Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 234 / Wednesday, December 6, 2006 / Notices 70785 

Dated: November 21, 2006. 

Fred O’Ferrall, 

Branch of Lands and Minerals Resources. 

[FR Doc. E6–20586 Filed 12–5–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–33–P 

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. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: Under provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and 5 

CFR Part 1320, Reporting and Record 

Keeping Requirements, the National 

Park Service (NPS) invites comments on 

a proposed new collection of 

information (OMB # 1024–XXXX). 

DATES: Public comments will be 

accepted on or before February 5, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Send Comments To: Patricia 

A. Taylor, Ph.D. (Professor, Departments 

of Statistics and Sociology, and WYSAC 

Faculty Affiliate)—University of 

Wyoming, Department of Sociology/ 

Dept. 3293 or Dept of Statistics/Dept. 

3332, 1000 E. University Ave., Laramie, 

Wyoming 82071; gaia@uwvo.edu; (307) 

766–6870 (office direct line), (307) 766–

4229 (Statistics office). 

To Request a Draft of Proposed 

Collection of Information Contact: 

Patricia A. Taylor, Ph.D. (Professor, 

Departments of Statistics and Sociology, 

and WYSAC Faculty Affiliate)—

University of Wyoming, Department of 

Sociology/Dept. 3293 or Dept of 

Statistics/Dept. 3332, 1000 E. University 

Ave., Laramie, Wyoming 82071; 

gaia@uwvo.edu; (307) 766–6870 (office 

direct line), (307) 766–4229 (Statistics 

office). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

James Gramann, Social Science 

Program, National Park Service, 1201 

Eye Street, NW (2300), Washington, DC 

20005; Phone 202–513–7189; E-mail 

igramann@tamu.edu 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: 2007 National Park Service 

Comprehensive Survey of the American 

Public. 

Bureau Form Number: None. 

OMB Number: To be requested. 

Expiration Date: To be requested. 

Type of Request: New collection. 

Description of Need: The NPS 

conducted its last comprehensive 

survey of the American public in 2000. 

That survey provided valuable 

information on patterns of use and nonuse of parks and on the demographic 

characteristics of visitors and nonvisitors that have been used to inform 

NPS decision-making. However, since 

2000 many events and actions have 

occurred with the potential to affect the 

public’s knowledge, behavior, and 

opinions regarding the NPS and the 

National Park System. Examples include 

the terrorist attacks of September 11, 

2001, higher fuel prices, and several 

catastrophic hurricanes and wildfires. In 

addition, the U.S. population has aged 

and become more racially and 

ethnically diverse since the last 

comprehensive survey. Although the 

NPS and its research partners regularly 

survey visitors to selected National Park 

System units, these separate surveys 

cannot be rolled up into a description of 

visitors at the national and regional 

levels, nor do they describe the 

knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of 

non-visitors and former visitors. 

Furthermore, individual park visitor 

surveys are not able to show trends in 

the knowledge, opinions, and behavior 

of the U.S. population over time. This 

information is essential to informing 

many important planning and 

management decisions of the NPS, 

ranging from visitor services, fee policy, 

and resource management actions to 

civic engagement and visitors and nonvisitors over time can also provide a 

perspective on how national and 

regional populations are changing in 

their knowledge of the National Park 

System and in their use of parks, 

including leisure travel patterns, 

perceived service quality, and 

constraints to park visitation. 

The method of information collection 

for the 2007 survey will be a nationwide 

telephone survey of households 

conducted using a random-digit-dial 

(RDD) telephone sample, 

disproportionately stratified by the 

seven NPS administrative regions 

(including the states of Alaska and 

Hawaii). In each of the seven regions, 

500 completed interviews of about 15 

minutes length will be obtained, for a 

total of 3,500 completions. 

The data collected from the 

comprehensive survey will profile 

patterns in visitation and non-visitation 

to the National Park System. These 

findings will be described in a national 

technical report and in reports for each 

of the seven NPS regions. Thematic 

reports on specific policy and 

management issues included in the 

survey will be produced, and a 

summary report tracking changes in key 

variables between 2000 and 2007 will be 

written. 

