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Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden
Cost: None.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service

III. Comments
On September 8, 2016, we published
in the Federal Register (81 FR 62173) 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
November 7, 2016. We received no
comments in response to this notice.
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;
• 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.
Authority: The authorities for this action
are the National Park Service Organic Act of
1916 (54 U.S.C. 100101 et seq.; Pub. L. 113–
287), the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), Title 54, United
States Code, section 102101 et seq. (54 U.S.C.
102101 et seq.), Title 54 of the United States
Code, section 306121 (54 U.S.C. 306121), and
Title 36, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 18
(36 CFR part 18).
Timothy Goddard,
Information Collection Clearance Officer,
National Park Service.
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Agency Information Collection
Activities: OMB Control Number 1024–
0022; Backcountry/Wilderness Use
Permit
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice; request for comments.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

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 May 31, 2017.
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 June 26, 2017.
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 OIRA_
Submission@omb.eop.gov (email).
Please provide a copy of your comments
to Tim Goddard, Information Collection
Clearance Officer, National Park
Service, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive,
MS–242, Reston, VA 20192 (mail); or
tim_goddard@nps.gov (email). Please
include ‘‘1024–0022’’ in the subject line
of your comments. 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: To
request additional information about
this IC, contact Roger Semler, Chief,
Wilderness Stewardship Division,
Visitor & Resource Protection
Directorate, U.S. Department of the
Interior, Room 2462, 1849 C St. NW.,
Washington, DC 20240 (mail); or roger_
semler@nps.gov (email). Please include
‘‘1024–0022’’ in the subject line.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

I. Abstract
In 1976, the NPS initiated a
backcountry and wilderness use
registration system in accordance with
the regulations found at 36 CFR 1.5, 1.6
and 2.10. The objective of the

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registration system is to provide users
access to backcountry and wilderness
areas of national parks with continuing
opportunities for solitude and primitive
and unconfined recreation, while
enhancing protection of natural and
cultural resources and providing a
means of disseminating public safety
and outdoor ethics messages regarding
backcountry/wilderness travel and
camping. NPS backcountry/wilderness
program managers, by designating
access and travel routes and camping
locations, can redistribute backcountry/
wilderness users in response to closures
implemented to prevent adverse
impacts to natural and cultural
resources and/or in response to public
safety hazards related to high fire
danger, flood, wind, water, snow or ice
hazards, bear or other wildlife activity,
or other situations that may temporarily
close or restrict access to a portion of
the backcountry/wilderness.
The NPS uses the registration system
as a means of ensuring backcountry/
wilderness users receive up-to-date
information on outdoor ethics and park
regulations which minimize social and
resource impacts including, but not
limited to, sanitation procedures, food
storage, campfire use, campsite
selection, as well as wildlife activity,
trail conditions and weather forecasts to
address concerns for visitor safety. Data
collected through the registration
process is also an important source of
information for first responders in the
event of an emergency requiring
deployment of search and rescue and/or
emergency medical personnel to
backcountry/wilderness areas. The
registration system also serves to
document the spatial and temporal
extent, distribution and demographics
associated with backcountry/wilderness
use and social considerations and
perceptions of backcountry/wilderness
visitors. All of this information serves as
an important resource that informs
backcountry and wilderness
management and stewardship planning,
decision making, and operations.
The Backcountry/Wilderness Use
Permit is an extension of the NPS
statutory authority responsibility to
protect the park areas it administers and
to manage the public use thereof (54
U.S.C. 100101, 100751, 3210102). 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
pubic enjoyment. NPS Forms 10–404,
‘‘Backcountry/Wilderness Use Permit
Application’’ and 10–404A,
‘‘Backcountry/Wilderness Use Permit
Hangtag’’ are the primary forms used to
provide access into NPS backcountry/

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wilderness areas including those areas
that require a reservation and permit to
enter where use limits are imposed in
accordance with other NPS regulations.
Such permitting enhances the ability to
the NPS to educate users on potential
hazards, search and rescue efforts, and
resource protection.

II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1024–0022.
Expiration Date: May 31, 2017.
Title: Backcountry/Wilderness Use
Permit (36 CFR 1.5, 1.6, and 2.10).
Service Form Numbers: NPS Forms
10–404, Backcountry/Wilderness Use
Permit’’ and 10–404A, ‘‘Backcountry/
Wilderness Use Permit Hangtag’’.

Number of
respondents

Activity

Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection of
information.
Description of Respondents:
Individuals wishing to use backcountry
and wilderness areas within units of the
national park system.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.

Completion
time per
response
(minutes)

Number of
annual
responses

Total annual
burden hours *

Form 10–404, Backcountry/Wilderness Use Application
Individuals ........................................................................................................
Private Sector ..................................................................................................
Government .....................................................................................................

172,928
5,376
896

172,928
5,376
896

8
8
8

23,057
717
119

5
5
5
........................

11,258
350
58
35,559

Form 10–404A, Backcountry/Wilderness Use Permit Hangtag
Individuals ........................................................................................................
Private Sector ..................................................................................................
Government .....................................................................................................
Totals ........................................................................................................

135,100
4,200
700
319,200

135,100
4,200
700
319,200

* Rounded.

Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden
Cost: None.
III. Comments
On September 14, 2016, we published
in the Federal Register (81 FR 63204) 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
November 14, 2016. We received one (1)
comment in response to that Notice:
Email from: Rob Windmiller
(Received October 4, 2016)
‘‘Ms. Baucum—I live near the Grand
Canyon. It is about one hundred miles from
my house to the back country permit office.
The current system does not work for me
because it requires a trip to the office to find
out if there are available permits. That means
the better part of the day driving and adding
to traffic at the canyon just to find out if I
can get one. Usually when I am looking for
a permit it is for the North rim which is also
a long drive South rim. I would be very
happy if I could find out if there were
available permits online and could get one,
online. The current system causes extra
traffic and keeps people out of the park who
should be able to use it. Sincerely, Robert
Windmiller’’
NPS Response/Action Taken: [The
National Park Service is in the process of
establishing a service-wide online advance
reservation system through the
Recreation.gov program that would
accommodate backcountry permit requests.
In the meantime, Grand Canyon National
Park offers the following options for
obtaining a backcountry permit:

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1. Fax request to the Backcountry
Information Center, 928–638–2125.
NOTE: You can send a fax 24 hours a day,
7 days a week, 365 days a year—HOWEVER
the first day of every month we receive many
faxes and the number may be busy.
2. Mail request to Grand Canyon National
Park, Permits Office, 1824 S. Thompson St.,
Suite 201, Flagstaff AZ, 86001.
3. Bring request to the Backcountry
Information Center, located inside the park
on both the South Rim and the North Rim.
The South Rim Backcountry Information
Center is open daily, year round, for walk-in
visitors from 8 a.m. to noon and 1–5 p.m.
Mountain Standard Time. The North Rim
Backcountry Information Center (located in
the administrative building) is open daily
mid-May to mid-October for walk-in visitors
from 8 a.m. to noon and 1–5 p.m. Mountain
Standard Time.
Please note: Permit requests are not
accepted by telephone or by email.
Thank you for your interest in National Park
Service backcountry recreational
opportunities. If you have additional
questions regarding Grand Canyon National
Park please consult their backcountry permit
Web page at https://www.nps.gov/grca/
planyourvisit/backcountry-permit.htm]

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.
Authority: The authorities for this action
are the National Park Service Organic Act of
1916 (54 U.S.C. 100101 et seq.; Pub. L. 113–
287) and the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Timothy Goddard,
Information Collection Clearance Officer,
National Park Service.
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