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Vol. 77, No. 235
Thursday, December 6, 2012
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Information Collection; Land
Exchanges
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 extension with no
revision of a currently approved
information collection, OMB 0596–
0105, Land Exchanges.
DATES: Comments must be received in
writing on or before February 4, 2013 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 Vicky
Wessling, National Land Adjustment
Program Manager, Lands, 1601 N. Kent
St. 7th floor, Arlington, VA 22209.
Comments also may be submitted via
facsimile to 202–205–1604 or by email
to: landexchange@fs.fed.us.
The public may inspect comments
received at Office of the Land
Adjustment Program Manager—Lands
SUMMARY:
Staff, 1601 N. Kent St. 7th floor,
Arlington, VA, during normal business
hours. Visitors are encouraged to call
ahead to 202–205–1047 to facilitate
entry to the building.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Vicky Wessling, Lands Staff, 202–205–
1047.
Individuals who use
telecommunication devices for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Information
Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339
between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.,
Eastern Standard Time, Monday
through Friday.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Land Exchanges.
OMB Number: 0596–0105.
Expiration Date of Approval: 04/30/
2013.
Type of Request: Extension with
revision of a currently approved
information collection.
Abstract: Land exchanges are
discretionary, voluntary real estate
transactions between the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Secretary of
Agriculture (acting by and through the
Forest Service) and a non-Federal
exchange party (or parties). Land
exchanges can be initiated by a nonFederal party (or parties), an agent of a
landowner, a broker, a third party, or a
non-Federal public agency.
Each land exchange requires
preparation of an Agreement to Initiate
as required by Title 36, Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR), Part 254, Subpart
A—Agreement to Initiate. The
Agreement to Initiate document
specifies the preliminary and nonbinding intentions of the non-Federal
land exchange party and the Forest
Service in pursuing a land exchange.
The Agreement to Initiate can contain
Description of the collection activity
Estimated number of respondents
Agreement to Initiate .........................
Exchange Agreement .......................
23 .....................................................
19 of the above 23 respondents ......
Comment Is Invited
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annually per
respondent
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
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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
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such information as the description of
properties being considered in the land
exchange, an implementation schedule
of action items, identification of the
party responsible for each action item,
as well as target dates for completion of
each action item.
As the exchange proposal develops,
the Forest Service and the non-Federal
land exchange party may enter into a
binding Exchange Agreement, pursuant
to Title 36 CFR part 254, subpart A,
section 254.14—Exchange Agreement.
The Exchange Agreement documents
the conditions that must be met to
complete the exchange. The Exchange
Agreement can contain information
such as identification of parties,
description of lands and interests to be
exchanged, identification of all reserved
and outstanding interest, and all other
terms and conditions necessary to
complete the exchange.
The Forest Service collects the
information from the non-Federal party
(or parties) necessary to complete the
Agreement to Initiate and the Exchange
Agreement. The information is collected
by Forest Service personnel from parties
involved in the exchange via telephone,
email, or in person. Data from this
information collection is unique to each
land exchange and is not available from
other sources. No standardized forms
are associated with this information
collection.
Estimate of Annual Burden:
Agreement to Initiate: 3 hours.
Exchange Agreement: 1 hour.
Type of Respondents: Non-Federal
party (or parties) that can include
landowners, agents of landowners,
brokers, a third party, or a non-Federal
public agency.
23
19
Estimate of
burden hours
per response
3
1
Total annual
burden hours
69
19
collection of information on
respondents, including the use of
automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology.
All comments received in response to
this notice, including names and
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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: November 19, 2012.
Calvin N. Joyner,
Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest
System.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Information Collection; Secure Rural
Schools Act
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice; request for comment.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the intention of the
Forest Service to seek approval to renew
and revise a currently approved
information collection, ‘‘Secure Rural
Schools Act, County Certification of
Title III Expenditures.’’ The Forest
Service is seeking comments from all
interested individuals and organizations
on renewal and revision of the
information collection.
