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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
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March 20, 2008.
The Department of Agriculture has
submitted the following information
collection requirement(s) to OMB for
review and clearance under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13. Comments
regarding (a) whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of burden including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information to be
collected; (d) 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 should be addressed to: Desk
Officer for Agriculture, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB),
OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or
fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental
Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail
Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250–
7602. Comments regarding these
information collections are best assured
of having their full effect if received
within 30 days of this notification.
Copies of the submission(s) may be
obtained by calling (202) 720–8681.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor a collection of information
unless the collection of information
displays a currently valid OMB control
number and the agency informs
potential persons who are to respond to
the collection of information that such
persons are not required to respond to
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the collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Information Collection; Campfire
Permit
Title: Wood Education and Resource
Center Training Registry.
OMB Control Number: 0596–NEW.
Summary of Collection: The USDA
Forest Service is developing an online
training information system. The Wood
Education Resource Center Training
Information System is designed to
provide a service to trainers and trainees
associated with the primary and
secondary forest products industry. It
will enable the trainees to locate
continuing education training
opportunities that will meet the criteria
they have established. Providing such
training will enhance opportunities for
the industry, while helping keep the
industry competitive in the world
market.
Need and Use of the Information:
Collection is voluntary and is conducted
for the benefit of the users of the
website. Making the information
available expedites and encourages
learning opportunities for members of
the timber industry. Trainers will use
this site to register training and promote
continuing education within the wood
products industry. Upon registration,
trainees will be able to access the
database to find information about
training programs, workshops, and short
courses that meet the needs of wood
products companies and employees.
Trainees will be able to search and save
information regarding training courses
of interests and create a training profile
that will automatically match the
trainee to courses.
Description of Respondents:
Individuals or households; Businesses
or other for-profits; Not-for-profit
Institutions.
Number of Respondents: 3,325.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 3,502
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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Forest Service
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice; request for comment.
AGENCY:
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, Campfire Permit.
DATES: Comments must be received in
writing on or before May 27, 2008 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 Jason
Kirchner, Public Affairs Staff, U.S.
Forest Service Pacific Southwest
Region, 1323 Club Drive, Vallejo, CA
94592.
Comments also may be submitted via
facsimile to (707) 562–9053 or by e-mail
to: jdkirchner@fs.fed.us.
The public may inspect comments
received at the Forest Service’s Pacific
Southwest Regional Office during
normal business hours. Visitors are
encouraged to call ahead to (707) 562–
9014 to facilitate entry to the building.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jason Kirchner, Pacific Southwest
Region, (707) 562–9014. Individuals
who use telecommunication devices for
the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Relay Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339
twenty-four hours a day, every day of
the year, including holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: California Campfire Permit.
OMB Number: 0596–New.
Type of Request: New.
Abstract: The issuance of the
California Campfire Permit by Forest
Service and Bureau of Land
Management offices in California is a
requirement resulting from a formal
agreement with the State of California.
The agreement outlines fire
management responsibilities for each
party and results in enhanced
cooperation for fire suppression and fire
prevention activities across agency
boundaries throughout the state.
California State law requires individuals
to possess a permit to light, maintain, or
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use a campfire on the property of
another person and also requires
individuals to obtain a campfire permit
issued under U.S. Forest Service
authority for campfires on National
Forest System lands. As part of a formal
agreement with the State, the U.S.
Forest Service, Bureau of Land
Management, and the California
Department of Forestry and Fire
Protection have agreed to issue an
interagency campfire permit that meets
the intent of the State law.
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California Public Resources Code 4433:
Permits Required. A person shall not light,
maintain, or use a campfire upon any brushcovered land, grass-covered land, or forestcovered land which is the property of
another person unless he first obtains a
written permit from the owner, lessee, or
agent of the owner or lessee of the property.
If, however, campsites and special areas
have been established by the property owner
and posted as areas for camping, a permit is
not necessary.
