[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 214 (Monday, November 5, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 55948]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-27692]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Submission of Study Package to Office of Management and 
Budget; Opportunity for Public Comment

AGENCY: Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Urban and 
Adjacent Parks

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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ABSTRACT: The National Park Service (NPS) is proposing in 2000 and 2001 
to conduct surveys of persons living in the metropolitan areas of 
Boston, MA, Los Angeles, CA, Miami, FL, and New Orleans, LA where the 
following urban national parks are located: Boston African-American 
National Historic Site, Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation 
Area, Biscayne National Park, and Jean Lafitte National Historical Park 
and Preserve. In these surveys, persons will be asked about their 
knowledge of the urban national park located in their metropolitan 
area, and their familiarity with community outreach efforts that the 
urban national park has instituted.
SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 a 
5 CFR part 1320, Reporting and Record Keeping Requirements, the NPS 
invites public comment on the proposed information request (ICR). 
Comments are invited on: (1) The need for the information, including 
whether the information has practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the 
reporting burden estimate; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, 
and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways to 
minimize the burden of the information collection on respondents, 
including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of 
information technology.
    The NPS goal in conducting this survey is to assess the community 
outreach programs in selected urban national parks to determine the 
program's contributions toward improving rates of NPS urban parks 
visitation by selected user groups. The information gathered will be 
used to help the staff at NPS evaluate and improve the outreach 
programs, including the educational programs they offer at the site and 
in the local community. The following study objectives have been 
identified:
     Determine the effectiveness of the parks' current outreach 
programs on the attitudes of people in the communities;
     Determine community awareness of visitor and ancillary 
services offered by the parks;
     Determine potential benefits of the park to the community;
     Determine the importance and value of the parks to 
community members.
    There were no public comments received as a result of publishing in 
the Federal Register a 60-day notice of intention to request clearance 
of information collection for this survey.

DATES: Public comments will be accepted on or before December 5, 2001.

SEND COMMENTS TO: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs of OMB, 
Attention Desk Officer for the Interior Department, Office of 
Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503.
    The OMB has up to 60 days to approve or disapprove the information 
collection, but may respond after 30 days. Therefore, to ensure maximum 
consideration, OMB should receive public comments within 30 days from 
the date listed at the top of this page of the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY OF THE STUDY PACKAGE SUBMITTED FOR 
OMB REVIEW, CONTACT: Ronald Vogel: Voice: (225) 771-3103, e-mail: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: NPS Urban and Adjacent Parks: 
Assessment and Development of Community Outreach.
    Bureau Form Number: None.
    OMB Number: To be requested.
    Expiration date: To be requested.
    Type of Request: Request for new clearance.
    Description of Need: Description of need: The National Park Service 
needs information to assess the effectives of community outreach 
programs in reaching residents who live near urban national parks.
    Automated data collection: At the present time, there is no 
automated way to gather this information because it includes asking 
residents for determinations on effectiveness and awareness of select 
programs developed by individual parks.
    Description of respondents: Persons residing in the metropolitan 
areas of Boston, MA, Los Angeles, CA, Miami, FL and New Orleans.
    Estimated average number of respondents: 400 (100 per above 
metropolitan area).
    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: 30 minutes.
    Frequency of response: 1 time per respondent.
    Estimated annual reporting burden: 125 hours.

    Dated: August 27, 2001.
Leonard E. Stowe,
Acting Information Collection Clearance Officer, WASO Administrative 
Program, Center, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 01-27692 Filed 11-22-01; 8:45 am]
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