[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 202 (Thursday, October 18, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52931-52933]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-26257]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Sixty-Day Notice of Intention To Request Clearance of Data 
Collection; Opportunity for Public Comment

AGENCY: Department of the Interior, National Park Service.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 
notice announces the National Park Service's (NPS') intention to 
request an extension of a currently approved collection. Specifically 
five information collections will be carried out pursuant to the 
Government Performance and Results Act and the NPS Strategic Plan. All 
of the proposed information collections are surveys of customer 
satisfaction with certain NPS programs and types of assistance. NPS' 
National Center for Recreation and Conservation (NCRC) will conduct 
surveys of the clients of three recreation and conservation assistance 
programs to assess client satisfaction with the services received and 
to identify needed program improvements. The NPS goal in conducting 
these surveys is to use the information to identify areas of strength 
and weakness in its recreation and conservation assistance programs, to 
provide an information base for improving those programs, and to 
provide a required performance measurement (Goal lllb2 of the 2000 
National Park Service Strategic Plan) under the Government Performance 
and Results Act.
    NPS' National Center for Cultural Resources (NCCR) proposes to 
continue to collect information on customer satisfaction with historic 
preservation technical assistance, training, and educational materials 
that NPS provides to its partners including the general public. The NPS 
goal in collecting this information is to provide an information base 
for maintaining a high level of performance in those programs and to 
provide a required performance measurement (Goal llla3) of the 2000 
National Park Service Strategic Plan that NPS promulgated under the 
Government Performance and Results Act.
    Estimated numbers of:

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                                           Responses       Burden hours
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NPS Partnership Programs
GPRA Information Collections..........           1,984           205.65
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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 all five information 
collections. 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.

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DATES: Public comments will be accepted on or before December 17, 2001.
    Send Comments To: Beth Porter--Voice: 202-565-1187, e-mail: 
[email protected] information regarding the surveys related to 
Recreation and Conservation Assistance customer satisfaction, or John 
Renaud--Voice: 202-343-1059, e-mail: [email protected] regarding the 
collection of data related to historic preservation technical customer 
satisfaction.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Beth Porter--Voice: 202-565-
1187, e-mail: [email protected]--for further information regarding 
the surveys related to Recreation and Conservation Assistance customer 
satisfaction. Contact John Renaud--Voice: 202-343-1059, e-mail: 
[email protected]--for further information regarding the collection 
of data related to historic preservation technical customer 
satisfaction.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Titles: National Park Service Partnership 
Programs' GPRA Information Collections; Recreation and Conservation 
Assistance Customer Satisfaction Survey, Historic Preservation 
Technical Assistance Customer Satisfaction Questionnaires, and Historic 
Preservation Technical Assistance Training (etc.) Customer Satisfaction 
Questionnaires.
    Bureau Form Number: None.
    OMB Number: 1024-0226.
    Expiration Date: To be requested.
    Type of request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Description of need: The Government Performance and Results Act 
requires Federal agencies to prepare annual performance reports 
documenting the progress made toward achieving long-term goals. The 
National Park Service needs the information in the proposed collections 
to assess the annual progress being made toward meeting Long-term Goals 
IIIa3, and IIIb2 of the National Park Service Strategic Plan of 2000. 
The information sought is not collected elsewhere by the Federal 
Government. The proposed information collections impose no data 
collection or record keeping burden on the potential respondents. 
Responding to the proposed collections is voluntary and is based on 
data that the respondents already collected and/or personal opinion. 
The National Park Service needs information to help evaluate and 
improve its recreation and conservation assistance programs and its 
historic preservation and technical assistance programs.
    Automated data collection and statistical sampling: NPS will 
collect information using two data collection procedures, mail survey 
and an on-line format. Respondents will be chosen using two procedures: 
For the NCRC programs, a census of all cooperating partners and 
organizations will be used. For the NCCR programs, a systematic random 
sampling procedure will be used. NCCR respondents will be drawn from a 
list of those persons who received NPS historic technical assistance 
information publications, attended a workshop, conference, or 
participated in an on-line course.
    Description of respondents: The type of respondents will vary 
depending upon the information collection.
    For the Recreation and Conservation Assistance Customer 
Satisfaction Surveys, the potential respondents will be all contact 
persons of all principal cooperating organizations and agencies which 
have received substantial assistance from any of the three 
participating programs during the prior Fiscal Year (October 1 through 
September 30).
    For the Historic Preservation Technical Assistance Customer 
Satisfaction Questionnaires, respondents will be drawn from a list of 
those persons who received NPS historic technical assistance 
publication, hard copy or on-line and those who attended a training 
workshop, conference, or participated in an on-line course during the 
prior Fiscal year (October 1 through September 30).
    Estimated average number of respondents: 1,984. See the chart below 
for a breakdown by each information collection.
    Estimated average number of responses: 1,234. See the chart below 
for a breakdown by each information collection.
    Estimated average burden hours per response: 10 minutes. See the 
chart below for a breakdown by each information collection.
    Frequency of Response: Various. For the Historic Preservation 
Publications and Technical Assistance Customer Satisfaction 
Questionnaires, the frequency of response is one time per publication 
or technical assistance event.
    Estimated annual reporting burden: 205.65 hours. See the chart 
below for a breakdown by each information collection.
    Estimated number of:

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   Avg. time per response in total information
                   collection                       Respondents      Responses        Minutes          Hours
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Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance                   200             200              10           33.33
 Program........................................
Federal Lands to Parks Program..................              80              80              10           13.33
Wild and Scenic Rivers Coordination Program.....               4               4              10             .66
      Subtotal..................................             284             284              10           47.32
Historic Preservation Technical Assistance                 1,500             750              10          125.00
 Publications Customer Satisfaction.............
Historic Preservation Technical Assistance                   200             200              10           33.33
 Training (etc.) Customer Satisfaction..........
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      Subtotal..................................           1,700             950              NA          158.33
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          Grand Total...........................           1,984           1,234              NA          205.65
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    August 3, 2001.
Leonard E. Stowe,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, WASO Administrative Program 
Center, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 01-26257 Filed 10-17-01; 8:45 am]
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