A written campfire permit duly issued by
or under the authority of the United States
Forest Service is necessary for use on land
under the jurisdiction and control of the
United States Forest Service.
Issuance of the California Campfire
Permit will occur in every Forest
Service, Bureau of Land Management,
and CAL FIRE office in the State that is
open to the public. The permit is
required for any individual that intends
to make a campfire on National Forest
System lands or Bureau of Land
Management lands. Only one permit is
required per year per person. The
permit requires individuals to provide
their name and address, which is used
by designated law enforcement officials
to verify that the permit belongs to a
responsible individual that is present at
a campfire. The information is not
otherwise used or maintained for any
purpose by the Forest Service or Bureau
of Land Management.
The California Campfire Permit is a
valuable fire prevention tool that
provides firefighting organizations in
California an opportunity to educate
members of the public on safe and
responsible campfire use, and allows
agencies to personally provide fire
prevention messages to every individual
that intends to build or maintain a
campfire in the state. Without the Forest
Service and Bureau of Land
Management participating in the
distribution of this permit, those
agencies would lose an important fire
prevention tool while making it
impossible for individuals to comply
with state law due to the language in the
state law requiring a campfire permit to
be issued under U.S. Forest Service
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authority for campfires on National
Forest System lands.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 5
minutes.
Type of Respondents: Individuals.
Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 250,000.
Estimated Annual Number of
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 20,833 hours.
Comment Is Invited
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
submission request toward Office of
Management and Budget approval.
March 20, 2008.
Robin L. Thompson,
Associate Deputy Chief, State & Private
Forestry.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Shasta Trinity National Forest, South
Fork Management Unit, California Salt
Timber Harvest and Fuels Hazard
Reduction Project
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of intent to prepare an
environmental impact statement.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Hayfork District of the
Shasta Trinity National Forest is
proposing to use vegetation treatments
to improve forest health, reduce risks
from fire and provide forest products on
approximately 1,658 acres within the
upper Salt Creek watershed on the
South Fork Management Unit of the
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Shasta Trinity National Forest.
Prescribed treatments are expected to
produce approximately 4.8 million
board feet or 10,600 hundred cubic feet
(ccf) of merchantable sawtimber, and an
estimated 4,710 bone dry tons of
biomass. The Forest Service will
analyze these vegetation treatments
within the constraints of the Shasta
Trinity National Forest Land and
Resource Management Plan, 1995.
The proposed Salt project is in Trinity
County, 10 air miles south of Hayfork,
California and 3 air miles east of Post
Mountain, California. The project area is
within the Hayfork Adaptive
Management Area (AMA), and
Management Area 19, Indian Valley/
Rattlesnake, of the Shasta-Trinity Land
and Resource Management Plan (USFS
1995, p. 4–64 & 65). Treatment areas in
T29N, R11W sections 4–9, T29N, R12W
sections 1, 2 and 12, T30N, R11W
sections 31 and 32, and T30N, R12W
sections 25, 26, 35, and 36 M.D.M.
DATES: Comments concerning the scope
of the analysis must be received by
April 22, 2008 or 30 days after
publication in the Federal Register,
whichever is later. The draft
environmental impact statement is
expected in August, 2008 and the final
environmental impact statement is
expected January, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Please send written
comments to Sandy Mack, TEAMS
USFS Enterprise Unit, 1801 N. First,
Hamilton, MT 59840–3114. Comments
may also be submitted by e-mail to:
comments-pacificsouthwest-shastatrinity-yo11abollahayfork@fs.fed.us
with ‘‘Salt Project’’ as the subject.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sandy Mack, Project Team Leader,
TEAMS USFS Enterprise Unit, 1801 N.
First, Hamilton, MT 59840. Phone (406)
375–2638.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Purpose and Need for Action
The purpose and need for the Salt
project is fourfold: Improve forest health
and resiliency, reduce hazardous fuels
conditions and the potential impacts
from wildfire to the National Forest and
neighboring land, provide timber
products, and decommission roads no
longer needed for management.
