[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 235 (Friday, December 6, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72695-72696]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-30922]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Request for Extension of a Currently Approved 
Information Collection

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of request for extension of a currently approved 
information collection

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 
notice announces the National Park Service's intention to request an 
extension for a currently approved information collection in support of 
its Concession Management Program.

DATES: Comments in this notice must be received no later than January 
6, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs of OMB, 
Attention: Desk Officer for the Interior Department, Office of 
Management and Budget, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503. 
Please also send a copy of your comments to Cynthia L. Orlando, 
Concession Program Manager, National Park Service, Department of the 
Interior, 1849 C Street, NW (2410), Washington, DC 20240.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Proposed Sale of Concession Operations.
    OMB Number: 1024-0126.
    Expiration Date of Approval: November 30, 2002.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved information 
collection.
    Abstract: The National Park Service (NPS) authorizes private 
businesses known as concessioners to provide necessary and appropriate 
visitor facilities and services in areas of the National Park System. 
Concession authorizations may be assigned, sold, transferred or 
encumbered by the concessioner subject to prior written approval of the 
NPS. The NPS requires that certain information be submitted for review 
prior to the consummation of any sale, transfer, assignment, or 
encumbrance.
    16 U.S.C. 5957 provides that no concessions contract or leasehold 
surrender interest may be transferred, assigned or sold, or otherwise 
conveyed or pledged by a concessioner without prior written 
notification to, and approval by, the Secretary. Regulations at 36 CFR 
part 51, subpart J, require that certain information be submitted for 
review by the NPS prior to the consummation of any sale, transfer, 
assignment or encumbrance.
    The information requested is used to determine whether or not the 
proposed transaction will result in an adverse impact on the 
protection, conservation, or preservation of the resources of the unit 
of the National Park System, decreased services to the public, the lack 
of a reasonable opportunity for profit over the remaining term of the 
authorization, or rates in excess of existing approved rates to the 
public. In addition, pursuant to the regulations at 36 CFR part 51, the 
value of rights for intangible assets such as the concession contract, 
right of preference in renewal, user days, or low fees, belong to the 
Government.
    If any portion of the purchase price is attributable either 
directly or indirectly to such assets, the transaction may not be 
approved. The amount and type of information to be submitted varies 
with the type and complexity of the proposed transaction. Without such 
information, the NPS would be unable to determine whether approval of 
the proposed transaction would be adequate.
    Estimate of Burden: Approximately 80 hours per response.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: Approximately 20.
    Estimated number of Reponses per Respondent: One.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 1600 Hours.
    A list of information required to be submitted with a request for 
sale, assignment, transfer or encumbrance of a concession authorization 
is set forth at 36 CFR part 51, subpart J.
    Send comments regarding the accuracy of the burden estimate, ways 
to minimize the burden, including the use of automated collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology, or any other 
aspect of this collection to the Office of Management and Budget at

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the address in the ADDRESSES section. For further information about 
this information collection request, you may contact Erica Smith-Chavis 
at 202/513-7144, or by written request (see ADDRESSES). All comments 
will also become a matter of public record.

    Dated: November 25, 2002.
Cynthia L. Orlando,
Concession Program Manager.
[FR Doc. 02-30922 Filed 12-5-02; 8:45 am]
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