67654 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 248 / Monday, December 29, 1997 / Notices

Comments: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Section 3506 (c)(2)(A), each agency

must provide notice and otherwise

consult with members of the public and

affected agencies concerning this

collection of information. Comments are

specifically solicited in order to: (a)

evaluate whether the proposed

collection of information is necessary

for the proper performance of the

functions of the agency, including

whether the information has practical

utility; (b) evaluate the accuracy of the

burden estimates for the proposed

collection of information; (c) enhance

the quality, utility, and clarity of the

information to be collected; and (d)

minimize the burden of the collection of

information on those who are to

respond, including through the use of

automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

Submit your comments to the offices

listed in the addresses section of this

notice. The OMB has up to 60 days to

approve or disapprove the information

collection but may respond after 30

days. Therefore, in order to assure

maximum consideration, OMB should

receive your comments by January 28,

1998.

Bureau Clearance Officer: Jo Ann

Lauterbach (202) 208–7744.

Dated: November 25, 1997.

E. P. Danenberger,

Chief, Engineering and Operations Division.

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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 13 Units of

the National Park Service.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: The National Park Service is

proposing to sponsor during the

summer of 1998 a project to determine

how park visitors at a sample of thirteen

parks feel about the recreation fee

demonstration program that currently is

being tested in approximately 100

projects that involve more than 100

units of the National Park System. The

parks proposed to be surveyed in 1998

include:

NPS unit

Estimated

number responses

Estimated burden hours

(1) Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historical Site .......................................................................................... 300 100

(2) Colonial National Historical Park ........................................................................................................................ 300 100

(3) Everglades National Park ................................................................................................................................... 300 100

(4) Frederick Douglass National Historic Site .......................................................................................................... 300 100

(5) Glen Canyon National Recreation Area ............................................................................................................. 300 100

(6) Golden Gate National Recreation Area ............................................................................................................. 300 100

(7) Grand Canyon National Park ............................................................................................................................. 300 100

(8) Independence National Historical Park .............................................................................................................. 400 200

(9) Mesa Verde National Park ................................................................................................................................. 300 100

(10) Sitka National Park ........................................................................................................................................... 300 100

(11) Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore ....................................................................................................... 300 100

(12) Yellowstone National Park ............................................................................................................................... 400 200

(13) Yosemite National Park .................................................................................................................................... 400 200

Totals ................................................................................................................................................................ 4,200 1,600

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 this

proposed visitor study. The NPS is also

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 this

survey is to identify what influences, if

any, changes in park fee structures have

had on the characteristics and relative

mix of different types of park visitors

who use the parks, on how

implementing the demonstration fee

program is affecting the operations of

the parks from the perspective of the

visitors, and on how the changes

associated with the changed fee

structures and any resulting changes in

park operations affect the experiences of

the visitors using these parks. In

addition, at the three more intensively

surveyed parks, the project goal is to

determine how changes caused by the

fee demonstration program may be

impacting local and regional

communities and economies. Results of

the surveys proposed to be conducted at

these 13 parks will be used by NPS

managers in their ongoing planning and

management activities to improve

visitor services, protect park resources,

and better serve the parks’ current and

future visitors. Results of the recreation

fee demonstration program of which

this proposed survey activity will be a

part will be used by the National Park

Service, the Department of the Interior,

and the Congress to evaluate the

outcome of the trial recreation fee

demonstration program and to consider

whether or not to enact legislation to

establish permanent recreation fee

authority for the National Park Service.

DATES: Public comments will be

accepted on or before February 27, 1998.

Send Comments To: Dr. John Duffield,

3699 Larch Camp Road, Missoula,

Montana 59803, phone and fax: 406–

728–9510.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.

John Duffield at the above address.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Visitor and Related Survey at 13

Recreation Fee Demonstration Parks.

Bureau Form Number: None.

OMB Number: To be requested.

Expiration Date: To be requested.
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Type of Request: Request for new

clearance.

