82 FR 24392 - Agency Information Collection Activities: OMB Control Number 1024-0022; Backcountry/Wilderness Use Permit
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 101 (May 26, 2017)
National Park Service
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 101 (May 26, 2017)
| Page Range | 24392-24393 | |
| FR Document | 2017-10832 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 101 (Friday, May 26, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 24392-24393] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-10832] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS-WASO-VRP-WS-22697; PPWOVPADW0, PPMPRLE1Y.LB0000 (177)] Agency Information Collection Activities: OMB Control Number 1024-0022; Backcountry/Wilderness Use Permit AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice; request for comments. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: We (National Park Service, NPS) have sent an Information Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for review and approval. We summarize the ICR below and describe the nature of the collection and the estimated burden and cost. This information collection is scheduled to expire on May 31, 2017. 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. However, under OMB regulations, we may continue to conduct or sponsor this information collection while it is pending at OMB. DATES: You must submit comments on or before June 26, 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 Tim Goddard, Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, MS-242, Reston, VA 20192 (mail); or [email protected] (email). Please include ``1024-0022'' 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: To request additional information about this IC, contact Roger Semler, Chief, Wilderness Stewardship Division, Visitor & Resource Protection Directorate, U.S. Department of the Interior, Room 2462, 1849 C St. NW., Washington, DC 20240 (mail); or [email protected] (email). Please include ``1024-0022'' in the subject line. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Abstract In 1976, the NPS initiated a backcountry and wilderness use registration system in accordance with the regulations found at 36 CFR 1.5, 1.6 and 2.10. The objective of the registration system is to provide users access to backcountry and wilderness areas of national parks with continuing opportunities for solitude and primitive and unconfined recreation, while enhancing protection of natural and cultural resources and providing a means of disseminating public safety and outdoor ethics messages regarding backcountry/wilderness travel and camping. NPS backcountry/wilderness program managers, by designating access and travel routes and camping locations, can redistribute backcountry/wilderness users in response to closures implemented to prevent adverse impacts to natural and cultural resources and/or in response to public safety hazards related to high fire danger, flood, wind, water, snow or ice hazards, bear or other wildlife activity, or other situations that may temporarily close or restrict access to a portion of the backcountry/wilderness. The NPS uses the registration system as a means of ensuring backcountry/wilderness users receive up-to-date information on outdoor ethics and park regulations which minimize social and resource impacts including, but not limited to, sanitation procedures, food storage, campfire use, campsite selection, as well as wildlife activity, trail conditions and weather forecasts to address concerns for visitor safety. Data collected through the registration process is also an important source of information for first responders in the event of an emergency requiring deployment of search and rescue and/or emergency medical personnel to backcountry/wilderness areas. The registration system also serves to document the spatial and temporal extent, distribution and demographics associated with backcountry/wilderness use and social considerations and perceptions of backcountry/wilderness visitors. All of this information serves as an important resource that informs backcountry and wilderness management and stewardship planning, decision making, and operations. The Backcountry/Wilderness Use Permit is an extension of the NPS statutory authority responsibility to protect the park areas it administers and to manage the public use thereof (54 U.S.C. 100101, 100751, 3210102). NPS regulations codified in 36 CFR parts 1 through 7, 12 and 13 are designated to implement statutory mandates that provide for resource protection and pubic enjoyment. NPS Forms 10-404, ``Backcountry/Wilderness Use Permit Application'' and 10-404A, ``Backcountry/Wilderness Use Permit Hangtag'' are the primary forms used to provide access into NPS backcountry/ [[Page 24393]] wilderness areas including those areas that require a reservation and permit to enter where use limits are imposed in accordance with other NPS regulations. Such permitting enhances the ability to the NPS to educate users on potential hazards, search and rescue efforts, and resource protection. II. Data OMB Control Number: 1024-0022. Expiration Date: May 31, 2017. Title: Backcountry/Wilderness Use Permit (36 CFR 1.5, 1.6, and 2.10). Service Form Numbers: NPS Forms 10-404, Backcountry/Wilderness Use Permit'' and 10-404A, ``Backcountry/Wilderness Use Permit Hangtag''. Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection of information. Description of Respondents: Individuals wishing to use backcountry and wilderness areas within units of the national park system. Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit. Frequency of Collection: On occasion. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Completion Number of Number of time per Total annual Activity respondents annual response burden hours * responses (minutes) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Form 10-404, Backcountry/Wilderness Use Application ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Individuals..................................... 