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use the database for maintaining an
inventory of supplies in the incident
cache. The reports module provides
standard and ad hoc reporting on cost
or resource data. The use of I–Suite will
provide timely and necessary payment
of invoices for contracted and AD (short
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categories of users and the purposes of
such uses:
(1) Disclose information to an
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responsibility of investigating or
prosecuting a violation of law, rule, or
regulation or order issued pursuant
thereto, when information available
indicates a violation or potential
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or regulatory in nature and whether
arising by general statute or particular
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or order issued pursuant thereto, if the
information disclosed is relevant to any
enforcement, regulatory, investigative,
or prosecutive responsibility of the
receiving entity.
(2) Disclose information to the
Department of Justice for the defense of
suits against the United States or its
officers, or for the institution of suits for
the recovery of claims by the United
States.
(3) Disclose information to a Member
of Congress from the record of an
individual in response to an inquiry
from the Member of Congress made at
the request of that individual. In such
cases however, the member’s right to a
record is no greater than that of the
individual.
(4) USDA FS may disclose
information to the National Archives
and Records Administration and to the
General Services Administration and is
authorized pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 2904
and 2906.
(5) USDA FS may disclose
information to contractors and other
parties it engages to assist it in
administering the database. Such
contractors and other parties will be
bound by the nondisclosure provisions
of the Privacy Act.
(6) USDA FS will disclose
information in this system to other
Wildland Fire agencies, both Federal
and State.
(7) USDA FS may disclose
information to appropriate agencies,
entities, and persons when (a) the
agency suspects or has confirmed that
the security or confidentiality of
information in the system of records has
been compromised; (b) USDA has
determined that as a result of the
suspected or confirmed compromise
there is a risk of harm to economic or
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property interests, identity theft or
fraud, or harm to the security or
integrity of this system or other systems
or programs (whether maintained by
USDA or another agency or entity) that
rely upon the compromised
information; and (c) the disclosure made
to such agencies, entities, and persons is
reasonably necessary to assist in
connection with USDA’s efforts to
respond to the suspected or confirmed
compromise and prevent, minimize, or
remedy such harm.
DISCLOSURE TO CONSUMER REPORTING
AGENCIES:
None.
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING,
RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND
DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
Only those specifically authorized
individuals shall have access through
role-based user accounts specific to each
incident. This access is available using
authentication by username and
password.
STORAGE:
SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:
Chief Information Officer, USDA,
1400 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20250.
NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:
Any individual may request
information regarding this system of
records or information as to whether the
system contains records pertaining to
him or her from the system manager
listed above. The request should be in
writing and should contain the name
and address of the requester.
RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:
Use the same procedures as those
prescribed in Notification Procedures.
CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:
Use same procedures as those
prescribed in Notification Procedures.
RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:
Information in this system comes
primarily from individuals who are
members of an IMT on an as needed
basis when an incident occurs.
Authorized personnel may access this
data. Information is stored on individual
workstations only for the duration of the
incident. Upon closure of the incident
or reassignment/transition of the IMT,
the data is provided to the incident host
agency or incoming IMT and is exported
to a central repository located at the
National Information Technology Center
(NITC) in Kansas City, Missouri. The
data is then purged from the
workstations.
EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM:
RETRIEVABILITY:
Electronic records in the database can
be retrieved using a combination of
information in data fields (but not SSN)
about a particular person.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SAFEGUARDS:
Access to the database and all
electronic records with personal
information will be password protected
and stored on secure servers in secured
rooms; access will be granted by role
based permissions. Electronic access to
records is controlled by permissionsbased roles and a security authorization
process established for authorized users.
Each user is assigned a specific UserID
linked to a specific role.
RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:
Electronic data on individual
workstations will be retained until the
closure of the incident. This same data
is then purged of SSNs and exported to
a central repository maintained at a
secure USDA data center located at the
NITC and retained for 6 years. After
exporting to NITC the data is purged
from the workstations.
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BILLING CODE 3410–11–P
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Information Collection; National
Woodland Owner Survey
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice; request for comment.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Forest Service is seeking comments
from all interested individuals and
organizations on a previously approved
information collection, the National
Woodland Owner Survey, which the
Forest Service is seeking to reinstate.
