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B. Annual Reporting Burden
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Affected Public: Collections will be
targeted to the solicitation of opinions
from respondents who have experience
with the program or may have
experience with the program in the near
future. For the purposes of this request,
‘‘customers’’ are individuals,
businesses, and organizations that
interact with a Federal Government
agency or program, either directly or via
a Federal contractor. This could include
individuals or households; businesses
or other for-profit organizations; not-forprofit institutions; State, local or tribal
governments; Federal government; and
Universities.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
2,001,550.
Estimated Time per Response: Varied,
dependent upon the data collection
method used. The possible response
time to complete a questionnaire or
survey may be 3 minutes or up to 1.5
hours to participate in an interview.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 101,125.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0.
Office of the Secretary
C. Public Comments
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USAID invites comments on: (a)
Whether the proposed 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 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 will 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: October 20, 2020.
Aubra Anthony,
Strategy & Research Lead, Center for Digital
Development, USAID Global Development
Lab.
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Public Availability of FY 2018 Service
Contract Inventory
Department of Agriculture,
Office of the Secretary.
ACTION: Notice of public availability of
FY 2018 Service Contract Inventories.
AGENCY:
In accordance with Section
743, Division C of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act of 2010, the
Department of Agriculture is publishing
this notice to advise the public of access
to the FY 2018 Service Contract
Inventory.
SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Contact Crandall Watson, Office of
Contracting & Procurement, at (202)
720–7529, or Crandall.Watson@
usda.gov with questions, comments, or
additional information request. Please
cite 2018 Service Contract Inventory in
all correspondence.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
inventory provides information on FY
2018 Service Contract actions with a
dollar value above $150,000. The
information is organized by function to
show how contracted resources are
distributed throughout the agency. The
inventory was developed in accordance
with guidance issued on September 7,
2018, by the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB), Office of Federal
Procurement Policy (OFPP). The
Department of Agriculture has posted its
inventory at the Office of Contracting
and Procurement homepage. The 2018
inventory is accessible at the following
link: https://www.dm.usda.gov/
procurement/actdetails.htm.
Stephen L. Censky,
Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Information Collection: Interagency
Generic Clearance for Federal Land
Management Agencies Collaborative
Visitor Feedback Surveys on
Recreation and Transportation Related
Programs and Systems
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice; request for comment.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Forest Service is seeking comments
from all interested individuals and
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entities on the renewal of a currently
approved information collection,
Generic Clearance for Recreation and
Transportation.
Comments must be received in
writing by December 28, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to USDA
Forest Service, National Forest System,
Pacific-Northwest Office, Attention: Eric
M. White, Social Science and
Economics Lead (Acting), Ecosystem
Management System, 1220 SW 3rd
Avenue, Suite 310, Portland, OR 97204.
Comments also may be submitted via
email to eric.m.white@usda.gov. All
comments, including names and
addresses when provided, will be
placed in the record and will be
available for public inspection and
copying. The public may review
comments at: https://
www.regulations.gov.
The public may inspect comments
received at USDA Forest Service, Pacific
North West-Portland Office during
normal business hours. Visitors are
encouraged to call ahead to facilitate
entry to the building at (503) 808–2468.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric
M. White, Social Science and
Economics Lead (Acting), Ecosystem
Management System, National Forest
Systems by telephone at (360) 999–0580
or by email at eric.m.white@usda.gov.
Individuals who use
telecommunication devices for the deaf
may call the Federal Relay Service at
800–877–8339 between 8 a.m. and 8
p.m. eastern time, Monday through
Friday.
DATES:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Interagency Generic Clearance
for Federal Land Management Agencies
Collaborative Visitor Feedback Surveys
on Recreation and Transportation
Related Programs and Systems.
OMB Number: 0596–0236.
Expiration Date of Approval:
November 30, 2020.
Type of Request: Renewal with
Revisions.
Type of Respondents: Individuals,
businesses, and non-federal
governmental entities.
Abstract: Federal Land Management
Agencies (FLMAs) need to acquire
visitor and user feedback about site- or
area-specific services, facilities, road
and/or travel systems, needs, programs,
demographics, management of FLMA
lands, and/or other quantitative
information on FLMA lands in crossjurisdictional landscapes. FLMAs
include, but are not limited, to: USDA
Forest Service; National Park Service;
Bureau of Land Management; U.S. Fish
& Wildlife Service; U.S. Geological
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Survey; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers;
Presidio Trust; and Bureau of
Reclamation.
