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[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 126 (Thursday, June 29, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40125-40126]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-16521]

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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, Urban and 
Adjacent Parks.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The National Park Service (NPS) is proposing in 2000 and 2001 
to conduct surveys of persons living in the metropolitan areas of 
Boston, MA, Los Angeles, CA, Miami, FL, and New Orleans, LA where the 
following urban national parks are located: Boston African-American 
National Historic Site, Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation 
Area, Biscayne National Park, and Jean Lafitte National Historical Park 
and Preserve. In these surveys, persons will be asked about their 
knowledge of the urban national park located in their metropolitan 
area, and their familiarity with community outreach efforts that the 
urban national park has instituted.

              Urban National Park Community Outreach Survey
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                          Estimated numbers of
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             Responses                           Burden hours
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                     400                                  200
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    Under provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and 5 CFR 
part 1320, Reporting and Recordkeeping 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 assess the 
effectiveness of community outreach programs of urban national parks to 
residents within selected metropolitan areas

DATES: Public comments will be accepted on or before August 28, 2000.

SEND COMMENTS TO: Ronald J. Vogel, Nelson Mandela School of Public 
Policy, Higgins Hall, Southern

[[Page 40126]]

University, Baton Rouge, LA 70813-0400.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
    Ronald J. Vogel. Voice: 225-771-3103, e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:   
    Titles: NPS Urban and Adjacent Parks: Assessment and Development of 
Community Outreach
    Bureau Form Number: None.
    OMB Number: To be requested.
    Expiration date: To be requested.
    Type of request: Request for new clearance.
    Description of need: The National Park Service needs information to 
assess the effectives of community outreach programs in reaching 
residents who live near urban national parks.
    Automated data collection: At the present time, there is no 
automated way to gather this information because it includes asking 
residents for determinations on effectiveness and awareness of select 
programs developed by individual parks.
    Description of respondents: Persons residing in the metropolitan 
areas of Boston, MA, Los Angeles, CA, Miami, FL and New Orleans LA.
    Estimated average number of respondents: 400 (100 per above 
metropolitan area).
    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 hours per response: 30 minutes.
    Frequency of response: 1 time per respondent.
    Estimated annual reporting burden: 200 hours.

    Dated: June 23, 2000.
Betsy Chittenden,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, WASO Administrative Program 
Center, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 00-16521 Filed 6-28-00; 8:45 am]
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