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Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 82 / Friday, April 27, 2012 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request—Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program—
Disaster Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program (D–SNAP)
Food and Nutrition Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice invites the general public and
other public agencies to comment on the
proposed collection. This information
collection is based on the Robert T.
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act and Section 5(h) of the
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, which
provide the Secretary of Agriculture
with the authority to develop a Disaster
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program (D–SNAP) to address the needs
of families temporarily in need of food
assistance after a disaster. The
information collection under this notice
is required for the establishment and
operation of a D–SNAP.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before June 26, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Comments are invited on:
(a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
(b) 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;
(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 respond, 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 Angela
Kline, Chief, Certification Policy
SUMMARY:
Branch, Program Development Division,
Food and Nutrition Service, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, 3101 Park
Center Drive, Room 812, Alexandria, VA
22302. Comments may also be faxed to
the attention of Ms. Kline at (703) 305–
2486. The Internet address is:
Angela.Kline@FNS.USDA.GOV.
Comments will also be accepted through
the Federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and follow
the online instructions for submitting
comments electronically.
All written comments will be open for
public inspection at the office of the
FNS during regular business hours
(8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through
Friday) at 3101 Park Center Drive, Room
800, Alexandria, Virginia 22302.
All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for OMB approval. All comments will
be a matter of public record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information
should be directed to Ms. Kline at (703)
305–2495.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Disaster Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program (D–SNAP) .
OMB Number: 0584–0336.
Expiration Date: 09/30/2012.
Type of Request: Extension of a
previously approved collection.
Abstract: Pursuant to the Robert T.
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act, Public Law 100–707,
and Section 5(h) of the Food and
Nutrition Act of 2008, 7 U.S.C. 2014(h),
the Secretary of Agriculture has the
authority to develop a Disaster
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program (D–SNAP) to address the
temporary food needs of people
following a disaster. The information
collected under this notice is required
from State agencies in order to receive
approval from the Food and Nutrition
Service (FNS) to operate a D–SNAP.
The number of disasters that occur
annually and the average number of
households affected by the disasters
cannot be predicted. During the period
from calendar year 2006 through
calendar year 2011, the number of State
requests for disaster programs ranged
from 4 to 25 requests. These included
Estimated
number of
respondents
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affected public
program modifications requested by
some States to accommodate evacuees
from disasters which did not directly
affect the States themselves. The
information collection under this
reporting burden is limited to the
burden experienced by State agencies in
preparing their requests to operate
D–SNAPs. The burden associated with
the actual operation of D–SNAPs,
including the processing of applications
from households affected by disasters, is
included under OMB information
collection No. 0584–0064, titled ’’Food
Stamp Forms: Applications, Periodic
Reporting, Notices’’ (expiration date 03/
31/2013), which includes all
information collection activities
associated with the certification of
participating and applicant households.
The D–SNAP participation and issuance
form FNS–292–B, Report of Disaster
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Benefit Issuance, is covered under the
OMB information collection No. 0584–
0037 (expiration date: 07/31/2014) and
will not be reflected in this submission.
FNS estimates that approximately 10
hours of State personnel time are
required to prepare D–SNAP requests.
The burden associated with preparing
requests to operate a D–SNAP does not
vary significantly from disaster to
disaster and is relatively independent of
the scope of the disaster. Major disasters
require little additional document
preparation time than relatively minor
disasters. Based on an estimate of 14
State agency requests per year to operate
D–SNAPs and 10 hours of State agency
personnel time to prepare each
application, FNS has calculated an
estimated burden of 140 hours per year
in an average year. No increase in
burden was estimated under this
collection.
Summary of burden hours:
Affected Public: State agencies and
local governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
14.
Estimated Number of Responses: 14.
Estimated Hours per Response: 10.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 140.
Total
annual
responses
Report filed
annually
Estimated
avg. number
of man-hours
per response
Estimated
total
man-hours
Reporting Burden:
State Agencies ..............................................................
14
1
14
10
140
Total Annual Burden Estimate ......................................
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Dated: April 19, 2012.
Audrey Rowe,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. 2012–10268 Filed 4–26–12; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Amended Land Management Plans for
the Angeles, Cleveland, Los Padres,
and San Bernardino National Forests,
California
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of intent to prepare a
supplemental environmental impact
statement.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Department of
Agriculture, Forest Service will prepare
a Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) for a proposed
amendment of the Land Management
Plans for the Angeles, Cleveland, Los
Padres, and San Bernardino National
Forests (hereinafter referred to as Land
Management Plans). This notice
describes the specific portions of the
current Land Management Plans to be
amended, estimates dates for filing the
supplemental environmental impact
statement, information concerning
public participation, and the names and
contact information of the agency
officials who can provide additional
information. The Forest Service
proposes to amend the Land
Management Plans to change Land Use
Zone allocations within select
Inventoried Roadless Areas (IRAs) in the
four southern California National
Forests. The amendment also proposes
to change the Land Management Plan
monitoring protocols for the four forests.