This direct feedback is vital to
establish or revise goals and objectives
for FLMA recreation-related
transportation system programs, inform
land management plans, and facilitate
interagency coordination across
multijurisdictional landscapes. As a
result of using this feedback, FLMAs are
better able to meet the needs of the
public and more effectively utilize the
resources under FLMA management.
The benefits of an FLMA interagency
generic information collection (IC)
include significant public and agency
time and cost savings. If multiple
FLMAs in an area work jointly on one
visitor feedback information collection
under a generic clearance from OMB,
there would be significant savings in
government time and costs related to
survey development, administration,
and data processing. The public burden
would be diminished as the public
would only need to respond to one,
jointly-sponsored, survey.
There are several authorities that
obligate participating FLMAs to solicit
public input to improve public lands
management to better serve the public,
including:
1. Forest Service Administration
Organic Act of 1897 (16 U.S.C. 473–478,
479–482, and 551) as amended by the
Transfer Act of 1905 (16 U.S.C. 472,
524, 554);
2. National Forest Management Act of
1976 (Pub. L. 94–588, 2(3), 6(d)), as
amended;
3. Government Performance and
Results Act of 1993 (Pub. L. 103–62) as
amended;
4. National Park Services Act of 1916;
5. National Wildlife Refuge System
Administration Act of 1966;
6. National Wildlife Refuge System
Centennial Act (Pub. L. 106–408);
7. The Federal Land Policy and
Management Act (FLPMA) of 1976; and
8. National Environmental Policy Act
of 1969.
Respondents include visitors and
potential visitors to FLMA units and
residents of communities in or near
FLMA units. Additionally, respondents
may include state or local agency/
organization staff who are involved with
public lands management, as well as
businesses near FLMA lands. Because
many of the FLMA information
collections may be similar in terms of
the populations being surveyed, types of
questions addressed, research
methodologies, and data applications,
the Forest Service is requesting renewal
of this generic Interagency IC clearance
from OMB to obtain quantitative and
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qualitative visitor and user feedback
through surveys, focus groups, and/or
interviews.
Information collection could occur at
one location, several locations, across
FLMA units, across regions, across the
nation, and could be multijurisdictional at any of these levels.
Information collection activities could
occur once, could occur as iterative
collections over a short time period, or
could occur over long periods of time at
some periodic, planned time interval.
Individual, agency/organization, or
business feedback could be collected
through facilitated focus groups,
surveys, individual interviews
(qualitative or quantitative), and
comment cards with information
electronically-recorded or hand-written,
via telephone, via mail-back survey, or
via electronic means (e.g., QR codes on
Smartphones or via social media
engagement). Potential participants
would be contacted at pertinent sites,
including FLMA access points.
Information could be gathered pre- or
post-visit.
In general, questions will relate to the
recreation experience at one or more
specific locations (e.g., one or more
FLMA’s lands) and could address one or
more of the following key categories:
1. Mobility and access (for example,
different transportation modes used to
access sites;
2. Satisfaction with transportation
related services and facilities; use and
satisfaction with traveler information;
reasons for non-visitation);
3. Resource management (for
example, support for different
management approaches);
4. Safety (for example, safety-related
incidents that occurred);
5. Environment (for example, visitor
priorities with respect to natural and
cultural resources; perceptions related
to sound);
6. Economic development (for
example, amount of money visitors
spend within the area);
7. Trip characteristics (for example,
length of trip, trip purpose, activities,
and destinations); and
8. Visitor/user demographics (for
example, home city and state, age group,
gender, race, and number of people/
vehicles in party).
Should any personally identifiable
information (PII) be collected, to ensure
anonymity, PII will not be stored with
contact information at any time, and
contact information will be redacted
from researcher’s files once data
collections are completed.
