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800–877–8339 between 8 a.m. and 8
p.m., Eastern Time, Monday through
Friday.
The 2009
Forest Plan provides management
direction for activities on the
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
for the next 10 to 15 years, including
direction on eight topics (vegetation,
wildlife, aquatic resources, recreation
and travel management, fire
management, livestock grazing, timber
and recommended wilderness).
In 2010, WildEarth Guardians,
Friends of the Bitterroot, Inc., and
Montanans for Quiet Recreation, Inc.,
filed a complaint in U.S. District Court
for the District of Montana (Case 9:10–
cv–00104–DWM) alleging inadequate
analysis of the ‘‘site-specific impacts of
snowmobile use on big game winter
habitat and conflicting recreational
uses’’ when developing the Forest Plan,
failure ‘‘to apply certain criteria
[referred to as the minimization criteria]
when designating areas open to
snowmobile use’’ and that Subpart C of
the 2005 Travel Management Rule
concerning over-snow vehicles was
invalid. In its June 22, 2015 Opinion
(WildEarth Guardians et al. v. Montana
Snowmobile Ass’n, 790 F.3d 920 (9th
Cir. 2015)), the U.S. Court of Appeals for
the Ninth Circuit found the Forest
Service provided sufficient information
to establish that it took a ‘‘hard look’’ at
the impacts of snowmobile use on nonmotorized recreational uses and
sufficiently analyzed these conflicts.
Further, the U.S. Court of Appeals
found that plaintiffs’ challenge to the
Subpart C exemption in the Travel
Management Rule was not ripe for
review.
However, in the same opinion, the
U.S. Court of Appeals held that the
Forest Service did not provide the
public adequate access to information
about the impact of snowmobiles on big
game wildlife and habitat and did not
allow the public to play an appropriate
role in the decision-making process. The
U.S. Court of Appeals also found the
Forest Service did not adequately apply
the minimization criteria found in the
Travel Management Rule. The matter
was remanded to the U.S. District Court
for the District of Montana.
In an August 27, 2015 Order, the U.S.
District Court for the District of Montana
ordered the Forest Service to ‘‘properly
disclose the information underlying its
analysis of snowmobile impacts on big
game wildlife’’ and ‘‘adequately appl[y]
the minimization criteria in the [2005
Travel Managment Rule].’’ The SEIS
will disclose information underlying its
analysis of snowmobile impacts on big
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game wildlife and apply the
minimization criteria to areas on the
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
open to over-snow vehicle use during
the winter recreation season (December
2 through May 15).
A Draft SEIS is expected to be
available for public review and
comment in November 2015. The
comment period for the Draft SEIS will
be 90 days from the date the Notice of
Availability is published in the Federal
Register 36 CFR 219.16(a)(2).
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.
Dated: September 4, 2015.
Melany Glossa,
Forest Supervisor.
Rural Utilities Service
Title: Advance of Loan Funds and
Budgetary Control and Related Burdens.
OMB Control Number: 0572–0015.
Summary of Collection: The Rural
Utilities Service (RUS) is authorized by
the Rural Electrification Act (RE Act) of
1936, as amended, ‘‘to make loans in
several States and territories of the
United States for rural electrification
and for the purpose of furnishing and
improving electric and telephone
service in rural areas and to assist
electric borrowers to implement
demand side management, energy
conservation programs, and on-grid and
off-grid renewable energy systems.’’
Borrowers will provide the agency with
information that supports the use of the
funds as well as identify the type of
projects for which they will use the
funds.
Need and Use of the Information:
RUS electric borrowers will submit RUS
form 595 and 219. Form 595, Financial
Requirement & Expenditure Statement,
to request an advance of loan funds
remaining for an existing approved loan
and to report on the expenditure of
previously advanced loan funds. Form
219, Inventory of Work Orders, serves as
a connecting line and provides an audit
trail that verifies the evidence
supporting the propriety of
expenditures for construction of
retirement projects that supports the
advance of funds. The information
collected will ensure that loan funds are
expended and advanced for RUS
approved budget process and amounts.
Failure to collect proper information
could result in improper determinations
of eligibility or improper use of funds.
Description of Respondents: Not-forprofit institutions; Business or other forprofit.
Number of Respondents: 600.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 14,570.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utility Service
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
September 8, 2015.
The Department of Agriculture has
submitted the following information
collection requirement(s) to Office of
Management and Budget (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 or other forms of information
technology should be addressed to: Desk
Officer for Agriculture, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget, New
Executive Office Building, 725—17th
Street NW., Washington, DC 20502.
Commenters 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. Comments regarding these
information collections are best assured
of having their full effect if received
within 30 days of this notification.
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Rural Utility Service
Title: 7 CFR 1773, Policy on Audits of
RUS Borrowers.
OMB Control Number: 0572–0095.
