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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[UT–020–5101–ER7–J217] 

Correction to Notice of Intent to 

Prepare an Environmental Impact 

Statement to Analyze PacifiCorp’s 

Mona to Oquirrh Double-Circuit 50/345 

Kilovolt (kV) Transmission Line, UT–

82829, and Amend the Pony Express 

Resource Management Plan for the 

Salt Lake Field Office, Utah. (Federal 

Register; October 16, 2007, Volume 72, 

Number 199, Page 58681–58682) 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Correction notice. 

SUMMARY: The following corrections are 

made: Three scoping meetings (West 

Jordan, Tooele, and Nephi, Utah) will be 

held during the scoping period. The 

Mona to Oquirrh Transmission Line 

project Web site is http:// 

www.monatransmission.com. 

All other information within the 

Notice of Intent (10/16/07) remains 

unchanged. 

Dated: October 30, 2007. 

Kent Hoffman, 

Acting Utah State Director. 

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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. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and 5 

CFR part 1320, Reporting and Record 

Keeping Requirements, the National 

Park Service (NPS) invites public 

comments on a proposed new collection 

of information (1024–xxxx). 

DATES: Public comments on the 

proposed Information Collection 

Request (ICR) will be accepted on or 

before January 4, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Send Comments to: Dr. Jane 

Swanson, Protected Area Social 

Research Unit, College of Forest 

Resources, University of Washington, 

Seattle, WA 98195; via phone at 206/ 

685–9150; via fax at 206/685–0790, or 

via e-mail at 

swansonj@u.washington.edu. Also, you 

may send comments to Leonard Stowe, 

NPS Information Collection Clearance 

Officer, 1849 C St., NW., (2605), 

Washington, DC 20240, or by e-mail at 

Leonard_Stowe@nps.gov. All responses 

to this notice will be summarized and 

included in the request for the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

approval. All comments will become a 

matter of public record. 

To Request a Draft of Proposed 

Collection of Information Contact: Dr. 

Jane Swanson, Protected Area Social 

Research Unit, College of Forest 

Resources, University of Washington, 

Seattle, WA 98195; via phone at 206/ 

685–9150; or via e-mail at 

swansonj@u.washington.edu. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

James Gramann, National Park Service 

Social Science Program, 1201 ‘‘Eye’’ St., 

Washington, DC 20005; via phone 202–

513–7189; or via e-mail at 

James_Gramann@partner.nps.gov. You 

are entitled to a copy of the entire ICR 

package free of charge. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Research Assessing Current and 

Potential Impacts of Cruise Ships on 

Visitor Experiences in Glacier Bay 

National Park and Preserve. 

Bureau Form Number(s): None. 

OMB Number: To be requested. 

Expiration Date: To be requested. 

Type of Request: New collection. 

Description of Need: The proposed 

study would provide information to be 

used in deciding cruise ship use levels 

in Glacier Bay National Park. The 

purpose of this research is to provide 

Park managers with information about 

current impacts of cruise ships, if any, 

on the quality of visitor experience and 

to estimate potential impacts on the 

quality of visitor experience for cruise 

ship use levels specified in the Record 

of Decision (Record of Decision for 

Vessel Quotas and Operating 

Requirements in Glacier Bay National 

Park and Preserve, 2003). 

The Final Environmental Impact 

Statement for Vessel Quotas and 

Operating Requirements, and the 

resulting Record of Decision signed 

November 21, 2003, currently guide 

vessel management in Glacier Bay 

National Park and Preserve (GLBA). The 

Record of Decision (Record of Decision 

for Vessel Quotas and Operating 

Requirements in Glacier Bay National 

Park and Preserve, 2003) adopted an 

alternative that maintains the current 

daily maximum of two cruise ships in 

the park and sets seasonal use days for 

the June–August season at 139 ships. 

The Record of Decision also provides for 

possible increases in cruise ship use. 

