26930 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 104 / Wednesday, May 29, 1996 / Notices

National Park Service

Submission of Study Package for

Office of Management and Budget

Review Opportunity for Public

Comment

AGENCY: National Park Service,

Guadalupe Mountains National Park,

Interior

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

ABSTRACT: The National Park Service

and University of Texas at El Paso

propose to conduct a survey of visitors

to Guadalupe Mountains National Park.

The goal is to learn visitor

demographics and visitors’ opinions

about services and facilities in the park.

Results will be used by managers to

improve services, protect resources and

better serve the visitors. The study

package including the proposed survey

questionnaire has been submitted to the

Office of Management and Budget for

review.

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and 5

CFR part 1320, Reporting and Record

Keeping Requirements, the NPS invites

public comment on a proposed

information collection request (ICR).

Comments are invited on: (1) The

need for the information including

whether the information has practical

utility; (2) the accuracy of the reporting

burden estimate; (3) ways to enhance

the quality, utility, and clarity of the

information to be collected; and (4)

ways to minimize the burden of the

information collection on respondents,

including the use of automated

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology.

The primary purpose of the proposed

ICR is to compare and contrast any

significant differences between park

users from three apparently different

visitor use seasons of spring, summer,

and fall. This proposed collection of

information will be accomplished using

a mail-back questionnaire focusing on

information that is not readily available

from registers at visitor centers,

trailheads, or camping permits. The

range of issues in the questionnaire will

assess (1) visitor information sources

inside and outside the park, (2) visitor

travel flow within the park, (3) visitor

evaluation of existing and desired

facilities, programs or activities, and (4)

visitor perceptions of crowding or

solitude in wilderness and developed

areas. This data is needed to plan for

future management actions that would

protect park resources and provide

visitor services.

SEND COMMENTS TO: Superintendent,

Guadalupe Mountains National Park,

HC 60 Box 400, Salt Flat, TX 79847–

9801.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY OF

THE QUESTIONNAIRE SUBMITTED FOR OMB

REVIEW, CONTACT: Fred Armstrong,

Resource Management Specialist, at

(915) 828–3251 ext. 132, or Jacqueline

Bergdahl, Department of Sociology,

UTEP AT (915) 747–6812.

There were no public comments

received or submitted to OMB for

review as a result of publishing a 60 day

notice of intention to request clearance

of information collection.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Visitor Survey—Guadalupe

Mountains National Park.

Form: Not applicable.

OMB Number: To be assigned.

Expiration Date: To be assigned.

Type of Request: Request for new

clearance.

Description of Need: To evaluate

significant differences in visitor

activities and visitor perceptions during

three apparently different visitor use

seasons of spring, summer and fall. The

proposed information to be collected is

not available from existing records,

sources, or observations.

Description of Respondents:

Individuals or groups of park visitors.

Estimated Annual Reporting Burden:

800 hours.

Estimated Average Burden Hours Per

Response: 12 minutes.

Estimated Average Number of

Respondents: 4,000.

Estimated Frequency of Response: For

a 7 day period each during the visitor

use seasons of spring, summer, and fall,

for a total of 21 days of survey.

Terry N. Tesar,

Information Collection Clearance Officer,

Management Services Division, National Park

Service.

[FR Doc. 96–13362 Filed 5–28–96; 8:45 am]

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Commercial Services Management

Plan, Environmental Impact Statement,

Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

AGENCY: National Park Service,

Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an

environmental impact statement for the

Commercial Services Management Plan,

Yellowstone National Park.

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the

National Environmental Policy Act, the

National Park Service is preparing an

environmental impact statement for a

Commercial Services Management Plan

for Yellowstone National Park.

The effort will result in a plan that

will determine the levels and types of

commercial visitor services appropriate

for Yellowstone National Park

(Yellowstone). The plan is intended to

provide the park with long-term

strategic guidance for management of

commercial services.

The plan will provide a framework or

broad, general direction and guidance.

Individual commercial service

proposals may also require further site

specific plans and compliance, when

implemented in the future.

This plan will assimilate decisions

made in previous planning documents

and amend some elements of plans that

are no longer consistent with

management objectives of the park. The

plan will provide the basis for

development of prospectuses for new

concession contracts when existing

contracts expire.

For the purposes of this planning

process, commercial services include

anything offered to the public or private

individuals, in which park resources are

used, and which results in

compensation of any kind to an

individual, organization, or corporation.

Compensation may be ‘‘for profit’’ or

‘‘non-profit’’ under local, state, or

federal law.

Major issues which will be addressed

by the plan, include:

(1) What types of services and

facilities are appropriate for

Yellowstone as we enter the next

century?

(2) What levels of services and

facilities are essential to serve

Yellowstone visitors?

(3) What types of support facilities

(e.g., employee housing, warehouses,

storage, transportation) are necessary?

(4) What are the appropriate areas for

facilities which serve visitors and

provide support services?

A general information brochure has

been prepared that lists the issues

identified to date. Copies of that

information can be obtained by

contacting: Commercial Services Plan,

P.O. Box 168, Yellowstone National

Park, Wyoming 82190.

Dated: May 20, 1996.

John E. Cook,

Director, Intermountain Field Area.

[FR Doc. 96–13363 Filed 5–28–96; 8:45 am]

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National Register of Historic Places;

Notification of Pending Nominations

Nominations for the following

properties being considered for listing

in the National Register were received

by the National Park Service before