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interest in the commodity involved and
requests service.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average 1.0 hour per
response.
Respondents: Applicants who are
applying for grading and inspection
services.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
100.
Estimated Number of Responses: 100.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 1.0.
Comments are invited on: (1) Whether
the proposed collection of 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
the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for OMB approval. All comments will
become a matter of public record.
Dated: May 25, 2007.
Lloyd C. Day,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing
Service.
[FR Doc. E7–10526 Filed 5–31–07; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410–02–P
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Docket # AMS–LS–07–0064; LS–07–10]
Notice of Request for Extension and
Revision of a Currently Approved
Information Collection.
Agricultural Marketing Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
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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
approval from the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for an extension and
revision to the currently approved
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information collection ‘‘Referendum for
the Lamb Promotion, Research and
Information Order (Order).’’ Once
approved, AMS will request that OMB
merge this information collection with
the information collection for National
Research, Promotion, and Consumer
Information Programs.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by July 31, 2007 to be assured
of consideration.
Additional Information or Comments:
Interested persons are invited to submit
written comments concerning this
notice of request. Comments must be
sent to Kenneth R. Payne, Chief,
Marketing Programs Branch, Livestock
and Seed Program, AMS, USDA, Room
2628–S, STOP 0251, 1400 Independence
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250–
0251; Fax: (202) 720–1125; or online at
www.regulations.gov. All comments
should reference the docket number, the
date, and the page number of this issue
of the Federal Register. Comments will
be available for public inspection via
the internet at www.regulations.gov or
during regular business hours at the
same address.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Lamb Promotion, Research, and
Information Program.
OMB Number: 0581–0227.
Expiration Date of Approval:
December 31, 2007.
Type of Request: Extension and
revision of a currently approved
information collection.
Abstract: The information collection
request is essential to carry out the
intent of the Commodity Promotion,
Research, and Information Act of 1996
(Act) and the Order. According to the
Order, the Secretary of Agriculture
(Secretary) shall conduct a referendum
among persons subject to assessments
who, during a representative period,
have engaged in the production,
feeding, handling, or slaughter of lamb
or the exportation of lamb or lamb
products. The purpose of the
referendum is to determine whether the
persons subject to assessments favor the
continuation, suspension, or
termination of the Order. In accordance
with the Act, a referendum must be held
no later than 7 years after assessments
begin, but may also be held at the
request of the American Lamb Board, at
the request of at least 10 percent or more
of lamb producers, feeders, first
handlers, and exporters eligible to vote,
or by the Secretary. The form requires
the minimum information necessary to
effectively carry out the requirements of
a referendum, and their use is necessary
to fulfill the intent of the Act. Such
information can be supplied without
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data processing equipment or outside
technical expertise. In addition, there
are no additional training requirements
for individuals filling out the forms. The
forms are simple, easy to understand,
and place as small a burden as possible
on the person required to file the
information.
The timing and frequency of
collecting information are intended to
meet the needs of the industry while
minimizing the amount of work
necessary to fill out the required reports.
In addition, the information included on
this form is not available from other
industry sources because such
information relates specifically to
individuals or organizations subject to
the provisions of the Act and the Order.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average 0.03 hours per
response.
Respondents: Producers, seedstock
producers, market agencies, first
handlers, feeders, and exporters.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
69,761.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 2,093 hours.
Comments are invited on: (1) Whether
the proposed collection of 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
the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments may be sent to Kenneth R.
Payne, Chief, Marketing Programs
Branch, Livestock and Seed Program,
AMS, USDA, Room 2628–S, STOP 0251,
1400 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20250–0251; Fax: (202)
720–1125; or online at
www.regulations.gov. All comments
should reference the docket number, the
date, and the page number of this issue
of the Federal Register. Comments will
be available for public inspection via
the internet at www.regulations.gov or
during regular business hours. All
responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for OMB approval. All comments will
become a matter of public record.
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Dated: May 25, 2007.
Lloyd C. Day,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing
Service.
[FR Doc. E7–10527 Filed 5–31–07; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410–02–P
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Shasta-Trinity National Forest;
California; Gemmill Thin Project
AGENCY:
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of intent to prepare an
environmental impact statement.
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ACTION:
SUMMARY: This notice for the Gemmill
Thin project revises the first notice for
the project which was published in the
Federal Register on December 12, 2005
(page 73430). Comments received
during the first comment period
(December 12, 2006 to January 13, 2007)
as well comments received during the
comment period for this notice will be
considered by the Responsible Official
in the development of the draft
environmental impact statement.
