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70638 

Vol. 88, No. 196 

Thursday, October 12, 2023 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Information Collection; Interagency 

Generic Clearance for Federal Land 

Management Agencies Collaborative 

Visitor Surveys on Recreation and 

Transportation Related Programs and 

Systems 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Forest Service is seeking public 

comment on reapproval of a currently 

approved information collection 

request, Interagency Generic Clearance 

for Federal Land Management Agencies 

Collaborative Visitor Surveys on 

Recreation and Transportation Related 

Programs and Systems. 

DATES: Comments must be received in 

writing by December 11, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Comments concerning this 

notice should be addressed to Kenli Kim 

via mail at USDA Forest Service, Yates 

Building, 201 14th Street SW, 

Washington, DC 20520 or email at 

kenli.kim@usda.gov or to Nicholas 

Grisham via mail at Transportation 

Systems Planner, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Federal Highway 

Administration, Office of Federal Lands 

Highway, 610 East 5th Street, 

Vancouver, WA 98661 or email at 

nicholas.grisham@dot.gov. 

All timely comments, including 

names and addresses, will be placed in 

the record and will be available for 

public inspection and copying. The 

public may inspect comments received 

at USDA Forest Service, Yates Building, 

201 14th Street SW, Washington, DC 

20520, during normal business hours. 

Visitors are encouraged to call ahead to 

202–205–0925 to facilitate entry into the 

building. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kenli Kim, USDA Forest Service, 

kenli.kim@usda.gov or 202–205–0925, 

or Nicholas Grisham, U.S. Department 

of Transportation, nicholas.grisham@

dot.gov or 202–839–1409. 

Individuals who use 

telecommunication devices for the 

hearing impaired (TDD) may call the 

Federal Relay Service at 800–877–8339 

between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., 

Eastern Time, Monday through Friday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Interagency Generic Clearance 

for Federal Land Management Agencies 

Collaborative Visitor Surveys on 

Recreation and Transportation Related 

Programs and Systems. 

OMB Number: 0596–0236. 

Expiration Date of Approval: March 

31, 2024. 

Type of Request: Reapproval of a 

currently approved information 

collection request. 

Abstract: Federal land management 

agencies (FLMAs) need to acquire 

visitor and user feedback about site- and 

area-specific recreational services and 

facilities and supporting road, trail, and 

other transportation programs and 

systems. FLMAs include but are not 

limited to the USDA Forest Service; U.S. 

Department of the Interior National Park 

Service, Bureau of Land Management, 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau 

of Reclamation, U.S. Geological Survey, 

and Presidio Trust; and U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers. 

Visitor feedback allows the FLMAs to 

enhance customer service by 

establishing and revising objectives for 

FLMA recreational services and 

facilities and recreation-related 

transportation programs and systems; 

inform FLMA land use plans; and 

facilitate interagency coordination 

across FLMA jurisdictions. This 

feedback augments the ability of FLMAs 

to meet the recreational needs of the 

public and more effectively utilize the 

resources under FLMA management. In 

addition, this generic, interagency 

information collection request saves 

visitor and agency time and costs by 

allowing multiple FLMAs in an area to 

work jointly on data collection. The 

information collected may also help 

FLMAs respond to queries from the 

public, Congressional staffs, the media, 

and transportation and recreation 

organizations. 

The authorities for the FLMAs to 

conduct public surveys on recreation 

and supporting transportation programs 

and systems include: 

• Forest Service Organic 

Administration Act of 1897. 

• Forest Service Multiple Use– 

Sustained Yield Act. 

• National Park Service Act of 1916. 

• National Wildlife Refuge System 

Administration Act of 1966. 

• National Wildlife Refuge System 

Centennial Act. 

• Federal Land Policy and 

Management Act of 1976. 

• Government Performance and 

Results Act of 1993. 

Respondents include visitors and 

potential visitors to FLMA-managed 

lands and residents of communities in 

or near those lands, as well as state, 

local, or Tribal agency staff who are 

involved with public land management 

and businesses operating on or near 

FLMA-managed lands. Many of the 

FLMA information collections may be 

similar in terms of the populations 

surveyed, types of questions asked, 

research methods, and data 

applications. The information collection 

may occur at one location, several 

locations, across FLMA units, across 

regions, or nationally and may be multijurisdictional at any of these levels. The 

information collection may occur once, 

multiple times over a short time period, 

or periodically over a long period. 

Individual, organizational, agency, or 

business feedback could be collected 

through facilitated focus groups, inperson or telephonic interviews, or 

electronic or handwritten comment 

cards or questionnaires. Potential 

participants may be contacted at 

pertinent sites, including FLMA access 

points, or pre- or post-visit. 

In general, questions relate to 

recreational use of one or more specific 

locations on FLMA-managed lands and 

may address one or more of the 

following: 

• Mobility and access, such as 

different transportation modes used to 

access sites; satisfaction with 

transportation-related services and 

facilities; use and satisfaction with 

traveler information; reasons for nonvisitation. 

• Resource management, such as 

support for different management 

approaches. 

• Safety, for example, safety-related 

incidents that have occurred. 

