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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Information Collection; Trends in Use
and Users in the Boundary Waters
Canoe Area Wilderness, MN
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice; request for comment.
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Forest Service is seeking comments
from all interested individuals and
organizations on the new information
collection entitled, Trends in Use and
Users in the Boundary Waters Canoe
Area Wilderness, Minnesota.
DATES: Comments must be received in
writing on or before March 13, 2007 to
be assured of consideration. Comments
received after that date will be
considered to the extent practicable.
ADDRESSES: Comments concerning this
notice should be addressed to Alan E.
Watson, Aldo Leopold Wilderness
Research Institute, USDA Forest Service
Rocky Mountain Research Station, 790
E. Beckwith Ave., Missoula, MT 59801.
Comments also may be submitted via
facsimile to (406) 542–4196 or by e-mail
to: awatson@fs.fed.us.
The public may inspect comments
received at the Aldo Leopold
Wilderness Research Institute, USDA
Forest Service Rocky Mountain Station,
790 E. Beckwith Ave., Missoula, MT
59801 during normal business hours.
Visitors are encouraged to call ahead to
(406) 542–4197 to facilitate entry to the
building.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Alan E. Watson, Aldo Leopold
Wilderness Research Institute at (406)
542–4197. Individuals who use TDD
may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS)
at 1–800–877–8339, 24 hours a day,
every day of the year, including
holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Title: Trends in Use and Users in the
Boundary Waters Canoe Area
Wilderness, Minnesota.
OMB Number: 0596–NEW.
Type of Request: New.
Abstract: The Wilderness Act of 1964
directs the National Wilderness
Preservation System (System) be
managed to protect natural wilderness
conditions and to provide outstanding
opportunities for the public to find
solitude or primitive and unconfined
types of recreational experiences.
To meet the requirements of the Act
and help the Forest Service enhance
visitors’ recreational experiences at the
Boundary Waters Canoe Area
Wilderness in Minnesota, agency
scientists periodically monitor and
report, to managers and the public,
changes in visitor use and user
characteristics over time. Forest Service
personnel use the collected information
to mitigate the impact of visitors’
recreational activities on the natural
resources of the National Wilderness
Preservation System. The agency
intends to record visitor responses in
2007 for comparison to similar surveys
in 1969 and 1991, and expand the scope
of the survey to include things that have
potentially influenced visits since 1991.
Potential influences include new
recreation fees, widespread natural
disturbances (e.g., fire and wind thrown
trees) and changes in agency policies.
The data from this information
collection will be stored at the Aldo
Leopold Wilderness Research Institute
in Missoula, Montana. Scientists
working at the Research Institute will
conduct the data analysis.
The Forest Service will use
information from this collection to:
(1) Understand changes in:
a. Individual visitor demographics,
frequency of wilderness visits, and
residence, and
b. changes in recreational visits such
as group size, difficulty in finding
campsites, evaluations of conditions
encountered, etc. since previous studies;
(2) Gain an understanding of how the
agency’s management of the National
Wilderness Preservation System
influences a visitor’s wilderness
experience;
(3) Help understand how to educate
visitors, so they may enjoy their
wilderness experience without leaving
permanent reminders of their visits,
such as damaged vegetation, litter, and
polluted lakes and streams; and
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(4) Provide information that will
assist in planning management direction
for many other wilderness areas
managed by the Forest Service.
Respondents will be visitors to the
Boundary Waters Canoe Area
Wilderness. Forest Service or university
cooperator personnel will conduct faceto-face, on-site interviews with visitors
as they enter the System and will send
mail-back survey forms to visitors at
their homes, using addresses that
visitors voluntarily provide when
interviewed.
Interview questions will cover
number of visits, length of visits, and
plans (if any) for future visits. Visitors
will be asked:
• Number of times they have visited,
length of visits, and plans (if any) for
future visits;
• If they are part of a group, and if so,
the size of the group;
• Whether they use equipment, such
as stoves, or use wood for fires while
visiting;
• Preferences for social conditions
(i.e. acceptance of crowded conditions
designed to limit negative effects to the
natural resources); and
• Ideas for reducing the burden of
information collected (i.e. suggestions
for distribution of permits and
collection of fees); and protecting
resources.
Data collected in this information
collection are not available from other
sources.
The Boundary Waters Canoe Area
Wilderness is one of four areas, in
different regions of the country, where
more than one study has occurred in the
past. The studies have sought to
understand how use and user
characteristics are changing. Periodic
evaluations of responses by visitors
about conditions and experiences,
contributes to a systematic effort to
understand the effects of management
policies and societal influences on
wilderness protection.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 20
minutes for each respondent.
Type of Respondents: Visitors to the
Boundary Waters Canoe Wilderness
Area, Minnesota.
Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 500.
