Information Collection Request: National Park Service Centennial National Household Survey, 75428-75429 [2016-26151]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
• National Park Service

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 210 (Monday, October 31, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75428-75429]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-26151]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-EQD-SSB-22271; PPAKGAARC6, PPMPRLE1Z.LS0000 (166)]


Information Collection Request: National Park Service Centennial 
National Household Survey

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: We (National Park Service, NPS) 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 annual burden. 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: To ensure that we are able to consider your comments on this 
ICR, we must receive them by November 30, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Please direct all written comments on this ICR 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 1024-0254. 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 1024-0254 in the subject line. You may also access this ICR 
at www.reginfo.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bret Meldrum, Chief Social Science 
Program, National Park Service, 1201 Oakridge Drive, Fort Collins, CO 
80525 (mail); or bret_meldrum@nps.gov (email). Please reference 
Information Collection 1024-0254 in the subject line.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract

    2016 marks the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service 
(NPS)--a defining moment that offers an opportunity to reflect on and 
celebrate our accomplishments as we move forward into a new century of 
stewardship and engagement. As we prepare for our centennial 
anniversary, discussions concerning the relevancy of the National Parks 
have ignited the need for a third iteration of the NPS Comprehensive 
Survey of the American

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Public. This survey will include questions from the original surveys as 
well as updated questions that can be used to provide views from a 
national audience concerning the current relevancy of the NPS that 
would otherwise be unavailable.
    This request is to reinstate OMB Control Number 1024-0254 in order 
to pretest the survey and collection methods before we ask OMB to 
review for the consideration of approval the final version of the 
survey instrument. The new content is sufficiently different enough to 
necessitate this request to pretest question, response choice wording, 
and survey length before requesting approval of the final survey. The 
purpose and intent of the final survey will be measure the awareness, 
engagement, values, and preferences of both visitors and non-visitors. 
This information will be used to assess the relevancy of NPS as well as 
to assess change over time, which in turn will be used to evaluate the 
effectiveness of NPS efforts to increase its relevancy.

II. Data

    OMB Control Number: 1024-0254.
    Title: National Park Service Centennial National Household Survey.
    Type of Request: Reinstatement with change to a previously approved 
collection.
    Affected Public: Individuals and households.
    Respondent Obligation: Voluntary.
    Frequency of Collection: One time.
    Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 120.
    Annual Burden Hours: 54 hours.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Non-Hour Cost'': 
None.

III. Comments

    A notice was published in the Federal Register (80 FR 80384) on 
December 24, 2015, stating that we intended to submit an information 
collection OMB approval of the NPS Comprehensive Survey of the American 
Public. In this notice, we solicited public comment for 60 days ending 
February 22, 2016. We did not receive any comments in response to that 
notice that required changes to the collection instruments.
    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. 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: October 26, 2016.
Madonna L. Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-26151 Filed 10-28-16; 8:45 am]
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