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lead to the result that there are more 

active permits in a year than there are 

active studies. 

Comments are invited on: (1) The 

practical utility of the information being 

gathered; (2) the validity and accuracy 

of the reporting 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 

public 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. 

Automated Data Collection: The 

information collection and status 

reporting system for which the renewal 

of three components of a single 

collection of information package is 

being proposed in this notice currently 

is available to applicants, permittees, 

and the public through the NPS 

Research Permit and Reporting System 

Web site (http://science.nature.nps.gov/ 

research). In addition to considering the 

renewal of the three information 

collection forms without changes, NPS 

is considering what development of 

modifications to the Internet site, if any, 

are needed to increase the effectiveness 

and efficiency of this automation system 

to facilitate the permit application and 

progress reporting process. If NPS were 

to adopt a component by which users 

could provide comments to NPS, NPS 

would make that component available 

online through the Internet site. 

Description of Respondents: 

Representatives of: Academic and other 

research institutions, Federal, state, or 

local agencies, research businesses; 

other scientific parties seeking an NPS 

research and collecting or science 

education permit; permittees who 

submit the annual report of 

accomplishment that is one of the 

permit conditions. 

Estimated Average Number of 

Respondents: NPS estimates the average 

number of respondents to be 6,500 by 

2010. 

Estimated Average Number of 

Responses: NPS estimates an average 

number of 13,000 responses by 2010. 

Estimated Average Burden Hours Per 

Two-Part Response: 1,625 hours per 

year total for responding to both parts of 

this collection of information was the 

estimate in 2004. NPS does not expect 

this burden hour estimate to change, 

even if the proposed opportunity for 

permit system users to offer comments 

to NPS is adopted, because returning 

users are expected to be able to spend 

less time on the two existing parts and 

the goal for the collection of information 

for the comments is to make that 

collection of information short and 

focused. 

Frequency of Response: 2 times per 

respondent per year—once to submit the 

application and once to submit the 

Investigator’s Annual Report. A small 

number of respondents is expected to 

submit a third response, should the 

proposed collection of information for 

comments be added to the system. 

Estimated Annual Reporting Burden: 

NPS estimates the estimated annual 

reporting burden will be 10,560 hours 

by the year 2010. 

Dated: February 7, 2007. 

Leonard E. Stowe, 

NPS, Information Collection Clearance 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 07–1079 Filed 3–7–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–EJ–M 

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 the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 and 5 CFR Part 

1320, Reporting and Record Keeping 

Requirements, the National Park Service 

(NPS) invites public comments on an 

extension of a currently approved 

collection of information (OMB No. 

1024–0021). 

DATES: Public comments on the 

proposed Information Collection 

Request (ICR) will be accepted on or 

before May 7, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Richard Merryman, 

National Capital Region, 1100 Ohio Dr., 

Rm. 128, SW., Washington, DC 20242. 

Phone: 202–619–7225, Fax: 202–401–

2430. Also, you may send comments to 

Leonard Stowe, NPS Information 

Collection Clearance Officer, 1849 C St., 

NW. (2605), Washington, DC 20240, or 

by e-mail at Leonard_Stowe@nps.gov. 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) approval. All comments 

will become a matter of public record. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Richard Merryman, National Capital 

Region, 1100 Ohio Dr., Rm. 128, SW., 

Washington, DC 20242, via phone at 

202/619–7225, or via fax at 202/401–

2430, or via e-mail at 

Rick_Merryman@nps.gov. You are 

entitled to a copy of the entire ICR 

package free of charge. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: National Capital Region 

Application for Public Gathering, 36 

CFR 7.96(g). 

Departmental Form Number: None. 

OMB Number: 1024–0021. 

Expiration Date: 06/30/07. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Description of Need: The information 

collection responds to the statutory 

requirement that the NPS preserve park 

resources and regulate the use of units 

of the National Park System. The 

information to be collected identifies: 

(1) Those individuals and/or 

organizations that wish to conduct a 

public gathering on NPS property in the 

National Capital Region, (2) the logistics 

of a proposed demonstration or special 

event that aid the NPS in regulating 

activities to insure that they are 

consistent with the NPS mission, (3) 

potential civil disobedience and traffic 

control issues for the assignment of 

United States Park Police personnel, 

and (4) circumstances which may 

warrant a bond to be assigned to the 

event for the purpose of covering 

potential cost to repair damage caused 

by the event. 

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 

publicly available at any time. While 

you can ask in your comment to 

withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee we will be able to do 

so. 

Description of Respondents: 

Respondents are those individuals or 

organizations that wish to conduct a 


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special event or demonstration on NPS 

properties within the National Capital 

Region that lie within the geographical 

limits set forth in 36 CFR 7.96(a). 

Estimated average number of annual 

respondents: 2500. 

