[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 20 (Friday, January 30, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4665-4666]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-2331]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Submission of Study Package to Office of Management and Budget; 
Review Opportunity for Public Comment

AGENCY: Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Cumberland 
Island National Seashore in Georgia, Jean Lafitte National Historical 
Park and Preserve in Louisiana, and Chattahoochee River National 
Recreation Area in Georgia.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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ABSTRACT: The National Park Service (NPS) Visitor Services Project and 
three parks (Cumberland Island National Seashore in Georgia, Jean 
Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve in Louisiana, and 
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area in Georgia) propose to 
conduct visitor surveys to learn about visitor demographics and visitor 
opinions about services and facilities in these three parks. The 
results of these studies will be used by park managers to improve the 
services they provide to visitors while better protecting park natural 
and cultural resources. Study packages that include the proposed survey 
questionnaires for these three proposed park studies have 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 NPS 
invites public comment on these three proposed information collection 
requests (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 the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology. The purpose of the three 
proposed ICRs is to document the demographics of visitors to the three 
parks, to learn about the motivations and expectations these visitors 
have for their park visits, and to obtain their

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opinions regarding services provided by the three parks and the 
suitability of the visitor facilities maintained in the three parks. 
This information will be used by park planners and managers to plan, 
develop, and operate visitor services and facilities in ways that 
maximize use of limited park financial and personnel resources to meet 
the expectations and desires of park visitors.
    There were no public comments received as a result of publishing in 
the Federal Register a 60 day notice of intention to request clearance 
of information collection for these three surveys.

DATES: Public comments will be accepted for thirty days from the date 
listed at the top of this page in the Federal Register (March 2, 1998).

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 20530; and also to: Margaret 
Littlejohn; Cooperative Park Studies Unit; Department of Forest 
Resources; College of Forestry, Wildlife and Range Sciences; University 
of Idaho; Moscow, ID 83844-1133.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY OF THE STUDY PACKAGES SUBMITTED FOR 
OMB REVIEW, CONTACT:
Margaret Littlejohn, phone: 208-885-7863, FAX: 208-885-4261, or email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: National Park Service (NPS) Visitor Services Project Visitor 
Surveys at Three Parks.
    Bureau Form Number: Not applicable.
    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 
concerning visitor demographics and visitor opinions about the services 
and facilities that the National Park Service provides in each of these 
three parks. The proposed information to be collected regarding 
visitors in these three 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 to the parks is minimized 
by only contacting visitors during one 7-9 day period at each park.
    Description of Respondents: A sample of visitors to each of these 
three parks.
    Estimated Average Number of Respondents: 400 at Cumberland Island 
National Seashore, 900 at Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and 
Preserve, and 800 at Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area.
    Estimated Average Number of Responses: Each respondent will 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: One time per respondent.
    Estimated Annual Reporting Burden: 80 hours at Cumberland Island 
National Seashore, 180 hours at Jean Lafitte National Historical Park 
and Preserve, and 160 hours at Chattahoochee River National Recreation 
Area.
Diane M. Cooke,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, WASO Administrative Program 
Center, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 98-2331 Filed 1-29-98; 8:45 am]
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