Information Collection; Forest Industries and Logging Operations Data Collection Systems, 49924-49925 [2016-17862]

Download as PDF 49924 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 146 / Friday, July 29, 2016 / Notices 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: The purpose of the meeting is to: 1. Approve Minutes from July 14, 2016 Meeting; 2. Discuss/Recommend/Approve new projects; The meeting is open to the public. The agenda will include time for people to make oral statements of three minutes or less. Individuals wishing to make an oral statement should request in writing by Friday, August 12, 2016, to be scheduled on the agenda. Anyone who would like to bring related matters to the attention of the committee may file written statements with the committee staff before or after the meeting. Written comments and requests for time for oral comments must be sent to Becky Nix, RAC Coordinator, Sabine-Angelina Resource Advisory Committee, 5050 State Highway 21 E, Hemphill, Texas 75948; by email to bnix@fs.fed.us, or via facsimile to 409–625–1953. Meeting Accommodations: If you are a person requiring reasonable accommodation, please make requests in advance for sign language interpreting, assistive listening devices, or other reasonable accommodation. For access to the facility or proceedings, please contact the person listed in the section titled For Further Information Contact. All reasonable accommodation requests are managed on a case by case basis. Dated: July 25, 2016. Kimpton M. Cooper, Designated Federal Officer, Sabine-Angelina RAC. [FR Doc. 2016–17964 Filed 7–28–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3411–15–P DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Forest Service Information Collection; Forest Industries and Logging Operations Data Collection Systems Forest Service, USDA. Notice; request for comment. AGENCY: asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES ACTION: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Forest Service is seeking comments from all interested individuals and organizations on the renewal of a currently approved information collection, Forest Industries and Residential Fuelwood and Post Data Collection Systems with a revision adding a Logging Operations Data Collection System. DATES: Comments must be received in writing on or before September 27, 2016 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: USDA, Forest Service, Attn: Consuelo Brandeis, Southern Research Station, Forest Inventory and Analysis, 4700 Old Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37919. Comments also may be submitted via facsimile to 865–862–0262 or by email to: cbrandeis@fs.fed.us. The public may inspect comments received at the Southern Research Station, 4700 Old Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN during normal business hours. Visitors are encouraged to call ahead to 865–862–2000 to facilitate entry to the building. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Consuelo Brandeis, Southern Research Station, at 865–862–2028. Individuals who use telecommunication devices for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339 twenty-four hours a day, every day of the year, including holidays. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: Forest Industries and Logging Operations Data Collection Systems. OMB Number: 0596–0010. Expiration Date of Approval: September 30, 2016. Type of Request: Extension with Revision. Abstract: The Forest and Range Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 and the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act of 1978 require the Forest Service to evaluate trends in the use of logs and wood chips, to forecast anticipated levels of logs and wood chips, and to analyze changes in the harvest of these SUMMARY: resources from the Nation’s forest resource. To collect this information, Forest Service or State natural resource agency personnel use three questionnaires, two of which are collected by personal mill visits or phone calls, or which respondents return in self-addressed, postage prepaid envelopes, or by email. The logging operations questionnaire will be delivered in person by field personnel collecting tree utilization data at sampled logging sites. Pulpwood Received Questionnaire: Forest Service personnel use this questionnaire to collect and evaluate information from pulp and composite panel mills in order to monitor the volume, types, species, sources, and prices of timber products harvested throughout the Nation. The data collected will be used to provide essential information about the current use of the Nation’s timber resources for pulpwood industrial products and is not available from other sources. Logs and Other Roundwood Received Questionnaire: This questionnaire is used by Forest Service or State natural resource agency personnel to collect and evaluate information from the other, non-pulp or composite panel, primary wood-using mills, including small, parttime mills, as well as large corporate entities. Primary wood-using mills are facilities that use harvested wood in log or chip form, such as sawlogs, veneer logs, posts, and poles, to manufacture a secondary product, such as lumber or veneer. Forest Service personnel evaluate the information collected and use it to monitor the volume types, species, sources, and prices of timber products harvested throughout the Nation. Logging Operations Questionnaire: This questionnaire is used by Forest Service or State natural resource agency personnel to collect and evaluate information from logging operations, to help characterize the logging industry and its response to outside influences. The information will be used to measure the health of the logging industry as well as to provide background information for decision-making. Pulpwood received questionnaire Estimate of Annual Burden Hours ........................................ Type of Respondents ............................................................ Estimated Annual Average Number of Respondents ........... Estimated Annual Average Number of Responses per Respondent. VerDate Sep<11>2014 20:09 Jul 28, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Logs and other roundwood received questionnaire 35 minutes (0.58) ................. Primary users of industrial pulpwood. 