Estimated average burden hours per 

response: 5 minutes. 

Estimated annual reporting burden: 

1250 hours. 

Dated: February 6, 2007. 

Leonard E. Stowe, 

NPS Information Collection Clearance 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 07–1080 Filed 3–7–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–JK–M 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

60-Day Notice of Intention To Request 

Clearance of Information Collection: 

Opportunity for Public Comment 

AGENCY: Department of the Interior, 

National Park Service. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. 

L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C. 3507) and 5 CFR 

Part 1320, the National Park Service 

(NPS) invites public comment on an 

extension of a currently approved 

collection of information (OMB No. 

1024–0022) 

DATES: Public comments on this 

Information Collection Request (ICR) 

will be accepted on or before May 7, 

2007. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Lee 

Dickinson, Special Park Uses Program 

Manager, National Park Service (NPS), 

1849 C Street, NW., (org. code 2460), 

Washington, DC 20240 or by e-mail at 

Lee_Dickinson@nps.gov. Also, please 

send a copy of your comments to 

Leonard Stowe, Information Collection 

Clearance Officer, NPS, 1849 C St., (org. 

code 2605), Washington, DC 20240, or 

by e-mail at Leonard Stowe@nps.gov. 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) approval. All comments 

will become a matter of public record. 

Copies of this form may be obtained 

from the Internet at http://www.nps.gov/ 

policy/DOrders/BUP.pdf or by 

contacting Lee Dickinson. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lee 

Dickinson, Special Park Uses Manager, 

National Park Service, 1849 C Street, 

NW., (org. code 2460), Washington, DC 

20240; Phone: 205–513–7092: E-mail: 

Lee_Dickinson@nps.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Backcountry Use Permit (36 

CFR 1.5, 1.6, and 2.10). 

Form Numbers: 10–404A. 

OMB Number: 1024–0022. 

Expiration Date: 06/30/07. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Description of Need: In 1976, the NPS 

initiated a backcountry registration 

system in accordance with the 

regulations found at 36 CFR 1.5, 1.6 and 

2.10. The objective of the backcountry 

use permit system is to provide users 

access to backcountry areas of national 

parks with continuing opportunities for 

solitude, while enhancing resource 

protection and providing a means of 

disseminating public safety messages 

regarding backcountry travel. 

NPS backcountry program managers, 

by designating access routes and 

overnight camping locations, can 

redistribute campers in response to user 

impact, high fire danger, flood or wind 

hazard, bear activity or other situations 

that may temporarily close a portion of 

the backcountry. The NPS may also use 

the permit system as a means of 

ensuring that each backcountry user 

receives up-to-date information on 

backcountry sanitation procedures, food 

storage, wildlife activity, trail 

conditions and weather projections so 

that concerns for visitor safety are met. 

The Backcounty Use Permit is an 

extension of the NPS statutory authority 

responsibility to protect the park areas 

it administers and to manage the public 

use thereof (16 U.S.C. Sections 1 and 3). 

NPS regulations codified in 36 CFR 

Parts 1 through 7, 12 amd 13, are 

designated to implement statutory 

mandates that provide for resource 

protection and public enjoyment. The 

Backcountry Use Permit is the primary 

form used to provide access into NPS 

backcountry areas including those areas 

that require a reservation to enter where 

use limits are imposed in accordance 

with other NPS regulations. Such 

permitting enhances the ability to the 

NPS to education users on potential 

hazards, search and rescue efforts, and 

resource protection. 

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 we will be able to 

do so. 

Description of Respondents: 

Individuals wishing to use backcountry 

areas within national parks. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 285,000. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 285,000. 

Estimated average burden hours per 

response: 5 minutes. 

Estimated frequency of response: 1 

time. 

Estimated annual resorting burden: 

22,800 hours per year. 

Dated: January 29, 2007. 

Leonard E. Stowe, 

NPS, Information Collection Clearance 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 07–1081 Filed 3–7–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–M 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Draft General Management Plan and 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, 

New York 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969 (Pub. L. 91–109 section 102(2)(C)), 

the National Park Service (NPS) 

announces the availability of a Draft 

General Management Plan (GMP) and 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

for Sagamore Hill National Historic Site 

(NHS), located in the town of Oyster 

Bay, Nassau County, New York. 

Consistent with National Park Service 

rules, regulations, and policies, and the 

park’s mission, the Draft GMP/EIS 

describes and analyzes two action 

alternatives to guide the management 

and development of Sagamore Hill NHS 

over the next 15 to 20 years. The action 

alternatives incorporate various 

management prescriptions to ensure 

protection and enjoyment of the park’s 

resources. A status quo alternative (see 

below) is also evaluated. The Draft 

GMP/EIS evaluates potential 

environmental consequences of 

implementing the alternatives. Impact 

topics include cultural and natural 

resources, visitor experience, park 


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