Klamath National Forest; California; McCollins Late Successional Reserve Habitat Restoration Project, 9157-9159 [2014-03428]
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the collection of information unless it
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Total Burden Hours: 76,573.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014–03372 Filed 2–14–14; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410–05–P
Farm Service Agency
Title: 7 CFR 765, Direct Loan
Servicing—Regular.
OMB Control Number: 0560–0236.
Summary Of Collection: Authority to
establish the regulatory requirements
contained in 7 CFR 765 is provided
under 5 U.S.C. 301, which provides that
‘‘The Head of an Executive department
or military department may prescribe
regulations for the government of his
department, the distribution and
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applicable to the Farm Loan Program
(FLP) to the Under Secretary for Farm
and Foreign Agricultural Service in
section 2.16 of 7 CFR part 2. FLP
provides loans to family farmers to
purchase real estate equipment and
finance agricultural production. The
regulations covered by this information
collection package describes, the
policies and procedures the agency uses
to service most FLP loans to ensure
borrowers are meeting the requirements
of their loan agreements.
Need and Use Of The Information:
Information requested under this
collection is submitted to the office
serving the county in which their
business is headquartered. The
information is used by the agency to
consider whether a borrower is in
compliance with their loan covenants,
assist the borrower in achieving their
business goals, conduct day-to-day
management of the agency’s loan
portfolio, and ensure that the agency’s
interests are protected. Failure to collect
the information or collecting it less
frequently could result in the failure of
the farm operation or loss of agency
security property or position.
Description Of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit; Farms.
Number Of Respondents: 52,735.
Frequency Of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion; Annually.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Klamath National Forest; California;
McCollins Late Successional Reserve
Habitat Restoration Project
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of intent to prepare an
environmental impact statement.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Klamath National Forest
will prepare an environmental impact
statement (EIS) to document and
publicly disclose the environmental
effects of treatments proposed to:
Promote the continued development
and retention of late successional old
growth conditions; promote resilience of
early- and mid-seral vegetation to large
scale disturbance events such as
wildfire or insects and disease; restore
and maintain pine/oak forest type, oak
woodlands, and wildlife habitat; and,
reduce wildfire threat and potential fire
intensity within the Wildland Urban
Interface, especially surrounding private
residences and structures. Treatments
are proposed on about 2,700 acres and
consist of commercial and noncommercial thinning, and, piling and
burning of activity generated fuels. The
project area is located east of Horse
Creek, in Siskiyou County, California.
Legal location: Township 46 North
Range 9 West Sections 9, 10, 15–22, 27–
33; and Township 46 North Range 10
West Sections 13, 21–28, and 32–36;
Mount Diablo Meridian.
DATES: Comments concerning the scope
of the analysis must be received by
March 20, 2014. The draft
environmental impact statement is
expected December 2014 and the final
environmental impact statement is
expected June 2015.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments to
Patricia A. Grantham, ATTN: Kim
Crider, Project Leader, Happy Camp/
Oak Knoll Ranger District, 63822
Highway 96, Klamath National Forest,
Happy Camp, California 96039. Submit
electronic comments at the Klamath
SUMMARY:
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National Forest’s project Web page:
https://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_
project_exp.php?project=38559 by
selecting the ‘‘Comment on Project’’ link
in the ‘‘Get Connected’’ group at the
right hand side of the project Web page.
Put the project name in the subject line;
attachments may be in the following
formats: plain text (.txt), rich text format
(.rtf), Word (.doc, .docx), or portable
document format (.pdf). Send comments
via facsimile to 530–493–1796.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim
Crider, Project Leader, phone: 530–493–
1724, email: kcrider@fs.fed.us.
