[Federal Register: May 17, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 96)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Submission of Study Package to Office of Management and Budget;
Review Opportunity for Public Comment; 30-Day Notice
AGENCY: National Park Service's, National Center for Recreation and
Conservation and National Center for Cultural Resources, Department of
the Interior.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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ABSTRACT: The National Park Service (NPS) is proposing in 2002 to
conduct surveys of recipients of services and/or assistance of the
following programs: Rivers Trails, and Conservation Assistance Program
(RTCA), Federal Lands to Parks Program (FLP), Partnership Wild and
Scenic Rivers Program (PWSR), and the Historic Preservation Technical
Assistance Program (HP). This survey will be conducted to meet the
requirements of the 1995 Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA)
and will be used to develop goals to improve effectiveness and public
accountability of the respective programs.
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Est. number of
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Program Burden
Responses hours
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River Trails and Conservation Assistance 150 25
(RTCA) Program...............................
Federal Lands to Parks (FLP) Program.......... 60 10
Wild and Scenic Rivers Coordination (WSR) 5 1
Program......................................
Historic Preservation Technical Assistance 375 63
Program (Publications).......................
Historic Preservation Technical Assistance 200 33
(Conferences)................................
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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
and 5 CFR part 1320, Reporting and Record Keeping Requirements, the NPS
invites public comment on these five proposed information collection
requests (ICR). Comments are invited on: (1) The need for the
information including whether the information has practical utility;
(2) the accuracy of the reporting burden estimate; (3) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected;
and (4) ways to minimize the burden of the information collection on
respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
The NPS goal in conducting these surveys is to obtain information
to help evaluate and improve its recreation and conservation assistance
program and its historic preservation programs. There were no public
comments received as a result of publishing in the Federal Register a
60 day notice of intention to request clearance of information
collection for these five surveys.
DATES: Public comments will be accepted on or before 30 days from the
publication of this notice.
SEND COMMENTS TO: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs of OMB,
Attention Desk Officer for the Interior Department, Office of
Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20530; and also to Dr. Michael A.
Schuett (Voice: (304) 293-3721) x2415) (e-mail: mschuett@wvu.edu), West
Virginia University, Division of Forestry, PO Box 6125, Morgantown, WV
26506-6125.
The OMB has up to 60 days to approve or disapprove the information
collection but may respond after 30 days. Therefore, to ensure maximum
consideration, OMB should receive public comments on or before 30 days
from the publication of this notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY OF THE STUDY PACKAGES SUBMITTED FOR
OMB REVIEW, CONTACT: Dr. Michael A. Schuett (Voice: (304) 293-3721)(e-
mail: mschuett@wvu.edu), West Virginia University, Division of
Forestry, PO Box 6125, Morgantown, WV 26506-6125.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: National Park Service Partnerships Programs= GPRA
Information Collections; Recreation and Conservation Assistance
Customer Satisfaction Survey, Historic Preservation Technical
Assistance Customer Satisfaction Questionnaires, Historic Properties
Designated or Protected by State Government Partners, and Historic
Properties Designated or
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Protected by Local Government Partners.
Bureau Form Number: None.
OMB Number: 1024-0226
Expiration Date: 12/31/01.
Type of request: Reinstatement, with change, of a currently
approved collection for which approval has expired.
Description of need: The Government Performance and Results Act
requires the Federal agencies to prepare an annual performance report
documenting the progress made toward achieving long term goals. The
National Park Service needs the information in the proposed collections
to assess the annual progress being made toward meeting Long-term Goals
IIIa3 and IIIb2 of the National Park Service Strategic Plan of 1997.
The information sought is not collected elsewhere by the Federal
Government. The proposed information collections impose no data burden
on the potential responders. Responding to the proposed collections is
voluntary and is based on data that the respondents already collect
and/or personal opinion. The National Park Service needs to obtain
information to help evaluate and improve its recreation and
conservation assistance program and its historic preservation programs.
Automated data collection: NPS is considering use of the worldwide
web as a part of this information collection. NPS is committed to
developing and implementing a method to seek evaluation of customer
satisfaction with its web-based publications, training, and educational
materials. The NPS will attempt to use electronic mail for respondents
who have access to it so they can respond via the Internet.
Description of respondents: A sample of partners (individuals,
organizations, and/or public agencies) who have received services and/
or assistance from the National Park Service Rivers Trails, and
Conservation Assistance Program (RTCA), Federal Lands to Parks Program
(FLP), Partnerships Wild and Scenic Rivers Program (PWSR), and the
Historic Preservation Publications and Technical Assistance Programs
(HP).
Estimated average number of respondents: 790 (survey).
Estimated average number of responses: Each respondent will respond
only one time, so the number of responses will be the same as the
number of respondents.
Estimated average burden hours per response: 10 minutes (survey).
Frequency of Response: 1 time per respondent.
Estimated annual reporting burden: 132 hours (survey).
Richard M. Cripe,
Acting Information Collection Clearance Officer, WASO Administrative
Program Center, National Park Service.
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