DATES: Comments must be received in
writing on or before January 4, 2010 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 Brett
Butler, USDA Forest Service, 160
Holdsworth Way, Amherst, MA 01003.
Comments also may be submitted via
facsimile to (413) 545–1860 or by e-mail
to bbutler01@fs.fed.us.
The public may inspect comments
received at 160 Holdsworth Way, Room
303, Amherst, MA 01003 during normal
business hours. Visitors are encouraged
to call ahead to (413) 545–1387 to
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facilitate entry to the building.
Additionally, comments can be viewed
at https://www.fia.fs.fed.us/nwos.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brett Butler, Northern Research Station,
(413) 545–1387. 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: National Woodland Owner
Survey.
OMB Number: 0596–0078.
Expiration Date of Approval:
December 31, 2006.
Type of Request: Reinstatement.
Abstract: Of the 751 million acres of
forest land in the United States, 56
percent is privately owned.
Understanding the attitudes and
behaviors of the millions of
corporations, families, individuals,
Tribes, and other private groups that
own forest land is critical for
understanding the current and future
state of the nation’s forests. The Forest
Service conducts the National
Woodland Owner Survey (NWOS) to
increase our understanding of:
• Who owns these private forests;
• Why they own it;
• How they have used it; and
• How they intend to use it.
This information is used by policy
analysts, foresters, educators, and
researchers to facilitate the planning
and implementation of forest policies
and programs.
The Forest Service’s direction and
authority to conduct the NWOS is from
the Forest and Range Land Renewable
Resources Planning Act of 1974 and the
Forest and Range Land Renewable
Resources Act of 1978. These acts assign
responsibility for the inventory and
assessment of forest and related
renewable resources to the Forest
Service. Additionally, the importance of
an ownership survey in this inventory
and assessment process is highlighted in
Section 253(c) of the Agricultural
Research, Extension, and Education
Reform Act of 1998 and the
recommendations of the Second Blue
Ribbon Panel on the Forest Inventory
and Analysis program (FIA).
Previous iterations of the NWOS were
conducted in 1978, 1993, and 2002–
2006. Approval for the last iteration of
the NWOS expired on December 31,
2006. Between 2002 and 2006, the
NWOS was implemented on an annual
basis to conform to the over-all FIA
sampling protocols. As planned,
approval for the information collection
was allowed to lapse after 2006 to
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permit a full assessment of the program
that has now been completed. If
reinstated, the NWOS will operate for
another 5-year cycle, and federal
approval will be sought as necessary to
cover the full survey cycle, before the
next full reassessment occurs.
Information will be collected related
to:
• The characteristics of the owners’
land holdings;
• Owners’ attitudes and perceptions;
• Forest use and management
activities;
• Planned uses of the forest land; and
• Landowner demographics.
The NWOS provides widely cited
benchmarks for the number, extent, and
characteristics of private forest-land
owners of the United States. These
results have been used to assess the
sustainability of forest resources at
national, regional, and state levels; to
implement and assess forest-land owner
assistance programs; and to answer a
variety of questions with topics ranging
from fragmentation to the economics of
private timber production. This is the
only effort to collect in-depth
information about private forest
landowners at the national scale. It
provides longitudinal data to track
ownership trends and broad spatial data
to allow for comparisons across regions
of the country.
The respondents will be a statistically
selected group of individuals, families,
American Indian Tribes, partnerships,
corporations, nonprofit organizations,
and other private groups that own forest
land in the United States. A well
distributed, random set of sampling
points has been established across the
country. At each point, remote sensing
data, such as aerial photographs or
satellite imagery, will use to identify
forested points. For the forested points,
public records will be used to identify
the owners of record—the names and
addresses of the landowners we will
contact. The number of forest-land
owners to be contacted in each state will
be a function of the number of private
forest-land owners and the sampling
intensity.
The NWOS will utilize a mixed-mode
survey technique involving focus
groups, self-administered mail
questionnaires, and telephone
interviews. Focus groups will be used to
test the questionnaire, provide more indepth understanding of the responses,
and to explore new areas of inquiry.
