[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 228 (Monday, November 30, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 62554]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-28449]


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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 January 29, 
2010 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, U.S. Department of Agriculture 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 Forest 
Service, the Federal agency founded by his father and which now 
administers the site.
    The 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.
    Participant input is vital to achieving Grey Towers' goal of 
provide quality-based programs and events. The proposed comment card 
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. The 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-inch by 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 and feedback from program attendees.
    Without this information collection, the Forest Service would not 
have the necessary information to enhance and improve offered programs. 
Programs or events could continue to 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.
    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 18, 2009.
Gloria Manning,
Associate Deputy Chief, NFS.
[FR Doc. E9-28449 Filed 11-27-09; 8:45 am]
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