Response rates to telephone surveys 

have been declining. Therefore, it is 

probable that future NPS surveys of the 

American public will shift from 

telephone interviewing to a mail 

response or to a combination of 

response modes. Changes in response 

mode from telephone to mail can affect 

answers to survey questions. Because 

the NPS comprehensive survey tracks 

several ‘‘core’’ variables over time, it is 

important to know if measured changes 

in these variables are due to a switch in 

response modes or to real changes in the 

variables. To understand how response 

mode affects answers to core questions, 

the NPS will compare the telephone 

mode of survey administration with a 

paper and pencil self-administration. 

This test will utilize an additional 

sample of 4,000 listed mailing addresses 

with associated phone numbers 

(screened to eliminate numbers that 

duplicate numbers in the RDD sample) 

and randomly split in half. 

A short-form questionnaire including 

a few core variables from the full 

survey, such as visitation patterns and 

demographics, will be used for this test. 

One-half of the sample will be 

administered as a phone survey. The 

other half will be sent a printed version 

of the short-form questionnaire. The 

project anticipates obtaining 1,000 

completed questionnaires from each of 

the two response modes, for an 

additional 2,000 short interviews 

beyond the 3,500 completed for the 

main telephone survey. A report on 

response-mode effects on survey 

interviewing will be produced, 

including mode effects on response 

rates, non-response bias, the 

demographic characteristics of 

respondents, item non-response, and 

substantive responses to core variables. 

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 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 

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70786 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 234 / Wednesday, December 6, 2006 / Notices 

Automated data collection: This 

information will be primarily collected 

via telephone interviews. Some 

information will be collected through 

paper and pencil, self-administered 

mail-back surveys. No automated data 

collection will take place. 

Description of respondents: Residents 

of the United States of America in the 

seven administrative regions of National 

Park Service. 

Estimated average number of 

respondents: 5,500 (3,500 for the main 

telephone survey and 2,000 for the 

response-mode test). 

Estimated average number of 

responses: 5,500. 

Estimated average burden hours per 

response: 10 minutes. 

Frequency of response: 1 time per 

respondent. 

Estimated annual reporting burden: 

1,100 hours. 

Dated: November 29, 2006. 

Leonard E. Stowe, 

NPS, Information Collection Clearance 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 06–9538 Filed 12–5–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–EJ–M 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation Nos. 731–TA–873–875, 877–

880, and 882 (Review)] 

Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar From 

Belarus, China, Indonesia, Korea, 

Latvia, Moldova, Poland, and Ukraine 

AGENCY: United States International 

Trade Commission. 

ACTION: Scheduling of full five-year 

reviews concerning the antidumping 

duty orders on steel concrete reinforcing 

bar from Belarus, China, Indonesia, 

Korea, Latvia, Moldova, Poland, and 

Ukraine. 

SUMMARY: The Commission hereby gives 

notice of the scheduling of full reviews 

pursuant to section 751(c)(5) of the 

Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1675(c)(5)) 

(the Act) to determine whether 

revocation of the antidumping duty 

orders on steel concrete reinforcing bar 

from Belarus, China, Indonesia, Korea, 

Latvia, Moldova, Poland, and Ukraine 

would be likely to lead to continuation 

or recurrence of material injury within 

a reasonably foreseeable time. For 

further information concerning the 

conduct of these reviews and rules of 

general application, consult the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure, part 201, subparts A through 

E (19 CFR part 201), and part 207, 

subparts A, D, E, and F (19 CFR part 

207). 

DATES: Effective Date: Date of 

Commission Approval of Action Jacket. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Olympia DeRosa Hand (202–205–3182), 

Office of Investigations, U.S. 

International Trade Commission, 500 E 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20436. 

Hearing-impaired persons can obtain 

information on this matter by contacting 

the Commission’s TDD terminal on 202–

205–1810. Persons with mobility 

impairments who will need special 

assistance in gaining access to the 

Commission should contact the Office 

of the Secretary at 202–205–2000. 

