[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 205 (Friday, October 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56938-56939]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-28434]


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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's National 
Center for Recreation and Conservation and National Center for Cultural 
Resources, Stewardships and Partnerships.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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    Abstract: The National Park Service (NPS) is proposing in 1998 to 
conduct mail surveys of recipients of services and/or assistance of the 
following programs: Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance Program 
(RTCA), Federal Lands to Parks Program (FLP), National Heritage Area 
Program (NHA), Wild and Scenic Rivers Coordination Program (WSR), and 
the Historic Preservation Technical Assistance Program (HP). This 
survey will be conducted to meet the requirements of the 1995 
Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) and will be used to 
develop goals to improve effectiveness and public accountability of the 
respective programs.

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                                                Estimated number of
                 Program                 -------------------------------
                                             Responses     Burden hours
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Rivers, Trails, and Conservation
 Assistance (RTCA) Program..............             188              62
National Heritage Area (NHA) Program....               8               3

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Federal Lands to Parks (FLP) Program....              75              25
Wild and Scenic Rivers Coordination
 (WSR) Program..........................               3               1
Historic Preservation Technical
 Assistance Program.....................             369             123
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      Total.............................             643             214
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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
and 5 CFR part 1320, Reporting and Record Keeping Requirements, the NPS 
invites pubic comment on these five 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 NPS goal in conducting these surveys is to obtain information 
to help evaluate and improve its recreation and conservation assistance 
program and its historic preservation programs
    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 five surveys (FR Vol. 63, No 119 6/
22/98).

DATES: Public comments will be accepted on or before November 23, 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 Dr. Steven 
Hollenhorst (Voice: (304) 293-3721 x2441) (e-mail: [email protected]) or 
Dr. Michael A. Schuett (Voice: (304) 293-3721( x2415) (e-mail: 
[email protected]), West Virginia University, Division of Forestry, PO 
Box 6125, Morgantown, WV 26506-6125.
    The OMB has up to 60 days to approve or disapprove the information 
collection but may respond after 30 days. Therefore, to ensure maximum 
consideration, OMB should receive public comments on or before November 
23, 1998.
For further information or a copy of the study packages submitted for 
OMB Review, contact: Dr. Steven Hollenhorst (Voice: (304) 293-3721 
x2441) (email: [email protected]); Dr. Michael A. Schuett (Voice: (304) 
293-3721 x2415) (email: [email protected]); West Virginia University, 
Division of Forestry, PO Box 6125, Morgantown, WV 26506-6125.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Titles: National Park Service Partnership Programs GPRA Information 
Collections.
    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 Government Performance and Results Act 
requires the Federal agencies to prepare an annual performance report 
documenting the progress made toward achieving long term goals. The 
National Park Service needs the information in the proposed collections 
to assess the annual progress being made toward meeting Long-term Goals 
IIIa2 and IIIa3 of the National Park Service Strategic Plan of 1997. 
The information sought is not collected elsewhere by the Federal 
Government. The proposed information collections impose no data burden 
on the potential responders. Responding to the proposed collections is 
voluntary and is based on data that the respondents already collect 
and/or personal opinion. The National Park Service needs to obtain 
information to help evaluate and improve its recreation and 
conservation assistance program and its historic preservation programs.
    Automated data collection: At the present time, there is no 
automated way to gather this information.
    Description of respondents: A sample of partners (individuals, 
organizations, and/or public agencies) who have received services and/
or assistance from the National Park Service Rivers, Trails, and 
Conservation Assistance Program (RTCA), Federal Lands to Parks Program 
(FLP), National Heritage Area Program (NHA), Wild and Scenic Rivers 
Coordination Program (WSR), and/or the Historic Preservation Technical 
Assistance Program (HP).
    Estimated average number of respondents: 643 (mail survey).
    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: 20 minutes (mail 
survey).
    Frequency of response: 1 time per respondent.
    Estimated annual reporting burden: 214 hours (mail survey).
Diane M. Cooke,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, WASO Administrative Program 
Center, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 98-28434 Filed 10-22-98; 8:45 am]
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