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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2011–0122]
Notice of Request for Extension of
Approval of an Information Collection;
Importation of Swine and Swine
Products From the European Union
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Extension of approval of an
information collection; comment
request.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service’s intention to
request an extension of approval of an
information collection associated with
regulations for the importation of swine
and swine products from the European
Union.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before May 14,
2012.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/
#!documentDetail;D=APHIS-2011-01220001.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS–2011–0122, Regulatory Analysis
and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station
3A–03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118,
Riverdale, MD 20737–1238.
Supporting documents and any
comments we receive on this docket
may be viewed at https://
www.regulations.gov/
#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2011-0122 or
in our reading room, which is located in
room 1141 of the USDA South Building,
14th Street and Independence Avenue
SW., Washington, DC. Normal reading
room hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except
holidays. To be sure someone is there to
help you, please call (202) 690–2817
before coming.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
information on regulations for the
importation of swine and swine
products from the European Union,
contact Dr. Langston Hull, Senior Staff
Veterinarian, Technical Trade Services
Team—Animals, NCIE, VS, APHIS,
4700 River Road Unit 38, Riverdale, MD
20737; (301) 851–3300. For copies of
more detailed information on the
information collection, contact Mrs.
Celeste Sickles, APHIS’ Information
Collection Coordinator, at (301) 851–
2908.
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Title: Importation of Swine and Swine
Products from the European Union.
OMB Number: 0579–0265.
Type of Request: Extension of
approval of an information collection.
Abstract: The Animal Health
Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8301 et seq.),
authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture
to, among other things, prohibit or
restrict the importation and interstate
movement of animals and animal
products to prevent the introduction
into or dissemination within the United
States of animal diseases and pests.
Regulations governing the importation
of animals and animal products into the
United States are contained in 9 CFR
parts 92 through 98.
The regulations in 9 CFR part 94
prohibit or restrict the importation of
certain animals and animal products,
including live swine, pork and pork
products into the United States to
prevent the introduction into U.S.
livestock population of certain animal
diseases, including classical swine fever
(CSF), rinderpest, foot-and-mouth
disease, swine vesicular disease, and
African swine fever.
Section 94.24 deals specifically with
the importation of pork and pork
products from regions where CSF exists.
The regulations allow, under specified
conditions, the importation of pork,
pork products, and swine from the
APHIS-defined European Union CSF
region. These requirements necessitate
the use of several information collection
activities, including certification
statements for the importation of pork,
pork products, and swine; and the
placing of seals on certain conveyances.
We are asking the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to
approve our use of these information
collection activities for 3 years.
The purpose of this notice is to solicit
comments from the public (as well as
affected agencies) concerning our
information collection. These comments
will help us:
(1) Evaluate 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;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of our
estimate of the burden of the collection
of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
(4) Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, through use, as
appropriate, of automated, electronic,
mechanical, and other collection
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technologies; e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses.
Estimate of burden: The public
reporting burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average 1
hour per response.
Respondents: Foreign animal health
officials.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 15.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 456.4.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 6,846.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 6,846 hours. (Due to
averaging, the total annual burden hours
may not equal the product of the annual
number of responses multiplied by the
reporting burden per response.)
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.
Done in Washington, DC, this 7th day of
March 2012.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Farm Service Agency
Commodity Credit Corporation
Information Collection Request;
Economic Assessment of
Conservation Reserve Program Lands
for Hunting
Farm Service Agency and
Commodity Credit Corporation, USDA.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Farm Service Agency (FSA) and the
Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC)
are requesting comments from all
interested individuals and organizations
on a new information collection request
associated with the Economic
Assessment of Conservation Reserve
Program (CRP) Lands for Hunting.
DATES: We will consider comments that
we receive by May 14, 2012.
ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit
comments on this notice. In your
comments, include date, OMB control
number, volume, and page number of
this issue of the Federal Register. You
may submit comments by any of the
following methods:
SUMMARY:
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• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
• Mail: Skip Hyberg, Agricultural
Economist, Economic and Policy
Analysis Staff, Farm Service Agency,
1400 Independence Ave. SW., Room
3730, Mail Stop 0519, Washington, DC
20250.
Comments also should be sent to the
Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget,
Washington, DC 20503. Copies of the
information collection may be obtained
from Dr. Skip Hyberg at the above
address.
Dr.
