82 FR 34975 - Agency Information Collection Activities: NPS Visitor Survey Card

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 143 (July 27, 2017)

We (National Park Service) are asking the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve the Information Collection Request (ICR) described below. As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and as a part of our continuing efforts to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, we invite the general public and other federal agencies to comment on this ICR. 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 82, Number 143 (Thursday, July 27, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34975-34976]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-15785]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NRSS-EQD-SSB-2107-23782; PPWONRADE3, PPMRSNR1Y.NM000; OMB 
Control Number 1024-0216]


Agency Information Collection Activities: NPS Visitor Survey Card

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: We (National Park Service) are asking the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) to approve the Information Collection Request (ICR) 
described below. As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and 
as a part of our continuing efforts to reduce paperwork and respondent 
burden, we invite the general public and other federal agencies to 
comment on this ICR. 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 
ICR, we must receive them by August 28, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Please send your comments on the ICR to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Attention: Desk Officer for the Department of the Interior, to 
[email protected] (email) or 202-395-5806 (fax); and identify 
your submission as ``1024-0216''. Please also send a copy of your 
comments to Phadrea Ponds, Information Collection Coordinator, National 
Park Service, 1201 Oakridge Drive, Fort Collins, CO 80525 (mail); or 
[email protected] (email). Please include ``1024-0216'' in the 
subject line.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bret Meldrum, Chief Social Science 
Program, at (970) 267-7295 or [email protected] (email). You may 
also access this ICR at www.reginfo.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract

    The National Park Service (NPS) is requesting to renew a previously 
approved collection (OMB Control Number: 1024-0216 which is required to 
provide an understanding of visitor satisfaction and an understanding 
of the park and agency's performance related to The Government 
Performance and Results Act (GPRA) NPS Goals IIa1 (visitor 
satisfaction) and IIb1 (visitor understanding and appreciation). The 
Visitor Survey Card (VSC) was developed to measure each park unit's 
performance related to these two goals. The Visitor Survey Card 
contains eight questions regarding visitor evaluations of service and 
facility quality, awareness of park significance, and basic demographic 
information. Each year, all NPS units nationwide (approximately 332) 
are required to collect data using the Visitor Survey Card. Data and 
information collected through the VSC are used to measure and report 
performance related to a broad list of GPRA Goals and to provide 
feedback used by Superintendents and other managers to develop 
performance improvement plans.

II. Data

    OMB Control Number: 1024-0216.
    Title: National Park Service Visitor Survey Card.
    Service Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.

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    Description of Respondents: Park Visitors; Members of the general 
public.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Frequency of Collection: One-time.

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                                                                                    Completion
                                                  Annual  number     Number of       time per      Annual burden
                    Activity                            of        responses each    response *        hours *
                                                    respondents          *           (minute)
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Initial Contact.................................         130,000               1               1           2,167
Completed VSC...................................          65,000               1               3           3,250
Non-response Survey.............................           6,500               1               1             108
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    Total.......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............           5,525
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* Rounded.

    Estimated Annual Non-hour Burden Cost: None.

III. Comments

    On January 10, 2017, we published a Federal Register notice (82 FR 
3024) announcing that we would submit this ICR to OMB for approval. 
Public comments were solicited for 60 days ending March 13, 2017. We 
did not receive any comments in response to that notice.
    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.
    A Federal 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. 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.

IV. Authorities

    The authorities for this action are: The Government Performance and 
Results Modernization Act of 2010 (GPRA) (31 U.S.C. 1101 Sec.  1115), 
the National Park Service Protection Interpretation and research in 
System (54 U.S.C. 100701); National Park Service Protection Research 
Mandate (54 U.S.C. 100702); National Environmental Policy Act of as 
amended in 1982 (Sec 102 [42 U.S.C. 4332A]).

Tim Goddard,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-15785 Filed 7-26-17; 8:45 am]
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