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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. 

[FR Doc. 07–5464 Filed 11–2–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–M 

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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assess visitor perceptions about the 

appropriateness and acceptability of 

YNP’s stewardship of bison, 

management of human-wildlife 

interactions witnessed during their 

experiences, and YNP soundscapes. 

Thus this information will have 

important practical utility for park 

managers: it can help managers 

understand visitor experiences, visitors’

values, how experiences and values are 

related to support/opposition for 

management policies, what visitors 

think about NPS stewardship, and how 

to design interpretation/education 

efforts. (4) The guides represent a 

constituency with whom YNP interacts, 

who are impacted by management 

policies, and who have a wealth of 

experience and information about 

winter use given the time they spend in 

YNP. Information about guides’

perceptions are therefore another 

important source of input for 

understanding winter use. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Winter Visitor Experiences in 

Yellowstone National Park. 

Bureau Form Number(s): None. 

OMB Number: To be requested. 

Expiration Date: To be requested. 

Type of Request: New Collection. 

Description of Need: This study will 

provide the NPS and park managers 

with critical information on winter 

visitor experiences of Yellowstone 

National Park. The purpose of this 

research is to assist Park managers in 

identifying efficient, salient and 

effective dimensions of the visitor 

experience for applications in 

monitoring efforts. Those monitoring 

efforts can then be tailored to the 

evaluation of NPS policy and 

management actions. Recent changes to 

Yellowstone National Park’s winter use 

policy have driven a need for social 

scientific research on winter visitor 

experiences in the park. This research 

has three components: (1) The role of 

the natural soundscape in visitor 

experiences, (2) visitor perceptions of 

human-wildlife interactions, and (3) 

snowcoach and snowmobile guides’

perceptions of the effectiveness of the 

guide-only policy. 

1. The Role of the Natural Soundscape 

in Visitor Experiences 

Yellowstone National Park (YNP) has 

requested research into visitor 

experiences of natural sounds. The 

recent changes in winter use motorized 

access in YNP require snowmobiles in 

the park to use clean and quiet 

technology. These changes have led to 

the need to better understand the role of 

natural sounds in the winter visitor 

experience. The purpose of this study is 

to provide park managers with specific 

information on visitor perceptions of the 

experience of the natural soundscape 

and on visitor willingness to support 

management actions that affect the 

natural soundscape in Yellowstone 

National Park. The purpose of the 

interview approach for soundscape 

research is to obtain an in depth 

understanding of visitor experiences of 

the natural soundscape and to better 

understand the context within which 

soundscape policies affect the visitor 

experience. 

Previous research in Yellowstone 

National Park has documented the 

existence of differing values held among 

visitors for the park itself. Strong 

relationships between perceived park 

values and visitor willingness to 

support park management activities 

have been previously documented. The 

research proposed for the next winter 

use season will build on this 

knowledge, expanding it to include the 

natural soundscape resource, providing 

the park with information on the status 

of visitor perceptions of park values, 

visitor perceptions of the importance of 

natural sounds to their experience, and 

visitors’ willingness to support 

management actions affecting the 

natural soundscape. In addition to the 

in-depth interviews, an on-site 

questionnaire will be utilized for this 

portion of the soundscape research. 

2. Visitor Perceptions of HumanWildlife Interactions 

This study seeks to provide park 

managers with specific information on 

visitor perceptions of wildlife 

interactions that occur in Yellowstone 

National Park. The recent changes in 

winter use policy require the 

snowmobile experience to be guided, 

which leads to different types of visitor 

wildlife interactions. YNP has requested 

research exploring how winter visitors 

appraise the human-bison interactions 

they observe during their visit. The 

primary goals are to explore snowcoach 

and snowmobile passengers’ appraisals 

of the human-bison interactions they 

witness during their visits, to analyze 

situational and visitor characteristics 

that might influence those appraisals, 

and to explore visitors’ judgments about 

when consequences of winter use for 

bison are serious enough to warrant 

management intervention regulating 

these interactions. 

3. The Effectiveness of the Guide-Only 

Policy in Yellowstone National Park: 

The Perspective of Snowcoach and 

Snowmobile Guides 

Recent winter use plans at 

Yellowstone National Park have 

required that each snowmobile comply 

with best available technology, that all 

groups be guided, and that the total 

number of daily winter visitors be 

capped. These restrictions were 

implemented to reduce impacts to 

wildlife, improve compliance with 

winter use rules, reduce visitor conflict, 

and address visitor carrying capacity. 

This study will look at the effectiveness 

of these managerial interventions 

through the eyes of the professional 

guides. Many guides have been working 

in the park on a daily basis for year; 

thus, they offer a unique perspective on 

how the conditions in the park have 

changed and what seems to be working 

best within the new winter use system. 

Interviews, to be conducted during the 

winter 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 collection: This 

information will be collected via inperson interviews and surveys. No 

automated data collection will take 

place. 

Frequency of collection: Once. 

Description of respondents: 

Components 1 and 2: Visitors stopping 

at the Old Faithful Snow Lodge and Old 

Faithful Geyser on 20 days during the 

2007–2008 winter use season. 

Component 3: Snowmobile and 

snowcoach guides in Yellowstone 

National Park. 

Estimated average number of 

respondents: Component 1: 445 (400 

respondents for on-site survey and 45 

respondents for interviews). Component 

2: 400. Component 3: 30. Nonrespondents: 92 (component 1: 45, 

component 2: 40, and component 3: 7). 

Estimated average number of 

responses: Component 1: 445 (400 

responses for on-site survey and 45 

responses for interviews). Component 2: 


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400. Component 3: 30. Non-responses: 

92 (component 1: 45, component 2: 40, 

and component 3: 7). 

