[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 111 (Thursday, June 10, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32961-32962]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-13906]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


30-Day Federal Register 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 
(Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C., Chapter 3507) and 5 CFR Part 1320, 
Reporting and Record Keeping Requirements, the National Park Service 
(NPS) invites public comments on an extension of a currently approved 
information collection Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Control 
 1024-0231.
    The OMB has up to 60 days to approve or disapprove the requested 
information collection, but may respond after 30 days. Therefore, to 
ensure maximum consideration, OMB should receive public comments within 
30 days of the date on which this notice is published in the Federal 
Register.
    The National Park Service published the 60-day Federal Register 
notice to solicit comments on this proposed information collection on 
April 5, 2010 (75 FR 17152-17153). No comments were received on this 
notice.

DATES: Public comments on the proposed Information Collection Request 
(ICR) must be received by July 12, 2010.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments directly to the Desk Officer for the 
Department of the Interior (OMB 1024-0231), Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, OMB by fax at 202/395-5806, or by 
electronic mail at [email protected]. Please also send a copy of 
your comments to Ms. Jo A. Pendry, Chief, Commercial Services Program, 
National Park Service, 1849 C Street, NW. (2410), Washington, DC 20240, 
or electronically to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jo A. Pendry, phone: 202-513-7156, 
fax: 202-371-2090, or at the address above. You are entitled to a copy 
of the entire ICR package free-of-charge.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Concession Contracts--36 CFR Part 51.
    OMB Control Number: 1024-0231.
    Expiration Date of Approval: July 31, 2010.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved information 
collection.
    Description of Need: The information is being collected to meet the 
requirements of Sections 403(7) and (8) of the NPS Concessions 
Management Improvement Act of 1998 (the Act), concerning the granting 
of a preferential right to renew a concession contract and Section 405 
of the Act regarding the construction of capital improvements by 
concessioners. The information will be used by the agency in 
considering appeals concerning preferred offeror determinations and 
agency review and

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approval of construction projects and determinations with regard to the 
leasehold surrender interest value of such projects. The request to OMB 
is to renew approval of the collection of information in 36 CFR Part 
51, Section 51.47, regarding the appeal of a preferred offeror 
determination, and Sections 51.54 and 51.55 regarding NPS approval of 
the construction of capital improvements by concessioners. NPS is 
requesting a 3-year term of approval for this collection activity. The 
following chart provides the number of respondents annually, average 
completion time, and total annual burden hours by section.

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                                                                     Number of        Average
                             Section                                respondents     completion      Total hours
                                                                     per year      time (hours)      annually
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36 CFR 51.47....................................................               1               1               1
36 CFR 51.54 (Large projects)...................................              31              16             496
36 CFR 51.54 (Small projects)...................................              89               8             712
36 CFR 51.55 (Lage projects)....................................              31              56           1,736
36 CFR 51.55 (Small projects)...................................              89              24           2,136
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    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 being 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 we will be able to do so. An agency 
may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to 
a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB 
control number. The OMB control number for this collection of 
information is 1024-0231.

    Dated: June 3, 2010.
Cartina A. Miller,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-13906 Filed 6-9-10; 8:45 am]
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