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. Proposal information is
also available on the Klamath National
Forest’s project Web page at: https://
www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.
php?project=38559.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Purpose and Need for Action
A Forest Service interdisciplinary
team composed of specialists from a
wide array of disciplines in conjunction
with interested parties, considered the
need for change and potential actions in
the project area. The collaboration
efforts included a public meeting and
field trip. The IDT identified the
following purpose and need for the
project by comparing the existing
conditions in the project area with the
desired conditions described in the
Klamath National Forest Land and
Resource Management Plan and Late
Successional Reserve Assessments: (1)
Promote the continued development
and retention of Late Successional Old
Growth conditions; (2) Promote
resilience of early- and mid-seral
vegetation to large-scale disturbance
events such as wildfire or insects and
disease; (3) Restore and maintain pine/
oak forest type, oak woodlands, and
wildlife habitat; and (4) Reduce wildfire
threat and potential fire intensity within
the WUI, especially surrounding private
residences and structures.
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Proposed Action
The Klamath National Forest proposes
actions to move the project area from
the existing condition to the desired
condition. Project design features and
best management practices are
incorporated into the proposed action.
Acres by treatment type are described
below and do not account for the
overlap in treatment types. Treatment
acreages are approximate at this point
and may be adjusted and refined
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following the opportunity to provide
scoping comments.
No roads will be added to, or removed
from, the National Forest Transportation
System as part of this project. To
facilitate commercial treatments and
reduce log skidding distances and
associated impacts to soils and other
resources, the proposed action includes
temporary access along sixteen
segments of existing roadbeds totaling
about 1.34 miles and 0.36 miles of new
temporary roadbed construction within
the project area. Both existing and new
temporary roadbeds will be closed, and
where needed, hydrologically stabilized
following project implementation.
About 137 landings will be needed to
treat commercial units. Of these, 125 are
existing landings and about twelve new
landings will be constructed. About102
landings will be roadside continuous
landings averaging one-tenth of an acre
in size. Thirty-five landings will be
needed for ground based units; landings
will average from one-third to one-half
acre in size.
Commercial Thinning: Commercial
thinning treatments will use tractor,
mechanized and cable logging systems
to treat about 590 acres. Treatment
prescriptions will vary by unit, and will
be guided by topographic location,
amount of disease present, and desired
regeneration species. Treatment of trees
larger than 20 inches diameter at breast
height (dbh) will be considered as
needed to meet the project objectives.
Commercial utilization of wood fiber
will be a by-product of the need for
treatment in Late Successional Reserves
and Riparian Reserves. Where possible,
commercial thinning will involve whole
tree yarding or yarding with tops
attached. This will limit fuel
accumulation in harvest units by
allowing for limbs and tops to be piled
and burned at landings. Other postharvest fuel treatment methods will be
considered as deemed necessary by a
fuels specialist and may include:
Grapple piling and burning, hand piling
and burning, lop and scatter, or no
treatment.
Mastication: Mastication will be used
on about 164 acres to reduce fuel bed
depth, raise crown base height, increase
fuel to ground contact to promote
decomposition and generate more fine
materials.
Non-commercial Thinning: Noncommercial thinning on about 1,269
acres, will involve cutting trees less
than nine inches dbh, piling, and
burning using hand methods. This will
reduce ladder fuels and surface fuels,
while promoting tree growth rates.
Non-commercial Thinning Adjacent
to Private Property: Non-commercial
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thinning on about 656 acres of National
Forest System lands within 500 feet of
private property will involve cutting,
piling, and burning of trees less than
nine inches dbh using hand methods.
This will reduce ladder fuels and
surface fuels, while promoting tree
growth rates.
Oak Stand Improvement: Oak stand
improvement treatments on about 20
acres involves removal of conifers
encroaching on black and white oaks.
Trees less than nine inches dbh will be
cut, piled, and burned using hand
methods or non-commercial means.
This will reduce ladder fuels and
surface fuels, while promoting oak
growth rates and mast production.
Treatment in Riparian Reserves:
There are about 335 acres (43 acres of
proposed commercial thinning; and 292
acres of proposed non-commercial
thinning) of stream associated riparian
reserves within proposed treatment
units. Thinning in riparian reserves is
planned where necessary to meet
desired conditions as described in the
Klamath National Forest Land and
Resource Management Plan. Trees of
commercial value that are thinned will
be left on site, except where large
woody debris and/or coarse woody
debris is above reference condition in
which case they may be removed to
produce wood fiber as a by-product.
