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OMB Control No: 1024-0021	ICR Reference No: 201401-1024-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201011-1024-002
Agency/Subagency: DOI/NPS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: National Capital Region Application for Public Gathering, 36 CFR 7.96 (g)
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 05/12/2014
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 02/25/2014
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	05/31/2017	36 Months From Approved	05/31/2014
Responses	7,346	0	2,051
Time Burden (Hours)	6,123	0	1,026
Cost Burden (Dollars)	139,200	0	102,550

Abstract: The Public Gathering Permit System is an extension of the National Park Service (NPS) statutory responsibilities to protect the park areas it administers and to manage public use. NPS regulations, as applicable to demonstrations and special events in National Capital Region (NCR) parks, are designed to implement statutory mandates to provide for resource protection and public enjoyment. These regulations reflect the special demands on many of the urban NCR parks as sites for demonstrations and special events. The NPS collects information in the Public Gathering Permit application to allow NPS officials to determine that groups conducting demonstrations and special events will use adequate measures to ensure order within their own ranks and to assist in protecting demonstrating groups. Permit applications also provide a means to request waivers of numerical limitations on the White House sidewalk and in Lafayette Park and to ensure demonstrating groups take adequate measures to minimize the possibility of danger to the White House and its occupants.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 16 USC 1a & 3 Name of Law: The NPS Organic Act

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	78 FR 44147	07/23/2013
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	79 FR 10552	02/25/2014
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	7,346	2,051	5,596	-301
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	6,123	1,026	5,248	-151
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	139,200	102,550	0	36,650

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: We are reporting 7,346 annual responses totaling 6,123 burden hours and $139,200 in nonhour burden costs. This is a net increase of 5,295 responses, 5,097 annual burden hours, and $36,650 in nonhour costs. • We are reporting as an adjustment a decrease of 301 responses and 151 annual burden hours for applications. We reduced the number of applications based on our experience in administering this collection. We are also reporting as an adjustment an increase of $36,650 for application fees. This is a result of an increase in the application fee. • We are reporting as program changes an increase of 5,596 responses and 5,248 annual burden hours for site plans, sign plans, risk management plans, and supporting documents. These requirements were previously overlooked and not included in our previous submission.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $246,033

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

Agency Contact: Madonna Baucum 202 354-1916 madonna_baucum@nps.gov

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