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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
April 28, 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
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Forest Service
Title: Airplane Pilot Qualifications
and Approval Record, Helicopter Pilot
Qualifications and Approval Record,
Airplane Data Record, and Helicopter
Data Record.
OMB Control Number: 0596–0015.
Summary of Collection: The Forest
Service (FS) is the largest owner and
operator of aircraft in the Federal
Government outside of the Department
of Defense. In conducting the Forest
Service Land management mission they
use 44 owned aircraft with 315 aircraft
on loan to 18 States for fire suppression
activities. The majority of FS flying is in
support of wildland fire suppression. In
addition to the agency owned aircraft,
the FS contracts with approximately 400
vendors for aviation services used in
resource protection and administrative
projects. Contractor aircraft and pilots
are used to place water and chemical
retardants on fires, provide aerial
delivery of firefighters to fires, perform
reconnaissance, resource surveys,
search for lost personnel, and fire
detection. Contracts for such services
established rigorous qualification
requirements for pilots and specific
condition/equipment/performance
requirements for aircraft. The authority
is granted under the Federal Aviation
Administration Regulations in Title 14
(Aeronautics and Space) of the Code of
Federal Regulation.
Need and Use of the Information: FS
will collect information using FS forms
to document the basis for approval of
contract pilot and aircraft for use in
specific FS aviation missions. The
information collected from contract
pilots in face to face meetings (such as
name, age, pilots license number,
number of hours flown in type of
aircraft, etc.) is based on the length and
type of contract but is usually done on
a reoccurring annual basis. Without the
information supplied on these forms, FS
contracting officers and pilot/aircraft
inspectors cannot determine if pilots
and aircraft meet the detailed
qualification, equipment, and condition
requirements essential to safe, efficient
accomplishment of FS specified flying
missions and which are included in
contract specifications.
Description of Respondents:
Individuals or households; Business or
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other for-profit; State, local or tribal
government.
Number of Respondents: 2,738.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 688.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[No. LS–05–05]
Lamb Promotion, Research, and
Information Program
Agricultural Marketing Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Agricultural Marketing
Service (AMS) is announcing that lamb
producers, feeders, seedstock producers,
and first handlers of lamb and lamb
products voting in a national
referendum from January 31, 2005,
through February 28, 2005, have
approved the continuation of the Lamb
Promotion, Research, and Information
Order (Order).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kenneth R. Payne, Chief; Marketing
Programs Branch, Livestock and Seed
Program; Agricultural Marketing Service
(AMS), USDA, Room 2638–S; STOP
0251; 1400 Independence Avenue, SW.;
Washington, DC 20250–0251, telephone
number 202/720–1115, fax number 202/
720–1125, or by e-mail at:
Kenneth.Payne@usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to the Commodity Promotion, Research,
and Information Act of 1996 (Act) (7
U.S.C. 7411–7425), the Department of
Agriculture conducted a referendum
from January 31, 2005, through February
28, 2005, among eligible lamb
producers, feeders, seedstock producers,
and first handlers of lamb and lamb
products to determine if the Order
would continue to be effective. A final
rule was published in the December 27,
2004, Federal Register (69 FR 22570)
outlining the procedures for conducting
the referendum.
Of the 3,490 valid ballots cast, 2,807
(80 percent) favored and 683 (20
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percent) opposed the continuation of
the Order. Additionally, of those
persons who cast valid ballots in the
referendum, those who favored the
Order accounted for 84 percent of the
total production voted, and those
opposed account for 16 percent of the
total production voted. For the program
to continue, it must have been approved
by at least a majority of those persons
voting for approval who were engaged
in the production, feeding, or slaughter
of lambs during calendar year 2004 and
who also represent a majority of the
volume of lambs produced, fed, or
slaughtered.
Therefore, based on the referendum
results, the Secretary of Agriculture has
determined that the required majority of
eligible voters who voted in the
nationwide referendum from January
31, 2005, through February 29, 2005,
voted to continue the Order. As a result,
the Lamb Checkoff Program will
continue to be funded by a mandatory
assessment on producers, seedstock
producers (breeders), feeders, and
exporters at the rate of one-half cent
($.005) per pound when live ovine
animals are sold. The first handler,
primarily packers, will pay an
additional $.30 cents per head on ovine
animals purchased for slaughter.