Responsible Official
Patricia A. Grantham, Klamath
National Forest Supervisor.
Nature of Decision To Be Made
The responsible official will decide
whether to adopt and implement the
proposed action, an alternative to the
proposed action, or take no action to
change existing conditions within the
project area.
Scoping Process
This notice of intent initiates the
scoping process, which guides the
development of the environmental
impact statement. To assist the Forest
Service in identifying and considering
issues and concerns on the proposed
action, comments should be as specific
as possible. We are particularly
interested in hearing about any potential
issues, which are defined as points of
discussion, dispute, or debate about the
effects of the proposed action. Your
participation will help the
interdisciplinary team develop effective,
issue-driven alternatives and
mitigations to the proposed action as
needed.
It is important that reviewers provide
their comments at such times and in
such manner that they are useful to the
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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: February 10, 2014.
Patricia A. Grantham,
Forest Supervisor.
[FR Doc. 2014–03428 Filed 2–14–14; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Generic Clearance
for the Collection of Qualitative
Feedback on Agency Service Delivery
Office of the Secretary, Office
of the Chief Information Officer,
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of
Commerce, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
take this opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Comments must be submitted
April 21, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be
submitted to Jennifer Jessup,
Departmental Paperwork Clearance
Officer, Department of Commerce, Room
6616, 14th and Constitution Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the
Internet at JJessup@doc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Glenna Mickelson at
gmickelson@doc.gov or on (202) 482–
5190.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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SUMMARY:
I. Abstract
Executive Order 12862 directs Federal
agencies to provide service to the public
that matches or exceeds the best service
available in the private sector. In order
to work continuously to ensure that the
Department of Commerce (DOC)
programs are effective and meet our
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customers’ needs we use a generic
clearance process to collect qualitative
feedback on our service delivery. This
collection of information is necessary to
enable DOC to garner customer and
stakeholder feedback in an efficient,
timely manner, in accordance with our
commitment to improving service
delivery. The information collected
from our customers and stakeholders
will help ensure that users have an
effective, efficient, and satisfying
experience with the programs. This
feedback will provide insights into
customer or stakeholder perceptions,
experiences and expectations, provide
an early warning of issues with service,
or focus attention on areas where
communication, training or changes in
operations might improve delivery of
products or services. These collections
will allow for ongoing, collaborative and
actionable communications between
DOC and its customers and
stakeholders. It will also allow feedback
to contribute directly to the
improvement of program management.
Feedback collected under this generic
clearance will provide useful
information, but it will not yield data
that can be generalized to the overall
population. This type of generic
clearance for qualitative information
will not be used for quantitative
information collections that are
designed to yield reliably actionable
results, such as monitoring trends over
time or documenting program
performance.
This request is an extension of the
‘generic fast-track’ process offered to all
government agencies by OMB in 2010.
Fast-track means each request receives
approval five days after submission, if
no issues are brought to DOC’s attention
by OMB within the five days. Since
2011, DOC has successfully submitted
68 generic requests to OMB.
II. Method of Collection
III. Data
IV. Request for Comments
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
(including hours and cost of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice sill be summarized and/or
included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection;
they also will become a matter of public
record.
Dated: February 11, 2014.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014–03378 Filed 2–14–14; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510–17–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Economic Analysis
[Docket No. 140113033–4033–01]
BE–125: Quarterly Survey of
Transactions in Selected Services and
Intellectual Property With Foreign
Persons
Bureau of Economic Analysis,
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of reporting
requirements.
