[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 121 (Monday, June 25, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34721-34722]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-3094]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


30 Day Notice of Submission to the 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 the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. 3507) 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 of 
information (OMB number 1024-0022).

DATES: Public comments on this Information Collection Request (ICR) 
will be accepted on or before July 25, 2007.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments directly to the Desk Officer for the 
Department of the Interior (OMB number 1024-0022), 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 Lee Dickinson, Special Park Uses Program Manager, NPS, 
1849 C St., NW., (2460), Washington, DC 20240, or electronically at 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lee Dickinson, Special Park Uses 
Program Manager, NPS, 1849 C St., NW. (2460), Washington, DC 20240, or 
via phone at 202/513-7092, or via e-mail at [email protected]. 
Copies of this form may be obtained from the Internet at http://www.nps.gov/policy/DOrders/BUP.pdf or by contacting Lee at the address 
above. You are entitled to a copy of the entire ICR package free of 
charge.
    Comments received on the 60-day Federal Register Notice: The NPS 
published a 60-Day Notice to solicit public comments on this ICR in the 
Federal Register on March 8, 2007 (Vol. 72, page 10555). The comment 
period closed on May 7, 2007. No comments were received.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Backcountry Use Permit (36 CFR 1.5, 1.6, and 2.10).
    Form Number: 10-404A.
    OMB Number: 1024-0022.
    Expiration Date: 6/30/07.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Description of Need: In 1976, the NPS initiated a backcountry 
registration system in accordance with the regulations found at 36 CFR 
1.5, 1.6 and 2.10. The objective of the backcountry use permit system 
is to provide users access to backcountry areas of national parks with 
continuing opportunities for solitude, while enhancing resource 
protection and providing a means of disseminating public safety 
messages regarding backcountry travel.
    NPS backcountry program managers, by designating access routes and 
overnight camping locations, can redistribute campers in response to 
user impact, high fire danger, flood or wind hazard, bear activity, or 
other situations that may temporarily close a portion of the 
backcountry. The NPS may also use the permit system as a means of

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ensuring that each backcountry user receives up-to-date information on 
backcountry sanitation procedures, food storage, wildlife activity, 
trail conditions, and weather projections so that concerns for visitor 
safety are met.
    The Backcountry Use Permit is an extension of the NPS statutory 
authority responsibility to protect the park areas it administers and 
to manage the public use thereof (16 U.S.C. Sections 1 and 3). NPS 
regulations codified in 36 CFR Parts 1 through 7, 12 and 13, are 
designed to implement statutory mandates that provide for resource 
protection and public enjoyment. The Backcountry Use Permit is the 
primary form used to provide access into NPS backcountry areas 
including those areas that require a reservation to enter where use 
limits are imposed in accordance with other NPS regulations. Such 
permitting enhances the ability of the NPS to education users on 
potential hazards, search and rescue efforts, and resource protection.
    Comments are invited 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. Before including 
your address, phone number, e-mail address, or other personal 
identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your 
entire comment--including your personal identifying information--may be 
made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your 
comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public 
review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.
    Frequency of collection: On occasion.
    Description of Respondents: Individuals wishing to use backcountry 
areas within national parks.
    Estimated average number of respondents: 285,000 per year.
    Estimated average number of responses: 285,000 per year.
    Estimated average time burden per respondent: 5 minutes per 
respondent.
    Frequency of response: 1 time per respondent.
    Estimated total annual reporting burden: 23,750 hours per year.

    Dated: June 18, 2007.
Leonard E. Stowe,
NPS, Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 07-3094 Filed 6-22-07; 8:45 am]
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