[Federal Register: March 12, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 47)]
[Notices]
[Page 11054-11055]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review;
Comment Request
AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.
ACTION: Notice and Request for Comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces the following Information
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Recreation Survey, New
Melones Lake Project, Sonora, CA. The ICR describes the nature of the
information collection and its expected cost and hour burden.
DATES: OMB has up to 60 days to approve or disapprove this information
collection, but may respond after 30 days; therefore, public comment
must be received on or before April 11, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Please send your comments to the Desk Officer for the
Department of the Interior at the Office of Management and Budget,
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, via facsimile to (202)
395-6566 or e-mail to OIRA_DOCKET@omb.eop.gov. A copy of your comments
should also be directed to the Bureau of Reclamation, Attention: E.
Vasquez, CC 419, 7794 Folsom Dam Road, Folsom, CA 95630, or directed
via e-mail to evasquez@mp.usbr.gov. Please reference OMB No. 1006-NEW
in your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information or a copy of
the proposed forms contact Ms. Elizabeth Vasquez at the above address,
or at (916) 989-7192.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: Recreation Survey, New Melones Lake
Project, Sonora, CA.
Abstract: The purpose of the on-site recreation survey is to
characterize existing users, characterize their use of the New Melones
Project, assess their satisfaction with their experience and the
facilities, and find out what other opportunities or facilities they
would like to see developed at the New Melones Lake Project. The
purpose of the regional telephone survey is to characterize regional
population, their outdoor recreation use, the demand for various types
of outdoor recreation activities, trends in outdoor recreation use, and
the extent to which the regional population uses New Melones Lake
Project, Sonora, CA. The on-site survey and the regional telephone
survey shall describe the recreational preferences of visitors to the
New Melones Lake Project and provide guidance on what recreational
planning objectives should be included in the New Melones Lake Project
RMP/EIS.
OMB No. 1006-NEW
Frequency: One-time voluntary survey.
Respondents for On-site Survey: Persons who recreate at New Melones
Lake Project.
Respondents for Telephone Survey: Residents of Sonora and Tuolumne
counties.
Estimated Total Number of Respondents: 1,750.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 438 hours.
Estimate of Burden for Each Form:
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Burden Annual burden
estimate per Number of on
Form form (in respondents respondents
minutes) (in hours)
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On-site survey.................................................. 15 1,250 313
Telephone survey................................................ 15 500 125
Total....................................................... .............. 1,750 438
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Comments
A notice allowing the public a 60-day comment period was published
in the Federal Register on May 2, 2006 (71 FR 25857, May 2, 2006). No
comments were received in response to the 60-day comment period. The
Public now has a second chance to comment.
Comments are Invited on
(a) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for
the proper performance of our functions, including whether the
information will have practical use;
(b) the accuracy of our burden estimate for the proposed collection
of information, including the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used;
(c) ways to enhance the quality, usefulness, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
(d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on
respondents.
An 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. Reclamation will display a valid
OMB control number on the survey forms.
Before including your address, phone number, e-mail 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.
Michael R. Finnegan,
Area Manager, Central California Area Office, Mid-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. E7-4406 Filed 3-9-07; 8:45 am]
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