60-day Federal Register Notice

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[UT–020–5101–ER7–J217]

Correction to Notice of Intent to
Prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement to Analyze PacifiCorp’s
Mona to Oquirrh Double-Circuit 50/345
Kilovolt (kV) Transmission Line, UT–
82829, and Amend the Pony Express
Resource Management Plan for the
Salt Lake Field Office, Utah. (Federal
Register; October 16, 2007, Volume 72,
Number 199, Page 58681–58682)
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Correction notice.
AGENCY:

Dated: October 30, 2007.
Kent Hoffman,
Acting Utah State Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
60-Day Notice of Intention To Request
Clearance of Collection of Information;
Opportunity for Public Comment
Department of the Interior,
National Park Service.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.

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AGENCY:

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and 5
CFR part 1320, Reporting and Record
Keeping Requirements, the National
Park Service (NPS) invites public
comments on a proposed new collection
of information (1024–xxxx).
DATES: Public comments on the
proposed Information Collection
Request (ICR) will be accepted on or
before January 4, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Send Comments to: Dr. Jane
Swanson, Protected Area Social
Research Unit, College of Forest
Resources, University of Washington,
Seattle, WA 98195; via phone at 206/
685–9150; via fax at 206/685–0790, or
via e-mail at
[email protected]. Also, you

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Dr.
James Gramann, National Park Service
Social Science Program, 1201 ‘‘Eye’’ St.,
Washington, DC 20005; via phone 202–
513–7189; or via e-mail at
[email protected]. You
are entitled to a copy of the entire ICR
package free of charge.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Research Assessing Current and
Potential Impacts of Cruise Ships on
Visitor Experiences in Glacier Bay
National Park and Preserve.
Bureau Form Number(s): None.
OMB Number: To be requested.
Expiration Date: To be requested.
Type of Request: New collection.
Description of Need: The proposed
study would provide information to be
used in deciding cruise ship use levels
in Glacier Bay National Park. The
purpose of this research is to provide
Park managers with information about
current impacts of cruise ships, if any,
on the quality of visitor experience and
to estimate potential impacts on the
quality of visitor experience for cruise
ship use levels specified in the Record
of Decision (Record of Decision for
Vessel Quotas and Operating
Requirements in Glacier Bay National
Park and Preserve, 2003).
The Final Environmental Impact
Statement for Vessel Quotas and
Operating Requirements, and the
resulting Record of Decision signed
November 21, 2003, currently guide
vessel management in Glacier Bay
National Park and Preserve (GLBA). The
Record of Decision (Record of Decision
for Vessel Quotas and Operating
Requirements in Glacier Bay National
Park and Preserve, 2003) adopted an
alternative that maintains the current
daily maximum of two cruise ships in
the park and sets seasonal use days for
the June–August season at 139 ships.
The Record of Decision also provides for
possible increases in cruise ship use.
Specifically, use in the June–August
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

SUMMARY: The following corrections are
made: Three scoping meetings (West
Jordan, Tooele, and Nephi, Utah) will be
held during the scoping period. The
Mona to Oquirrh Transmission Line
project Web site is http://
www.monatransmission.com.
All other information within the
Notice of Intent (10/16/07) remains
unchanged.

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may send comments to Leonard Stowe,
NPS Information Collection Clearance
Officer, 1849 C St., NW., (2605),
Washington, DC 20240, or by e-mail at
[email protected]. All responses
to this notice will be summarized and
included in the request for the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
approval. All comments will become a
matter of public record.
To Request a Draft of Proposed
Collection of Information Contact: Dr.
Jane Swanson, Protected Area Social
Research Unit, College of Forest
Resources, University of Washington,
Seattle, WA 98195; via phone at 206/
685–9150; or via e-mail at
[email protected].

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season could be increased to two ships
per day, every day for a seasonal use
total of 184 ships. The Record of
Decision for Vessel Quotas and
Operating Requirements in Glacier Bay
National Park and Preserve (2003)
provided the following direction for the
role of research in the process of
changing quotas for cruise ships.
The determination of whether to increase
seasonal-use day quotas for cruise ships will
rely on criteria that define the environmental
and social conditions to be met before any
additional seasonal-use days are approved.
These criteria will be based on the results of
and guidance provided through studies that
examine the effects of vessels on all park
resources and visitor experience. (p.18).

The Record of Decision also specified
that the studies examining the effects of
cruise ships would be identified with
the assistance of a Glacier Bay Vessel
Management Science Advisory Board
(SAB). The SAB was established and a
final report of their findings and
recommendations was published in
September 2005 (Glacier Bay National
Park Science Advisory Board: Final
Report, 2005). The SAB recommended a
comprehensive research program that
was presented in general terms with no
prioritization or cost estimates. Because
the research program outlined in the
SAB could not be performed within the
time and budget limitations facing park
managers, the SAB recommended (and
park managers agreed to fund) a social
research problem analysis. Upon review
of the final Program Analysis, park staff
decided on a research program that
would focus primarily on measuring
impacts of cruise ships, if any, on the
quality of visitor experience and
secondarily on understanding the
context in which cruise ship impacts
occur and how these impacts arise. To
accomplish these objectives, this
proposed research includes the
following components. (1) Assessment
of cruise ship impacts, if any, on the
quality of visitor experience. (2) The
role of experience gatekeepers in visitor
encounters with cruise ships.
1. Assessing impacts of cruise ships,
if any, on the quality of visitor
experiences in Glacier Bay proper.
The purpose of the proposed study is
to provide park managers with
information about a variety of potential
impacts of cruise ships on all visitor
groups that have potential to encounter
a cruise ship in Glacier Bay proper.
Information about impacts of other
mechanized transport, if any, on the
quality of visitor experience will also be
collected (1) to provide a context for
understanding the role of cruise ships
on the quality of visitor experience and
(2) to examine aggregate effects of

