[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 42 (Wednesday, March 4, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10652-10653]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-5290]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
60-day Notice of Intention To Request Clearance of Collection of
Information; Opportunity for Public Comment
AGENCY: Department of the Interior, National Park Service, and Sequoia
and Kings Canyon National Parks.
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ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The National Park Service (NPS) is proposing in 1998 to
conduct a survey of community residents in one gateway community near
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks to refine those issues related
to fire management and associated smoke that are most important to
people who live there. This information collection will support ongoing
fire management planning at Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks.
Under provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and 5 CFR
Part 1320, Reporting and Record Keeping Requirements, the National Park
Service is soliciting comments on the need for gathering the
information in the proposed survey. The NPS also is asking for comments
on the practical utility of the information being gathered; the
accuracy of the burden hour estimate; 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 collection techniques or other forms of information
technology. The NPS goal in conducting this survey is to obtain park
neighbors' perceptions of the existing fire management program and its
effect on residents, the community, and the ecosystem. Results of the
survey will assist NPS fire managers in their management decisions by
providing information about the knowledge, needs and desires of the
affected public living in the community that is closest to the two
parks. The intended effect of this information collection is to better
inform park managers about issues important to park neighbors, to
assist them in developing citizen education and involvement programs,
and to help them formulate fire management decision making criteria for
fires in the Park.
DATES: Public comments will be accepted on or before May 4, 1998.
SEND COMMENTS TO: William Kaage, Fire Management Officer, Sequoia and
Kings Canyon National Parks, Three Rivers, California 93271-9700,
phone: 209-565-3160.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
William Kaage, Fire Management Officer, Sequoia and Kings Canyon
National Parks, Three Rivers, California 93271-9700, phone: 209-565-
3160; e-mail: william__kaage@nps.gov>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Fine Management Planning Survey at Sequoia and Kings Canyon
National Parks.
Bureau Form Number: None.
OMB Number: To be requested.
Expiration date: To be requested.
Type of request: Request for new clearance.
Description of need: The National Park Service needs information
concerning perceptions of residents who live near Sequoia and Kings
Canyon National Parks regarding forest fire, fire ecology, regional
fire management history and the effects of fire management practices on
their community and the ecosystem. The proposed information to be
collected from park neighbors is not available from existing records,
sources, or observations either regularly or comprehensively.
Automated data collection: At the present time, there is no
automated way to gather this information, since it includes asking
gateway community residents about their perceptions of fire management
in the region.
Description of Respondents: A sample of adult householders living
in one gateway community near Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks.
Estimated average number of respondents: The number is estimated to
be approximately 500 respondents.
Estimated average number of respondents: Each respondent 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: 15 minutes.
Frequency of response: 1 time per respondent.
Estimated annual reporting burden: The total burden for 1998 will
be approximately 125 hours.
Diane M. Cooke,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, WASO Administrative Program
Center, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 98-5290 Filed 3-3-98; 8:45 am]
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