Notice of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board Meeting, 9913-9914 [05-4014]
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Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 39 / Tuesday, March 1, 2005 / Notices
Management and Budget (OMB),
OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or
fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental
Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail
Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250–
7602. Comments regarding these
information collections are best assured
of having their full effect if received
within 30 days of this notification.
Copies of the submission(s) may be
obtained by calling (202) 720–8681.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor a collection of information
unless the collection of information
displays a currently valid OMB control
number and the agency informs
potential persons who are to respond to
the collection of information that such
persons are not required to respond to
the collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
Rural Utilities Service
Title: 7 CFR 1783, Grant Program to
Establish a Revolving Fund Program
(RFP) to Finance Water and Wastewater
Project.
OMB Control Number: 0572–0138.
Summary of Collection: On May 13,
2002, the Farm Security and Rural
Investment Act of 2002 (Farm Bill) was
signed into law as Public Law 107–171.
Section 6002 of the Farm Bill amended
the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act (CONTACT), by
adding a grant program to establish a
revolving loan fund. The Secretary of
Agriculture may make grants to
qualified, private, non-profit entities.
The grant recipients will use the grant
funds to establish a revolving loan fund.
The loans will be made to eligible
entities to finance redevelopment costs
of water or wastewater projects, or
short-term small capital projects not
part of the regular operation and
maintenance of current water and
wastewater systems.
Need and Use of the Information: The
Rural Utilities Service (RUS) will collect
the following information from
recipients: An application, narrative
proposal, various other forms,
certifications, and supplemental
information. The Rural Development
State Offices and the RUS National
Office staff will use the information
collected to determine applicant
eligibility, project feasibility, and the
applicant’s ability to meet the grant and
regulatory requirements. Failure to
collect the proper information could
result in improper determinations of
eligibility and improper use of funds.
Description of Respondents: Not-forprofit institutions.
Number of Respondents: 5.
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Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 313.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
February 24, 2005.
The Department of Agriculture has
submitted the following information
collection requirement(s) to OMB for
review and clearance under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13. Comments
regarding (a) Whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of burden including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information to be
collected; (d) ways to 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 should be addressed to: Desk
Officer for Agriculture, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB),
OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or
fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental
Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail
Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250–
7602. Comments regarding these
information collections are best assured
of having their full effect if received
within 30 days of this notification.
Copies of the submission(s) may be
obtained by calling (202) 720–8681.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor a collection of information
unless the collection of information
displays a currently valid OMB control
number and the agency informs
potential persons who are to respond to
the collection of information that such
persons are not required to respond to
the collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
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Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
Title: CWD in Cervids; Payment of
Indemnity.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0189.
Summary of Collection: Federal
regulations contained in 9 CFR
Subchapter B govern cooperative
programs to control and eradicate
communicable diseases of livestock
from the United States. Disease
prevention is the most effective method
for maintaining a healthy animal
population and enhancing the Animal
and Plant Health Inspection Service
(APHIS) ability to complete in exporting
animals and animal products. Chronic
wasting disease (CWD) is a
transmissible spongiform
encephalopathy (TSE) of elk and deer
typified by chronic weight loss leading
to death. The presence of CWD disease
in cervids causes significant economic
and market losses to U.S. producers.
APHIS will collect information using VS
Form 1–23, Appraisal & Indemnity
Claim form.
Need and Use of the Information:
APHIS will collect the owner’s name
and address, the number of animals for
which the owner is seeking payment,
and the appraised value of each animal.
The owner must also certify as to
whether the animals are subject to a
mortgage. If there is a mortgage the form
must be signed by the owner and each
person holding a mortgage. Failure to
collect this information would make it
impossible for APHIS to effectively
sustain their program to accelerate the
eradication of CWD from the United
States.
Description of Respondents: Farms;
business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 20.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 20.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 05–3900 Filed 2–28–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Office of the Secretary
Notice of the National Agricultural
Research, Extension, Education, and
Economics Advisory Board Meeting
Research, Education, and
Economics, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5
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Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 39 / Tuesday, March 1, 2005 / Notices
U.S.C. App 2, the United States
Department of Agriculture announces a
meeting of the National Agricultural
Research, Extension, Education, and
Economics Advisory Board.
DATES: The National Agricultural
Research, Extension, Education, and
Economics Advisory Board will meet
March 9–11, 2005. All sessions of the
meeting are open to the public.
