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grant assistance. The National Park

Service uses the information to ensure

compliance with the National Historic

Preservation Act and government-wide

grant requirements.

Respondents/Record Keepers: State,

Tribal, and Local Governments.

Estimate of Burden: NPS estimates

that the public reporting burden for this

collection of information will average

9.06 hours per response and 0.60 hours

per record, including the time for

reviewing instructions, searching

existing data sources, gathering and

maintaining the data needed and

reviewing the collection of information.

Estimated Number of Respondents/

Record Keepers: NPS estimates that

there are 450 respondents and 83 record

keepers. This is the gross number of

respondents and record keepers for all

of the documents included in this

information collection. The net number

of States, Tribal, and local governments

participating in this information

collection annually is 136. The

frequency of response varies depending

upon activity. States complete Grant

application and end-of-year report

documents once a year. NPS requires

project documents at the beginning and

end of each subgrant with a large

Federal share. NPS reviews each State’s

program once every four years. NPS

requires information from a local

government when it applies for

certification. NPS requires that each

State maintain one record for each

property in its inventory and one record

per project for tracking its responses to

Federal agency requests for State

review. Pursuant to Section 101(d) of

the National Historic Preservation Act,

federally recognized Indian Tribes, after

agreement with the National Park

Service (NPS), may assume

responsibilities specified in Section

101(b)(3) and therefore use related

information collections.

Estimated Number of Responses per

Respondent: 1.

Estimated Number of Records per

Record Keeper: 350.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 4,078 hours.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Record Keepers: 17,430 hours.

Estimated Total Annual Burden:

21,508 hours.

You may obtain copies of this

information collection from Mr. John W.

Renaud, Project Coordinator.

NPS is soliciting comments regarding:

(1) Whether the collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of NPS,

including whether the information will

have practical utility;

(2) The accuracy of the burden

estimate including the validity of the

method and assumptions used;

(3) The quality, utility, and clarity of

the information to be collected;

(4) Ways to minimize the burden,

including through the use of automated

collection or other forms of information

technology; or,

(5) Any other aspect of this collection

of information.

All responses to this notice will be

summarized and included in the request

for OMB approval. All comments will

also become a matter of public record.

Dated: October 25, 2000.

Leonard E. Stowe,

Information Collection Clearance Officer,

National Park Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

General Management Plan Revision,

Environmental Impact Statement,

Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona

AGENCY: National Park Service,

Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an

environmental impact statement for the

general management plan revision,

Petrified Forest National Park.

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the

National Environmental Policy Act, the

National Park Service is preparing an

environmental impact statement for the

general management plan (GMP)

revision for Petrified Forest National

Park. The environmental impact

statement will be approved by the

Director, Intermountain Region.

Petrified Forest National Park was

established as a unit of the National

Park System to preserve the mineralized

remains of Mesozoic Forests (commonly

known as the ‘‘Petrified Forest’’),

additional features of scenic and

scientific interest, and the area’s natural

environment and cultural resources, for

public use and benefit. It is located in

northeastern Arizona. The Petrified

Forest National Park Final General

Management Plan/Development

Concept Plans/Environmental Impact

Statement was approved in 1992. The

new GMP revision will address new

perspectives on several key elements

that were not fully considered at the

time of the plan: (1) The potential

impact of building/expanding proposed

new facilities into previously

undeveloped areas, particularly the

increased visibility of facilities from

busy visitor areas and wilderness, was

not comprehensively addressed in the

existing GMP; (2) The existing GMP did

not recognize that many existing

structures have historic significance and

warrant full evaluation for adaptive reuse rather than the proposed removal.

Further, the planned arrangement of

buildings, parking, courtyards, and

trails comprise significant cultural

landscapes which would have been

substantially altered by the existing plan

without recognition of these values.

There is a much greater awareness now

of cultural values that warrant revision

of the plan, including historic

structures, cultural landscapes,

archeology, ethnography, and the Native

American Grave Protection and

Repatriation Act; (3) It is unlikely that

Petrified Forest National Park would

receive the funding necessary to

implement the proposals in the existing

GMP; (4) The sustainability of proposing

a lot of new construction versus the

feasibility and sustainability of re-using

existing structures was not adequately

addressed in the existing plan; (5) More

up-to-date information about

handicapped accessibility is available;

(6) Effectively preventing wood theft

remains a very high priority, and more

information on visitor behavior is now

available; and (6) Bring plan into

conformance with current NPS planning

standards (NPS Director’s Order 2).

The National Park Service is planning

to begin public scoping in November,

2000 via a newsletter to American

Indian tribes, neighboring communities,

county commissioners, organizations,

state and federal agencies, researchers

and institutions, the Congressional

Delegation, and visitors who signed up

to be on the mailing list. There will also

be a web site and press releases. The

purpose of the newsletter, web site, and

press release is to explain the planning

process and to obtain comments

concerning revision of the GMP.

Comments may be addressed to the

Superintendent, and should be received

no later that 60-days from the

publication of this Notice of Intent.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Superintendent Michelle Hellickson,

Petrified Forest National Park, P.O Box

2217, Petrified Forest, AZ 86028; Tel:

(520) 524–6228; FAX: (520) 524–3567;

e-mail: michelle_hellickson@nps.gov.

Dated: October 13, 2000.

Ron Everhart,

Director, Intermountain Region.

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