Federal Register: June 16, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 114)
DOCID: fr16jn09-57 FR Doc E9-14155
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey
NOTICE: NOTICES
DOCID: fr16jn09-57
DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice of a new information collection.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Agency Information Collection Activities: Pompeys Pillar Visitor Survey
DATES: You must submit comments on or before July 16, 2009.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), we are notifying the public that we have submitted to OMB a new information collection request (ICR) for approval of the paperwork requirements for an onsite visitor survey to be conducted at Pompeys Pillar National Monument in Billings, Montana. This notice provides the public an opportunity to comment on the paperwork burden of this project.
SUMMARY:
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
I. Abstract
The USGS is working with the BLM Montana State office to conduct a survey of visitors to Pompeys Pillar National Monument. The information collected will be used by BLM to understand the spending trends of PPNM visitors in the surrounding local communities. This information will also be used to calculate the regional employment and income effects of PPNM visitor spending for the BLM Resource Management Plan analysis. Collection of these data is necessary for a rigorous and objective economic analysis that meets the ``hard look'' doctrine that has emerged from case law related to NEPA and to meet internal guidelines for credible economic analysis. The USGS will conduct an onsite survey of visitors to PPNM during the summer and fall visitation season (mid JulySeptember).
II. Data
OMB Control Number: None. This is a new collection.
Title: Pompeys Pillar Visitor Survey.
Respondent Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: This is a onetime collection.
Estimated Number and Description of Respondents: Visitors of Pompeys Pillar National Monument.
Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 630.
Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Hour'' Burden: 91 hours. We will contact 750 people exiting the recreation area. We anticipate an 80% response rate. We estimate each intercept survey will average 9 minutes per response (600 visitors). We also estimate that it will take 2 minutes per response to respond to three questions of a sample of 30 visitors who decline to take the written survey. These times includes the time for receiving instructions and completing the survey.
Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping ``NonHour Cost'' Burden: There are no ``nonhour cost'' burdens associated with this collection of information.
III. Request for Comments
On February 6, 2009, we published a Federal Register notice (74 FR 6305) soliciting comments announcing that we would submit this information to OMB for approval. The comment period closed on April 7, 2009. We did not receive any comments in response to that notice.
We again invite comments concerning this ICR on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the agency to perform its duties, including whether the information is useful; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, usefulness, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden on the respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
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 us in your comment to withhold your personal
identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.
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Dated: June 9, 2009
Sue Haseltine,
Associate Director for Biology.
[FR Doc. E914155 Filed 61509; 8:45 am]
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
Lynne Koontz by mail at U.S. Geological Survey, 2150C Center Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 80526, or by telephone at (970) 2269384.