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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
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July 22, 2009.
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.
Forest Service
Title: Day Use on the National Forests
of Southern California.
OMB Control Number: 0596–0129.
Summary of Collection: Users of
urban proximate National Forests in
Southern California come from a variety
of ethnic/racial, income, age,
educational, and other sociodemographic categories. The activities
pursued, sources utilized, and site
attributes preferred are just some of the
items affected by these differences.
Additional information is needed for the
managers of the National Forests in
Southern California, in part to validate
previous results and in part because of
the continuously changing profile of the
visitor population recreating on the
National Forests of Southern California.
In the absence of the resultant
information from the proposed series,
the Forest Service (FS) will be illequipped to implement management
changes required to respond to needs
and preferences of day use visitors. FS
will collect information using a
questionnaire and face-to-face
interviews. The statute authorizing the
collection of information is the Forest
and Rangeland Renewable Resources
Research Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95–307,
92 Stat. 353).
Need and Use of the Information: FS
will collect information on-site from
recreation visitors to the urban National
Forest day use areas on sociodemographic profile; National Forest
visitation history and patterns; activity
patterns; and why they recreate at
particular sites, etc. The information
will be used to assist resource managers
in their effective management of
recreation activities in the region
studied. The Wildland Recreation and
Urban Cultures Project will use the
information to further expand its
information base on visitor
characteristics, safety, fire management,
and mitigation of depreciative
behaviors, such as vandalism. If the
information is not collected, resource
managers will have to make visitor
based decisions on limited information.
Description of Respondents:
Individuals or households.
Number of Respondents: 600.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion.
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Total Burden Hours: 80.
Forest Service
Title: Urgent Removal of Timber.
OMB Control Number: 0596–0167.
Summary of Collection: Periodically,
catastrophic events such as severe
drought conditions, insect and disease
outbreaks, wildfires, floods, and
windthrow occur on forested lands
within, or near, National Forest System
(NFS) lands. As a result of such
catastrophic event, substantial amounts
of private and other public timber may
be severely damaged. The damaged
timber must be harvested within a
relatively short time period to avoid
substantial losses in both the quantity
and quality of the timber due to
deterioration. The critical time period
available for harvesting this damaged
timber and avoiding substantial
deterioration varies with the season of
the year, the species of timber, the
damaging agent, and the location of the
damaged timber. The following statute
is applicable to extension of National
Forest System timber sales: The
National Forest Management Act of
1976 (16 U.S.C. 472a), and 36 CFR
223.115 and 36 CFR 223.53.
Need and Use of the Information: The
Forest Service (FS) will collect the
following information: (1) Name of the
timber sale purchaser; (2) Identity of
catastrophic event creating the need for
urgent removal of timber; (3) Name of
the NFS sale contract(s) for which an
urgent removal extension is requested;
(4) Quantity of urgent removal from
qualifying catastrophic event purchaser
has under contract and/or plans to
harvest subject to approval by FS of
urgent removal extension of sale(s)
identified in purchaser’s request; and (5)
General information showing the
manufacturing and/or logging
equipment capacity available to
purchaser.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit; individuals or
households; Federal Government; State,
Local or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 23.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 58.
Forest Service
Title: The Role of Local Communities
in the Development of Agreement or
Contract Plans through Stewardship
Contracting.
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OMB Control Number: 0596–0201.
Summary of Collection: Section 323 of
Public Law 108–7 (16 U.S.C. 2104 Note)
requires the Forest Service (FS) and
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to
report to Congress annually on the role
of local communities in the
development of agreement or contract
plans through stewardship contracting.
To meet that requirement FS plans to
conduct an annual telephone survey to
gather the necessary information for use
by both the FS and BLM in developing
their separate annual reports to
Congress.
Need and Use of the Information: The
survey will collect information on the
role of local communities in the
development of agreement or contract
plans through stewardship contracting.
The survey will provide information
regarding the nature of the local
community involved in developing
agreement or contract plans, the nature
of roles played by the entities involved
in developing agreement or contract
plans, the benefits to the community
and agency by being involved in
planning and development of contract
plans, and the usefulness of stewardship
contracting in helping meet the needs of
local communities.
