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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Docket No. FV06–930–3NC]
Notice of Request for Extension and
Revision of a Currently Approved
Information Collection
Agricultural Marketing Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35), this notice
announces the Agricultural Marketing
Service’s (AMS) intention to request an
extension for and revision to a currently
approved information collection for Tart
Cherries Grown in the States of
Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania,
Oregon, Utah, Washington and
Wisconsin, Marketing Order No. 930.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by December 11, 2006.
Additional Information or Comments:
Contact John Heffernan, Marketing
Specialist, Marketing Order
Administration Branch, Fruit and
Vegetable Programs, AMS, USDA, 1400
Independence Avenue, SW., Stop 0237,
Washington, DC 20250–0237; telephone
number (202) 720–8139, fax number
(202) 720–8938, or e-mail address:
moab.docketclerk@usda.gov.
Small business may request
information on this notice by contacting
Jay Guerber, Regulatory Fairness
Representative, Marketing Order
Administration Branch, Fruit and
Vegetable Programs, AMS, USDA, 1400
Independence Avenue, SW., Stop 0237,
Washington, DC 20250–0237; telephone
number (202) 720–2491, fax number
(202) 720–8938, or e-mail address:
jay.guerber@usda.gov.
Title: Tart
Cherries Grown in the States of
Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania,
Oregon, Utah, Washington and
Wisconsin, Marketing Order No. 930.
OMB Number: 0581–0177.
Expiration Date of Approval: May 31,
2007.
Type of Request: Extension and
revision of a currently approved
information collection.
Abstract: Marketing order programs
provide an opportunity for producers of
fresh fruits, vegetables and specialty
crops, in a specified production area, to
work together to solve marketing
problems that cannot be solved
individually. Order regulations help
ensure adequate supplies of high quality
product and adequate returns to
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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producers. Under the Agricultural
Marketing Agreement Act of 1937
(AMAA), as amended (7 U.S.C. 601–
674) industries enter into marketing
order programs. The Secretary of
Agriculture is authorized to oversee the
order operations and issue regulations
recommended by a committee of
representatives from each commodity
industry.
The information collection
requirements in this request are
essential to carry out the intent of the
AMAA, and to administer the program,
which has operated since 1996.
The tart cherry marketing order (7
CFR part 930) regulates the handling of
tart cherries in the States of Michigan,
New York, Pennsylvania, Oregon, Utah,
Washington, and Wisconsin, hereinafter
referred to as the ‘‘order’’. The order
authorizes volume regulations that
provide for a reserve pool in times of
heavy cherry supplies. Other major
marketing order provisions not
currently in use include minimum grade
and size regulations and authorization
for market research and development
projects, including paid advertising.
The order, and rules and regulations
issued thereunder, authorize the Cherry
Industry Administrative Board (Board),
the agency responsible for local
administration of the order, to require
handlers and growers to submit certain
information. Much of this information is
compiled in aggregate and provided to
the industry to assist in carrying out
marketing decisions.
The Board has developed forms as a
means for persons to file required
information with the Board relating to
tart cherry inventories, shipments,
diversions, and other information
needed to effectively carry out the
requirements of the order, and their use
is necessary to fulfill the intent of the
AMAA. This order regulates tart
cherries that are frozen or processed in
another form, therefore, reporting
requirements will be in effect all year.
A USDA form is used to allow growers
to vote on amendments or continuance
of the marketing order. In addition, tart
cherry growers and handlers who are
nominated by their peers to serve as
representatives on the Board must file
nomination forms with the Secretary.
Formal rulemaking amendments to the
order must be approved in grower
referenda conducted by the Secretary. In
addition, USDA may conduct a
referendum to determine industry
support for continuation of the order.
Finally, handlers are asked to sign an
agreement to indicate their willingness
to comply with the provisions of the
order if the order is amended. These
forms are included in this request.
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The forms covered under this
information collection require the
minimum information necessary to
effectively carry out the requirements of
the order, and their use is necessary to
fulfill the intent of the AMAA as
expressed in the order, and the rules
and regulations issued under the order.