The mail portion of the survey will
involve up to four mailings. First, a prenotice postcard will be sent to all
potential respondents describing this
information collection and why the
information is being collected. Second,
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a questionnaire with a cover letter and
pre-paid return envelope will be mailed
to the potential respondents. The cover
letter will reiterate the purpose of this
information collection and provide the
respondents with all legally required
information. Third, a reminder will be
mailed to thank the respondents and
encourage the non-respondents to
respond. Those who have yet to respond
will be sent a new questionnaire, cover
letter, and pre-paid return envelope.
Telephone interviews will be used for
follow-up with non-respondents.
Forest Service researchers will
coordinate all components of this
information collection. Focus groups
and the mail portion of the survey will
be conducted by Forest Service
personnel with assistance provided by
cooperators, such as university
researchers, as appropriate. The
telephone follow-ups will be conducted
by the National Agricultural Statistics
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Data will be compiled and edited by
Forest Service personnel. Forest Service
researchers and cooperators will analyze
the collected data. National, regional,
and State-level results will be
distributed through print and/or
electronic media.
This information collection will
generate scientifically-based, staticallyreliable, up-to-date information about
private forest-land owners in the United
States. The results of these efforts will
provide more reliable information on
this important and dynamic segment of
the United States population; thus
facilitating more complete assessments
of the country’s forest resources and
improved planning and implementation
of forestry programs on both regional
and national levels.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 20
minutes.
Type of Respondents: Individuals,
families, American Indian Tribes,
partnerships, corporations, nonprofit
organizations, and other private groups
that own forest land.
Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 7,500.
Estimated Annual Number of
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 2,500 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
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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: October 27, 2009.
Ann Bartuska,
Deputy Chief, Research & Development.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2009-0074]
Pale Cyst Nematode; Update of
Quarantined Areas
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of changes to
quarantined area.
SUMMARY: We are advising the public
that we have made changes to the area
in the State of Idaho that is quarantined
to prevent the spread of pale cyst
nematode. The description of the
quarantined area was updated on May
22, 2009, when 1,834 acres were
removed from the quarantined area, and
on June 3, 2009, when an additional 283
acres were removed from the
quarantined area.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Eileen Y. Smith, National Program
Manager, Emergency and Domestic
Programs, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River
Road, Unit 150, Riverdale, MD 207371236; (301) 734-5235.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Background
The pale cyst nematode (PCN,
Globodera pallida) is a major pest of
potato crops in cool-temperature areas.
Other solanaceous hosts include
tomatoes, eggplants, peppers, tomatillos,
and some weeds. The PCN is thought to
have originated in Peru and is now
widely distributed in many potatogrowing regions of the world. PCN
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infestations may be expressed as
patches of poor growth. Affected potato
plants may exhibit yellowing, wilting,
or death of foliage. Even with only
minor symptoms on the foliage, potato
tuber size can be affected. Unmanaged
infestations can cause potato yield loss
ranging from 20 to 70 percent. The
spread of this pest in the United States
could result in a loss of domestic or
foreign markets for U.S. potatoes and
other commodities.
The PCN quarantine regulations (§§
301.86 through 301.86-9, referred to
below as the regulations) set out
procedures for determining the areas
quarantined for PCN and impose
restrictions on the interstate movement
of regulated articles from quarantined
areas.
Section 301.86-3 of the regulations
sets out the procedures for determining
the areas quarantined for PCN.
Paragraph (a) of § 301.86-3 states that,
in accordance with the criteria listed in
§ 301.86-3(c), the Administrator will
designate as a quarantined area each
field that has been found to be infested
with PCN, each field that has been
found to be associated with an infested
field, and any area that the
Administrator considers necessary to
quarantine because of its inseparability
for quarantine enforcement purposes
from infested or associated fields.
Paragraph (c) provides that the
Administrator will designate a field as
an infested field when PCN is found in
the field. Paragraph (c) also provides
that the Administrator will designate a
field as an associated field when PCN
host crops, as listed in § 301.86-2(b),
have been grown in the field in the last
10 years and the field shares a border
with an infested field; the field came
into contact with a regulated article
listed in § 301.86-2 from an infested
field within the last 10 years; or, within
the last 10 years, the field shared
ownership, tenancy, seed, drainage or
runoff, farm machinery, or other
elements of shared cultural practices
with an infested field that could allow
spread of PCN, as determined by the
Administrator.
