Proposed Collection of InformationOpportunity for Public Comment

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 13 (Friday, January 19, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1400-1401]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-548]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service


Proposed Collection of Information--Opportunity for Public 
Comment

    The National Park Service Visitor Services Project, based on the 
Cooperative Park Studies Unit of the University of Idaho, is proposing 
to conduct visitor studies at the following parks during FY 96:

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                                                    Est. # of    Burden 
                                                    responses     hrs.  
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Everglades National Park..........................        520        104
Chiricahua National Monument/Fort Bowie National                        
 Historic Site....................................        480         96
Death Valley National Park........................        400         80

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Great Falls Park (George Washington Memorial                            
 Parkway).........................................        400         80
Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site....        400         80
Prince William Forest Park........................        400         80
Great Smokey Mountains National Park..............        800        160
Chamizal National Memorial........................        400         80
Coulee Dam National Recreation Area...............        520        104
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  Annual Totals...................................      4,320        864
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    Abstract: NPS goal is to learn visitor demographics and visitors' 
opinions about services and facilities in these parks. Results will be 
used by managers to improve services, protect resources and better 
serve the visitors.
    Bureau Form Number: None.
    Burden Hours: The burden hour estimates are based on 12 minutes to 
complete each questionnaire and the 80% return rate goal.
    Frequency: 7 days at each park.
    Description of Respondents: Visitor groups are contacted as they 
enter the park and are given a mail-back questionnaire if they agree to 
participate in the survey.
    Estimated Completion Time: 12 minutes.
    Automated Data Collection: At the present time, there is no 
automated way to gather this information, since it includes asking 
visitors to evaluate services and facilities that they used in the 
parks. The burden is minimized by only contacting visitors during a 7 
day period at each park.
    The National Park Service is soliciting comments on the need for 
gathering the information in the proposed visitor studies listed above. 
The NPS is also asking for comments on the practical utility of the 
information being gathered, the accuracy of the burden hour estimate, 
and ways to minimize the burden to visitors to these parks. Make 
comments to: Dr. Gary E. Machlis, Chief Social Scientist, National Park 
Service, Main Interior Building, Room 3412, 1849 C Street, N.W., 
Washington D.C. 20240, phone: 202-208-5391 or 208-885-7129; or Margaret 
Littlejohn, Visitor Services Project Coordinator, Cooperative Park 
Studies Unit, College of Forestry, Wildlife and Range Sciences, 
University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho 83844-1133, phone: 208-885-7863.
Terry Tesar,
Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 96-548 Filed 1-18-96; 8:45 am]
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