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will be accepted on or before July 25, 

2007. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

directly to the Desk Officer for the 

Department of the Interior (OMB 

number 1024–0245), Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

OMB, by fax at 202/395–6566, or by 

electronic mail at 

oira_docket@omb.eop.gov. Please also 

send a copy of your comments to 

Lieutenant Dennis Maroney, Assistant 

Commander, Human Resource Office, 

United States Park Police, 1100 Ohio 

Drive, SW., Washington, DC 20024, via 

fax at 202/619–7479, or via e-mail at 

Dennis_Maroney@nps.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lieutenant Dennis Maroney, Assistant 

Commander Human Resources Office, 

United States Park Police (USPP), 1100 

Ohio Drive, SW., Washington, DC 

20024, via fax at 202/619–7479, or via 

e-mail at Dennis_Maroney@nps.gov, or 

via telephone at 202/619–7413. You are 

entitled to a copy of the entire ICR 

package free-of-charge. 

Comments Received on the 60-Day 

Federal Register Notice: The NPS 

published the 60-Day Federal Register 

Notice to solicit comments on this ICR 

on April 16, 2007 (Vol. 72, pages 19019–

19020). There were no public comments 

received as a result of publishing this 

60-Day Federal Register Notice. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: United States Park Police 

Personal History Statements 

Questionnaire. 

Form Number: USPP Form 1. 

OMB Number: 1024–0245. 

Expiration Date: June 20, 2007. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Description of need: Title 5, Code of 

Federal Regulations, section 5.2; Title 5, 

United States Code, sections 1302, 1304, 

and 3301; sections 8(b), 8(c), and 9(c) of 

Executive Order 10450; Title 42, United 

States Code, section 2455; and Title 22, 

United States Code, sections 1434 and 

2585, established investigative 

standards for all United States 

Government civilian and military 

personnel. The position of a Police 

Officer in the USPP is critical sensitive. 

The purpose of the USPP Personal 

History Statement Questionnaire is to 

collect detailed information that will be 

used principally as a basis for an 

investigation to determine suitable 

applicants for the position of a USPP 

Officer. This information has an impact 

on individuals that apply to the position 

of a USPP Officer. The NPS uses the 

information that is collected to hire 

adequately screened applicants for the 

position of a USPP Officer. The 

obligation to respond is required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

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. 

Frequency of Collection: Annually. 

Description of Respondents: 

Individuals seeking employment to the 

position of a United States Park Police 

Officer. 

Estimated average number of 

respondents: 600 per year. 

Estimated average number of 

responses: 600 per year. 

Frequency of response: Once per 

respondent. 

Estimated average time burden per 

respondent: 8 hours per respondent. 

Estimated total annual reporting 

burden: 4,800 hours per year. 

Dated: June 18, 2007. 

Leonard E. Stowe, 

NPS, Information Collection Clearance 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 07–3093 Filed 06–22–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–JU–M 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

30 Day Notice of Submission to the 

Office of Management and Budget; 

Opportunity for Public Comment 

AGENCY: National Park Service, 

Department of the Interior. 

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, Reporting and Record 

Keeping Requirements, the National 

Park Service (NPS) invites public 

comments on an extension of a 

currently approved collection of 

information (OMB number 1024–0022). 

DATES: Public comments on this 

Information Collection Request (ICR) 

will be accepted on or before July 25, 

2007. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

directly to the Desk Officer for the 

Department of the Interior (OMB 

number 1024–0022), Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

OMB, by fax at 202/395–6566, or by 

electronic mail at 

oira_docket@omb.eop.gov. Please also 

send a copy of your comments to Lee 

Dickinson, Special Park Uses Program 

Manager, NPS, 1849 C St., NW., (2460), 

Washington, DC 20240, or electronically 

at Lee_Dickinson@nps.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lee 

Dickinson, Special Park Uses Program 

Manager, NPS, 1849 C St., NW. (2460), 

Washington, DC 20240, or via phone at 

202/513–7092, or via e-mail at 

Lee_Dickinson@nps.gov. Copies of this 

form may be obtained from the Internet 

at http://www.nps.gov/policy/DOrders/ 

BUP.pdf or by contacting Lee at the 

address above. You are entitled to a 

copy of the entire ICR package free of 

charge. 

Comments received on the 60-day 

Federal Register Notice: The NPS 

published a 60-Day Notice to solicit 

public comments on this ICR in the 

Federal Register on March 8, 2007 (Vol. 

72, page 10555). The comment period 

closed on May 7, 2007. No comments 

were received. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Backcountry Use Permit (36 

CFR 1.5, 1.6, and 2.10). 

