and 
documentation of permanent disability. You can obtain an Access Pass in 
person, with proper documentation, from a participating Federal 
recreation site or office. Access Passes may also be obtained via mail 
order. Mail-order applicants for the Access Pass must submit a 
completed application, proof of residency, and documentation of 
permanent disability, and pay the document processing fee of $10 to 
obtain a pass through the mail.
    If a person arrives at a recreation site and claims eligibility for 
the Interagency Access Pass, but cannot produce any documentation, that 
person must read, sign, and date a Statement of Disability Form in the 
presence of the agency officer issuing the Interagency Access Pass. If 
the applicant cannot read and/or sign the form, someone else may read, 
date, and sign the statement on his/her behalf in the applicant's 
presence and in the presence of the agency officer issuing the 
Interagency Access Pass.
    The Interagency Senior Pass is a lifetime pass issued to U.S. 
citizens or permanent residents who are 62 years or older. There is a 
$10 fee for the Senior Pass. You can buy a Senior Pass in person from a 
participating Federal recreation site or office, online or by mail 
order. There is an additional document processing fee of $10 to obtain 
a Senior Pass online or through the mail. Online and mail-order 
applicants must submit a completed application and proof of residency 
and age, and pay $20 for the pass fee and processing fee.
    Agency Web sites provide information on the passes and acceptable

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documentation. All documentation submitted in person, online or through 
the mail is returned to the applicant, removed from servers or 
destroyed.

II. Data

    OMB Control Number: 1024-0252.
    Title: The Interagency Access Pass and Senior Pass Application 
Processes.
    Service Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Description of Respondents: Individuals.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.

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                                                           Number of
               Activity                    Number of        annual        Completion  time per     Total annual
                                          respondents      responses            response           burden hours
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Interagency Access Pass (in person)...          76,000          76,000  5 minutes...............           6,333
Interagency Access Pass (by mail).....           4,000           4,000  10 minutes..............             667
Interagency Senior Pass (online)......           5,000           5,000  10 Minutes..............             833
Interagency Senior Pass (by mail).....          29,750          29,750  10 minutes..............           4,958
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    Totals............................         114,750         114,750  ........................          12,791
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    Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: $409,775. The estimated cost 
burden for applications submitted by mail (two photocopies and postage) 
is $0.66 per mail-in applicant, for a total of $22,275 ($0.66 x for 
33,750 responses). In addition, there is a processing fee of $10.00 for 
each online and mail-in application, or a total of $387,500 ($10 x 
38,750).

III. Comments

    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 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: August 23, 2016.
Madonna L. Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-20602 Filed 8-26-16; 8:45 am]
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