Importers are not assessed.
In accordance with Paperwork
Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35),
the information collection requirements
have been approved under OMB
number 0581–0227.
STATE REFERENDUM RESULTS
[January 31, 2005, through February 28, 2005]
Votes
Volume voted
State
Yes
No
Yes
No
Alabama ...........................................................................................................................
California ..........................................................................................................................
Colorado ..........................................................................................................................
Idaho ................................................................................................................................
Illinois ...............................................................................................................................
Indiana .............................................................................................................................
Iowa .................................................................................................................................
Kansas .............................................................................................................................
Kentucky ..........................................................................................................................
Maryland ..........................................................................................................................
Massachusetts .................................................................................................................
Michigan ...........................................................................................................................
Minnesota ........................................................................................................................
Missouri ............................................................................................................................
Montana ...........................................................................................................................
N. Carolina .......................................................................................................................
N. Dakota .........................................................................................................................
Nebraska ..........................................................................................................................
Nevada .............................................................................................................................
New Hampshire ...............................................................................................................
New Mexico .....................................................................................................................
New York .........................................................................................................................
Ohio .................................................................................................................................
Oklahoma .........................................................................................................................
Oregon .............................................................................................................................
Pennsylvania ....................................................................................................................
S. Dakota .........................................................................................................................
Tennessee .......................................................................................................................
Texas ...............................................................................................................................
Utah .................................................................................................................................
Vermont ...........................................................................................................................
Virginia .............................................................................................................................
West Virginia ....................................................................................................................
Wisconsin .........................................................................................................................
Wyoming ..........................................................................................................................
Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina,
and Washington 1 .........................................................................................................
4
121
85
90
77
79
161
45
44
9
6
126
161
65
303
27
59
42
8
11
38
70
158
18
68
54
148
54
217
73
17
48
70
58
99
1
13
21
15
27
14
52
22
7
3
2
10
40
12
96
1
19
23
5
1
5
11
43
11
17
15
91
2
26
7
1
9
5
16
39
1,726
938,954
1,145,615
165,453
10,097
9,422
456,999
11,155
5,257
1,090
324
28,562
65,332
10,090
208,964
2,429
29,384
19,520
20,977
583
70,898
12,258
28,952
2,335
44,483
8,408
85,167
3,137
270,713
136,917
2,406
5,389
10,095
11,903
236,568
28
15,290
32,640
47,423
6,736
1,360
53,520
21,163
577
18,747
4,110
3,570
15,325
2,824
54,740
195
17,940
9,312
5,187
300
8,220
2,793
11,213
9,226
13,227
22,093
132,898
125
219,081
8,055
350
1,093
544
5,325
54,721
94
1
160,352
20
National Totals ..........................................................................................................
2,807
683
4,221,914
799,971
1 To ensure the confidentiality of the voting process, the results of States in which there were not at least 3 votes in total with a minimum of
one vote in each category are combined for the purpose of this report.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 7411–7425.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Dated: April 28, 2005.
Kenneth C. Clayton,
Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing
Service.
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following proposal for collection of
information under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 3501).
Agency: Economic Development
Administration (EDA).
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[No. LS-05-05]
Lamb Promotion, Research, and Information Program
AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is announcing that
lamb producers, feeders, seedstock producers, and first handlers of
lamb and lamb products voting in a national referendum from January 31,
2005, through February 28, 2005, have approved the continuation of the
Lamb Promotion, Research, and Information Order (Order).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kenneth R. Payne, Chief; Marketing
Programs Branch, Livestock and Seed Program; Agricultural Marketing
Service (AMS), USDA, Room 2638-S; STOP 0251; 1400 Independence Avenue,
SW.; Washington, DC 20250-0251, telephone number 202/720-1115, fax
number 202/720-1125, or by e-mail at: Kenneth.Payne@usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Commodity Promotion,
Research, and Information Act of 1996 (Act) (7 U.S.C. 7411-7425), the
Department of Agriculture conducted a referendum from January 31, 2005,
through February 28, 2005, among eligible lamb producers, feeders,
seedstock producers, and first handlers of lamb and lamb products to
determine if the Order would continue to be effective. A final rule was
published in the December 27, 2004, Federal Register (69 FR 22570)
outlining the procedures for conducting the referendum.
