[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 222 (Friday, November 17, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66972-66973]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-9243]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


30-Day Notice of Submission to Office of Management and Budget; 
Opportunity for Public Comment

AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: Under provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and 5 
CFR part 1320, Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements, the National 
Park Service (NPS) invites comments on a currently approved collection 
of information (OMB Control 1024-0125).
    The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has up to 60 days to 
approve or disapprove the NPS request to renew this information 
collection, but may respond after 30 days. Therefore, to ensure maximum 
consideration, OMB should receive public comments within 30 days of the 
date on which this notice is published in the Federal Register.

DATES: Public comments on the proposed Information Collection Request 
(ICR) will be accepted for thirty days from the date of publication in 
the Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments directly to the Desk Officer for the 
Department of the Interior, (OMB 1024-0125) Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, OMB by fax at 202/395-6566, or by 
electronic mail at [email protected]. Please also send a copy of 
your comments to Ms. Jo A. Pendry, Concession Program Manager, National 
Park Service, 1849 C Street, NW. (2410), Washington, DC 20240, or 
electronically to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jo A. Pendry, phone: 202-513-7156, 
fax: 202-371-2090, or at the address above. You are entitled to a copy 
of the entire ICR package free-of-charge. The National Park Service 
published the 60-day Federal Register notice to solicit comments on 
this proposed information collection on July 10, 2006, on page 38895.
    There were no public comments received as a result of publishing in 
the Federal Register a 60-day Notice of Intention to Request Clearance 
of Information Collection for this survey.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Submission of Offers in Response to Concession 
Opportunities.
    OMB Control Number: 1024-0125.
    Expiration Date of Approval: December 31, 2006.
    Type of request: Extension of a currently approved information 
collection.
    Description of Need: The regulations at 36 CFR part 51 primarily 
implement Title IV of the National Parks Omnibus Management Act of 1998 
(Pub. L. 105-391 or the Act), which provides new legislative authority, 
policies and requirements for the solicitation, award and 
administration of NPS concession contracts. The regulations require the 
submission of offers by parties interested in applying for an NPS 
concession contract.
    NPS has submitted a request to OMB to renew approval of the 
collection of information in 5 CFR part 1320 and Sections 403(4), (5), 
(7), and (8) of the Act regarding the submission of offers in response 
to a concession opportunity. NPS is requesting a 3-year term of 
approval for this information collection activity.
    Bureau Form Number: None.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
    Description of Respondents: Persons or entities seeking a National 
Park Service concession contract.
    Total Annual Responses: 240.
    Estimate of Burden: Approximately 56 hours per response.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 76,800.
    Total Non-hour Cost Burden: $1,120,000.
    Specific requirements regarding the information that must be 
submitted by offerors in response to a prospectus issued by NPS are 
contained in sections 403(4), (5), (7), and (8) of the Act. Send 
comments on (1) The need for this collection; (2) the accuracy of the 
agency's burden estimates; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility and 
clarity of the collection; and (4) ways to minimize the burden, 
including the use of automated collection techniques or

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other forms of information technology; or any other aspect of this 
collection to the Office of Management and Budget at the above address. 
Please also send a copy of your comments to the NPS. Please refer to 
OMB control number 1024-0125 in all correspondence.
    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 names and/or home addresses, etc., but if you wish us to consider 
withholding this information, you must state this prominently at the 
beginning of your comments. In addition, you must present a rationale 
for withholding this information. This rationale must demonstrate that 
disclosure would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of privacy. 
Unsupported assertions will not meet this burden. In the absence of 
exceptional, documentable circumstances, this information will be 
released. We will always make submissions from organizations or 
businesses and from individuals identifying themselves as 
representatives of or officials of organizations or businesses, 
available for public inspection in their entirety.

    Dated: November 1, 2006.
Leonard Stowe,
NPS Information Collection, Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 06-9243 Filed 11-16-06; 8:45 am]
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