Paragraph (b) describes the conditions
for the designation of an area less than
an entire State as a quarantined area.
Less than an entire State will be
designated as a quarantined area only if
the Administrator determines that:
∑ The State has adopted and is
enforcing restrictions on the intrastate
movement of the regulated articles that
are equivalent to those imposed by the
regulations on the interstate movement
of regulated articles; and
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∑ The designation of less than the
entire State as a quarantined area will
prevent the interstate spread of PCN.
We have determined that it is not
necessary to designate the entire State of
Idaho as a quarantined area. Idaho has
adopted and is enforcing restrictions on
the intrastate movement of regulated
articles from that area that are
equivalent to those we are imposing on
the interstate movement of regulated
articles.
Paragraph (d) provides for the
removal of fields from quarantine. An
infested field will be removed from
quarantine when a protocol approved by
the Administrator as sufficient to
support the removal of infested fields
from quarantine has been completed
and the field has been found to be free
of PCN. An associated field will be
removed from quarantine when the field
has been found to be free of PCN
according to a protocol approved by the
Administrator as sufficient to support
removal of associated fields from
quarantine. Any area other than infested
or associated fields that has been
quarantined by the Administrator
because of its inseparability for
quarantine enforcement purposes from
infested or associated fields will be
removed from quarantine when the
relevant infested or associated fields are
removed from quarantine.
Paragraph (a) of § 301.86-3 further
provides that the Administrator will
publish the description of the
quarantined area on the Plant Protection
and Quarantine (PPQ) Web site, (https://
www.aphis.usda.gov/plant_health/
plant_pest_info/potato/pcn.shtml). The
description of the quarantined area will
include the date the description was last
updated and a description of the
changes that have been made to the
quarantined area. The description of the
quarantined area may also be obtained
by request from any local office of PPQ;
local offices are listed in telephone
directories. Finally, paragraph (a)
establishes that, after a change is made
to the quarantined area, we will publish
a notice in the FEDERAL REGISTER
informing the public that the change has
occurred and describing the change to
the quarantined area.
We are publishing this notice to
inform the public of changes to the PCN
quarantined area in accordance with §
301.86-3(a). On May 22, 2009, we
updated the quarantined area to remove
1,834 acres. On June 3, 2009, we
updated the quarantined area to remove
an additional 283 acres. This acreage
was composed of associated fields that
were found to be free of PCN according
to a survey protocol approved by the
Administrator as sufficient to support
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Information Collection; National Woodland Owner Survey
AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice; request for comment.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Forest Service is seeking comments from all interested individuals and
organizations on a previously approved information collection, the
National Woodland Owner Survey, which the Forest Service is seeking to
reinstate.
DATES: Comments must be received in writing on or before January 4,
2010 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 Brett
Butler, USDA Forest Service, 160 Holdsworth Way, Amherst, MA 01003.
Comments also may be submitted via facsimile to (413) 545-1860 or
by e-mail to bbutler01@fs.fed.us.
The public may inspect comments received at 160 Holdsworth Way,
Room 303, Amherst, MA 01003 during normal business hours. Visitors are
encouraged to call ahead to (413) 545-1387 to
[[Page 57287]]
facilitate entry to the building. Additionally, comments can be viewed
at https://www.fia.fs.fed.us/nwos.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brett Butler, Northern Research
Station, (413) 545-1387. 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: National Woodland Owner Survey.
OMB Number: 0596-0078.
Expiration Date of Approval: December 31, 2006.
Type of Request: Reinstatement.
Abstract: Of the 751 million acres of forest land in the United
States, 56 percent is privately owned. Understanding the attitudes and
behaviors of the millions of corporations, families, individuals,
Tribes, and other private groups that own forest land is critical for
understanding the current and future state of the nation's forests. The
Forest Service conducts the National Woodland Owner Survey (NWOS) to
increase our understanding of:
Who owns these private forests;
Why they own it;
How they have used it; and
How they intend to use it.
This information is used by policy analysts, foresters, educators, and
researchers to facilitate the planning and implementation of forest
policies and programs.
