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without clinical signs of disease, and
there is no test for the disease and or
known treatment. The Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
restricts the interstate movement of
certain sheep and goats to help prevent
the spread of scrapie. APHIS has
regulations at 9 CFR part 54 for an
indemnity program to compensate
owners of sheep and goats destroyed
because of scrapie.
Need and Use of the Information:
APHIS will collect information using
cooperative agreements; applications
from owners to participate in the
Scrapie Flock Certification Program;
post-exposure management and
monitoring plans; scrapie test records;
application for indemnity payments;
certificates, permits, and owner
statements for the interstate movement
of certain sheep and goats; application
for premises identification numbers;
and applications for APHIS-approved
eartags, backtags, or tattoos, etc. Without
this information APHIS’ efforts to more
aggressively prevent the spread of
scrapie would be severely hindered.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit; Not for Profit; and
State, Local, or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 112,000.
Frequency of Responses:
Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 897,030.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Information Collection; Flathead and
McKenzie Rivers and McKenzie
National Recreational Trail Visitor
Surveys
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice; request for comment.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Forest Service is seeking comments
from all interested individuals and
organizations on the new information
collection, Flathead Wild and Scenic
River Visitor Survey and McKenzie
River Visitor Survey.
DATES: Comments must be received in
writing on or before February 13, 2012
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: USDA,
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Forest Service, Attn: Chris Ryan,
Northern Region, P.O. Box 7669,
Missoula, MT 59807. Comments also
may be submitted via email to:
cryan@fs.fed.us.
The public may inspect comments
received at the Northern Region, 200 E.
Broadway, Missoula, MT, during normal
business hours. Visitors are encouraged
to call ahead to (406) 329–3522 to
facilitate entry to the building.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Flathead—Colter Pence, Flathead
National Forests, (406) 387–3949 and
Willamette—Matt Peterson, Willamette
National Forest at (541) 225–6421.
Individuals who use telecommunication
devices for the deaf (TDD) may call the
Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1–(800)
877–8339, between 8am and 8pm,
Eastern Standard time, Monday through
Friday.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Flathead Wild and Scenic River
Visitor Survey and McKenzie River
Visitor Survey.
OMB Number: 0596–NEW.
Expiration Date of Approval: NA.
Type of Request: New.
Abstract: The Flathead and
Willamette National Forests are
proposing to implement an information
collection from forest visitors who are
recreating on or near the Flathead Wild
and Scenic River or on or near the
McKenzie Wild and Scenic River or
McKenzie National Recreational Trail.
There are different issues on each river
creating a need to collect different
information; therefore, two separate
surveys will be administered for the
Flathead and Willamette Rivers though
the methodology for collection will be
essentially identical.
The visitor survey will support
development of the Flathead
Comprehensive River Management Plan
(CRMP), implementation of the exiting
Upper McKenzie River Management
Plan, and will provide needed
information for managers to protect and
enhance the outstandingly remarkable
values for which the Flathead and
McKenzie Rivers were designated. In
addition, the survey proposed will help
managers to identify the most important
indicators to monitor over the life of the
plan to determine if any thresholds are
being approached and if management
action may need to occur.
Information will be collected from
visitors who are recreating on or near
the Flathead and McKenzie Rivers and
McKenzie National Recreational Trail
by in-person, written surveys which
will be administered by Forest Service
or National Park Service (Flathead)
employees, volunteers, or study
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cooperators to randomly selected
visitors. Surveys will ask visitors to
provide information about their trip and
activities, environmental and social
conditions that may alter the quality of
their recreational experience, and their
attitudes toward different existing and
potential recreation management
policies and practices. Visitors’
responses are voluntary and
anonymous.
Data will be entered into an Excel
database. Once data entry has been
completed and validated, the hardcopy
questionnaires will be discarded. Data
will be imported into SPSS (Statistical
Package for the Social Sciences) for
analysis. The database will be
maintained at the respective National
Forest to and used for development of
subsequent management plans and
direction.
Collecting thoughts from the public
on how these areas should be managed
and consideration of their interests and
priorities is a critical component to
developing a fair and balanced
management plan and strategy. Without
the public’s involvement, a plan has the
risk of being biased and ineffective.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 20
minutes.
Type of Respondents: National Forest
and National Park (Flathead) visitors
(adults, age 16 and older) who are
recreating on or near the Flathead or
McKenzie Rivers or the McKenzie
National Recreational Trail.
Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 1000 (Willamette) and
1200 (Flathead).
Estimated Annual Number of
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 333 hours (Willamette)
and 400 hours (Flathead).
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
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.
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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.
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:
Dated: December 8, 2011.
Leanne M. Marten,
Acting Deputy Chief, NFS.
Purpose and Need for Action
The purpose of this project is to
authorize grazing on all or portions of
the North Finger landscape in such a
manner that will continue to move
resource conditions toward desired
conditions and be consistent with Forest
Plan standards and guidelines.
The reason we are undertaking this
process at this time is that courts in the
1990s found grazing permits should not
be issued without an environmental
analysis under the National
Environmental Policy Act. In response,
Congress passed the Range Rescission
Act of 1995, requiring the Forest Service
to develop and adhere to a schedule for
completion of NEPA analysis on all its
grazing allotments. This proposal and
upcoming analysis are being undertaken
in order to help meet that schedule as
mandated by law.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
North Finger Grazing Authorization
Project, Malheur National Forest, Grant
County, OR
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of intent to prepare an
environmental impact statement.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The USDA Forest Service will
prepare an environmental impact
statement (EIS) to disclose
environmental effects on a proposed
action to authorize grazing on all or
portions of allotments within the North
Finger Landscape. These allotments are
within the Upper Deer Creek, Basin
Creek, Upper Long Creek, Lower Fox
Creek, Upper Fox Creek, and Upper
Cottonwood Creek subwatersheds. The
North Finger Grazing Authorization
Project area, located approximately 20
miles northwest of John Day, Oregon,
encompasses approximately 18,076
acres of National Forest System Lands
administered by the Blue Mountain
Ranger District, Malheur National
Forest.
SUMMARY:
Comments concerning the scope
of the analysis must be received by
January 13, 2012. The draft
environmental impact statement is
expected June 2012 and the final
environmental impact statement is
expected September 2012.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments to
the Responsible Official, Teresa Raaf,
Forest Supervisor, Malheur National
Forest, 431 Patterson Bridge Road, P.O.
Box 909, John Day, Oregon 97845.
Comments may also be sent via email to
comments-pacificnorthwestmalheur@fs.fed.us, or via facsimile to
(541) 575–3002.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kelly Ware, Project Lead, Malheur
National Forest, 431 Patterson Bridge
Road, P.O. Box 909, John Day, Oregon,
telephone (541) 575–3432, email
kware@fs.fed.us.
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Proposed Action
The proposed action is to continue to
permit livestock grazing by
incorporating adaptive management
strategies across the North Finger
landscape. Adaptive Management is
defined as, ‘‘The process of making use
of monitoring information to determine
if management changes are needed, and
if so, what changes, and to what
degree.’’ An adaptive management
strategy would define the desired
resource conditions, monitoring
requirements, resource triggers or
thresholds, and actions to be taken if
triggers are reached. Site-specific
actions to move the existing ground
conditions toward desired conditions
could also be identified.
Possible Alternatives
Alternatives will include the
proposed action, no action (no grazing),
and additional alternatives that respond
to issues generated during the scoping
process. The agency will give notice of
the full environmental analysis and
decisionmaking process so interested
and affected people may participate and
contribute to the final decision.
Responsible Official
Teresa Raaf, Malheur National Forest
Supervisor.
Nature of Decision To Be Made
The Responsible Official will decide
if the proposed project will be
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implemented and will document the
decision and reasons for the decision in
a Record of Decision. That decision will
be subject to Forest Service Appeal
Regulations. The responsibility for
preparing the DEIS and FEIS has been
delegated to John Gubel, District Ranger,
Blue Mountain Ranger District.
Preliminary Issues
During internal review, the Blue
Mountain Ranger District has identified
the following concerns or issues with
the proposal: Livestock can affect plant
community species compositions and
vigor; Livestock can impact riparian
areas and watershed conditions.
Scoping Process
This notice of intent initiates the
scoping process, which guides the
development of the environmental
impact statement. Initial scoping began
with the project listed in the 2011
Winter Edition of the Malheur National
Forest’s Schedule of Proposed Actions
and public scoping conducted in June
2011.
It is important that reviewers provide
their comments at such times and in
such manner that they are useful to the
agency’s preparation of the
environmental impact statement.
