50940 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 165 / Tuesday, August 26, 2014 / Notices 

I. Abstract 

The objective of this collection is to 

build better inventories of landslides 

through citizen participation. This 

project will make it possible for the 

public to report their observations of 

landslides on a USGS-hosted Web site. 

The information gathered through the 

on-line database will be used to classify 

the landslides and damage, as well as 

provide information to scientists about 

the location, time, speed, and size of the 

landslides. The USGS Landslide 

Hazards Program has developed an 

interactive Web site for public reporting 

of landslides. 

II. Data 

OMB Control Number: 1028–0100. 

Form Number: http:// 

landslides.usgs.gov/dysi/form.php. 

Title: Did you see it? Report a 

Landslide. 

Type of Request: New information 

collection. 

Affected Public: General Public. 

Respondent’s Obligation: None. 

Participation is voluntary. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion, 

after a landslide. 

Estimated Total Number of Annual 

Responses: 2,000. 

Estimated Time per Response: 5 

minutes. 

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 167. 

Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’ 

Burden: There are no ‘‘non-hour cost’’ 

burdens associated with this IC. 

Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA 

(44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) provides that an 

agency may not conduct or sponsor and 

you are not required to respond to a 

collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number and current expiration date. 

III. Request for Comments 

We are soliciting comments as to: (a) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the agency 

to perform its duties, including whether 

the information is useful; (b) the 

accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the 

burden of the proposed collection of 

information; (c) ways to enhance the 

quality, usefulness, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (d) how 

to minimize the burden on the 

respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Please note that the comments 

submitted in response to this notice are 

a matter of public record. Before 

including your personal mailing 

address, phone number, email address, 

or other personally identifiable 

information in your comment, you 

should be aware that your entire 

comment, including your personally 

identifiable information, may be made 

publicly available at any time. While 

you can ask us in your comment to 

withhold your personally identifiable 

information from public view, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Martha G. Brooks, 

Signing Official, Chief of Staff, Natural 

Hazards Mission Area. 

[FR Doc. 2014–20186 Filed 8–25–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4311–AM–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–EQD–SSB–16525; 

PPWONRADE3, PPMRSNR1Y.NM000] 

Proposed Information Collection: 

Recreational Use Study 

AGENCY: National Park Service, 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) concerning 

recreational use along the Colorado 

River—specifically the stretch between 

the Glen Canyon Dam and Lee’s Ferry. 

As required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 and as part of our 

continuing efforts to reduce paperwork 

and respondent burden, we invite the 

general public and other federal 

agencies to take this opportunity to 

comment on this IC. A federal agency 

not conduct or sponsor, and a person is 

not required to respond to, a collection 

of information unless it displays a 

currently valid OMB control number. 

DATES: To ensure that your comments 

on this IC are considered, we must 

receive them on or before October 27, 

2014. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

on this IC to Bret Meldrum, Chief, 

Social Science Program, National Park 

Service, 1201 Oakridge Drive, Fort 

Collins, CO 80525–5596 (mail); 

Bret_Meldrum@nps.gov (email); and 

Phadrea Ponds, Information Collection 

Coordinator, National Park Service, 

1201 Oakridge Drive, Fort Collins, CO 

80525 (mail); or pponds@nps.gov 

(email). Please reference Information 

Collection 1024—NEW in the subject 

line. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

John Duffield, University of Montana, 

Department of Mathematical Sciences, 

Missoula, MT 5981; 

bioecon@montana.com (email); or: 406– 

721–2265 (phone). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

In 2013, approximately over 6 million 

recreational visitors visited the Colorado 

River corridor. The National Park 

Service in collaboration with the US 

Geological Survey (USGS) and the 

Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research 

Center (GCMRC) are interested in 

understanding the quality and values of 

visitor trips related to recreational use 

from the base of Glen Canyon Dam to 

just below Lees Ferry. A mail-back 

survey will be used to collect 

information concerning 1) trip/visit 

characteristics, 2) activities and 3) 

opinions on river management. This 

collection proposes to provide data that 

will be used to update the currently 

used estimates that are more than 25 

years old. Up-to-date and relevant 

information is needed concerning the 

estimation of recreational use in this 

area. 

II. Data 

OMB Number: None. This is a new 

collection. 

Title: Recreational Use Survey. 

Type of Request: New. 

Affected Public: General public and 

individual households. 

Respondent Obligation: Voluntary. 

Frequency of Collection: One-time. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 5,940. 

Annual Burden Hours: 844 hours. We 

estimate the public reporting burden to 

be 20 minutes per completed survey 

response. 

Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’ 

Burden: We have not identified any 

‘‘non-hour cost’’ burdens associated 

with this collection of information. 

III. Request for 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 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. 

Comments that you submit in 

response to this notice are a matter of 

public record. We will include or 

summarize each comment in our request 


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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 we will be able to 

do so. 

Dated: August 20, 2014. 

