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Estimated average number of 

respondents: 4042 per year (Final 

Survey: 4,000; Developmental work: 

focus = 12, cognitive interview = 12, 

pre-test calling = 20). 

Estimated average number of 

responses: 4042 per year. 

Estimated average time burden per 

respondent: 4 hours per respondent 

(Final Survey: 15 minutes/respondent; 

Developmental work: focus group = 90 

minutes/respondent, cognitive 

interview = 120 minutes/respondent, 

pre-test calling = 15 minutes/ 

respondent). 

Frequency of response: 1 time per 

respondent. 

Estimated total annual reporting 

burden: 1047 hours per year. 

Dated: July 25, 2007. 

Leonard E. Stowe, 

NPS, Information Collection Clearance 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 07–4204 Filed 8–27–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–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: 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 

Recordkeeping Requirements, the 

National Park Service (NPS) invites 

public comments on a proposed new 

collection of information (OMB #1024–

XXXX). 

DATES: Public comments on this 

Information Collection Request (ICR) 

will be accepted on or before September 

27, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

directly to the Desk Officer for the 

Department of the Interior (OMB #1024–

XXXX), 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 

Patricia A. Taylor, University of 

Wyoming, Department of Sociology/ 

Dept. 3293; 1000 E. University Ave., 

Laramie, WY 82071; or via phone 307/ 

766–6870; or via e-mail at 

gaia@uwvo.edu. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

James Gramann, NPS Social Science 

Program, 1201 ‘‘Eye’’ St., NW., 

Washington, DC 20005; or via phone 

202/513–7189; or via e-mail at 

James_Gramann@partner.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 a 60-Day Notice to solicit 

public comments on this ICR in the 

Federal Register on December 6, 2006 

(Vol. 71, No. 234, Page 70786–70787). 

The comment period closed on February 

5, 2007. After multiple notifications to 

stakeholders requesting comments, the 

NPS received five comments as a result 

of the publication of this 60-Day Federal 

Register Notice. 

One respondent was concerned over 

the number of surveys the NPS conducts 

and the potential for bias in all surveys. 

However, there is no duplication of 

information with this study, as the 

Comprehensive Survey of the American 

Public is the only national survey that 

focuses on issues of importance to the 

NPS. Moreover, it is the only national 

survey that contacts non-visitors to 

National Park System units. In addition 

to visitors, non-visitors comprise a 

population of vital interest to the NPS. 

Two of the respondents wanted to be 

reassured that the results of the survey 

would be communicated to them 

directly (American Recreation Coalition 

and National Parks Conservation 

Association). One respondent suggested 

a number of questions, which were, or 

are now, part of the survey, with one 

exception. America Outdoors suggested 

a question on attitudes toward fees to 

enter the park. This question is quite 

‘‘layered’’ in that there are several 

different kinds of fees (the annual parks 

pass, the specific fee for one park, 

additional access fees for special areas, 

and passes for the disabled). Moreover, 

the recent national survey for the 

Departments of the Interior and 

Agriculture for the Interagency America 

the Beautiful Pass addressed these 

issues only one year earlier. Therefore, 

this question is not included in the 2007 

NPS Comprehensive Survey. Finally, 

the National Park Hospitality 

Association was fundamentally 

concerned with the ‘‘creation’’ of 

resources such as soundscape, and 

suggested that such questions be 

removed from the survey. The General 

Authorities Act of 1970 and the 1978 

amendment to the Act known as the 

Redwood amendment, as well as the 

National Parks Omnibus Management 

Act of 1998, contain the basis of the 

NPS management policies on natural 

resources, including soundscapes. The 

soundscape management policy of the 

NPS is detailed in section 4.9 of 

‘‘Management Policies 2006’’ of the 

NPS, which states (NPS 2006:56) that 

‘‘Using appropriate management 

planning, superintendents will identify 

what levels and types of unnatural 

sound constitute acceptable impacts on 

park natural soundscapes.’’ This survey 

will assist in that planning process. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: 2007 National Park Service 

Comprehensive Survey of the American 

Public. 

Bureau Form Number(s): 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 non-visitors 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, 


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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 reported tracking changes in 

key variables between 2000 and 2007 

will be written. In order to produce the 

best survey possible, the NPS has been 

and will continue to conduct 

development work in the form of 

pretesting, cognitive interviews, and 

focus groups to inform survey design. 