The information collected is used
only by authorized representatives of
the USDA, including AMS, Fruit and
Vegetable Programs regional and
headquarters staff, and authorized
employees of the Board. Authorized
Board employees and the industry are
the primary users of the information,
and AMS is the secondary user.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average .182 hours per
response.
Respondents: Tart cherry growers and
for-profit businesses handling fresh and
processed tart cherries produced in
Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania,
Oregon, Utah, Washington, and
Wisconsin.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
943.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 4.96.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 853 hours.
Comments: Comments are invited on:
(1) Whether the proposed collection of
the information is necessary for the
proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden of the proposed collection
of information including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility
and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (4) 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.
Comments should reference OMB No.
0581–0177 and the Tart Cherry
Marketing Order No. 930, and be mailed
to Docket Clerk, Fruit and Vegetable
Programs, AMS, USDA, 1400
Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20250–0237; telephone
number (202) 720–8139, fax number
(202) 720–8938, or e-mail address:
moab.docketclerk@usda.gov. Comments
should reference the docket number and
the date and page number of this issue
of the Federal Register. All comments
received will be available for public
inspection in the Office of the Docket
Clerk during regular USDA business
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hours at 1400 Independence Avenue,
SW., Washington, DC.
All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for OMB approval. All comments will
also become a matter of public record.
Dated: October 3, 2006.
Lloyd C. Day,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing
Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Plantation Fuel Reduction, Eldorado
National Forest, El Dorado County, CA
Forest Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an
environmental impact statement.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The USDA, Forest Service,
Eldorado National Forest will prepare
an environmental impact statement
(EIS) for a proposal to treat
approximately 4,637 acres of selected
plantations on the Georgetown and
Pacific Ranger Districts. The proposal
will involve mechanical precommercial
thinning and control of competitive
vegetation using mechanical and
chemical treatments.
DATES: Comments concerning the scope
of the analysis must be received by
November 3, 2006. The draft
environmental impact statement is
expected in January 2007 and the final
environmental impact statement is
expected May 2007.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments to
Tim Dabney, District Ranger,
Georgetown Ranger District, 7600
Wentworth Springs Road, Georgetown,
CA 95634, Attention: Plantation Fuel
Reduction Project.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tim
Howard, Project Leader, Georgetown
Ranger Station, 7600 Wentworth
Springs Road, Georgetown, CA 95634,
or by telephone at 530–333–4312 or by
e-mail at thoward@fs.fed.us.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Purpose and Need for Action
It is the purpose of the Plantation Fuel
Reduction Project to begin the process
of enhancing forest health, vigor,
growth, resilience to fire, and
sustainability of the desired vegetation
of the plantations, and thereby improve,
maintain, and perpetuate the other
dependent resources as directed in the
Eldorado Forest Land and Resource
Management Plan (LRMP) as amended
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by the Sierra Nevada Forest Plan
Amendment, 2004 (SNFPA).
The specific purpose and need of the
Proposed Action is to: Reduce present
and future fuel loads; alter the
vegetative structure in plantations to
reduce the risk of loss to wildland fire
by maintaining flame lengths below six
feet (four feet in defense and threat
zones); reduce rate of spread and
increase the fire line production rates;
maintain the effectiveness of fuel
treatments for more than five years;
improve forest health, and, maintain
valuable wildlife habitat and to create
conditions that accelerate the
development of old forest
characteristics.
