[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 96 (Monday, May 19, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27271-27272]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-13073]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
30 Day Notice of Submission to OMB, Opportunity for Public
Comment
AGENCY: National Park Service; Colonial National Historical Park,
Frederick Douglass National Historical Site, Glen Canyon National
Recreation Area, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Grand Canyon
National Park, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Yellowstone
National Park, Yosemite National Park, Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice of submission to OMB and request for comments.
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ABSTRACT: The National Park Service and eight units of the National
Park System (Colonial National Historical Park, Frederick Douglass
National Historic Site, Glenn Canyon National Recreation Area, Golden
Gate National Recreation Area, Grand Canyon National Park, Sleeping
Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Yellowstone National Park, and Yosemite
National Park) propose to conduct visitor surveys to assess visitor
reactions to new, demonstration visitor fee programs. The results will
be used by the National Park Service, Department of the Interior, and
the Congress to evaluate the trial fee programs. A Paperwork Reduction
Act Submission that includes the proposed survey questionnaire for
these surveys has 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
National Park Service invites public comments on the proposed
information collection request (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 use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
The purpose of the ICR is to obtain in eight national park units
information about visitors and their reactions to new
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visitor fee programs being conducted on a trial basis in many units of
the National Park System of the United States. The eight national park
units will represent a cross section of the parks in the National Park
System. Results of this survey will be used by the National Park
Service, the Department of the Interior, and the Congress to evaluate
the trial fee programs.
There were no public comments received as a result of publishing in
the Federal Register a 60 day notice of intention to request clearance
for this ICR.
DATES: Public comments will be accepted on or before June 18, 1997.
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 20503; and also to: David W.
Lime, Ph.D., Senior Research Associate, Cooperative Park Studies Unit,
Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota, 115 Green Hall
1530 N. Cleveland Ave., St. Paul, MN 55108.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY OF THE ICR SUBMITTED TO OMB, CONTACT:
Dave Lime, 612-624-2250.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Monitoring Public Reactions to Trial Fee Programs Being
Tested During 1997 in the National Park System.
Form: None.
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
about visitors and their reactions to new visitor fee programs being
conducted on a trial basis in many units of the National Park System of
the United States. The results of this eight national park unit survey
will be used by the National Park Service, the Department of the
Interior, and the Congress to evaluate the trial fee programs.
Description of respondents: A sample of individuals who visit each
of the eight parks.
Estimated annual reporting burden: 96 burden hours.
Estimated average burden hours per response: 6 minutes.
Estimated average number of respondents: 960 total (120 respondents
in each of the 8 parks).
Estimated frequency of response: Once.
Diane M. Cooke,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Accountability and Audits
Team, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 97-13073 Filed 5-16-97; 8:45 am]
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