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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Advisory Committee on Beginning
Farmers and Ranchers
Departmental Management,
Office of Advocacy and Outreach,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
AGENCY:
The Office of Advocacy and
Outreach is issuing this notice to advise
the public that meetings of the Advisory
Committee on Beginning Farmers and
Ranchers (Committee) will be held to
discuss and explore USDA policy
options designed to create and sustain
‘‘New and Beginning Farmers and
Ranchers.’’
SUMMARY:
The public meetings will be held
December 15th and 16th, 2010.
Opportunities for public comment will
be made available on December 15th,
2010, from 9 a.m. to 11:45 a.m., and 1
p.m. to 4 p.m. The second meeting will
be held on December 16th, 2010, from
9 a.m. and end at 4 p.m. Requests to
make oral statements should be received
no later than 12 noon EDT on December
13th, 2010. For more information, see
the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section.
ADDRESSES: All meetings will be located
in Omni Shoreham Hotel, 2500 Calvert
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20008.
Attendance is open to all interested
persons but limited to space available.
Anyone wishing to make an oral
statement should submit their request in
writing (letter, fax, or e-mail) to Quinton
N. Robinson, Designated Federal
Official for the Advisory Committee on
Beginning Farmers and Ranchers,
Departmental Management, Office of
Advocacy and Outreach, Department of
Agriculture, 1400 Independence
Avenue, SW., Room 520 Whitten, STOP,
Washington, DC 20250–0522; fax (202)
720–205–5490; phone (202) 720–3058;
e-mail Quinton.Robinson@dm.usda.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Quinton N. Robinson at 202–720–3058.
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Requests
to make oral statements should be
received no later than 12 noon EDT on
December 13th, 2010. Requests should
include the name and affiliation of the
individual who will make the
presentation and an outline of the issues
to be addressed. The floor will be open
to oral presentations beginning at 1 p.m.
on December 15th, 2010. Comments will
be limited to 5 minutes, and presenters
will be approved on a first-come, firstserved basis.
Section 5 of the Agriculture Credit
Improvement Act of 1992 (Pub. L. 102–
554) requires the Secretary of
Agriculture to establish the New and
Beginning Farmer and Rancher
Advisory Committee for the purpose of
advising the Secretary on: (1) The
development of a program of
coordinated financial assistance to
qualified beginning farmers and
ranchers required by Section 309(i) of
the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act (this program consists
of Federal and State beginning farmer
programs that provide joint financing to
beginning farmers and ranchers); (2)
methods of maximizing the number of
new farming and ranching opportunities
created through the program; (3)
methods of encouraging States to
participate in the program; (4) the
administration of the program; and (5)
other methods of creating new farming
or ranching opportunities.
USDA’s Departmental Management’s
Office of Advocacy and Outreach is
responsible for the performance and
oversight of the New and Beginning
Farmer and Rancher Advisory
Committee pursuant to Section 14013 of
the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act
of 2008, Public Law 110–246.
If special accommodations are
required, please contact Mr. Robinson at
the address specified above, by COB
December 3, 2010.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Signed in Washington, DC on November
19, 2010.
Pearlie S. Reed,
Assistant Secretary for Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
Information Collection Activity;
Comment Request
Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. chapter 35, as amended), the
Rural Utilities Service (RUS) invites
comments on the following information
collections for which RUS intends to
request approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB).
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by January 25, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michele Brooks, Director, Program
Development and Regulatory Analysis,
Rural Utilities Service, 1400
Independence Ave., SW., STOP 1522,
Room 5162, South Building,
Washington, DC 20250–1522.
Telephone: (202) 690–1078. Fax: (202)
720–8435.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office
of Management and Budget’s (OMB)
regulation (5 CFR part 1320)
implementing provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.
L. 104–13) requires that interested
members of the public and affected
agencies have an opportunity to
comment on information collection and
recordkeeping activities [see 5 CFR
1320.8(d)]. This notice identifies
information collections that RUS is
submitting to OMB for extension.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
this 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 the burden of the
collection of information including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
(d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on
respondents, including through the use
of appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology. Comments may
be sent to Michele Brooks, Director,
SUMMARY:
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Program Development and Regulatory
Analysis, Rural Utilities Service, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, STOP 1522,
1400 Independence Ave., SW.,
Washington, DC 20250–1522. Fax: (202)
720–0784.
