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Vol. 73, No. 217
Friday, November 7, 2008
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Office of the Secretary
Notice of Request for Extension and
Revision of a Currently Approved
Information Collection
Office of the Secretary, USDA.
Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended), this
notice announces the White House
Liaison’s intention to request approval
from the Office of Management and
Budget for an extension and revision of
a currently approved information
collection for Advisory Committee and
Research and Promotion Board
Membership Background Information
(AD–755).
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by January 6, 2009 to be
assured of consideration.
Additional Information or Comments:
Address all comments concerning this
notice to the Office of the White House
Liaison, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
1400 Independence Ave., SW., Whitten
Building, Room 219–A, Washington, DC
20250.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Advisory Committee and
Research and Promotion Board
Membership Background Information.
OMB Number: 0505–0001.
Expiration Date of Approval: March
30, 2009.
Type of Request: Extension and
revision of a currently approved
information collection.
Abstract: The primary objective for
the use of the AD–755 form is to
determine the qualification, suitability
and availability of a candidate to serve
on advisory committees and/or research
and promotion boards. The information
will be used to both conduct
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background clearances and to compile
annual reports on advisory committees.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average 30 minutes per
response.
Respondents: Individuals or
households.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
1684.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 842.
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 the Office of
the White House Liaison, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, 1400
Independence Ave., SW., Whitten
Building, Room 219–A, Washington, DC
20250. All comments received will be
available for public inspection during
regular business hours at the same
address.
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.
Edward T. Schafer,
Secretary of Agriculture.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
November 4, 2008.
The Department of Agriculture has
submitted the following information
collection requirement(s) to OMB for
review and clearance under the
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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
the collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
Agricultural Marketing Service
Title: Regulations Governing the
Inspection and Grading of Manufactured
or Processed Dairy Products—
Recordkeeping.
OMB Control Number: 0581–0110.
Summary of Collection: The
Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946
directs the Department to develop
programs that will provide and enable
the marketing of agricultural products.
One of these programs is the USDA
voluntary inspection and grading
program for dairy products where these
dairy products are graded according to
U.S. grade standards by an USDA
grader. The dairy products so graded
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may be identified with the USDA grade
mark. Dairy processors, buyers, retailers,
institutional users, and consumers have
requested that such a program be
developed to assure the uniform quality
of dairy products purchased. In order
for any service program to perform
satisfactorily, there must be written
guides and rules, which in this case are
regulations for the provider and user.
Need and Use of the Information: The
Agricultural Marketing Service will
collect information to ensure that the
dairy inspection program products are
produced under sanitary conditions and
buyers are purchasing a quality product.
The information collected through
recordkeeping are routinely reviewed
and evaluated during the inspection of
the dairy plant facilities for USDA
approval. Without laboratory testing
results required by recordkeeping, the
inspectors would not be able to evaluate
the quality of dairy products.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 487.
Frequency of Responses:
Recordkeeping.
Total Burden Hours: 1,388.
Agricultural Marketing Service
Title: Regulations for Inspection of
Eggs.
OMB Control Number: 0581–0113.
Summary of Collection: Congress
enacted the Egg Products Inspection Act
(21 U.S.C. 1031–1056) (EPIA) to provide
a mandatory inspection program to
assure egg products are processed under
sanitary conditions, are wholesome,
unadulterated, and properly labeled; to
control the disposition of dirty and
checked shell eggs; to control
unwholesome, adulterated, and inedible
egg products and shell eggs that are
unfit for human consumption; and to
control the movement and disposition
of imported shell eggs and egg products
that are unwholesome and inedible.
Regulations developed under 7 CFR part
57 provide the requirements and
guidelines for the Department and
industry needed to obtain compliance.
The Agricultural Marketing Service
(AMS) will collect information using
several forms. Forms used to collect
information provide method for
measuring workload, record of
compliance and non compliance and a
basis to monitor the utilization of funds.
Need and Use of the Information:
AMS will used the information to assure
compliance with the Act and
regulations, to take administrative and
regulatory action and to develop and
revise cooperative agreements with the
States, which conduct surveillance
inspections of shell egg handlers and
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processors. If the information is not
collected, AMS would not be able to
control the processing, movement, and
disposition of restricted shell eggs and
egg products and take regulatory action
in case of noncompliance.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit; Federal Government;
State, Local or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 864.
Frequency of Responses:
Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion;
Quarterly.
Total Burden Hours: 1,530.
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Notice of Availability of Final
Environmental Impact Statement and
Record of Decision for the Southern
Rockies Lynx Amendment
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of Availability.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) and the National Forest
Management Act, (NFMA), the USDA
Forest Service announces the
availability of the Final Environmental
Impact Statement (FEIS) and Record of
Decision (ROD) for the Southern
Rockies Lynx Amendment and the
opening of the administrative appeal
period.
The management direction will
become effective 7 days after the date of
publication of the legal notice published
in the Denver Post, the newspaper of
record. Administrative appeals must be
postmarked or received within 45 days
of the date the legal notice is published
in the Denver Post.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the FEIS and ROD
are available upon request from the
Rocky Mountain Regional Office, 740
Simms St., Golden, Colorado 80401 or
via the internet on the following Web
site https://www.fs.fed.us/r2/lynx/
index.html.
