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the collection of information that such
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Farm Service Agency
Title: United States Warehouse Act
(USWA).
OMB Control Number: 0560–0120.
Summary of Collection: The Secretary
of Agriculture authorizes the Farm
Service Agency (FSA) as specified in the
USWA to license public warehouse
operators that are in the business of
storing agricultural products. FSA
licenses over 50 percent of all
commercial grain and cotton warehouse
capacities in the United States. FSA
administers USWA activities and
encompasses examination of
warehouses operated under the
Standards for Approval of Warehouses
under the Commodity Credit
Corporation (CCC) Charter Act.
Although there are several types of
warehouses covered by USWA and CCC
functions, the reporting requirements
for a particular type of warehouse are
essentially the same. With some
exceptions, the same forms are used for
both USWA licensing and CCC. The
forms are furnished to interested
warehouse operators or used by the
warehouse examiners employed by FSA
to secure and record information about
the warehouse operators and the
warehouse.
Need and Use of the Information: FSA
will collect information as a basis to (1)
determine whether or not the warehouse
and the warehouse operator making
application for licensing and/or
approval meets applicable standards; (2)
issue such license or approvals; and (3)
determine, once licensed or approved,
that the licensee or warehouse operator
continues to meet such standards and is
conforming to regulatory or contractual
obligations.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 4,000.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion; Annually; Other (daily
record).
Total Burden Hours: 10,211.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Information Collection; Extending the
Forest Service Message to Diverse
Urban Publics
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, Extending the Forest Service
Message to Diverse Urban Publics.
DATES: Comments must be received in
writing on or before October 14, 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 Patricia L.
Winter, Pacific Southwest Research
Station, Forest Service, USDA, 4955
Canyon Crest Drive, Riverside, CA
92507.
Comments also may be submitted via
facsimile to (951) 680–1501 or by e-mail
to: pwinter@fs.fed.us.
The public may inspect comments
received at Building One Reception,
4955 Canyon Crest Drive, Riverside, CA
92507, during normal business hours.
Visitors are encouraged to call ahead to
(951) 680–1500 to facilitate entry to the
building.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Patricia L. Winter, Pacific Southwest
Research Station, USDA FS, (951) 680–
1557. 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: Extending the Forest Service
Message to Diverse Urban Publics.
OMB Number: 0596–New.
Type of Request: New.
Abstract: Forest Service and
university researchers will contact
residents in communities proximate to
urban national forests. Through those
contacts, they will evaluate outdoor
recreation participation, barriers to
participation, engagement in other
community activities, use of various
media types, trust of various media
types, and socio-demographics. The
results of this information collection
will help researchers improve their
ability to provide information to natural
resource managers on communication
and information dissemination to
publics.
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Residents in metropolitan
communities surrounding urban
national forests (age 18 or older) will be
contacted via telephone and invited to
participate in a brief telephone survey.
Willing parties will participate in the
telephone survey or arrange for future
contact based on their availability and
convenience.
A Forest Service researcher, Agency
analysts/technicians, and a cooperating
university researcher will collect and
analyze the data. The Forest Service and
university researchers are experts in
applied social psychology and survey
research.
Participants will be asked a series of
questions focused on outdoor recreation
participation, barriers to participation,
engagement in community activities,
use of various types of media
(television, radio, newspaper,
magazines, and Internet), trust in
various types of media, and sociodemographics. Responses will be
voluntary and anonymous, will not be
stored with contact information at any
time, and contact information will be
purged from researcher files once data
collection is complete.
Responses will be used to evaluate
selected ethnic/racial groups’ use and
reliance upon forms of media and other
sources of information about outdoor
recreation. Findings will help resource
managers determine the appropriateness
of routes of communication with diverse
urban publics regarding natural resource
issues and outdoor recreation
opportunities. This in turn will help
remedy one of the key barriers to use of
natural areas for outdoor recreation, a
lack of information about such
opportunities.
Without the proposed information
collection, managers will continue to
rely upon the traditional means of
information dissemination, which may
perpetuate the information gap found
among communities of various
ethnicities and races regarding outdoor
recreation opportunities. The
information collected will help the
researchers supply information to
natural resource managers and other
researchers who are focusing their own
work on natural resource management
values and objectives. Additionally,
Forest Service officials will share the
data with community-based
organizations serving the interests of
diverse publics, assisting these
organizations in efforts to work with
natural resource management agencies
and facilitate application of findings.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 10
minutes.
