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Completion Time per Response: 

Public reporting burden for this 

collection of information is expected to 

average 100 hours for the exchange of 

summary/inventory information 

between a museum or Federal agency 

and an Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization and six hours per response 

for the notification to the Secretary, 

including time for reviewing 

instructions, searching existing data 

sources, gathering and maintaining the 

data needed, and completing and 

reviewing the collected information. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 5,300 hours, assuming a large, 

unresolved collection of Native 

American human remains and NAGPRA 

cultural items. 

Information collections Annual 

respondents 

Annual 

response 

Avg. time/ 

response 

(hr) 

Total annual 

burden hours 

$ Value of 

burden hours 

(30.07/hr) 

(1) Consultation inventory & summary updates .................. 50 50 100 5,000 $150,350 

(2) Museum Notices Inventory and Summary ..................... 50 50 6 300 9,021 

Total .............................................................................. 100 100 106 5,300 159,371 

Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden 

Cost: None. 

III. Comments 

We invite comments concerning this 

information collection on: 

• Whether or not the collection of 

information is necessary, including 

whether or not the information will 

have practical utility; 

• The accuracy of the burden for this 

collection of information; 

• 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 techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Please note that the comments 

submitted in response to this notice are 

a matter of public record. We will 

include or summarize each comment in 

our request to OMB to approve this IC. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email 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 it will be done. 

Dated: February 27, 2012. 

Madonna L. Baucum, 

Acting Information Collection Clearance 

Officer, National Park Service. 

[FR Doc. 2012–5128 Filed 3–1–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–BSD–0212–9671; 2410–OYC] 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Proposed Sale of Concession 

Operations 

AGENCY: National Park Service (NPS), 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: We (National Park Service) 

will ask the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) to approve the 

information collection (IC) described 

below. To comply with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 and as a part of 

our continuing efforts to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, we 

invite the general public and other 

Federal agencies to comment on this IC. 

This IC is scheduled to expire on July 

31, 2012. We may not conduct or 

sponsor and a person is not required to 

respond to a collection unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

DATES: Please submit your comment on 

or before May 1, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Please send your comments 

on the IC to Madonna Baucum, Acting 

Information Collection Clearance 

Coordinator, National Park Service, 

1201 Eye St. NW., MS 1242, 

Washington, DC 20005 (mail); or 

madonna_baucum@nps.gov (email). 

Please reference ‘‘1024–0126, Proposed 

Sale of Concessions Operations’’ in the 

subject line of your comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jo 

A. Pendry, Chief, Commercial Services 

Program, 1201 Eye St. NW., 

Washington, DC 20005. You may send 

an email to jo_pendry@nps.gov or 

contact her by telephone at (202) 513– 

7156 or via fax at (202) 371–2070. You 

are entitled to a copy of the entire IC 

package free of charge. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The NPS authorizes private 

businesses known as concessioners to 

provide necessary and appropriate 

visitor facilities and services in areas of 

the National Park System. Concession 

authorizations may be assigned, sold, 

transferred, or encumbered by the 

concessioner subject to prior written 

approval of the NPS. The NPS requires 

that certain information be submitted 

for review prior to the consummation of 

any sale, transfer, assignment, or 

encumbrance. 

The information requested is used to 

determine whether or not the proposed 

transaction will result in an adverse 

impact on the protection, conservation, 

or preservation of the resources of the 

unit of the National Park System; 

decreased services to the public; the 

lack of a reasonable opportunity for 

profit over the remaining term of the 

authorization; or rates in excess of 

approved rates to the public. In 

addition, pursuant to the regulations at 

36 CFR Part 51, the value of rights for 

intangible assets such as the concession 

contract, right of preference in renewal, 

user days, or low fees, belongs to the 

Government. 

If any portion of the purchase price is 

attributable either directly or indirectly 

to such assets, the transaction may not 

be approved. The amount and type of 

information to be submitted varies with 

the type and complexity of the proposed 

transaction. Without such information, 

the NPS would be unable to determine 

whether approval of the proposed 

transaction would be adequate. 

II. Data 

OMB Control Number: 1024–0126. 

Title: Proposed Sale of Concession 

Operations, 36 CFR 51, Subpart J. 

Form(s): None. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

previously approved collection of 

information. 


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Description of Respondents: 

Businesses, individuals, and nonprofit 

organizations. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

Frequency of Collection: On Occasion. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 20. 

Completion Time per Response: 80 

hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 1,600. 

Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden 

Cost: $5,000—There are no costs 

associated with preparing and 

submitting an application, other than 

expenses for printing, which is 

estimated to be approximately $250 per 

application (with 20 applications [$250 

× 20 = $5,000]). 