The increase in the popularity of cell 

phones calls into question the adequacy 

of conventional land-line sampling 

frames from which households are 

selected through random digit dialing 

(RDD). Looking to the future, survey 

methodology will need a mechanism to 

sample additional cell users. In this 

survey, an add-on of a cell phone user 

sample will form a benchmark to 

compare sampling differences with the 

RDD results. The cell user sample will 

be compared to the land-line sample, 

looking at demographic characteristics 

of respondents, park visitation rates, 

and attitudinal variables. This 

information is needed by NPS to 

determine whether changes in measures 

tacked over time represent actual shifts 

in knowledge, attitudes, or behavior or 

are instead artifacts of differences in 

responses between cell-only households 

and households with land-lines. 

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: Once. 

Description of Respondents: United 

States residents. 

Estimated average number of 

respondents: 4044 respondents (Final 

Survey: 4,000; Developmental Work: 

focus group = 12, cognitive interview = 

12, pre-test calling = 20). 

Estimated average number of 

responses: 4044 responses. 

Estimated average time burden per 

respondent: Final Survey: 15 minutes/ 

respondent; Developmental Work: focus 

group = 90 minutes/respondent, 

cognitive interview = 120 minutes/ 

respondent, pre-test calling = 15 

minutes/respondent. 

Frequency of response: 1 time per 

respondent. 

Estimated total annual reporting 

burden: 1047 hours. 

Dated: August 22, 2007. 

Leonard E. Stowe, 

NPS, Information Collection Clearance 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 07–4205 Filed 8–27–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–53–M 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Emergency Approval of a 

New Information Collection; 30-Day 

Notice of Intent To Request an 

Extension for the Collection of 

Information; Interagency Access Pass 

Application Process 

AGENCY: National Park Service, 

Department of the Interior. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: Under provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and 5 

CFR Part 1320, Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Requirements, the 

National Park Service (NPS) has 

requested and received emergency 

approval on the collection of 

information; Interagency Access Pass 

Application Process (OMB #1024–0252). 

The NPS invites public comments on 

the extension of this currently approved 

collection. 

DATES: Public comments on this 

Information Collection Request (ICR) 

will be accepted on or before September 

27, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

directly to the Desk Officer for the 

Department of the Interior (OMB #1024–

0252), 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 

Brandon Flint, NPS, WASO Recreation 

Fee Program Office, 1849 C St., NW., 

(2608), Washington, DC 20240; or by email at brandon_flint@nps.gov, or by fax 

at 202/371–2401. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brandon Flint, NPS, WASO Recreation 

Fee Program Office, 1849 C St., NW., 

(2608) Washington, DC 20240; phone: 

202/513–7096; e-mail: 

brandon_flint@nps.gov, or by fax at 202/ 

371–2401. 

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 May 25, 2007 (Vol. 72, pages 29351–

29352). The comment period ended on 

July 24, 2007. There were no public 

comments received as a result of 

publishing this notice. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: The Interagency Access Pass 

Application Process. 

Bureau Form Number: None. 

OMB Number: 1024–0252. 

Expiration Date: 10/31/2007. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Description of Need: The currently 

approved information collection 

responds to The Federal Lands 

Recreation Enhancement Act (FLREA) 

which requires the Secretary of 

Agriculture, and the Secretary of the 

Interior, to make the America the 

Beautiful—The National Parks and 

Federal Recreational Lands Pass 

available, for free, to any United States 

citizen or person domiciled in the 

United States who has been medically 

determined to be permanently disabled 

for purposes of section 7(20)(B)(i) of the 

Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 

705(20)(B)(i)). The Act further requires 

that the applicant provide adequate 

proof of the disability and such 

citizenship or residency. The Act 

specifies that the Pass shall be valid for 

the lifetime of the pass holder. The 

America the Beautiful—The National 

Parks and Federal Recreational Lands 

Access Pass (Interagency Access Pass) 

was created to meet the requirements of 

the FLREA. An Interagency Access Pass 

is a free, lifetime permit that is issued 

without charge by the Bureau of Land 

Management, Bureau of Reclamation, 

United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 

United States Forest Service, and the 

National Park Service to citizens or 

persons who are domiciled (permanent 

residents) in the United States, 

regardless of age, and who have a 

medical determination and 


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