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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Docket No. AMS–FV–09–0066; FV09–926–
1NC]
Notice of Request for Extension of a
Currently Approved Information
Collection
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AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35), this notice
announces the Agricultural Marketing
Service’s (AMS) intention to request an
extension of a currently approved
information collection for Data
Collection, Reporting and
Recordkeeping Requirements
Applicable to Cranberries Not Subject to
the Cranberry Marketing Order, 7 CFR
Part 926.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by January 25, 2010.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR COMMENTS:
Contact Valerie L. Emmer-Scott,
Marketing Specialist, Marketing Order
Administration Branch, Fruit and
Vegetable Programs, AMS, USDA, 1400
Independence Avenue, SW., STOP
0237, Washington, DC 20250–0237; Tel:
(202) 205–2829, Fax: (202) 720–8938, or
Internet: https://www.regulations.gov. All
comments should reference the docket
number and the date and page number
of this issue of the Federal Register and
will be made available for public
inspection in the Office of the Docket
Clerk during regular business hours, or
can be viewed at https://
www.regulations.gov.
Small business may request
information on this notice by contacting
Jay Guerber, Marketing Order
Administration Branch, Fruit and
Vegetable Programs, AMS, USDA, 1400
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Independence Avenue, SW., STOP
0237, room 1406–S, Washington, DC
20250–0237; telephone (202) 720–2491;
Fax (202) 720–8938, or E-mail:
Jay.Guerber@ams.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Data Collection Requirements
Applicable to Cranberries Not Subject to
the Cranberry Marketing Order, 7 CFR
Part 926.
OMB Number: 0581–0222.
Expiration Date of Approval: May 31,
2010.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: A Federal marketing order
for cranberries (M.O. 929) regulates the
handling of cranberries grown in 10
States and is applicable to regulated
handlers under the order. Public Law
106–78, enacted October 22, 1999,
amended section 8(d) of the Agricultural
Marketing Agreement Act of 1937
(AMAA), as amended (7 U.S.C. 601–
674). If a cranberry order is in effect, the
amendment authorizes the Secretary to
require persons engaged in the handling
or importation of cranberries and
cranberry products not subject to the
reporting requirements of the Federal
cranberry marketing order to maintain
adequate records and report information
on sales, acquisitions, and inventory
information to USDA or the Cranberry
Marketing Committee (Committee).
Such persons include handlers,
producer-handlers, processors, brokers,
and importers. The Committee collects
this information. The data collection
and reporting requirements helps the
Committee make more informed
recommendations to USDA for
regulations authorized under the
cranberry marketing order, (7 CFR Part
929).
Although a final rule, published in
the Federal Register on April 4, 2007
(72 FR 16265) suspended the reporting
requirements under 7 CFR Part 926,
AMS is requesting that the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
approve a one-hour placeholder for
future use of this information collection
should the suspension be lifted and the
reporting requirements re-implemented.
The information collection
requirements in this request are
essential to carry out the intent of the
AMAA, and to administer the program,
which was implemented in 2005.
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The forms covered under this
information collection require the
minimum information necessary to
effectively carry out the requirements of
the order, and their use is necessary to
fulfill the intent of the AMAA as
expressed in the order, and the rules
and regulations issued under the order.
The information collected is used
only by authorized representatives of
the USDA, including AMS, Fruit and
Vegetable Programs’ regional and
headquarters staff, and authorized
employees of the Committee.
Authorized Committee employees and
the industry are the primary users of the
information, and AMS is the secondary
user.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average .083 hours per
response.
Respondents: Cranberry importers
and brokers who acquire and sell
cranberries and cranberry products, and
maintain inventories of cranberries and
cranberry products; and handlers,
producer-handlers, and processors not
subject to the cranberry marketing order
who produce, handle, acquire, sell and
maintain beginning and ending
inventories of cranberries and cranberry
products.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
12.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 1 hour.
Comments: Comments are invited on:
(1) Whether the proposed collection of
the 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
through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Comments should reference OMB No.
0581–0222 and the Data Collection and
Reporting Requirements Applicable to
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Cranberries Not Subject to the Cranberry
Marketing Order, 7 CFR Part 926, and be
mailed to Docket Clerk, Fruit and
Vegetable Programs, AMS, USDA, 1400
Independence Avenue, SW,
Washington, DC 20250–0237;
Telephone: (202) 205–2829; Fax (202)
720–8938; or Internet: https://
www.regulations.gov. Comments should
reference the docket number and the
date and page number of this issue of
the Federal Register. All comments
received will be available for public
inspection in the Office of the Docket
Clerk during regular USDA business
hours at 1400 Independence Ave., SW,
Washington, DC, room 1406–S.
All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for OMB approval. All comments will
also become a matter of public record.
Dated: November 17, 2009.
