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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[BLM EQD SSB–
LLWO250000.L12200000.PM0000]

Proposed Information Collection:
Surveys and Focus Groups To Support
Outcomes-Focused Management
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: 60-day notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act, the Bureau of
Land Management (BLM) will ask the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) to approve a collection of
information to support recreation
planning and management on public
lands. The respondents will be
recreationists visiting BLM-managed
areas and members of communities near
BLM-managed areas. The BLM invites
public comments on this proposed
collection. A Federal agency 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: Please submit comments on the
proposed information collection by
September 14, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be
submitted by mail, fax, or electronic
mail.
Mail: U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Land Management, 1849 C
Street NW., Room 2134LM, Attention:
Anna Atkinson, Washington, DC 20240.
Fax: to Anna Atkinson at 202–245–
0050.
Electronic mail: [email protected].
Please indicate ‘‘Attn: 1004–XXXX’’
regardless of the form of your
comments.
SUMMARY:

Dr.
Peter J. Fix, University of Alaska
Fairbanks, Department of Natural
Resources Management, Fairbanks, AK
99775–7200; email: [email protected]; or
phone: 907–474–6926.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

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I. Abstract
The BLM’s recently issued planning
and management guidelines for outdoor
recreation in Handbook 8320–1 require
managers to consider recreational
visitors’ and local community members’
perspectives on the preferred
characteristics of the resource area (e.g.,
the type and amount of facilities/
development, the number of other
visitors present, etc.), the desired
recreational experience, and longer-term

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benefits that might be realized.
Information on these topics would assist
with the development of a Land Use
Plan (LUP) and monitor implementation
of that LUP. The BLM proposes to
collect information regarding these
topics from two populations,
recreational visitors and local
community members, utilizing both
surveys and focus groups.
For the surveys, the BLM would ask
onsite, randomly selected recreational
visitors 10 questions related to specific
areas visited, activity participation, and
basic demographics. After completion of
those questions, the BLM would ask if
they are interested in participating in a
more in-depth mailback or internet
survey. The mailback/internet survey
would ask approximately 25 detailed
questions about the trip, including:
specific areas and attractions visited,
activity participation, reasons for
visiting and expected outcomes,
evaluation of their visit, preferences for
management of the area. Demographic
questions would also be included. A
reminder postcard/email will be sent
after one week and a second survey will
be sent to those who did not respond
after two weeks. Surveys would be
conducted at no more than 108 field
offices.
As a random sample is not the goal of
the focus groups, participants would be
solicited through a variety of methods
including agency lists of key
stakeholder groups; outreach to BLM
partners; BLM field office Web sites;
flyers at visitor centers, information
kiosks, BLM offices, public spaces of
gateway communities, and local hotels
and restaurants; and local newspaper
articles. During the focus group, the
BLM staff would lead participants
through a series of topics regarding how
often participants visit the site in
question, what makes the site special to
them/the local community, reasons for
visiting, desired outcomes from the site,
perceived positive/negative changes to
the site, and the participants’ thoughts
on partnerships and management.
Questions asked of participants would
include a mix of open-ended and fixedchoice responses. Answers will be
recorded by electronic clickers and/or
paper forms. The BLM field offices
would be selected to administer a visitor
survey based on one of two conditions:
(1) A forthcoming Land Use Plan (LUP)
in which Special Recreation
Management Areas (SRMA) might be
considered (e.g., high visitation, unique
recreation opportunities, and unique
natural features); or (2) a recently
completed LUP in which SRMAs were
designated. Gateway communities
selected for focus groups would be those

