[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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