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Summary of Collection: Under the
authority of the Rural Electrification Act
of 1936 (ACT), as amended 7 U.S.C. 901
et seq., the Administrator is authorized
and empowered to make loans under
certain specified circumstances for rural
electrification and the furnishing of
electric energy to persons in rural areas
and for the purpose of furnishing and
improving telephone service in rural
areas. RUS, in representing the Federal
Government as Mortgagee, relies on the
information provided by the borrowers
in their financial statements to make
lending decisions as to borrowers’ credit
worthiness and to assure that loan funds
are approved, advanced and disbursed
for proper Act purposes. Borrowers are
required to furnish a full and complete
report of their financial condition,
operations and cash flows, in form and
substance satisfactory to RUS.
Need and Use of the Information:
RUS will collect information to evaluate
borrowers’ financial performance,
determine whether current loans are at
financial risk, and determine the credit
worthiness of future losses. If
information is not collected, it would
delay RUS’ analysis of the borrowers’
financial strength, thereby adversely
impacting current lending decisions.
Description of Respondents: Not-forprofit institutions; Business or other forprofit.
Number of Respondents: 1,340.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 14,914.
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Rural Utilities Service
Title: 7 CFR 1751 Subpart B/State
Telecommunications Modernization
Plan.
OMB Control Number: 0572–0104.
Summary of Collection: The Rural
Electrification Loan Restructuring Act
(RELRA, Pub. L. 103–129), November 1,
1993, amended the Rural Electrification
Act of 1936, 7 U.S.C. 901 et seq. (the RE
Act). RELRA required that a State
Telecommunications Modernization
Plan (Modernization Plan or Plan), meet
all the statutory requirements of RELRA
(Part 1751, Subpart B). The plan at a
minimum must provide for: (1) The
elimination of party line service; (2) the
availability of telecommunications
services for improved business,
educational, and medical services; (3)
must encourage computer networks and
information highways for subscribers in
rural areas; (4) must provide for
subscribers in rural areas to be able to
receive through telephone lines: (a)
Conference calling; (b) video images;
and (c) data at a rate of 1 million bits
of information per second; and, the
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proper routing of information to
subscribers.
Need and Use of the Information: The
Rural Utilities Service (RUS)
telecommunications program staff will
review the Modernization Plan and
approve the plans, if it complies with
the requirements of the regulation. If the
proposed Modernization Plan is
approved, RUS will notify the developer
of the approval. If not, RUS will make
specific written comments and
suggestions for modifying the proposed
Modernization Plan so that it will
comply with the requirements of the
regulation. If the information is not
collected, RUS’ authority to make loans
under the Rural Electrification Act will
be restricted.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit; Not-for-profit
institutions.
Number of Respondents: 1.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 350.
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
The Department of Commerce will
submit to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for clearance the
following proposal for collection of
information under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
chapter 35).
Agency: U.S. Census Bureau.
Title: Public Employment & Payroll
Forms.
OMB Control Number: 0607–0452.
Form Number(s): E–1 through E–10.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Number of Respondents: 44,088.
Average Hours per Response: 1 hour
and 5 minutes.
Burden Hours: 47,903.
Needs and Uses: This information
collection request covers the
questionnaires needed to conduct the
public employment program for the
2015 Annual Survey of Public
Employment & Payroll, the 2016 Annual
Survey of Public Employment & Payroll,
and the 2017 Census of Governments:
Employment.
The Census of Governments:
Employment and its related program,
the Annual Survey of Public
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Employment & Payroll, provide a rich
source of data on state and local
government employment and payroll in
the United States. Data have been
collected annually since 1957. A census
is conducted every five years (years
ending in ‘2’ and ‘7’). A sample of state
and local governments is used to collect
data in the intervening years, with a
new sample selected every five years
(years ending in ‘4’ and ‘9’). The survey
provides state and local government
data on full-time and part-time
employment, part-time hours worked,
full-time equivalent employment, and
payroll statistics by governmental
function (e.g., elementary and secondary
education, higher education, police
protection, fire protection, financial
administration, central staff services,
judicial and legal, highways, public
welfare, etc.).
The 10 questionnaires for collecting
the data are each tailored to the unique
characteristics of the type and size of
government or government agency to be
surveyed. The type of employment and
payroll data to be collected No changes
will be made to the form content as
currently approved. However,
formatting changes will be made to the
forms to facilitate data capture using
current technology, Integrated Computer
Assisted Data Entry (iCADE), and to
clarify wording and form flow with
respondents such as integrating the
instruction in bullet form into the
questions. These changes were
cognitively tested.
The Census of Governments:
Employment and its related program,
the Annual Survey of Public
Employment & Payroll, provide data on
state and local government employment
and payroll in the United States. Census
Bureau staff apply a standard set of
criteria while classifying government
employment activity in order to provide
what is perhaps the only complete and
uniform set of data on the employment
activities of governments in the United
States.