Competition for limited water, nutrients
and sun in many highly stocked stands
in the Salt project area has reduced the
vigor, growth and resiliency of the
mixed conifer species. Thinning is
needed to improve tree resiliency to
disturbance factors such as drought,
insects, disease, and fires. Conversely,
there are some stands in the suitable
timber base that are understocked and
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Information Collection; Campfire Permit
AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice; request for comment.
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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, Campfire Permit.
DATES: Comments must be received in writing on or before May 27, 2008
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 Jason
Kirchner, Public Affairs Staff, U.S. Forest Service Pacific Southwest
Region, 1323 Club Drive, Vallejo, CA 94592.
Comments also may be submitted via facsimile to (707) 562-9053 or
by e-mail to: jdkirchner@fs.fed.us.
The public may inspect comments received at the Forest Service's
Pacific Southwest Regional Office during normal business hours.
Visitors are encouraged to call ahead to (707) 562-9014 to facilitate
entry to the building.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jason Kirchner, Pacific Southwest
Region, (707) 562-9014. Individuals who use telecommunication devices
for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-
877-8339 twenty-four hours a day, every day of the year, including
holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: California Campfire Permit.
OMB Number: 0596-New.
Type of Request: New.
Abstract: The issuance of the California Campfire Permit by Forest
Service and Bureau of Land Management offices in California is a
requirement resulting from a formal agreement with the State of
California. The agreement outlines fire management responsibilities for
each party and results in enhanced cooperation for fire suppression and
fire prevention activities across agency boundaries throughout the
state. California State law requires individuals to possess a permit to
light, maintain, or
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use a campfire on the property of another person and also requires
individuals to obtain a campfire permit issued under U.S. Forest
Service authority for campfires on National Forest System lands. As
part of a formal agreement with the State, the U.S. Forest Service,
Bureau of Land Management, and the California Department of Forestry
and Fire Protection have agreed to issue an interagency campfire permit
that meets the intent of the State law.
California Public Resources Code 4433:
Permits Required. A person shall not light, maintain, or use a
campfire upon any brush-covered land, grass-covered land, or forest-
covered land which is the property of another person unless he first
obtains a written permit from the owner, lessee, or agent of the
owner or lessee of the property.
If, however, campsites and special areas have been established
by the property owner and posted as areas for camping, a permit is
not necessary.
A written campfire permit duly issued by or under the authority
of the United States Forest Service is necessary for use on land
under the jurisdiction and control of the United States Forest
Service.
Issuance of the California Campfire Permit will occur in every Forest
Service, Bureau of Land Management, and CAL FIRE office in the State
that is open to the public. The permit is required for any individual
that intends to make a campfire on National Forest System lands or
Bureau of Land Management lands. Only one permit is required per year
per person. The permit requires individuals to provide their name and
address, which is used by designated law enforcement officials to
verify that the permit belongs to a responsible individual that is
present at a campfire. The information is not otherwise used or
maintained for any purpose by the Forest Service or Bureau of Land
Management.
The California Campfire Permit is a valuable fire prevention tool
that provides firefighting organizations in California an opportunity
to educate members of the public on safe and responsible campfire use,
and allows agencies to personally provide fire prevention messages to
every individual that intends to build or maintain a campfire in the
state. Without the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management
participating in the distribution of this permit, those agencies would
lose an important fire prevention tool while making it impossible for
individuals to comply with state law due to the language in the state
law requiring a campfire permit to be issued under U.S. Forest Service
authority for campfires on National Forest System lands.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 5 minutes.
Type of Respondents: Individuals.
Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 250,000.
Estimated Annual Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 20,833 hours.
Comment Is Invited
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 submission request
toward Office of Management and Budget approval.
March 20, 2008.
Robin L. Thompson,
Associate Deputy Chief, State & Private Forestry.
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