Description of Respondents:
Individuals or households; business or
other for-profit; not-for-profit
institutions; Federal Government; State,
Local or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 401.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 301.
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2009–0027]
National Animal Identification System;
Close of Comment Period
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AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: This is a notice to inform the
public that the comment period for the
submission of stakeholder concerns
related to the implementation of the
National Animal Identification System
will be closing on August 3, 2009. The
comment period opened on May 1,
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2009, with the publication of our first
notice announcing public meetings on
the subject. The last meeting was held
on June 30, 2009, and it was our
intention to continue to provide the
public with the option of submitting
written comments for at least 30 days
following that final meeting.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before August 3,
2009.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/
component/
main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS2009-0027 to submit or view comments
and to view supporting and related
materials available electronically.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Please send two copies of your comment
to Docket No. APHIS–2009–0027,
Regulatory Analysis and Development,
PPD, APHIS, Station 3A–03.8, 4700
River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD
20737–1238. Please state that your
comment refers to Docket No. APHIS–
2009–0027.
Reading Room: You may read any
comments that we receive on this
docket in our reading room. The reading
room is located in room 1141 of the
USDA South Building, 14th Street and
Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC. Normal reading room
hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except holidays. To be
sure someone is there to help you,
please call (202) 690–2817 before
coming.
Other Information: Additional
information about APHIS and its
programs is available on the Internet at
https://www.aphis.usda.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Adam Grow, Director, Surveillance and
Identification Programs, National Center
for Animal Health Programs, VS,
APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 200,
Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 734–3752.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As part of
its ongoing efforts to safeguard animal
health, the U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA) initiated
implementation of a National Animal
Identification System (NAIS) in 2004.
The NAIS is a cooperative State-Federalindustry program administered by
USDA’s Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS). The
purpose of the NAIS is to provide a
streamlined information system that
will help producers and animal health
officials respond quickly and effectively
to animal disease events in the United
States.
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The ultimate long-term goal of the
NAIS is to provide State and Federal
officials with the capability to identify
all animals and premises that have had
direct contact with a disease of concern
within 48 hours after discovery. Meeting
that goal requires a comprehensive
animal-disease traceability
infrastructure. An NAIS User Guide and
a Business Plan, both available on our
Web site at https://
animalid.aphis.usda.gov/nais/
animal_id/index.shtml, provide detailed
information about our plans for
implementing the system.
Despite concerted efforts, APHIS has
not been able to fully implement the
NAIS. Many of the same issues that
producers originally had with the
system, such as the cost and impact on
small farmers, privacy and
confidentiality, and liability, continue
to cause concern.
In order to provide individuals and
organizations an opportunity to discuss
their concerns regarding the NAIS and
offer potential solutions, we have held
14 public meetings throughout the
country and have been soliciting
comments via our Web site.
Our goal is to gather feedback and
input from a wide range of stakeholders
to assist us in making an informed
decision regarding both the future of the
NAIS and the objectives and direction
for animal identification and
traceability. We would particularly
welcome feedback on the following
topics:
• Cost. What are your concerns about
the cost of the NAIS? What steps would
you suggest APHIS use to address cost?
• Impact on small farmers. What are
your concerns about the effect of the
NAIS on small farmers? What
approaches would you suggest APHIS
take to address the potential impact on
small farmers?
• Privacy and confidentiality. What
are your concerns regarding how the
NAIS will affect your operation’s
privacy and/or the confidentiality of
your operation? What steps or tactics
would you suggest APHIS use to
address privacy and confidentiality
issues?
• Liability. What are your concerns
about your operation’s liability under
the NAIS? What would you suggest
APHIS consider to address liability
concerns?
• Premises registration. Do you have
any suggestions on how to make
premises registration, or the
identification of farm or ranch locations,
easier for stakeholders? How should we
address your concerns regarding
premises registration?
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Notices
Federal Register
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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
appearing in this section.
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Notices
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
July 22, 2009.
