[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 13 (Friday, January 19, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1400-1401]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-548]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Proposed Collection of Information--Opportunity for Public
Comment
The National Park Service Visitor Services Project, based on the
Cooperative Park Studies Unit of the University of Idaho, is proposing
to conduct visitor studies at the following parks during FY 96:
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Est. # of Burden
responses hrs.
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Everglades National Park.......................... 520 104
Chiricahua National Monument/Fort Bowie National
Historic Site.................................... 480 96
Death Valley National Park........................ 400 80
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Great Falls Park (George Washington Memorial
Parkway)......................................... 400 80
Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site.... 400 80
Prince William Forest Park........................ 400 80
Great Smokey Mountains National Park.............. 800 160
Chamizal National Memorial........................ 400 80
Coulee Dam National Recreation Area............... 520 104
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Annual Totals................................... 4,320 864
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Abstract: NPS goal is to learn visitor demographics and visitors'
opinions about services and facilities in these parks. Results will be
used by managers to improve services, protect resources and better
serve the visitors.
Bureau Form Number: None.
Burden Hours: The burden hour estimates are based on 12 minutes to
complete each questionnaire and the 80% return rate goal.
Frequency: 7 days at each park.
Description of Respondents: Visitor groups are contacted as they
enter the park and are given a mail-back questionnaire if they agree to
participate in the survey.
Estimated Completion Time: 12 minutes.
Automated Data Collection: At the present time, there is no
automated way to gather this information, since it includes asking
visitors to evaluate services and facilities that they used in the
parks. The burden is minimized by only contacting visitors during a 7
day period at each park.
The National Park Service is soliciting comments on the need for
gathering the information in the proposed visitor studies listed above.
The NPS is also asking for comments on the practical utility of the
information being gathered, the accuracy of the burden hour estimate,
and ways to minimize the burden to visitors to these parks. Make
comments to: Dr. Gary E. Machlis, Chief Social Scientist, National Park
Service, Main Interior Building, Room 3412, 1849 C Street, N.W.,
Washington D.C. 20240, phone: 202-208-5391 or 208-885-7129; or Margaret
Littlejohn, Visitor Services Project Coordinator, Cooperative Park
Studies Unit, College of Forestry, Wildlife and Range Sciences,
University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho 83844-1133, phone: 208-885-7863.
Terry Tesar,
Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 96-548 Filed 1-18-96; 8:45 am]
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