[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 6 (Friday, January 9, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1597-1598]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-406]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


60-Day Notice of Intention To Request Clearance of Collection of 
Information; Opportunity for Public Comment

AGENCY: National Park Service, National Capital Parks--Central.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and 5 CFR part 1320, 
Reporting and Record Keeping Requirements, the National Park Service 
(NPS) invites public comments on an extension of a currently approved 
collection (OMB 1024-0021). The NPS specifically requests 
comments on: (1) The need for the information being collected, 
including whether the information has practical utility; (2) the 
validity and 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 requests comments on an application form that allows the 
Park Programs Division of National Capital Parks--Central to process 
requests from individuals and organizations to hold public gatherings 
on NPS property. These public gatherings consist of special events and 
demonstrations that the NPS is charged with regulating to insure 
protection of cultural and natural resources within NPS property. The 
NPS will use the information you submit to determine whether or not to 
make modifications to the application form. Once the NPS makes any 
modifications that it may decide to adopt, the NPS plans to submit a 
proposed collection of information package to OMB with a request that 
OMB approve the package and reinstate the OMB clearance number. You may 
obtain copies of the application from the source listed below (see the 
``Send To Comments'' section).

DATES: Public comments on the proposed Information Collection Request 
(ICR) will be accepted on or before March 9, 2004.
    Send Comments To: Richard Merryman, National Capital Region, 1100 
Ohio Dr., Rm. 128, SW., Washington, DC 20242. Phone: 202-619-7225, Fax: 
202-401-2430. If you wish to comment, you may submit your comments 
using several methods. You may mail comments to the postal address 
given here. You may fax your comments to the fax number given. You may 
also hand-deliver comments to the address given here. Our practice is 
to make comments, including names and home addresses of respondents, 
available for public review during regular business hours. Individual 
respondents may request that we withhold their home address from the 
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. However, we will not consider anonymous 
comments. We will make all submissions from organizations or 
businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as 
representatives or officials of organizations or businesses, available 
for public inspection in their entity.

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    To Request Printed Copies of the Documents Contact: Richard 
Merryman, National Capital Region, 1100 Ohio Dr., Rm. 128, SW., 
Washington, DC 20242. Phone: 202-619-7225, Fax: 202-401-2430.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: National Park Service, National Capital Region Application 
for a Permit to Conduct a Demonstration or Special Event in Park Areas 
and a Waiver of Numerical Limitations on Demonstrations for White House 
Sidewalk and/or Lafayette Park.
    Departmental Form Number: None.
    OMB Number: 1024-0021.
    Expiration Date: 04/30/04.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Description of Need: The information collection responds to the 
statutory requirement that the NPS preserve park resources and regulate 
the use of units of the National Park System. The information to be 
collected identifies: (1) Those individuals and/or organizations that 
wish to conduct a public gathering on NPS property in the National 
Capital Region, (2) the logistics of a proposed demonstration or 
special event that aid the NPS in regulating activities to insure that 
they are consistent with the NPS mission, (3) potential civil 
disobedience and traffic control issues for the assignment of United 
States Park Police personnel, (4) circumstances which may warrant a 
bond to be assigned to the event for the purpose of covering potential 
cost to repair damage caused by the event.
    Description of Respondents: Respondents are those individuals or 
organizations that wish to conduct a special event or demonstration on 
NPS property within the National Capital Region.
    Estimated average number of annual respondents: 4,200.
    Estimated average burden hours per response: .5 hours.
    Estimated annual reporting burden: 2,100 hours.

    Dated: December 4, 2003.
Leonard E. Stone,
Acting National Park Service Information and Collection Clearance 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-406 Filed 1-8-04; 8:45 am]
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