172,928 172,928 8 23,057 Private Sector.................................. 5,376 5,376 8 717 Government...................................... 896 896 8 119 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Form 10-404A, Backcountry/Wilderness Use Permit Hangtag ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Individuals..................................... 135,100 135,100 5 11,258 Private Sector.................................. 4,200 4,200 5 350 Government...................................... 700 700 5 58 Totals...................................... 319,200 319,200 .............. 35,559 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Rounded. Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: None. III. Comments On September 14, 2016, we published in the Federal Register (81 FR 63204) a Notice of our intent to request that OMB renew approval for this information collection. In that Notice, we solicited comments for 60 days, ending November 14, 2016. We received one (1) comment in response to that Notice: Email from: Rob Windmiller (Received October 4, 2016) ``Ms. Baucum--I live near the Grand Canyon. It is about one hundred miles from my house to the back country permit office. The current system does not work for me because it requires a trip to the office to find out if there are available permits. That means the better part of the day driving and adding to traffic at the canyon just to find out if I can get one. Usually when I am looking for a permit it is for the North rim which is also a long drive South rim. I would be very happy if I could find out if there were available permits online and could get one, online. The current system causes extra traffic and keeps people out of the park who should be able to use it. Sincerely, Robert Windmiller'' NPS Response/Action Taken: [The National Park Service is in the process of establishing a service-wide online advance reservation system through the Recreation.gov program that would accommodate backcountry permit requests. In the meantime, Grand Canyon National Park offers the following options for obtaining a backcountry permit: 1. Fax request to the Backcountry Information Center, 928-638- 2125. NOTE: You can send a fax 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year--HOWEVER the first day of every month we receive many faxes and the number may be busy. 2. Mail request to Grand Canyon National Park, Permits Office, 1824 S. Thompson St., Suite 201, Flagstaff AZ, 86001. 3. Bring request to the Backcountry Information Center, located inside the park on both the South Rim and the North Rim. The South Rim Backcountry Information Center is open daily, year round, for walk-in visitors from 8 a.m. to noon and 1-5 p.m. Mountain Standard Time. The North Rim Backcountry Information Center (located in the administrative building) is open daily mid-May to mid-October for walk-in visitors from 8 a.m. to noon and 1-5 p.m. Mountain Standard Time. Please note: Permit requests are not accepted by telephone or by email. Thank you for your interest in National Park Service backcountry recreational opportunities. If you have additional questions regarding Grand Canyon National Park please consult their backcountry permit Web page at https://www.nps.gov/grca/planyourvisit/backcountry-permit.htm] 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 in your comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that it will be done. Authority: The authorities for this action are the National Park Service Organic Act of 1916 (54 U.S.C. 100101 et seq.; Pub. L. 113- 287) and the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). Timothy Goddard, Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service. [FR Doc. 2017-10832 Filed 5-25-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312-52-P
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Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR registration system is to provide users
Cost: None. access to backcountry and wilderness
National Park Service areas of national parks with continuing
III. Comments opportunities for solitude and primitive
[NPS–WASO–VRP–WS–22697;
On September 8, 2016, we published PPWOVPADW0, PPMPRLE1Y.LB0000 (177)] and unconfined recreation, while
in the Federal Register (81 FR 62173) a enhancing protection of natural and
Agency Information Collection cultural resources and providing a
notice of our intent to request that OMB
Activities: OMB Control Number 1024– means of disseminating public safety
renew approval for this information
0022; Backcountry/Wilderness Use and outdoor ethics messages regarding
collection. In that notice, we solicited backcountry/wilderness travel and
Permit
comments for 60 days, ending on camping. NPS backcountry/wilderness
November 7, 2016. We received no AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. program managers, by designating
comments in response to this notice. ACTION: Notice; request for comments. access and travel routes and camping
We again invite comments concerning locations, can redistribute backcountry/
this information collection on: SUMMARY: We (National Park Service, wilderness users in response to closures
NPS) have sent an Information implemented to prevent adverse
• Whether or not the collection of Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for impacts to natural and cultural
information is necessary, including review and approval. We summarize the resources and/or in response to public
whether or not the information will ICR below and describe the nature of the safety hazards related to high fire
have practical utility; collection and the estimated burden and danger, flood, wind, water, snow or ice
• The accuracy of our estimate of the cost. This information collection is hazards, bear or other wildlife activity,
burden for this collection of scheduled to expire on May 31, 2017. or other situations that may temporarily
We may not conduct or sponsor and a close or restrict access to a portion of
information;
person is not required to respond to a the backcountry/wilderness.
