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sources at least 14 days before each
meeting.
Individuals who need special
assistance such as sign language
interpretation or other reasonable
accommodations, or who wish to
receive a copy of each agenda, may
contact Chris Hanefeld no later than 10
days prior to each meeting.
Erica Haspiel-Szlosek,
Chief, Office of Communications.
[FR Doc. 2013–04504 Filed 2–26–13; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–BSAD–CONC–12056; 133
PPMVSCS1Y.Y00000, PPWOBSADC0]

Information Collection Request Sent to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for Approval; Submission of
Offers in Response to Concession
Opportunities
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice; request for comments.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

SUMMARY: We (National Park Service,
NPS) have sent an Information
Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for
review and approval. We summarize the
ICR below and describe the nature of the
collection and the estimated burden and
cost. This information collection is
scheduled to expire on March 31, 2013.
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. However, under OMB
regulations, we may continue to
conduct or sponsor this information
collection while it is pending at OMB.
DATES: You must submit comments on
or before March 29, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments and
suggestions on this information
collection to the Desk Officer for the
Department of the Interior at OMB–
OIRA at (202) 395–5806 (fax) or
[email protected]
(email). Please provide a copy of your
comments to the Information Collection
Clearance Officer, National Park
Service, 1201 I Street NW., MS 1237,
Washington, DC 20005 (mail); or
[email protected] (email).
Please reference OMB Control Number

Number of
respondents

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1024–0125 in the subject line of your
comments.
To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Deborah Harvey,
Acting Chief, Commercial Services
Program, 1201 I Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20005. You may send
an email to [email protected] or
contact her by telephone at (202) 513–
7150 or via fax at (202) 371–2090. You
may review the ICR online at http://
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the
instructions to review Department of the
Interior collections under review by
OMB.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

OMB Control Number: 1024–0125.
Title: Submission of Offers in
Response to Concession Opportunities,
36 CFR 51.
Service Form Number: None.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Description of Respondents:
Businesses, individuals, and nonprofit
organizations.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Number of
responses

Completion
time per
response
(hours)

Total annual
burden hours

Large Concessions ..........................................................................................
Small Concessions ..........................................................................................

30
60

30
60

240
80

7,200
4,800

Totals ........................................................................................................

90

90

........................

12,000

Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden
Cost: $420,000. We estimate that the
average nonhour cost per respondent is
$3,000 for small operations and $8,000
for large operations.
Abstract: 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. The regulations require the
submission of offers by parties
interested in applying for an NPS
concession contract.
The public solicitation process begins
with the issuance of a prospectus to
invite the general public to submit
proposals for the contract. The
prospectus describes the terms and
conditions of the concession contract to
be awarded, the procedures to be
followed in the selection of the best
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be provided. Information that we collect
includes, but is not limited to:
• Description of how respondent will
conduct operations to minimize
disturbance to wildlife.
• Specific actions, steps, or programs
that respondent will implement to
protect park resources.
• Steps that respondent will take to
provide visitors with a consistent, high
quality, safe, and enjoyable visitor
experience at a reasonable rate.
• Organizational structure and
history.
• Experience with similar operations.
• Details on violations or infractions
and how they were handled.
• Financial information and
demonstration that respondent has
credible, proven track record of meeting
obligations.
• Ability to obtain funds for start-up
costs.
• How respondent will communicate
an environmental ethic to employees
and visitors.

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We use this information to objectively
evaluate offers received for a particular
business opportunity, assure that the
park resources will be adequately
protected, and determine which
respondent will provide the best service
to visitors.
Comments: On July 24, 2012, we
published in the Federal Register (77
FR 43354) a notice of our intent to
request that OMB renew approval for
this information collection. In that
notice, we solicited comments for 60
days, ending on September 24, 2012. We
did not receive any comments.
We again 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;

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• 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. 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: February 13, 2013.
Madonna L. Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer,
National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 2013–04537 Filed 2–26–13; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–NER–HPPC–11732; PPWONRADE2
PMP00EI05]

Chronic Wasting Disease Management
Plan/Environmental Impact Statement,
Shenandoah National Park
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice of Intent.