DATES: Comments must be received in
writing on or before February 4, 2013 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 USFS
Payments to States Coordinator, SWAM/
IAS/ASR, 101–B Sun Avenue NE.,
Albuquerque, NM 87109. Comments
also may be submitted via facsimile to
877–684–1422 or by email to:
asc_asr@fs.fed.us. All comments should
identify the OMB Control Number
0596–0220.
The public may inspect comments
received on the World Wide Web at
https://www.fs.usda.gov/main/pts/
countyfunds/certification.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Reynardo Brown, phone 505–563–7374
or email asc_asr@fs.fed.us. Individuals
who use telecommunication devices for
the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Relay Service (FRS) at 800–877–8339
twenty-four hours a day, every day of
the year, including holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Secure Rural Schools Act,
County Certification of Title III
Expenditures.
OMB Number: 0596–0220.
Expiration Date of Approval: April 30,
2013.
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Type of Request: Extension with
revision of a currently approved
Information Collection.
Abstract: The Secure Rural Schools
and Community Self-Determination Act
of 2000 (the Act) (16 U.S.C. 7101 et
seq.), as reauthorized in Public Law
110–343 and Public Law 112–141,
requires the appropriate official of a
county that receives funds under title III
of the Act to submit to the appropriate
Secretary an annual certification that
the funds expended have been used as
authorized under section 302(a) of the
Act.
The appropriate official of each
participating county will be requested to
report the amount of title III funds
expended in the applicable year in these
categories as specified in the Act:
1. To carry out authorized activities
under the Firewise Communities
program.
2. To reimburse the participating
county for emergency services
performed on Federal land and paid for
by the participating county.
3. To develop community wildfire
protection plans in coordination with
the appropriate Secretary.
The information collection will
identify the participating county and the
year in which the expenditures were
made, and include the name, title, and
signature of the certifying official, and
the date of the certification. The
certification will include a statement
that all expenditures were for uses
authorized under section 302(a) of the
Act and that the proposed uses were
published and had a 45-day comment
period and were submitted to the
appropriate Secure Rural Schools Act
resource advisory committee(s), if any,
as described in Section 302(b) of the
Act.
Beginning with the certification due
on February 1, 2013, the information
collection also will request the county
to certify the amount of title III funds
received since October of 2008 that has
not been obligated as of September 30
of the previous year. This collection is
necessary in the certification due on
February 1, 2014, to determine the
amount of title III funds that must be
returned to the U.S. Treasury under
section 304(b) of the Act. Collection of
this information in 2013 is consistent
with a recent audit of county uses of
title III funds by the Government
Accountability Office (https://
www.gao.gov/products/GAO-12-775). A
county’s procedure for and
documentation of its obligation of title
III funds should be consistent with its
procedures to obligate funds from other
Federal sources.
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In summary, the February 1, 2013
information collection will certify title
III funds expended in calendar year
2012 and the amount of title III funds
not obligated as of September 30, 2012.
The February 1, 2014 information
collection will certify title III funds
expended in calendar year 2013 and the
amount of title III funds not obligated as
of September 30, 2013.
The determination of who is the
appropriate certifying official is at the
discretion of the county and borough
and will vary depending on county or
borough organization. For unorganized
boroughs in Alaska and for participating
counties in Vermont, a state official may
provide the information
The information will be collected in
the form of conventional
correspondence such as a letter and, at
the respondent’s option, attached tables,
or similar graphic display. The Forest
Service provides an optional form for
the convenience of respondents. At the
respondent’s discretion, the information
may be submitted by hard copy and/or
electronically scanned and included as
an attachment to electronic mail.
Under the Act, the first response was
required by February 1, 2010 for funds
expended in 2009. Responses are
required by February 1 following each
year title III funds are expended. The
Act requires title III funds to be
obligated by September 30, 2013 or be
returned to the U.S. Treasury, therefore,
the funds are likely to be expended or
returned in 2014 and the final
certification of expenditures could be
made by February 1, 2015.
