[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 148 (Tuesday, August 2, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46322-46323]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-19514]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation


Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review; 
Renewal of a Currently Approved Collection (OMB Control Number 1006-
0028)

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation has forwarded the following 
Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Recreation Visitor Use Surveys. 
The ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its 
expected cost burden.

DATES: OMB has up to 60 days to approve or disapprove this information 
collection, but may respond after 30 days; therefore, public comment 
must be received on or before September 1, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Please send your comments to the Desk Officer for the 
Department of the Interior at the Office of Management and Budget, 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, via facsimile to (202) 
395-5806, or e-mail to [email protected]. A copy of your 
comments should also be directed to the Bureau of Reclamation, 
Attention: Jerome Jackson (84-53000), P.O. Box 25007, Denver, CO 80225-
0007, or directed via e-mail to [email protected]. Please reference 
OMB No. 1006-0028 in your comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information or a copy of 
the proposed forms, contact Jerome Jackson at the above address, or at 
(303) 445-2712.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Recreation Visitor Use Surveys.
    Abstract: The Bureau of Reclamation is responsible for recreation 
development at all of its reservoirs. Presently, there are 289 
designated recreation areas on our lands within the 17 Western States. 
We must be able to respond to emerging trends, changes in the 
demographic profile of users, changing values, needs, wants and 
desires, and conflicts between user groups. Statistically valid and up-
to-date data derived from the user is essential to developing and 
providing recreation programs relevant to today's visitor.
    The required 60-day comment period for the Recreation Visitor Use 
Surveys was initiated by a notice published in the Federal Register on 
March 22, 2011 (76 FR 15997). One comment regarding the surveys was 
received on March 22, 2011. The comment suggested that the surveys are 
expensive, a waste of time, should not be conducted more often than 
every 5 years, or defunded and alleviated. However, implementation of 
the survey is in compliance with the Federal Lands Recreation 
Enhancement Act (REA), Public Law 108-447, enacted on December 8, 2004. 
The 11 surveys are each designed to enhance visitor satisfaction of 
Reclamation recreation areas and response to the surveys is completely 
voluntary.
    Frequency: One time survey.
    Respondents: Respondents to the surveys will be members of the 
public engaged in recreational activities on our lands. The surveys 
target people engaged in specific activities such as boating on a 
specific lake/river, or people camping at a developed campground. 
Visitors will primarily consist of local residents, people from large 
metropolitan areas in the vicinity of the lake/river, and visitors from 
out of state.
    Estimated Total Number of Respondents: 6,141.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.0.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 6,141.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 2,044.

                                        Estimate of Burden for Each Form
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                                      Burden                                           Total
                                   estimate per      Number of       Number of       Estimated     Total Annual
        Survey instrument           survey (in    surveys (times/   respondents      number of     hour  burden
                                     minutes)          yr.)         per survey      respondents
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Marina Survey...................              20               2             278             556             185
Campground Survey...............              25               2             278             556             232
River Instream Flow Survey......              25               2             278             556             232
Reservoir Preferred Water Level               25               2             278             556             232
 Survey.........................
Lake and River Visit Expenditure              15               2             278             556             139
 Survey.........................
Recreation Activities Survey....              25               2             278             556             232
Recreation Management Survey....              20               2             278             556             185
Recreation Fee Survey...........              10               1             581             581              97
Recreation Development Survey...              10               2             278             556              93
Water Level Impact on Recreation              20               2             278             556             185
 Boating Use Survey.............

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River Recreation Quality Survey.              25               2             278             556             232
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    Totals......................  ..............  ..............  ..............           6,141           2,044
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    In addition, there are an estimated 1,575 number of contacts who 
will not respond.
    These nonrespondents account for 13 total burden hours per year.

Comments

    Comments are invited on:
    (a) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for 
the proper performance of our functions, including whether the 
information will have practical use;
    (b) The accuracy of our burden estimate for the proposed collection 
of information, including the validity of the methodology and 
assumptions used;
    (c) Ways to enhance the quality, usefulness, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
    (d) Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
respondents.
    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. Reclamation will display a valid 
OMB control number on the forms.
    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: July 26, 2011.
 Roseann Gonzales,
Director, Policy and Administration.
[FR Doc. 2011-19514 Filed 8-1-11; 8:45 am]
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