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wind resources on the leased area and 

to establish whether the leased area has 

sufficient wind resources for the 

commercial production and distribution 

of electricity. 

Lessee’s rights to conduct the 

aforesaid alternative energy activities 

are subject to the following stipulations: 

Stipulation 1—

Note: Stipulations will be developed on a 

case-by-case basis depending upon location, 

technology utilized and other relevant 

factors, including site-specific findings from 

project-specific environmental analyses. 

Stipulations will also be developed taking 

into account environmental protections 

derived from the Alternative Energy 

Alternate Use (AEAU) programmatic 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). 

MMS Information Collection 

Clearance Officer: Arlene Bajusz (202) 

208–7744. 

Dated: December 7, 2007. 

Randall B. Luthi, 

Director, Minerals Management Service. 

[FR Doc. E7–24252 Filed 12–13–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P 

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 an extension of a 

currently approved collection of 

information (OMB #1024–0224). 

DATES: Public comments on this 

Information Collection Request (ICR) 

will be accepted on or before January 

14, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

directly to the Desk Officer for the 

Department of the Interior (OMB #1024–

0224), Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, OMB, by fax at 202/ 

395–6566, or by electronic mail at 

oira_docket@omb.eop.gov. Please also 

send a copy of your comments to Dr. 

James Gramann, NPS Social Science 

Program, 1201 ‘‘Eye’’ St., Washington, 

DC 20005; or via phone at 202/513–

7189; or via e-mail at 

James_Gramann@partner.nps.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

James Gramann, NPS Social Science 

Program, 1201 ‘‘Eye’’ St., Washington, 

DC 20005; or via phone at 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. 

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 March 27, 2007 

(Vol. 72, FR 1495). The comment period 

closed on May 29, 2007. After 

notifications to stakeholders requesting 

comments, the NPS received three 

public comments as a result of the 

publication of this 60-Day Federal 

Register Notice. In addition, the NPS 

took part in a workshop to discuss the 

program. 

One commenter thought that enough 

information had been collected over the 

eight years that the Programmatic 

Approval for NPS-Sponsored Public 

Surveys has been in existence and that 

the program should be discontinued. In 

response, it is necessary to point out 

that the information collected is unique, 

as the needs of parks continue to 

change. The NPS conducts a detailed 

review of all information collections 

submitted under the Programmatic 

Approval process to ensure that studies 

are not duplicated and that the 

information being collected is useful 

and relevant to management of NPS 

units. 

A second comment was received, 

which inquired about the nature of the 

Programmatic Approval. NPS staff 

explained the Programmatic Approval 

process, and the commenter had no 

further questions. 

A final comment was submitted by a 

principal investigator who does research 

on behalf of the NPS. The researcher 

outlined a number of concerns with the 

Programmatic Approval process, 

including: The length of time a 

submission spends in the review 

process, the inability of principal 

investigators to conduct methodological 

work, a lack of acceptance of certain 

research approaches, inconsistency in 

the review process and a need for 

studies to be able to replicate previous 

questionnaire designs for comparability, 

and a lack of communication between 

Social Science Office and the principal 

investigators. In response, the Social 

Science Program has taken steps to 

improve communication with the 

research community by sending out email updates, informing investigators of 

changes to the OMB process (extended 

review times, updated contact 

information, etc.). To address the 

comments of the researcher further, the 

Social Science Program took part in a 

session at the 2007 George Wright 

Society Conference to discuss the 

Programmatic Approval process with 

interested stakeholders, including 

principal investigators and park staff. 

During this session, representatives of 

the Social Science Program explained 

the Paperwork Reduction Act and the 

history and evolution of the 

Programmatic Approval. Stakeholders 

were given time to ask questions about 

the process and express concerns and 

support. Overall, the stakeholders were 

appreciative of the program’s ability to 

allow research to be done, while they 

were concerned with perceived 

inconsistencies in reviews and the 

timeliness of obtaining approval. Based 

on these comments, the Social Science 

Program is working to enhance its 

capabilities to review and process 

submissions and continuing to maintain 

good communication with researchers 

and NPS field staff. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Programmatic Approval for 

NPS-Sponsored Public Survey. 

Bureau Form Number(s): None. 

OMB Number: 1024–0224. 

Expiration Date: 01/31/2008. 

Type of Request: Extension for a 

currently approved collection. 

Description of Need: The NPS needs 

information concerning park visitors 

and visitor services, potential park 

visitors, and residents of communities 

near parks to provide park and NPS 

managers with usable knowledge for 

improving the quality and utility of 

agency programs, services, and planning 

efforts. Since many of the NPS surveys 

are similar in terms of the populations 

being surveyed, the types of questions 

being asked, and research 

methodologies, the NPS proposed and 

received clearance from OMB for a 

program of review for NPS-sponsored 

public surveys (OMB #1024–0224 exp. 

8/31/2001; 3-year extension granted, 

exp. 9/30/2004). 

The program presented an alternative 

approach to complying with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act. In the eight 

years since the NPS received clearance 

for the program of expedited review, 

371 public surveys have been conducted 

in units of the National Park System. 

