81_FR_13868 81 FR 13818 - Proposed Information Collection; Reporting and Recordkeeping for Snowcoaches and Snowmobiles, Yellowstone National Park

81 FR 13818 - Proposed Information Collection; Reporting and Recordkeeping for Snowcoaches and Snowmobiles, Yellowstone National Park

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 50 (March 15, 2016)

Page Range13818-13819
FR Document2016-05783

We (National Park Service, NPS) will ask the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve the information collection (IC) described below. As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and as part of our continuing efforts to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, we invite the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on this IC. This IC is scheduled to expire on October 31, 2016. We 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.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 50 (Tuesday, March 15, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 50 (Tuesday, March 15, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13818-13819]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-05783]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-IMR-YELL-20564; PPIMYELL1W, PROIESUC1.380000 (166)]


Proposed Information Collection; Reporting and Recordkeeping for 
Snowcoaches and Snowmobiles, Yellowstone National Park

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. As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and 
as part of our continuing efforts to reduce paperwork and respondent 
burden, we invite the general public and other Federal agencies to take 
this opportunity to comment on this IC. This IC is scheduled to expire 
on October 31, 2016. We 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.

DATES: To ensure that we are able to consider your comments on this IC, 
we must receive them by May 16, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Please send your comments on the ICR to Madonna L. Baucum, 
Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service, 12201 
Sunrise Valley Drive, Room 2C114, Mail Stop 242, Reston, VA 20192 
(mail); or [email protected] (email). Please include ``1024-0266'' 
in the subject line of your comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information 
about this IC, contact Christina Mills, Outdoor Recreation Planner, 
Yellowstone National Park, National Park Service, P.O. Box 168, 
Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190; (307) 344-2320 (phone); or 
[email protected]@nps.gov. Please reference ``1024-0266'' in your 
communication.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract

    The Yellowstone National Park Organic Act (16 U.S.C. 21 and 22), 
signed March 1, 1872, established Yellowstone National Park to 
``dedicate and set apart as a public park or pleasuring-ground for the 
benefit and enjoyment of the people'' and ``for the preservation, from 
injury or spoliation, of all timber, mineral deposits, natural 
curiosities, or wonders within said park, and their retention in their 
natural condition'' The Organic Act of 1916 (16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.) 
authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to develop regulations for 
national park units under the Department's jurisdiction.
    We (NPS) provide opportunities for people to experience Yellowstone 
in the winter via oversnow vehicles (snowmobiles and snowcoaches, 
collectively OSVs). Access to most of the park in the winter is limited 
by distance and the harsh winter environment, which presents challenges 
to safety and park operations. The park does not provide wintertime OSV 
tours directly, but currently authorizes OSV tours through concessions 
contracts (for snowcoach tours) and commercial use authorizations (for 
snowmobile tours) with area businesses to provide transportation to 
visitors (Title IV, Section 403 of the National Parks Omnibus 
Management Act of 1998, Pub. L. 105-391). The park issued 10-year 
concession contracts for all OSVs starting in December 2014.
    OSV use is a form of off-road vehicle use governed by Executive 
Order 11644 (Use of Off-road Vehicles on Public Lands, as amended by 
Executive Order 11989). Implementing regulations are published at 36 
CFR 2.18, 36 CFR part 13, and 43 CFR part 36. Routes and areas may be 
designated for OSV use only by special regulation after it has first 
been determined through park planning to be an appropriate use that 
will meet the requirements of 36 CFR 2.18 and not otherwise result in 
unacceptable impacts.
    Information collection requirements in this renewal request 
include:
    (1) Emission and Sound Standards (Sec.  7.13(l)(4)(vii) and (5)). 
Only OSVs that meet NPS emission and sound standards may operate in the 
park. Before the start of each winter season:
    (a) Snowcoach manufacturers or commercial tour operators must 
demonstrate, by means acceptable to the Superintendent, that their 
snowcoaches meet the standards.
    (b) Snowmobile manufacturers must demonstrate, by means acceptable 
to the Superintendent, that their snowmobiles meet the standards.
    (2) Transportation Events (Sec.  7.13(l)(11)(i)-(iii)). So that we 
can monitor compliance with the required average and maximum size of 
transportation events, as of December 15, 2014, each commercial tour 
operator must:
    (a) Maintain accurate and complete records on the number of 
snowmobiles and snowcoaches he or she brings into the park on a daily 
basis. These records must be made available for inspection by the park 
upon request.
    (b) Provide a monthly use report on their activities. We will use a 
form, which will be available on the park Web site, to collect the 
following information for transportation events:
     Report Month/Year
     Contract Number
     Departure Date
     Duration of Trip (in days)
     Transportation event type (snowmobile or snowcoach)
     Number of snowmobiles or snowcoaches
     Air/noise emissions standard (New BAT or E-BAT)
     Number of visitors and guides
     Route and primary destination
     If the transportation event allocation was from another 
commercial tour operator
     Administrative or guest services trip
     Transportation event group size (previous month and season 
to-date)
    (3) Enhanced Emission Standards (Sec.  7.13(l)(11)(iv)). To qualify 
for the increased average size of snowmobile transportation events or 
increased maximum size of snowcoach transportation events, each 
commercial tour operator must:
    (a) Before the start of each winter season, demonstrate, by means

