[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 149 (Friday, August 3, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43294-43295]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-3809]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Emergency Approval of a 6 Month Study Package; 60-Day 
Notice of Intent To Inform the Public of This Collection of 
Information; National Park Service's Evaluation of Pilot Interventions 
To Increase Healthful Physical Activity in Parks

AGENCY: Department of the Interior, National Park Service.

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 Record Keeping Requirements, the National 
Park Service (NPS) has requested and received emergency approval on the 
collection of information: NPS' Evaluation of Pilot Interventions to 
Increase Healthful Physical Activity in Parks (OMB 1024-0253). 
The NPS invites public comments on the emergency approval of this 
currently approved collection.

DATES: Public comments on the proposed Information Collection Request 
(ICR) will be accepted on or before October 2, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: Dr. James Gramann, NPS Social Science 
Program, 1201 Eye St., NW. (2300), Washington, DC 20005; or by e-mail 
at [email protected]., or by fax at 979/845-4792. Also, you may send 
comments to Leonard Stowe, NPS Information Collection Clearance 
Officer, 1849 C St., NW. (2605), Washington, DC 20240, or by e-mail at 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Diana Allen, NPS Rivers, Trails and 
Conservation Assistance Program, 11 N. 4th St., St. Louis, Missouri 
63102; phone: (314) 655-1625; fax: (314) 655-1646; e-mail: [email protected].

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You are entitled to a copy of the entire ICR package free-of-charge.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: National Park Service's Evaluation of Pilot Interventions to 
Increase Healthful Physical Activity in Parks.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Number: 1024-0253.
    Expiration Date: 11/30/2007.
    Type of Request: 6 Month Emergency Approval.
    Description of Need: President George W. Bush's HealthierUS 
Initiative and Executive Order 13266 calls on Federal agencies to 
improve the flow and use of information on personal fitness and 
increase the accessibility of resources for physical activity. In March 
2006, the Health and Recreation Committee of the National Park Service 
(NPS) Advisory Board recommended that the agency undertake seven pilot 
projects to determine how the NPS could effectively implement the key 
objectives of the HealthierUS Initiative. The reports and its 
recommendations were accepted by the NPS Director. The pilot 
interventions will employ quasi-experimental designs to evaluate a 
variety of methods for increasing healthful physical activity by park 
visitors and/or residents of communities near parks. The pilots include 
three ``destination'' parks (Sitka National Historical Park, Zion 
National Park, and Acadia National Park) and four ``urban'' parks 
(Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National 
Historical Park, Point Reyes National Seashore, and Timucuan Ecological 
and Historic Preserve). Data collection is set to take place at the 
different NPS units during the summer and into the early fall of 2007. 
Pilot projects include using surveys to measure activity levels both 
before and after healthy activity interventions, as well as focus 
groups to better understand decision-making and behavior related to 
physical participation.
    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 you 
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: Respondents will include general 
recreation visitors, employees of businesses near NPS units, and youth 
in communities near NPS units.
    Automated Data collection: This information will be collected via 
on-site surveys, interviews, and focus groups. No automated data 
collection will take place.
    Estimated Average Number of Respondents: 3,892 per year.
    Estimated Average Number of Responses: 3,892 per year.
    Estimated Average Time Burden Per Response: 17 minutes per 
respondent
    Frequency of Response: 1 time per respondent.
    Estimated Total Annual Reporting Burden: 1,097 hours per year.

    Dated: July 27, 2007.
Leonard E. Stowe,
NPS, Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 07-3809 Filed 8-2-07; 8:45 am]
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