[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 207 (Monday, October 27, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63939-63940]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-25533]


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DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NRSS-EQD-SSB-17014; PPAKGAARR4, PPMRSNR1Z.AM0000]


Proposed Information Collection; Economic Assessment of the 
Ambler Mining District Road Access Through Gates of the Arctic National 
Park and Preserve on Subsistence Users

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: We (National Park Service) will ask the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) to approve the information collection (IC) concerning 
economic impacts of a proposed road to the Ambler Mining District, 
which would bisect Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve. 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.

DATE: To ensure that your comments on this IC are considered, we must 
receive them on or before December 26, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments on this IC to Phadrea Ponds, 
Information Collection Coordinator, National Park Service, 1201 
Oakridge Drive, Fort Collins, CO 80525 (mail); or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#62120a03061007033d120d0c0611220c12114c050d14"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fd8d959c998f989ca28d9293998ebd938d8ed39a928b">[email protected]</span></a> 
(email). Please reference Information Collection 1024-GAAR in the 
subject line.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kyle Joly, National Park Service, 
Fairbanks, AK 99709; <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#aec5d7c2cbf1c4c1c2d7eec0dedd80c9c1d8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="72190b1e172d181d1e0b321c02015c151d04">[email protected]</span></a> (email); or: 907-455-0626 
(phone).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract

    The State of Alaska is proposing to create an industrial mining 
road through the Preserve section of Gates of the

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Arctic National Park and Preserve. The National Park Service, in 
collaboration with the University of Alaska, is interested in 
understanding how the proposed road may economically impact area 
village residents (i.e., Bettles, Evansville, Wiseman, Allakakeet, 
Kobuk, Shungnak, and Ambler). A survey will be used to collect 
information concerning: (1) Current economic characteristics, (2) 
levels of subsistence harvest, and (3) opinions on impacts from the 
proposed road. This collection proposes to provide data that will be 
used to develop a legally-required Environmental and Economic Analysis. 
Up-to-date and relevant information is needed concerning the estimation 
of economic impact from the proposed road.

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: 200.
    Annual Burden Hours: 67 hours. We estimate the public reporting 
burden to be 20 minutes per completed survey response.
    Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Non-Hour Cost'' Burden: 
None.

III. Request for Comments

    We invite comments concerning this information collection on:
    <bullet> Whether or not the collection of information is necessary, 
including whether or not the information will have practical utility;
    <bullet> The accuracy of our estimate of the burden for this 
collection of information;
    <bullet> Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
    <bullet> 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. 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 OMB in your comment to withhold your personal 
identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that it 
will be done.

    Dated: October 22, 2014.
Madonna L. Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 2014-25533 Filed 10-24-14; 8:45 am]
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