Therefore, comments should be
provided prior to the close of the
comment period and should clearly
articulate the reviewer’s concerns and
contentions.
Comments received in response to
this solicitation, including names and
addresses of those who comment, will
be part of the public record for this
proposed action. Comments submitted
anonymously will be accepted and
considered, however.
Dated: December 7, 2011.
Teresa Raaf,
Forest Supervisor.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 78–2011]
Foreign-Trade Zone 49—Newark/
Elizabeth, NJ; Application for
Expansion
An application has been submitted to
the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board
(the Board) by the Port Authority of
New York and New Jersey, grantee of
FTZ 49, requesting authority to expand
its zone in the Newark/Elizabeth, New
Jersey, area, within the New York/
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Information Collection; Flathead and McKenzie Rivers and McKenzie
National Recreational Trail Visitor Surveys
AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Forest Service is seeking comments from all interested individuals and
organizations on the new information collection, Flathead Wild and
Scenic River Visitor Survey and McKenzie River Visitor Survey.
DATES: Comments must be received in writing on or before February 13,
2012 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:
USDA, Forest Service, Attn: Chris Ryan, Northern Region, P.O. Box 7669,
Missoula, MT 59807. Comments also may be submitted via email to:
cryan@fs.fed.us.
The public may inspect comments received at the Northern Region,
200 E. Broadway, Missoula, MT, during normal business hours. Visitors
are encouraged to call ahead to (406) 329-3522 to facilitate entry to
the building.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Flathead--Colter Pence, Flathead
National Forests, (406) 387-3949 and Willamette--Matt Peterson,
Willamette National Forest at (541) 225-6421. Individuals who use
telecommunication devices for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay
Service (FRS) at 1-(800) 877-8339, between 8am and 8pm, Eastern
Standard time, Monday through Friday.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Flathead Wild and Scenic River Visitor Survey and McKenzie
River Visitor Survey.
OMB Number: 0596-NEW.
Expiration Date of Approval: NA.
Type of Request: New.
Abstract: The Flathead and Willamette National Forests are
proposing to implement an information collection from forest visitors
who are recreating on or near the Flathead Wild and Scenic River or on
or near the McKenzie Wild and Scenic River or McKenzie National
Recreational Trail. There are different issues on each river creating a
need to collect different information; therefore, two separate surveys
will be administered for the Flathead and Willamette Rivers though the
methodology for collection will be essentially identical.
The visitor survey will support development of the Flathead
Comprehensive River Management Plan (CRMP), implementation of the
exiting Upper McKenzie River Management Plan, and will provide needed
information for managers to protect and enhance the outstandingly
remarkable values for which the Flathead and McKenzie Rivers were
designated. In addition, the survey proposed will help managers to
identify the most important indicators to monitor over the life of the
plan to determine if any thresholds are being approached and if
management action may need to occur.
Information will be collected from visitors who are recreating on
or near the Flathead and McKenzie Rivers and McKenzie National
Recreational Trail by in-person, written surveys which will be
administered by Forest Service or National Park Service (Flathead)
employees, volunteers, or study cooperators to randomly selected
visitors. Surveys will ask visitors to provide information about their
trip and activities, environmental and social conditions that may alter
the quality of their recreational experience, and their attitudes
toward different existing and potential recreation management policies
and practices. Visitors' responses are voluntary and anonymous.
Data will be entered into an Excel database. Once data entry has
been completed and validated, the hardcopy questionnaires will be
discarded. Data will be imported into SPSS (Statistical Package for the
Social Sciences) for analysis. The database will be maintained at the
respective National Forest to and used for development of subsequent
management plans and direction.
Collecting thoughts from the public on how these areas should be
managed and consideration of their interests and priorities is a
critical component to developing a fair and balanced management plan
and strategy. Without the public's involvement, a plan has the risk of
being biased and ineffective.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 20 minutes.
Type of Respondents: National Forest and National Park (Flathead)
visitors (adults, age 16 and older) who are recreating on or near the
Flathead or McKenzie Rivers or the McKenzie National Recreational
Trail.
Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 1000 (Willamette) and 1200
(Flathead).
Estimated Annual Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 333 hours
(Willamette) and 400 hours (Flathead).
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
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.
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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: December 8, 2011.
Leanne M. Marten,
Acting Deputy Chief, NFS.
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