Estimated Annual Number of
Responses per Respondent: Once.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 167 hours.
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Comment is invited on: (1) Whether
this collection of information is
necessary for the stated purposes and
the proper performance of the functions
of the agency, including whether the
information will have practical or
scientific utility; (2) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
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
respondents, including the use of
automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology.
All comments received in response to
this notice, including names and
addresses when provided, will be a
matter of public record. Comments will
be summarized and included in the
request for Office of Management and
Budget approval.
Dated: January 4, 2007.
Ann M. Bartuska,
Deputy Chief for Research & Development.
[FR Doc. E7–361 Filed 1–11–07; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Information Collection; Timber
Purchaser Cost and Sales Data
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice; Request for Comment.
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Forest Service is seeking comments
from all interested individuals and
organizations on the extension of a
currently approved information
collection, Timber Purchaser Cost and
Sales Data.
DATES: Comments must be received in
writing on or before March 13, 2007 to
be assured of consideration. Comments
received after that date will be
considered to the extent practicable.
ADDRESSES: Comments concerning this
notice should be addressed to Forest
Management, Attn: Lathrop Smith, Mail
Stop 1103, Forest Service, USDA, 1400
Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20250–1103.
Comments also may be submitted via
facsimile to (202) 205–1045 or by e-mail
to: cost_collecting@fs.fed.us.
The public may inspect comments
received at the Office of the Director,
Forest Management Staff, Forest
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Service, USDA, Room 3 NW., Yates
Building, 1400 Independence Avenue,
SW., Washington, DC. Visitors are
encouraged to call ahead to (202) 205–
1496 to facilitate entry into the building.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lathrop Smith, Timber Staff, Forest
Management at (202) 205–0858.
Individuals who use TDD may call the
Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1–800–
877–8339, 24 hours a day, every day of
the year, including holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Timber Purchaser Cost and
Sales Data.
OMB Number: 0596–0017.
Expiration Date of Approval: June 30,
2007.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: The Forest Service sells
timber and other forest products on
national forest lands to achieve policies
set forth in the Multiple-Use Sustained
Yield Act of 1960, and the Forest and
Rangeland Renewable Resources
Planning Act of 1974. Timber must not
be sold for less than the appraised value
(Pub. L. 94–588). The Forest Service
may not sell timber below a minimum
stumpage rate established by the Chief
of the Forest Service, ensuring that
timber sales recover some of the costs
associated with preparation and
administration of timber sales.
Forest Service timber appraisers
develop advertised prices using
transaction evidence or a residual value
form of appraisal. The Forest Service
collects and uses the following to
develop transaction evidence and
residual value appraisal systems: (1)
Product value, (2) manufacturing cost,
(3) falling and bucking costs, (4)
skidding and loading costs, and (5)
hauling costs.
In many areas, the Forest Service
purchases lumber product values from
the Western Wood Products
Association. The Forest Service, via
contracting officers, also collects data
from timber purchasers and uses it to
develop fair market average value and
cost information for appraisals, as well
as advertised prices for national forest
timber. Forest Service staff at the
Albuquerque Service Center analyzes
the data. All data collected is subject to
verification.
Standard timber sale contract forms
FS–2400–6 and FS–2400–6T contain a
provision requiring timber purchasers to
furnish data to the Forest Service upon
request. The Forest Service consulted
with several timber industry groups
during the development of this standard
contract provision, including but not
limited to: Western Wood Products
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Association, National Forest Products
Association, Western Forest Industries
Association, and Industrial Forestry
Association.
States and other agencies also use the
data in appraisals. Additionally, timber
purchasers rely upon cost collection to
help with independent appraisals of
Federal timber and to estimate the cost
of subcontracting aspects of Federal
timber harvest activities.
The data is collected from various
sources, ranging from paper to
electronic media. The Forest Service
does not provide forms for the
collection of this data. Some firms mail
the data to the Forest Service, others
provide access to records and
duplication equipment, and some firms
provide on-site access to electronic data.
Data gathered is not available from other
sources.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 1 hour
per request.
Type of Respondents: Timber sale
purchasers.
Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 20.
Estimated Annual Number of
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 20 hours.
Comment is invited on: (1) Whether
this collection of information is
necessary for the stated purposes and
the proper performance of the functions
of the agency, including whether the
information will have practical or
scientific utility; (2) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
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
respondents, including the use of
automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology.
All comments received in response to
this notice, including names and
addresses when provided, will be a
matter of public record. Comments will
be summarized and included in the
request for Office of Management and
Budget approval.
Dated: December 21, 2006.
Frederick Norbury,
Associate Deputy Chief.
[FR Doc. E7–366 Filed 1–11–07; 8:45 am]
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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.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Information Collection; Trends in Use and Users in the Boundary
Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, MN
AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice; request for comment.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Forest Service is seeking comments from all interested individuals and
organizations on the new information collection entitled, Trends in Use
and Users in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, Minnesota.