• Environment, including for 

example visitor priorities with respect 

to natural and cultural resources and 

perceptions related to sound. 


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• Economic development, such as the 

amount of money visitors spend in an 

area. 

• Trip characteristics, for example, 

length of trip and trip purpose, 

activities, and destinations. 

• Visitor or user demographics and 

use data, such as city and state of 

residence, age group, gender, race, and 

number of people or vehicles in a party. 

All results are aggregated so that 

specific responses cannot be connected 

to specific respondents. If any names, 

addresses, or telephone numbers are 

collected, FLMAs will not store that 

information with responses. Contact 

information will be purged from 

FLMAs’ files once data collections are 

completed. 

Participation in the FLMA surveys, 

interviews, focus groups, and other data 

collections under this information 

collection is strictly voluntary. The 

information may be collected and 

analyzed by FLMA personnel, private 

contractors, other federal agencies, or 

universities or other educational 

institutions conducting the information 

collection on behalf of the FLMAs. All 

results will be aggregated so specific 

responses cannot be connected to 

specific respondents. 

Without coordinated information 

collections on recreation and supporting 

transportation programs and systems on 

federal land, the FLMAs will lack the 

information necessary to identify and 

implement improvements in 

recreational services and facilities and 

supporting transportation programs and 

systems that address public needs, 

protect federal land and resources, and 

enhance the visitor experience. These 

information collections will become 

more important as demand for access to 

FLMA recreation sites and opportunities 

continues to grow. 

Estimated Annual Burden per 

Respondent: 0.35 hour for surveys, 1.5 

hours for focus groups, 1 hour for 

interviews, and 0.05 hour for comment 

cards. 

Type of Respondents: Individuals and 

households, businesses and non-profit 

organizations, and state, local, and 

Tribal governments. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Respondents: 50,000. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 8,000 hours. 

Comment Is Invited 

Comment is invited on (1) whether 

this information collection request is 

necessary for the stated purposes and 

the proper performance of the functions 

of the FLMAs, including whether the 

information collected will have 

practical or scientific utility; (2) the 

accuracy of the Forest Service’s estimate 

of the burden of the information 

collection request, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (4) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

information collection request on 

respondents, including the use of 

automated, electronic, mechanical, or 

other technological collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. 

All comments received in response to 

this notice, including names and 

addresses when provided, will be a 

matter of public record. Comments will 

be summarized and included in the 

submission request for Office of 

Management and Budget approval. 

David Lytle, 

Deputy Chief, Research and Development. 

[FR Doc. 2023–22459 Filed 10–11–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3411–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Economic Analysis 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Services Surveys: BE–140, 

Benchmark Survey of Insurance 

Transactions by U.S. Insurance 

Companies With Foreign Persons 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit the following information 

collection request to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and clearance, in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (PRA) on or after the date of 

publication of this notice. We invite the 

general public and other Federal 

agencies to comment on proposed and 

continuing information collections, 

which helps us assess the impact of our 

information collection requirements and 

minimize the public’s reporting burden. 

Public comments were previously 

requested via the Federal Register on 

July 19, 2023, during a 60-day comment 

period. This notice allows for an 

additional 30 days for public comments. 

Agency: Bureau of Economic 

Analysis, Department of Commerce. 

OMB Control Number: 0608–0073. 

Form Number(s): BE–140. 

Type of Request: Regular submission. 

Reinstatement with change of a 

previously approved collection. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,300 annually (1,000 reporting 

mandatory data and 300 that would file 

exemption claims or voluntary 

responses). 

Estimated Time per Response: 9 hours 

is the average for the 600 respondents 

filing data by country and affiliation, 2 

hours for the 400 respondents filing data 

by transaction type only, and 1 hour for 

those filing an exemption claim or other 

response. Hours may vary considerably 

among respondents because of 

differences in company size and 

complexity. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 6,500. 

Needs and Uses: The data are needed 

to monitor U.S. trade in insurance 

services, to analyze the impact of these 

cross-border services on the U.S. and 

foreign economies, to compile and 

improve the U.S. economic accounts, to 

support U.S. commercial policy on trade 

in services, to conduct trade promotion, 

and to improve the ability of U.S. 

businesses to identify and evaluate 

market opportunities. The data are used 

in estimating the trade in insurance 

services component of the U.S. 

international transactions accounts 

(ITAs) and national income and product 

accounts (NIPAs). 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Frequency: Every fifth year, for 

reporting years ending in ‘‘3’’ and ‘‘8’’. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

Legal Authority: International 

Investment and Trade in Services 

Survey Act (Pub. L. 94–472, 22 U.S.C. 

3101–3108, as amended). 

This information collection request 

may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov. 

Follow the instructions to view the 

Department of Commerce collections 

currently under review by OMB. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be 

submitted within 30 days of the 

publication of this notice on the 

following website www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain. Find this 

particular information collection by 

selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day 

Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or 

by using the search function and 

entering either the title of the collection 

or the OMB Control Number 0608–0073. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Under Secretary of Economic Affairs, 

Commerce Department. 

[FR Doc. 2023–22576 Filed 10–11–23; 8:45 am] 

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