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near a BLM field office with a
forthcoming or recently completed LUP
in which SRMAs will be considered or
have been designated. The BLM would
conduct a maximum of 648 focus groups
over a 3-year period within the 12 states
in which the BLM manages public
lands.
The information gathered would be
used to:
(1) Identify onsite experiences and
longer-term outcomes desired/attained
by visitors, local residents, and other
relevant local stakeholders (e.g.,
improved health, improved family
bonding, economic diversity).
(2) Determine the field office’s ability
to respond to identified recreational
issues and opportunities and
understand the relationships among
desirable/attained outcomes, activities,
setting characteristics, and service
delivery systems (within BLMadministered and other public lands as
well as those provided by local
communities) which those outcomes
and activities depend on.
(3) Develop LUPs that ensure visitor
services and facilities are appropriate to
provide desired experiences, settings
and longer-term outcomes.
(4) Monitor progress towards meeting
SRMA objectives put forth in the LUP.
(5) Prepare and maintain a continuing
inventory of outdoor recreation values,
kept current so as to reflect changing
conditions and identify new and
emerging values.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: This is a new
collection; 1004–XXXX.
Title: Surveys and Focus Groups to
Support Outcomes-Focused
Management.
Affected Public: Visitors to BLM
resource areas, residents and other
relevant stakeholders (e.g.,
representatives of the business
community, local government, etc.) of
communities near BLM resource areas.
Respondent Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: Annually, no
more than 36 BLM field offices would
be surveyed (32 would be pre-LUP
inventory/needs assessment surveys and
4 would be post-LUP monitoring
surveys) and no more than 216 focus
groups would be conducted.
Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: pre-LUP inventory/needs
assessment visitor surveys: 12,800; postLUP monitoring visitor surveys: 1,600;
focus groups: 5,400
Annual Burden Hours: We estimate
the public reporting burden to be
approximately 30 minutes per
completed inventory/needs assessment
visitor survey, 10 minutes per

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monitoring survey, and 90 minutes per

focus group meeting participant. Total
annual burden hours: 14,772.
A.

B.

C.

D.

Type of response

Number of
responses

Time per
response
(minutes)

Total hours
(Col. B × Col.
C/60 min)

Pre-RMP, onsite contact ..............................................................................................................
Pre-RMP, onsite survey (95% of above) .....................................................................................
Pre-RMP follow-up contacts (100% of above) ............................................................................
Pre-RMP follow-up completion of survey (65% of above) ..........................................................

20729
19692
19692
12800

0.5
5
1
20

173
1641
328
4267

Total for Pre-RMP ................................................................................................................

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

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

6409

A.

B.

C.

D.

Type of response

Number of
responses

Time per
response
(minutes)

Total hours
(Col. B × Col.
C/60 min)

Post-RMP, onsite contact ............................................................................................................
Post-RMP, onsite survey (95% of above) ...................................................................................
Post-RMP follow-up contacts (100% of above) ..........................................................................
Post-RMP follow-up completion of survey (65% of above) ........................................................

2591
2462
2462
1600

0.5
1
1
6

22
41
41
160

Total for Post-RMP ...............................................................................................................

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

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

264

A.

B.

C.

D.

Type of response

Number of
responses

Time per
response
(minutes)

Total hours
(Col. B × Col.
C/60 min)

Focus group .................................................................................................................................

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Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’
Burden: There are no identified ‘‘nonhour cost’’ burdens associated with this
collection of information.

review, we cannot guarantee that it will
be done.
Anna Atkinson,
Bureau of Land Management, Information
Collection Clearance Officer (Acting).

III. Request for Comments

[FR Doc. 2015–17231 Filed 7–13–15; 8:45 am]

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 of the
collection of information on
respondents, including use of
automated information techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Please note that the comments
submitted 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 BLM in your
comment to withhold your personal
identifying information from public

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LL WO31000.L13100000.PB0000.15X]

Renewal of Approved Information
Collection; OMB Control No. 1004–
0185
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: 60-day notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act, the Bureau of
Land Management (BLM) invites public
comments on, and plans to request
approval to continue, the collection of
information pertaining to Federal and
Indian oil and gas leasing and drainage
protection (except on the Osage
Reservation). The Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) has assigned control

SUMMARY:

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number 1004–0185 to this information
collection.
DATES: Submit comments on the
proposed information collection by
September 14, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be
submitted by mail, fax, or electronic
mail.
Mail: U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Land Management, 1849 C
Street NW., Room 2134LM, Attention:
Jean Sonneman, Washington, DC 20240.
Fax: to Anna Atkinson at 202–245–
0050.
Electronic mail: [email protected].
Please indicate ‘‘Attn: 1004–0185’’
regardless of the form of your
comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jennifer Spencer, Division of Fluid
Minerals, at 202–912–7146. Persons
who use a telecommunication device for
the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at
1–800–877–8339, to leave a message for
Ms. Spencer.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB
regulations at 5 CFR 1320, which
implement provisions of the Paperwork
Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3521,
require that interested members of the
public and affected agencies be given an
opportunity to comment on information

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