[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 162 (Friday, August 21, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 44923]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-22487]
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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, Yellowstone
National Park.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The National Park Service proposes to conduct visitor surveys
of the economics of winter use and wildlife in the national parks,
national forests, and communities of the Greater Yellowstone Area. The
surveys would be used in a forthcoming draft Environmental Impact
Statement on Winter Use in Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks
and the John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Memorial Parkway and for the final
Bison Management Environmental Impact Statement.
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 surveys. 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 these surveys is to incorporate
the results into a forthcoming draft Environmental Impact Statement on
Winter Use in Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks and the John
D. Rockefeller, Jr., Memorial Parkway and for the final Bison
Management Environmental Impact Statement.
DATES: Public comments will be accepted on or before October 20, 1998.
SEND COMMENTS TO: John Sacklin, Planning Office, Yellowstone National
Park, P.O. Box 168, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming 82190, phone:
307-344-2021, fax: 307-344-2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
John Sacklin, phone: 307-344-2021, fax: 307-344-2023, email:
john__sacklin@nps.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Economics of Winter Use and Wildlife in the National Parks,
National Forests, and Communities of the Greater Yellowstone Area.
Bureau Form Number: None.
OMB Number: To be requested.
Expiration Data: To be requested.
Type of request: Request for new clearance.
Description of need: The National Park Service needs information
about the economics of winter use and wildlife in the national parks,
national forests, and communities of the Greater Yellowstone Area to
incorporate in a forthcoming draft Environmental Impact Statement on
Winter Use in Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks and the John
D. Rockefeller, Jr., Memorial Parkway and for the final Bison
Management Environmental Impact Statement.
Automated data collection: At the present time, there is no
automated way to gather this information, since it includes asking
visitors about their perceptions, expectations, and preferences in the
Greater Yellowstone Area.
Description of respondents: A sample of individuals who use the
parks and forests in the Greater Yellowstone Area.
Estimated average number of respondents: 2600.
Estimated average number of responses: Each respondent will respond
only one time, so the number of responses will be the same as the
number of respondents.
Estimated average burden hour per response: 20 minutes.
Frequency of Response: 1 time per respondent.
Estimated annual reporting burden: 867 hours.
Diane M. Cooke,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, WASO Administrative Program
Center, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 98-22487 Filed 8-20-98; 8:45 am]
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