Of the 3,490 valid ballots cast, 2,807 (80 percent) favored and 683
(20
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percent) opposed the continuation of the Order. Additionally, of those
persons who cast valid ballots in the referendum, those who favored the
Order accounted for 84 percent of the total production voted, and those
opposed account for 16 percent of the total production voted. For the
program to continue, it must have been approved by at least a majority
of those persons voting for approval who were engaged in the
production, feeding, or slaughter of lambs during calendar year 2004
and who also represent a majority of the volume of lambs produced, fed,
or slaughtered.
Therefore, based on the referendum results, the Secretary of
Agriculture has determined that the required majority of eligible
voters who voted in the nationwide referendum from January 31, 2005,
through February 29, 2005, voted to continue the Order. As a result,
the Lamb Checkoff Program will continue to be funded by a mandatory
assessment on producers, seedstock producers (breeders), feeders, and
exporters at the rate of one-half cent ($.005) per pound when live
ovine animals are sold. The first handler, primarily packers, will pay
an additional $.30 cents per head on ovine animals purchased for
slaughter. Importers are not assessed.
In accordance with Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35),
the information collection requirements have been approved under OMB
number 0581-0227.
State Referendum Results
[January 31, 2005, through February 28, 2005]
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Votes Volume voted
State ---------------------------------------------------
Yes No Yes No
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Alabama..................................................... 4 1 1,726 28
California.................................................. 121 13 938,954 15,290
Colorado.................................................... 85 21 1,145,615 32,640
Idaho....................................................... 90 15 165,453 47,423
Illinois.................................................... 77 27 10,097 6,736
Indiana..................................................... 79 14 9,422 1,360
Iowa........................................................ 161 52 456,999 53,520
Kansas...................................................... 45 22 11,155 21,163
Kentucky.................................................... 44 7 5,257 577
Maryland.................................................... 9 3 1,090 18,747
Massachusetts............................................... 6 2 324 4,110
Michigan.................................................... 126 10 28,562 3,570
Minnesota................................................... 161 40 65,332 15,325
Missouri.................................................... 65 12 10,090 2,824
Montana..................................................... 303 96 208,964 54,740
N. Carolina................................................. 27 1 2,429 195
N. Dakota................................................... 59 19 29,384 17,940
Nebraska.................................................... 42 23 19,520 9,312
Nevada...................................................... 8 5 20,977 5,187
New Hampshire............................................... 11 1 583 300
New Mexico.................................................. 38 5 70,898 8,220
New York.................................................... 70 11 12,258 2,793
Ohio........................................................ 158 43 28,952 11,213
Oklahoma.................................................... 18 11 2,335 9,226
Oregon...................................................... 68 17 44,483 13,227
Pennsylvania................................................ 54 15 8,408 22,093
S. Dakota................................................... 148 91 85,167 132,898
Tennessee................................................... 54 2 3,137 125
Texas....................................................... 217 26 270,713 219,081
Utah........................................................ 73 7 136,917 8,055
Vermont..................................................... 17 1 2,406 350
Virginia.................................................... 48 9 5,389 1,093
West Virginia............................................... 70 5 10,095 544
Wisconsin................................................... 58 16 11,903 5,325
Wyoming..................................................... 99 39 236,568 54,721
Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, 94 1 160,352 20
Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, New Jersey,
Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Washington
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National Totals......................................... 2,807 683 4,221,914 799,971
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\1\ To ensure the confidentiality of the voting process, the results of States in which there were not at least
3 votes in total with a minimum of one vote in each category are combined for the purpose of this report.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 7411-7425.
Dated: April 28, 2005.
Kenneth C. Clayton,
Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. 05-8829 Filed 5-3-05; 8:45 am]
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