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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Farm Service Agency
Information Collection: Emergency
Conservation Program
Farm Service Agency, USDA.
Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Farm Service Agency (FSA) is seeking
comments from all interested
individuals and organizations on the
revision of currently approved
information collection associated with
the Emergency Conservation Program
(ECP).
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received on or before September 24,
2007 to be assured consideration.
ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit
comments on this Notice. In your
comment, include the volume, date, and
page number of this issue of the Federal
Register. You may submit comments by
any of the following methods:
E-mail: Send comments to:
Clayton.Furukawa@wdc.usda.gov.
Fax: (202) 720–4619.
Mail: Farm Service Agency, USDA,
Attn: Clayton Furukawa, ECP Program
Manager, Conservation and
Environmental Programs Division,
USDA, FSA, STOP 0513, 1400
Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20250–0513.
Comments also should be sent to the
Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget,
Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Clayton Furukawa, ECP Program
Manager, (202) 690–0571.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description of Information Collection
Title: Emergency Conservation
Program.
OMB Control Number: 0560–0082.
Expiration Date: February 28, 2010.
Type of Request: Revision of a
Currently Approved Information
Collection.
Abstract: This information collection
is to allow FSA to effectively administer
the regulations under the ECP. The
regulations at 7 CFR part 701 set forth
basic policies, program provisions, and
eligibility requirements for owners and
operators to enter into agreement with
to apply for financial and technical
assistance and for receiving cost-share
payments under the ECP. The revision
to the currently approved information
collection is in response to, and
consistent with, the new requirement
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that an Adjusted Gross Income
Limitation be used when determining
the eligibility of certain respondents
who wish to participate in the ECP,
pursuant to the provisions of Section
9004(b) of Public Law 110–28.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average .25 hours (15
minutes) per response. The average
travel time, which is included in the
total annual burden, is estimated to be
1 hour per respondent.
Respondents: Owners, operators and
other eligible agricultural producers on
eligible farmland.
Number of Respondents: 90,000.
Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 90,420.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 67,610.
Comments
Comments are invited on:
(1) Whether this collection
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 burden, 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 the 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 comments received in response to
this notice, including names and
addresses when provided, will be a
matter of public records. Comments will
be summarized and included in the
submission for Office of Management
and Budget approval.
Signed at Washington, DC, on July 19,
2007.
Glen L. Keppy,
Acting Administrator, Farm Service Agency.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement
Forest Service, USDA.
Corralled Bear, Clearwater
National Forest, Latah County, ID.
AGENCY:
PROJECT:
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Notice of intent to prepare an
environmental impact statement.
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The USDA, Forest Service,
will prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) to disclose the
environmental effects of timber harvest,
prescribed fire, fuels reduction,
watershed restoration, and access
management activities in the Corralled
Bear project area on the Palouse Ranger
District of the Clearwater National
Forest. The Corralled Bear project area
is located north of the towns of Deary
and Helmer within the East Fork of Big
Bear Creek and Corral Creek drainages,
approximately 21 air-miles northeast of
the town of Moscow, Idaho.
DATES: This project was previously
scoped in March 2006, and the
comments received will be included in
the documentation for the EIS. A 45-day
public comment period will follow the
release of the draft environmental
impact statement (DEIS) that is expected
in September 2007. The final
environmental impact statement (FEIS)
and Record of Decision (ROD) is
expected in February 2008.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Corralled Bear project area contains
approximately 11,318 acres, which is all
National Forest lands except for 160
acres of private land. The project area is
located in portions of T40N, R1W;
T40N, R2W; T41N, R1W; and T41N,
R2W, Boise Meridian, Latah County,
Idaho. The proposed actions would
occur on National Forest lands and are
all outside the boundaries of any
inventoried roadless area or any areas
considered for inclusion to the National
Wilderness System as recommended by
the Clearwater National Forest Plan or
by any past or present legislative
wilderness proposals.
Purpose and Need for Action is to: (1)
Promote stand productivity, restore
vegetative successional stages to reflect
historical patch sizes and locations, and
restore blister rust resistant white pine;
(2) reduce fuel buildup in stands where
fire suppression has interrupted the
short-return fire interval and resulted in
unnaturally high amounts of fuel and
overgrown understory, and create a
more defensible space to control
wildfire on Forest Service land adjacent
to private property; (3) reduce long-term
sedimentation to streams caused by
existing unsurfaced roads, and stabilize
stream banks made unstable by
motorized vehicles, cattle trailing, and
channelization (historic railroad grades);
(4) update fish/water quality standards
for Corral Creek in Appendix K of the
Clearwater Forest Plan to better meet the
Clean Water Act standards supporting
fisheries and reflect better information
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Farm Service Agency
Information Collection: Emergency Conservation Program
AGENCY: Farm Service Agency, USDA.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Farm Service Agency (FSA) is seeking comments from all interested
individuals and organizations on the revision of currently approved
information collection associated with the Emergency Conservation
Program (ECP).
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received on or before September
24, 2007 to be assured consideration.
ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit comments on this Notice. In your
comment, include the volume, date, and page number of this issue of the
Federal Register. You may submit comments by any of the following
methods:
E-mail: Send comments to: Clayton.Furukawa@wdc.usda.gov.
Fax: (202) 720-4619.
Mail: Farm Service Agency, USDA, Attn: Clayton Furukawa, ECP
Program Manager, Conservation and Environmental Programs Division,
USDA, FSA, STOP 0513, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC
20250-0513.
Comments also should be sent to the Desk Officer for Agriculture,
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Clayton Furukawa, ECP Program Manager,
(202) 690-0571.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description of Information Collection
Title: Emergency Conservation Program.
OMB Control Number: 0560-0082.
Expiration Date: February 28, 2010.
Type of Request: Revision of a Currently Approved Information
Collection.
Abstract: This information collection is to allow FSA to
effectively administer the regulations under the ECP. The regulations
at 7 CFR part 701 set forth basic policies, program provisions, and
eligibility requirements for owners and operators to enter into
agreement with to apply for financial and technical assistance and for
receiving cost-share payments under the ECP. The revision to the
currently approved information collection is in response to, and
consistent with, the new requirement that an Adjusted Gross Income
Limitation be used when determining the eligibility of certain
respondents who wish to participate in the ECP, pursuant to the
provisions of Section 9004(b) of Public Law 110-28.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average .25 hours (15 minutes) per
response. The average travel time, which is included in the total
annual burden, is estimated to be 1 hour per respondent.
Respondents: Owners, operators and other eligible agricultural
producers on eligible farmland.
Number of Respondents: 90,000.
Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 90,420.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 67,610.
Comments
Comments are invited on:
(1) Whether this collection 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 burden, 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 the
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 comments received in response to this notice, including names
and addresses when provided, will be a matter of public records.
Comments will be summarized and included in the submission for Office
of Management and Budget approval.
Signed at Washington, DC, on July 19, 2007.
Glen L. Keppy,
Acting Administrator, Farm Service Agency.
[FR Doc. E7-14385 Filed 7-25-07; 8:45 am]
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