Skip Hyberg, (202) 720–9222. Persons
with disabilities who require alternative
means for communication (Braille, large
print, audio tape, etc) should contact the
USDA Target Center at (202) 720–2600
(voice and TDD).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Economic Assessment of
Conservation Reserve Program Lands for
Hunting.
OMB Control Number: 0560–NEW.
Type of Request: New.
Abstract: As specified in the Food,
Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008,
(the 2008 Farm Bill, Pub. L. 110–246),
FSA administers the CRP to conserve
and improve soil, water, and wildlife
resources. Federal investments in the
CRP on private cropland enhance
essential ecosystem services, including
wildlife, and provide improved hunting
opportunities in rural areas. Hunters
from urban areas within the State and
non-residents outside the State are
drawn to CRP lands or other private
lands surrounding CRP lands for
hunting.
FSA is required by statute to consider
benefits from the enhancement of
wildlife habitat when selecting CRP
offers. Because hunter spending
increases in rural areas as hunting
opportunities increase, economic
activity and employment within the
outdoor recreational sector are
enhanced. FSA is responsible for
identifying and quantifying the
relationship between job creation and
investments in CRP lands, as increased
outdoor recreation is among the benefits
FSA provides in administering the CRP.
There have been no statewide
assessments of the CRP program on
hunting use, expenditures, and jobs in
North and South Dakota (ND and SD,
respectively). The only prior studies
focused on six small areas in ND and are
10 years old. There have been
significant changes to the CRP program
since that time. In addition, there is
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limited generalizability of the six ND
areas to the rest of ND and SD. Without
data on hunter use and expenditures,
the economic contribution generated by
federal investments in CRP cannot be
reliably estimated.
FSA plans to conduct statewide mail
surveys with ND and SD hunters to
elicit information on:
(a) Their use of CRP lands in terms of
days spent hunting there;
(b) Expenditure pattern information;
and
(c) Net economic values.
The primary objective of the survey is
to estimate the employment and income
contribution of current CRP lands to the
rural areas within the respective States,
and possible changes to jobs and income
emanating from changes in the CRP
program.
We have discussed the survey with
the State Fish and Game agencies and
tentatively selected mail surveys. Mail
surveys appear to be the best unbiased
survey approach because the State Fish
and Game agencies do not have email
addresses for all hunters, and hunters in
many rural locations of ND and SD do
not have email access at home.
Collection of the data is necessary to
evaluate and improve CRP selection
criteria and program implementation.
Having information on recreationrelated jobs permits a comparison of
county-level impacts of CRP land
temporarily going out of crop
production.
Estimate of burden: Public reporting
burden for this information collection is
estimated to average 20 minutes per
response.
Frequency of Collection: One time
only.
Respondents: Hunters in ND and SD.
Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 2,400.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
2,400.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 800 hours.
We are requesting comments on all
aspects of this information collection to
help us to:
(1) Evaluate whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of FSA,
including whether the information will
have practical utility;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of FSA’s
estimate of burden, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
(4) Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
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are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
All responses to this notice, including
names and addresses when provided,
will be summarized and included in the
request for OMB approval. All
comments will also become a matter of
public record.
Signed on March 6, 2012.
Bruce Nelson,
Administrator, Farm Service Agency,
Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit
Corporation.
[FR Doc. 2012–6011 Filed 3–12–12; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Tongass National Forest Wrangell
Ranger District; Alaska; Wrangell
Island Project Environmental Impact
Statement
Forest Service, USDA.
Corrected Notice of Intent to
prepare an environmental impact
statement.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
A Notice of Intent (NOI) was
first published for this proposal in the
Federal Register (75 FR 81210) on
December 27, 2010. This NOI is being
published due to the length of time that
has passed since the first NOI was
published and due to changes made to
the Purpose and Need and Proposed
Action in response to public input
received during the initial scoping
period.
DATES: Comments received during the
initial scoping period in 2010–2011 will
be considered in the preparation of this
EIS. New or additional comments must
be received by March 15, 2012, 45 days
from date of publication of this
Corrected NOI in the Federal Register.
The draft environmental impact
statement is expected in December
2012, and the final environmental
impact statement is expected in June
2013.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments to:
Tongass National Forest, c/o Tim
Piazza, 648 Mission Street, Ketchikan,
AK 99901, Attn: Wrangell Island Project
EIS. Comments may be hand-delivered
to the Wrangell Ranger District, 525
Bennett Drive, Wrangell, AK 99929,
Attn: Wrangell Island Project EIS.