Description of Need: NPS needs

information concerning park visitor

demographics and visitor opinions

about the fee demonstration program

that the National Park Service is testing.

The information proposed to be

collected from visitors and park

managers in these 13 parks to meet

these needs is not available from

existing records, sources, or

observations.

Automated Date Collection: At the

present time, there is no automated way

to gather this information, since it

includes asking visitors to react to fees,

park management, and visitor services

at the parks they are visiting. The

intrusion on visitors is minimized by

contacting them only once during their

visit to the park.

Description of Respondents: A sample

of visitors to each park.

Estimated Average Number of

Respondents: 300 visitors per park at

ten of the parks and 400 visitors per

park at the other three parks.

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: 20 minutes at each of the 10

parks and 30 minutes at each of the

remaining 3 parks.

Frequency of Response: 1 time per

respondent.

Estimated Annual Reporting Burden:

The total for all parks is estimated to be

1,600 hours.

Diane M. Cooke,

Information Collection Clearance Officer,

WASO Administrative Program Center,

National Park 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 11 Units of

the National Park System.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: The Cooperative Park Studies

Unit of the University of Minnesota is

proposing to conduct five projects at up

to eleven parks during FY 98:

NPS unit

Estimated

number responses

Estimated burden hours

(1) Hopewell Culture National Historical Park ......................................................................................................... 800 270

(2) Canyonlands National Park, Green and Colorado Rivers ................................................................................. 1,200 600

(3) Voyageurs National Park .................................................................................................................................... 600 300

(4) Perry’s Victory & International Peace Memorial ................................................................................................ 400 135

(5) Great Plains Prairie Cluster parks, including:

Agate Fossil Beds National Monument ............................................................................................................ 250 85

Effigy Mounds National Monument ................................................................................................................... 250 85

Homestead National Monument of America ..................................................................................................... 250 85

Mount Rushmore National Memorial ................................................................................................................ 250 85

Pipestone National Monument .......................................................................................................................... 250 85

Scotts Bluff National Monument ....................................................................................................................... 250 85

Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield ................................................................................................................... 250 85

Totals ......................................................................................................................................................... 4,750 1,900

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 visitor studies listed above.

The NPS is also 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 generally is to identify

characteristics, use patterns,

perceptions, preferences and opinions

of visitors about management and

services in these parks. Each project will

have a slightly different focus. Project 1,

Hopewell Culture National Historical

Park, also will involve a survey mailed

to community members to identify

characteristics, perceptions and

attitudes of people who do not visit the

park. This information will help the

park be more responsive to, and better

serve, the local community. Projects 2

and 3, the Green and Colorado Rivers in

Canyonlands National Park and parkwide in Voyageurs National Park, will

obtain visitor reactions to managing

conflicting uses, management strategies

used in the parks, and definitions of

standards for quality visitor experiences

on both the Green and Colorado Rivers

that flow through Canyonlands NP.

Project 4, Perry’s Victory and

International Peace Memorial, will

obtain vistor reactions to recent changes

made in park management based on past

research in the park. Project 5, Great

Plains Prairie Cluster parks, will ask

visitors to provide information that will

contribute to the development of

protocols for future monitoring to

identify trends. Results of all the

surveys at all of the parks will be used

by NPS managers in their ongoing

planning and management activities to

improve vistor services, protect park

resources, and better serve the park’s

current and future visitors.

DATES: Public comments will be

accepted on or before February 27, 1998.

Send Comments To: Dr. David W.

Lime, Senior Research Associate,

Cooperative Park Studies Unit, College

of Natural Resources, 115 Green Hall,

University of Minnesota, 55108, phone:

612–624–2250.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David W. Lime. Voice: 612–624–2250,

Fax: 612–625–5212, Email:

<dlime@forestry.umn.edu>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Visitor and Related Surveys at

up to 11 Parks.

Bureau Form Number: None.

OMB Number: To be requested.