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mechanized transport on the quality of
visitor experience. This research
proposed for the 2008 summer season,
will use on-site and mail questionnaires
to gather data for estimating impact
rates for different user groups.
Additionally, in-depth interviews with
visitors will provide additional
information about how these impacts
arise and visitors’ opinions of increasing
cruise ship size. Finally, itinerary data
will be collected from captains of
charter and tour boats and from kayak
guides to obtain more reliable itinerary
data than visitors aboard these vessels
would likely provide.
2. The role of experience gatekeepers
in visitor encounters with cruise ships.
Discussions with experience
providers indicate that these individuals
may adjust itineraries in an effort to
provide visitors with a particular
experience. Often that experience is one
where few other vessels are
encountered. Understanding these
practices and how the increase in 2cruise-ship days may affect them are the
primary objectives of this research
component. This information will be
integral when estimating population
impacts under the 2-cruise-ships every
day scenario. Gatekeepers identified
include charter and tour boat captains,
kayak guides, and VIS staff who issue
permits and provide guidance to
kayakers and captains of private vessels.
Interviews, to be conducted during the
summer 2008 use season, will rely on an
open-ended, in-depth process.
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 to
respondents, including use of
automated information collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology. Before including your
address, phone number, e-mail 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.
Automated data collections: This
information will be collected via inperson interviews and surveys. No
automated data collection will take
place.
Description of respondents:
Component 1—survey and interviews:

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Cruise ship passengers, tour boat
passengers, charter boat passengers,
people entering on private vessel
permits, and people entering on
backcountry permits who visit Glacier
Bay proper between June 1, 2008 and
August 31, 2008.
Component 1—itinerary data: Charter
and tour boat captains and kayak guides
who serve visitors included in the
survey component of the project.
Component 2: Charter and tour boat
captains, kayak guides, and VIS staff
who serve visitors to Glacier Bay proper
during the 2008 summer season.
Estimated average number of
respondents: Component 1: 2780
respondents for on-site survey; 1492
respondents for mail survey; 75
respondents for interviews; 24
respondents for itinerary date.
Component 2: 27.
Estimated average number of
responses: Component 1: 2780
respondents for on-site survey, 1492
respondents for mail survey; 75
respondents for interview; 24
respondents for itinerary data.
Component 2: 27.
Estimated average burden hours per
response: Component 1: 3 minutes for
on-site survey respondents; 25 minutes
for mail questionnaire; 60 minutes for
interview respondents; 15 minutes for
itinerary respondents. Component 2: 30
minutes.
Frequency of Response: 1 time per
respondent.
Estimated total annual reporting
burden: 855 hours.
Dated: September 13, 2007.
Leonard E. Stowe,
NPS, Information Collection Clearance
Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
30-Day Notice of Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget;
Opportunity for Public Comment
Department of the Interior,
National Park Service.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: Under provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and 5
CFR Part 1320, Reporting and
Recordkeeping Requirements, the
National Park Service (NPS) invites
public comments on a proposed new
collection of information (OMB #1024–
XXXX).

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Public comments on this
Information Collection Request (ICR)
will be accepted on or before December
5, 2007.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
directly to the Desk Officer for the
Department of the Interior (OMB #1024–
XXXX), Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, OMB, by fax at 202/
395–6566, or by electronic mail at
[email protected]. Please also
send a copy of your comments to Dr.
Michael Patterson, Department of
Society and Conservation, University of
Montana, Missoula, MT 59801; Phone:
406/243–6614; e-mail:
[email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
James Gramann, NPS Social Science
Program, 1201 Eye St., Washington, DC
20005; or via phone 202/513–7189; or
via e-mail
[email protected]. You
are entitled to a copy of the entire ICR
package free-of-charge.
Comments Received on the 60-Day
Federal Register Notice: The NPS
published a 60-Day Notice to solicit
public comments on this ICR in the
Federal Register on April 24, 2007 (Vol.
72, No. 78, Page 20363–20364). The
comment period closed on June 25,
2007. After multiple notifications to
stakeholders requesting comments, the
NPS received one comment as a result
of the publication of this 60-Day Federal
Register Notice.
We received on public comment on
the proposed visitor study in
Yellowstone National Park (YNP). The
comment, from a representative of the
Wyoming State Snowmobile
Association, raised concerns related to
four aspects of the research design: (1)
The possible disruption of visitor
experiences through asking them to
respond to an on-site survey, (2) the
adequacy of the sample size, (3) the
appropriateness/practical utility of
gathering information on visitor
perceptions about their experiences and
park management, and (4) the
appropriateness of gathering
information on guides’ perspectives
about the snowcoach/snowmobile
guide-only policy.
The comments were addressed in a
reply letter. The following is a synopsis
of the response to each of the proposed
concerns: (1) The methods used in this
study are well-established in the
research community and every effort
has been made to ensure that visitors are
not disrupted in any significant way. (2)
The sample sizes are large enough to
address the research needs and will
allow for a small standard error of ±5%.
(3) The goal of the proposed study is to
DATES:

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