Comments may also be sent via email to:
wrangell_island_project_eis@fs.fed.us,
or via facsimile to 907–228–6215, Attn:
Wrangell Island Project EIS.
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Farm Service Agency
Commodity Credit Corporation
Information Collection Request; Economic Assessment of
Conservation Reserve Program Lands for Hunting
AGENCY: Farm Service Agency and Commodity Credit Corporation, USDA.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Farm Service Agency (FSA) and the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC)
are requesting comments from all interested individuals and
organizations on a new information collection request associated with
the Economic Assessment of Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Lands for
Hunting.
DATES: We will consider comments that we receive by May 14, 2012.
ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit comments on this notice. In your
comments, include date, OMB control number, volume, and page number of
this issue of the Federal Register. You may submit comments by any of
the following methods:
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Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://regulations.gov.
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Skip Hyberg, Agricultural Economist, Economic and
Policy Analysis Staff, Farm Service Agency, 1400 Independence Ave. SW.,
Room 3730, Mail Stop 0519, Washington, DC 20250.
Comments also should be sent to the Desk Officer for Agriculture,
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, Washington, DC 20503. Copies of the information collection may
be obtained from Dr. Skip Hyberg at the above address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Skip Hyberg, (202) 720-9222.
Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for
communication (Braille, large print, audio tape, etc) should contact
the USDA Target Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Economic Assessment of Conservation Reserve Program Lands
for Hunting.
OMB Control Number: 0560-NEW.
Type of Request: New.
Abstract: As specified in the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of
2008, (the 2008 Farm Bill, Pub. L. 110-246), FSA administers the CRP to
conserve and improve soil, water, and wildlife resources. Federal
investments in the CRP on private cropland enhance essential ecosystem
services, including wildlife, and provide improved hunting
opportunities in rural areas. Hunters from urban areas within the State
and non-residents outside the State are drawn to CRP lands or other
private lands surrounding CRP lands for hunting.
FSA is required by statute to consider benefits from the
enhancement of wildlife habitat when selecting CRP offers. Because
hunter spending increases in rural areas as hunting opportunities
increase, economic activity and employment within the outdoor
recreational sector are enhanced. FSA is responsible for identifying
and quantifying the relationship between job creation and investments
in CRP lands, as increased outdoor recreation is among the benefits FSA
provides in administering the CRP.
There have been no statewide assessments of the CRP program on
hunting use, expenditures, and jobs in North and South Dakota (ND and
SD, respectively). The only prior studies focused on six small areas in
ND and are 10 years old. There have been significant changes to the CRP
program since that time. In addition, there is limited generalizability
of the six ND areas to the rest of ND and SD. Without data on hunter
use and expenditures, the economic contribution generated by federal
investments in CRP cannot be reliably estimated.
FSA plans to conduct statewide mail surveys with ND and SD hunters
to elicit information on:
(a) Their use of CRP lands in terms of days spent hunting there;
(b) Expenditure pattern information; and
(c) Net economic values.
The primary objective of the survey is to estimate the employment
and income contribution of current CRP lands to the rural areas within
the respective States, and possible changes to jobs and income
emanating from changes in the CRP program.
We have discussed the survey with the State Fish and Game agencies
and tentatively selected mail surveys. Mail surveys appear to be the
best unbiased survey approach because the State Fish and Game agencies
do not have email addresses for all hunters, and hunters in many rural
locations of ND and SD do not have email access at home.
Collection of the data is necessary to evaluate and improve CRP
selection criteria and program implementation. Having information on
recreation-related jobs permits a comparison of county-level impacts of
CRP land temporarily going out of crop production.
Estimate of burden: Public reporting burden for this information
collection is estimated to average 20 minutes per response.
Frequency of Collection: One time only.
Respondents: Hunters in ND and SD.
Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 2,400.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Responses: 2,400.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 800 hours.
We are requesting comments on all aspects of this information
collection to help us to:
(1) Evaluate whether the collection of information is necessary for
the proper performance of the functions of FSA, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of FSA's estimate of burden, including
the validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) 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.
All responses to this notice, including names and addresses when
provided, will be summarized and included in the request for OMB
approval. All comments will also become a matter of public record.
Signed on March 6, 2012.
Bruce Nelson,
Administrator, Farm Service Agency, Executive Vice President, Commodity
Credit Corporation.
[FR Doc. 2012-6011 Filed 3-12-12; 8:45 am]
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