DATES: Comments must be received in writing on or before March 13, 2007
to be assured of consideration. Comments received after that date will
be considered to the extent practicable.
ADDRESSES: Comments concerning this notice should be addressed to Alan
E. Watson, Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute, USDA Forest
Service Rocky Mountain Research Station, 790 E. Beckwith Ave.,
Missoula, MT 59801.
Comments also may be submitted via facsimile to (406) 542-4196 or
by e-mail to: awatson@fs.fed.us.
The public may inspect comments received at the Aldo Leopold
Wilderness Research Institute, USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain
Station, 790 E. Beckwith Ave., Missoula, MT 59801 during normal
business hours. Visitors are encouraged to call ahead to (406) 542-4197
to facilitate entry to the building.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alan E. Watson, Aldo Leopold
Wilderness Research Institute at (406) 542-4197. Individuals who use
TDD may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339, 24
hours a day, every day of the year, including holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Trends in Use and Users in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area
Wilderness, Minnesota.
OMB Number: 0596-NEW.
Type of Request: New.
Abstract: The Wilderness Act of 1964 directs the National
Wilderness Preservation System (System) be managed to protect natural
wilderness conditions and to provide outstanding opportunities for the
public to find solitude or primitive and unconfined types of
recreational experiences.
To meet the requirements of the Act and help the Forest Service
enhance visitors' recreational experiences at the Boundary Waters Canoe
Area Wilderness in Minnesota, agency scientists periodically monitor
and report, to managers and the public, changes in visitor use and user
characteristics over time. Forest Service personnel use the collected
information to mitigate the impact of visitors' recreational activities
on the natural resources of the National Wilderness Preservation
System. The agency intends to record visitor responses in 2007 for
comparison to similar surveys in 1969 and 1991, and expand the scope of
the survey to include things that have potentially influenced visits
since 1991. Potential influences include new recreation fees,
widespread natural disturbances (e.g., fire and wind thrown trees) and
changes in agency policies. The data from this information collection
will be stored at the Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute in
Missoula, Montana. Scientists working at the Research Institute will
conduct the data analysis.
The Forest Service will use information from this collection to:
(1) Understand changes in:
a. Individual visitor demographics, frequency of wilderness visits,
and residence, and
b. changes in recreational visits such as group size, difficulty in
finding campsites, evaluations of conditions encountered, etc. since
previous studies;
(2) Gain an understanding of how the agency's management of the
National Wilderness Preservation System influences a visitor's
wilderness experience;
(3) Help understand how to educate visitors, so they may enjoy
their wilderness experience without leaving permanent reminders of
their visits, such as damaged vegetation, litter, and polluted lakes
and streams; and
(4) Provide information that will assist in planning management
direction for many other wilderness areas managed by the Forest
Service.
Respondents will be visitors to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area
Wilderness. Forest Service or university cooperator personnel will
conduct face-to-face, on-site interviews with visitors as they enter
the System and will send mail-back survey forms to visitors at their
homes, using addresses that visitors voluntarily provide when
interviewed.
Interview questions will cover number of visits, length of visits,
and plans (if any) for future visits. Visitors will be asked:
Number of times they have visited, length of visits, and
plans (if any) for future visits;
If they are part of a group, and if so, the size of the
group;
Whether they use equipment, such as stoves, or use wood
for fires while visiting;
Preferences for social conditions (i.e. acceptance of
crowded conditions designed to limit negative effects to the natural
resources); and
Ideas for reducing the burden of information collected
(i.e. suggestions for distribution of permits and collection of fees);
and protecting resources.
Data collected in this information collection are not available from
other sources.
The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is one of four areas, in
different regions of the country, where more than one study has
occurred in the past. The studies have sought to understand how use and
user characteristics are changing. Periodic evaluations of responses by
visitors about conditions and experiences, contributes to a systematic
effort to understand the effects of management policies and societal
influences on wilderness protection.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 20 minutes for each respondent.
Type of Respondents: Visitors to the Boundary Waters Canoe
Wilderness Area, Minnesota.
Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 500.
Estimated Annual Number of Responses per Respondent: Once.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 167 hours.
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Comment is invited on: (1) Whether this collection of information
is necessary for the stated purposes and the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including whether the information will have
practical or scientific utility; (2) the accuracy of the agency's
estimate of the burden of the 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
respondents, including the use of automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
All comments received in response to this notice, including names
and addresses when provided, will be a matter of public record.
Comments will be summarized and included in the request for Office of
Management and Budget approval.
Dated: January 4, 2007.
Ann M. Bartuska,
Deputy Chief for Research & Development.
[FR Doc. E7-361 Filed 1-11-07; 8:45 am]
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