183 ........................................ 1 ............................................ 38 minutes (0.64) ................. Primary users of industrial roundwood products. 1,788 ..................................... 1 ............................................ Frm 00003 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\29JYN1.SGM 29JYN1 Logging operations questionnaire 12 minutes (0.2). Loggers. 435. 1. 49925 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 146 / Friday, July 29, 2016 / Notices Pulpwood received questionnaire Estimated Total Annual Average Burden Hours on Respondents. 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 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. Carlos Rodriguez Franco, Acting Associate Deputy Chief, Research & Development. [FR Doc. 2016–17862 Filed 7–28–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3411–15–P DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Forest Service Ontonagon Resource Advisory Committee Forest Service, USDA. Notice of meeting. AGENCY: ACTION: The Ontonagon Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet in Ewen, Michigan. The Committee is meeting as authorized under the Secure Rural Schools and Community SelfDetermination 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 the Title II of the Act. RAC information can be found at the following Web site: https:// cloudapps-usda-gov.force.com/FSSRS/ RAC_Page?id=001t0000002JcvqAAC. asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 20:09 Jul 28, 2016 Jkt 238001 Logs and other roundwood received questionnaire 106 hours .............................. 1,144 hours ........................... The meeting will be held on August 30, 2016, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. All RAC meetings are subject to cancellation. For status of meeting prior to attendance, please contact the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Ewen-Trout Creek School, 14312 Airport Road, Ewen, Michigan. 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 Ottawa National Forest Supervisor’s Office. Please call ahead to facilitate entry into the building. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa Klaus, RAC Coordinator, by phone at 906–932–1330 ext. 328 or via email at lklaus@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 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, Monday through Friday. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the meeting is to: 1. Identify new RAC committee members, 2. Review and approve the RAC’s operating guidelines, 3. Elect a new chairperson, and 4. Review and recommend projects for Title II funding. The meeting is open to the public. The agenda will include time for people to make oral statements of three minutes or less. Individuals wishing to make an oral statement should request in writing by August 16, 2016, to be scheduled on the agenda. Anyone who would like to bring related matters to the attention of the committee may file written statements with the committee staff before or after the meeting. Written comments and requests for time for oral comments must be sent to Attention: Lisa Klaus, RAC Coordinator, Ottawa National Forest Supervisor’s Office, E6248 US Hwy. 2, Ironwood, Michigan 49938; by email to lklaus@fs.fed.us, or via facsimile to 906–932–0122. Meeting Accommodations: If you are a person requiring reasonable DATES: PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Logging operations questionnaire 87 hours. accommodation, please make requests in advance for sign language interpreting, assistive listening devices, or other reasonable accommodation. For access to the facility or proceedings, please contact the person listed in the section titled FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. All reasonable accommodation requests are managed on a case by case basis. Dated: July 20, 2016. Linda L. Jackson, Forest Supervisor. [FR Doc. 2016–17966 Filed 7–28–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3411–15–P DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Forest Service Assessment Report of Ecological, Social and Economic Conditions, Trends and Sustainability for the Manti-La Sal National Forest Forest Service, USDA. Notice of initiating the Assessment phase of the Forest Plan revision for the Manti-La Sal National Forest. AGENCY: ACTION: The Manti-La Sal National Forest (Forest), located in central and southeastern Utah and southwestern Colorado, is initiating the first phase of the Forest Planning process pursuant to the 2012 National Forest System Land Management Planning rule (36 CFR part 219). This process will result in a revised forest land management plan (Forest Plan) which provides strategic direction for management of resources on the Manti-La Sal National Forest for the next fifteen years. The first phase of the planning process involves assessing ecological, social and economic conditions and trends in the planning area and documenting the findings in an Assessment report. The Assessment phase is just beginning on the Manti-La Sal National Forest and interested parties are invited to contribute to the development of the Assessment. The Forest will be hosting public meetings to explain the revision process and invite the public to share information relevant to the Assessment. At the public meetings the Forest will seek sources of existing information and local knowledge of current conditions and trends in the natural resources, SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\29JYN1.SGM 29JYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 146 (Friday, July 29, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49924-49925]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-17862]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Information Collection; Forest Industries and Logging Operations 
Data Collection Systems

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 renewal of a currently approved information 
collection, Forest Industries and Residential Fuelwood and Post Data 
Collection Systems with a revision adding a Logging Operations Data 
Collection System.

