[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 168 (Friday, August 29, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51603-51604]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-20619]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NRSS-EQD-SSB-16553; PPWONRADE3, PPMRSNR1Y.NM000]


Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request: Programmatic 
Review and Clearance Process for NPS-Sponsored Public Surveys

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: We (National Park Service) are asking the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) to approve the Information Collection Request (ICR) 
described below. The National Park Service (NPS) is requesting renewal 
of a currently approved collection (OMB Control Number 1024-0224). This 
Programmatic Review and Clearance Process for NPS-Sponsored Public 
Surveys simplifies and streamlines the information collection requests 
to OMB in a manner that allows the NPS to submit and request up to five 
times as many requests per year as we would through the regular 
submission route. To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
and as a part of our continuing efforts to reduce paperwork and 
respondent burden, we invite the general public and other Federal 
agencies to comment on this ICR. A Federal 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.

DATES: To ensure that your comments on this ICR are considered, OMB 
must receive them on or before September 29, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Please submit written comments on this information 
collection directly to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Office 
of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Desk Officer for the 
Department of the Interior, via email to 
[email protected] or fax at 202-395-5806; and 
identify your submission as 1024-0224. Please also send a copy of your 
comments to Phadrea Ponds, Information Collection Coordinator, National 
Park Service, 1201 Oakridge Drive, Fort Collins, CO 80525 (mail); or 
[email protected] (email). Please reference Information 
Collection 1024-0224 in the subject line.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Phadrea Ponds, Information Collection 
Review Coordinator, National Park Service, 1201 Oakridge Drive, Fort 
Collins, CO 80525 (mail); or [email protected] (email). 
Please reference Information Collection 1024-0224 in the subject line. 
You may also access this ICR at www.reginfo.gov.

I. Abstract

    The National Park Service (NPS) is requesting a one year extension 
for the Programmatic Review and Clearance Process for NPS-Sponsored 
Public Surveys (OMB Control Number 1024-0224). The request to extend 
the current expiration date (August 31, 2014) for one year is for the 
purpose of revising the current Pool of Known Questions that serves as 
a primary component of this process. This request is also based upon 
requests from human dimensions and natural resource professionals that 
we update the current list of questions and topic areas that are more 
than 20 years old. This extension is needed to work collaboratively 
with other researchers in this field to increase the Pool of Known 
Questions usability as an effective tool in this process. During the 
extension we will continue to submit collections for FY15 (based upon 
the currently approved documents) and we will also host a series of 
workshops to facilitate the revision of the topic areas and questions.

II. Data

    OMB Control Number: 1024-0224.
    Title: Programmatic Review and Clearance Process for NPS-Sponsored 
Public Surveys.
    Type of Request: Renewal.
    Affected Public: General public; individual households.
    Respondent Obligation: Voluntary.
    Frequency of Collection: One time.
    Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 53,500.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 17,080 hours.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Non-Hour Cost'': 
None.

III. Request for Comments

    On May 27, 2014, we published a Federal Register notice (79 FR 
30162) announcing that we would submit this ICR to OMB for approval. 
Public comments were solicited for 60 days ending July 28, 2014. We did 
not receive any public comments in response to that notice. In 
addition, individuals who had served as principal investigators of NPS-
sponsored public surveys in FY 2012-13 were informed that the 60-day 
Federal Register notice was published. However, we requested that 
several social scientists and natural resource researchers provide a 
review of the Pool of Known Questions. Several of the reviewers 
suggested that it is time to

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revisit the entire list of questions because ``many are considered to 
be outdated or underused'' and ``there are other topics areas that 
should be included (e.g., interpretation and education)''. Based on 
these comments we are requesting an extension of this collection to 
consider the recommendations to update the Pool of Known Questions.
    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 25, 2014.
Madonna L. Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 2014-20619 Filed 8-28-14; 8:45 am]
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