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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Information Collection; Cooperative
Wildland Fire Management and
Stafford Act Response Agreements
Forest Service USDA, Bureau
of Land Management DOI, Fish and
Wildlife Service DOI, National Park
Service DOI, and Bureau of Indian
Affairs DOI.
ACTION: Notice and request for comment.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Forest Service is seeking comments
from all interested individuals and
organizations on the new information
collection, Cooperative Wildland Fire
Management and Stafford Act Response
Agreements.
DATES: Comments must be received in
writing on or before October 4, 2016 to
be assured of consideration. Comments
received after that date will be
considered to the extent practicable.
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Comments concerning this
notice should be addressed to Tim
Melchert, Cooperative Fire Specialist,
USDA Forest Service, 1400
Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20250.
Comments also may be submitted via
facsimile to 208–387–5398 or by email
to: CoopFire_Agreements@fs.fed.us.
The public may inspect comments
received at Forest Service, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, 1400
Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20250 during normal
business hours. Visitors are encouraged
to call ahead to 202–205–1637 to
facilitate entry to the building.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tim
Melchert, Cooperative Fire Specialist, at
USDA Forest Service, 208–387–5887.
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: In
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, Forest Service
will submit a request for a new
information collection to Office of
Management and Budget.
Title: Cooperative Wildland Fire
Management and Stafford Act Response
Agreements.
OMB Number: 0596—NEW.
Type of Request: New.
Abstract: To allow the performance of
specific activities in cooperation with
Federal, State, local, and Tribal
governments, Congress enacted
authorities allowing the U.S.
Department of Agriculture (USDA) and
U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) to
enter into cooperative agreements with
fire organizations to improve efficiency
by facilitating the coordination and
exchange of personnel, equipment,
supplies, services, and funds among the
parties in sustaining wildland fire
management activities, such as
prevention, preparedness,
communication and education, fuels
treatment and hazard mitigation, fire
planning, response strategies, tactics
and alternatives, suppression, and postfire rehabilitation and restoration. In
addition, agreements allow for the
parties to respond to presidentially
declared emergencies or disasters. The
primary authorities allowing for the
agreements are the Reciprocal Fire
Protection Act, 42 U.S.C. 1856, and the
Stafford Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121. The
proposed Cooperative Wildland Fire
Management and Stafford Act Response
Agreement template will allow
authorized agencies to streamline
ADDRESSES:
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coordination with other Federal, State,
local, and Tribal governments in
wildland fire protection activities, and
to document in an agreement the roles
and responsibilities among the parties,
ensuring maximum protection of
resources.
To negotiate, develop, and administer
Cooperative Wildland Fire Management
and Stafford Act Response Agreements,
the USDA Forest Service, DOI Bureau of
Land Management, DOI Fish and
Wildlife Service, DOI National Park
Service, and DOI Bureau of Indian
Affairs DOI must collect information
from willing State, local, and Tribal
governments from the pre-agreement to
the closeout stage via telephone calls,
emails, postal mail, and person-toperson meetings. There are multiple
means for cooperators to communicate
responses, which include forms,
optional forms, templates, electronic
documents, in person, telephone, and
email. The scope of information
collected includes the project type,
project scope, financial plan, statement
of work, and cooperator’s business
information. Without the collected
information, authorized Federal
agencies would not be able to negotiate,
create, develop, and administer
cooperative agreements with
cooperators for to wildland fire
protection, approved severity activities,
and presidentially declared emergencies
or disasters. Authorized Federal
agencies would be unable to develop or
monitor projects, make payments, or
identify financial and accounting errors.
The regulations governing Federal
financial assistance relationships are not
applicable to agreement templates under
this information collection request. The
regulations in 2 CFR 200 set forth the
general rules that are applicable to all
grants and cooperative agreements made
by the USDA and DOI. Because the
Federal Government’s use of
Cooperative Wildland Fire Management
and Stafford Act Response Agreements
entered into under cited Federal statutes
are not financial assistance for the
benefit of the recipient but instead are
entered into for the mutual benefit of
the Federal government and the nonFederal cooperators, the assistance
regulations in 2 CFR 200, as adopted
and supplemented by the USDA and
DOI, are not applicable to such
agreements.
