Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 16280-16281 [E6-4704]

Download as PDF 16280 Notices Federal Register Vol. 71, No. 62 Friday, March 31, 2006 This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings, delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency statements of organization and functions are examples of documents appearing in this section. Dated: March 10, 2006. Patrick W. McDonough, Executive Director, Joint Board for the Enrollment of Actuaries. [FR Doc. E6–4671 Filed 3–30–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4830–01–P DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE JOINT BOARD FOR THE ENROLLMENT OF ACTUARIES Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Meeting of the Advisory Committee; Meeting March 28, 2006. Joint Board for the Enrollment of Actuaries. AGENCY: Notice of Federal Advisory Committee meeting. ACTION: SUMMARY: The Executive Director of the Joint Board for the Enrollment of Actuaries gives notice of a closed meeting of the Advisory Committee on Actuarial Examinations. The meeting will be held on April 24, 2006, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. DATES: The meeting will be held at The Segal Company, 101 North Wacker Drive, Suite 500, Chicago, IL. ADDRESSES: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patrick W. McDonough, Executive Director of the Joint Board for the Enrollment of Actuaries, 202–622–8225. Notice is hereby given that the Advisory Committee on Actuarial Examinations will meet at The Segal Company, 101 North Wacker Drive, Suite 500, Chicago, IL on Monday, April 24, 2006, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss topics and questions that may be recommended for inclusion on future Joint Board examinations in actuarial mathematics, pension law and methodology referred to in 29 U.S.C. 1242(a)(1)(B). A determination has been made as required by section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App., that the subject of the meeting falls within the exception to the open meeting requirement set forth in Title 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B), and that the public interest requires that such meeting be closed to public participation. dsatterwhite on PROD1PC76 with NOTICES SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: VerDate Aug<31>2005 16:35 Mar 30, 2006 Jkt 208001 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 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 displays a currently valid OMB control number. Forest Service Title: Day Use on the National Forests of Southern California. OMB Control Number: 0596–0129. Summary of Collection: Users of urban proximate National Forests in Southern California come from a variety of ethnic/racial, income, age, educational, and other sociodemographic categories. The activities pursued, sources utilized, and site attributes preferred are just some of the items affected by these differences. Additional information is needed for the managers of the National Forests in Southern California, in part to validate previous results and in part because of the continuously changing profile of the visitor population recreating on the National Forests of Southern California. In the absence of the resultant information from the proposed series, the Forest Service (FS) will be illequipped to implement management changes required to respond to needs and preferences of day use visitors. FS will collect information using a questionnaire and face-to-face interviews. The statute authorizing the collection of information is the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95–307, 92 Stat. 353). Need and Use of the Information: FS will collect information on sociodemographic profile; National Forest visitation history and patterns; activity patterns; and why they recreate at particular sites, etc. The information will be used to assist resource managers in their effective management of recreation activities in the region studied. The Wildland Recreation and Urban Cultures Project will use the information to further expand its information base on visitor characteristics, safety, fire management, and mitigation of depreciative behaviors, such as vandalism. If the information is not collected, resource managers will have to make visitor based decisions on limited information. Description of Respondents: Individuals or households. Number of Respondents: 600. Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion. E:\FR\FM\31MRN1.SGM 31MRN1 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 62 / Friday, March 31, 2006 / Notices Total Burden Hours: 80. on the Forest to: (1) implement treatment actions to contain and reduce the extent of invasive plants at existing inventoried sites, and (2) rapidly respond to new or expanded invasive plant sites as they may occur in the future. Ruth Brown, Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer. [FR Doc. E6–4704 Filed 3–30–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–11–P Proposed Action DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Forest Service Malheur National Forest, Oregon; Malheur National Forest Invasive Plants Treatment Forest Service, USDA. Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement. AGENCY: ACTION: dsatterwhite on PROD1PC76 with NOTICES SUMMARY: The Malheur National Forest proposes to treat approximately 3,800 acres of invasive plants located across the 1.7 million acre National Forest. It is anticipated that approximately 800 acres of both existing and newly discovered sites would be treated in any year. The proposed treatment methods includes: manual pulling or use of hand tools, use of mechanical hand tools, herbicide, cultural methods such as grazing or mulching, and biological controls. The method used would depend on resource protection concerns for a given site. DATES: Comments concerning the scope of the analysis must be received by May 1, 2006. The draft environmental impact statement is expected in March, 2007 and the final environmental impact statement is expected in September, 2007. ADDRESSES: Send written comments about this project to Stan Benes, Forest Supervisor, Malheur National Forest, P.O. Box 909, John Day OR 97845. Electronic comments can be mailed to: comments-pacificnorthwestmalheur@fs.fed.us. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carole Holly, Project Leader, Phone: 541–575–3026 or e-mail: cholly@fs.fed.us. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Purpose and Need for Action The Purpose of this action is to provide a rapid and more comprehensive, up to date approach to the treatment of invasive plants that occur on the National Forest. The purpose of treating weed infestations is to maintain or improve the diversity, function, and sustainability of desired native plant communities and other natural resources that can be adversely impacted by invasive plant species. Specifically, there is an underlying need VerDate Aug<31>2005 16:35 Mar 30, 2006 Jkt 208001 A detailed project description can be found on the Malheur National Forest Web page at https://www.fs.fed.us/r6/ mai/projects. Various types of treatments would be used to treat invasive plants including the use of herbicides, physical, and biological methods. Treatments are proposed for existing or new infestations including new plant species that currently are not found on the Forest. Potential treatments based on existing mapped sites include: Biological methods on approximately 1 acre; Chemical/non riparian methods on approximately 904 acres; Chemical/ riparian methods on approximately 553 acres; and Physical methods on 2,404 acres. Herbicide Treatments: Any use of Chemicals would be done in accordance with USDA Forest Service policies, regulations and Forest Plan Standards as well as product label requirements. Chemicals approved for use, within or outside riparian areas, are listed in the Pacific Northwest Region Invasive Plant Program Preventing and Managing Invasive Plants FEIS (Regional Invasive Plant EIS), April 2005 and ROD and includes: Chlorosulfuron, clopyralid, glyphosate, imazapic, imazapyr, metsulfuron methyl, picloram, sethroxydim, sulfometuron methyl, and triclopyr. The application rates depend on the presence of the target species, condition of non-target vegetation, soil type, depth to the water table, the distance to open water sources, riparian areas, special status plants, and requirements of the herbicide label. Monitoring of treated sites would determine what follow-up treatments would be needed. Ground based application methods would be used based on accessibility, topography, and the size of treatment area. The following are examples of the proposed methods of application: • Spot spraying—This method targets individual plants and is usually applied with a backpack sprayer. Spot Spraying can also be applied using a hose off a truck-mounted or ATV-mounted tank. • Wicking—This hand method involves wiping a sponge or cloth that is saturated with chemical over the plant. This is used in sensitive areas, such as near water, to avoid getting any PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 16281 chemical on the soil or in contact with non-target vegetation. • Stem injection—A new hand application technique currently being used on Japanese knotweed in western OR. • Hand broadcast—Herbicide would be applied by hand using a backpack or hand spreader to cover in area of ground rather than individual plants. • Boom broadcast—This involves using a hose and nozzle from a tank mounted on a truck or ATV. Herbicide is applied to cover an area of ground rather than individual plants. This method is used when the weed is dense enough that it is difficult to discern individual plants and the area to be treated makes spot spraying impractical. This would be the method used for aerial applications. When needed to facilitate recovery, native seed would be used to recover the site and increase competition. Use of Physical Treatments: Physical methods include manual control, hand mechanical and cultural methods. Manual Control Methods: These methods include non-mechanized approaches, such as hand pulling or using hand tools (e.g., grubbing), to remove plants or cut off seed heads. Where sites are small or there are few individual target species, handsaws, axes, shovel, rakes, machetes, grubbing hoes, mattocks, brush hooks, and hand clippers may all be used to remove invasive plant species. To meet control objectives or reduce the risk of activities spreading invasive plants, seed heads and flowers would be removed and disposed of using proper disposal methods. Developed flowers or seed heads are generally bagged and burned. Hand Mechanical Control Methods: This method uses hand power tools and includes such actions as mowing, weed whipping, road brushing, root tilling methods, or foaming, steaming, infrared, and other techniques using heat to reduce plant cover and root vigor. Mowing and cutting would be used to reduce or remove above ground biomass. Seed heads and cut fragments of species capable of re-sprouting from stem or root segments would be collected and properly disposed of to prevent them from spreading into uninfested areas. Cultural Control Methods: Approved methods include any cultural practice known to be useful for treating invasive plants such as mulching with a variety of materials, grazing animals, using fertilizer/soil amendments, competitive planting, or other local remedies that may be determined to be effective (e.g., spraying water/salt/sugar mixtures). Competitive planting would consist of a E:\FR\FM\31MRN1.SGM 31MRN1

