[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 197 (Thursday, October 12, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 60185]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-8632]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NV-055-5853-EU]


Proposed Information Collection--Alternative Land-Use Planning 
Scenarios for the Upper Las Vegas Wash Conservation Transfer Area

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management.

ACTION: Notice of request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is partnering with Utah 
State University to undertake a survey that will provide the BLM with 
social science input to support planing of the Upper Las Vegas Wash 
Conservation Transfer Area (CTA). The BLM anticipates that this 
information will assist in the decision-making process to (1) protect 
the fossil and plant resources; (2) allow for ecological function of 
the CTA; and (3) render a decision on the boundary configuration and 
allowable uses of the CTA that are defensible to the public, agencies, 
local governments, and the courts.

DATES: You have 60 days after the date of this Federal Register Notice 
to submit your comments to the address listed below.

ADDRESSES: You may mail or deliver comments to: Bureau of Land 
Management, Las Vegas Field Office, Attn: CTA Land-Use Planning Survey, 
4701 North Torrey Pines Drive, Las Vegas, Nevada 89130.
    You may send comments via Internet to: [email protected]. 
Please include your name and address with comments, and title the 
Subject Attn: CTA Land-Use Planning Survey.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You may contact Gayle Marrs-Smith, CTA 
Project Manager at the address above, by telephone at (702) 515-5156, 
or by e-mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320.12(a), BLM 
must provide a 60-day notice in the Federal Register concerning a 
proposed collection of information to solicit comments on: (1) The 
practical utility of the information being gathered; (2) the accuracy 
of the burden hour estimate; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, 
and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways to 
minimize the burden to respondents, including use of automated 
information collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.
    The BLM strives to include best science in rendering management 
decisions. The CTA is being proposed for protection. A wide variety of 
interested publics, local governments, developers, and utilities would 
be affected by BLM's decision on the boundary configuration and 
allowable uses within the conservation area. Information on existing 
urban development adjacent to the CTA and its socio-demographic 
composition is necessary to model future development and its potential 
impacts to the CTA as BLM prepares the land-use alternatives that will 
be analyzed as required under the National Environmental Policy Act 
(Pub. L. 91-190, 42 U.S.C. 4321-4347, January 1, 1970).
    Title: Evaluating Alternative Land-use Planning Scenarios Survey.
    Bureau Form Number: None.
    OMB Control Number: TBD.
    Type of Request: New Collection.
    Description of Need: This proposal seeks approval to collect 
information from residents of selected neighborhoods in both Las Vegas 
and North Las Vegas via questionnaire in order to gain a better 
understanding of how socio-economic characteristics of nearby 
residential populations might affect the disturbance impacts in the 
CTA. These questionnaires will be used to answer questions on: Type and 
frequency of use within the CTA, familiarity with the CTA, levels of 
attachment to the CTA, attitudes and preferences regarding use and 
management of the CTA, behavioral intentions regarding enforcement of 
sanctions to protect the wash environment, and individual and household 
demographic information.
    Automated data collection: At this time, we will not be gathering 
information in an automated way.
    Description of Respondents: This proposal seeks approval to collect 
information from adults living in randomly selected households located 
within one half mile corridors centered along eight linear transects. 
These transects have been designated for use in measuring ecological 
and disturbance conditions within the CTA environment and extended 
south of the CTA into nearby areas of residential development.
    Estimated average number of respondents: 1000.
    Estimated average number of responses: 600.
    Estimated average burden hours per response: 30 minutes.
    Estimated annual reporting burden: 300 hours.
    BLM will summarize all responses to this notice and include them in 
the request for OMB approval. All comments will be a matter of public 
record.

    Dated: September 29, 2006.
Juan Palma,
Field Manager.
[FR Doc. 06-8632 Filed 10-11-06; 8:45 am]
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