DATES: Comments must be received in writing on or before September 27, 
2016 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: 
USDA, Forest Service, Attn: Consuelo Brandeis, Southern Research 
Station, Forest Inventory and Analysis, 4700 Old Kingston Pike, 
Knoxville, TN 37919.
    Comments also may be submitted via facsimile to 865-862-0262 or by 
email to: cbrandeis@fs.fed.us.
    The public may inspect comments received at the Southern Research 
Station, 4700 Old Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN during normal business 
hours. Visitors are encouraged to call ahead to 865-862-2000 to 
facilitate entry to the building.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Consuelo Brandeis, Southern Research 
Station, at 865-862-2028. Individuals who use telecommunication devices 
for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-
877-8339 twenty-four hours a day, every day of the year, including 
holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Forest Industries and Logging Operations Data Collection 
Systems.
    OMB Number: 0596-0010.
    Expiration Date of Approval: September 30, 2016.
    Type of Request: Extension with Revision.
    Abstract: The Forest and Range Renewable Resources Planning Act of 
1974 and the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act of 
1978 require the Forest Service to evaluate trends in the use of logs 
and wood chips, to forecast anticipated levels of logs and wood chips, 
and to analyze changes in the harvest of these resources from the 
Nation's forest resource. To collect this information, Forest Service 
or State natural resource agency personnel use three questionnaires, 
two of which are collected by personal mill visits or phone calls, or 
which respondents return in self-addressed, postage pre-paid envelopes, 
or by email. The logging operations questionnaire will be delivered in 
person by field personnel collecting tree utilization data at sampled 
logging sites.
    Pulpwood Received Questionnaire: Forest Service personnel use this 
questionnaire to collect and evaluate information from pulp and 
composite panel mills in order to monitor the volume, types, species, 
sources, and prices of timber products harvested throughout the Nation. 
The data collected will be used to provide essential information about 
the current use of the Nation's timber resources for pulpwood 
industrial products and is not available from other sources.
    Logs and Other Roundwood Received Questionnaire: This questionnaire 
is used by Forest Service or State natural resource agency personnel to 
collect and evaluate information from the other, non-pulp or composite 
panel, primary wood-using mills, including small, part-time mills, as 
well as large corporate entities. Primary wood-using mills are 
facilities that use harvested wood in log or chip form, such as 
sawlogs, veneer logs, posts, and poles, to manufacture a secondary 
product, such as lumber or veneer. Forest Service personnel evaluate 
the information collected and use it to monitor the volume types, 
species, sources, and prices of timber products harvested throughout 
the Nation.
    Logging Operations Questionnaire: This questionnaire is used by 
Forest Service or State natural resource agency personnel to collect 
and evaluate information from logging operations, to help characterize 
the logging industry and its response to outside influences. The 
information will be used to measure the health of the logging industry 
as well as to provide background information for decision-making.

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                                                               Logs and other
                                      Pulpwood received      roundwood received         Logging operations
                                        questionnaire          questionnaire               questionnaire
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Estimate of Annual Burden Hours...  35 minutes (0.58)....  38 minutes (0.64)....  12 minutes (0.2).
Type of Respondents...............  Primary users of       Primary users of       Loggers.
                                     industrial pulpwood.   industrial roundwood
                                                            products.
Estimated Annual Average Number of  183..................  1,788................  435.
 Respondents.
Estimated Annual Average Number of  1....................  1....................  1.
 Responses per Respondent.

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Estimated Total Annual Average      106 hours............  1,144 hours..........  87 hours.
 Burden Hours on 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 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.

Carlos Rodriguez Franco,
Acting Associate Deputy Chief, Research & Development.
[FR Doc. 2016-17862 Filed 7-28-16; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3411-15-P
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