Type of Respondents: Respondents
are residents of metropolitan areas
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adjacent to urban national forests, age
18 or older.
Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 2,000.
Estimated Annual Number of
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 344 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.
Dated: August 11, 2008.
Ann Bartuska,
Deputy Chief, Research & Development.
[FR Doc. E8–18959 Filed 8–14–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Notice of Proposed New Fee Sites;
Federal Lands Recreation
Enhancement Act, (Title VIII, Pub. L.
108–447)
Sawtooth National Forest,
USDA Forest Service.
ACTION: Notice of Proposed New Fee
Sites.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Sawtooth National Forest
is proposing to charge fees at three
camping areas on the Fairfield Ranger
District, four campgrounds on the
Minidoka Ranger District, and two
cabins on the Sawtooth National
Recreation Area.
Fees are assessed based on the level
of amenities and services provided, cost
of operation and maintenance, cost
comparison for similar facilities, and
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public comment. The fees listed are
proposed and will be finalized upon
further analysis and public comment.
Funds from fees would be used to
maintain the recreation facilities and
sites where they are collected.
On the Fairfield Ranger District, The
Baumgartner Group Use Campground,
and the overnight campsites at the
Willow Creek and Bear Creek Transfer
Camps (all currently free use sites) are
being proposed as fee sites. These sites
have the same amenities offered at other
developed campgrounds on the
Sawtooth and adjacent National Forests.
The proposed fee to help maintain the
Baumgartner Group use site is $125 a
night for up to 100 people. The
proposed fees for Willow and Bear
Creek would be $6.00 per night for
single family sites. The fee season for
these three sites will be approximately
Memorial Day through September 30
each year as weather permits.
On the Minidoka Ranger District,
Schipper, Steer Basin, Sublett, and
Diamondfield Jack campgrounds (all
currently free use sites) are being
proposed as fee sites. These sites have
the same amenities offered at other
developed campgrounds on the
Sawtooth and adjacent National Forests.
The proposed fee to help maintain
Schipper, Steer Basin, and Sublett
would be $5.00 per night for single
family sites. The proposed fee for
Diamondfield Jack would be $8.00 per
night for single family sites. The fee
season for these sites will be
approximately Memorial Day through
September 30 each year as weather
permits.
On the Sawtooth National Recreation
Area, The Redfish Lake and Sawtooth
Valley Work Center cabins are being
proposed as fee sites to be available as
rental cabins during the shoulder and
winter seasons (approximately October
1–April 30 each year). These cabins
have not previously been available for
public use and are used for employee
housing during the summer season. The
proposed fee to help maintain these
cabins would be $50 and $65 per night
respectively.
DATES: New fees would be implemented
in May, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Forest Supervisor, Sawtooth
National Forest, 2647 Kimberly Road,
Twin Falls, Idaho, 83301–7976.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
campgrounds on the Fairfield Ranger
District: Mike Dettori, District Ranger,
208–764–3202; for campgrounds on the
Minidoka Ranger District: Scott
Nannenga, District Ranger, 208–678–
0430; for cabins: Kelly Jardine, Deputy
Area Ranger, 208–774–3000.
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The
Federal Recreation Lands Enhancement
Act (Title VII, Pub. L. 108–447) directed
the Secretary of Agriculture to publish
a six month advance notice in the
Federal Register whenever new
recreation fee areas are established.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: August 7, 2008.
Jane P. Kollmeyer,
Sawtooth National Forest Supervisor.
[FR Doc. E8–18719 Filed 8–14–08; 8:45 am]
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COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM
PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR
SEVERELY DISABLED
Procurement List; Additions
Committee for Purchase From
People Who Are Blind or Severely
Disabled.
ACTION: Additions to the Procurement
List.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This action adds to the
Procurement List products and services
to be furnished by nonprofit agencies
employing persons who are blind or
have other severe disabilities.