This is a new information collection
request. The Cooperative Wildland Fire
Management and Stafford Act Response
Agreement template can be viewed at
www.fs.fed.us/managing-land/fire/
master-agreement-template.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 4 to 24
hours annually per respondent.
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Type of Respondents: State, local, and
Tribal governments.
Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 320.
Estimated Annual Number of
Responses per Respondent: 1 to 4.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 47,040 hours.
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.
Dated: August 1, 2016.
James E. Hubbard,
Deputy Chief State and Private Forestry.
[FR Doc. 2016–18685 Filed 8–4–16; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Siskiyou County Resource Advisory
Committee
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Siskiyou County
Resource Advisory Committee (RAC)
will meet in Yreka, California. 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. RAC information can be found
at the following Web site: https://
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DATES: The meeting will be held
September 6, 2016, at 5:00 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.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Klamath National Forest (NF)
Supervisor’s Office, Conference Room,
1711 South Main Street, Yreka,
California.
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 Klamath NF
Supervior’s Office. Please call ahead to
facilitate entry into the building.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Natalie Stovall, RAC Coordinator, by
phone at 530–841–4411 or via email at
nstovall@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. Approve prior meeting notes,
2. Update on ongoing projects,
3. Public comment period,
4. Review meeting schedule,
5. Proposal reviews, and
6. Vote on proposals.
The meeting is open to the public.
The agenda will include time for people
to make oral statements of three minutes
or less. 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 may be
sent to Natalie Stovall, RAC
Coordinator, 1711 S. Main Street, Yreka,
California 96097; by email to nstovall@
fs.fed.us or via facsimile to 530–841–
4571.
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.
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Dated: July 29, 2016.
Christine Frisbee,
Acting Forest Supervisor.
[FR Doc. 2016–18608 Filed 8–4–16; 8:45 am]
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Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting
of the South Dakota Advisory
Committee
Commission on Civil Rights.
Announcement of meeting.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice is hereby given,
pursuant to the provisions of the rules
and regulations of the U.S. Commission
on Civil Rights (Commission), and the
Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA), that a briefing meeting of the
South Dakota Advisory Committee to
the Commission will convene at 1:00
p.m. (CDT) on Thursday, August 25,
2016, in the Community Room on the
1st Floor of the Aberdeen Public Safety
Building, 114 2nd Avenue SE.,
Aberdeen, SD 57401.
The purpose of the briefing meeting is
to examine the subtle effects of racism
in South Dakota. The briefing topics
will include the value of the use of
body-worn cameras in law enforcement,
and minority policing that impacts
Native Americans and immigrant
communities. The South Dakota
Advisory Committee will hear from law
enforcement, tribal officials, advocacy
groups, community organizations,
representatives of local, state, and
Federal agencies, and the public.
If other persons who plan to attend
the meeting require other
accommodations, please contact Evelyn
Bohor at ebohor@usccr.gov at the Rocky
Mountain Regional Office at least ten
(10) working days before the scheduled
date of the meeting.
Time will be set aside at the end of
the briefing so that members of the
public may address the Committee after
the formal presentations have been
completed. Persons interested in the
issue are also invited to submit written
comments; the comments must be
received in the regional office by
Monday, September 26. Written
comments may be mailed to the Rocky
Mountain Regional Office, U.S.
Commission on Civil Rights, 1961 Stout
Street, Suite 13–201, Denver, CO 80294,
faxed to (303) 866–1050, or emailed to
Evelyn Bohor at ebohor@usccr.gov.
Persons who desire additional
information may contact the Rocky
Mountain Regional Office at (303) 866–
1040.
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Information Collection; Cooperative Wildland Fire Management and
Stafford Act Response Agreements
AGENCY: Forest Service USDA, Bureau of Land Management DOI, Fish and
Wildlife Service DOI, National Park Service DOI, and Bureau of Indian
Affairs DOI.