The Shasta-Trinity National Forest
proposes to improve, maintain and
protect wildlife habitat for latesuccessional and old-growth associated
species in the Chanchelulla LateSuccessional Reserve on the South Fork
Management Unit. The proposal
includes thinning trees in overcrowded
natural stands, thinning plantations and
reducing the amount of existing fuels on
a total of approximately 1,610 acres of
National Forest System land. The
project area is located on South Fork
Management Unit in T.29 and 30 N.,
R.10 and 11 W., Mt. Diablo Meridian,
northeast of the community of
Wildwood, California and south of
Chanchelulla Wilderness. Wildwood
has bee listed as a Wildland Urban
Interface (WUI), identifying it as a
community at risk from the threat of
wildfire and giving it higher priority for
fuels reduction treatments. The Forest
Land and Resource Management Plan
allocates this area to Late-Successional
Reserve, Riparian Reserve (wetlands and
areas adjacent to streams), and Matrix
(commercial timber harvest emphasis).
The project area is within designated
critical habitat for the Northern spotted
owl (CA–36).
Comments concerning the scope
of the analysis must be received no later
than 30 days after the publication of this
notice in the Federal Register. The draft
environmental impact statement is
expected in July 2007 and the final
DATES:
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environmental impact statement is
expected in October 2007.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments to
Gemmill Thin Comments, South Fork
Management Unit, P.O. Box 159,
Hayfork, CA 96041. Electronic
comments can be sent via e-mail to:
comments-pacificsouthwest-shastatrinity-yollabolla-hayfork@fs.fed.us.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jeff Paulo, Gemmill Thin IDT Lead,
South Fork Management Unit, 2555
State Highway 36, Platina, CA 96076,
Phone (530) 352–4211 or via E-mail at
jpaulo@fs.fed.us, or visit the ShastTrinity National Forest Web site at
www.fs.fed.us/r5/shastatrinity/projects.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Purpose and Need for Action
Over the past 100 years the practice
of excluding fire and the lack of
thinning treatments in the Chancuelulla
Late-Successional Reserve (LSR) have
resulted in a forest ecosytem that is
densely stocked and slow-growing.
Overcrowded conditions in mature
stands (80 to 100 years old) are causing
a delay in the establishment of healthy
functioning old-growth habitat.
Overcrowded conditions in old-growth
stands (100 to 150 years old) do not
promote long-term health and
maintenance because the largest and
oldest treesand their replacements are at
risk of mortality due to the proximity
and number of competing trees. In both
cases, tree vigor is reduced because
smaller trees are competing with larger
trees for limited amounts of water,
nutrients and sunlight. This leaves the
ecosystem more prone to disease and
less resilient to fire. Without treatment,
overstocked stands are not likely to
remain healthy or meet the need for
more old-growth habitat in the LSR.
Most of the existing plantations
scattered throughout the LSR have never
been thinned so they are also
overcrowded and hindered in their
development of future old-growth
habitat characteristics.
There is a need to thin overstocked
mature stands that are 80–100 years old.
Fewer and healthier trees per acre
would serve two purposes: (1) Increase
the rate of development of old-growth
habitat characteristics and (2) reduce the
loss of existing and developing oldgrowth habitat in the event of wildfire
and outbreaks of disease. There is a
need to thin below in old-growth stands
over 100 years old. A thinning that
leaves the oldest and largest trees would
serve two purposes: (1) Decrease the risk
of losing existing old-growth trees and
(2) decrease the risk of losing future
replacement old-growth trees.
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There is a need to thin plantations to
increase their growing space and reduce
density to levels where flames are not
likely to reach the canopy of the
adjacent overstory trees during a
wildfire.
There is also a need to spatially
protect late-successional and old-growth
habitat from the threat of fire that could
start inside or outside the perimeter of
the LSR. Current threats of fire include
tree mortality from insect and disease in
overcrowded stands, and natural or
human-caused wildfire. The majority of
private land closest to the Gemmill Thin
project was harvested in the late 1960s
to 1970s and more private harvesting is
planned. Two public roads and a
transmission line are within or directly
adjacent to the project area. These linear
features and past harvesting on private
lands are associated with higher risk for
fire starts that could affect the project
area.
