[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 108 (Monday, June 5, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35661-35662]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-13912]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Proposed Information Collection

AGENCY: National Park Service.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
National Park Service (NPS) is announcing its intention to renew 
authority for the collection of information under 36 CFR part 51 
relating to the submission of offers in response to concession 
prospectuses issued by NPS. The collection described below has been 
forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and 
comment. The information request describes the nature of the 
information collection and the expected burden and cost.

DATES: OMB has up to 60 days to approve or disapprove the information 
collection but may respond after 30 days. Therefore, public comments 
should be submitted to OMB by July 5, 2000, in order to be assured of 
consideration.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  To request a copy of the information 
collection request, explanatory information and related materials, 
contact Wendelin M. Mann at (202) 565-1219, or electronically to 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
regulations at 5 CFR 1320, which implement provisions of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13) require that interested members 
of the public and affected agencies have an opportunity to comment on 
information collection and recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR 
13200.8(d)). NPS has submitted a request to OMB to renew approval of 
the collection of information in 36 CFR part 51, Concession contracts, 
relating to the submission of offers in response to prospectuses issued 
by NPS. NPS is requesting a 3-year term of approval for this 
information collection activity.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required 
to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a 
currently valid OMB control number. The OMB control number for this 
collection of information is 1024-0125, and is identified in 36 CFR 
Section 51.104.
    As required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), a Federal Register notice 
soliciting comments on these collections of information was published 
on February 22, 2000 (65 FR 8735). No comments were received. This 
notice provides the public with an additional 30 days in which to 
comment on the following information collection activity:
    Title: Submission of Offers requirement in response to concession 
prospectuses--36 CFR 51.
    OMB Control Number: 1024-0125.
    Summary: The regulations at 36 CFR part 51 primarily implement 
Title IV of the National Parks Omnibus Management Act of 1998 (Pub. L. 
105-391 or the Act), which provides new legislative authority, policies 
and requirements for the solicitation, award and administration of NPS 
concession contracts. The regulations require the submission of offers 
by parties interested in applying for a NPS concession contract. 
Specific requirements regarding the information that must be submitted 
by offerors in response to a prospectus issued by NPS are contained in 
sections 403 (4), (5), (7), and (8) of the Act.
    Bureau Form Number: None.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
    Description of Respondents: Persons or entities seeking a National 
Park Service concession contract.
    Total Annual Responses: 240.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 76,800.
    Total Non-hour Cost Burden: $1,120,000.
    Send comments on the need for the collection of information for the 
performance of the functions of the agency; the accuracy of the 
agency's burden estimates; ways to enhance the quality, utility and 
clarity of the information collection; and ways to minimize the 
information collection burden on respondents, such as use of automated 
means of collection of the information, to the following address. 
Please refer to OMB control number 1024-0125 in all correspondence.
    Our practice is to make comments, including names and home 
addresses of respondents, available for public review during regular 
business hours. Individual respondents may request that we withhold 
their home address from the record, which we will honor to the extent 
allowable by law. There also may be circumstances in which we would 
withhold from the record a respondent's identify, as allowable by law. 
If you wish us to withhold your name and/or address, you must state 
this prominently at the beginning of your comment. However, we will not 
consider anonymous comments. We will make all submissions from 
organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying 
themselves as

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representatives or officials of organizations or businesses, available 
for public inspection in their entirety.

ADDRESSES: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 
Management and Budget, Attention: Department of the Interior Desk 
Officer, 725 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20503. Also, please send a 
copy of your comments to Wendelin M. Mann, Concession Program, National 
Park Service, 1849 C Street, NW, Room 7313, Washington, DC 20240, or 
electronically to [email protected].

    Dated: May 23, 2000.
Betsy Chittenden,
Deputy Manager, Washington Administrative Program Center.
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