Form Number: 10–404A. 

OMB Number: 1024–0022. 

Expiration Date: 6/30/07. 

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 

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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 Backcountry 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 and 13, are 

designed 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 of 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. 

Frequency of collection: On occasion. 

Description of Respondents: 

Individuals wishing to use backcountry 

areas within national parks. 

Estimated average number of 

respondents: 285,000 per year. 

Estimated average number of 

responses: 285,000 per year. 

Estimated average time burden per 

respondent: 5 minutes per respondent. 

Frequency of response: 1 time per 

respondent. 

Estimated total annual reporting 

burden: 23,750 hours per year. 

Dated: June 18, 2007. 

Leonard E. Stowe, 

NPS, Information Collection Clearance 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 07–3094 Filed 6–22–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–53–M 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

30-Day Notice of Submission of Study 

Package to the Office of Management 

and Budget; 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 [44 

U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D)] and 5 CFR Part 

1320, Reporting and Record keeping 

Requirements, the National Park Service 

(NPS) invites public comments on a 

revision of a currently approved 

collection of information (OMB number 

1024–0236). 

DATES: Public comments on this 

Information Collection Request (ICR) 

will be accepted on or before July 25, 

2007. 

ADDRESSES: Youb may submit 

comments directly to the Desk Officer 

for the Department of the Interior (OMB 

number 1024–0236), Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

OMB, by fax at 202/395–6566 or by 

electronic mail at 

oira_docket@omb.eop.gov. Please also 

send a copy of your comments to Dr. 

John G. Dennis, Natural Resources (MIB 

3130), NPS, 1849 C Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20240, or electronically 

at WASO_NRSS_researchcoll@nps.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

John G. Dennis, Natural Resources (MIB 

3130), NPS, 1849 C Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20240; or via phone at 

202/513–7174; or via fax at 202/371–

2131, or via e-mail at 

WASO_NRSS_researchcoll@nps.gov. 

You are entitled to a copy of the entire 

ICR package free of charge. 

Comments Received on the 60-Day 

Federal Register Notice: The NPS 

published the 60-Day Federal Register 

Notice to solicit public comments on 

this ICR on March 8, 2007 (Vol. 72, 

pages 10553–10554). NPS also contacted 

by e-mail 3,588 non-Federal and Federal 

permittees and permit applicants who 

were active in calendar years 2006 and 

2007, posted on the RPRS Web site 

notice of the availability of this review 

opportunity, and sent an internal 

memorandum to the NPS Natural 

Resource Advisory Group to solicit 

comments from the members of that 

group. 

The NPS received 13 responses from 

the public in response to the 60-day 

Federal Register Notice and subsequent 

e-mail messages requesting comments. 

These responses provided a diversity of 

thoughts, including (1) The requested 

information and time needed to fill out 

the forms are reasonable; (2) the on-line 

application process is efficient and 

straightforward; (3) the forms and the 

ability to access on-line and report online make the application and 

compliance process very easy; (4) the 

park review and decision process is 

difficult and onerous; (5) too much 

documentation is required; (6) having 

each park make its own permit decision 

is unnecessarily piecemeal, arbitrary, 

and burdensome; and (7) it is difficult 

to figure out how to submit ‘‘things’’. 

Five respondents specifically addressed 

the education application and permit, 

saying that it would have benefits or 

offering ideas about what types of 

education activities should receive 

specific types of consideration, such as 

simplifying the application process, 

how to treat specimen collections, 

allowing for different treatment for 

different types of activities, offering the 

ability to change the program leader 

without reissuing a permit, and offering 

a fee waiver for permitted education 

activities. Several respondents 

discussed matters outside this request 

for review, including urging NPS to 

change its collections ownership 

procedure and requesting the NPS to 

issue permits on a Servicewide, rather 

than park basis. 

The NPS found that these comments 

did not indicate any clear reasons for 

changing any of the three forms, so the 

NPS will request to OMB that the three 

forms be renewed without change. The 

NPS plans to use the information 

contained in many of the comments 

when it develops new guidance material 

for the Science Education Permit 

Application, and revises existing 

guidance material for the Scientific 

Research and Collecting Permit 

Application. 

Actual NPS and researcher use of the 

Internet-based system over the past 

three years has yielded few complaints 

and has earned a number of kudos. This 

use also has yielded suggestions from 

both respondents and government 

employees for making the information 

collection forms or software more 

efficient or more usable. These 

suggestions have been accumulated and 

some have been incorporated through 

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