[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 163 (Tuesday, August 25, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42912-42913]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-20436]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


30-day Notice of Intention To Request Clearance of Collection of 
Information; Opportunity for Public Comment

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
and 5 CFR part 1320, Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements, the 
National Park Service (NPS) invites public comments on an extension of 
a currently approved collection of information (OMB 1024-
0226).

DATES: Public comments on this Information Collection Request (ICR) 
will be accepted on or before September 24, 2009.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments directly to the Desk Officer for the 
Department of the Interior (OMB 1024-0226), Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB), by fax at 202/395-5806, or by electronic mail at [email protected]. Please also mail or hand carry a copy of your 
comments to Charlie Stockman, Outdoor Recreation Planner, Rivers, 
Trails and Conservation Assistance Program, National Park Service, 1201 
Eye Street, NW., flr 9, Washington, DC 20005 or via fax at 202/371-
5179.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charlie Stockman, Outdoor Recreation 
Planner, Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance Program, National 
Park Service, 1201 Eye Street, NW., flr 9, Washington, DC 20005 or via 
fax at 202/371-5179. You are entitled to a copy of the entire ICR 
package free-of-charge. You may access this ICR at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/.
    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 April 7, 2009 (74 FR 15742). The comment period 
closed on June 8, 2009. No comments were received on this notice.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 1024-0226.
    Title: National Park Service Partnership Satisfaction Surveys.
    Form(s): None.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection of 
information.
    Description of Need: The Government Performance and Results Act 
requires Federal agencies to prepare annual performance reports 
documenting the progress made toward achieving long-term goals. The 
National Park Service needs the information in the proposed collections 
to assess the annual progress being made toward meeting Long-term Goal 
IIIb2 of the National Park Service Strategic Plan. Goal IIIb2 
performance target is 95% of communities served are satisfied with NPS 
partnership assistance in providing recreation and conservation 
benefits on lands and waters. The information sought is not collected 
elsewhere by the Federal Government. The proposed information 
collections impose no data collection or record keeping burden on the 
potential respondents. Responses to the surveys are voluntary and are 
based on data that the respondents already collect and/or personal 
opinion. The National Park Service needs this information to help 
evaluate and improve its partnership assistance programs. NPS' Rivers, 
Trails and Conservation Assistance Program (RTCA) and Federal Lands to 
Parks (FLP) Program will conduct surveys to assess client satisfaction 
with the services received and to identify needed program improvements. 
The NPS conducts these surveys to identify areas of strengths and 
weaknesses in its recreation and conservation assistance programs, to 
provide an information base for improving those programs, and to 
provide a required performance measurement (Goal IIIb2 of the National 
Park Service Strategic Plan) under the Government Performance and 
Results Act.
    Affected public: 180 surveys to private sector and public sector 
contacts for RTCA and 75 surveys for FLP. A total of 255 surveys to be 
sent in 2010 and 255 surveys to be sent in 2012.
    Obligation to respond: Voluntary.
    Frequency of response: Biennial.
    Estimated total annual responses: 150.
    Estimated average completion time per response: 10 minutes.
    Estimated annual reporting burden: 26 hours.
    Estimated annual nonhour cost burden: $0.
    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 OMB will be able to do so.

    Dated: August 20, 2009.
Cartina Miller,
NPS Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-20436 Filed 8-24-09; 8:45 am]
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