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acceptable to the Superintendent, that his or her snowmobiles or 
snowcoaches meet the enhanced emission standards; and
    (b) Maintain separate records for snowmobiles and snowcoaches that 
meet enhanced emission standards and those that do not.
    We will use the information collected to:
     Ensure that OSVs meet NPS emission standards to operate in 
the park;
     (2) evaluate commercial tour operators' compliance with 
allocated transportation events and daily and seasonal OSV group size 
limits,
     ensure that established daily transportation event limits 
for the park are not exceeded,
     confirm that commercial tour operators do not run out of 
authorizations before the end of the season and create a gap when 
prospective visitors cannot be accommodated, and
     guarantee compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
    Responsible commercial tour operators are required to provide this 
information to minimize liabilities, maintain business records for tax 
and other purposes, obtain financial backing, and ensure a safe, 
efficient, and well-planned operation.

II. Data

    OMB Control Number: 1024-0266.
    Title: Reporting and Recordkeeping for Snowcoaches and Snowmobiles, 
Yellowstone National Park, 36 CFR 7.13(l).
    Service Form Numbers: NPS Forms 10-650.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Description of Respondents: Individuals desiring to operate 
snowcoaches and snowmobiles in Yellowstone National Park.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.

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                                                                                    Completion
                                                                     Number of       time per      Total annual
                            Activity                                respondents      response      burden hours
                                                                                      (hours)
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Meet Emission/Sound Standards--Snowcoaches (7.13(l)(4)(vi)).....              12              .5               6
Meet Emission/Sound Standards--Snowmobiles (7.13(l)(5)).........               2              .5               1
Report and Recordkeeping (7.13(l)(11)(i)-(iii)).................              45               2              90
Meet Enhanced Emission Standards (7.13(l)(11)(iv))..............               5              .5               3
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    Total.......................................................              64  ..............             100
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    Estimated Annual Nonhour Cost Burden: None.

III. Comments

    We 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. We will include or summarize each comment in our request 
to OMB to approve this IC. 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.