III. Comments 

We invite comments concerning this 

IC on: 

• Whether or not the collection of 

information is necessary, including 

whether or not the information will 

have practical utility; 

• The accuracy of our estimate of the 

burden for this collection of 

information; 

• Ways to enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

• Ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents. 

Please note that the comments 

submitted in response to this notice are 

a matter of public record. Before 

including your address, phone number, 

email 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. 

Dated: February 28, 2012. 

Madonna L. Baucum, 

Acting Information Collection Clearance 

Officer, National Park Service. 

[FR Doc. 2012–5158 Filed 3–1–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–NER–HPPC–1220–9136; 4780–NERI– 

409] 

Record of Decision for the General 

Management Plan/Abbreviated Final 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

New River Gorge National River, West 

Virginia 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability. 

SUMMARY: The National Park Service 

announces the availability of the Record 

of Decision for the Abbreviated Final 

Environmental Impact Statement for the 

General Management Plan for New 

River Gorge National River, West 

Virginia. The Record of Decision selects 

the approved general management plan 

for New River Gorge National River for 

the next 15 to 20 years. 

ADDRESSES: A printed copy of the 

Record of Decision may be obtained by 

contacting Superintendent Don Striker, 

New River Gorge National River, P.O. 

Box 246, Glen Jean, West Virginia 

25846; (304) 465–0508; 

NERI_Superintendent@nps.gov. An 

electronic copy of the Record of 

Decision can be downloaded from the 

NPS Planning, Environment and Public 

Comment (PEPC) Web site (http:// 

parkplanning.nps.gov/neri). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

December 7, 2011, the Regional Director 

of the National Park Service (NPS) 

Northeast Region signed the Record of 

Decision selecting Alternative 5 as the 

approved General Management Plan for 

New River Gorge National River. 

Alternative 5 was identified as the NPS 

preferred alternative in the General 

Management Plan and Abbreviated 

Final Environmental Impact Statement 

(GMP/EIS) issued on October 7, 2011. 

The Record of Decision includes: 

• A statement of the decision made; 

• A synopsis of other alternatives 

considered; 

• The basis for the decision; 

• A description of the 

environmentally preferable alternative; 

• A listing of measures to minimize 

environmental harm; and 

• An overview of public involvement 

in the decision-making process. 

The approved General Management 

Plan will guide long-term management 

of the New River Gorge National River. 

As soon as feasible, we will begin to 

implement the selected alternative. 

The purpose of a General 

Management Plan is to provide a 

decision-making framework that ensures 

that management decisions effectively 

and efficiently carry out our mission for 

the next 15 to 20 years. The GMP/EIS 

planning process at New River Gorge 

National River allowed us to respond to 

new issues and changing conditions and 

revise the prior GMP approved in 1982. 

This planning process was initiated in 

2005 and conducted with extensive 

public and agency involvement. The 

planning team held meetings with and/ 

or contacted key stakeholders, agencies, 

tribes, resource experts, and members of 

the public throughout 2005 and 2006. 

Stakeholders, agencies, and the 

interested public were briefed with 

newsletters and press releases and 

provided the opportunities to provide 

input at fifteen public meetings held in 

2006 and 2007. 

Review Process for the Management 

Plan and Environmental Impact 

Statement 

Consistent with Federal laws and 

regulations, and with National Park 

Service policies, the Draft GMP/EIS was 

released for public review and comment 

from January 13, 2010, through April 16, 

2010. The Draft GMP/EIS described and 

analyzed the environmental impact of 

five alternatives to guide the 

development and future management of 

the National River: Alternative 1, the 

No-Action Alternative, and Action 

Alternatives 2–5. Action Alternative 5, 

the NPS Preferred Alternative, would: 

• Preserve areas for primitive 

recreational experiences from end to 

end of the park; 

• Intersperse cultural and interpretive 

resource focal areas; 

• Establish a north-south, throughpark connector of scenic roads and 

trails; 

• Develop partnerships with gateway 

communities; and 

• Improve rim-to-river experiences. 

Copies of the Draft GMP/EIS were 

sent to individuals, agencies, tribes, and 

organizations, and were made available 

to the public at the park office, by 

request, and on our Planning, 

Environment and Public Comment 

(PEPC) Web site (http:// 

parkplanning.nps.gov/neri). Public open 

houses were held on March 9, 10, and 

11, 2010 in Hinton, Beckley, and 

Fayetteville, WV, respectively. 

The comments received on the Draft 

GMP/EIS required only minor responses 

and editorial corrections; thus, an 

abbreviated format was used for the 

Final GMP/EIS. The Abbreviated Final 

GMP/EIS, issued on October 7, 2011, 

included an analysis of agency and 

public comments received on the Draft 

GMP/EIS with NPS responses, errata 

sheets detailing editorial corrections to 

the Draft GMP/EIS, and copies of agency 


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