The Forest Service's direction and authority to conduct the NWOS is
from the Forest and Range Land Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974
and the Forest and Range Land Renewable Resources Act of 1978. These
acts assign responsibility for the inventory and assessment of forest
and related renewable resources to the Forest Service. Additionally,
the importance of an ownership survey in this inventory and assessment
process is highlighted in Section 253(c) of the Agricultural Research,
Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 and the recommendations of
the Second Blue Ribbon Panel on the Forest Inventory and Analysis
program (FIA).
Previous iterations of the NWOS were conducted in 1978, 1993, and
2002-2006. Approval for the last iteration of the NWOS expired on
December 31, 2006. Between 2002 and 2006, the NWOS was implemented on
an annual basis to conform to the over-all FIA sampling protocols. As
planned, approval for the information collection was allowed to lapse
after 2006 to permit a full assessment of the program that has now been
completed. If reinstated, the NWOS will operate for another 5-year
cycle, and federal approval will be sought as necessary to cover the
full survey cycle, before the next full reassessment occurs.
Information will be collected related to:
The characteristics of the owners' land holdings;
Owners' attitudes and perceptions;
Forest use and management activities;
Planned uses of the forest land; and
Landowner demographics.
The NWOS provides widely cited benchmarks for the number, extent,
and characteristics of private forest-land owners of the United States.
These results have been used to assess the sustainability of forest
resources at national, regional, and state levels; to implement and
assess forest-land owner assistance programs; and to answer a variety
of questions with topics ranging from fragmentation to the economics of
private timber production. This is the only effort to collect in-depth
information about private forest landowners at the national scale. It
provides longitudinal data to track ownership trends and broad spatial
data to allow for comparisons across regions of the country.
The respondents will be a statistically selected group of
individuals, families, American Indian Tribes, partnerships,
corporations, nonprofit organizations, and other private groups that
own forest land in the United States. A well distributed, random set of
sampling points has been established across the country. At each point,
remote sensing data, such as aerial photographs or satellite imagery,
will use to identify forested points. For the forested points, public
records will be used to identify the owners of record--the names and
addresses of the landowners we will contact. The number of forest-land
owners to be contacted in each state will be a function of the number
of private forest-land owners and the sampling intensity.
The NWOS will utilize a mixed-mode survey technique involving focus
groups, self-administered mail questionnaires, and telephone
interviews. Focus groups will be used to test the questionnaire,
provide more in-depth understanding of the responses, and to explore
new areas of inquiry.
The mail portion of the survey will involve up to four mailings.
First, a pre-notice postcard will be sent to all potential respondents
describing this information collection and why the information is being
collected. Second, a questionnaire with a cover letter and pre-paid
return envelope will be mailed to the potential respondents. The cover
letter will reiterate the purpose of this information collection and
provide the respondents with all legally required information. Third, a
reminder will be mailed to thank the respondents and encourage the non-
respondents to respond. Those who have yet to respond will be sent a
new questionnaire, cover letter, and pre-paid return envelope.
Telephone interviews will be used for follow-up with non-respondents.
Forest Service researchers will coordinate all components of this
information collection. Focus groups and the mail portion of the survey
will be conducted by Forest Service personnel with assistance provided
by cooperators, such as university researchers, as appropriate. The
telephone follow-ups will be conducted by the National Agricultural
Statistics Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. Data will be
compiled and edited by Forest Service personnel. Forest Service
researchers and cooperators will analyze the collected data. National,
regional, and State-level results will be distributed through print
and/or electronic media.
This information collection will generate scientifically-based,
statically-reliable, up-to-date information about private forest-land
owners in the United States. The results of these efforts will provide
more reliable information on this important and dynamic segment of the
United States population; thus facilitating more complete assessments
of the country's forest resources and improved planning and
implementation of forestry programs on both regional and national
levels.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 20 minutes.
Type of Respondents: Individuals, families, American Indian Tribes,
partnerships, corporations, nonprofit organizations, and other private
groups that own forest land.
Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 7,500.
Estimated Annual Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 2,500 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
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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: October 27, 2009.
Ann Bartuska,
Deputy Chief, Research & Development.
[FR Doc. E9-26666 Filed 11-4-09; 8:45 am]
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