[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 96 (Monday, May 19, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27271-27272]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-13073]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


30 Day Notice of Submission to OMB, Opportunity for Public 
Comment

AGENCY: National Park Service; Colonial National Historical Park, 
Frederick Douglass National Historical Site, Glen Canyon National 
Recreation Area, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Grand Canyon 
National Park, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Yellowstone 
National Park, Yosemite National Park, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of submission to OMB and request for comments.

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ABSTRACT: The National Park Service and eight units of the National 
Park System (Colonial National Historical Park, Frederick Douglass 
National Historic Site, Glenn Canyon National Recreation Area, Golden 
Gate National Recreation Area, Grand Canyon National Park, Sleeping 
Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Yellowstone National Park, and Yosemite 
National Park) propose to conduct visitor surveys to assess visitor 
reactions to new, demonstration visitor fee programs. The results will 
be used by the National Park Service, Department of the Interior, and 
the Congress to evaluate the trial fee programs. A Paperwork Reduction 
Act Submission that includes the proposed survey questionnaire for 
these surveys 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 
National Park Service invites public comments on the 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 use of automated 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
    The purpose of the ICR is to obtain in eight national park units 
information about visitors and their reactions to new

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visitor fee programs being conducted on a trial basis in many units of 
the National Park System of the United States. The eight national park 
units will represent a cross section of the parks in the National Park 
System. Results of this survey will be used by the National Park 
Service, the Department of the Interior, and the Congress to evaluate 
the trial fee programs.
    There were no public comments received as a result of publishing in 
the Federal Register a 60 day notice of intention to request clearance 
for this ICR.

DATES: Public comments will be accepted on or before June 18, 1997.

SEND COMMENTS TO: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs of OMB, 
Attention Desk Officer for the Interior Department, Office of 
Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503; and also to: David W. 
Lime, Ph.D., Senior Research Associate, Cooperative Park Studies Unit, 
Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota, 115 Green Hall 
1530 N. Cleveland Ave., St. Paul, MN 55108.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY OF THE ICR SUBMITTED TO OMB, CONTACT:
Dave Lime, 612-624-2250.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Title: Monitoring Public Reactions to Trial Fee Programs Being 
Tested During 1997 in the National Park System.
    Form: None.
    OMB Number: To be assigned.
    Expiration date: To be assigned.
    Type of request: Request for new clearance.
    Description of need: The National Park Service needs information 
about visitors and their reactions to new visitor fee programs being 
conducted on a trial basis in many units of the National Park System of 
the United States. The results of this eight national park unit survey 
will be used by the National Park Service, the Department of the 
Interior, and the Congress to evaluate the trial fee programs.
    Description of respondents: A sample of individuals who visit each 
of the eight parks.
    Estimated annual reporting burden: 96 burden hours.
    Estimated average burden hours per response: 6 minutes.
    Estimated average number of respondents: 960 total (120 respondents 
in each of the 8 parks).
    Estimated frequency of response: Once.
Diane M. Cooke,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Accountability and Audits 
Team, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 97-13073 Filed 5-16-97; 8:45 am]
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