[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 13 (Wednesday, January 21, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2967-2968]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-00883]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

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Proposed Information Collection, OMB Control Number 1004-XXXX

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 March 23, 2015.

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-XXXX.''

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shannon Bassista, Upper Snake Field 
Office, at (208) 524-7552 (commercial or FTS) or email at 
[email protected]. Persons who use telecommunication devices for the 
deaf may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 800-877-
8339 to contact Mrs. Bassista. The FIRS is available 24 hours a day, 7 
days a week, to leave a message for Mrs. Bassista. You will receive a 
reply during normal business hours. You may also contact Mrs. Bassista 
to obtain a copy, at no cost, of the regulations that authorize this 
collection of information.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    The Department of the Interior, BLM, is requesting OMB approval to 
collect information from visitors to the St. Anthony Sand Dunes (SASD) 
planning area, located in eastern Idaho on public lands administered 
under the Medicine Lodge Resource Management Plan (RMP). The 
information collected will determine changes in visitor 
characteristics, including demographics, usage, user conflicts and 
perspectives toward management programs and

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facilities. The planning area includes lands designated as a Wilderness 
Study Area, a Special Recreation Management Area (SRMA) and an Area of 
Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC). Most recreational use occurs on 
the 25 percent of the project planning area that has these special 
designations. The BLM Planning for Recreation and Visitor Services 
Handbook states that SRMAs may need to develop additional guidance in a 
Recreation Area Management Plan (RAMP) for addressing complex 
implementation issues not specifically addressed in the RMP for an 
area. In this case, information collected at the SASD will provide 
guidance when writing a RAMP that will provide specific direction for 
on-the-ground implementation of the RMP.
    In 2013, a site-specific study was conducted by the University of 
Idaho and the BLM at the BLM-managed Egin Lakes Campground, which is 
located within the SRMA and ACEC. This study collected data on visitor 
demographics, visitor views on facilities and resource conditions, and 
visitor expectations for the campground and the surrounding area. The 
proposed visitor use survey will supplement the 2013 data with 
additional information on subjects such as existing and proposed 
management actions, issuance of Special Recreation Permits, conflicts 
between visitors, and travel management issues. For this new 
information collection, the University of Idaho will serve as the lead 
investigator and utilize a similar approach as in the previous study. 
Methods include administering onsite questionnaires to visitors on a 
stratified random sampling basis and distributing mail-back 
questionnaires (with an online option) to identified interests in the 
area (for example, local elected officials, recreation and 
environmental groups, and visitors whose contact information we 
gathered during 2014). The questionnaire will ask respondents about 
user conflicts, observable resource impacts, attitudes toward various 
resource values, sources of information about the campground sites, 
perspectives on facilities, commercial activities and associated 
management, and basic demographic data including level of education, 
age, and organizational affiliations. The survey will be conducted 
during the summer season (May through October), when visitation rates 
are highest.

II. Data

    OMB Control Number: 1004-XXXX.
    Title: Visitor Use Survey.
    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 845 responses and 211 
hours. The following table details the individual components and 
estimated hour burdens of this collection.

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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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On-site visitors: on-site, mail or on-line                   420               1              15             105
 questionnaires.................................
Mail or online questionnaire to identified                   425               1              15             106
 interests......................................
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    Totals......................................             845  ..............  ..............             211
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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 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 received will accompany the BLM's submission of the 
information collection request 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. 2015-00883 Filed 1-20-15; 8:45 am]
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