[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 60 (Wednesday, March 29, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15759-15760]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-3018]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


60-Day Notice of Intention To Request Clearance of Collection of 
Information; Opportunity for Public Comment

AGENCY: National Park Service, The Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C., Chapter 3507) and 5 CFR part 1320, 
Reporting and Record Keeping Requirements, the National Park Service 
(NPS) invites public comments on the reinstatement, with change, of a 
previously approved collection for which approval has expired (OMB 
1024-0226).

DATES: Public comments on this notice will be accepted on or before May 
30, 2006 to be assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: Cyndi Szymanski, Outdoor Recreation 
Planner, Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance Program, National 
Park Service, 1849 ``C'' Street, NW. (org code 2220), Washington, DC 
20240. E-mail: [email protected]. Phone: (202) 354-6912, Fax, 
(202) 371-5179.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cyndi Szymanski, Outdoor Recreation 
Planner, Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance Program, National 
Park Service, 1849 ``C'' Street, NW. (org code 2220), Washington, DC 
20240. E-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: National Park Service Partnership Assistance Programs' GPRA 
Information Collection.
    OMB Number: 1024-0226.
    Expiration Date: To be requested.
    Type of Request: Reinstatement, with change, of a previously 
approved collection for which approval has expired.
    Description of Need: The Government Performance and Results Act 
requires Federal agencies to prepare annual performance reports 
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 Goal 
IIIb2 of the National Park Service Strategic Plan. The information 
sought is not collected elsewhere by the Federal Government. The 
proposed information collections impose no data collection or record 
keeping burden on the potential respondents. 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 information to help evaluate and improve its partnership 
assistance programs.
    Public comments are invited on this reinstatement. Specifically two 
information collections will be carried out pursuant to the Government 
Performance and Results Act and the NPS Strategic Plan. Both of the 
proposed information collections are surveys of customer satisfaction 
of certain NPS programs and types of assistance. NPS' Rivers, Trails 
and Conservation Assistance Program and Federal Lands to Parks Program 
will conduct surveys to assess client satisfaction with the services 
received and to identify needed program improvements. The NPS goal in 
conducting these surveys is to use the information to identify areas of 
strength and weakness in its recreation and conservation assistance 
programs, to provide an information base for improving those programs, 
and to provide a required performance measurement (Goal IIIb2 of the 
National Park Service Strategic Plan) under the Government Performance 
and Results Act.
    Estimated number of:

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                                             Responses     Burden hours
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NPS Partnership Assistance Programs GPRA             150              25
 Information Collections................
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    Under provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and 5 CFR 
part 1320, Reporting and Record Keeping Requirements, the National Park 
Service is soliciting comments on the need for the two information 
collections. The NPS also is asking for comments on the practical 
utility of the information being gathered; the accuracy of the burden 
hour estimate; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and ways to minimize the burden to 
respondents, including use of automated information collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology.
    Description of Respondents: This is a census survey of all 
principal cooperating organizations and agencies which have received 
substantial assistance from the Rivers, Trails and

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Conservation Assistance Program or the Federal Lands to Parks Program 
during the prior Fiscal year (October 1 through September 30).
    Estimated Average Number of Respondents: 255. See the chart below 
for a breakdown by each information collection.
    Estimated Average Number of Responses: 150. See the chart below for 
a breakdown by each information collection.
    Estimated Average Burden Hours per Response: 10 minutes. See the 
chart below for a breakdown by each information collection.
    Frequency of Response: One time per technical assistance event.
    Estimated Annual Reporting Burden: 25 hours. See the chart below 
for a breakdown by each information collection.
    Estimated number of:

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                                                                                   Avg. Time per
             Information collection                 Respondents      Responses       response          Hours
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Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance                   200             120              10              20
 Program........................................
Federal Lands to Parks Program..................              55              30              10               5
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    Subtotal....................................             255             150  ..............              25
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    Dated: March 14, 2006.
Leonard E. Stowe,
National Park Service Information and Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 06-3018 Filed 3-28-06; 8:45 am]
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