[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 56 (Tuesday, March 24, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 14135]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-7603]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Submission of Study Package to Office of Management and Budget;
Opportunity for Public Comment
AGENCY: Department of the Interior, National Park Service; and 4 units
of the National Park System.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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ABSTRACT: The National Park Service (NPS) Visitor Services Project and
four parks (The Netherlands Carillon/The U.S. Marine Corps War
memorial--Iwo Jima (part of the George Washington Memorial Parkway),
the National Monuments and Memorials (National Mall), Klondike Gold
Rush National Historical Park (Skagway, Alaska), and Whiskeytown
National Recreation Area) propose to conduct visitor surveys to learn
about visitor demographics and visitor opinions about services and
facilities in these four parks. The results of the surveys will be used
by park managers to improve the services they provide to visitors while
better protecting park natural and cultural resources. Study packages
that include the proposed survey questionnaires for these four proposed
park studies have been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget
for review.
SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
and 5 CFR Part 1320, Reporting and Record Keeping Requirements, the NPS
invites public comment on these four proposed information collection
requests (ICR). Comments are invited on: (1) the need for the
information including whether the information has practical utility;
(2) the accuracy of the reporting burden estimate; (3) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected;
and (4) ways to minimize the burden of the information collection on
respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology. The purpose of the four proposed
ICRs is to document the demographics of visitors to the four parks, to
learn about the motivations and expectations these visitors have for
their park visits, and to obtain their opinions regarding services
provided by the four parks and the suitability of the visitor
facilities maintained in the four parks. This information will be used
by park planners and managers to plan, develop, and operate visitor
services and facilities in ways that maximize use of limited park
financial and personnel resources to meet the expectations and desires
of park visitors.
There were no public comments received as a result of publishing in
the Federal Register a 60 day notice of intention to request clearance
of information collection for these four surveys.
DATES: Public comments will be accepted on or before April 23, 1998.
SEND COMMENTS TO: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs of OMB,
Attention Desk Officer for the Interior Department, Office of
Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20530; and also to: Margaret
Littlejohn; Cooperative Park Studies Unit; Department of Forest
Resources; College of Forestry, Wildlife and Range Sciences; University
of Idaho; Moscow, ID 83844-1133.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY OF THE STUDY PACKAGES SUBMITTED FOR
OMB REVIEW, CONTACT: Margaret Littlejohn, phone: 208-885-7863, fax:
208-885-4261, or email: littlej@uidaho.edu.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: National Park Service (NPS) Visitor Services Project Visitor
Surveys at Four Parks.
Form: Not applicable.
OMB Number: To be assigned.
Expiration Date: To be assigned.
Type of Request: Request for new clearance.
Description of Need: The National Park Service needs information
concerning visitor demographics and visitor opinions about the services
and facilities that the National Park Service provides in each of these
four parks. The proposed information to be collected regarding visitors
in these four parks is not available from existing records, sources, or
observation.
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 during
their park visit. The intrusion on visitors to the parks is minimized
by only contacting visitors during one 7-9 day period at each park.
Description of Respondents: A sample of visitors to each of these
four parks.
Estimated Average Number of Respondents: 800 at The Netherlands
Carillon/The U.S. Marine Corps War memorial--Iwo Jima, 800 at the
National Monuments and Memorials (National Mall), 480 at Klondike Gold
Rush National Historical Park (Skagway, Alaska), and 864 at Whiskeytown
National Recreation Area.
Estimated Average Number of Responses: Each respondents will
respond only one time, so the number of responses will be the same as
the number of respondents.
Estimated Average Burden Hours Per Response: 12 minutes.
Frequency of Response: One time per respondent.
Estimated Annual Reporting Burden: 160 hours at The Netherlands
Carillon/The U.S. Marine Corps War memorial--Iwo Jima, 1600 hours at
the National Monuments and Memorials (National Mall), 96 hours at
Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park (Skagway, Alaska), and 173
hours at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area.
Diane M. Cooke,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, WASO Administration Program
Center, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 98-7603 Filed 3-23-98; 8:45 am]
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