[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 228 (Monday, November 29, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73125-73126]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-29974]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[2330-RYY]


Proposed Information Collection; National Park Service Visitor 
Survey Card

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; 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

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collection approved under OMB Control Number 1024-0216.

DATES: Public comments on this Information Collection Request (ICR) 
will be accepted on or before December 29, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Please send your comments and suggestions on this ICR to the 
Desk Officer for the Department of the Interior at OMB-OIRA at (202) 
395-5806 (fax) or [email protected] (e-mail). Please also send a 
copy of your comments on the ICR to Dr. Bruce Peacock, NPS Social 
Science Division, 1201 Oakridge Drive, Fort Collins, CO 80525; or at 
[email protected] (e-mail).

FOR FURTHER 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; [email protected] (e-mail).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    The National Park Service Act of 1916, 38 Stat 535, 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.
    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.

II. Data

    OMB Number: 1024-0216.
    Title: National Park Service Visitor Survey Card.
    Type of Request: This is a renewal of a currently approved 
collection.
    Respondent Obligation: Voluntary.
    Frequency of Collection: One-time per respondent.
    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.
    Estimated annual reporting burden: 3,540 hours.

III. Request for Comments

    We are inviting comments concerning this ICR on: (a) Whether the 
proposed collection of information is necessary for the agency to 
perform its duties, including whether the information is useful; (b) 
the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed 
collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, usefulness, 
and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to 
minimize the burden on the respondents, including the use of automated 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
    Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of 
public record. 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.

     Dated: November 23, 2010.
Robert Gordon,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-29974 Filed 11-26-10; 8:45 am]
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