ACTION: Notice and 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 new information collection, Cooperative Wildland
Fire Management and Stafford Act Response Agreements.
DATES: Comments must be received in writing on or before October 4,
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 Tim
Melchert, Cooperative Fire Specialist, USDA Forest Service, 1400
Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250.
Comments also may be submitted via facsimile to 208-387-5398 or by
email to: CoopFire_Agreements@fs.fed.us.
The public may inspect comments received at Forest Service, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC
20250 during normal business hours. Visitors are encouraged to call
ahead to 202-205-1637 to facilitate entry to the building.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tim Melchert, Cooperative Fire
Specialist, at USDA Forest Service, 208-387-5887.
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: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, Forest Service will submit a request for a new information
collection to Office of Management and Budget.
Title: Cooperative Wildland Fire Management and Stafford Act
Response Agreements.
OMB Number: 0596--NEW.
Type of Request: New.
Abstract: To allow the performance of specific activities in
cooperation with Federal, State, local, and Tribal governments,
Congress enacted authorities allowing the U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA) and U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) to enter
into cooperative agreements with fire organizations to improve
efficiency by facilitating the coordination and exchange of personnel,
equipment, supplies, services, and funds among the parties in
sustaining wildland fire management activities, such as prevention,
preparedness, communication and education, fuels treatment and hazard
mitigation, fire planning, response strategies, tactics and
alternatives, suppression, and post-fire rehabilitation and
restoration. In addition, agreements allow for the parties to respond
to presidentially declared emergencies or disasters. The primary
authorities allowing for the agreements are the Reciprocal Fire
Protection Act, 42 U.S.C. 1856, and the Stafford Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121.
The proposed Cooperative Wildland Fire Management and Stafford Act
Response Agreement template will allow authorized agencies to
streamline coordination with other Federal, State, local, and Tribal
governments in wildland fire protection activities, and to document in
an agreement the roles and responsibilities among the parties, ensuring
maximum protection of resources.
To negotiate, develop, and administer Cooperative Wildland Fire
Management and Stafford Act Response Agreements, the USDA Forest
Service, DOI Bureau of Land Management, DOI Fish and Wildlife Service,
DOI National Park Service, and DOI Bureau of Indian Affairs DOI must
collect information from willing State, local, and Tribal governments
from the pre-agreement to the closeout stage via telephone calls,
emails, postal mail, and person-to-person meetings. There are multiple
means for cooperators to communicate responses, which include forms,
optional forms, templates, electronic documents, in person, telephone,
and email. The scope of information collected includes the project
type, project scope, financial plan, statement of work, and
cooperator's business information. Without the collected information,
authorized Federal agencies would not be able to negotiate, create,
develop, and administer cooperative agreements with cooperators for to
wildland fire protection, approved severity activities, and
presidentially declared emergencies or disasters. Authorized Federal
agencies would be unable to develop or monitor projects, make payments,
or identify financial and accounting errors.
The regulations governing Federal financial assistance
relationships are not applicable to agreement templates under this
information collection request. The regulations in 2 CFR 200 set forth
the general rules that are applicable to all grants and cooperative
agreements made by the USDA and DOI. Because the Federal Government's
use of Cooperative Wildland Fire Management and Stafford Act Response
Agreements entered into under cited Federal statutes are not financial
assistance for the benefit of the recipient but instead are entered
into for the mutual benefit of the Federal government and the non-
Federal cooperators, the assistance regulations in 2 CFR 200, as
adopted and supplemented by the USDA and DOI, are not applicable to
such agreements.
This is a new information collection request. The Cooperative
Wildland Fire Management and Stafford Act Response Agreement template
can be viewed at www.fs.fed.us/managing-land/fire/master-agreement-
template.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 4 to 24 hours annually per respondent.
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Type of Respondents: State, local, and Tribal governments.
Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 320.
Estimated Annual Number of Responses per Respondent: 1 to 4.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 47,040 hours.
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.
Dated: August 1, 2016.
James E. Hubbard,
Deputy Chief State and Private Forestry.
[FR Doc. 2016-18685 Filed 8-4-16; 8:45 am]
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