This joint planning process will
maintain the consistent management
direction and format across the four
Forests. One Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
will be prepared with a Record of
Decision (ROD) for each Land
Management Plan.
DATES: Comments concerning the scope
of the analysis must be received by June
11, 2012. The draft supplemental
environmental impact statement is
expected November 2012. There will be
a 90 day comment period on the draft
supplemental environmental impact
statement. The final supplemental
environmental impact statement is
expected June 2013.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments to
Cleveland National Forest, 10845
Rancho Bernardo Road, Suite 200, San
Diego, CA 92127–2107, ATTN: LMP
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Amendment. Comments may also be
sent via email to
socal_nf_lmp_amendment@fs.fed.us, or
filed through the project web page at
https://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/fs-usdapop.php?project=35130.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob
Hawkins, Project Manager at
socal_nf_lmp_amendment@fs.fed.us, or
visit the project Web site at https://
www.fs.fed.us/nepa/fs-usdapop.php?project=35130.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Southern California National Forests
(the Angeles, Cleveland, Los Padres, and
San Bernardino National Forests,
collectively, ‘‘four forests’’) propose to
amend the Land Management Plans
adopted in 2006. The proposed
amendment revises land use zone
allocations for select Inventoried
Roadless Areas (IRAs) within the four
forests and amends Land Management
Plan monitoring protocols. This
proposed Land Management Plan
amendment is a result of the Settlement
Agreement approved January 3, 2011 for
California Resources Agency, et al v.
United States Department of
Agriculture, and Center for Biological
Diversity, et al v. United States
Department of Agriculture. The IRAs
included in the analysis are: Antimony,
Barker Valley, Black Mountain, Cactus
Springs B, Caliente, Cedar Creek,
Coldwater, Cucamonga B, Cucamonga C,
Cuyama, Diablo, Dry Lakes, Eagle Peak,
Fish Canyon, Fox Mountain, Garcia
Mountain, Juncal, Ladd, Machesna
Mountain, Malduce Buckhorn, No
Name, Pyramid Peak A, Quatal,
Raywood Flat B, Red Mountain, Salt
Creek, Sawmill—Badlands, Sespe—
Frazier, Sill Hill, Spoor Canyon,
Tequepis, Trabuco, Tule, Upper San
Diego River, West Fork, Westfork, White
Ledge.
Purpose and Need for Action
The purpose of the proposed action is
to amend Land Management Plan land
use zone allocations for select IRAs and
to amend Land Management Plan
monitoring protocols. This action is
needed to respond to the terms of the
Settlement Agreement between the
Forest Service, State of California, and
other settlement parties.
Land Management Plans are required
by the National Forest Management Act
(NFMA). They are an integrated
document that describes the goals,
objectives, and management direction
for each component of the National
Forest System. The original Land
Management Plans for the four southern
California national forests were adopted
between 1986 and 1989, and revised in
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2006 consistent with NFMA
requirements. This proposed
amendment to the 2006 Land
Management Plans is limited in scope
and designed to address the terms of the
settlement agreement.
Proposed Action
The action proposed by the Forest
Service to meet the purpose and need is
to modify the existing land use zones in
the identified IRAs to include more
Back Country Non-Motorized (BCNM)
and Recommended Wilderness (RW)
areas. An alternate monitoring
framework is also proposed.
The proposed action would change
the LUZ allocation to BCNM on
approximately 300,000 acres, and
change the LUZ allocation to RW on
approximately 80,000 acres. The
majority of the additional BCNM
allocations are located in IRAs on the
Los Padres National Forest, and San
Bernardino National Forest. Additions
to the RW allocations are within IRAs
on the Angeles and Cleveland National
Forests.
On the Angeles National Forest, the
Fish Canyon and Salt Creek IRAs were
combined to create the proposed 40,000
acre Fish Canyon RW area. On the
Cleveland National Forest, the proposed
23,000 acre Eagle Peak RW area
includes portions of the Eagle Peak, Sill
Hill, and No Name IRAs, along with
portions of the Cedar Creek and Upper
San Diego River undeveloped areas. The
11,000 acre Barker Valley and 5,000 acre
Caliente RW areas are also proposed on
the Cleveland National Forest.
