[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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