Participation will be strictly
voluntary. The information could be
collected and analyzed by FLMA
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personnel, private contractors, other
government agency partners, or
universities or other educational
institutions conducting the information
collection on behalf of the FLMAs. All
results will be aggregated so specific
responses cannot be connected to
specific respondents. The data collected
would provide managers with
statistically reliable visitor data
necessary to help FLMA units provide
their customers with better service and
coordinate more effectively across
jurisdictions. More specifically, the
collected information can better inform
strategic planning; allocations of
physical, fiscal, or human resources;
modification or refinement of various
program management goals and
objectives or management plan
revisions; and future planning efforts
focused on developing more effective
and efficient delivery of program
services, whether on one or several
unit(s) or at an interagency, crossjurisdictional scope. This information
may also help FLMAs respond to
queries from the general public and
organizations including Congressional
staffs, newspapers, magazines, and
transportation or recreational trade
organizations.
Without these joint, coordinated
information collections, the FLMAs will
lack the information necessary to
identify and implement feasible and
publicly accepted transportation,
facility, and service improvements that
protect public land resources and
enhance visitor experience. These joint
information collections will become
more important as demand for access to
FLMA recreation sites and opportunities
continues to grow. Information from
these collections will improve
management of FLMA resources and
visitor experiences while helping the
FLMAs meet their various resource,
recreation, and transportation
management mandates.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average 0.25 hours for
surveys, 1.5 hours for focus groups, 1
hour for interviews, and 0.05 hours for
comment cards.
Respondents: Respondents would
include visitors and potential visitors to
FLMA units or subunits, and residents
of communities in or near FLMA units.
Additionally, respondents may include
state or local agency/organization staff
who are involved with public lands, as
well as, businesses near FLMA lands.
Affected Public: Individuals and
Households, Businesses and Non-Profit
Organizations, and/or State, Local or
Tribal Government.
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Estimated Number of Respondents:
The estimated total number of
respondents and non-respondent
contacts over three years is 139,875.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent and non-respondent
contact: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Burden over
three years on Respondents and nonrespondent contacts: 16,830 hours.
Comments are invited on: (1) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed 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 those who are to respond, including
the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for OMB approval. All comments will
become a matter of public record.
Christopher B. French,
Deputy Chief, National Forest System.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
Information Collection Activity;
Comment Request
Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
United States Department of
Agriculture’s Rural Utilities Service
(RUS), invites comments on this
information collection for which the
Agency intends to request approval
from the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB).
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by December 28, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kimble Brown, Management Analyst,
Innovation Center, USDA Rural
Development, 1400 Independence
Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250–
1522. Telephone: (202) 720–6780,
Email: kimble.brown@usda.gov.
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The OMB
regulation (5 CFR 1320) implementing
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13) requires
that interested members of the public
and affected agencies have an
opportunity to comment on information
collection and recordkeeping activities
(see 5 CFR 1320.8(d)). This notice
identifies an existing information
collection that the Agency is submitting
to OMB for extension. 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 will have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
Agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (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 those who are to respond, including
the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments may be sent through the
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and, in the
‘‘Search’’ box, enter the Docket ID No
‘‘RUS–20–ELECTRIC–0041’’ to submit
or view public comments and to view
supporting and related materials
available electronically. Information on
using Regulations.gov, including
instructions for accessing documents,
submitting comments, and viewing the
docket after the close of the comment
period, is available through the site’s
‘‘Help’’ button at the top of the page.
Title: Accounting Requirements for
Electric and Telecommunications
Borrowers.
OMB Control Number: 0572–0003.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: The Rural Utilities Service
is a credit agency of the USDA which
makes direct and guaranteed loans to
finance electric and telecommunications
facilities in rural areas. Accounting
requirements that are unique to RUS
borrowers are contained in 7 CFR parts
1767 and 1770 which establish basic
accounting requirements for the
recording of financial information that
must be available to the management,
investors, and lenders of any business
enterprise. This collection is primarily a
record keeping requirement, although
the Agency is requiring borrowers to
establish an index of records. The hours
of burden to maintain this index are
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directly related to the portions of the
accounting system that are unique to the
Agency. There are many important
financial considerations for retention
and preservation of accounting records.
One of the most important
considerations to RUS is that
documentation be available so that the
borrower’s records may be audited for
proper disbursements of funds.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average 2 hours per
response.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit, Not-for-profit institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents
and Recordkeepers: 1,000.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 1.
Estimated Number of Hours per
Recordkeeper: 24 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 2,000 Hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Recordkeepers: 25,000 hours.