The public may file written comments
before or up to two weeks after the
meeting with the contact person.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place
at the Channel Inn Hotel, 650 Water
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20024.
Written comments from the public may
be sent to the Contact Person identified
in this notice at: The National
Agricultural Research, Extension,
Education, and Economics Advisory
Board; Research, Education, and
Economics Advisory Board Office,
Room 344–A, Jamie L. Whitten
Building; United States Department of
Agriculture, STOP 2255; 1400
Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20250–2255.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Deborah Hanfman, Executive Director,
National Agricultural Research,
Extension, Education, and Economics
Advisory Board; telephone: (202) 720–
3684; fax: (202) 720–6199; or e-mail:
dhanfman@csrees.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
Wednesday, March 9, 2005, the National
Agricultural Research, Extension,
Education, and Economics Advisory
Board will convene its meeting at 12:30
p.m. with introductory remarks
provided by the Chair of the Advisory
Board, Under Secretary for Research,
Education, and Economics, and the
newly appointed U.S. Secretary of
Agriculture. An evening reception
following the meeting with a guest
speaker who will present highlights on
‘‘The Future for Food and Nutrition’’ to
include topics such as Nutrigenomics,
Metabolomics, Bibliomics, Specialty
Crops, Organics, and advances in
Nutraceuticals will be held from 6:30
p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
On Thursday, March 10, 2005, from 8
a.m. to 5:30 p.m., a Focus Session,
entitled ‘‘Food and Nutrition Research,
Extension, Education, and Economics:
Effectiveness of the Planning and
Execution Process’’ will be held to hear
remarks from a variety of distinguished
leaders and experts, including USDA
officials and/or designated experts. On
Friday, March 11, 2005, the Focus
Session will reconvene at 8 a.m. to
recap highlights of the previous day’s
Focus Session and to give Advisory
Board members an opportunity to
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discuss Focus Session issues. All
meeting sessions are open to the public.
A limited block of time will be allocated
for public comments. The Advisory
Board Meeting will adjourn by 11:30
a.m.
Written comments by attendees or
other interested stakeholders will be
welcomed for the public record before
and up to two weeks following the
Board meeting. All statements will
become a part of the official record of
the National Agricultural Research,
Extension, Education, and Economics
Advisory Board and will be kept on file
for public review in the Research,
Extension, Education, and Economics
Advisory Board Office.
Due to administrative delays, less
than 15 calendar days notice is
provided. Facilities for the meeting have
been reserved and committee members
are prepared to attend. It would,
therefore, be contrary to the public
interest and to the interest of the
committee and the Department, to
postpone the meeting in order to allow
for a 15 day notice.
Done at Washington, DC, this 24th day of
February, 2005.
Joseph J. Jen,
Under Secretary, Research, Education, and
Economics.
[FR Doc. 05–4014 Filed 2–25–05; 12:26 pm]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Bugtown Gulch Mountain Pine Beetle
and Fuels Project, Hell Canyon Ranger
District, Black Hills National Forest,
Custer, SD
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of intent to prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Bugtown Gulch
Mountain Pine Beetle and Fuels project
area is approximately 16,000 acres in
size, with 13,500 acres of National
Forest lands and 2,500 acres of private
land. The project proposes prevention,
suppression and salvage strategies to
reduce the beetle infestation and
minimize adverse effects to resources
and includes fuel treatments to lessen
the potential for widespread high
intensity wildfire. There are
approximately 49 structures on private
land within the project area and another
35 within 1 mile of the project
boundary. Between 1999 and 2004,
Mountain Pine Beetle (MPB) mortality
in the project areas has increased 14fold. The beetle population, based on
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the number of dead trees, continues to
increase an average of 2–3 times per
year in the project area and is spreading.
Some pine stands have already suffered
50–75% mortality. The Acting Black
Hills National Forest, Forest Supervisor,
Brad Exton, has determined that a
mountain pine beetle epidemic is
occurring in the project area and that
the epidemic could pose significant
threats to forest resources in the project
area, including wildlife habitat, forest
products and watershed health.
Currently, approximately 85% of the
project area is ponderosa pine stands in
a high risk condition for mountain pine
beetles susceptibility. This includes
approximately 718 acres within the
Wabash timber sale which is under
contract, but not yet harvested.