By this Notice, the Bureau of
Economic Analysis (BEA), Department
of Commerce, is informing the public
that it is conducting the mandatory
survey titled Quarterly Survey of
Transactions in Selected Services and
Intellectual Property with Foreign
Persons (BE–125). This mandatory
survey is conducted under the authority
of the International Investment and
Trade in Services Survey Act.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
Notice constitutes legal notification to
all United States persons (defined
SUMMARY:
OMB Control Number: 0690–0030.
Form Number (s): Not Applicable.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(extension of a currently approved
collection).
Affected Public: Individuals or
Households, Businesses or for-profit
organizations, State, Local or Tribal
Government, etc.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
244,710.
Estimated Time per Response: 5 to 30
minutes for surveys; 1 to 2 hours for
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focus groups; 30 minutes to 1 hour for
interviews.
Estimated Total of Burden Hours: 631,
334.
Estimated Total Cost to Public: $0.
Frequency of Requests: One-time.
AGENCY:
The primary method of collection will
be the Internet (electronically), paper
format, email, fax, interviews, etc.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Klamath National Forest; California; McCollins Late Successional
Reserve Habitat Restoration Project
AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement.
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SUMMARY: The Klamath National Forest will prepare an environmental
impact statement (EIS) to document and publicly disclose the
environmental effects of treatments proposed to: Promote the continued
development and retention of late successional old growth conditions;
promote resilience of early- and mid-seral vegetation to large scale
disturbance events such as wildfire or insects and disease; restore and
maintain pine/oak forest type, oak woodlands, and wildlife habitat;
and, reduce wildfire threat and potential fire intensity within the
Wildland Urban Interface, especially surrounding private residences and
structures. Treatments are proposed on about 2,700 acres and consist of
commercial and non-commercial thinning, and, piling and burning of
activity generated fuels. The project area is located east of Horse
Creek, in Siskiyou County, California. Legal location: Township 46
North Range 9 West Sections 9, 10, 15-22, 27-33; and Township 46 North
Range 10 West Sections 13, 21-28, and 32-36; Mount Diablo Meridian.
DATES: Comments concerning the scope of the analysis must be received
by March 20, 2014. The draft environmental impact statement is expected
December 2014 and the final environmental impact statement is expected
June 2015.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments to Patricia A. Grantham, ATTN: Kim
Crider, Project Leader, Happy Camp/Oak Knoll Ranger District, 63822
Highway 96, Klamath National Forest, Happy Camp, California 96039.
Submit electronic comments at the Klamath
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National Forest's project Web page: https://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=38559 by selecting the ``Comment on Project''
link in the ``Get Connected'' group at the right hand side of the
project Web page. Put the project name in the subject line; attachments
may be in the following formats: plain text (.txt), rich text format
(.rtf), Word (.doc, .docx), or portable document format (.pdf). Send
comments via facsimile to 530-493-1796.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim Crider, Project Leader, phone:
530-493-1724, email: kcrider@fs.fed.us. 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. Proposal information is also
available on the Klamath National Forest's project Web page at: https://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=38559.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Purpose and Need for Action
A Forest Service interdisciplinary team composed of specialists
from a wide array of disciplines in conjunction with interested
parties, considered the need for change and potential actions in the
project area. The collaboration efforts included a public meeting and
field trip. The IDT identified the following purpose and need for the
project by comparing the existing conditions in the project area with
the desired conditions described in the Klamath National Forest Land
and Resource Management Plan and Late Successional Reserve Assessments:
(1) Promote the continued development and retention of Late
Successional Old Growth conditions; (2) Promote resilience of early-
and mid-seral vegetation to large-scale disturbance events such as
wildfire or insects and disease; (3) Restore and maintain pine/oak
forest type, oak woodlands, and wildlife habitat; and (4) Reduce
wildfire threat and potential fire intensity within the WUI, especially
surrounding private residences and structures.
Proposed Action
The Klamath National Forest proposes actions to move the project
area from the existing condition to the desired condition. Project
design features and best management practices are incorporated into the
proposed action. Acres by treatment type are described below and do not
account for the overlap in treatment types. Treatment acreages are
approximate at this point and may be adjusted and refined following the
opportunity to provide scoping comments.