Copies of this information collection
can be obtained from Kimble Brown,
Management Analyst, Innovation
Center, Regulations Management
Division, at (202) 720–6780; All
responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for OMB approval. All comments will
also become a matter of public record.
Chad Rupe,
Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.
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RIN 0605–XD012
Industry Day for Space Policy
Directive-3: Open Architecture Data
Repository; Meeting
Office of Space Commerce,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of a meeting.
AGENCY:
The Office of Space
Commerce (OSC) in the U.S.
Department of Commerce announces an
event to solicit input from the
commercial space industry and the
related information technology sector
regarding the design, development,
operation and governance for Space
Policy Directive-3 (SPD–3): National
Space Traffic Management Policy’s
Open Architecture Data Repository
(OADR) requirement. The OADR will
assist with managing the integrity of the
space operating environment by
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Information Collection: Interagency Generic Clearance for Federal
Land Management Agencies Collaborative Visitor Feedback Surveys on
Recreation and Transportation Related Programs and 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
entities on the renewal of a currently approved information collection,
Generic Clearance for Recreation and Transportation.
DATES: Comments must be received in writing by December 28, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to USDA Forest Service, National Forest
System, Pacific-Northwest Office, Attention: Eric M. White, Social
Science and Economics Lead (Acting), Ecosystem Management System, 1220
SW 3rd Avenue, Suite 310, Portland, OR 97204. Comments also may be
submitted via email to [email protected]. All comments, including
names and addresses when provided, will be placed in the record and
will be available for public inspection and copying. The public may
review comments at: https://www.regulations.gov.
The public may inspect comments received at USDA Forest Service,
Pacific North West-Portland Office during normal business hours.
Visitors are encouraged to call ahead to facilitate entry to the
building at (503) 808-2468.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric M. White, Social Science and
Economics Lead (Acting), Ecosystem Management System, National Forest
Systems by telephone at (360) 999-0580 or by email at
[email protected].
Individuals who use telecommunication devices for the deaf may call
the Federal Relay Service at 800-877-8339 between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.
eastern time, Monday through Friday.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Interagency Generic Clearance for Federal Land Management
Agencies Collaborative Visitor Feedback Surveys on Recreation and
Transportation Related Programs and Systems.
OMB Number: 0596-0236.
Expiration Date of Approval: November 30, 2020.
Type of Request: Renewal with Revisions.
Type of Respondents: Individuals, businesses, and non-federal
governmental entities.
Abstract: Federal Land Management Agencies (FLMAs) need to acquire
visitor and user feedback about site- or area-specific services,
facilities, road and/or travel systems, needs, programs, demographics,
management of FLMA lands, and/or other quantitative information on FLMA
lands in cross-jurisdictional landscapes. FLMAs include, but are not
limited, to: USDA Forest Service; National Park Service; Bureau of Land
Management; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service; U.S. Geological
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Survey; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Presidio Trust; and Bureau of
Reclamation.
This direct feedback is vital to establish or revise goals and
objectives for FLMA recreation-related transportation system programs,
inform land management plans, and facilitate interagency coordination
across multijurisdictional landscapes. As a result of using this
feedback, FLMAs are better able to meet the needs of the public and
more effectively utilize the resources under FLMA management.
The benefits of an FLMA interagency generic information collection
(IC) include significant public and agency time and cost savings. If
multiple FLMAs in an area work jointly on one visitor feedback
information collection under a generic clearance from OMB, there would
be significant savings in government time and costs related to survey
development, administration, and data processing. The public burden
would be diminished as the public would only need to respond to one,
jointly-sponsored, survey.
There are several authorities that obligate participating FLMAs to
solicit public input to improve public lands management to better serve
the public, including:
1. Forest Service Administration Organic Act of 1897 (16 U.S.C.
473-478, 479-482, and 551) as amended by the Transfer Act of 1905 (16
U.S.C. 472, 524, 554);
2. National Forest Management Act of 1976 (Pub. L. 94-588, 2(3),
6(d)), as amended;
3. Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (Pub. L. 103-62)
as amended;
4. National Park Services Act of 1916;
5. National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966;
6. National Wildlife Refuge System Centennial Act (Pub. L. 106-
408);
7. The Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) of 1976; and
8. National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.
Respondents include visitors and potential visitors to FLMA units
and residents of communities in or near FLMA units. Additionally,
respondents may include state or local agency/organization staff who
are involved with public lands management, as well as businesses near
FLMA lands. Because many of the FLMA information collections may be
similar in terms of the populations being surveyed, types of questions
addressed, research methodologies, and data applications, the Forest
Service is requesting renewal of this generic Interagency IC clearance
from OMB to obtain quantitative and qualitative visitor and user
feedback through surveys, focus groups, and/or interviews.
