Southwest Washington Province Advisory Committee Meeting Notice, 32057-32058 [07-2881]
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public agencies, American Indian tribes,
and non-profit corporations. The loans
fund the development of drinking water,
wastewater, and solid waste disposal
facilities in rural areas with populations
of up to 10,000 residents. Section 501 of
Title V of the Housing Act provides
authorization to extend financial
assistance to construct, improve, alter,
repair, replace or rehabilitate dwellings
and to provide decent, safe and sanitary
living conditions in rural areas. The
Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to
prescribe regulations to ensure that
these loans, made with federal funds,
are legally secured.
Need and Use of the Information: The
approved attorney/title company
(closing agent) and the field office staff
collect the required information. Forms
and or guidelines are provided to assist
in the collection, certification and
submission of this information. Most of
these forms collect information that is
standard in the industry. If the
information is collected less frequently,
the agency would not obtain the proper
security position on the properties being
taken as security and would have no
evidence that the closing agents and
agency meet the requirements of this
regulations.
Description of Respondents:
Individuals or households; Business or
other for-profit; Not-for-profit
Institutions; Farms.
Number of Respondents: 18,410.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 25,042.
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2007–0048]
Removal of Emergency Action Notice
for Tiffany Creek Preserve in New York
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: We are giving notice that we
have lifted restrictions placed on
Tiffany Creek Preserve in Nassau
County, NY. In 2004, the preserve was
put under an Emergency Action Notice
after a sample taken from a northern red
oak tested positive for Phytophthora
ramorum. The preserve was required to
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undergo biannual surveys for P.
ramorum for 2 years, the last of which
was conducted in September 2006. The
results of all surveys conducted in
Tiffany Creek Preserve, Nassau County,
and the State of New York were
negative. Therefore, we have released
Tiffany Creek Preserve from all
restrictions related to P. ramorum and
consider no further surveys or actions
are warranted.
EFFECTIVE DATE: January 25, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Jonathan M. Jones, Senior Staff Officer,
Invasive Species and Pest Management,
PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 160,
Riverdale, MD 20737–1231; (301) 734–
8247.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Phytophthora ramorum is a pathogen
that causes the plant diseases commonly
known as sudden oak death, ramorum
leaf blight, and ramorum dieback. Since
its initial discovery in Marin County,
CA, in 1995, P. ramorum has been
confirmed to exist in 13 additional
northern California counties and in a
portion of Curry County, OR. P.
ramorum has caused the death of
thousands of mature oaks in these
counties, and there is presently no
known treatment for infected plants that
kills the fungus but allows plants to
survive.
On June 30, 2004, a survey for P.
ramorum was conducted at Tiffany
Creek Preserve in Nassau County, NY.
One of the samples taken during that
survey was from a northern red oak tree.
The sample was tested using an Animal
and Plant Health Inspection Service
(APHIS) nested polymerase chain
reaction protocol that resulted in
reactions that indicated the presence of
P. ramorum. The tree was removed and
destroyed and APHIS, under the
authority of the Plant Protection Act (7
U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), placed the preserve
under Emergency Action Notice (EAN)
to contain any related risk. Under the
EAN, the movement of soil, forest
products, wood, and any plant material
from the preserve was prohibited.
APHIS also required 2 years of biannual
surveys of the preserve, including
sampling of the soil and water to
determine if there were any indications
of P. ramorum that could be associated
with Tiffany Creek Preserve. In the
EAN, we stated that if after 2 years all
survey results were negative, the EAN
would be lifted.
Delimiting surveys, the last of which
was conducted in September 2006, of
the Preserve and testing of all unhealthy
appearing trees and shrubs yielded no
further positive results and no sign of P.
ramorum infestation. Surveys of the
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Preserve and surrounding natural
environments in Nassau County and
neighboring Suffolk County resulted in
no further detections. In New York, no
forests or nurseries surveyed have had
P. ramorum detected. Therefore, we are
giving notice that we have lifted
restrictions on Tiffany Creek Preserve
and that P. ramorum is known not to
occur at Tiffany Creek Preserve and is
not known to occur at any other location
within Nassau County or the State of
New York.
Done in Washington, DC this 5th day of
June 2007.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Southwest Washington Province
Advisory Committee Meeting Notice
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of meeting.
SUMMARY: The Southwest Washington
Province Advisory Committee will meet
on Friday, July 13, 2007, at the Gifford
Pinchot National Forest Headquarters,
10600 NE 51st Circle, Vancouver, WA
98682. The meeting will begin at 9:30
a.m. and continue until 4 p.m.
The purpose of the meeting is to share
information and receive feedback on:
Special Forest Products on the Gifford
Pinchot National Forest; Update on the
Gifford Pinchot National Forest’s Flood
Damage; and to share information
among Committee members.
All Southwest Washington Province
Advisory Committee meetings are open
to the public. Interested citizens are
encouraged to attend. The ‘‘open forum’’
provides an opportunity for the public
to bring issues, concerns, and
discussion topics to the Advisory
Committee. The ‘‘open forum’’ is
scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Interested
speakers will need to register prior to
the open forum period. The committee
welcomes the public’s written
comments on Committee business at
any time.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Chris Strebig, Public Affairs Officer, at
(360) 891–5005, or write Forest
Headquarters Office: Gifford Pinchot
National Forest, 10600 NE 51st Circle,
Vancouver, WA 98682.
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Dated: June 4, 2007.
Claire Lavendel,
Forest Supervisor.
and Grant Analyst, USDA Rural
Development, 1400 Independence Ave,
SW., 6870, Stop 3225, Washington, DC
20250–3225, Telephone: (202) 690–
3810, Fax: (202) 720–6561, E-mail:
lisa.siesennop@wdc.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Development
Notice Inviting Applications for
Biomass Research and Development
Rural Development, USDA.