The benefits of this program have been 

significant to the NPS, the Department 

of the Interior, OMB, NPS cooperators, 

and the public. Significant time and cost 

savings have been incurred. Expedited 

approval was typically granted in 60 

days or less from the date the Principal 

Investigator first submitted the survey 

package for review. This is a significant 

reduction over the approximate 6–8 


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months involved in the standard OMB 

review process. From FY 1999 through 

FY 2006, the expedited review process 

has accounted for a cost savings to the 

Federal Government and PIs estimated 

at $237,087. The obligation to respond 

is voluntary. 

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 OMB in your comment to 

withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that OMB will be able 

to do so. 

Automated data collection; At the 

present time, there is no automated way 

to gather this information, since the 

information gathering process involves 

asking members of the public for their 

opinions on services and facilities that 

they used during their park visits, 

services and facilities they are likely to 

use on future park visits, and opinions 

regarding park management. The burden 

on individuals is minimized by 

rigorously designing public surveys to 

maximize the ability of the surveys to 

use small samples of individuals to 

represent large populations of the 

public, and by coordinating the program 

of surveys to maximize the ability of 

new surveys to build on the findings of 

prior surveys. 

Frequency of collection: The program 

does not identify the frequency of 

collection because that number will be 

determined by the number of surveys 

submitted under the program. 

Description of respondents: A sample 

of visitors to parks, potential visitors to 

parks, and residents of communities 

near parks. 

Estimated average number of 

respondents: The program does not 

identify the number of respondents 

because that number will differ in each 

individual survey, depending on the 

purpose and design of each information 

collection. 

Estimated average number of 

responses: The program does not 

identify the average number of 

responses because that number will 

differ in each individual survey. For 

most surveys, each respondent will be 

asked to respond only one time, so in 

those cases the number of responses 

will be the same as the number of 

respondents. 

Estimated average time burden per 

respondent: The program does not 

identify the average burden hours per 

response because that number will 

differ from individual survey to 

individual survey, depending on the 

purpose and design of each information 

collection. 

Frequency of Response: Most 

individual surveys will request only 1 

response per respondent. 

Estimated total annual reporting 

burden: The program identifies the 

requested total number of burden hours 

annually for all of the surveys to be 

conducted under its auspices to be 

15,000 burden hours per year. 

Dated: December 13, 2007. 

Leonard E. Stowe, 

NPS, Information Collection Clearance 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 07–6051 Filed 12–13–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–53–M 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Meeting 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting for the Denali 

National Park and Preserve Aircraft 

Overflights Advisory Council within the 

Alaska Region. 

SUMMARY: The National Park Service 

(NPS) announces a meeting of the 

Denali National Park and Preserve 

Aircraft Overflights Advisory Council. 

The purpose of this meeting is to 

discuss mitigation of impacts from 

aircraft overflights at Denali National 

Park and Perserve. This meeting is open 

to the public and will have time 

allocated for public testimony. The 

public is welcomed to present written or 

oral comments. The meeting will be 

recorded and a summary will be 

available upon request from the 

Superintendent for public inspection 

approximately six weeks after each 

meeting. The Aircraft Overflights 

Advisory Council is authorized to 

operate in accordance with the 

provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act. 

DATES: The Denali National Park and 

Preserve Aircraft Overflights Advisory 

Council meeting will be held on 

Thursday, February 7, 2008, from 1 p.m. 

to 4 p.m., Alaska Standard Time. The 

meeting may end early if all business is 

completed. 

Location: Best Western Lake Lucille 

Inn, Frontier Room, 1300 West Lake 

Lucille Drive, Wasilla, Alaska 99654. 

Telephone: (907) 373–1776. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mike Tranel, Chief of Planning. E-mail: 

Mike_Tranel@nps.gov. Telephone: (907) 

644–3611 at National Park Service, 

Denali Planning, 240 W. 5th Avenue, 

Anchorage, AK 99501. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Meeting 

location and dates may need to be 

changed based on weather or local 

circumstances. If the meeting dates and 

location are changed, notice of the new 

meeting will be announced on local 

radio stations and published in local 

newspapers. 

The agenda for the meeting will 

include the following, subject to minor 

adjustments: 

1. Call to order. 

2. Roll Call and Confirmation of 

Quorums. 

3. Superintendent’s Welcome and 

Introductions. 

4. Review and Approve Agenda. 

5. Status of Membership. 

6. Member Reports. 

7. Superintendent and NPS Staff 

Reports. 

8. Setting Priorities for Advisory 

Council Work. 

9. Discussion of Mitigation Actions 

for 2008. 

10. Other New Business. 

11. Agency and Public Comments. 

12. Advisory Council Work Session. 

13. Set time and place of next 

Advisory Council meeting. 

14. Adjournment. 

Dated: November 16, 2007. 

Marcia Blaszak, 

Regional Director, Alaska Region, National 

Park Service. 

[FR Doc. 07–6052 Filed 12–13–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–PF–M 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Reclamation 

Proposed Lower Yuba River Accord, 

Yuba County, CA 

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability for the 

Final Environmental Impact Report/ 

Environmental Impact Statement/ (EIR/ 

EIS). 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and 

the California Environmental Quality 

Act (CEQA), the Bureau of Reclamation 


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