EFFECTIVE DATE: September 14, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase
From People Who Are Blind or Severely
Disabled, Jefferson Plaza 2, Suite 10800,
1421 Jefferson Davis Highway,
Arlington, Virginia 22202–3259
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kimberly M. Zeich, Telephone: (703)
603–7740, Fax: (703) 603–0655, or email CMTEFedReg@jwod.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May
23, June 16 and June 20 2008, the
Committee for Purchase From People
Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
published notice (73 FR 30046; 33972;
35118; 35119) of proposed additions to
the Procurement List.
After consideration of the material
presented to it concerning capability of
qualified nonprofit agencies to provide
the products and services and impact of
the additions on the current or most
recent contractors, the Committee has
determined that the products and
services listed below are suitable for
procurement by the Federal Government
under 41 U.S.C. 46–48c and 41 CFR 51–
2.4.
Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification
I certify that the following action will
not have a significant impact on a
substantial number of small entities.
The major factors considered for this
certification were:
1. The action will not result in any
additional reporting, recordkeeping or
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Information Collection; Extending the Forest Service Message to
Diverse Urban Publics
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, Extending the Forest
Service Message to Diverse Urban Publics.
DATES: Comments must be received in writing on or before October 14,
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
Patricia L. Winter, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service,
USDA, 4955 Canyon Crest Drive, Riverside, CA 92507.
Comments also may be submitted via facsimile to (951) 680-1501 or
by e-mail to: pwinter@fs.fed.us.
The public may inspect comments received at Building One Reception,
4955 Canyon Crest Drive, Riverside, CA 92507, during normal business
hours. Visitors are encouraged to call ahead to (951) 680-1500 to
facilitate entry to the building.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patricia L. Winter, Pacific Southwest
Research Station, USDA FS, (951) 680-1557. 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: Extending the Forest Service Message to Diverse Urban
Publics.
OMB Number: 0596-New.
Type of Request: New.
Abstract: Forest Service and university researchers will contact
residents in communities proximate to urban national forests. Through
those contacts, they will evaluate outdoor recreation participation,
barriers to participation, engagement in other community activities,
use of various media types, trust of various media types, and socio-
demographics. The results of this information collection will help
researchers improve their ability to provide information to natural
resource managers on communication and information dissemination to
publics.
Residents in metropolitan communities surrounding urban national
forests (age 18 or older) will be contacted via telephone and invited
to participate in a brief telephone survey. Willing parties will
participate in the telephone survey or arrange for future contact based
on their availability and convenience.
A Forest Service researcher, Agency analysts/technicians, and a
cooperating university researcher will collect and analyze the data.
The Forest Service and university researchers are experts in applied
social psychology and survey research.
Participants will be asked a series of questions focused on outdoor
recreation participation, barriers to participation, engagement in
community activities, use of various types of media (television, radio,
newspaper, magazines, and Internet), trust in various types of media,
and socio-demographics. Responses will be voluntary and anonymous, will
not be stored with contact information at any time, and contact
information will be purged from researcher files once data collection
is complete.
Responses will be used to evaluate selected ethnic/racial groups'
use and reliance upon forms of media and other sources of information
about outdoor recreation. Findings will help resource managers
determine the appropriateness of routes of communication with diverse
urban publics regarding natural resource issues and outdoor recreation
opportunities. This in turn will help remedy one of the key barriers to
use of natural areas for outdoor recreation, a lack of information
about such opportunities.
Without the proposed information collection, managers will continue
to rely upon the traditional means of information dissemination, which
may perpetuate the information gap found among communities of various
ethnicities and races regarding outdoor recreation opportunities. The
information collected will help the researchers supply information to
natural resource managers and other researchers who are focusing their
own work on natural resource management values and objectives.
Additionally, Forest Service officials will share the data with
community-based organizations serving the interests of diverse publics,
assisting these organizations in efforts to work with natural resource
management agencies and facilitate application of findings.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 10 minutes.
Type of Respondents: Respondents are residents of metropolitan
areas
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adjacent to urban national forests, age 18 or older.
Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 2,000.
Estimated Annual Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 344 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.
Dated: August 11, 2008.
Ann Bartuska,
Deputy Chief, Research & Development.
[FR Doc. E8-18959 Filed 8-14-08; 8:45 am]
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