Proposed Action
The proposed action would include
the following treatments:
1. Thinning treatments on
approximately 750 acres of stands 80 to
100 year old. Implement a thinning from
below in 14 stands of mature mixed
conifer and hardwood forest. These are
stands that do not yet exhibit oldgrowth characteristics, but have the
potential to attain them. In these
treatment units, the largest and
healthiest trees would be retained. A
sufficient number of trees would be
removed to a level that maintains or
increases growth rates of mature trees
and removes fuel ladders. The post
treatment stand would average 50% to
60% tree canopy cover.
2. Thinning treatments on
approximately 530 acres of stands 100–
150 years old. Implement a thinning
from below in 10 stands of old-growth
mixed conifer and hardwood forest over
100 years old. The largest and oldest
trees within each stand would be
retained. A sufficient number of smaller
trees would be removed to reduce the
number of trees per acre to a level that
provides an improved competitive
advantage for the larger, older trees and
removes fuel ladders that may threaten
the remaining trees. The post treatment
stands would average 60% or more tree
canopy cover.
3. Thinning treatments in
approximately 45 acres of 20 year old
plantations. Thinning and release
treatments would be accomplished
through mastication (grinding up excess
trees) in three plantations. Sufficient
numbers of trees would be removed to
maintain an average of 150 trees per
acre, a level that maintains stand growth
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[FR Doc No: E7-10527]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Docket AMS-LS-07-0064; LS-07-10]
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 approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for an extension and revision to the
currently approved information collection ``Referendum for the Lamb
Promotion, Research and Information Order (Order).'' Once approved, AMS
will request that OMB merge this information collection with the
information collection for National Research, Promotion, and Consumer
Information Programs.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by July 31, 2007 to be
assured of consideration.
Additional Information or Comments: Interested persons are invited
to submit written comments concerning this notice of request. Comments
must be sent to Kenneth R. Payne, Chief, Marketing Programs Branch,
Livestock and Seed Program, AMS, USDA, Room 2628-S, STOP 0251, 1400
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250-0251; Fax: (202) 720-
1125; or online at www.regulations.gov. All comments should reference
the docket number, the date, and the page number of this issue of the
Federal Register. Comments will be available for public inspection via
the internet at www.regulations.gov or during regular business hours at
the same address.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Lamb Promotion, Research, and Information Program.
OMB Number: 0581-0227.
Expiration Date of Approval: December 31, 2007.
Type of Request: Extension and revision of a currently approved
information collection.
Abstract: The information collection request is essential to carry
out the intent of the Commodity Promotion, Research, and Information
Act of 1996 (Act) and the Order. According to the Order, the Secretary
of Agriculture (Secretary) shall conduct a referendum among persons
subject to assessments who, during a representative period, have
engaged in the production, feeding, handling, or slaughter of lamb or
the exportation of lamb or lamb products. The purpose of the referendum
is to determine whether the persons subject to assessments favor the
continuation, suspension, or termination of the Order. In accordance
with the Act, a referendum must be held no later than 7 years after
assessments begin, but may also be held at the request of the American
Lamb Board, at the request of at least 10 percent or more of lamb
producers, feeders, first handlers, and exporters eligible to vote, or
by the Secretary. The form requires the minimum information necessary
to effectively carry out the requirements of a referendum, and their
use is necessary to fulfill the intent of the Act. Such information can
be supplied without data processing equipment or outside technical
expertise. In addition, there are no additional training requirements
for individuals filling out the forms. The forms are simple, easy to
understand, and place as small a burden as possible on the person
required to file the information.
The timing and frequency of collecting information are intended to
meet the needs of the industry while minimizing the amount of work
necessary to fill out the required reports. In addition, the
information included on this form is not available from other industry
sources because such information relates specifically to individuals or
organizations subject to the provisions of the Act and the Order.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average 0.03 hours per response.
Respondents: Producers, seedstock producers, market agencies, first
handlers, feeders, and exporters.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 69,761.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 2,093 hours.
Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the proposed collection of
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 the use of appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms
of information technology. Comments may be sent to Kenneth R. Payne,
Chief, Marketing Programs Branch, Livestock and Seed Program, AMS,
USDA, Room 2628-S, STOP 0251, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20250-0251; Fax: (202) 720-1125; or online at
www.regulations.gov. All comments should reference the docket number,
the date, and the page number of this issue of the Federal Register.
Comments will be available for public inspection via the internet at
www.regulations.gov or during regular business hours. All responses to
this notice will be summarized and included in the request for OMB
approval. All comments will become a matter of public record.
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Dated: May 25, 2007.
Lloyd C. Day,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. E7-10527 Filed 5-31-07; 8:45 am]
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