[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 178 (Monday, September 15, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48301-48302]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-24331]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


60-day Notice of Intention to Request Clearance of Collection of 
Information--Opportunity for Public Comment

AGENCY: Department of the Interior, National Park Service, and 16 Units 
of the National Park System.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The National Park Service Visitor Services Project is 
proposing to conduct visitor studies at up to 16 parks during 1998:

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                                                  Estimated numbers of  
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                                                                Burden  
                                                 Responses      hours   
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Denali National Park..........................          600          120
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area..          700          140
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park &                                 
 Preserve.....................................          800          160
Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park...          500          100
Glacier Bay National Park.....................          600          120
National Capital Parks Central (Lincoln,                                
 Jefferson, etc.).............................          800          160
George Washington Memorial Parkway--Theodore                            
 Roosevelt Island.............................          500          100
Acadia National Park..........................          800          160
Whiskeytown National Recreation Area..........          800          160
Cumberland Island National Seashore...........          500          100
Cape Cod National Seashore....................          600          120
Andersonville National Historic Site..........          500          100
Eisenhower National Historic Site.............          500          100
Big Cypress National Preserve.................          500          100
Lassen Volcanic National Park.................          700          140
Gates of the Arctic National Park & Preserve..          400           80
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    Annual totals.............................         9800         1960
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    Under provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and 5 CFR 
Part 1320, Reporting and Record Keeping Requirements, 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; ways to 
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be 
collected; and ways to minimize the burden to respondents, including 
use of automated information collection techniques or other forms of 
information technology.
    The NPS goal in conducting these surveys is to learn visitor 
demographics and visitors' opinions about services and facilities in 
these parks. Results of the surveys will be used by NPS managers to 
improve services, protect resources, and thereby better serve the 
visitors.

DATES: Public comments will be accepted on or before November 14, 1997.

SEND COMMENTS TO: Margaret Littlejohn, Visitor Services Project 
Coordinator, Cooperative Part Studies Unit, College of Forestry, 
Wildlife and Range Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho 83844-
1133, phone: 208-885-7863.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Margaret Littlejohn. Voice: 208-885-
7863, Fax: 208-885-4261, Email: <[email protected]>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

    Title: Visitor Services Project Visitor Surveys at 16 Parks.
    Bureau Form Number: None.
    OMB Number: To be requested.
    Expiration date: To be requested.
    Type of request: Request for new clearance.
    Description of need: The National Park Service needs information 
concerning visitor demographics and visitor opinions about the services 
and facilities that the National Park Service provides in each of the 
parks proposed to be surveyed. The proposed information to be collected 
from visitors in these parks is not available from existing records, 
sources, or observations.
    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 during 
their park visit. The intrusion on visitors in each park is minimized 
by only contacting visitors during one 7 day period at that park.
    Description of Respondents: A sample of visitors to each of these 
parks.
    Estimated average number of respondents: The number depends on the 
size of the park being surveyed and is estimated to range from 400 to 
800 respondents per park.
    Estimated average number of responses: Each respondent will

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respond only one time, so the number of responses will be the same as 
the number of respondents.
    Estimated average burden hours per response: 12 minutes.
    Frequency of response: 1 time per respondent.
    Estimated annual reporting burden: The number depends on the size 
of the park being surveyed and is estimated to range from 80 to 160 
hours per park.
Diane M. Cooke,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, WASO Administrative Program 
Center, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 97-24331 Filed 9-12-97; 8:45 am]
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