The proposed action monitoring and
evaluation requirements are based on
the current monitoring framework (Part
3, Appendix C of the Land Management
Plans). Revisions include updates to the
monitoring requirements for forest
health, riparian condition, and
biological resource condition.
Monitoring indicators were also
clarified to reflect current inventory
methodology in several areas, and an
indicator was added to track
unclassified (unauthorized) roads and
trails. The revision also include more
details on how monitoring will be
implemented, and how projects will be
selected for monitoring.
Lead and Cooperating Agencies
The Forest Service is the lead federal
agency for the Land Management Plan
Amendment. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, National Marine Fisheries
Service, Environmental Protection
Agency, State of California Natural
Resources Agency (including the
Departments of Fish and Game, Parks
and Recreation, and Forestry and Fire
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[Notices]
[Pages 25127-25128]
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[FR Doc No: 2012-10268]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request--Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program--
Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP)
AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment
on the proposed collection. This information collection is based on the
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act and
Section 5(h) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, which provide the
Secretary of Agriculture with the authority to develop a Disaster
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP) to address the needs
of families temporarily in need of food assistance after a disaster.
The information collection under this notice is required for the
establishment and operation of a D-SNAP.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before June 26, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection
of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions
of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) 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; (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
respond, 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 Angela Kline, Chief, Certification Policy
Branch, Program Development Division, Food and Nutrition Service, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, 3101 Park Center Drive, Room 812,
Alexandria, VA 22302. Comments may also be faxed to the attention of
Ms. Kline at (703) 305-2486. The Internet address is:
Angela.Kline@FNS.USDA.GOV. Comments will also be accepted through the
Federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to https://www.regulations.gov and follow
the online instructions for submitting comments electronically.
All written comments will be open for public inspection at the
office of the FNS during regular business hours (8:30 a.m. to 5:00
p.m., Monday through Friday) at 3101 Park Center Drive, Room 800,
Alexandria, Virginia 22302.
All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the
request for OMB approval. All comments will be a matter of public
record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information
should be directed to Ms. Kline at (703) 305-2495.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP)
.
OMB Number: 0584-0336.
Expiration Date: 09/30/2012.
Type of Request: Extension of a previously approved collection.
Abstract: Pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act, Public Law 100-707, and Section 5(h) of the
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, 7 U.S.C. 2014(h), the Secretary of
Agriculture has the authority to develop a Disaster Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP) to address the temporary food
needs of people following a disaster. The information collected under
this notice is required from State agencies in order to receive
approval from the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) to operate a D-SNAP.
The number of disasters that occur annually and the average number
of households affected by the disasters cannot be predicted. During the
period from calendar year 2006 through calendar year 2011, the number
of State requests for disaster programs ranged from 4 to 25 requests.
These included program modifications requested by some States to
accommodate evacuees from disasters which did not directly affect the
States themselves. The information collection under this reporting
burden is limited to the burden experienced by State agencies in
preparing their requests to operate D-SNAPs. The burden associated with
the actual operation of D-SNAPs, including the processing of
applications from households affected by disasters, is included under
OMB information collection No. 0584-0064, titled ''Food Stamp Forms:
Applications, Periodic Reporting, Notices'' (expiration date 03/31/
2013), which includes all information collection activities associated
with the certification of participating and applicant households. The
D-SNAP participation and issuance form FNS-292-B, Report of Disaster
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Benefit Issuance, is covered under
the OMB information collection No. 0584-0037 (expiration date: 07/31/
2014) and will not be reflected in this submission.
FNS estimates that approximately 10 hours of State personnel time
are required to prepare D-SNAP requests. The burden associated with
preparing requests to operate a D-SNAP does not vary significantly from
disaster to disaster and is relatively independent of the scope of the
disaster. Major disasters require little additional document
preparation time than relatively minor disasters. Based on an estimate
of 14 State agency requests per year to operate D-SNAPs and 10 hours of
State agency personnel time to prepare each application, FNS has
calculated an estimated burden of 140 hours per year in an average
year. No increase in burden was estimated under this collection.
Summary of burden hours:
Affected Public: State agencies and local governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 14.
Estimated Number of Responses: 14.
Estimated Hours per Response: 10.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 140.
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Estimated
Estimated Report filed Total annual avg. number Estimated
OMB No. 0584-0336 affected number of annually responses of man-hours total man-
public respondents per response hours
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Reporting Burden:
State Agencies.............. 14 1 14 10 140
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Dated: April 19, 2012.
Audrey Rowe,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. 2012-10268 Filed 4-26-12; 8:45 am]
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