[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 234 (Tuesday, December 5, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 75954]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-30848]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Availability of Draft Director's Order Concerning 
National Park Service Policies and Procedures for Social Science

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The National Park Service (NPS) has prepared a Director's 
Order setting forth its policies and procedures related to social 
science. When adopted, the policies and procedures will apply to all 
units of the national park system.

DATES: Written comments will be accepted until January 15, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Draft Director's Order #78 is available on the Internet at 
http://www.nps.gov/refdesk/DOrders/index.htm. Requests for copies and 
written comments should be sent to Dr. Gary Machlis, NPS Visiting Chief 
Social Scientist, Social Science Program, National Park Service, 1849 C 
Street, NW (3127), Washington, DC 20240, or to his Internet address: 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Gary Machlis at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NPS is updating its current system of 
internal policies. When these documents contain new policy or 
procedural requirements that may affect parties outside the NPS, they 
are first made available for public review and comment before being 
adopted. This draft of Director's Order #78 covers social science 
topics such as permits, data collection and Paperwork Reduction Act 
compliance, ethical guidelines, and roles and responsibilities related 
to social science in the National Park Service.
    Individual respondents may request that we withhold their home 
address from the administrative 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 identity, 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.

    Dated: November 27, 2000.
Michael Soukup,
Associate Director, Natural Resource Stewardship and Science.
[FR Doc. 00-30848 Filed 12-4-00; 8:45 am]
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