Title: Electric System Emergency
Restoration Plan.
OMB Control Number: 0572–0140.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: The term ‘‘critical
infrastructure’’ is defined in section
1016(e) of the USA Patriot Act of 2001
(42 U.S.C. 5195c(e)) as ‘‘systems and
assets, whether physical or virtual, so
vital to the United States that the
incapacity or destruction of such
systems and assets would have a
debilitating impact on security, national
economic security, national public
health or safety, or any combination of
those matters.’’ Electric power systems
have been identified in Presidential
Decision Directive 63 (PDD–63) as one
of the critical infrastructures of the
United States.
A substantial portion of the electric
infrastructure of the United States
resides in, and is maintained by, rural
America. RUS is uniquely coupled with
the electric infrastructure of rural
America and its electric borrowers
serving rural America. To ensure that
the electric infrastructure in rural
America is adequately protected, RUS
requires that all electric borrowers
conduct a Vulnerability and Risk
Assessment (VRA) of their respective
systems and utilize the results of this
assessment to enhance an existing
Emergency Restoration Plan (ERP) or
create an ERP.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average .5 hours per
response.
Respondents: Not-for-profit
institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
676.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 338 hours.
Copies of this information collection
can be obtained from MaryPat Daskal,
Program Development and Regulatory
Analysis, at (202) 720–7853, FAX: (202)
720–8435.
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 19, 2010.
Jonathan Adelstein,
Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Buckhorn Exploration Project 2010,
Okanogan–Wenatchee National Forest,
Okanogan County, WA
Joint Lead Agencies: Forest Service,
Department of Agriculture; and
Department of Natural Resources,
Washington State.
Cooperating Agencies: Bureau of Land
Management, Department of the
Interior; and Department of Ecology,
Washington State.
ACTION: Notice of Intent to prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement.
The Department of
Agriculture, Forest Service, in
cooperation with the Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Land Management
(BLM), Washington State Department of
Natural Resources (DNR), and
Washington Department of Ecology
(WADOE), will prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
for a proposal by Echo Bay Exploration,
Inc. (Echo Bay) to explore their mineral
holdings in Township 40 North, Range
30 East, Sections 1, 12 to 15, 22 to 27,
and 34 to 36; and in Township 40
North, Range 31 East, Sections 5 to 9
and 16 to 20, W.M.
Proposed exploration operations will
be located in Okanogan County,
Washington on unpatented mining
claims on public lands administered by
the Tonasket Ranger District of the
Forest Service and the Wenatchee Field
Office of the BLM. Exploration
operations will also be located on state
mineral lease lands, private lands, and
patented mining claims administered by
the Washington State Department of
Natural Resources.
The EIS will evaluate a range of
reasonable alternatives to the proposed
action and will assess the potential
impacts of each alternative. The public
will have an opportunity to comment on
the EIS, including the range of
alternatives and the impacts analysis.
The agencies are giving notice of this
analysis so that interested and affected
individuals are aware of how they may
participate and contribute to the final
decision.
SUMMARY:
Comments concerning the scope
of this analysis must be received by
January 3, 2011. A public information
meeting is planned to be held in
Oroville, Washington on December 14,
2010 at the Oroville High School
Commons from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Details
concerning any additional public
meetings, none presently scheduled,
will be announced via local news media
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outlets. The Draft EIS is expected to be
filed with the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) in September 2011. The
Final EIS is expected to be filed with the
EPA in April 2012.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
and suggestions concerning the scope of
the analysis to Phillip Christy, District
Environmental Coordinator, 1 West
Winesap, Tonasket, WA 98855, phone
(509) 486–5137. Comments may also be
sent via e-mail to commentspacificnorthwest-okanogantonasket@fs.fed.us, or via facsimile to
509–486–1922. Electronic comments
must be part of an e-mail message, or as
an attachment in either Microsoft Word
(doc or docx), Rich Text Format (rtf), or
Portable Document Format (pdf).