This decision is subject to review
through the administrative appeals
process pursuant to 36 CFR 217.3. Any
appeals must be postmarked or received
by the Appeal Reviewing Officer within
45 days of the date the legal notices are
published in the Denver Post, the
newspaper of record. Any notice of
appeal must be fully consistent with 36
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CFR 217.9. Addresses for submitting
appeals can be founding the Record of
Decision.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Martha Delporte, Regional Planner,
mdelporte@fs.fed.us, telephone 303–
275–5381; or Nancy Warren, Regional
Threatened, Endangered and Sensitive
Species Program leader,
nwarren@fs.fed.us, telephone 303–275–
5064.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
purpose of this project is to amend eight
Land and Resource Management Plans
(‘‘Plans’’) to incorporate management
direction that will conserve and
promote the recovery of the Canada lynx
on National Forest System lands, while
preserving the overall multiple-use
direction in existing Plans. The Plans to
be amended are: Arapaho-Roosevelt
National Forests 1997 Revised Plan
(Colorado); Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre
and Gunnison National Forests 1983
Plan (Colorado); Pike-San Isabel
National Forests 1984 Plan (Colorado);
Rio Grande National Forest 1996
Revised Plan (Colorado); San Juan
National Forest 1983 Plan (Colorado);
White River National Forest 2002
Revised Plan (Colorado); Routt National
Forest 1997 Revised Plan (Colorado);
and Medicine Bow National Forests
2003 Revised Plan (Wyoming).
The State of Colorado’s Department of
Natural Resources is a cooperating
agency on this project because of their
special expertise on the status of lynx
and the Colorado lynx reintroduction
project.
The DEIS (Notice of Availability
published Jan. 30, 2004) and
Supplemental DEIS (Notice of
Availability published Nov. 24, 2006)
presented analysis of four alternatives.
Five alternatives were analyzed in the
FEIS. The responsible official
determined that Alternative F-modified
best meets the purpose and need,
responds to primary issues and public
comments, and meets the agency’s
responsibilities.
Under § 219.14(b) of Title 36, Code of
Federal Regulations, Part 219—
Planning, Subpart A—National Forest
System Land Management Planning (36
CFR part 219, subpart A) otherwise
known as the 2008 planning rule, this
amendment has been approved using
the provisions of the 1982 planning rule
(See 36 CFR parts 200 to 299, Revised
as of July 1, 2000). This plan
amendment is appropriate, using the
1982 rule provisions, as allowed by
2008 rule, at 219.14 (b)(3), which says
that during the transition, ‘‘plan
amendments may continue using the
provisions of the planning regulation in
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
November 4, 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 the collection of information unless it displays
a currently valid OMB control number.
Agricultural Marketing Service
Title: Regulations Governing the Inspection and Grading of
Manufactured or Processed Dairy Products--Recordkeeping.
OMB Control Number: 0581-0110.
Summary of Collection: The Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946
directs the Department to develop programs that will provide and enable
the marketing of agricultural products. One of these programs is the
USDA voluntary inspection and grading program for dairy products where
these dairy products are graded according to U.S. grade standards by an
USDA grader. The dairy products so graded
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may be identified with the USDA grade mark. Dairy processors, buyers,
retailers, institutional users, and consumers have requested that such
a program be developed to assure the uniform quality of dairy products
purchased. In order for any service program to perform satisfactorily,
there must be written guides and rules, which in this case are
regulations for the provider and user.
Need and Use of the Information: The Agricultural Marketing Service
will collect information to ensure that the dairy inspection program
products are produced under sanitary conditions and buyers are
purchasing a quality product. The information collected through
recordkeeping are routinely reviewed and evaluated during the
inspection of the dairy plant facilities for USDA approval. Without
laboratory testing results required by recordkeeping, the inspectors
would not be able to evaluate the quality of dairy products.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 487.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping.
Total Burden Hours: 1,388.
Agricultural Marketing Service
Title: Regulations for Inspection of Eggs.
OMB Control Number: 0581-0113.
Summary of Collection: Congress enacted the Egg Products Inspection
Act (21 U.S.C. 1031-1056) (EPIA) to provide a mandatory inspection
program to assure egg products are processed under sanitary conditions,
are wholesome, unadulterated, and properly labeled; to control the
disposition of dirty and checked shell eggs; to control unwholesome,
adulterated, and inedible egg products and shell eggs that are unfit
for human consumption; and to control the movement and disposition of
imported shell eggs and egg products that are unwholesome and inedible.
Regulations developed under 7 CFR part 57 provide the requirements and
guidelines for the Department and industry needed to obtain compliance.
The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) will collect information using
several forms. Forms used to collect information provide method for
measuring workload, record of compliance and non compliance and a basis
to monitor the utilization of funds.
Need and Use of the Information: AMS will used the information to
assure compliance with the Act and regulations, to take administrative
and regulatory action and to develop and revise cooperative agreements
with the States, which conduct surveillance inspections of shell egg
handlers and processors. If the information is not collected, AMS would
not be able to control the processing, movement, and disposition of
restricted shell eggs and egg products and take regulatory action in
case of noncompliance.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Federal
Government; State, Local or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 864.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion;
Quarterly.
Total Burden Hours: 1,530.
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
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