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Federal Register
Vol. 88, No. 196
Thursday, October 12, 2023

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Information Collection; Interagency
Generic Clearance for Federal Land
Management Agencies Collaborative
Visitor Surveys on Recreation and
Transportation Related Programs and
Systems
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice; request for comment.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Forest Service is seeking public
comment on reapproval of a currently
approved information collection
request, Interagency Generic Clearance
for Federal Land Management Agencies
Collaborative Visitor Surveys on
Recreation and Transportation Related
Programs and Systems.
DATES: Comments must be received in
writing by December 11, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Comments concerning this
notice should be addressed to Kenli Kim
via mail at USDA Forest Service, Yates
Building, 201 14th Street SW,
Washington, DC 20520 or email at
[email protected] or to Nicholas
Grisham via mail at Transportation
Systems Planner, U.S. Department of
Transportation, Federal Highway
Administration, Office of Federal Lands
Highway, 610 East 5th Street,
Vancouver, WA 98661 or email at
[email protected].
All timely comments, including
names and addresses, will be placed in
the record and will be available for
public inspection and copying. The
public may inspect comments received
at USDA Forest Service, Yates Building,
201 14th Street SW, Washington, DC
20520, during normal business hours.
Visitors are encouraged to call ahead to
202–205–0925 to facilitate entry into the
building.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kenli Kim, USDA Forest Service,

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[email protected] or 202–205–0925,
or Nicholas Grisham, U.S. Department
of Transportation, nicholas.grisham@
dot.gov or 202–839–1409.
Individuals who use
telecommunication devices for the
hearing impaired (TDD) may call the
Federal Relay Service at 800–877–8339
between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.,
Eastern Time, Monday through Friday.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Interagency Generic Clearance
for Federal Land Management Agencies
Collaborative Visitor Surveys on
Recreation and Transportation Related
Programs and Systems.
OMB Number: 0596–0236.
Expiration Date of Approval: March
31, 2024.
Type of Request: Reapproval of a
currently approved information
collection request.
Abstract: Federal land management
agencies (FLMAs) need to acquire
visitor and user feedback about site- and
area-specific recreational services and
facilities and supporting road, trail, and
other transportation programs and
systems. FLMAs include but are not
limited to the USDA Forest Service; U.S.
Department of the Interior National Park
Service, Bureau of Land Management,
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau
of Reclamation, U.S. Geological Survey,
and Presidio Trust; and U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers.
Visitor feedback allows the FLMAs to
enhance customer service by
establishing and revising objectives for
FLMA recreational services and
facilities and recreation-related
transportation programs and systems;
inform FLMA land use plans; and
facilitate interagency coordination
across FLMA jurisdictions. This
feedback augments the ability of FLMAs
to meet the recreational needs of the
public and more effectively utilize the
resources under FLMA management. In
addition, this generic, interagency
information collection request saves
visitor and agency time and costs by
allowing multiple FLMAs in an area to
work jointly on data collection. The
information collected may also help
FLMAs respond to queries from the
public, Congressional staffs, the media,
and transportation and recreation
organizations.
The authorities for the FLMAs to
conduct public surveys on recreation
and supporting transportation programs
and systems include:

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• Forest Service Organic
Administration Act of 1897.
• Forest Service Multiple Use–
Sustained Yield Act.
• National Park Service Act of 1916.
• National Wildlife Refuge System
Administration Act of 1966.
• National Wildlife Refuge System
Centennial Act.
• Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976.
• Government Performance and
Results Act of 1993.
Respondents include visitors and
potential visitors to FLMA-managed
lands and residents of communities in
or near those lands, as well as state,
local, or Tribal agency staff who are
involved with public land management
and businesses operating on or near
FLMA-managed lands. Many of the
FLMA information collections may be
similar in terms of the populations
surveyed, types of questions asked,
research methods, and data
applications. The information collection
may occur at one location, several
locations, across FLMA units, across
regions, or nationally and may be multijurisdictional at any of these levels. The
information collection may occur once,
multiple times over a short time period,
or periodically over a long period.
Individual, organizational, agency, or
business feedback could be collected
through facilitated focus groups, inperson or telephonic interviews, or
electronic or handwritten comment
cards or questionnaires. Potential
participants may be contacted at
pertinent sites, including FLMA access
points, or pre- or post-visit.
In general, questions relate to
recreational use of one or more specific
locations on FLMA-managed lands and
may address one or more of the
following:
• Mobility and access, such as
different transportation modes used to
access sites; satisfaction with
transportation-related services and
facilities; use and satisfaction with
traveler information; reasons for nonvisitation.
• Resource management, such as
support for different management
approaches.
• Safety, for example, safety-related
incidents that have occurred.
• Environment, including for
example visitor priorities with respect
to natural and cultural resources and
perceptions related to sound.

