[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 169 (Thursday, August 29, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 45455]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-22114]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service


Proposed Collection of Information--Opportunity for Public 
Comment

    The National Park Service Visitor Services Project, based at the 
Cooperative Park Studies Unit of the University of Idaho, is proposing 
to conduct visitor studies at the following parks during 1997:

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                                                       Est. No.         
                        Park                              of      Burden
                                                      responses    hrs. 
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Virgin Islands National Park........................       600        96
Washington Monument.................................       500        80
Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site......       400        64
Mojave National Preserve............................       600        96
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area........       600        96
Voyageurs National Park.............................       800       128
Bryce Canyon National Park..........................       500        80
Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial...................       400        64
Lowell National Historical Park.....................       500        80
Grand Teton National Park...........................       600        96
Biscayne National Park..............................       500        80
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      Annual Totals.................................      6000       960
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    Abstract: NPS goal is to learn visitor demographics and visitors' 
opinions about services and facilities in these parks. Results will be 
used by managers to improve services, protect resources, and better 
serve the visitors.
    Bureau Form Number: None.
    Burden hours: The burden hour estimates are based on 12 minutes to 
complete each questionnaire and the 80% return rate goal.
    Frequency: 7 days at each park.
    Description of Respondents: Visitor groups are contacted as they 
enter the park and are given a mail-back questionnaire if they agree to 
participate in the survey.
    Estimated Completion Time: 12 minutes.
    Automated Data Collection: At the present time, there is no 
automated way to gather this information, since it includes asking 
visitors to evaluate services and facilities that they used in the 
parks. The burden is minimized by only contacting visitors during a 7 
day period at each park.
    The National Park Service is soliciting comments on the need for 
gathering the information in the proposed visitor studies listed above. 
The NPS is also asking for comments on the practical utility of the 
information being gathered, the accuracy of the burden hour estimate, 
the clarity of the information to be collected, and ways to minimize 
the burden to visitors to these parks. To obtain information or to make 
comments, contact: Dr. Gary E. Machlis, Visiting Chief Social 
Scientist, National Park Service, Main Interior Building, Room 3412, 
1849 C Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20240, phone: 202-208-5391 or 
208-885-7129; or Margaret Littlejohn, Visitor Services Project 
Coordinator, Cooperative Park Studies Unit, College of Forestry, 
Wildlife and Range Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho 83844-
1133, phone: 208-885-7863.
    Comments Due: No later than October 31, 1996.
Terry N. Tesar,
Bureau Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 96-22114 Filed 8-28-96; 8:45 am]
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