No roads will be added to, or removed from, the National Forest
Transportation System as part of this project. To facilitate commercial
treatments and reduce log skidding distances and associated impacts to
soils and other resources, the proposed action includes temporary
access along sixteen segments of existing roadbeds totaling about 1.34
miles and 0.36 miles of new temporary roadbed construction within the
project area. Both existing and new temporary roadbeds will be closed,
and where needed, hydrologically stabilized following project
implementation.
About 137 landings will be needed to treat commercial units. Of
these, 125 are existing landings and about twelve new landings will be
constructed. About102 landings will be roadside continuous landings
averaging one-tenth of an acre in size. Thirty-five landings will be
needed for ground based units; landings will average from one-third to
one-half acre in size.
Commercial Thinning: Commercial thinning treatments will use
tractor, mechanized and cable logging systems to treat about 590 acres.
Treatment prescriptions will vary by unit, and will be guided by
topographic location, amount of disease present, and desired
regeneration species. Treatment of trees larger than 20 inches diameter
at breast height (dbh) will be considered as needed to meet the project
objectives. Commercial utilization of wood fiber will be a by-product
of the need for treatment in Late Successional Reserves and Riparian
Reserves. Where possible, commercial thinning will involve whole tree
yarding or yarding with tops attached. This will limit fuel
accumulation in harvest units by allowing for limbs and tops to be
piled and burned at landings. Other post-harvest fuel treatment methods
will be considered as deemed necessary by a fuels specialist and may
include: Grapple piling and burning, hand piling and burning, lop and
scatter, or no treatment.
Mastication: Mastication will be used on about 164 acres to reduce
fuel bed depth, raise crown base height, increase fuel to ground
contact to promote decomposition and generate more fine materials.
Non-commercial Thinning: Non-commercial thinning on about 1,269
acres, will involve cutting trees less than nine inches dbh, piling,
and burning using hand methods. This will reduce ladder fuels and
surface fuels, while promoting tree growth rates.
Non-commercial Thinning Adjacent to Private Property: Non-
commercial thinning on about 656 acres of National Forest System lands
within 500 feet of private property will involve cutting, piling, and
burning of trees less than nine inches dbh using hand methods. This
will reduce ladder fuels and surface fuels, while promoting tree growth
rates.
Oak Stand Improvement: Oak stand improvement treatments on about 20
acres involves removal of conifers encroaching on black and white oaks.
Trees less than nine inches dbh will be cut, piled, and burned using
hand methods or non-commercial means. This will reduce ladder fuels and
surface fuels, while promoting oak growth rates and mast production.
Treatment in Riparian Reserves: There are about 335 acres (43 acres
of proposed commercial thinning; and 292 acres of proposed non-
commercial thinning) of stream associated riparian reserves within
proposed treatment units. Thinning in riparian reserves is planned
where necessary to meet desired conditions as described in the Klamath
National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan. Trees of commercial
value that are thinned will be left on site, except where large woody
debris and/or coarse woody debris is above reference condition in which
case they may be removed to produce wood fiber as a by-product.
Responsible Official
Patricia A. Grantham, Klamath National Forest Supervisor.
Nature of Decision To Be Made
The responsible official will decide whether to adopt and implement
the proposed action, an alternative to the proposed action, or take no
action to change existing conditions within the project area.
Scoping Process
This notice of intent initiates the scoping process, which guides
the development of the environmental impact statement. To assist the
Forest Service in identifying and considering issues and concerns on
the proposed action, comments should be as specific as possible. We are
particularly interested in hearing about any potential issues, which
are defined as points of discussion, dispute, or debate about the
effects of the proposed action. Your participation will help the
interdisciplinary team develop effective, issue-driven alternatives and
mitigations to the proposed action as needed.
It is important that reviewers provide their comments at such times
and in such manner that they are useful to the
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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: February 10, 2014.
Patricia A. Grantham,
Forest Supervisor.
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