• Ways to enhance the quality, utility, collection of information unless it The NPS uses the registration system
and clarity of the information to be displays a currently valid OMB control as a means of ensuring backcountry/
collected; and number. However, under OMB wilderness users receive up-to-date
• Ways to minimize the burden of the regulations, we may continue to information on outdoor ethics and park
collection of information on conduct or sponsor this information regulations which minimize social and
respondents. collection while it is pending at OMB. resource impacts including, but not
DATES: You must submit comments on limited to, sanitation procedures, food
Comments that you submit in or before June 26, 2017. storage, campfire use, campsite
response to this notice are a matter of ADDRESSES: Send your comments and selection, as well as wildlife activity,
public record. Before including your suggestions on this information trail conditions and weather forecasts to
address, phone number, email address, collection to the Desk Officer for the address concerns for visitor safety. Data
or other personal identifying Department of the Interior at OMB– collected through the registration
information in your comment, you OIRA at (202) 395–5806 (fax) or OIRA_ process is also an important source of
should be aware that your entire Submission@omb.eop.gov (email). information for first responders in the
comment, including your personal Please provide a copy of your comments event of an emergency requiring
identifying information, may be made to Tim Goddard, Information Collection deployment of search and rescue and/or
publicly available at any time. While Clearance Officer, National Park emergency medical personnel to
you can ask OMB in your comment to Service, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, backcountry/wilderness areas. The
MS–242, Reston, VA 20192 (mail); or registration system also serves to
withhold your personal identifying
tim_goddard@nps.gov (email). Please document the spatial and temporal
information from public review, we
include ‘‘1024–0022’’ in the subject line extent, distribution and demographics
cannot guarantee that it will be done. associated with backcountry/wilderness
of your comments. You may review the
Authority: The authorities for this action
ICR online at http://www.reginfo.gov. use and social considerations and
are the National Park Service Organic Act of perceptions of backcountry/wilderness
Follow the instructions to review
1916 (54 U.S.C. 100101 et seq.; Pub. L. 113– visitors. All of this information serves as
Department of the Interior collections
287), the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 an important resource that informs
under review by OMB.
(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), Title 54, United backcountry and wilderness
States Code, section 102101 et seq. (54 U.S.C. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To management and stewardship planning,
102101 et seq.), Title 54 of the United States request additional information about decision making, and operations.
Code, section 306121 (54 U.S.C. 306121), and this IC, contact Roger Semler, Chief, The Backcountry/Wilderness Use
Title 36, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 18 Wilderness Stewardship Division, Permit is an extension of the NPS
(36 CFR part 18). Visitor & Resource Protection statutory authority responsibility to
Directorate, U.S. Department of the protect the park areas it administers and
Timothy Goddard, Interior, Room 2462, 1849 C St. NW., to manage the public use thereof (54
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Washington, DC 20240 (mail); or roger_ U.S.C. 100101, 100751, 3210102). NPS
National Park Service. semler@nps.gov (email). Please include regulations codified in 36 CFR parts 1
[FR Doc. 2017–10833 Filed 5–25–17; 8:45 am] ‘‘1024–0022’’ in the subject line. through 7, 12 and 13 are designated to
BILLING CODE 4312–52–P SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: implement statutory mandates that
provide for resource protection and
I. Abstract pubic enjoyment. NPS Forms 10–404,
In 1976, the NPS initiated a ‘‘Backcountry/Wilderness Use Permit
backcountry and wilderness use Application’’ and 10–404A,
registration system in accordance with ‘‘Backcountry/Wilderness Use Permit
the regulations found at 36 CFR 1.5, 1.6 Hangtag’’ are the primary forms used to
and 2.10. The objective of the provide access into NPS backcountry/
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wilderness areas including those areas II. Data Type of Request: Revision of a
that require a reservation and permit to currently approved collection of
OMB Control Number: 1024–0022.
enter where use limits are imposed in information.
accordance with other NPS regulations. Expiration Date: May 31, 2017. Description of Respondents:
Such permitting enhances the ability to Title: Backcountry/Wilderness Use Individuals wishing to use backcountry
the NPS to educate users on potential Permit (36 CFR 1.5, 1.6, and 2.10). and wilderness areas within units of the
hazards, search and rescue efforts, and Service Form Numbers: NPS Forms national park system.
resource protection. 10–404, Backcountry/Wilderness Use Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
Permit’’ and 10–404A, ‘‘Backcountry/ obtain or retain a benefit.