Statistics compiled from data gathered
using these forms are used in several
important Federal government
programs. Economists at the Bureau of
Economic Analysis (BEA) use the
statistics for developing the National
Income and Product Accounts.
According to the Chief Statistician of
BEA, ‘‘The data obtained from these
forms are critical to BEA for maintaining
reliable estimates. Specifically, BEA
uses national, state, local, and type-ofgovernment aggregate data by function
for full-time and part-time employees,
payroll, and number of part-time hours
worked to prepare estimates of
functional payrolls for the public sector
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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 176 (Friday, September 11, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54763-54764]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-22947]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utility Service
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
September 8, 2015.
The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following
information collection requirement(s) to Office of Management and
Budget (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 or other forms of information technology should
be addressed to: Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive
Office Building, 725--17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20502. Commenters
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. Comments regarding these information collections are best assured
of having their full effect if received within 30 days of this
notification. 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.
Rural Utilities Service
Title: Advance of Loan Funds and Budgetary Control and Related
Burdens.
OMB Control Number: 0572-0015.
Summary of Collection: The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) is
authorized by the Rural Electrification Act (RE Act) of 1936, as
amended, ``to make loans in several States and territories of the
United States for rural electrification and for the purpose of
furnishing and improving electric and telephone service in rural areas
and to assist electric borrowers to implement demand side management,
energy conservation programs, and on-grid and off-grid renewable energy
systems.'' Borrowers will provide the agency with information that
supports the use of the funds as well as identify the type of projects
for which they will use the funds.
Need and Use of the Information: RUS electric borrowers will submit
RUS form 595 and 219. Form 595, Financial Requirement & Expenditure
Statement, to request an advance of loan funds remaining for an
existing approved loan and to report on the expenditure of previously
advanced loan funds. Form 219, Inventory of Work Orders, serves as a
connecting line and provides an audit trail that verifies the evidence
supporting the propriety of expenditures for construction of retirement
projects that supports the advance of funds. The information collected
will ensure that loan funds are expended and advanced for RUS approved
budget process and amounts. Failure to collect proper information could
result in improper determinations of eligibility or improper use of
funds.
Description of Respondents: Not-for-profit institutions; Business
or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 600.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 14,570.
Rural Utility Service
Title: 7 CFR 1773, Policy on Audits of RUS Borrowers.
OMB Control Number: 0572-0095.
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Summary of Collection: Under the authority of the Rural
Electrification Act of 1936 (ACT), as amended 7 U.S.C. 901 et seq., the
Administrator is authorized and empowered to make loans under certain
specified circumstances for rural electrification and the furnishing of
electric energy to persons in rural areas and for the purpose of
furnishing and improving telephone service in rural areas. RUS, in
representing the Federal Government as Mortgagee, relies on the
information provided by the borrowers in their financial statements to
make lending decisions as to borrowers' credit worthiness and to assure
that loan funds are approved, advanced and disbursed for proper Act
purposes. Borrowers are required to furnish a full and complete report
of their financial condition, operations and cash flows, in form and
substance satisfactory to RUS.
Need and Use of the Information: RUS will collect information to
evaluate borrowers' financial performance, determine whether current
loans are at financial risk, and determine the credit worthiness of
future losses. If information is not collected, it would delay RUS'
analysis of the borrowers' financial strength, thereby adversely
impacting current lending decisions.
Description of Respondents: Not-for-profit institutions; Business
or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 1,340.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 14,914.
Rural Utilities Service
Title: 7 CFR 1751 Subpart B/State Telecommunications Modernization
Plan.
OMB Control Number: 0572-0104.
Summary of Collection: The Rural Electrification Loan Restructuring
Act (RELRA, Pub. L. 103-129), November 1, 1993, amended the Rural
Electrification Act of 1936, 7 U.S.C. 901 et seq. (the RE Act). RELRA
required that a State Telecommunications Modernization Plan
(Modernization Plan or Plan), meet all the statutory requirements of
RELRA (Part 1751, Subpart B). The plan at a minimum must provide for:
(1) The elimination of party line service; (2) the availability of
telecommunications services for improved business, educational, and
medical services; (3) must encourage computer networks and information
highways for subscribers in rural areas; (4) must provide for
subscribers in rural areas to be able to receive through telephone
lines: (a) Conference calling; (b) video images; and (c) data at a rate
of 1 million bits of information per second; and, the proper routing of
information to subscribers.
Need and Use of the Information: The Rural Utilities Service (RUS)
telecommunications program staff will review the Modernization Plan and
approve the plans, if it complies with the requirements of the
regulation. If the proposed Modernization Plan is approved, RUS will
notify the developer of the approval. If not, RUS will make specific
written comments and suggestions for modifying the proposed
Modernization Plan so that it will comply with the requirements of the
regulation. If the information is not collected, RUS' authority to make
loans under the Rural Electrification Act will be restricted.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Not-for-
profit institutions.
Number of Respondents: 1.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 350.
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
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