[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 107 (Thursday, June 3, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31400-31401]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-12592]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


30-day Notice of Intention To Request Clearance of Collection of 
Information; Opportunity for Public Comment

AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

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 a submitted request to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) to approve an extension of a currently 
approved collection (OMB  1024-0021). Comments are invited 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 
ADDRESSES section).

DATES: Public comments on the proposed Information Collection Request 
(ICR) will be accepted on or before July 6, 2004.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments directly to the Desk Officer for the 
Department of the Interior (OMB 1024-0021), Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, OMB, by fax at (202) 395-6566, or 
by electronic mail at [email protected]. You may also mail or 
hand carry a copy of your comments to Kym Elder, national Capital 
Region, 1100 Ohio Drive, Room 240, SW., Washington, DC 20242, or by fax 
at (202) 619-7244, or by electronic mail at [email protected].
    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 entirety.
    To request printed copies of the documents contact: Kym Elder, 
National Capital Region, 1100 Ohio Dr., Room 240, SW., Washington, DC 
20242, via phone at (202) 619-7246, via fax at (202) 619-7244, or via 
e-mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: National Park Service, National Capital Region Application 
for a Permit

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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: 4/30/04.
    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 the regulating activities to insure 
that they are consistent with NPS mission, (3) potential civil 
disobedience and traffic control issues for the assignment of the 
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: 4200.
    Estimated average burden hours per response: .5 hour.
    Estimated annual reporting burden: 2100 hours.

    Dated: April 22, 2004.
Leonard E. Sterne,
National Park Service Information and Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-12592 Filed 6-2-04; 8:45 am]
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