[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 121 (Friday, June 21, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 31911]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-15866]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Notice and Request for Comments on Information Collection for
Visitor Information Use Study
AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of intent; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Forest Service announces its intent to establish a new information
collection. The new collection is necessary to evaluate how agency
information services, such as visitor centers, interpretive services,
brochures, or informational flyers, are used by visitors to National
Forest System lands geographically situated in close proximity to urban
communities in southern California. The San Bernardino, Angeles, Los
Padres, and Cleveland National Forests are the focus of this
information collection. Information also will be collected to determine
how people living near National Forest System lands in southern
California urban areas get or receive information about the lands. The
data will be used to evaluate the accessibility of information about
the four forests in these urban communities, the usefulness of the
information, the method or media by which the information was received,
and the agency's effectiveness in disseminating National Forest System
information to southern California urban communities.
DATES: Comments must be received in writing on or before August 20,
1996.
ADDRESSES: All comments should be addressed to: Forest Service, USDA,
Visitor Information Project, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range
Experiment Station, 4955 Canyon Crest Dr., Riverside, CA 92507.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. James Absher, Pacific Southwest
Forest and Range Experiment Station, at (909) 680-1559.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description of Information Collection
Title: Visitor Information Use Study.
OMB Number: New.
Expiration Date of Approval: New.
Type of Request: The following describes a new collection
requirement and has not received approval by the Office of Management
and Budget.
Abstract: The data collected will be analyzed to gain an
understanding of how urban residents in southern California, living
close to the San Bernadino, Angeles, Los Padres and Cleveland National
Forest System lands, get or receive information about recreational
opportunities on the lands; about rules governing the lands, such as
permits or costs; if residents share the information with others in
their communities; and how southern California urban residents utilize
the informational dissemination services provided by the agency, such
as National Forest System land visitor centers, interpretive services,
brochures, or informational flyers.
The data also will be used to identify which agency informational
services are utilized by southern California urban residents and
sources by which residents get or receive information about National
Forest System lands. The data will be evaluated to define agency
information dissemination and urban communication patterns: for
example, if southern California urban residents share the information
they get or receive with other residents in their communities, what
their informational source preferences are (newspapers, television,
radio, visitor centers, brochures, or flyers), and if there are
differences in informational source sharing among culturally diverse
user groups.
Southern California urban visitors to National Forest System lands
will be mailed a postage-paid survey, which the visitor may fill out
and return. Data gathered in this information collection is not
available from other sources.
Estimate of Burden: 20 minutes.
Type of Respondents: Individuals and groups visiting National
Forest System lands in southern California.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,400.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 800 hours.
The agency invites comments on the following: (a) Whether the
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the
information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions
used; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on respondents, including the use of
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information technology.
Use of Comments
All comments received in response to this notice will be summarized
and included in the request for OMB approval. All comments will also
become a matter of public record.
Dated: June 14, 1996.
Mark A. Remers,
Acting Chief.
[FR Doc. 96-15866 Filed 6-20-96; 8:45 am]
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