Madonna L. Baucum, 

Information Collection Clearance Officer, 

National Park Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–20232 Filed 8–25–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–EH–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–NER–GATE–16013; PPNEGATE00/ 

PMP00UP05.YP0000, PX.P0075604H.00.1] 

Record of Decision for Final General 

Management Plan/Environmental 

Impact Statement, Gateway National 

Recreation Area, New Jersey and New 

York. 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42 

U.S.C. 4332(2)(C), the National Park 

Service (NPS) announces the 

availability of the Record of Decision for 

the Final General Management Plan and 

Environmental Impact Statement (Final 

GMP/EIS), Gateway National Recreation 

Area (Gateway), New Jersey and New 

York. On June 11, 2014, the Regional 

Director, Northeast Region, signed the 

Record of Decision approving a new 

General Management Plan (GMP) for 

Gateway. As soon as practicable, the 

NPS will begin to implement the 

selected alternative. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Superintendent Jennifer Nersesian, 

Gateway National Recreation Area, 210 

New York Avenue, Staten Island, New 

York 10305 or telephone at (718) 354– 

4664. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Record of 

Decision may be obtained from the 

contact listed below; the park’s Web 

site, http://www.nps.gov/gate; or the 

NPS Planning, Environment, and Public 

Comment (PEPC) Web site, http:// 

parkplanning.nps.gov/GATEROD. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 

11, 2014, the Regional Director, 

Northeast Region, signed the Record of 

Decision selecting Alternative B as the 

approved General Management Plan 

(GMP) for Gateway. The Record of 

Decision includes a statement of the 

decision made; synopses of other 

alternatives considered; the basis for the 

decision; a description of the 

environmentally preferable alternative; 

a finding on impairment of park 

resources and values; a listing of 

measures to minimize environmental 

harm; and an overview of public 

involvement in the decision-making 

process. 

The NPS will implement Alternative 

B: Discovering Gateway, which was 

identified as the agency’s preferred 

alternative in the Final GMP/EIS. The 

complete description of the selected 

alternative is provided in chapter 2 of 

the Final GMP/EIS in the following 

sections: Management Concepts for 

Each Alternative, Management Zones, 

Desired Conditions Common to Both 

Alternatives and Alternative B: 

Discovering Gateway. 

Under the selected alternative, the 

NPS will provide the widest range of 

activities and most recreation 

opportunities in dispersed locations 

throughout the park. New connections 

will be forged with park lands and 

communities adjacent and nearby 

Gateway. This alternative will offer the 

most instructional programming and 

skills development and draw people 

into the park to increase awareness and 

enjoyment of Gateway’s historic 

resources and the natural environment. 

Gateway will provide more 

opportunities for multi-day excursions 

and overnight stays within the park and 

proposes different types of camping and 

lodging, varied use levels, and a range 

of supporting facilities. Increased use 

will be balanced with additional 

monitoring and management of wildlife 

and habitats. More convenient and 

affordable park access will be developed 

through trail connections, bicycle 

infrastructure, public transit, and 

waterborne transportation. The selected 

alternative prioritizes joint management 

and operations for visitor services, 

orientation, programs, and facilities 

with New York City and other partners. 

The selected alternative describes the 

approach that the park will take to 

mitigate and adapt to the effects of 

climate change. Specific options to 

protect Gateway’s resources include 

integrating long-term planning into park 

operations, monitoring observed and 

projected climate trends, conducting 

climate-related vulnerability 

assessments for fundamental resources 

and values, monitoring climate sensitive 

species, and implementing a range of 

adaptive management actions. Natural 

resource protection and restoration 

efforts will focus on softening hardened 

coastal edges, restoring wetland and 

coastal habitats and improving water 

quality within park waters. The park 

will pursue public-private partnerships 

that assist with the preservation and 

reuse of historic structures and 

landscapes for a wide variety of uses 

including visitor services, 

administrative and partner needs, 

recreational business opportunities or 

compatible private use. Gateway will 

continue to collaborate with a variety of 

academic and scientific institutions, 

non-profit organizations and agencies 

on research and projects to find creative 

solutions for the long-term preservation 

of natural and cultural resources. 

The NPS selected Alternative B: 

Discovering Gateway because it best 

promotes a national park experience, 

provides a diversity of resource-based 

recreational opportunities and balances 

use with protection of the park’s 

fundamental resources and values. The 

enabling legislation and park purpose 

identified in the Final GMP/EIS were 

given the highest consideration as the 

basis for selecting Alternative B. The 

selected alternative provides for the 

greatest diversity of outdoor recreation 

and access to park shorelines for waterbased activities—primary reasons for 

which Gateway was established as the 

first NPS urban national recreation 

area—and emphasizes new physical and 

programmatic connections with 

adjacent communities and local 

government park systems to further 

increase opportunities for park access. 

The selected alternative focuses on the 

preservation and interpretation of the 

key resources mentioned in the park’s 

legislation and emphasizes new 

partnerships with New York City and 

adjacent communities that will greatly 

enhance the park’s ability to fulfill the 

intent of the enabling legislation and 

support targeted resource protection 

goals. 

This planning process was initiated in 

2009 and included extensive 

involvement with key stakeholders, 

agencies, resource experts, and members 

of the public. Information was 

disseminated through newsletters and 

press releases, and all interested parties 

were provided with opportunities to 

provide input and feedback during 

public meetings, workshops, and 

document review periods. The Draft 

General Management Plan and 

Environmental Impact Statement (Draft 

GMP/EIS) was available for public and 

agency review from August 2, 2013, 

through October 22, 2013, with five 

public open houses held in August and 

September 2013. The Final GMP/EIS 


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