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Download as PDF 62755 Notices Federal Register Vol. 76, No. 196 Tuesday, October 11, 2011 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 DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES October 5, 2011. 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. 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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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Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 196 / Tuesday, October 11, 2011 / 
Notices

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

October 5, 2011.
    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 
and 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), Washington, DC, 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: Overcoming Barriers to Wildland Fire Defensible Space.
    OMB Control Number: 0596--New.
    Summary of Collection: The Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources 
Research Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95-307) is the Department of 
Agriculture's primary authority to conduct research activities. The 
Secretary is authorized to conduct, support, and cooperate in 
investigations, experiments, tests, and other activities the Secretary 
deems necessary to obtain, analyze, develop, demonstrate, and 
disseminate scientific information about protecting, managing, and 
utilizing forest and rangeland renewable resources in rural, suburban, 
and urban areas. This study will provide information regarding barriers 
to participating in fire hazard reduction programs in the wildland 
urban interface and basic socio-demographics. The results of this study 
will assist efforts to decrease the cost to society from wildland fires 
and improve the efficiency of federal agencies in wildland fire 
management.
    Need and Use of the Information: Information will be collected 
through a voluntary mail survey of wild land urban interface 
homeowners. The information collected will help wildland fire managers 
and researchers (1) Identify practical steps for reducing barriers to 
implementing defensible space behaviors at an individual and 
neighborhood level and (2) develop future risk reduction programs. The 
information will be used by local, county, state, and federal wildland 
fire managers in the development of educational information regarding 
defensible space and firewise construction. If the collection is not 
conducted, agencies will continue to operate their programs under 
assumptions about their effectiveness that may not be true or 
scientifically valid.
    Description of Respondents: Individuals and households.
    Number of Respondents: 4.509.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: One time.
    Total Burden Hours: 2,328.

Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-26203 Filed 10-7-11; 8:45 am]
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