Electronic comments containing viruses
will be rejected.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Direct questions about the proposed
action and EIS to Phillip Christy,
District Environmental Coordinator, 1
West Winesap, Tonasket, Washington
98855, phone (509) 486–5137, Kelly
Courtright, BLM Mining Engineer, 1103
N. Fancher Road, Spokane, WA 99212,
phone (509) 536–1218, or Fred Greef,
SEPA Coordinator, Washington State
Department of Natural Resources, P.O.
Box 7015, Olympia, WA 98504–7015,
phone (360) 902–1628. Individuals who
use telecommunication devices for the
deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–
800–877–8339 between 8 a.m. and 8
p.m., Eastern Time, Monday through
Friday.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
General Mining Law of 1872, as
amended, provides Echo Bay the
statutory right to explore for and
develop mineral resources on federally
administered lands. Federal policy
encourages the development of federal
mineral resources and requires
reclamation of disturbed federal lands.
This right carries with it the
responsibility to assure that operations
include adequate and responsible
measures to prevent unnecessary or
undue degradation of federal lands and
to provide for reasonable reclamation.
The BLM administers the surface
acres of public land for which the BLM
is responsible and the federal subsurface
mineral estate under the Mining Law
and the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA).
FLPMA also governs the BLM’s
administration of public lands not open
to location under the Mining Law. The
Mining Law allows the location and use
of mining claims ‘‘under such
regulations prescribed by law’’ and
Section 302(b) of FLPMA and
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
AGENCY: Rural Utilities 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, as amended), the Rural Utilities Service (RUS)
invites comments on the following information collections for which RUS
intends to request approval from the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB).
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by January 25, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michele Brooks, Director, Program
Development and Regulatory Analysis, Rural Utilities Service, 1400
Independence Ave., SW., STOP 1522, Room 5162, South Building,
Washington, DC 20250-1522. Telephone: (202) 690-1078. Fax: (202) 720-
8435.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office of Management and Budget's (OMB)
regulation (5 CFR part 1320) implementing provisions of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13) requires that interested members
of the public and affected agencies have an opportunity to comment on
information collection and recordkeeping activities [see 5 CFR
1320.8(d)]. This notice identifies information collections that RUS is
submitting to OMB for extension.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether this 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 the burden of the collection of
information including the validity of the methodology and assumptions
used; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on respondents, including through the use of
appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Comments may be sent to Michele Brooks, Director,
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Program Development and Regulatory Analysis, Rural Utilities Service,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, STOP 1522, 1400 Independence Ave., SW.,
Washington, DC 20250-1522. Fax: (202) 720-0784.
Title: Electric System Emergency Restoration Plan.
OMB Control Number: 0572-0140.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Abstract: The term ``critical infrastructure'' is defined in
section 1016(e) of the USA Patriot Act of 2001 (42 U.S.C. 5195c(e)) as
``systems and assets, whether physical or virtual, so vital to the
United States that the incapacity or destruction of such systems and
assets would have a debilitating impact on security, national economic
security, national public health or safety, or any combination of those
matters.'' Electric power systems have been identified in Presidential
Decision Directive 63 (PDD-63) as one of the critical infrastructures
of the United States.
A substantial portion of the electric infrastructure of the United
States resides in, and is maintained by, rural America. RUS is uniquely
coupled with the electric infrastructure of rural America and its
electric borrowers serving rural America. To ensure that the electric
infrastructure in rural America is adequately protected, RUS requires
that all electric borrowers conduct a Vulnerability and Risk Assessment
(VRA) of their respective systems and utilize the results of this
assessment to enhance an existing Emergency Restoration Plan (ERP) or
create an ERP.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average .5 hours per response.
Respondents: Not-for-profit institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 676.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 338 hours.
Copies of this information collection can be obtained from MaryPat
Daskal, Program Development and Regulatory Analysis, at (202) 720-7853,
FAX: (202) 720-8435.
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 19, 2010.
Jonathan Adelstein,
Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.
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