[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 228 (Monday, November 29, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73123-73124]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-29971]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[2462-PYB]


Information Collection Sent to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for Approval; OMB Control Number 1024-0022; Backcountry 
Use Permit

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: We (National Park Service, NPS) have sent an Information 
Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for review and approval. We summarize 
the ICR below and describe the nature of the collection and the 
estimated burden and cost. This ICR is scheduled to expire on November 
30, 2010. We may not conduct or sponsor and a person is not required to 
respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently 
valid OMB control number. However, under OMB regulations, we may 
continue to conduct or sponsor this information collection while it is 
pending at OMB.

DATES: You must submit comments on or before December 29, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Send your comments and suggestions on this information 
collection to the Desk Officer for the Department of the Interior, 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, OMB, at (202) 395-5806 
(fax) or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6f20263d2e302b202c242a3b2f20222d410a001f41080019"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7e31372c3f213a313d353b2a3e31333c501b110e50191108">[email protected]</span></a> (e-mail). Please provide a copy of 
your comments to Garry Oye, Chief of Wilderness Stewardship Division, 
National Park Service, 1201 Eye Street NW., (Room 1004), Washington DC 
20005; via fax at (202) 371-6623; or via e-mail at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#54133526262d0b1b2d31143a24277a333b22"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="57103625252e08182e321739272479303821">[email protected]</span></a>.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information 
about this ICR, contact Garry Oye by mail, fax, or e-mail (see 
ADDRESSES) or by phone at (202) 513-7090.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 1024-0022.
    Title: Backcountry Use Permit (36 CFR 1.5, 1.6, and 2.10).
    Form Number: 10-404A.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Description of Respondents: Individuals wishing to use backcountry 
areas within national parks.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 285,000.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 285,000.
    Completion Time per Response: 0.083 hours.

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    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 23,750.
    Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: None.
    Abstract: The Backcountry Use Permit (Form 10-404A) is used to 
implement a backcountry reservation system and provide access into 
backcountry zones where registration is required or limits are imposed 
in accordance with regulations. Such permitting enhances the ability of 
the NPS to issue hazard warnings, to conduct search and rescue efforts, 
and to provide resource protection.
    The objectives of the permit system are to ensure: (1) Requests by 
backcountry users are evaluated by park managers in accordance with 
applicable statutes and NPS regulations; (2) use of consistent 
standards and permitting criteria throughout the agency; and (3) to the 
extent possible, use of a single permitting document.
    Comments: On July 19, 2010, we published in the Federal Register 
(75 FR 41879) a notice of our intent to request that OMB renew this 
information collection. In that notice, we solicited comments for 60 
days, ending on September 17, 2010. We did not receive any comments in 
response to that notice.
    We again invite comments concerning this information collection on:
    <bullet> Whether or not the collection of information is necessary, 
including whether or not the information will have practical utility;
    <bullet> The accuracy of our estimate of the burden for this 
collection of information;
    <bullet> Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
    <bullet> Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of 
information on respondents.
    Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of 
public record. Before including your address, phone number, e-mail 
address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you 
should be aware that your entire comment, including your personal 
identifying information, may be made publicly available at any time. 
While you can ask OMB in your comment to withhold your personal 
identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that it 
will be done.

    Dated: November 22, 2010.
Robert Gordon,
NPS, Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-29971 Filed 11-26-10; 8:45 am]
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