Estimated average time burden per 

respondent: Component 1: 15 minutes 

for on-site survey and 30 minutes for 

interview. Component 2: 20 minutes. 

Component 3: 20 minutes. Nonrespondents: 1 minute. 

Frequency of Response: 1 time per 

respondent. 

Estimated total annual reporting 

burden: 268 hours. 

Dated: October 30, 2007. 

Leonard E. Stowe, 

NPS, Information Collection Clearance 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 07–5465 Filed 11–2–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–M 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

National Capital Region; Notice/ 

Request for Comments—The Lighting 

of the National Christmas Tree Event 

SUMMARY: The National Park Service is 

seeking public comments and 

suggestions on the planning of the 2007 

Lighting of the National Christmas Tree 

and the subsequent 26-day event. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Park Service is seeking public 

comments and suggestions on the 

planning of the 2007 Lighting of the 

National Christmas Tree and the 

subsequent 26-day event, which opens 

on December 6, 2007, on the Ellipse 

(President’s Park), south of the White 

House. The meeting will be held at 9 

a.m. on November 27, 2007 in Room 234 

of the National Capital Region 

Headquarters Building, at 1100 Ohio 

Drive, SW., Washington, DC (East 

Potomac Park). 

Persons who would like to comment 

at the meeting should notify the 

National Park Service by November 23, 

2007 by calling the White House Visitor 

Center weekdays between 9 a.m., and 4 

p.m., at (202) 208–1631. Written 

comments may be sent to the Park 

Manager, White House Visitor Center, 

1100 Ohio Drive, SW., Washington, DC 

20242, and will be accepted until 

November 27, 2007. 

The meeting will be held on 

November 27, 2007. Written comments 

will be accepted until November 27, 

2007. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

9 a.m. on November 27, 2007, in Room 

234 of the National Capital Region 

Headquarters Building, at 1100 Ohio 

Drive, SW., Washington, DC (East 

Potomac Park). Written comments may 

be sent to the Park Manager, White 

House Visitor Center, 1100 Ohio Drive, 

SW., Washington, DC 20242. Due to 

delays in mail delivery, it is 

recommended that comments be 

provided by telefax at 202–208–1643 or 

by e-mail to John_Stanwich@nps.gov. 

Comments may also be delivered by 

messenger to the White House Visitor 

Center at 1450 Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW., in Washington, DC. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

Stanwich at the White House Visitor 

Center weekdays between 9 a.m., and 4 

p.m., at (202) 208–1631. 

Dated: October 22, 2007. 

Maria Santo, 

Deputy National Park Service Liaison to the 

White House 

[FR Doc. E7–21639 Filed 11–2–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–JK–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

First Meeting of the Big Cypress 

National Preserve Off-Road Vehicle 

(ORV) Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Department of the Interior, 

National Park Service, ORV Advisory 

Committee. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. 

L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770, 5 U.S.C. App 1, 

10), notice is hereby given of the first 

meeting of the Big Cypress National 

Preserve ORV Advisory Committee. 

DATES: The Committee will meet on 

Thursday, November 29, 2007, 

beginning at 3:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in 

the cafetorium of Everglades City 

School, 415 School Drive, Everglades 

City, FL. Written comments may be sent 

to: Superintendent, Big Cypress 

National Preserve, 33100 Tamiami Trail 

East, Ochopee, FL 34141–1000, Attn: 

ORV Advisory Committee. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karen Gustin, Superintendent, Big 

Cypress National Preserve, 33100 

Tamiami Trail East, Ochopee, Florida 

34141–1000; 239–695–1103, or go to the 

Web site http:// 

www.parkplanning.nps.gov/bicy and 

select ORV Advisory Committee. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Committee was established (Federal 

Register, August 1, 2007, pp. 42108–

42109) pursuant to the Preserve’s 2000 

Recreational Off-road Vehicle 

Management Plan and the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5 

U.S.C. Appendix) to examine issues and 

make recommendations regarding the 

management of ORVs in the Preserve. 

This meeting will be administrative in 

nature. The topics to be discussed will 

be introductions, meeting logistics, 

parameters and ground rules for 

operation of the Committee. The 

meeting will be open to the public, and 

time will be reserved for public 

comment. 

Karen Gustin, 

Superintendent, Big Cypress National 

Preserve. 

[FR Doc. E7–21637 Filed 11–2–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–U6–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Boston Harbor Islands National 

Recreation Area Advisory Council; 

Notice of Public Meeting 

AGENCY: Department of the Interior, 

National Park Service, Boston Harbor 

Islands National Recreation Area. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a 

meeting of the Boston Harbor Islands 

National Recreation Area Advisory 

Council will be held on Wednesday, 

December 5, 2007, at 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. 

at the Boston Harbor Islands Partnership 

Office, 408 Atlantic Avenue, 2nd Floor 

Conference Room, Boston, MA. 

The purpose of the meeting will be to 

review the summer season, discuss the 

report card project, and plan for the 

annual meeting of the council. 

The meeting will be open to the 

public. Any person may file with the 

Superintendent a written statement 

concerning the matters to be discussed. 

Persons who wish to file a written 

statement at the meeting or who want 

further information concerning the 

meeting may contact Superintendent 

Bruce Jacobson at (617) 223–8667. 

DATES: December 5, 2007 at 4 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Boston Harbor Islands NRA, 

408 Atlantic Avenue, Suite 228, Boston, 

MA 02110. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Superintendent Bruce Jacobson, (617) 

223–8667. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Advisory Council was appointed by the 

Director of National Park Service 

pursuant to Public Law 104–333. The 28 

members represent business, 

educational/cultural, community and 

environmental entities; municipalities 

surrounding Boston Harbor; Boston 

Harbor advocates; and Native American 


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