Notice2022-26140
Agency Information Collection Activities; Backcountry/Wilderness Use Permit
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Published
December 1, 2022
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 we, the National Park Service (NPS) are proposing to revise a previously approved information collection.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 230 (Thursday, December 1, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73776-73777]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-26140]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-VRP-WS-NPS0034514; PPWOWMADL3, PPMPSAS1Y.TD0000 (222); OMB
Control Number 1024-0022]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Backcountry/Wilderness
Use Permit
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 we, the
National Park Service (NPS) are proposing to revise a previously
approved information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
January 30, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on this information collection request
(ICR) by mail to Phadrea Ponds, NPS Information Collection Clearance
Officer, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive (MS-242), Reston, Virginia 20192;
or to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#23534b42475146427c534c4d4750634d53500d444c55"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1b6b737a7f697e7a446b74757f685b756b68357c746d">[email protected]</span></a> (email). Please reference Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) Control Number 1024-0022 in the subject
line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information
about this ICR, contact Roger Semler, Chief, Wilderness Stewardship
Division at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#13617c7476614c60767e7f7661537d63603d747c65"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9ae8f5fdffe8c5e9fff7f6ffe8daf4eae9b4fdf5ec">[email protected]</span></a> (email). Please reference OMB Control
Number 1024-0022 in the subject line of your comments. Individuals in
the United States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a
speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access
telecommunications relay services. Individuals outside the United
States should use the relay services offered within their country to
make international calls to the point of contact in the United States.
You may also view the ICR at <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the PRA and 5 CFR
1320.8(d)(1), all information collections require approval under the
PRA.
As part of our continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent
burdens, we invite the public and other Federal agencies to comment on
new, proposed, revised, and continuing collections of information. This
helps us assess the impact of our information collection requirements
and minimize the public's reporting burden. It also helps the public
understand our information collection requirements and provide the
requested data in the desired format.
We are especially interested in public comment addressing the
following:
(1) Whether or not the collection of information is necessary for
the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including
whether or not the information will have practical utility;
(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the burden for this collection
of information, 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) How the agency might minimize the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to respond, including through the use of
appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g.,
permitting electronic submission of response.
Comments that you submit 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 ICR. 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.
Abstract: The Backcountry/Wilderness Use Permit is an extension of
the NPS statutory authority and responsibility to protect the park
areas it administers and to manage the public use thereof (54 U.S.C.
100101, 100751, and 320102). In 1976, the NPS initiated a backcountry
registration system by the regulations codified in 36 CFR 1.5, 1.6, and
2.10. The NPS regulations codified in 36 CFR parts 1 through 7, 12, and
13 are designated to implement statutory mandates that provide for
resource protection and public enjoyment. The registration system aims
to provide users access to backcountry and wilderness areas of national
parks while enhancing the protection of natural and cultural resources
by using better management practices by the park management. Data
collected through the registration process serves as an important
resource that informs backcountry/wilderness management and stewardship
planning, decision-making, and operations, and provides a means of
disseminating public safety and outdoor ethics messages regarding
backcountry/wilderness travel and camping along with continuing
opportunities for primitive and unconfined recreation. Permitting
enhances the ability of the NPS to educate users on potential hazards,
search and rescue efforts, and resource protection. The objectives of
the permit system carried out by park managers are to ensure:
(1) Requests by backcountry users are evaluated by park managers
per applicable statutes and NPS regulations.
(2) The use of consistent standards and permitting criteria
throughout the agency.
(3) To the extent possible, the use of a single and efficient
permitting document, NPS Forms 10-404 Backcountry/Wilderness Use Permit
Application and 10-404A Backcountry/Wilderness Use Permit Hangtag, are
used to provide access to NPS backcountry areas, including areas that
require a reservation to enter where use limits are imposed per other
NPS regulations. The 10-404AK Alaska Backcountry/Wilderness Use Permit
Application, is used within Alaskan park units, Denali National Park
and Preserve and Glacier Bay National Park
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and Preserve, due to unique, park-specific requirements like the
additional permitted methods of travel as regulated by ANILCA Section
1110(a).
We are proposing to add a new form 10-404C Backcountry/Wilderness
Use Permit Application for Climbing to this collection. This form will
address the need for a separate permitting system for climbing in the
backcountry and use the of fixed anchors. This form would include
fields specific to climbing carried over from the currently approved
form 10-404 Backcountry/Wilderness Use Permit Application and
additional fields for the use of fixed anchors while climbing.
Title of Collection: Backcountry/Wilderness Use Permit, 36 CFR 1.5,
1.6, and 2.10.
OMB Control Number: 1024-0022.
Form Number: NPS Forms 10-404 Backcountry/Wilderness Use Permit
Application, 10-404A Backcountry/Wilderness Use Permit Hangtag, 10-
404AK Alaska Backcountry/Wilderness Use Permit Application, and New 10-
404C Backcountry/Wilderness Use Permit Application for Climbing.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals, private sector, and
state, local, or tribal government entities applying to use backcountry
and wilderness areas within units of the national park system.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 351,121.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 351,121.
Estimated Completion Time per Response: Varies from 5 minutes to 8
minutes depending on the activity.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 39,116.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: None.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor nor is a person required to
respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently
valid OMB control number.
The authority for this action is the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Phadrea Ponds,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 2022-26140 Filed 11-30-22; 8:45 am]
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