General information concerning the 

Commission may also be obtained by 

accessing its Internet server (http:// 

www.usitc.gov). The public record for 

these reviews may be viewed on the 

Commission’s electronic docket (EDIS) 

at http://edis.usitc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background.—On November 6, 2006, 

the Commission determined that 

responses to its notice of institution of 

the subject five-year reviews were such 

that full reviews pursuant to section 

751(c)(5) of the Act should proceed (71 

FR 66974, November 17, 2006). A record 

of the Commissioners’ votes, the 

Commission’s statement on adequacy, 

and any individual Commissioner’s 

statements are available from the Office 

of the Secretary and at the 

Commission’s Web site. 

Participation in the reviews and 

public service list.—Persons, including 

industrial users of the subject 

merchandise and, if the merchandise is 

sold at the retail level, representative 

consumer organizations, wishing to 

participate in these reviews as parties 

must file an entry of appearance with 

the Secretary to the Commission, as 

provided in section 201.11 of the 

Commission’s rules, by 45 days after 

publication of this notice. A party that 

filed a notice of appearance following 

publication of the Commission’s notice 

of institution of the reviews need not 

file an additional notice of appearance. 

The Secretary will maintain a public 

service list containing the names and 

addresses of all persons, or their 

representatives, who are parties to the 

reviews. 

Limited disclosure of business 

proprietary information (BPI) under an 

administrative protective order (APO) 

and BPI service list.—Pursuant to 

section 207.7(a) of the Commission’s 

rules, the Secretary will make BPI 

gathered in these reviews available to 

authorized applicants under the APO 

issued in the reviews, provided that the 

application is made by 45 days after 

publication of this notice. Authorized 

applicants must represent interested 

parties, as defined by 19 U.S.C. 1677(9), 

who are parties to the reviews. A party 

granted access to BPI following 

publication of the Commission’s notice 

of institution of the reviews need not 

reapply for such access. A separate 

service list will be maintained by the 

Secretary for those parties authorized to 

receive BPI under the APO. 

Staff report.—The prehearing staff 

report in the reviews will be placed in 

the nonpublic record on April 20, 2007, 

and a public version will be issued 

thereafter, pursuant to section 207.64 of 

the Commission’s rules. 

Hearing.—The Commission will hold 

a hearing in connection with the 

reviews beginning at 9:30 a.m. on May 

10, 2007, at the U.S. International Trade 

Commission Building. Requests to 

appear at the hearing should be filed in 

writing with the Secretary to the 

Commission on or before May 1, 2007. 

A nonparty who has testimony that may 

aid the Commission’s deliberations may 

request permission to present a short 

statement at the hearing. All parties and 

nonparties desiring to appear at the 

hearing and make oral presentations 

should attend a prehearing conference 

to be held at 9:30 a.m. on May 3, 2007, 

at the U.S. International Trade 

Commission Building. Oral testimony 

and written materials to be submitted at 

the public hearing are governed by 

sections 201.6(b)(2), 201.13(f), 207.24, 

and 207.66 of the Commission’s rules. 

Parties must submit any request to 

present a portion of their hearing 

testimony in camera no later than 7 

business days prior to the date of the 

hearing. 

Written submissions.—Each party to 

the reviews may submit a prehearing 

brief to the Commission. Prehearing 

briefs must conform with the provisions 

of section 207.65 of the Commission’s 

rules; the deadline for filing is May 1, 

2007. Parties may also file written 

testimony in connection with their 

presentation at the hearing, as provided 

in section 207.24 of the Commission’s 

rules, and posthearing briefs, which 

must conform with the provisions of 

section 207.67 of the Commission’s 

rules. The deadline for filing 

posthearing briefs is May 22, 2007; 

witness testimony must be filed no later 

than three days before the hearing. In 

addition, any person who has not 

entered an appearance as a party to the 

reviews may submit a written statement 

of information pertinent to the subject of 

the reviews on or before May 22, 2007. 

On June 19, 2007, the Commission will 

make available to parties all information 

on which they have not had an 

opportunity to comment. Parties may 


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