[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 57 (Wednesday, March 25, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15805-15806]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-06803]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-BSD-COMM-16657; PPWOBSADC0, PPMVSCS1Y.Y00000]
Proposed Information Collection; National Park Service
Concessions
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: We (National Park Service, NPS) 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 November 30, 2016. 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 IC,
we must receive them by May 26, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the IC to Madonna L. Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service, 1849 C
Street, NW. (2601), Washington, DC 20240) (mail); or
madonna_baucum@nps.gov (email). Please include ``1024-0029'' in the
subject line of your comments. You can view the currently approved
collection at www.reginfo.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information
about this IC, contact Brian P. Borda, Chief, Commercial Services
Program, National Park Service, 1201 I Street NW., Washington, DC 20005
(mail), (202) 513-7156 (phone), or brian_borda@nps.gov (email) .
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract. Private businesses under contract to the National Park
Service manage food, lodging, tours, whitewater rafting, boating, and
many other recreational activities and amenities in more than 100
national parks. These services gross more than $1 billion every year
and provide jobs for more than 25,000 people during peak season.
The regulations at 36 CFR part 51 primarily implement Title IV of
the National Parks Omnibus Management Act of 1998 (Pub. L. 105-391)
which provides legislative authority, policies, and requirements for
the solicitation, award, and administration of NPS concession
contracts. Following are the information collection requirements
associated with soliciting, awarding, and administering NPS
concessions.
(1) Proposals.
(2) Amendments.
(3) Appeals.
(4) Request to Construct a Capital Improvement.
(5) Construction Report.
(6) Application to Sell or Transfer Concession Operation.
(7) Annual Financial Statements.
(8) Recordkeeping.
The only revision we are proposing to the currently approved
collection is the addition of a Schedule R to NPS Form 10-356 and data
collection fields to NPS Form 10-356a. Some concessioner contracts have
an approved rate add-on to cover a portion of the cost of NPS-provided
utilities when those utility costs are in excess of industry norms.
Concessioners choose how to account for the approved rate add-on in
their annual financial report on forms 10-356 or 10-356A according to
best industry accounting practices. However, the currently approved
forms do not include any schedules or collection areas that show the
amount of revenue collected in excess of approved rates or the cost of
utilities provided by the National Park Service to the concessioner.
This information is necessary to ensure that visitors are only charged
the approved rate add-on amount and to ensure that we have a
comprehensive view of the concessioner's financial situation as it
relates to the regulations at 36 CFR part 51. The proposed forms will
collect the approved add-on amount, the amount collected, and the
actual costs of NPS-provided utilities.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1024-0029.
Title: National Park Service Concessions, 36 CFR 51.
Service Form Numbers: 10-356, 10-356A.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Description of Respondents: Individuals, businesses, and nonprofit
organizations.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion for proposals, amendments, and
appeals; annually for financial reports; and ongoing for recordkeeping.
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Number of Completion time Estimated
Activity Number of annual per response Total annual nonhour burden
respondents responses (hours) burden hours * cost
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Proposals:
Large Concessions.......... 30 30 240 7,200 $240,000
Small Concessions.......... 60 60 80 4,800 180,000
Appeal......................... 1 1 1 1 0
Appeal......................... 1 1 .5 1 0
Request to Construct Capital
Improvement:
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Large Projects............. 31 31 16 496 0
Small Projects............. 89 89 8 712 0
Construction Report:
Large Projects............. 31 31 56 1,736 0
Small Projects............. 89 89 24 2,136 0
Application to Sell/Transfer 20 20 80 1,600 5,000
Concession Operation..........
Annual Financial Statements:
Form 10-356................ 150 150 16.2 2,430 0
Form 10-356A............... 350 350 4.2 1,470 0
Recordkeeping:
Large Concessions.......... 150 150 800 119,925 0
Small Concessions.......... 350 350 50 17,500 0
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TOTALS................. 1,352 1,352 ............... 160,007 425,000
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* Rounded.
III. 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: March 19, 2015.
Madonna L. Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-06803 Filed 3-24-15; 8:45 am]
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