[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 196 (Tuesday, October 10, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60208-60209]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-25962]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Proposed Information Collection

AGENCY: National Park Service, DOI.

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, 
section 51.47 regarding the appeal of a preferred offeror 
determination, sections 51.54 and 51.55 regarding NPS approval of the 
construction of capital improvements by concessioners, and section 
51.98 concerning recordkeeping requirements with which concessioners 
must comply. 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 November 9, 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 for 36 CFR part 51, section 51.47 
regarding the appeal of a preferred offeror determination, sections 
51.54 and 51.55 regarding NPS approval of the construction of capital 
improvements by concessioners, and section 51.98 concerning 
recordkeeping requirements with which concessioners must comply. 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 1024-0231, and this collection is 
referenced in 36 CFR section 51.104(c).
    As required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), a Federal Register notice 
soliciting comments on these collections of information was published 
on July 12, 2000 (65 FR 43036). 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: Concession Contracts--36 CFR 51.
    OMB Control Number: 1024-0231.
    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. Section 51.47 of the regulations provides any 
person may submit a written appeal of a decision by the Director that a 
concessioner is or is not a preferred offeror. Sections 51.55 and 51.56 
require concessioners who construct capital improvements to submit 
information including, without limitation, plans, specifications, cost 
estimates, and construction reports for the Director's review and 
consideration in connection with the granting of leasehold surrender 
interest. Section 51.98 requires concessioners to keep

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records during the term of the concession contract and for five 
calendar years after its termination or expiration.
    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: 758.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 3,276.
    Total Non-hour Cost Burden: $0.
    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 1024-0231 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 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: October 4, 2000.
Leonard E. Stowe,
Information Collection Office, WASO Administrative Program Center.
[FR Doc. 00-25962 Filed 10-6-00; 8:45 am]
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