[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 42 (Wednesday, March 4, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10652-10653]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-5290]


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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 Sequoia 
and Kings Canyon National Parks.


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ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The National Park Service (NPS) is proposing in 1998 to 
conduct a survey of community residents in one gateway community near 
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks to refine those issues related 
to fire management and associated smoke that are most important to 
people who live there. This information collection will support ongoing 
fire management planning at Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks.
    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 survey. The NPS also is 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 this survey is to obtain park 
neighbors' perceptions of the existing fire management program and its 
effect on residents, the community, and the ecosystem. Results of the 
survey will assist NPS fire managers in their management decisions by 
providing information about the knowledge, needs and desires of the 
affected public living in the community that is closest to the two 
parks. The intended effect of this information collection is to better 
inform park managers about issues important to park neighbors, to 
assist them in developing citizen education and involvement programs, 
and to help them formulate fire management decision making criteria for 
fires in the Park.

DATES: Public comments will be accepted on or before May 4, 1998.

SEND COMMENTS TO: William Kaage, Fire Management Officer, Sequoia and 
Kings Canyon National Parks, Three Rivers, California 93271-9700, 
phone: 209-565-3160.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
William Kaage, Fire Management Officer, Sequoia and Kings Canyon 
National Parks, Three Rivers, California 93271-9700, phone: 209-565-
3160; e-mail: <[email protected]>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Fine Management Planning Survey at Sequoia and Kings Canyon 
National 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 perceptions of residents who live near Sequoia and Kings 
Canyon National Parks regarding forest fire, fire ecology, regional 
fire management history and the effects of fire management practices on 
their community and the ecosystem. The proposed information to be 
collected from park neighbors is not available from existing records, 
sources, or observations either regularly or comprehensively.
    Automated data collection: At the present time, there is no 
automated way to gather this information, since it includes asking 
gateway community residents about their perceptions of fire management 
in the region.
    Description of Respondents: A sample of adult householders living 
in one gateway community near Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks.
    Estimated average number of respondents: The number is estimated to 
be approximately 500 respondents.
    Estimated average number of respondents: 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: 15 minutes.
    Frequency of response: 1 time per respondent.
    Estimated annual reporting burden: The total burden for 1998 will 
be approximately 125 hours.
Diane M. Cooke,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, WASO Administrative Program 
Center, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 98-5290 Filed 3-3-98; 8:45 am]
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