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• Economic development, such as the
amount of money visitors spend in an
area.
• Trip characteristics, for example,
length of trip and trip purpose,
activities, and destinations.
• Visitor or user demographics and
use data, such as city and state of
residence, age group, gender, race, and
number of people or vehicles in a party.
All results are aggregated so that
specific responses cannot be connected
to specific respondents. If any names,
addresses, or telephone numbers are
collected, FLMAs will not store that
information with responses. Contact
information will be purged from
FLMAs’ files once data collections are
completed.
Participation in the FLMA surveys,
interviews, focus groups, and other data
collections under this information
collection is strictly voluntary. The
information may be collected and
analyzed by FLMA personnel, private
contractors, other federal agencies, or
universities or other educational
institutions conducting the information
collection on behalf of the FLMAs. All
results will be aggregated so specific
responses cannot be connected to
specific respondents.
Without coordinated information
collections on recreation and supporting
transportation programs and systems on
federal land, the FLMAs will lack the
information necessary to identify and
implement improvements in
recreational services and facilities and
supporting transportation programs and
systems that address public needs,
protect federal land and resources, and
enhance the visitor experience. These
information collections will become
more important as demand for access to
FLMA recreation sites and opportunities
continues to grow.
Estimated Annual Burden per
Respondent: 0.35 hour for surveys, 1.5
hours for focus groups, 1 hour for
interviews, and 0.05 hour for comment
cards.
Type of Respondents: Individuals and
households, businesses and non-profit
organizations, and state, local, and
Tribal governments.
Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 50,000.
Estimated Annual Number of
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 8,000 hours.
Comment Is Invited
Comment is invited on (1) whether
this information collection request is
necessary for the stated purposes and
the proper performance of the functions
of the FLMAs, including whether the

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information collected will have
practical or scientific utility; (2) the
accuracy of the Forest Service’s estimate
of the burden of the information
collection request, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (4)
ways to minimize the burden of the
information collection request on
respondents, including the use of
automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology.
All comments received in response to
this notice, including names and
addresses when provided, will be a
matter of public record. Comments will
be summarized and included in the
submission request for Office of
Management and Budget approval.
David Lytle,
Deputy Chief, Research and Development.
[FR Doc. 2023–22459 Filed 10–11–23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3411–15–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Economic Analysis
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Services Surveys: BE–140,
Benchmark Survey of Insurance
Transactions by U.S. Insurance
Companies With Foreign Persons
The Department of Commerce will
submit the following information
collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance, in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (PRA) on or after the date of
publication of this notice. We invite the
general public and other Federal
agencies to comment on proposed and
continuing information collections,
which helps us assess the impact of our
information collection requirements and
minimize the public’s reporting burden.
Public comments were previously
requested via the Federal Register on
July 19, 2023, during a 60-day comment
period. This notice allows for an
additional 30 days for public comments.
Agency: Bureau of Economic
Analysis, Department of Commerce.
OMB Control Number: 0608–0073.
Form Number(s): BE–140.
Type of Request: Regular submission.
Reinstatement with change of a
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Estimated Number of Respondents:
1,300 annually (1,000 reporting
mandatory data and 300 that would file
exemption claims or voluntary
responses).
Estimated Time per Response: 9 hours
is the average for the 600 respondents
filing data by country and affiliation, 2
hours for the 400 respondents filing data
by transaction type only, and 1 hour for
those filing an exemption claim or other
response. Hours may vary considerably
among respondents because of
differences in company size and
complexity.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 6,500.
Needs and Uses: The data are needed
to monitor U.S. trade in insurance
services, to analyze the impact of these
cross-border services on the U.S. and
foreign economies, to compile and
improve the U.S. economic accounts, to
support U.S. commercial policy on trade
in services, to conduct trade promotion,
and to improve the ability of U.S.
businesses to identify and evaluate
market opportunities. The data are used
in estimating the trade in insurance
services component of the U.S.
international transactions accounts
(ITAs) and national income and product
accounts (NIPAs).
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Frequency: Every fifth year, for
reporting years ending in ‘‘3’’ and ‘‘8’’.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: International
Investment and Trade in Services
Survey Act (Pub. L. 94–472, 22 U.S.C.
3101–3108, as amended).
This information collection request
may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov.
Follow the instructions to view the
Department of Commerce collections
currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be
submitted within 30 days of the
publication of this notice on the
following website www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain. Find this
particular information collection by
selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day
Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or
by using the search function and
entering either the title of the collection
or the OMB Control Number 0608–0073.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Under Secretary of Economic Affairs,
Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2023–22576 Filed 10–11–23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510–06–P

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