[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 162 (Wednesday, August 21, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51743-51744]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-20395]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-BSD-CONC-12098; PPWOBSADC0, PPMVSCS1Y.Y00000]


Information Collection Request Sent to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for Approval; National Park Service Concessions

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: We (National Park Service) have sent an Information Collection 
Request (ICR) to OMB for review and approval. We summarize the ICR 
below and describe the nature of the collection and the estimated 
burden and cost. This information collection is scheduled to expire on 
September 30, 2013. We 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. However, under OMB regulations, we 
may continue to conduct or sponsor this information collection while it 
is pending at OMB.

DATES: You must submit comments on or before September 20, 2013.

ADDRESSES: Send your comments and suggestions on this information 
collection to the Desk Officer for the Department of the Interior at 
OMB-OIRA at (202) 395-5806 (fax) or [email protected] 
(email). Please provide a copy of your comments to Madonna L. Baucum, 
Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service, 1849 C 
Street NW. (2601), Washington, DC 20240 (mail); or [email protected] (email). Please include ``1024-0029'' in the subject 
line of your comments.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information 
about this ICR, contact Ben Erichsen, Chief, Commercial Services 
Program, at (202) 513-7156 (telephone) or [email protected] 
(email). You may review the ICR online at http://www.reginfo.gov. 
Follow the instructions to review Department of the Interior 
collections under review by OMB.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 1024-0029.
    Title: National Park Service Concessions.
    Service Form Number(s): 10-356 and 10-356A.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Description of Respondents: Individuals, businesses, and nonprofit 
organizations.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
    Frequency of Collection: Annually for financial reports, ongoing 
for recordkeeping, and on occasion for the remaining requirements.

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                                                          Number  of
               Activity                    Number of        annual         Completion time per     Total annual
                                          respondents      responses            response           burden hours
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Proposal--Large Concession............              30              30  240 hours...............           7,200
Proposal--Small Concession............              60              60  80 hours................           4,800
Amendments............................               1               1  1 hour..................               1
Appeals...............................               1               1  30 minutes..............               1
Request To Construct a Capital                      31              31  16 hours................             496
 Improvement--Large Projects.
Request To Construct a Capital                      89              89  8 hours.................             712
 Improvement--Small Projects.
Construction Report--Large Project....              31              31  56 hours................           1,736
Construction Report--Small Project....              89              89  24 hours................           2,136
Application to Sell or Transfer a                   20              20  80 hours................           1,600
 Concession Operation.
Form 10-356...........................             150             150  16 hours................           2,400
Form 10-356A..........................             350             350  4 hours.................           1,400
Recordkeeping--Large Concessions......             150             150  800 hours...............         120,000
Recordkeeping--Small Concessions......             350             350  50 hours................          17,500
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    Totals............................           1.352           1.352  ........................         159,982
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    Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: $425,000.
    Abstract: Private businesses under contract to the National Park 
Service manage food, lodging, tours, whitewater rafting, boating, and 
many other recreational activities and amenities in more than 100 
national parks. These services gross more than $1 billion every year 
and provide jobs for more than 25,000 people during peak season.
    The regulations at 36 CFR Part 51 primarily implement Title IV of 
the National Parks Omnibus Management Act of 1998 (Pub. L. 105-391), 
which provides legislative authority, policies, and requirements for 
the solicitation, award, and administration of NPS concession 
contracts. The information collection requirements associated with NPS 
concessions are currently approved under four OMB control numbers. 
During our review for this renewal, we discovered some additional 
requirements that need OMB approval. In this revision of 1024-0029, we 
are including all of the information collection requirements associated 
with applying for and operating NPS concessions. If OMB approves this 
revision, we will discontinue OMB Control Numbers 1024-0125, 1024-0126, 
and 1024-0231.
    Comments: On March 7, 2013, we published in the Federal Register 
(78 FR 14822) a notice of our intent to request that OMB approve this 
information collection. In that notice, we solicited comments for 60 
days, ending on May 6, 2013. We did not receive any comments.
    We again invite comments concerning this information collection on:
     Whether or not the collection of information is necessary, 
including whether or not the information will have practical utility;
     The accuracy of our estimate of the burden for this 
collection of information;
     Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
     Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of 
information on respondents.
    Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of 
public record. 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 OMB in your comment to withhold your personal 
identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that it 
will be done.

    Dated: August 16, 2013.
Leonard E. Stowe,
Acting Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service.
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