Notice.
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE) and the U.S. Department
of Agriculture (USDA) jointly solicit
applications for financial assistance
addressing research and development of
biomass based products, bioenergy,
biofuels and related processes. This
Notice herein referred to as the
‘‘Solicitation’’ is intended to promote
greater innovation and development
related to biomass, and to support the
Biomass Research Development Act of
2000, the Healthy Forest Restoration Act
of 2003, the Energy Policy Act of 2005,
and Federal policy calling for greater
use of biomass-based products,
feedstock production, and processing
and conversion.
This joint USDA/DOE solicitation for
FY07 reflects the technical areas
identified in the Biomass Research and
Development Act of 2000 as amended
by the Energy Policy Act of 2005. These
technical areas will assist DOE and
USDA in developing and maintaining a
balanced portfolio of activities under
the Federal Government’s Biomass
program to effectively advance cost
effective utilization of biomass for the
production of biobased fuels and
products. DOE and USDA will have
separate funding allocations and make
separate awards under this Notice.
DATES: Pre-applications must be
submitted no later than July 11, 2007,
not later than 8 p.m. Eastern Time. The
closing date for applications (only for
those pre-applications which have been
selected for further processing) will be
45 calendar days following notice of
invitation by Agency, not later than 8
p.m. Eastern Time. You are encouraged
to transmit your application well before
the deadline. Applications received
after the deadline will not be reviewed
or considered for an award. The
comment period for the information
collection under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 continues
through August 10, 2007.
ADDRESSES: For further information
contact Lisa Siesennop, Business Loan
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Programs Affected
This program is listed in the Catalog
of Federal Domestic Assistance under
Number 81.087. This program is subject
to Executive Order 12372, which
requires Intergovernmental consultation
with State and local officials.
Intergovernmental consultation will
occur in accordance with the process
and procedures outlined in 7 CFR part
3015 subpart V.
Paperwork Reduction Act
The collection of information
requirements contained in this Notice
has been submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
temporary emergency clearance.
However, in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
USDA Rural Development will seek
standard OMB approval of the reporting
requirements contained in this Notice
and hereby opens a 60-day public
comment period.
Title: Biomass Research and
Development Initiative.
Type of Request: New collection.
Abstract: Rural Development needs to
receive the information contained in
this collection of information to select
the projects that demonstrate the
greatest potential for success. The
selection process is competitive. Rural
Development will ensure that the funds
are used for the intended purpose.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average 11 hours per
response.
Respondents: Institutions of higher
education; National laboratories;
Federal research agencies; State research
agencies; private sector entities to
include companies, corporations,
cooperatives, and other entities that
compete in the marketplace; nonprofit
organizations, other than 501(c)(4)
organizations that engage in lobbying,
and a consortium of two or more of
these entities.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
466.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 2.
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
871.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 9,252 hours.
Copies of this information collection
can be obtained from Cheryl Thompson,
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Regulations and Paperwork
Management Branch, at (202) 692–0043.
Comments: Comments are invited on:
(a) The accuracy of Rural Development’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; (b) ways to enhance
the quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (c)
ways to minimize the burden of the
collection 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 may
be sent to Cheryl Thompson,
Regulations and Management Branch,
Support Services Division, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Rural
Development, STOP 0742, 1400
Independence Ave., SW., Washington,
DC 20250. All responses to this Notice
will be summarized and included in the
request for OMB approval. All
comments will also be a matter of public
record.
E-Government Act Compliance
The Department of Agriculture is
committed to complying with the EGovernment Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 103–
347, December 17, 2002), to promote the
use of the Internet and other
information technologies to provide
increased opportunities for citizen
access to Government information and
services, and for other purposes. To
demonstrate commitment for the EGovernment Act, USDA is requiring that
all applicants intending to submit preapplications or applications in response
to this solicitation use Grants.gov in the
submission process.
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Authority
The authority for the Biomass
Research and Development Initiative
(Initiative) is 7 U.S.C. 8606.
Objectives
The objectives of the Initiative as set
out in 7 U.S.C. 8606(b) are to develop:
(1) Technologies and processes
necessary for abundant commercial
production of biobased fuels at prices
competitive with fossil fuels;
(2) High-value biobased products;
(A) To enhance the economic viability
of biobased fuels and power; and
(B) As substitutes for petroleum-based
feedstocks and products; and
(3) A diversity of sustainable domestic
sources of biomass for conversion to
biobased fuels and biobased products.
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[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 111 (Monday, June 11, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32057-32058]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-2881]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Southwest Washington Province Advisory Committee Meeting Notice
AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Southwest Washington Province Advisory Committee will meet
on Friday, July 13, 2007, at the Gifford Pinchot National Forest
Headquarters, 10600 NE 51st Circle, Vancouver, WA 98682. The meeting
will begin at 9:30 a.m. and continue until 4 p.m.
The purpose of the meeting is to share information and receive
feedback on: Special Forest Products on the Gifford Pinchot National
Forest; Update on the Gifford Pinchot National Forest's Flood Damage;
and to share information among Committee members.
All Southwest Washington Province Advisory Committee meetings are
open to the public. Interested citizens are encouraged to attend. The
``open forum'' provides an opportunity for the public to bring issues,
concerns, and discussion topics to the Advisory Committee. The ``open
forum'' is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Interested speakers will need to
register prior to the open forum period. The committee welcomes the
public's written comments on Committee business at any time.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chris Strebig, Public Affairs Officer,
at (360) 891-5005, or write Forest Headquarters Office: Gifford Pinchot
National Forest, 10600 NE 51st Circle, Vancouver, WA 98682.
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Dated: June 4, 2007.
Claire Lavendel,
Forest Supervisor.
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