    Dated: March 9, 2016.
Madonna L. Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-05783 Filed 3-14-16; 8:45 am]
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13818 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 50 / Tuesday, March 15, 2016 / Notices provisions). Furthermore, the Federal DATES: To ensure that we are able to 13, and 43 CFR part 36. Routes and government remains involved in the consider your comments on this IC, we areas may be designated for OSV use Tribal land leasing process by approving must receive them by May 16, 2016. only by special regulation after it has the Tribal leasing regulations in the first ADDRESSES: Please send your comments first been determined through park instance and providing technical on the ICR to Madonna L. Baucum, planning to be an appropriate use that assistance, upon request by a Tribe, for Information Collection Clearance will meet the requirements of 36 CFR the development of an environmental Officer, National Park Service, 12201 2.18 and not otherwise result in review process. The Secretary also Sunrise Valley Drive, Room 2C114, Mail unacceptable impacts. retains authority to take any necessary Stop 242, Reston, VA 20192 (mail); or Information collection requirements actions to remedy violations of a lease madonna_baucum@nps.gov (email). in this renewal request include: or of the Tribal regulations, including Please include ‘‘1024–0266’’ in the (1) Emission and Sound Standards terminating the lease or rescinding subject line of your comments. (§ 7.13(l)(4)(vii) and (5)). Only OSVs that approval of the Tribal regulations and meet NPS emission and sound FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To reassuming lease approval standards may operate in the park. request additional information about Before the start of each winter season: responsibilities. Moreover, the Secretary this IC, contact Christina Mills, Outdoor continues to review, approve, and (a) Snowcoach manufacturers or Recreation Planner, Yellowstone commercial tour operators must monitor individual Indian land leases National Park, National Park Service, demonstrate, by means acceptable to the and other types of leases not covered P.O. Box 168, Yellowstone National Superintendent, that their snowcoaches under the Tribal regulations according Park, WY 82190; (307) 344–2320 meet the standards. to the part 162 regulations. Accordingly, the Federal and Tribal (phone); or christina_mills@nps.gov@ (b) Snowmobile manufacturers must interests weigh heavily in favor of nps.gov. Please reference ‘‘1024–0266’’ demonstrate, by means acceptable to the preemption of State and local taxes on in your communication. Superintendent, that their snowmobiles lease-related activities and interests, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: meet the standards. regardless of whether the lease is (2) Transportation Events I. Abstract governed by Tribal leasing regulations (§ 7.13(l)(11)(i)–(iii)). So that we can or part 162. Improvements, activities, The Yellowstone National Park monitor compliance with the required and leasehold or possessory interests Organic Act (16 U.S.C. 21 and 22), average and maximum size of may be subject to taxation by the signed March 1, 1872, established transportation events, as of December Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Yellowstone National Park to ‘‘dedicate 15, 2014, each commercial tour operator Community. and set apart as a public park or must: pleasuring-ground for the benefit and (a) Maintain accurate and complete Dated: March 3, 2016. enjoyment of the people’’ and ‘‘for the records on the number of snowmobiles Lawrence S. Roberts, preservation, from injury or spoliation, and snowcoaches he or she brings into Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs. of all timber, mineral deposits, natural the park on a daily basis. These records [FR Doc. 2016–05807 Filed 3–14–16; 8:45 am] curiosities, or wonders within said park, must be made available for inspection BILLING CODE 4337–15–P and their retention in their natural by the park upon request. condition’’ The Organic Act of 1916 (16 (b) Provide a monthly use report on U.S.C. 1 et seq.) authorizes the Secretary their activities. We will use a form, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR of the Interior to develop regulations for which will be available on the park Web national park units under the site, to collect the following information National Park Service Department’s jurisdiction. for transportation events: [NPS–IMR–YELL–20564; PPIMYELL1W, We (NPS) provide opportunities for • Report Month/Year PROIESUC1.380000 (166)] people to experience Yellowstone in the • Contract Number winter via oversnow vehicles • Departure Date Proposed Information Collection; (snowmobiles and snowcoaches, • Duration of Trip (in days) Reporting and Recordkeeping for collectively OSVs). Access to most of • Transportation event type Snowcoaches and Snowmobiles, the park in the winter is limited by (snowmobile or snowcoach) Yellowstone National Park distance and the harsh winter • Number of snowmobiles or environment, which presents challenges snowcoaches AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. • Air/noise emissions standard (New ACTION: Notice; request for comments. to safety and park operations. The park BAT or E–BAT) does not provide wintertime OSV tours • Number of visitors and guides SUMMARY: We (National Park Service, directly, but currently authorizes OSV • Route and primary destination NPS) will ask the Office of Management tours through concessions contracts (for • If the transportation event and Budget (OMB) to approve the snowcoach tours) and commercial use allocation was from another commercial information collection (IC) described authorizations (for snowmobile tours) tour operator below. As required by the Paperwork with area businesses to provide • Administrative or guest services Reduction Act of 1995 and as part of our transportation to visitors (Title IV, trip continuing efforts to reduce paperwork Section 403 of the National Parks • Transportation event group size and respondent burden, we invite the Omnibus Management Act of 1998, Pub. (previous month and season to-date) general public and other Federal L. 105–391). The park issued 10-year (3) Enhanced Emission Standards asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES agencies to take this opportunity to concession contracts for all OSVs (§ 7.13(l)(11)(iv)). To qualify for the comment on this IC. This IC is starting in December 2014. increased average size of snowmobile scheduled to expire on October 31, OSV use is a form of off-road vehicle transportation events or increased 2016. 