[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 53 (Tuesday, March 18, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14430-14431]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-5404]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

 March 13, 2008.
    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: Prince William Sound User Experience Survey.
    Omb Control Number: 0596-NEW.
    Summary of Collection: Prince William Sound (PWS), the geographic 
heart of the Chugach National Forest (CNF), was severely impacted by 
the Exxon Valdez oil spill (EVOS) in 1989. In the aftermath of the 
spill, a council of federal and state trustees (EVOS Trustee Council) 
was awarded criminal and civil restitution funds to help with

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the recovery, and the evaluation of the recovery, of injured natural 
resources and human services. The Prince William Sound User Experience 
Survey aims to advance understanding of the status of recovery for the 
recreation/tourism human service still defined by EVOS trustees as 
``recovering'' and not yet fully ``recovered.'' It also aims to 
identify potential impacts to the recovery of other injured goods and 
services.
    Need and Use of the Information: The survey will aid in evaluating 
the potential for conflict among user groups and the possibility of 
displacement resulting from those interactions. Additionally, it will 
investigate recreation/tourism user perceptions about lingering oil and 
evaluate how those perceptions may affect experience. The data will be 
used by managers to determine use patterns for the PWS, giving decision 
makers insight into the recovery of injured resources and human 
services, which were redistributed around the PWS in the aftermath of 
EVOS. The data will also provide managers with the ability to protect 
and restore EVOS injured resources and human services during a time of 
increasing human use in the PWS.
    Description of Respondents: Individuals or households.
    Number of Respondents: 500.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 167.

Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
 [FR Doc. E8-5404 Filed 3-17-08; 8:45 am]
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