[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 184 (Monday, September 23, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 58344]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-23063]


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DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NRSS-SSD-14131; PPWONRADE2, PMP00EI05.YP0000]


Proposed Information Collection: Colorado River Total Value 
Survey

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: We (National Park Service) 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. A federal agency 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 your comments on this IC are considered, we must 
receive them on or before November 22, 2013.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments on this IC to Bret Meldrum, 
Chief, Social Science Program, National Park Service, 1201 Oakridge 
Drive, Fort Collins, CO 80525-5596 (mail); [email protected] 
(email); or 970-267-7295 (phone) and Phadrea Ponds, Information 
Collection Coordinator, National Park Service, 1201 Oakridge Drive, 
Fort Collins, CO 80525 (mail); or [email protected] (email). Please 
reference Information Collection 1024-COLORIV in the subject line.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. John Duffield, University of 
Montana, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Missoula, MT 5981; 
[email protected] (email); or: 406-721-2265 (phone).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract

    The National Park Service (NPS) Act of 1916, 38 Stat 535, 16 U.S.C. 
1, et seq., requires that the NPS preserve national parks for the use 
and enjoyment of present and future generations. This collection will 
provide park managers and NPS partners with information about the 
values U.S. residents place on the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River 
riparian resource, and on alternative flow release scenarios from Glen 
Canyon Dam designed to protect canyon flora and fauna. The final survey 
will provide information for the economic analysis of the alternative 
management and operation protocols for Glen Canyon Dam. The economic 
analysis provides one piece of information that the Secretary of the 
Interior will use to evaluate future dam operation plans associated 
with the current ongoing Glen Canyon DEIS. This notice will cover the 
development and pretesting of the final survey instrument.

II. Data

    OMB Number: None. This is a new collection.
    Title: Colorado River Total Value Survey.
    Type of Request: New.
    Affected Public: General public; Individual households.
    Respondent Obligation: Voluntary.
    Frequency of Collection: One-time.
    Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 2,000.
    Annual Burden Hours: 1,000 hours. We estimate the public reporting 
burden to be 30 minutes per completed survey response.
    Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Non-Hour Cost'' Burden: We 
have not identified any ``non-hour cost'' burdens associated with this 
collection of information.

III. Request for Comments

    Comments are invited on: (1) The practical utility of the 
information being gathered; (2) the accuracy of the burden hour 
estimate; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of the 
collection of information on respondents, including use of automated 
information techniques or other forms of information technology.
    Please note that the comments submitted 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 OMB in your comment 
to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, 
we cannot guarantee that it will be done.

    Dated: September 18, 2013.
Madonna L. Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 2013-23063 Filed 9-20-13; 8:45 am]
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