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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 50 / Tuesday, March 15, 2016 / Notices 13819 acceptable to the Superintendent, that • ensure that established daily II. Data his or her snowmobiles or snowcoaches transportation event limits for the park OMB Control Number: 1024–0266. meet the enhanced emission standards; are not exceeded, • confirm that commercial tour Title: Reporting and Recordkeeping and operators do not run out of for Snowcoaches and Snowmobiles, (b) Maintain separate records for Yellowstone National Park, 36 CFR snowmobiles and snowcoaches that authorizations before the end of the season and create a gap when 7.13(l). meet enhanced emission standards and Service Form Numbers: NPS Forms those that do not. prospective visitors cannot be accommodated, and 10–650. We will use the information collected • guarantee compliance with Type of Request: Extension of a to: applicable laws and regulations. currently approved collection. • Ensure that OSVs meet NPS Responsible commercial tour Description of Respondents: emission standards to operate in the operators are required to provide this Individuals desiring to operate park; information to minimize liabilities, snowcoaches and snowmobiles in • (2) evaluate commercial tour maintain business records for tax and Yellowstone National Park. operators’ compliance with allocated other purposes, obtain financial Respondent’s Obligation: Required to transportation events and daily and backing, and ensure a safe, efficient, and obtain or retain a benefit. seasonal OSV group size limits, well-planned operation. Frequency of Collection: On occasion. Completion Number of time per Total annual Activity respondents response burden hours (hours) Meet Emission/Sound Standards—Snowcoaches (7.13(l)(4)(vi)) ............................................... 12 .5 6 Meet Emission/Sound Standards—Snowmobiles (7.13(l)(5)) ..................................................... 2 .5 1 Report and Recordkeeping (7.13(l)(11)(i)–(iii)) ........................................................................... 45 2 90 Meet Enhanced Emission Standards (7.13(l)(11)(iv)) ................................................................. 5 .5 3 Total ...................................................................................................................................... 64 ........................ 100 Estimated Annual Nonhour Cost Dated: March 9, 2016. The properties listed in this notice are Burden: None. Madonna L. Baucum, being considered for listing or related Information Collection Clearance Officer, actions in the National Register of III. Comments National Park Service. Historic Places. Nominations for their We invite comments concerning this [FR Doc. 2016–05783 Filed 3–14–16; 8:45 am] consideration were received by the information collection on: BILLING CODE 4310–EH–P National Park Service before February 6, 2016. Pursuant to section 60.13 of 36 • Whether or not the collection of CFR part 60, written comments are information is necessary, including being accepted concerning the DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR whether or not the information will significance of the nominated properties have practical utility; National Park Service under the National Register criteria for • The accuracy of our estimate of the [NPS–WASO–NRNHL–20326; evaluation. burden for this collection of PPWOCRADI0, PCU00RP14.R50000] Before including your address, phone information; number, email address, or other • Ways to enhance the quality, utility, National Register of Historic Places; personal identifying information in your and clarity of the information to be Notification of Pending Nominations comment, you should be aware that collected; and and Related Actions your entire comment—including your personal identifying information—may • Ways to minimize the burden of the AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. be made publicly available at any time. collection of information on ACTION: Notice. While you can ask us in your comment respondents. to withhold your personal identifying Comments that you submit in SUMMARY: The National Park Service is soliciting comments on the significance information from public review, we response to this notice are a matter of cannot guarantee that we will be able to public record. We will include or of properties nominated before February 6, 2016, for listing or related actions in do so. summarize each comment in our request to OMB to approve this IC. Before the National Register of Historic Places. CALIFORNIA including your address, phone number, DATES: Comments should be submitted Riverside County email address, or other personal by March 30, 2016. ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent via Alexander, Dr. Franz, House, 1011 W. 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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice; request for comments.
DatesTo ensure that we are able to consider your comments on this IC, we must receive them by May 16, 2016.
ContactTo request additional information about this IC, contact Christina Mills, Outdoor Recreation Planner, Yellowstone National Park, National Park Service, P.O. Box 168, Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190; (307) 344-2320 (phone); or [email protected]@nps.gov. Please reference ``1024-0266'' in your communication.
FR Citation81 FR 13818 
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