Wilderness Use Permit Hangtag’’. Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Completion
Number of
Number of time per Total annual
Activity annual
respondents response burden hours *
responses (minutes)
Form 10–404, Backcountry/Wilderness Use Application
Individuals ........................................................................................................ 172,928 172,928 8 23,057
Private Sector .................................................................................................. 5,376 5,376 8 717
Government ..................................................................................................... 896 896 8 119
Form 10–404A, Backcountry/Wilderness Use Permit Hangtag
Individuals ........................................................................................................ 135,100 135,100 5 11,258
Private Sector .................................................................................................. 4,200 4,200 5 350
Government ..................................................................................................... 700 700 5 58
Totals ........................................................................................................ 319,200 319,200 ........................ 35,559
* Rounded.
Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden 1. Fax request to the Backcountry • Ways to enhance the quality, utility,
Cost: None. Information Center, 928–638–2125. and clarity of the information to be
NOTE: You can send a fax 24 hours a day, collected; and
III. Comments 7 days a week, 365 days a year—HOWEVER
On September 14, 2016, we published the first day of every month we receive many • Ways to minimize the burden of the
in the Federal Register (81 FR 63204) a faxes and the number may be busy. collection of information on
2. Mail request to Grand Canyon National respondents.
Notice of our intent to request that OMB Park, Permits Office, 1824 S. Thompson St.,
renew approval for this information Suite 201, Flagstaff AZ, 86001. Comments that you submit in
collection. In that Notice, we solicited 3. Bring request to the Backcountry response to this notice are a matter of
comments for 60 days, ending Information Center, located inside the park public record. Before including your
November 14, 2016. We received one (1) on both the South Rim and the North Rim.
The South Rim Backcountry Information address, phone number, email address,
comment in response to that Notice:
Center is open daily, year round, for walk-in or other personal identifying
Email from: Rob Windmiller
visitors from 8 a.m. to noon and 1–5 p.m. information in your comment, you
(Received October 4, 2016)
Mountain Standard Time. The North Rim should be aware that your entire
‘‘Ms. Baucum—I live near the Grand Backcountry Information Center (located in
Canyon. It is about one hundred miles from
comment, including your personal
the administrative building) is open daily identifying information, may be made
my house to the back country permit office. mid-May to mid-October for walk-in visitors
The current system does not work for me from 8 a.m. to noon and 1–5 p.m. Mountain
publicly available at any time. While
because it requires a trip to the office to find Standard Time. you can ask OMB in your comment to
out if there are available permits. That means withhold your personal identifying
the better part of the day driving and adding Please note: Permit requests are not
accepted by telephone or by email. information from public review, we
to traffic at the canyon just to find out if I
can get one. Usually when I am looking for Thank you for your interest in National Park cannot guarantee that it will be done.
a permit it is for the North rim which is also Service backcountry recreational Authority: The authorities for this action
a long drive South rim. I would be very opportunities. If you have additional are the National Park Service Organic Act of
happy if I could find out if there were questions regarding Grand Canyon National 1916 (54 U.S.C. 100101 et seq.; Pub. L. 113–
available permits online and could get one, Park please consult their backcountry permit
287) and the Paperwork Reduction Act of
online. The current system causes extra Web page at https://www.nps.gov/grca/
planyourvisit/backcountry-permit.htm] 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
traffic and keeps people out of the park who
should be able to use it. Sincerely, Robert Timothy Goddard,
Windmiller’’ We again invite comments concerning
this information collection on: Information Collection Clearance Officer,
NPS Response/Action Taken: [The
National Park Service.
National Park Service is in the process of • Whether or not the collection of
establishing a service-wide online advance [FR Doc. 2017–10832 Filed 5–25–17; 8:45 am]
information is necessary, including
reservation system through the whether or not the information will BILLING CODE 4312–52–P
Recreation.gov program that would
accommodate backcountry permit requests.
have practical utility;
In the meantime, Grand Canyon National • The accuracy of our estimate of the
Park offers the following options for burden for this collection of
obtaining a backcountry permit: information;
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| Contact | To request additional information about this IC, contact Roger Semler, Chief, Wilderness Stewardship Division, Visitor & Resource Protection Directorate, U.S. Department of the Interior, Room 2462, 1849 C St. NW., Washington, DC 20240 (mail); or [email protected] (email). Please include ``1024-0022'' in the subject line. | |
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