Thirty-day Notice of Submission of Study Package to Office of Management and Budget-Opportunity for Public Comment

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The National Park Service (NPS) Social Science Program has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for clearance of a renewed program of social science surveys of the public related to the mission of the NPS. The NPS is publishing this notice to inform the public of this program and to request comments on the program. Since many of the NPS surveys are similar in terms of the populations being surveyed, the types of questions being asked, and research methodologies, the NPS proposed to OMB and received clearance for a program of approval for NPS-sponsored public surveys (OMB 1024-0224 exp. 8/31/2001; three-year extension granted in September 2001, exp. 9/30/2004). The program presented an alternative approach to complying with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). In the five years since the NPS received clearance for the program of expedited approval, 193 public surveys have been conducted in units of the National Park System. The benefits of this program have been significant to the NPS, Department of the Interior (DOI), OMB, NPS cooperators, and the public. Significant time and cost savings have been incurred. Expedited approval was typically granted in 45 d