[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 196 (Tuesday, October 10, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60207-60208]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-25963]


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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, Acadia 
National Park.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The National Park Service (NPS) in conjunction with the U.S. 
Navy and the University of Vermont, is proposing in 2001 to conduct a 
survey of military and civilian employees of the U.S. Navy Base located 
in the Schoodic Peninsula section of Acadia National Park. In the 
survey, employees will be asked about their recreational use of Acadia 
National Park and their feelings about how Navy Base property should be 
used if and when it is transferred to the National Park Service.

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                                                 Estimated
                                                 numbers of     Burden
                                                 responses      hours
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Survey of Employees at the U.S. Navy Base at            200           50
 Schoodic, Maine..............................
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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 surveys. 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 the amount 
and type of recreational use of Acadia National Park by U.S. Navy Base 
employees, and how these employees feel about potential future uses of 
Navy Base property if and when this property is transferred to the 
National Park Service

DATES: Public comments will be accepted on or before December 11, 2000.

SEND COMMENTS TO: Robert E. Manning, School of Natural Resources, 
University of Vermont, 356 Aiken Center, Burlington, VT 05405.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert E. Manning: Voice: (802) 656-
3096, e-mail: [email protected].>

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:   
    Titles: Survey of Employees at the U.S. Navy Base at Schoodic, 
Maine.
    Bureau form No.: None.
    OMB No.: To be requested.
    Expiration date: To be requested.
    Type of request: Request for new clearance.
    Description of need: The National Park Service needs information to 
plan for the potential transfer of property at the U.S. Navy Base at 
Schoodic, Maine to the National Park Service.
    Automated data collection: At the present time, there is not an 
automated way to gather this information because it includes asking 
respondents about their use of Acadia National Park and their feelings 
about how Navy Base property should be used.
    Description of respondents: Military and civilian employees of the 
U.S. Navy Base at Schoodic, Maine.
    Estimated average number of respondents: 200.
    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: 50 hours.

    Dated: October 4, 2000.
Leonard E. Stowe,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, WASO Administrative Program 
Center, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 00-25963 Filed 10-6-00; 8:45 am]
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