98-18025. Submission of Package to Office of Management and Budget; Review Opportunity for Public Comment

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 130 (Wednesday, July 8, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 36942]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-18025]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Submission of Package to Office of Management and Budget; Review 
Opportunity for Public Comment

AGENCY: Department of the Interior, National Park Service; Special Park 
Uses.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(Pub. L. 104-14, 44 U.S.C. 3507) and 5 CFR, Part 1320, Reporting and 
Recordkeeping Requirements, the NPS invites public comments 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.
    This notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) 
abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management and 
Budget for review and comment. The ICR describes the nature of the 
information collection and it's expected cost and burden. It includes 
the actual information collection instruments. Copies of the ICR may be 
obtained from the NPS by calling Chip Davis at 202-208-5760.
    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.

DATES: Public comments will be accepted on or before August 7, 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 Chip Davis, 
Department of the Interior, National Park Service, phone [phone].
    The OMB has up to 60 days to approve or disapprove the information 
collection but may respond after 30 days.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Chip Davis, Ranger Activities Division, National Park Service, 18th & C 
Streets, NW., Washington, DC 20240. Telephone [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: These information collections are associated 
with permits implementing provisions of agency regulations pertaining 
to the use of public lands (OMB control number 1024-0026). NPS form 10-
114 (Special Use Permit) is the primary form used to apply for, 
consider, permit, and limit, uses of public lands. The uses considered 
under this information collection generally include those which make 
short term commercial use of park resources or which regulate 
activities not generally available to the public. Permitted activities 
include use of commercial vehicles in park areas and grazing in parks 
where permitted by law.
    Title: Special Park Uses.
    Estimated annual reporting burden: 27,050.
    Estimated average burden hours per response: 1 hour.
    Estimated average number of respondents: 28,250.
Diane M. Cooke,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 98-18025 Filed 7-7-98; 8:45 am]
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