[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 26 (Tuesday, February 8, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6815-6816]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-2650]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

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Proposed Information Collection, OMB Control Number 1004-NEW

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: 60-day notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will ask the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) to approve the information collection (IC) 
described below. In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, we invite the general public and other Federal agencies to 
comment on this IC. We may not conduct or sponsor and a person is not 
required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a 
valid OMB control number.

DATES: Please submit your comments on this IC by April 11, 2011.

ADDRESSES: You may submit your comments by mail, fax, or electronic 
mail. Mail: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, 
1849 C St., NW., Washington, DC 20240.
    Fax: to Jean Sonneman at 202-912-7102.
    Electronic mail: [email protected].
    Regardless of the form of your comments, please indicate 
``Attention: 1004-NEW.''

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chris Heppe, Arcata Field Office, at 
(707) 825-2351 (Commercial or FTS). Persons who use a telecommunication 
device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay 
Service (FIRS) on 1-800-877-8339, to contact Mr. Heppe. You may also 
contact Mr. Heppe to obtain a copy, at no cost, of the regulations that 
authorize this collection of information.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is proposing to sponsor visitor 
use surveys for the Headwaters Forest Reserve (Reserve) and the King 
Range National Conservation Area (KRNCA). The Secretary of the Interior 
acquired the Reserve under the authority of the 1998 Department of the 
Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, Public Law 105-83 
(codified at 16 USC 471j), and established the KRNCA under the 
authority of Public Law 91-476 (codified at 16 USC 460y-460y-9). The 
Reserve and the KRNCA are managed by the BLM Arcata Field Office in 
Northern California and are part of BLM's National Landscape 
Conservation System.
    The proposed visitor use surveys would contribute to the 
implementation of the Resource Management Plans (RMPs) for the Reserve 
and the KRNC that the BLM approved in 2004 and 2005, respectively. In 
order to achieve resource protection and recreation goals set forth in 
the RMPs, BLM must gather accurate data regarding visitor use 
characteristics. Baseline studies of visitor use characteristics were 
conducted in the Reserve and the KRNCA in 1999 and 2003, respectively. 
These past studies provided comprehensive information about visitors' 
demographics and visitors' views on facilities, conflicts, existing and 
proposed management actions, resource conditions, and desires for the 
area. Since those initial studies, several changes have occurred in 
each area, including the addition of new facilities, and implementation 
of new management actions, and increasing annual visitation. A new 
visitor use study is needed in each area to determine changes in 
visitor characteristics, including demographics, usage, user conflicts, 
and perspectives toward management programs and facilities. The IC 
methods will include conducting on-site interviews with visitors on a 
stratified random sampling basis and distributing mail-back 
questionnaires. The IC will take place during the summer season when 
visitation rates are highest. Data will be analyzed and a final report 
developed for both the Reserve and the KRNCA. This collection of 
information will enable the BLM to respond to problems, protect natural 
and cultural resources, and develop appropriate interpretive programs.

II. Data

    OMB Control Number: 1004-NEW.
    Title: Visitor Use Surveys.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Description of Respondents: Visitors and recreationists.
    Respondents' obligation: Voluntary.
    Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Hour'' Burden: The 
estimated reporting burden for this collection is 1,700 responses and 
467 hours. The following table details the individual components and 
estimated hour burdens of this collection.

                          Table 1--Estimated Number of Respondents, Responses and Time
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                                                                     Estimated      Completion
                                                     Estimated       number of       time per      Total burden
                    Activity                         number of     responses per     response          hours
                                                    respondents     respondent       (minutes)
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Headwaters Visitor Interview....................             600               1               7              70
Headwaters Mail-back survey.....................             400               1              30             200
KRNCA Visitor Interview.........................             400               1               7              47
KRNCA Visitor Interview.........................             300               1              30             150
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    Totals......................................           1,700  ..............  ..............             467
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III. Request for Comments

    OMB regulations at 5 CFR 1320, which implement provisions of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501-3521), require that interested 
members of the public and affected agencies be provided an opportunity 
to comment on information collection and recordkeeping activities (see 
5 CFR 1320.8(d) and 1320.12(a)). The BLM will request that the OMB 
approve this information collection activity for a 3-year term.
    Comments are invited on: (1) The need for the collection of 
information for the performance of the functions of the agency; (2) the 
accuracy of the

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agency's burden estimates; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility and 
clarity of the information collection; and (4) ways to minimize the 
information collection burden on respondents, such as use of automated 
means of collection of the information. A summary of the public 
comments will accompany the BLM's submission of the information 
collection requests to OMB.
    Before including your address, phone number, email 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.

Jean Sonneman,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Bureau of Land Management.
[FR Doc. 2011-2650 Filed 2-7-11; 8:45 am]
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