Proposed Action
The Georgetown and Pacific Ranger
Districts propose precommercial
thinning and control of competitive
vegetation using mechanical and
chemical treatments of vegetation on
approximately 4,637 acres of selected
conifer plantations about 20 air miles
north and east of Placerville, California
on the Eldorado National Forest in El
Dorado County. The legal description is:
T.11N., R.11E.; T.11N., R.13E; T.11N.;
R.14E; T.11N., R.15E; T.12N., R.11E.;
T12N., R.13E.; T.12N., R14E.; T.12N.,
R.15E.; T13N., R.11E.; T.13N., R.12E.;
T.13N., R.13E.; T.13N., R.14E.; T.13N.,
R.15E.; T.14N., R.12E.; T.14N., R.13E.;
and, T.14N., R.14E. The project proposal
would involve the following timber
stand improvement activities: (1)
Mechanical mastication treatment of
approximately 3,039 acres using low
ground pressure equipment to flail or
‘‘masticate’’ undesirable vegetation and
conifers. Follow-up chemical treatment
with ground-based application of
herbicides (2,738 acres of foliar
treatment using a 3% glyphosate
solution and 301 acres of foliar
treatment using a 1.5% triclopyr
solution) within one year following the
completion of mechanical mastication
activities. (2) Hand cut treatment of
approximately 136 acres using hand
tools. Follow-up chemical treatment
with ground-based application of
herbicides (136 acres of foliar treatment
using a 3% glyphosate solution) within
one year following the completion of
hand cutting activities. (3) Chemical
treatment of approximately 1,462 acres
(1,193 acres of foliar treatment using a
3% glyphosate solution and 269 acres of
foliar treatment using a 1.5% triclopyr
solution). Follow-up chemical treatment
(1,193 acres of foliar treatment using a
3% glyphosate solution and 269 acres of
foliar treatment using a 1.5% triclopyr
solution), if necessary, three to five
years after the initial treatment.
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The proposed project activities would
begin in 2007 and with the goal of being
completed by 2015, dependent upon
funding.
Lead and Cooperating Agencies
The lead agency will be the U.S.D.A.
Forest Service.
Responsible Official
Tim Dabney, Georgetown District
Ranger is the responsible Official. As
the responsible official he will
document the decision and reasons for
the decision in the Record of Decision.
That decision will be subject to Forest
Service appeal regulations (36 CFR Part
215).
Nature of Decision To Be Made
The decision to be made is whether to
adopt and implement the proposed
action, an alternative to the proposed
action, or take no action to conduct fuel
reduction and timber stand
improvement treatments in plantations.
Scoping Process
Public participation will be especially
important at several points during the
analysis. The Forest Service will be
seeking information, comments, and
assistance from the Federal, State, and
local agencies and other individuals or
organizations who may be interested in
or affected by the proposed action. To
facilitate public participation,
information about the proposed action
will be mailed to all who express
interest in the proposed action and
notification of the public scoping period
will be published in the Mountain
Democrat, Placerville, CA.
Comments submitted during the
scoping process should be in writing
and should be specific to the proposed
action. The comments should describe
as clearly and completely as possible
any issues the commenter has with the
proposal. The scoping process includes:
(1) Identifying the potential issues; (2)
Identifying issues to be analyzed in
depth; (3) Eliminating nonsignificant
issues or those previously covered by a
relevant previous environmental
analysis; (4) Exploring additional
alternatives; and, (5) Identifying
potential environmental effects of the
proposed action and alternatives.
Comment Requested
This notice of intent initiates the
scoping process which guides the
development of the environmental
impact statement.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Docket No. FV06-930-3NC]
Notice of Request for Extension and Revision of a Currently
Approved Information Collection
AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35), this notice announces the Agricultural Marketing
Service's (AMS) intention to request an extension for and revision to a
currently approved information collection for Tart Cherries Grown in
the States of Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, Oregon, Utah,
Washington and Wisconsin, Marketing Order No. 930.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by December 11, 2006.
Additional Information or Comments:
Contact John Heffernan, Marketing Specialist, Marketing Order
Administration Branch, Fruit and Vegetable Programs, AMS, USDA, 1400
Independence Avenue, SW., Stop 0237, Washington, DC 20250-0237;
telephone number (202) 720-8139, fax number (202) 720-8938, or e-mail
address: moab.docketclerk@usda.gov.
Small business may request information on this notice by contacting
Jay Guerber, Regulatory Fairness Representative, Marketing Order
Administration Branch, Fruit and Vegetable Programs, AMS, USDA, 1400
Independence Avenue, SW., Stop 0237, Washington, DC 20250-0237;
telephone number (202) 720-2491, fax number (202) 720-8938, or e-mail
address: jay.guerber@usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: Tart Cherries Grown in the States of
Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, Oregon, Utah, Washington and
Wisconsin, Marketing Order No. 930.
