Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 234 / Friday, December 5, 1997 / Notices 64401

Regional Supervisor or initiated by the

operator could result in significant change to

previously identified and evaluated impacts

or to one not previously identified or

evaluated, the proposed revision shall be

subject to all of the procedures contained in

30 CFR 250.34, including the requirement,

under 250.34(b)(13), that a certification of

coastal zone consistency be submitted with

the revision. The Regional Supervisor may

not approve the revision unless the State

concurs with the certification, or the

Secretary of Commerce makes the finding

authorized by section 307(c)(3)(B)(iii) of the

CZMA. The Regional Supervisor shall

prepare the appropriate environmental

documentation under the National

Environmental Policy Act for the decision to

approve, require further modifications to, or

disapprove revisions to DPP’s.

This notice is provided to assist lessees

and operators in planning the development

of the Pacific OCS leases. Questions

concerning this information should be

directed to the Regional Supervisor for

Development, Operations, and Safety at (805)

389–7560.

The collection of information referred to in

this notice provides clarification, description,

or interpretation of requirements contained

in 30 CFR Part 250, Subpart B. The Office of

Management and Budget has approved the

collection of information required by these

regulations and assigned OMB Control

Number 1010–0049. This notice does not

impose additional information collection

requirements subject to the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995.

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Regional Supervisor, Office of Development,

Operations, and Safety, Pacific OCS

Region, Minerals Management Service.

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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, and 376 Units of

the National Park System.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: The National Park Service

(NPS) is proposing in 1998 to conduct

customer service studies at all 376 parks

in the National Park System to establish

baseline data for the customer

satisfaction measurement program that

NPS is instituting in response to the

requirements of the Government

Performance and Results Act of 1993.

NPS proposes further to conduct similar

customer satisfaction surveys in each

year following 1998 at some to all of the

parks in the National Park System, with

the total number of parks surveyed each

year determined following an analysis

of the results of the 1998 survey.

Under provisions of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 and 5 CFR Part

1320, Reporting and Record Keeping

Requirements, the National Park Service

is soliciting comments on the need for

gathering the information in the

proposed customer service studies listed

above. The NPS also is asking for

comments on the practical utility of the

information being gathered; the

accuracy of the burden hour estimate;

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and ways to minimize the

burden to respondents, including use of

automated information collection

techniques or other forms of information

technology.

The NPS goal in conducting these

surveys annually is to obtain visitor’s

opinions about the existing quality of

services and facilities provided in units

of the National Park System. Results of

all surveys will be used by NPS

managers to improve visitor services

and facilities in the parks. In addition,

results of the 1998 surveys will be used

to establish baseline information about

the quality of services and facilities

provided to the visitors. The baseline

established in 1998 will permit NPS to

analyze whether future annual customer

satisfaction surveys could be conducted

on a rotating sample of parks, thereby

reducing the total burden on visitors

while ensuring efficient and accurate

collection of visitor satisfaction

information. This approach will permit

NPS to respond positively and

efficiently to the Government

Performance and Results act while

better serving the visitors to the parks.

DATES: Public comments will be

accepted on or before February 3, 1998.

SEND COMMENTS TO: Dr. Gary Machlis,

NPS Visiting Chief Social Scientist,

Cooperative Park Studies Unit, College

of Forestry, Wildlife and Range

Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow,

Idaho 83844–1133, phone: 208–885–

7054.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sandy Watson. Voice: 208–885–7054;

Fax: 208–885–4261, Email:

<swatson@uidaho.edu>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Customer Satisfaction Surveys

in the National Park System.

Bureau Form Number: None.

OMB Number: To be requested.

Expiration date: To be requested.

Type of request: Request for new

clearance.

Description of need: The National

Park Service needs information

concerning visitor opinions about the

services and facilities that the National

Park Service provides in each unit of the

National Park System. The proposed

information to be collected from visitors

in these parks is not available from

existing records, sources, or

observations either regularly or

comprehensively.

Automated data collection: At the

present time, the proposed data

collection process will use machine

readable, pre-addressed, postage paid

customer survey cards to increase the

speed with which respondents are able

to answer the survey instrument and

provide their responses to the NPS.

Beyond this method to accelerate the

response time, there is no automated

way to gather this information, since

gathering it requires asking visitors to

evaluate the services and facilities that

they used during their individuals and

unique park visits.

Description of Respondents: A sample

of visitors to each park.

Estimated average number of

respondents: The number depends on

the size of the park being surveyed and

is estimated to average about 200

respondents per park.

Estimated average number of

responses: Each respondent will

respond only one time, so the number

of responses will be the same as the

number of respondents.

Estimated average burden hours per

response: 0.033 hours (2 minutes).

Frequency of response: 1 time per

respondent.

Estimated annual reporting burden:

An average of 6.6 hours per park and a

total in 1998 for all parks of 2507 hours.

If a sample of parks is taken in each of

1999 and 2000, rather than a total

survey of all parks in each year, the total

burden in each of those years would be

significantly less than 2507 hours per

year.

Diane M. Cooke,

Information Collection Clearance Officer,

WASO Administrative Program Center,

National Park Service.

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