AGENCY:

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ACTION:

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(C)
the National Environmental Policy Act
of 1969 and the Council on
Environmental Quality regulations, the
National Park Service (NPS) is preparing
a Chronic Wasting Disease Management
Plan and Environmental Impact
Statement (CWD Management Plan/EIS)
for Shenandoah National Park, Virginia.
Action is needed at this time prevent
the establishment of CWD in the whitetailed deer population of Shenandoah
National Park and, should the disease
become established, to slow the spread
of the disease. To ensure that all
significant issues are identified and
considered, all interested parties are
invited to comment on the proposed
scope of the project, the purpose, need,
and objectives of the plan, and draft
alternatives.

The National Park Service will
accept comments from the public for a
period of 60 days after the date of
publication in the Federal Register.
Public meetings will be held during the
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submission of public comment. Once
scheduled, the meeting dates will be
announced on the NPS’s Planning
Environment and Public Comment
(PEPC) Web site (http://
parkplanning.nps.gov/shen); by
newsletter posted on the Shenandoah
National Park Web page (www.nps.gov/
shen); and by a press release to the local
media.
ADDRESSES: The preferred method of
comment is to submit comments
electronically through the NPS PEPC
Web site (http://parkplanning.nps.gov/
shen). You may also mail comments to
Superintendent, Shenandoah National
Park, 3655 U.S. Highway 211 East,
Luray, VA, 22835.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin
Flanagan, National Park Service, Denver
Service Center, at (303) 969–2327.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A longrange CWD Management Plan is needed
at this time because: CWD is established
and spreading within the region and
represents a threat to white-tailed deer,
which are an important park resource;
the risk of CWD introduction and
amplification is high because of high
deer population density in certain areas
of the park and deer movement in and
out of the park; there is no known
treatment to eliminate CWD once it is
established in the population; a variety
of management options must be
considered to limit the prevalence and
minimize spread; and CWD is a
nonnative disease process, therefore,
NPS policy states that CWD should be
managed or eliminated, if prudent and
feasible.
To date, Shenandoah National Park
has prepared a CWD Detection and
Assessment Plan and Environmental
Assessment which, when completed
and approved, will guide future actions
for detecting and responding to initial
CWD cases within the park. The next
step is to comprehensively evaluate
alternative approaches for long-term
management of CWD, which is the
purpose of the proposed CWD
Management Plan/EIS.
The objectives of the long-range CWD
management plan are to: Prevent CWD
establishment and, should CWD become
established, slow the spread of CWD
within the park; monitor disease
progression and impacts on park
resources; provide a framework to assess
or evaluate the success of the
management actions and for the NPS to
cooperate with other state and federal
agencies on the management of CWD;
develop public support for CWD
management through education;
minimize disruption to visitor use and
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and minimize the potential for health
and safety issues for park staff and
visitors during CWD management
activities.
The NPS has begun development of
two action alternatives that will be
made available for public comment as
part of the scoping process. The first
action alternative proposes a phased
approach to CWD management and
would be implemented when CWD is
identified within a specified distance
from the park. In slight contrast, the
second alternative would initiate
management actions immediately,
rather than in response to proximity of
CWD detection to the boundaries of the
park. The NPS will also evaluate a no
action alternative, under which current
management approaches would
continue, including implementation of
the approved CWD detection and
assessment plan.
To ensure that all significant issues
are identified and considered, all
interested parties are invited to
comment on the proposed scope of the
project; the purpose, need and
objectives of the plan; and draft
alternatives. These materials will be
available for review and comment on
the NPS PEPC Web site (http://
parkplanning.nps.gov/shen) and the
park’s Web page (www.nps.gov/shen).
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: November 20, 2012.
Dennis R. Reidenbach,
Regional Director, Northeast Region, National
Park Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–PWR–PWRO–11436;
PXP0137227A001]

Draft Environmental Impact Statement
for the Cottonwood Cove and
Katherine Landing Development
Concept Plans, Clark County, NV, and
Mohave County, AZ
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice of availability.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

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