[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 247 (Friday, December 23, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 94413-94414]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-30965]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-PCE-COR-22612; PPWOPCADT0, PPMPSPD1T.Y00000 (177)]


Information Collection Request Sent to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for Approval; Application for Designation as National 
Recreation Trail or National Water Trail

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: We (National Park Service, NPS) will ask the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) to approve the information collection (IC) 
described below. 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 IC. We may not conduct or sponsor and a person is not 
required to respond to a collection unless it displays a currently 
valid OMB control number.

DATES: You must submit comments on or before January 23, 2017.

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, 12201 
Sunrise Valley Drive, Mail Stop 242, Reston, VA 20192 (mail); or 
[email protected] (email). Please include ``1024-New NRT NWTS'' in 
the subject line of your comments. 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For National Recreation Trails, 
contact Helen Scully, National Trails System Program Specialist/
National Recreation Trails Coordinator for the Department of the 
Interior; 1849 C Street NW., Org Code 2220, Washington, DC 20240; 
[email protected] (email); (202) 354-6910 (phone); or (202) 371-5179 
(fax). For National Water Trails, contact Corita Waters, NPS Rivers, 
Trails, and Conservation Assistance Program; 1849 C Street NW., Org 
Code 2220, Washington, DC 20240; [email protected] (email); (202) 
354-6908 (phone); or (202) 371-5179 (fax).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    The purpose of this information collection is to assist the 
National Park Service (NPS) in submitting suitable trails or trail 
systems to the Secretary of the Interior for designation as National 
Recreation Trails (NRTs), and in recommending exemplary water trails to 
the Secretary of the Interior for designation as National Water Trails 
(NWTs) to be included in the National Water Trails System (NWTS). The 
NPS administers the NRT program by authority of section 4 of the 
National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1243). Secretarial Order No. 3319 
established National Water Trails as a class of National Recreation 
Trails and directed that such trails collectively be considered in a 
National Water Trails System.
    National Recreation Trail designation provides national recognition 
to local and regional trails or trail systems, acknowledging local and 
state efforts to build and maintain viable trails and trail systems. 
This recognition function is shared by the Secretary of Agriculture 
(for trails on National Forest lands and waters) and the Secretary of 
the Interior (for all other trails).
    The National Water Trails System is focused on building a national 
network of exceptional water trails that can be sustained by an ever 
growing and vibrant water trail community. The NWTS connects Americans 
to the nation's waterways and strengthens the conservation and 
restoration of those waterways. Best management practices provide high 
quality water-based outdoor recreational opportunities.

II. Data

    OMB Control Number: None.

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    Title: Application for Designation as National Recreation Trail or 
National Water Trail.
    Form(s): Web-based forms: 10-1002, ``Application for Designation as 
National Water Trail System'' and 10-1003 Application for Designation 
as National Recreation Trail''.
    Type of Request: Existing collection in use without OMB approval.
    Description of Respondents: Private individuals; businesses; 
educational institutions; nonprofit organizations; state, tribal, and 
local governments; and Federal agency land units.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.

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                                                                                   Avg. time per   Total annual
                                                      Annual       Total annual      response      burden hours
                                                    respondents      responses        (hours)        (rounded)
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                             Application for Designation--National Recreation Trails
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Individual......................................               1               1               8               8
Private Sector..................................               5               5               8              40
State, Local, or Tribal Governments.............               6               8               8              64
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                            Application for Designation--National Water Trails System
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Individual......................................               1               1              11              11
Private Sector..................................               2               2              11              22
State, Local, or Tribal Governments.............               3               3              11              33
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                                 Amendments/Updates--National Recreation Trails
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Individual......................................               1               1              .5               1
Private Sector..................................               1               1              .5               1
State, Local, or Tribal Governments.............               3               3              .5               2
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                                Amendments/Updates--National Water Trails System
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Individual......................................               1               1              .5               1
Private Sector..................................               1               1              .5               1
State, Local, or Tribal Governments.............               1               1              .5               1
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    Total.......................................              23              28  ..............             185
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    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Non-Hour Cost'': 
None.

III. Comments

    On August 8 2016, we published in the Federal Register (81 FR 
52459) a Notice of our intent to request that OMB approve this 
information collection. In that Notice, we solicited comments for 60 
days, ending on October 7, 2016. We did not receive any comments in 
response to that Notice.
    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 and us in your comment to withhold your personal 
identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that it 
will be done.

    Dated: December 20, 2016.
Madonna L. Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-30965 Filed 12-22-16; 8:45 am]
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