[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 141 (Friday, July 21, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 45397]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-18544]


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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.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The National Park Service (NPS) is proposing in 2001 to 
conduct a telephone survey of households in western Washington State 
where the following national parks are located: Olympic National Park 
and Mount Rainer National Park. In this survey, persons will be asked 
why they visit or do not visit either national park. This information 
will identify the reasons former visitors have stopped using the parks 
and why non-visitors do not go to the parks.

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                                                  Estimated numbers of
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                                                                Burden
                                                 Responses      hours
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Western Washington Household Survey...........         1000          250
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    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 determine if former 
visitors have been displaced and if other persons do not go to Olympic 
and Mount Rainer national parks because of crowding and related 
factors, including traffic congestion, development, and difficulty in 
obtaining lodging or campsites in the parks.

DATES:  Public comments will be accepted on or before September 19, 
2000.

SEND COMMENTS TO:  James H. Gramann, Department of Recreation, Park and 
Tourism Sciences, Texas A&M University, 2261 TAMU, College Station, TX 
77843-2261.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  James H. Gramann. Voice: 979-845-
4920, e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Development and Advancement of Carrying Capacity Management 
Techniques, Western Washington Household Survey.
    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 
from former visitors and non-visitors to advance the application of 
carrying capacity management techniques in the National Park System.
    Automated data collection: At the present time, there is no 
automated way to gather this information because it includes asking 
residents for information about use and non-use of specific national 
parks.
    Description of respondents: Persons residing in all counties of 
Washington State west of the Cascade Mountains, including the Seattle 
and Tacoma metropolitan areas.
    Estimated average number of respondents: 1000 (county sample size 
proportional county population).
    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: 15 minutes.
    Frequency of response: 1 time per respondent.
    Estimated annual reporting burden: 250 hours.

    Dated: July 18, 2000.
Betsy Chittenden,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, WASO Administrative Program 
Center, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 00-18544 Filed 7-20-00; 8:45 am]
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