[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 96 (Friday, May 17, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35134-35135]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-12358]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Submission of Study Package to Office of Management and Budget; 
Review Opportunity for Public Comment; 30-Day Notice

AGENCY: National Park Service's, National Center for Recreation and 
Conservation and National Center for Cultural Resources, Department of 
the Interior.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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ABSTRACT: The National Park Service (NPS) is proposing in 2002 to 
conduct surveys of recipients of services and/or assistance of the 
following programs: Rivers Trails, and Conservation Assistance Program 
(RTCA), Federal Lands to Parks Program (FLP), Partnership Wild and 
Scenic Rivers Program (PWSR), and the Historic Preservation Technical 
Assistance Program (HP). This survey will be conducted to meet the 
requirements of the 1995 Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) 
and will be used to develop goals to improve effectiveness and public 
accountability of the respective programs.

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                                                     Est. number of
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                    Program                                     Burden
                                                 Responses      hours
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River Trails and Conservation Assistance                150           25
 (RTCA) Program...............................
Federal Lands to Parks (FLP) Program..........           60           10
Wild and Scenic Rivers Coordination (WSR)                 5            1
 Program......................................
Historic Preservation Technical Assistance              375           63
 Program (Publications).......................
Historic Preservation Technical Assistance              200           33
 (Conferences)................................
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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
and 5 CFR part 1320, Reporting and Record Keeping Requirements, the NPS 
invites public comment on these five proposed information collection 
requests (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 these surveys is to obtain information 
to help evaluate and improve its recreation and conservation assistance 
program and its historic preservation programs. 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 these five surveys.

DATES: Public comments will be accepted on or before 30 days from the 
publication of this notice.

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 20530; and also to Dr. Michael A. 
Schuett (Voice: (304) 293-3721) x2415) (e-mail: [email protected]), West 
Virginia University, Division of Forestry, PO Box 6125, Morgantown, WV 
26506-6125.
    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 on or before 30 days 
from the publication of this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY OF THE STUDY PACKAGES SUBMITTED FOR 
OMB REVIEW, CONTACT: Dr. Michael A. Schuett (Voice: (304) 293-3721)(e-
mail: [email protected]), West Virginia University, Division of 
Forestry, PO Box 6125, Morgantown, WV 26506-6125.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: National Park Service Partnerships Programs= GPRA 
Information Collections; Recreation and Conservation Assistance 
Customer Satisfaction Survey, Historic Preservation Technical 
Assistance Customer Satisfaction Questionnaires, Historic Properties 
Designated or Protected by State Government Partners, and Historic 
Properties Designated or

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Protected by Local Government Partners.
    Bureau Form Number: None.
    OMB Number: 1024-0226
    Expiration Date: 12/31/01.
    Type of request: Reinstatement, with change, of a currently 
approved collection for which approval has expired.
    Description of need: The Government Performance and Results Act 
requires the Federal agencies to prepare an annual performance report 
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 1997. 
The information sought is not collected elsewhere by the Federal 
Government. The proposed information collections impose no data burden 
on the potential responders. Responding to the proposed collections is 
voluntary and is based on data that the respondents already collect 
and/or personal opinion. The National Park Service needs to obtain 
information to help evaluate and improve its recreation and 
conservation assistance program and its historic preservation programs.
    Automated data collection: NPS is considering use of the worldwide 
web as a part of this information collection. NPS is committed to 
developing and implementing a method to seek evaluation of customer 
satisfaction with its web-based publications, training, and educational 
materials. The NPS will attempt to use electronic mail for respondents 
who have access to it so they can respond via the Internet.
    Description of respondents: A sample of partners (individuals, 
organizations, and/or public agencies) who have received services and/
or assistance from the National Park Service Rivers Trails, and 
Conservation Assistance Program (RTCA), Federal Lands to Parks Program 
(FLP), Partnerships Wild and Scenic Rivers Program (PWSR), and the 
Historic Preservation Publications and Technical Assistance Programs 
(HP).
    Estimated average number of respondents: 790 (survey).
    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: 10 minutes (survey).
    Frequency of Response: 1 time per respondent.
    Estimated annual reporting burden: 132 hours (survey).

Richard M. Cripe,
Acting Information Collection Clearance Officer, WASO Administrative 
Program Center, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 02-12358 Filed 5-16-02; 8:45 am]
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