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.
Forest Service
Title: Day Use on the National Forests of Southern California.
OMB Control Number: 0596-0129.
Summary of Collection: Users of urban proximate National Forests in
Southern California come from a variety of ethnic/racial, income, age,
educational, and other socio-demographic categories. The activities
pursued, sources utilized, and site attributes preferred are just some
of the items affected by these differences. Additional information is
needed for the managers of the National Forests in Southern California,
in part to validate previous results and in part because of the
continuously changing profile of the visitor population recreating on
the National Forests of Southern California. In the absence of the
resultant information from the proposed series, the Forest Service (FS)
will be ill-equipped to implement management changes required to
respond to needs and preferences of day use visitors. FS will collect
information using a questionnaire and face-to-face interviews. The
statute authorizing the collection of information is the Forest and
Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95-307, 92
Stat. 353).
Need and Use of the Information: FS will collect information on-
site from recreation visitors to the urban National Forest day use
areas on socio-demographic profile; National Forest visitation history
and patterns; activity patterns; and why they recreate at particular
sites, etc. The information will be used to assist resource managers in
their effective management of recreation activities in the region
studied. The Wildland Recreation and Urban Cultures Project will use
the information to further expand its information base on visitor
characteristics, safety, fire management, and mitigation of
depreciative behaviors, such as vandalism. If the information is not
collected, resource managers will have to make visitor based decisions
on limited information.
Description of Respondents: Individuals or households.
Number of Respondents: 600.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 80.
Forest Service
Title: Urgent Removal of Timber.
OMB Control Number: 0596-0167.
Summary of Collection: Periodically, catastrophic events such as
severe drought conditions, insect and disease outbreaks, wildfires,
floods, and windthrow occur on forested lands within, or near, National
Forest System (NFS) lands. As a result of such catastrophic event,
substantial amounts of private and other public timber may be severely
damaged. The damaged timber must be harvested within a relatively short
time period to avoid substantial losses in both the quantity and
quality of the timber due to deterioration. The critical time period
available for harvesting this damaged timber and avoiding substantial
deterioration varies with the season of the year, the species of
timber, the damaging agent, and the location of the damaged timber. The
following statute is applicable to extension of National Forest System
timber sales: The National Forest Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C.
472a), and 36 CFR 223.115 and 36 CFR 223.53.
Need and Use of the Information: The Forest Service (FS) will
collect the following information: (1) Name of the timber sale
purchaser; (2) Identity of catastrophic event creating the need for
urgent removal of timber; (3) Name of the NFS sale contract(s) for
which an urgent removal extension is requested; (4) Quantity of urgent
removal from qualifying catastrophic event purchaser has under contract
and/or plans to harvest subject to approval by FS of urgent removal
extension of sale(s) identified in purchaser's request; and (5) General
information showing the manufacturing and/or logging equipment capacity
available to purchaser.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit;
individuals or households; Federal Government; State, Local or Tribal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 23.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 58.
Forest Service
Title: The Role of Local Communities in the Development of
Agreement or Contract Plans through Stewardship Contracting.
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OMB Control Number: 0596-0201.
Summary of Collection: Section 323 of Public Law 108-7 (16 U.S.C.
2104 Note) requires the Forest Service (FS) and Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) to report to Congress annually on the role of local
communities in the development of agreement or contract plans through
stewardship contracting. To meet that requirement FS plans to conduct
an annual telephone survey to gather the necessary information for use
by both the FS and BLM in developing their separate annual reports to
Congress.
Need and Use of the Information: The survey will collect
information on the role of local communities in the development of
agreement or contract plans through stewardship contracting. The survey
will provide information regarding the nature of the local community
involved in developing agreement or contract plans, the nature of roles
played by the entities involved in developing agreement or contract
plans, the benefits to the community and agency by being involved in
planning and development of contract plans, and the usefulness of
stewardship contracting in helping meet the needs of local communities.
Description of Respondents: Individuals or households; business or
other for-profit; not-for-profit institutions; Federal Government;
State, Local or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 401.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 301.
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
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