[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 27 (Monday, February 10, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7697-7698]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-02777]


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DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NRSS-SSD-14980; PPWONRADE3, PPMRSNR1Y.NM0000]


Proposed Information Collection; National Park Service Visitor 
Survey Card

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. This IC is scheduled to expire on 
May 31, 2014. 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 your comments on this IC are considered, we must 
receive them on or before April 11, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments on this IC to 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-
0216-VSC in the subject line.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bret Meldrum, Chief, Social Science

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Program, National Park Service, 1201 Oakridge Drive, Fort Collins, CO 
80525-5596 (mail); [email protected] (email); or 970-267-7295 
(phone).

I. Abstract

    The Visitor Survey Card (VSC) is used to measures visitors' 
opinions about park facilities, services, and recreational 
opportunities in each park unit and System-wide. In addition, the 
survey collects data strategic planning goal that contribute to NPS and 
DOI performance reports. Results of the VSC will also be used by park 
managers to improve visitor services at the approximately 330 units of 
the National Park System where the survey is administered.

II. Data

    OMB Number: 1024-0216.
    Title: National Park Service Visitor Survey Card.
    Service Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Renewal of a previously approved collection.
    Description of Respondents: Individuals or households; visitors to 
approximately 330 NPS units.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 40,000 respondents.
    Estimated Time and Frequency of Response: This is a one-time survey 
estimated to take 3 minutes per respondent to complete.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,000 hours.
    Estimated Annual ``Non-Hour Cost'' Burden: We have not identified 
any ``non-hour cost'' burdens associated with this collection of 
information.

III. Request for 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: February 4, 2014.
Madonna L. Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 2014-02777 Filed 2-7-14; 8:45 am]
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