[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 138 (Tuesday, July 20, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42116-42117]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-17585]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


60-Day Notice of Intention To Request Clearance of Collection of 
Information; Opportunity for Public Comment

AGENCY: Department of the Interior, National Park Service.

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 Record Keeping Requirements, the 
National Park Service (NPS) invites public comments on renewal of an 
information collection approved under Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) 1024-0216.

DATES: Public comments on this Information Collection Request (ICR) 
will be accepted on or before September 20, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: Jennifer Hoger Russell, Park Studies Unit, 
College of Natural Resources, University of Idaho, P.O. Box 441139, 
Moscow, ID 83844-1139; Phone: (208) 885-4806; Fax: (208) 885-4216; e-
mail: [email protected]. Also, you may send comments to Cartina Miller, 
NPS Information Collection Clearance Officer, 1201 ``Eye'' St., NW., 
Washington, DC 20005, or by e-mail to [email protected]. All 
responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the request 
for the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval. All comments 
will become a matter of public record. To Request a Draft of Proposed 
Collection of Information Contact: Jennifer Hoger Russell, Park Studies 
Unit, College of Natural Resources, University of Idaho, P.O. Box 
441139, Moscow, ID 83844-1139; Phone: (208) 885-4806; Fax: (208) 885-
4216; e-mail: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Bruce Peacock, NPS Social Science 
Division,1201 Oakridge Drive, Fort Collins, CO 80525; or via phone at 
970-267-2106; or via e-mail at [email protected]. You are entitled 
to a copy of the entire ICR package free of charge.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: National Park Service Visitor Survey Card.
    Bureau Form Number: None.
    OMB Number: 1024-0216.
    Expiration Date: To be requested.
    Type of Request: Renewal of an existing information collection 
approval.
    Description of Need: The National Park Service Act of 1916, 38 Stat 
535,

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16 U.S.C. 1, et seq., requires that the NPS preserve national parks for 
the use and enjoyment of present and future generations. At the field 
level, this means resource preservation, public education, facility 
maintenance and operation, and physical developments as are necessary 
for public use, health, and safety. Other Federal mandates (National 
Environmental Policy Act and NPS Management Policies) require visitor 
use data in the impact assessment of development on users and resources 
as part of each park's general management plan. The Government 
Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993 (Pub. L. 103-62) requires 
that the NPS develop goals to improve program effectiveness and public 
accountability and to measure performance related to these goals. The 
Visitor Survey Card (VSC) project measures performance toward those 
goals through a short visitor survey card. The project is an element of 
the NPS Strategic Plan and the Department of the Interior (DOI) 
Strategic Plan.
    The NPS has used the VSC to conduct surveys at approximately 330 
National Park Service units annually since 1998. The purpose of the VSC 
is to measure visitors' opinions about park facilities, services, and 
recreational opportunities in each park unit and System-wide. This 
effort is required by GPRA and other NPS and DOI strategic planning 
efforts. Data from the proposed survey is needed to assess performance 
regarding NPS GPRA goals IIa1A and IIb1. The relevant NPS GPRA goals 
are:
    IIa1A: Percent of visitors satisfied with appropriate facilities, 
services and recreational opportunities.
    IIb1: Visitor understanding and appreciation of the significance of 
the park they are visiting.

In addition, the survey collects data to support the DOI Strategic Plan 
goal on visitor satisfaction with the value for entrance fees paid to 
access public lands managed by the DOI. NPS performance on all goals 
measured in this study will contribute to DOI Department-wide 
performance reports. Results of the VSC will also be used by park 
managers to improve visitor services at the approximately 330 units of 
the National Park System where the survey is administered.
    The VSC is a component of the Visitor Services Project, which is 
funded by the NPS through a cooperative agreement with the Park Studies 
Unit at the University of Idaho, and has been in use since 1998. The 
NPS received clearance for the VSC from OMB under the original 
clearance number (OMB 1024-0216). That clearance will expire 
on November 30, 2010. This request is for OMB approval for another 
three years.
    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 we will be able to do so.
    Automated data collection: This information will be collected via 
mail and locked, on-site collection boxes. No automated data collection 
will occur.
    Description of respondents: Visitors to approximately 330 NPS 
units.
    Estimated average number of respondents: 132,000 visitors who 
accept the survey card (92,400 non-respondents and 39,600 respondents) 
and 1,188 visitors who refuse to take the survey card but are willing 
to answer the two demographic questions and the overall satisfaction 
question.
    Estimated average burden hours per response: 1 minute for non-
respondents, 3 minutes for respondents, and 2 minutes for visitors who 
refuse to take the survey card but are willing to answer the two 
demographic questions and the overall satisfaction question.
    Frequency of Response: 1 time per respondent.
    Estimated annual reporting burden: 3,560 hours.

    Dated: July 7, 2010.
Cartina Miller,
NPS, Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-17585 Filed 7-19-10; 8:45 am]
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