[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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