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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
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August 21, 2015.
The Department of Agriculture has
submitted the following information
collection requirement(s) to OMB for
review and clearance under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13. Comments
regarding (a) 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;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of burden 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 are to respond, including
through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection
techniques and other forms of
information technology.
Comments regarding this information
collection received by September 28,
2015 will be considered. Written
comments should be addressed to: Desk
Officer for Agriculture, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB), New Executive Office Building,
725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC
20503. Commentors are encouraged to
submit their comments to OMB via
email to: OIRA_Submission@
omb.eop.gov or fax (202) 395–5806 and
to Departmental Clearance Office,
USDA, OCIO, Mail Stop 7602,
Washington, DC 20250–7602. Copies of
the submission(s) may be obtained by
calling (202) 720–8681.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor a collection of information
unless the collection of information
displays a currently valid OMB control
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number and the agency informs
potential persons who are to respond to
the collection of information that such
persons are not required to respond to
the collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
Forest Service
Title: Understanding Value Trade-Offs
Regarding Fire Hazard Reduction
Programs in the Wildland-Urban
Interface.
OMB Control Number: 0596–0189.
Summary of Collection: The Healthy
Forests Restoration Act (P.L. 108–148),
improves the ability of the Secretary of
Agriculture and the Secretary of the
Interior to plan and conduct hazardous
fuels reduction projects on National
Forest System and Bureau of Land
Management Lands. The Forest Service,
Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of
Indian Affairs, National Park Service,
Fish and Wildlife Service, and many
State agencies with fire protection
responsibilities have undertaken a very
ambitious and expensive forest fuels
reduction program. The Forest Service
(FS) and university researchers will
contact recipients of a phone/mail
questionnaire to help forest and fire
managers understand value trade-offs
regarding fire hazard reduction
programs in the wildland-urban
interface.
Need and Use of the Information:
Through the questionnaire, researchers
will evaluate the responses of Arizona,
Colorado, New Mexico and Texas
residents to different scenarios related
to fire hazard reduction programs; how
residents think the programs presented
to them are effective, and calculate how
much residents would be willing to pay
to implement the alternatives. The
collected information will help
researchers provide better information
to natural resources, forest, and fire
managers when they are contemplating
the kind and type of fire hazard
reduction programs to implement to
achieve forest land management
planning objectives. Without the
information the agencies with fire
protection responsibilities will lack the
capability to evaluate the general public
understanding of proposed fuels
reduction projects and programs or their
willingness to pay for implementing
such programs.
Description of Respondents:
Individuals or households.
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Number of Respondents: 1,400.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
Other (One time only).
Total Burden Hours: 703.
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015–21197 Filed 8–26–15; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Sanders Resource Advisory
Committee
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Sanders Resource
Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet in
Thompson Falls, Montana. The
committee is authorized under the
Secure Rural Schools and Community
Self-Determination Act (the Act) and
operates in compliance with the Federal
Advisory Committee Act. The purpose
of the committee is to improve
collaborative relationships and to
provide advice and recommendations to
the Forest Service concerning projects
and funding consistent with Title II of
the Act. Additional RAC information,
including the meeting agenda and the
meeting summary/minutes can be found
at the following Web site: https://
cloudapps-usda-gov.force.com/FSSRS/
RAC_Page?id=001t0000002JcwJAAS.
DATES: The meeting will be held
September 24, 2015, at 7:00 p.m.
All RAC meetings are subject to
cancellation. For status of meeting prior
to attendance, please contact the person
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
SUMMARY:
The meeting will be held at
the Sanders County Courthouse, 1111
Main Street Thompson Falls, Montana.
Written comments may be submitted
as described under SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION. All comments, including
names and addresses when provided,
are placed in the record and are
available for public inspection and
copying. The public may inspect
comments received at the Plains Ranger
District, 408 Clayton Plains, Montana.
Please call ahead to facilitate entry into
the building.
ADDRESSES:
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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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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
August 21, 2015.
The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. Comments
regarding (a) 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; (b) the accuracy
of the agency's estimate of burden 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 are
to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques
and other forms of information technology.
Comments regarding this information collection received by
September 28, 2015 will be considered. Written comments should be
addressed to: Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), New
Executive Office Building, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503.
Commentors are encouraged to submit their comments to OMB via email to:
OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov or fax (202) 395-5806 and to Departmental
Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250-
7602. Copies of the submission(s) may be obtained by calling (202) 720-
8681.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information
unless the collection of information displays a currently valid OMB
control number and the agency informs potential persons who are to
respond to the collection of information that such persons are not
required to respond to the collection of information unless it displays
a currently valid OMB control number.
Forest Service
Title: Understanding Value Trade-Offs Regarding Fire Hazard
Reduction Programs in the Wildland-Urban Interface.
OMB Control Number: 0596-0189.
Summary of Collection: The Healthy Forests Restoration Act (P.L.
108-148), improves the ability of the Secretary of Agriculture and the
Secretary of the Interior to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction
projects on National Forest System and Bureau of Land Management Lands.
The Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Indian
Affairs, National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, and many
State agencies with fire protection responsibilities have undertaken a
very ambitious and expensive forest fuels reduction program. The Forest
Service (FS) and university researchers will contact recipients of a
phone/mail questionnaire to help forest and fire managers understand
value trade-offs regarding fire hazard reduction programs in the
wildland-urban interface.
Need and Use of the Information: Through the questionnaire,
researchers will evaluate the responses of Arizona, Colorado, New
Mexico and Texas residents to different scenarios related to fire
hazard reduction programs; how residents think the programs presented
to them are effective, and calculate how much residents would be
willing to pay to implement the alternatives. The collected information
will help researchers provide better information to natural resources,
forest, and fire managers when they are contemplating the kind and type
of fire hazard reduction programs to implement to achieve forest land
management planning objectives. Without the information the agencies
with fire protection responsibilities will lack the capability to
evaluate the general public understanding of proposed fuels reduction
projects and programs or their willingness to pay for implementing such
programs.
Description of Respondents: Individuals or households.
Number of Respondents: 1,400.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Other (One time only).
Total Burden Hours: 703.
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-21197 Filed 8-26-15; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3411-15-P