Specifically, use in the June–August 

season could be increased to two ships 

per day, every day for a seasonal use 

total of 184 ships. The Record of 

Decision for Vessel Quotas and 

Operating Requirements in Glacier Bay 

National Park and Preserve (2003) 

provided the following direction for the 

role of research in the process of 

changing quotas for cruise ships. 

The determination of whether to increase 

seasonal-use day quotas for cruise ships will 

rely on criteria that define the environmental 

and social conditions to be met before any 

additional seasonal-use days are approved. 

These criteria will be based on the results of 

and guidance provided through studies that 

examine the effects of vessels on all park 

resources and visitor experience. (p.18). 

The Record of Decision also specified 

that the studies examining the effects of 

cruise ships would be identified with 

the assistance of a Glacier Bay Vessel 

Management Science Advisory Board 

(SAB). The SAB was established and a 

final report of their findings and 

recommendations was published in 

September 2005 (Glacier Bay National 

Park Science Advisory Board: Final 

Report, 2005). The SAB recommended a 

comprehensive research program that 

was presented in general terms with no 

prioritization or cost estimates. Because 

the research program outlined in the 

SAB could not be performed within the 

time and budget limitations facing park 

managers, the SAB recommended (and 

park managers agreed to fund) a social 

research problem analysis. Upon review 

of the final Program Analysis, park staff 

decided on a research program that 

would focus primarily on measuring 

impacts of cruise ships, if any, on the 

quality of visitor experience and 

secondarily on understanding the 

context in which cruise ship impacts 

occur and how these impacts arise. To 

accomplish these objectives, this 

proposed research includes the 

following components. (1) Assessment 

of cruise ship impacts, if any, on the 

quality of visitor experience. (2) The 

role of experience gatekeepers in visitor 

encounters with cruise ships. 

1. Assessing impacts of cruise ships, 

if any, on the quality of visitor 

experiences in Glacier Bay proper. 

The purpose of the proposed study is 

to provide park managers with 

information about a variety of potential 

impacts of cruise ships on all visitor 

groups that have potential to encounter 

a cruise ship in Glacier Bay proper. 

Information about impacts of other 

mechanized transport, if any, on the 

quality of visitor experience will also be 

collected (1) to provide a context for 

understanding the role of cruise ships 

on the quality of visitor experience and 

(2) to examine aggregate effects of 


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mechanized transport on the quality of 

visitor experience. This research 

proposed for the 2008 summer season, 

will use on-site and mail questionnaires 

to gather data for estimating impact 

rates for different user groups. 

Additionally, in-depth interviews with 

visitors will provide additional 

information about how these impacts 

arise and visitors’ opinions of increasing 

cruise ship size. Finally, itinerary data 

will be collected from captains of 

charter and tour boats and from kayak 

guides to obtain more reliable itinerary 

data than visitors aboard these vessels 

would likely provide. 

2. The role of experience gatekeepers 

in visitor encounters with cruise ships. 

Discussions with experience 

providers indicate that these individuals 

may adjust itineraries in an effort to 

provide visitors with a particular 

experience. Often that experience is one 

where few other vessels are 

encountered. Understanding these 

practices and how the increase in 2- 

cruise-ship days may affect them are the 

primary objectives of this research 

component. This information will be 

integral when estimating population 

impacts under the 2-cruise-ships every 

day scenario. Gatekeepers identified 

include charter and tour boat captains, 

kayak guides, and VIS staff who issue 

permits and provide guidance to 

kayakers and captains of private vessels. 

Interviews, to be conducted during the 

summer 2008 use season, will rely on an 

open-ended, in-depth process. 

Comments are invited on: (1) The 

practical utility of the information being 

gathered; (2) the accuracy of the burden 

hour estimate; (3) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (4) 

ways to minimize the burden to 

respondents, including use of 

automated information collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. Before including your 

address, phone number, e-mail 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. 

Automated data collections: This 

information will be collected via inperson interviews and surveys. No 

automated data collection will take 

place. 

