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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 1024–0226. 

Title: National Park Service 

Partnership Satisfaction Surveys. 

Form(s): None. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved collection of 

information. 

Description of Need: The Government 

Performance and Results Act requires 

Federal agencies to prepare annual 

performance reports documenting the 

progress made toward achieving longterm goals. The National Park Service 

needs the information in the proposed 

collections to assess the annual progress 

being made toward meeting Long-term 

Goal IIIb2 of the National Park Service 

Strategic Plan. Goal IIIb2 performance 

target is 95% of communities served are 

satisfied with NPS partnership 

assistance in providing recreation and 

conservation benefits on lands and 

waters. The information sought is not 

collected elsewhere by the Federal 

Government. The proposed information 

collections impose no data collection or 

record keeping burden on the potential 

respondents. Responses to the surveys 

are voluntary and are based on data that 

the respondents already collect and/or 

personal opinion. The National Park 

Service needs this information to help 

evaluate and improve its partnership 

assistance programs. NPS’ Rivers, Trails 

and Conservation Assistance Program 

(RTCA) and Federal Lands to Parks 

(FLP) Program will conduct surveys to 

assess client satisfaction with the 

services received and to identify needed 

program improvements. The NPS 

conducts these surveys to identify areas 

of strengths and weaknesses in its 

recreation and conservation assistance 

programs, to provide an information 

base for improving those programs, and 

to provide a required performance 

measurement (Goal IIIb2 of the National 

Park Service Strategic Plan) under the 

Government Performance and Results 

Act. 

Affected public: 180 surveys to 

private sector and public sector contacts 

for RTCA and 75 surveys for FLP. A 

total of 255 surveys to be sent in 2010 

and 255 surveys to be sent in 2012. 

Obligation to respond: Voluntary. 

Frequency of response: Biennial. 

Estimated total annual responses: 

150. 

Estimated average completion time 

per response: 10 minutes. 

Estimated annual reporting burden: 

26 hours. 

Estimated annual nonhour cost 

burden: $0. 

Comments are invited on: (1) The 

practical utility of the information being 

gathered; (2) the accuracy of the burden 

hour estimate; (3) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (4) 

ways to minimize the burden to 

respondents, including use of 

automated information collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. 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 us in your comment to 

withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that OMB will be able 

to do so. 

Dated: August 20, 2009. 

Cartina Miller, 

NPS Information Collection Clearance 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–20436 Filed 8–24–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Boundary Revision: Catoctin 

Mountain Park 

AGENCY: National Park Service, 

Department of the Interior. 

ACTION: Notification of Boundary 

Revision. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the boundary of Catoctin Mountain Park 

in Frederick County, Maryland is 

modified to include one tract of land 

adjacent to the park. This revision is 

made to include privately owned 

property that the National Park Service 

wishes to acquire. The National Park 

Service has determined that inclusion of 

the tract within the park’s boundary will 

make significant contributions to the 

purposes for which the park was 

established. After the United States’ 

acquisition of the tract, the National 

Park Service will manage the property 

in accordance with applicable law. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

National Park Service, Mel Poole, 

Superintendent, Catoctin Mountain 

Park, 6602 Foxville Road, Thurmont, 

Maryland 21788–1598. 

DATES: The effective date of this 

boundary revision is the date of 

publication in the Federal Register. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Executive 

Order 7496, dated November 14, 1936, 

transferred all the real property acquired 

by the former Resettlement 

Administration, which included the 

former Catoctin Recreational 

Demonstration Area, to the Secretary of 

the Interior (Secretary), and authorized 

the Secretary, through the National Park 

Service, to administer the projects 

transferred by the aforementioned 

Executive Order. Section 7(c) of the 

Land and Water Conservation Fund Act, 

as amended, authorizes minor boundary 

revisions to areas within the National 

Park System after advising the House 

Committee on Natural Resources and 

the Senate Committee on Energy and 

Natural Resources of the proposed 

boundary amendment. The Committees 

were notified July 8, 2009. This action 

will add one tract comprising 63.8 acres 

of land, more or less, to Catoctin 

Mountain Park. The acquisition of this 

tract is intended to enhance the park’s 

natural and ecological integrity and 

provide for greater recreational 

opportunities. The tract is identified as 

Parcels 96 and 243 on Frederick County, 

Maryland, Tax Map 6. The referenced 

tract is depicted on Catoctin Mountain 

Park land acquisition status map 

segment 01, having drawing number 

841/92,001. This map is on file at the 

National Park Service, Land Resources 

Program Center, National Capital 

Region, and at the Office of the 

Superintendent, Catoctin Mountain 

Park. 

Note: When contacting this office or any 

government office, 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 us in your comment to withhold 

your personal identifying information from 

public review, we cannot guarantee that we 

will be able to do so. 

Dated: July 17, 2009. 

Margaret O’Dell, 

Regional Director, National Capital Region. 

[FR Doc. E9–20434 Filed 8–24–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–59–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Availability of Draft Director’s 

Order Concerning National Park 

Service Policies and Procedures 

Governing its Public Risk Management 

Program 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The National Park Service 

(NPS) is proposing to adopt a Director’s 

Order setting forth the policies and 


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procedures under which NPS facilities 

will develop and implement Public Risk 

Management Program. The Director’s 

Order will help park staff do what is 

possible consistent with the NPS 

Organic Act and other applicable laws 

to prevent visitor injuries. It is also 

important that staff understand and 

communicate, when possible, that 

visitors are responsible for their own 

safety when they come to enjoy parks. 