Rayne Pegg,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing
Service.
[FR Doc. E9–28154 Filed 11–23–09; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Black Hills National Forest, Northern
Hills Ranger District, South Dakota,
Nautilus Project
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of intent to prepare an
environmental impact statement.
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Forest Service will
prepare an environmental impact
statement on a proposal to implement
multiple resource management actions
within the Nautilus Project area to
implement the amended Black Hills
National Forest Land and Resource
Management Plan. The Nautilus Project
area covers approximately 41,302 acres
of National Forest System land and
approximately 5,699 acres of
interspersed private land northwest of
Rapid City, South Dakota. Mountain
pine beetle infestations are present
within and adjacent to the project area.
Therefore, the Nautilus environmental
impact statement will be analyzed
under the provisions of Title IV of the
Healthy Forests Restoration Act.
Proposed actions include a combination
of vegetation and fuels treatments to
reduce mountain pine beetle
susceptibility, reduce fire hazard,
improve watershed conditions, provide
for a diversity of wildlife habitat, and
provide for research forestry
opportunities. The proposed action
includes approximately 7,157 acres of
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commercial thinning, 7,311 acres of
overstory removal, 10,954 acres of
precommercial thinning, 2,134 acres of
commercial seed cuts, 191 acres of
group selection, 466 acres of individual
tree selection, 764 acres of hardwood
enhancement, 206 acres of meadow
enhancement, 836 acres of old growth
management, 354 acres of productother-than-log thinning, and 411 acres
of stand-alone prescribed burning, in
addition, approximately 30,629 acres
will be analyzed for prescribed burning
following timber harvest although it is
expected that approximately 10,000
acres of that total will actually be
burned over a 10–15 year period.
Approximately 15 miles of new road
construction would be necessary to
carry out the proposed vegetation
management actions.
DATES: Comments concerning the scope
of the analysis are requested by
December 21, 2009. The draft
environmental impact statement is
expected to be available April 2010 and
the final environmental impact
statement is expected to be completed
by July 2010.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments to:
Rhonda O’Byrne, District Ranger,
Northern Hills Ranger District, 2014
North Main Street, Spearfish, SD 57783.
Telephone number: (605) 642–4622. email: comments-rocky-mountain-blackhills-northern-hills@fs.fed.us with
‘‘Nautilus Project’’ as the subject.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Chris Stores, Assistant NEPA Planner,
Northern Hills Ranger District, 2014
North Main Street, Spearfish, SD 57783.
Telephone number: (605) 642–4622.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Purpose of and Need for Action
The purpose of and need for the
actions proposed in the Nautilus project
area is to reduce mountain pine beetle
susceptibility, reduce fire hazard,
improve watershed conditions, provide
for a diversity of wildlife habitat, and
provide for research forestry
opportunities. All actions are intended
to move toward or achieve related
Forest Plan Goals and Objectives,
consistent with Forest Plan Standards
and Guidelines.
Proposed Action
Proposed actions include the
following:
Reduce acres at high or medium
susceptibility to mountain pine beetle
by thinning stands and changing stand
structure. Commercial and noncommercial (including prescribed
burning) methods may be used.
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Reduce the acres at moderate-to-high
fire hazard by thinning stands to
decrease crown proximity and by
reducing fuel accumulations. Thinning
may use commercial or non-commercial
methods. Fuel reduction treatments
could include lopping, chipping,
crushing, piling and burning,
construction of fuel breaks, and
broadcast prescribed burning.
Improve watershed conditions
through road closure, meadow
enhancement, hardwood enhancement
and mitigation of connected disturbed
areas.
Provide for a diversity of wildlife
habitat through meadow enhancement,
hardwood enhancement, seasonal road
closures, and patch clear cuts to create
open browsing areas.
Provide for opportunities to conduct
research forestry in the Black Hills
Experimental Forest. Proposed
treatments to implement research
objectives over the next 10–15 years
designed to examine the effectiveness of
timber management techniques not
typically conducted on the Black Hills
National Forest.
Road construction and maintenance
activities necessary to access areas
proposed for timber harvest. New roads
would be closed following harvest and
existing roads that are not in the
National Forest System could also be
closed in conjunction with this project.
The Forest Service is the sole
responsible agency for this project; no
cooperators are participating in project
planning.
Responsible Official
Rhonda O’Byrne, District Ranger,
Northern Hills Ranger District, 2014
North Main Street, Spearfish, SD 57783.
Nature of Decision To Be Made
The decision to be made is whether or
not to approve the proposed action or
alternatives at this time. No Forest Plan
amendments are proposed.
