[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 62 (Friday, March 31, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16280-16281]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-4704]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

March 28, 2006.
    The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following 
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance 
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. Comments 
regarding (a) Whether the collection of information is necessary for 
the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including 
whether the information will have practical utility; (b) the accuracy 
of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; (d) ways to 
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are 
to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology should be addressed to: Desk 
Officer for Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), [email protected] or 
fax (202) 395-5806 and to Departmental Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, 
Mail Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250-7602. Comments regarding these 
information collections are best assured of having their full effect if 
received within 30 days of this notification. Copies of the 
submission(s) may be obtained by calling (202) 720-8681.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information 
unless the collection of information displays a currently valid OMB 
control number and the agency informs potential persons who are to 
respond to the collection of information that such persons are not 
required to respond to the collection of information unless it displays 
a currently valid OMB control number.

Forest Service

    Title: Day Use on the National Forests of Southern California.
    OMB Control Number: 0596-0129.
    Summary of Collection: Users of urban proximate National Forests in 
Southern California come from a variety of ethnic/racial, income, age, 
educational, and other socio-demographic categories. The activities 
pursued, sources utilized, and site attributes preferred are just some 
of the items affected by these differences. Additional information is 
needed for the managers of the National Forests in Southern California, 
in part to validate previous results and in part because of the 
continuously changing profile of the visitor population recreating on 
the National Forests of Southern California. In the absence of the 
resultant information from the proposed series, the Forest Service (FS) 
will be ill-equipped to implement management changes required to 
respond to needs and preferences of day use visitors. FS will collect 
information using a questionnaire and face-to-face interviews. The 
statute authorizing the collection of information is the Forest and 
Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95-307, 92 
Stat. 353).
    Need and Use of the Information: FS will collect information on 
socio-demographic profile; National Forest visitation history and 
patterns; activity patterns; and why they recreate at particular sites, 
etc. The information will be used to assist resource managers in their 
effective management of recreation activities in the region studied. 
The Wildland Recreation and Urban Cultures Project will use the 
information to further expand its information base on visitor 
characteristics, safety, fire management, and mitigation of 
depreciative behaviors, such as vandalism. If the information is not 
collected, resource managers will have to make visitor based decisions 
on limited information.
    Description of Respondents: Individuals or households.
    Number of Respondents: 600.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.

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    Total Burden Hours: 80.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E6-4704 Filed 3-30-06; 8:45 am]
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