OMB Number: 0581-0177.
Expiration Date of Approval: May 31, 2007.
Type of Request: Extension and revision of a currently approved
information collection.
Abstract: Marketing order programs provide an opportunity for
producers of fresh fruits, vegetables and specialty crops, in a
specified production area, to work together to solve marketing problems
that cannot be solved individually. Order regulations help ensure
adequate supplies of high quality product and adequate returns to
producers. Under the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937
(AMAA), as amended (7 U.S.C. 601-674) industries enter into marketing
order programs. The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to oversee
the order operations and issue regulations recommended by a committee
of representatives from each commodity industry.
The information collection requirements in this request are
essential to carry out the intent of the AMAA, and to administer the
program, which has operated since 1996.
The tart cherry marketing order (7 CFR part 930) regulates the
handling of tart cherries in the States of Michigan, New York,
Pennsylvania, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wisconsin, hereinafter
referred to as the ``order''. The order authorizes volume regulations
that provide for a reserve pool in times of heavy cherry supplies.
Other major marketing order provisions not currently in use include
minimum grade and size regulations and authorization for market
research and development projects, including paid advertising.
The order, and rules and regulations issued thereunder, authorize
the Cherry Industry Administrative Board (Board), the agency
responsible for local administration of the order, to require handlers
and growers to submit certain information. Much of this information is
compiled in aggregate and provided to the industry to assist in
carrying out marketing decisions.
The Board has developed forms as a means for persons to file
required information with the Board relating to tart cherry
inventories, shipments, diversions, and other information needed to
effectively carry out the requirements of the order, and their use is
necessary to fulfill the intent of the AMAA. This order regulates tart
cherries that are frozen or processed in another form, therefore,
reporting requirements will be in effect all year. A USDA form is used
to allow growers to vote on amendments or continuance of the marketing
order. In addition, tart cherry growers and handlers who are nominated
by their peers to serve as representatives on the Board must file
nomination forms with the Secretary. Formal rulemaking amendments to
the order must be approved in grower referenda conducted by the
Secretary. In addition, USDA may conduct a referendum to determine
industry support for continuation of the order. Finally, handlers are
asked to sign an agreement to indicate their willingness to comply with
the provisions of the order if the order is amended. These forms are
included in this request.
The forms covered under this information collection require the
minimum information necessary to effectively carry out the requirements
of the order, and their use is necessary to fulfill the intent of the
AMAA as expressed in the order, and the rules and regulations issued
under the order.
The information collected is used only by authorized
representatives of the USDA, including AMS, Fruit and Vegetable
Programs regional and headquarters staff, and authorized employees of
the Board. Authorized Board employees and the industry are the primary
users of the information, and AMS is the secondary user.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average .182 hours per response.
Respondents: Tart cherry growers and for-profit businesses handling
fresh and processed tart cherries produced in Michigan, New York,
Pennsylvania, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wisconsin.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 943.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 4.96.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 853 hours.
Comments: Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the proposed
collection of the information is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including whether the information will
have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of
the burden of the proposed collection of information including the
validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance
the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be collected;
and (4) 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.
Comments should reference OMB No. 0581-0177 and the Tart Cherry
Marketing Order No. 930, and be mailed to Docket Clerk, Fruit and
Vegetable Programs, AMS, USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20250-0237; telephone number (202) 720-8139, fax number
(202) 720-8938, or e-mail address: moab.docketclerk@usda.gov. Comments
should reference the docket number and the date and page number of this
issue of the Federal Register. All comments received will be available
for public inspection in the Office of the Docket Clerk during regular
USDA business
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hours at 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC.
All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the
request for OMB approval. All comments will also become a matter of
public record.
Dated: October 3, 2006.
Lloyd C. Day,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. E6-16634 Filed 10-6-06; 8:45 am]
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