Scoping Process
Comments and input regarding the
proposed action are being requested
from the public and other interested
parties in conjunction with this notice
of intent. The comment period will be
open for thirty days, beginning on the
date of publication of this notice of
intent. An open house to gather
comments from local individuals and
groups will be held on December 2,
2009 at 5:30 PM MST at the Community
Hall in Nemo, SD. Also, response to the
draft EIS will be sought from the
interested public beginning
approximately in April 2010.
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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
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Docket No. AMS-FV-09-0066; FV09-926-1NC]
Notice of Request for Extension of a Currently Approved
Information Collection
AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35), this notice announces the Agricultural Marketing
Service's (AMS) intention to request an extension of a currently
approved information collection for Data Collection, Reporting and
Recordkeeping Requirements Applicable to Cranberries Not Subject to the
Cranberry Marketing Order, 7 CFR Part 926.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by January 25, 2010.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR COMMENTS: Contact Valerie L. Emmer-Scott,
Marketing Specialist, Marketing Order Administration Branch, Fruit and
Vegetable Programs, AMS, USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., STOP
0237, Washington, DC 20250-0237; Tel: (202) 205-2829, Fax: (202) 720-
8938, or Internet: https://www.regulations.gov. All comments should
reference the docket number and the date and page number of this issue
of the Federal Register and will be made available for public
inspection in the Office of the Docket Clerk during regular business
hours, or can be viewed at https://www.regulations.gov.
Small business may request information on this notice by contacting
Jay Guerber, Marketing Order Administration Branch, Fruit and Vegetable
Programs, AMS, USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., STOP 0237, room
1406-S, Washington, DC 20250-0237; telephone (202) 720-2491; Fax (202)
720-8938, or E-mail: Jay.Guerber@ams.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Data Collection Requirements Applicable to Cranberries Not
Subject to the Cranberry Marketing Order, 7 CFR Part 926.
OMB Number: 0581-0222.
Expiration Date of Approval: May 31, 2010.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: A Federal marketing order for cranberries (M.O. 929)
regulates the handling of cranberries grown in 10 States and is
applicable to regulated handlers under the order. Public Law 106-78,
enacted October 22, 1999, amended section 8(d) of the Agricultural
Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 (AMAA), as amended (7 U.S.C. 601-674).
If a cranberry order is in effect, the amendment authorizes the
Secretary to require persons engaged in the handling or importation of
cranberries and cranberry products not subject to the reporting
requirements of the Federal cranberry marketing order to maintain
adequate records and report information on sales, acquisitions, and
inventory information to USDA or the Cranberry Marketing Committee
(Committee). Such persons include handlers, producer-handlers,
processors, brokers, and importers. The Committee collects this
information. The data collection and reporting requirements helps the
Committee make more informed recommendations to USDA for regulations
authorized under the cranberry marketing order, (7 CFR Part 929).
Although a final rule, published in the Federal Register on April
4, 2007 (72 FR 16265) suspended the reporting requirements under 7 CFR
Part 926, AMS is requesting that the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) approve a one-hour placeholder for future use of this information
collection should the suspension be lifted and the reporting
requirements re-implemented.
The information collection requirements in this request are
essential to carry out the intent of the AMAA, and to administer the
program, which was implemented in 2005.
The forms covered under this information collection require the
minimum information necessary to effectively carry out the requirements
of the order, and their use is necessary to fulfill the intent of the
AMAA as expressed in the order, and the rules and regulations issued
under the order.
The information collected is used only by authorized
representatives of the USDA, including AMS, Fruit and Vegetable
Programs' regional and headquarters staff, and authorized employees of
the Committee. Authorized Committee employees and the industry are the
primary users of the information, and AMS is the secondary user.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average .083 hours per response.
Respondents: Cranberry importers and brokers who acquire and sell
cranberries and cranberry products, and maintain inventories of
cranberries and cranberry products; and handlers, producer-handlers,
and processors not subject to the cranberry marketing order who
produce, handle, acquire, sell and maintain beginning and ending
inventories of cranberries and cranberry products.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 12.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 1 hour.
Comments: Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the proposed
collection of the 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 through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information technology.
Comments should reference OMB No. 0581-0222 and the Data Collection
and Reporting Requirements Applicable to
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Cranberries Not Subject to the Cranberry Marketing Order, 7 CFR Part
926, and be mailed to Docket Clerk, Fruit and Vegetable Programs, AMS,
USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250-0237;
Telephone: (202) 205-2829; Fax (202) 720-8938; or Internet: https://www.regulations.gov. Comments should reference the docket number and
the date and page number of this issue of the Federal Register. All
comments received will be available for public inspection in the Office
of the Docket Clerk during regular USDA business hours at 1400
Independence Ave., SW, Washington, DC, room 1406-S.
All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the
request for OMB approval. All comments will also become a matter of
public record.
Dated: November 17, 2009.
Rayne Pegg,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. E9-28154 Filed 11-23-09; 8:45 am]
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