Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 67118 [E8-26937]

Download as PDF 67118 Notices Federal Register Vol. 73, No. 220 Thursday, November 13, 2008 This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings, delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency statements of organization and functions are examples of documents appearing in this section. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES November 7, 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 VerDate Aug<31>2005 17:13 Nov 12, 2008 Jkt 217001 the collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. statement on a proposal to use multiple vegetation treatments focused on reducing the threat to ecosystem components including forest resources Rural Utility Service from an existing insect and disease Title: 7 CFR 1780, Water and Waste epidemic (mountain pine beetle), Loan and Grant Program. creating a landscape condition more OMB Control Number: 0572–0121. adapted to fire and that reduces Summary of Collection: Section 306 of potential for high severity wildfire near the Consolidated Farm and Rural at-risk communities and in the Development Act (CONACT), 7 U.S.C. wildland-urban interface. The proposal 1926, authorizes Rural Utilities Service is being planned for the 44,500 acre (RUS) to make loans to public agencies, Slate Castle Project Area that includes nonprofit corporations, and Indian about 38,300 acres of National Forest tribes for the development of water and System land and about 6,200 acres of waste disposal facilities primarily interspersed private land. The project servicing rural residents with area generally extends from northwest populations up to 10,000 residents. of Hill City, South Dakota and east of Need and Use of the Information: Deerfield Lake. This project will be Rural Development’s field offices will conducted as an authorized project collect information from applicants/ under Section 102 of the Healthy borrowers and consultants to determine Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (HFRA). eligibility and project feasibility. The Actions proposed for the Slate Castle information will help to ensure Project Area include the following: borrowers operate on a sound basis and • Thin and harvest approximately use loan funds for authorized purposes. 31,000 acres of pine stands using a There are agency forms required as well variety of methods to treat mountain as other requirements that involve pine beetle (MPB) infested stands, certifications from the borrower, reduce the overall density of pine trees lenders, and other parties. Failure to and create a mosaic of structural stages collect proper information could result across the landscape. Both commercial in improper determinations of harvest and noncommercial thinning eligibility, use of funds and or unsound will be used to reduce the stand density, loans. and associated fuel hazard conditions Description of Respondents: State, and susceptibility to mountain pine Local or Tribal Government; Not-forbeetle infestations. profit institutions. • Reduce the amount of fuels that Number of Respondents: 7,000. currently exists and that created by Frequency of Responses: vegetation treatment activities. Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion; Treatment could include lopping, Annually; Weekly. chipping, crushing, piling and burning, Total Burden Hours: 133,309. and creating fuel breaks along roads and adjacent to private property, particularly Charlene Parker, those properties with houses and Departmental Information Collection subdivisions. Prescribed broadcast and Clearance Officer. pile burning of up to 35,000 acres is also [FR Doc. E8–26937 Filed 11–12–08; 8:45 am] planned to disrupt the continuity of BILLING CODE 3410–15–P surface and canopy fuels, and to increase the quantity and quality of forage for big game and other wildlife DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE resources. Forest Service • Remove conifers from hardwood stands such as aspen and birch, and Black Hills National Forest, Mystic restore meadows on approximately Ranger District, SD, Slate Castle 4,400 acres to provide habitat diversity Project Area and additional wildfire protection by restoring natural fuel breaks. AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. DATES: Comments concerning the scope ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an of the analysis would be most useful if Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). received by 30-days following the date of this notice. The draft environmental SUMMARY: The Forest Service will impact statement is expected to be prepare an environmental impact PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\13NON1.SGM 13NON1

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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules 
or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings 
and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings, 
delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency 
statements of organization and functions are examples of documents 
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

November 7, 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.

Rural Utility Service

    Title: 7 CFR 1780, Water and Waste Loan and Grant Program.
    OMB Control Number: 0572-0121.
    Summary of Collection: Section 306 of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act (CONACT), 7 U.S.C. 1926, authorizes Rural 
Utilities Service (RUS) to make loans to public agencies, nonprofit 
corporations, and Indian tribes for the development of water and waste 
disposal facilities primarily servicing rural residents with 
populations up to 10,000 residents.
    Need and Use of the Information: Rural Development's field offices 
will collect information from applicants/borrowers and consultants to 
determine eligibility and project feasibility. The information will 
help to ensure borrowers operate on a sound basis and use loan funds 
for authorized purposes. There are agency forms required as well as 
other requirements that involve certifications from the borrower, 
lenders, and other parties. Failure to collect proper information could 
result in improper determinations of eligibility, use of funds and or 
unsound loans.
    Description of Respondents: State, Local or Tribal Government; Not-
for-profit institutions.
    Number of Respondents: 7,000.
    Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion; 
Annually; Weekly.
    Total Burden Hours: 133,309.

Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-26937 Filed 11-12-08; 8:45 am]
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