[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 235 (Friday, December 5, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74131-74132]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-28837]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Information Collection; Grey Towers Visitor Comment Card

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Forest Service is seeking comments from all interested individuals and 
organizations on the new information collection, Grey Towers Visitor 
Comment Card.

DATES: Comments must be received in writing on or before February 3, 
2009 to be assured of consideration. Comments received after that date 
will be considered to the extent practicable.

ADDRESSES: Comments concerning this notice should be addressed to 
Nicole Bernarsky, U.S. Forest Service, Grey Towers National Historical 
Site, P.O. Box 188, Milford, PA 18337.
    Comments also may be submitted via facsimile to (570) 296-9675 or 
by e-mail to: [email protected].
    The public may inspect comments received at Grey Towers National 
Historic Site during normal business hours. Visitors are encouraged to 
call ahead to (570) 296-9630 to facilitate entry to the building.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicole Bernarsky, Grey Towers National 
Historic Site, (570) 296-9630. Individuals who use telecommunication 
devices for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 
1-800-877-8339 twenty-four hours a day, every day of the year, 
including holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Grey Towers Visitor Comment Card.
    OMB Number: 0596-New.
    Type of Request: New.
    Abstract: The Forest Service is proposing a new information 
collection for a visitor comment card to be used at Grey Towers. 
Located in Milford, Pennsylvania, Grey Towers was originally the summer 
estate of the James Pinchot family and later the primary home of 
Gifford Pinchot, America's first forester and founder of the USDA 
Forest Service. In 1963, Gifford Bryce Pinchot, son of Gifford and 
Cornelia, donated Grey Towers and 102 acres to the U.S. Forest Service, 
the Federal agency founded by his father and which now administers the 
site.
    The U.S. Forest Service works with numerous partners to carry on 
the Pinchot legacy by delivering public programs, interpretive tours, 
and conservation education programs. Embracing a philosophy of 
preservation through use, Grey Towers, in partnership with the Pinchot 
Institute, also functions as an active conference center for 
conservation and natural resource issues. Today, conferences and 
seminars at the estate bring together a diversity of leading 
conservation and environmental thinkers to help guide the future of 
natural resource conservation.
    Grey Towers strives to provide quality-based programs and events; 
and participant input is vital to achieving this goal. The proposed 
comment card

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provides a venue for those participating in meetings and educational 
activities at Grey Towers to provide feedback. The completion and 
subsequent evaluation of this form ensures that Grey Towers can 
continue to provide excellent service to all attendees. This 
information collection only covers the burden associated with responses 
collected from the public, though Federal employees also attend events 
held at the facility.
    The information is collected on an 8.5 x 11 inch form provided to 
program and event participants at the conclusion of the activity. 
Forest Service employees overseeing Grey Towers programs and 
administration collect the information and use it to improve and 
enhance the programs and events. Information collected includes 
attendance, usage, and feedback from program attendees.
    Without this information collection, the Forest Service would not 
have necessary information to enhance or improve offered programs. 
Programs or events would possibly have negative aspects of which the 
staff would be unaware, such as insufficient or unbeneficial delivery 
or content.
    Estimate of Annual Burden: 10 minutes.
    Type of Respondents: Individuals (event participants).
    Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 4,000.
    Estimated Annual Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 667 hours.

Comment is Invited

    Comment is invited on: (1) Whether this collection of information 
is necessary for the stated purposes and the proper performance of the 
functions of the agency, including whether the information will have 
practical or scientific utility; (2) the accuracy of the agency's 
estimate of the burden of the collection of information, including the 
validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance 
the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; 
and (4) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
respondents, including the use of automated, electronic, mechanical, or 
other technological collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.
    All comments received in response to this notice, including names 
and addresses when provided, will be a matter of public record. 
Comments will be summarized and included in the submission request 
toward Office of Management and Budget approval.

    Dated: November 20, 2008.
Robin L. Thompson,
Associate Deputy Chief, State and Private Forestry.
 [FR Doc. E8-28837 Filed 12-4-08; 8:45 am]
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