Description of respondents: 

Component 1—survey and interviews: 

Cruise ship passengers, tour boat 

passengers, charter boat passengers, 

people entering on private vessel 

permits, and people entering on 

backcountry permits who visit Glacier 

Bay proper between June 1, 2008 and 

August 31, 2008. 

Component 1—itinerary data: Charter 

and tour boat captains and kayak guides 

who serve visitors included in the 

survey component of the project. 

Component 2: Charter and tour boat 

captains, kayak guides, and VIS staff 

who serve visitors to Glacier Bay proper 

during the 2008 summer season. 

Estimated average number of 

respondents: Component 1: 2780 

respondents for on-site survey; 1492 

respondents for mail survey; 75 

respondents for interviews; 24 

respondents for itinerary date. 

Component 2: 27. 

Estimated average number of 

responses: Component 1: 2780 

respondents for on-site survey, 1492 

respondents for mail survey; 75 

respondents for interview; 24 

respondents for itinerary data. 

Component 2: 27. 

Estimated average burden hours per 

response: Component 1: 3 minutes for 

on-site survey respondents; 25 minutes 

for mail questionnaire; 60 minutes for 

interview respondents; 15 minutes for 

itinerary respondents. Component 2: 30 

minutes. 

Frequency of Response: 1 time per 

respondent. 

Estimated total annual reporting 

burden: 855 hours. 

Dated: September 13, 2007. 

Leonard E. Stowe, 

NPS, Information Collection Clearance 

Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

30-Day Notice of Submission to the 

Office of Management and Budget; 

Opportunity for Public Comment 

AGENCY: Department of the Interior, 

National Park Service. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: Under provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and 5 

CFR Part 1320, Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Requirements, the 

National Park Service (NPS) invites 

public comments on a proposed new 

collection of information (OMB #1024–

XXXX). 

DATES: Public comments on this 

Information Collection Request (ICR) 

will be accepted on or before December 

5, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

directly to the Desk Officer for the 

Department of the Interior (OMB #1024–

XXXX), Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, OMB, by fax at 202/ 

395–6566, or by electronic mail at 

oria_docket@omb.eop.gov. Please also 

send a copy of your comments to Dr. 

Michael Patterson, Department of 

Society and Conservation, University of 

Montana, Missoula, MT 59801; Phone: 

406/243–6614; e-mail: 

michael.patterson@unmontana.edu. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

James Gramann, NPS Social Science 

Program, 1201 Eye St., Washington, DC 

20005; or via phone 202/513–7189; or 

via e-mail 

James_Gramann@partner.nps.gov. You 

are entitled to a copy of the entire ICR 

package free-of-charge. 

Comments Received on the 60-Day 

Federal Register Notice: The NPS 

published a 60-Day Notice to solicit 

public comments on this ICR in the 

Federal Register on April 24, 2007 (Vol. 

72, No. 78, Page 20363–20364). The 

comment period closed on June 25, 

2007. After multiple notifications to 

stakeholders requesting comments, the 

NPS received one comment as a result 

of the publication of this 60-Day Federal 

Register Notice. 

We received on public comment on 

the proposed visitor study in 

Yellowstone National Park (YNP). The 

comment, from a representative of the 

Wyoming State Snowmobile 

Association, raised concerns related to 

four aspects of the research design: (1) 

The possible disruption of visitor 

experiences through asking them to 

respond to an on-site survey, (2) the 

adequacy of the sample size, (3) the 

appropriateness/practical utility of 

gathering information on visitor 

perceptions about their experiences and 

park management, and (4) the 

appropriateness of gathering 

information on guides’ perspectives 

about the snowcoach/snowmobile 

guide-only policy. 

The comments were addressed in a 

reply letter. The following is a synopsis 

of the response to each of the proposed 

concerns: (1) The methods used in this 

study are well-established in the 

research community and every effort 

has been made to ensure that visitors are 

not disrupted in any significant way. (2) 

The sample sizes are large enough to 

address the research needs and will 

allow for a small standard error of ±5%. 

(3) The goal of the proposed study is to 


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