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[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 62 (Friday, March 31, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16280-16281]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-4704]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

March 28, 2006.
    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.

Forest Service

    Title: Day Use on the National Forests of Southern California.
    OMB Control Number: 0596-0129.
    Summary of Collection: Users of urban proximate National Forests in 
Southern California come from a variety of ethnic/racial, income, age, 
educational, and other socio-demographic categories. The activities 
pursued, sources utilized, and site attributes preferred are just some 
of the items affected by these differences. Additional information is 
needed for the managers of the National Forests in Southern California, 
in part to validate previous results and in part because of the 
continuously changing profile of the visitor population recreating on 
the National Forests of Southern California. In the absence of the 
resultant information from the proposed series, the Forest Service (FS) 
will be ill-equipped to implement management changes required to 
respond to needs and preferences of day use visitors. FS will collect 
information using a questionnaire and face-to-face interviews. The 
statute authorizing the collection of information is the Forest and 
Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95-307, 92 
Stat. 353).
    Need and Use of the Information: FS will collect information on 
socio-demographic profile; National Forest visitation history and 
patterns; activity patterns; and why they recreate at particular sites, 
etc. The information will be used to assist resource managers in their 
effective management of recreation activities in the region studied. 
The Wildland Recreation and Urban Cultures Project will use the 
information to further expand its information base on visitor 
characteristics, safety, fire management, and mitigation of 
depreciative behaviors, such as vandalism. If the information is not 
collected, resource managers will have to make visitor based decisions 
on limited information.
    Description of Respondents: Individuals or households.
    Number of Respondents: 600.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.

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    Total Burden Hours: 80.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E6-4704 Filed 3-30-06; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410-11-P
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