The U.S. Department of the Interior
(DOI) and the Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) are also authorized
to participate in this information
collection because BLM administers
Federal lands in western Oregon
covered by the Act. The information
will be reviewed by the appropriate
Secretary, or designee, to verify that
participating counties have certified that
funds were expended as authorized in
the Act and to identify amounts not
obligated by September 30 of the
previous year. The information also may
be used by the DOI because it is relevant
to its Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT)
program.
Estimate of Annual Burden per
Respondent: The estimated time
required for each respondent to collect,
prepare, and submit the information is
24 hours each year, including an
estimated 20 hours for collection and
four hours for preparation and
submission.
Type of Respondents: Respondents
are county officials.
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Federal Register
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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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Notices
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Information Collection; Land Exchanges
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 extension with no revision of a currently approved
information collection, OMB 0596-0105, Land Exchanges.
DATES: Comments must be received in writing on or before February 4,
2013 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 Vicky
Wessling, National Land Adjustment Program Manager, Lands, 1601 N. Kent
St. 7th floor, Arlington, VA 22209.
Comments also may be submitted via facsimile to 202-205-1604 or by
email to: landexchange@fs.fed.us.
The public may inspect comments received at Office of the Land
Adjustment Program Manager--Lands Staff, 1601 N. Kent St. 7th floor,
Arlington, VA, during normal business hours. Visitors are encouraged to
call ahead to 202-205-1047 to facilitate entry to the building.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vicky Wessling, Lands Staff, 202-205-
1047.
Individuals who use telecommunication devices for the deaf (TDD)
may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339
between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, Monday through
Friday.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Land Exchanges.
OMB Number: 0596-0105.
Expiration Date of Approval: 04/30/2013.
Type of Request: Extension with revision of a currently approved
information collection.
Abstract: Land exchanges are discretionary, voluntary real estate
transactions between the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Secretary of
Agriculture (acting by and through the Forest Service) and a non-
Federal exchange party (or parties). Land exchanges can be initiated by
a non-Federal party (or parties), an agent of a landowner, a broker, a
third party, or a non-Federal public agency.
Each land exchange requires preparation of an Agreement to Initiate
as required by Title 36, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 254,
Subpart A--Agreement to Initiate. The Agreement to Initiate document
specifies the preliminary and non-binding intentions of the non-Federal
land exchange party and the Forest Service in pursuing a land exchange.
The Agreement to Initiate can contain such information as the
description of properties being considered in the land exchange, an
implementation schedule of action items, identification of the party
responsible for each action item, as well as target dates for
completion of each action item.
As the exchange proposal develops, the Forest Service and the non-
Federal land exchange party may enter into a binding Exchange
Agreement, pursuant to Title 36 CFR part 254, subpart A, section
254.14--Exchange Agreement. The Exchange Agreement documents the
conditions that must be met to complete the exchange. The Exchange
Agreement can contain information such as identification of parties,
description of lands and interests to be exchanged, identification of
all reserved and outstanding interest, and all other terms and
conditions necessary to complete the exchange.
The Forest Service collects the information from the non-Federal
party (or parties) necessary to complete the Agreement to Initiate and
the Exchange Agreement. The information is collected by Forest Service
personnel from parties involved in the exchange via telephone, email,
or in person. Data from this information collection is unique to each
land exchange and is not available from other sources. No standardized
forms are associated with this information collection.
Estimate of Annual Burden:
Agreement to Initiate: 3 hours.
Exchange Agreement: 1 hour.
Type of Respondents: Non-Federal party (or parties) that can
include landowners, agents of landowners, brokers, a third party, or a
non-Federal public agency.
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Number of
Description of the collection Estimated number responses Total annual Estimate of Total annual
activity of respondents annually per responses burden hours burden hours
respondent per response
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Agreement to Initiate......... 23.............. 1 23 3 69
Exchange Agreement............ 19 of the above 1 19 1 19
23 respondents.
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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.
All comments received in response to this notice, including names
and
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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: November 19, 2012.
Calvin N. Joyner,
Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest System.
[FR Doc. 2012-29482 Filed 12-5-12; 8:45 am]
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