Information collection could occur at one location, several
locations, across FLMA units, across regions, across the nation, and
could be multi-jurisdictional at any of these levels. Information
collection activities could occur once, could occur as iterative
collections over a short time period, or could occur over long periods
of time at some periodic, planned time interval. Individual, agency/
organization, or business feedback could be collected through
facilitated focus groups, surveys, individual interviews (qualitative
or quantitative), and comment cards with information electronically-
recorded or hand-written, via telephone, via mail-back survey, or via
electronic means (e.g., QR codes on Smartphones or via social media
engagement). Potential participants would be contacted at pertinent
sites, including FLMA access points. Information could be gathered pre-
or post-visit.
In general, questions will relate to the recreation experience at
one or more specific locations (e.g., one or more FLMA's lands) and
could address one or more of the following key categories:
1. Mobility and access (for example, different transportation modes
used to access sites;
2. Satisfaction with transportation related services and
facilities; use and satisfaction with traveler information; reasons for
non-visitation);
3. Resource management (for example, support for different
management approaches);
4. Safety (for example, safety-related incidents that occurred);
5. Environment (for example, visitor priorities with respect to
natural and cultural resources; perceptions related to sound);
6. Economic development (for example, amount of money visitors
spend within the area);
7. Trip characteristics (for example, length of trip, trip purpose,
activities, and destinations); and
8. Visitor/user demographics (for example, home city and state, age
group, gender, race, and number of people/vehicles in party).
Should any personally identifiable information (PII) be collected,
to ensure anonymity, PII will not be stored with contact information at
any time, and contact information will be redacted from researcher's
files once data collections are completed.
Participation will be strictly voluntary. The information could be
collected and analyzed by FLMA personnel, private contractors, other
government agency partners, or universities or other educational
institutions conducting the information collection on behalf of the
FLMAs. All results will be aggregated so specific responses cannot be
connected to specific respondents. The data collected would provide
managers with statistically reliable visitor data necessary to help
FLMA units provide their customers with better service and coordinate
more effectively across jurisdictions. More specifically, the collected
information can better inform strategic planning; allocations of
physical, fiscal, or human resources; modification or refinement of
various program management goals and objectives or management plan
revisions; and future planning efforts focused on developing more
effective and efficient delivery of program services, whether on one or
several unit(s) or at an interagency, cross-jurisdictional scope. This
information may also help FLMAs respond to queries from the general
public and organizations including Congressional staffs, newspapers,
magazines, and transportation or recreational trade organizations.
Without these joint, coordinated information collections, the FLMAs
will lack the information necessary to identify and implement feasible
and publicly accepted transportation, facility, and service
improvements that protect public land resources and enhance visitor
experience. These joint information collections will become more
important as demand for access to FLMA recreation sites and
opportunities continues to grow. Information from these collections
will improve management of FLMA resources and visitor experiences while
helping the FLMAs meet their various resource, recreation, and
transportation management mandates.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average 0.25 hours for surveys, 1.5 hours
for focus groups, 1 hour for interviews, and 0.05 hours for comment
cards.
Respondents: Respondents would include visitors and potential
visitors to FLMA units or subunits, and residents of communities in or
near FLMA units. Additionally, respondents may include state or local
agency/organization staff who are involved with public lands, as well
as, businesses near FLMA lands.
Affected Public: Individuals and Households, Businesses and Non-
Profit Organizations, and/or State, Local or Tribal Government.
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Estimated Number of Respondents: The estimated total number of
respondents and non-respondent contacts over three years is 139,875.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent and non-respondent
contact: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Burden over three years on Respondents and
non-respondent contacts: 16,830 hours.
Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information will have practical
utility; (2) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed 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 those who
are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms
of information technology.
All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the
request for OMB approval. All comments will become a matter of public
record.
Christopher B. French,
Deputy Chief, National Forest System.
[FR Doc. 2020-23758 Filed 10-26-20; 8:45 am]
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