This project is an ‘‘authorized
project’’ under Title I of the Healthy
Forests Restoration Act (HERA). We will
be utilizing expedited procedures
authorized by this act to complete
project planning and decisionmaking.
DATES: Comments concerning the scope
of the analysis will be most useful if
received within 30 days following
publication of this notice. Comments
submitted by individuals, groups or
other agencies in response to previous
scoping efforts for this project have been
incorporated into the analysis and there
is no need to resubmit comments in
response to this NOI. The draft
environmental impact statement is
expected May 2005 and the final
environmental impact statement is
expected July 2005.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments to
Michael D. Lloyd, District Ranger, Black
Hills National Forest, Hell Canyon
Ranger District, 330 Mount Rushmore
Road, Custer, South Dakota 57730.
Telephone number: (605) 673–4853. Fax
number: (605) 673–5461. Electronic
comments must be readable in Word,
Rich Text or pdf formats and must
contain ‘‘Bugtown Gulch’’ in the subject
line. Electronic comments may be emailed to: comments-rocky-mountainblack-hills-hell-canyon@fs.fed.us.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kelly Honors, Project Leader, at (315)
668–3307 or Patricia Hudson, District
NEPA Coordinator, at (605) 673–4853,
Hell Canyon Ranger District, Black Hills
National Forest, 330 Mount Rushmore
Road, Custer, SD 57730.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
actions proposed are in direct response
to management direction provided by
the Black Hills National Forest Land
and Resource Management Plan, as
amended (Forest Plan). It is anticipated
that a non-significant Forest Plan
Amendment related to big game
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[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Office of the Secretary
Notice of the National Agricultural Research, Extension,
Education, and Economics Advisory Board Meeting
AGENCY: Research, Education, and Economics, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5
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U.S.C. App 2, the United States Department of Agriculture announces a
meeting of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education,
and Economics Advisory Board.
DATES: The National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and
Economics Advisory Board will meet March 9-11, 2005. All sessions of
the meeting are open to the public.
The public may file written comments before or up to two weeks
after the meeting with the contact person.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place at the Channel Inn Hotel, 650
Water Street, SW., Washington, DC 20024. Written comments from the
public may be sent to the Contact Person identified in this notice at:
The National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics
Advisory Board; Research, Education, and Economics Advisory Board
Office, Room 344-A, Jamie L. Whitten Building; United States Department
of Agriculture, STOP 2255; 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington,
DC 20250-2255.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deborah Hanfman, Executive Director,
National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics
Advisory Board; telephone: (202) 720-3684; fax: (202) 720-6199; or e-
mail: dhanfman@csrees.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On Wednesday, March 9, 2005, the National
Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory
Board will convene its meeting at 12:30 p.m. with introductory remarks
provided by the Chair of the Advisory Board, Under Secretary for
Research, Education, and Economics, and the newly appointed U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture. An evening reception following the meeting
with a guest speaker who will present highlights on ``The Future for
Food and Nutrition'' to include topics such as Nutrigenomics,
Metabolomics, Bibliomics, Specialty Crops, Organics, and advances in
Nutraceuticals will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
On Thursday, March 10, 2005, from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., a Focus
Session, entitled ``Food and Nutrition Research, Extension, Education,
and Economics: Effectiveness of the Planning and Execution Process''
will be held to hear remarks from a variety of distinguished leaders
and experts, including USDA officials and/or designated experts. On
Friday, March 11, 2005, the Focus Session will reconvene at 8 a.m. to
recap highlights of the previous day's Focus Session and to give
Advisory Board members an opportunity to discuss Focus Session issues.
All meeting sessions are open to the public. A limited block of time
will be allocated for public comments. The Advisory Board Meeting will
adjourn by 11:30 a.m.
Written comments by attendees or other interested stakeholders will
be welcomed for the public record before and up to two weeks following
the Board meeting. All statements will become a part of the official
record of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and
Economics Advisory Board and will be kept on file for public review in
the Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board
Office.
Due to administrative delays, less than 15 calendar days notice is
provided. Facilities for the meeting have been reserved and committee
members are prepared to attend. It would, therefore, be contrary to the
public interest and to the interest of the committee and the
Department, to postpone the meeting in order to allow for a 15 day
notice.
Done at Washington, DC, this 24th day of February, 2005.
Joseph J. Jen,
Under Secretary, Research, Education, and Economics.
[FR Doc. 05-4014 Filed 2-25-05; 12:26 pm]
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