DATES: Written comments will be 

accepted until September 24, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Draft Director’s Order #50C 

is available on the Internet at http:// 

www.nps.gov/policy/DO–50Cdraft.htm. 

Requests for copies of, and written 

comments on, the Director’s Order 

should be sent to Sara Newman, Public 

Risk Management Program Director, 

Risk Management Division, 1201 Eye 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005, or 

to her Internet address: 

sara_newman@nps.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sara 

Newman at (202) 513–7225. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When the 

NPS adopts documents containing new 

policy or procedural requirements that 

may affect parties outside the NPS, the 

documents are first made available for 

public review and comment before 

being adopted. The draft Director’s 

Order covers topics such as the 

elements, principles, and 

responsibilities of staff for carrying out 

a public risk management program. 

Public Availability of Comments 

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 us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Dated: July 21, 2009. 

Karen Taylor-Goodrich, 

Associate Director, Visitor and Resource 

Protection. 

[FR Doc. E9–20433 Filed 8–24–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Warner Valley Comprehensive Site 

Plan; Lassen Volcanic National Park, 

Plumas County, CA; Notice of 

Availability of Draft Environmental 

Impact Statement 

Summary: Pursuant to § 102(2)(C) of 

the National Environmental Policy Act 

of 1969 (Pub. L. 81–190 as amended), 

the National Park Service (NPS), 

Department of Interior, has prepared a 

Draft Environmental Impact Statement 

(DEIS) for the Warner Valley 

Comprehensive Site Plan. This 

conservation planning effort has four 

main objectives: (1) Improving visitor 

experience and enhancing public safety 

through improvements to infrastructure 

and relocating infrastructure so it is less 

visible; (2) Ecological restoration of 

Warner Valley fen and wetland areas; 

(3) Removal or repair of Dream Lake 

Dam and restoration of associated 

riparian/wetland complex; (4) Protect 

and enhance the Drakesbad Historic 

District through removal of noncontributing structures and functions. 

The DEIS evaluates alternative methods 

for accomplishing ecological restoration 

and cultural resource protection; 

appropriate mitigation measures are 

incorporated, and an ‘‘environmentally 

preferred’’ course of action is identified. 

The two ‘‘action’’ alternatives are based 

upon information gained during 

extensive public scoping, and adhere to 

2006 Management Policies and 

applicable laws. 

Background: Warner Valley is located 

in the south central part of the Lassen 

Volcanic National Park and 

encompasses a 400-acre project 

planning area. The Warner Valley area 

includes Dream Lake Dam, built in 1932 

by Alex Sifford and which impounds an 

approximately 2.7 acre lake. The center 

of the valley features a large meadow 

that contains one of the largest known 

fens in the Sierra Nevada and Cascade 

mountains. The upper valley area was 

originally developed for cattle ranching 

in the late 1800’s by E.R. Drake, who 

initiated efforts to ditch and dry out the 

wet meadow to improve the grazing for 

cattle. In 1900, Mr. Drake sold Warner 

Valley to the Sifford family who focused 

on developing a summer guest ranch for 

the next 50 years. The Siffords built the 

10 historic structures which now form 

the core of Drakesbad Guest Ranch 

Historic District (both Dream Lake and 

the meadow are contributing features). 

This transformed the overnight 

accommodations from tent camping 

near hot springs into a guest ranch. The 

Siffords also developed or improved 

trails, created a hot spring fed pool, 

constructed corrals, dewatered the 

meadow, and built the dam to enhance 

recreational opportunities for their 

guests. In 1958 the guest ranch and land 

were sold to the NPS; the Guest Ranch 

continues today as a concession 

operated by California Guest Services. 

The current Drakesbad wetland 

conditions include a fen which is drying 

out and ceasing to function as a fen, and 

Dream Lake which has submersed a 

natural wetland. The Historic District 

has accumulated with features and 

structures which diminishes its historic 

character. Lack of clearly demarcated 

parking impacts natural resources by 

allowing car traffic to encroach in 

sensitve areas. Hikers traveling the 

Pacific Crest Trail must walk on the 

unimproved Warner Valley Road, which 

also bifurcates the nearby campground. 

Range of Alternatives: This DEIS 

describes and analyzes a No Action 

alternative (Alternative 1, which would 

continue current management practices) 

and two ‘‘action’’ alternatives. 

Alternatives 2 and 3 contain a varying 

mix of three major components: (1) 

Improving visitor experience and safety 

through improving or relocating noncontributing infrastructure so it has less 

impact on visitor experience and 

historic district qualities; (2) ecological 

restoration of wetlands including 

Drakesbad fen, the larger Warner Valley 

fen wetland, and Dream Lake riparian/ 

wetland complex; (3) Protect and 

enhance the Historic District by 

removing non-contributing structures 

and functions. Both of the ‘‘action’’ 

alternatives include the following 

‘‘common’’ elements: 

• Move concession employee 

housing, storage, generator, and propane 

tanks out of the Historic District and 

into a new service area. 

• Create a Pacific Crest Trail 

connection so hikers may avoid using 

the Warner Valley road. 

• Renovate and slightly expand the 

non-historic bathhouse adjacent to the 

swimming pool. 

• Reduce parking sprawl by replacing 

inadequate wheel stops. 

• Minor changes to the campground 

and fee station location, including 

relocation of the day use/trailhead 

parking from a meadow to the 

campground. 

Alternative 2 (agency-preferred) 

components include: 

• Ecological restoration of Warner 

Valley fen through permanently filling 

ditches with appropriate soil and native 

material. 

• Creating a concession housing and 

service center outside of the Historic 


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