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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
December 10, 2020.
The Department of Agriculture has
submitted the following information
collection requirement(s) to OMB for
review and clearance under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13. Comments are
requested regarding: 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; the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of burden including
the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; ways to enhance the
quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected; and ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to
respond, including through the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques and other forms of
information technology.
Comments regarding this information
collection received by January 14, 2021
will be considered. Written comments
and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be
submitted within 30 days of the
publication of this notice on the
following website www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain. Find this
particular information collection by
selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day
Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or
by using the search function.
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
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displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
Forest Service
Title: Bid for Advertised Timber.
OMB Control Number: 0596–0066.
Summary of Collection: This
information collection is necessary to
implement the various statutes,
regulations, and policies designed to
ensure that: (1) National Forest System
timber is sold at not less than appraised
value; (2) bidders meet specific criteria
when submitting a bid; and (3) anti-trust
violations do not occur during the
bidding process.
Individuals, large and small
businesses, and corporations wishing to
purchase timber or forest products from
national forests must enter into a timber
sale or forest product contract with the
Forest Service. Several statutes,
regulations, and policies impose
requirements on the Government and
purchasers involved in the bidding
process. The Uniform Commercial Code
(UCC), although not binding upon the
Federal Government, is a useful tool in
determining the rights and liabilities of
the contacting parties in the contract
formation process.
Need and Use of the Information:
Pursuant to the Forest Service Small
Business Timber Sale Set-Aside
Program, developed in cooperation with
the Small Business Administration,
Forest Service regulations at Title 36 of
the Code of Federal Regulations,
§ 223.84 require that the Forest Service
bid form used by potential timber sale
bidders include provisions for small
business concerns. The data collected
will be used by the agency to ensure
that National Forest System timber will
be sold at not less than appraised value,
that bidders will meet specific criteria
when submitting a bid, and that antitrust violations will not occur during
the bidding process.
The tax identification number of each
bidder is entered into an automated bid
monitoring system, which is used to
determine if speculative bidding or
unlawful bidding practices are
occurring and is required to process
electronic payments to the purchaser.
Respondents will be bidders on
National Forest System timber sales.
Forest Service sale officers will mail bid
forms to potential bidders, and bidders
will return the completed forms, dated
and signed, to the Forest Service sale
officer.
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Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit; Individuals or
households.
Number of Respondents: 1,089.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 68,258.
Title: Disposal of Mineral Materials.
OMB Control Number: 0596–0081.
Summary of Collection: The Forest
Service (FS) is responsible for
overseeing the management of National
Forest System land. The Multiple-Use
Mining Act of 1955 (30 U.S.C. 601, 603,
611–615) gives the FS specific authority
to manage the disposal of mineral
materials mined from National Forest
land. FS uses form FS–2800–9,
‘‘Contract for the Sale of Mineral
Materials’’ to collect detailed
information on the planned mining and
disposal operations as well as a contract
for the sale of mineral materials.
Need and Use of the Information: The
collected information enables the Forest
Service to document planned
operations, to prescribe the terms and
conditions the agency deems necessary
to protect surface resources, and to
affect a binding contract agreement.
Forest Service employees will evaluate
the collected information to ensure that
entities applying to mine mineral
materials are financially accountable
and will conduct their activities in
accordance with the mineral regulations
of Title 36, Code of Federal Regulations,
Part 228, Subpart C (36 CFR part 228).
If this information is not collected, the
Forest Service would be unable to
comply with Federal regulations to
mine mineral materials, and operations
could cause undue damage to surface
resources.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 2,617.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 6,543.
Title: National Visitor Use
Monitoring, and Customer and Use
Survey Techniques for Operations,
Management, Evaluation, and Research.
OMB Control Number: 0596–0110.
Summary of Collection: The
Government Performance and Results
Act of 1993 requires that Federal
agencies establish measurable goals and
monitor their success at meeting those
goals. Two of the items the Forest
Service must measure are: (1) The
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number of visits that occur on the
National Forest System lands for
recreation and other purposes, and (2)
the views and satisfaction levels of
recreational visitors to National Forest
System lands about the services,
facilities, and settings. The Agency
receives requests for this kind of
information from a variety of
organizations, including Congressional
staffs, newspapers, magazines, and
recreational trade organizations.
Need and Use of the Information: The
Customer and Use Survey Techniques
for Operations, Management, Evaluation
and Research (CUSTOMER) study
combines several different survey
approaches to gather data describing
visitors to and users of public recreation
lands, including their trip activities,
satisfaction levels, evaluations,
demographic profiles, trip
characteristics, spending, and annual
visitation patterns. FS will use face-toface interviewing for collecting
information on-site as well as English
and Spanish written survey instruments
to be mailed back by respondents. The
NVUM results and data are a source of
data and information in addressing
forest land management planning,
national strategic planning, service to
minorities, and identification of a
forest’s recreation niche. Conducting the
collection less frequently puts
information updates out of cycle with
forest planning and other data
preparations and reporting activities.
Description of Respondents:
Individuals or households.
Number of Respondents: 45,000.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting;
Quarterly; Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 6,386.
Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Bitterroot National Forest; Montana;
Gold Butterfly Project Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement
Forest Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a
supplemental environmental impact
statement.
The Bitterroot National
Forest, Stevensville Ranger District,
Montana, intends to prepare a
Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement (SEIS) for the Gold Butterfly
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The Draft SEIS is expected
February 2020 and the Final SEIS is
expected May 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Steve Brown, Stevensville District
Ranger, by telephone at (406) 777–7410,
or by email at steve.brown2@usda.gov.
ADDRESSES: Additional information
concerning this project may be obtained
at https://www.fs.usda.gov/project/
?project=51486.
Individuals who use
telecommunication devices for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Information
Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339
between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern
Time, Monday through Friday.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DATES:
Purpose and Need for Action
The purpose and need for the SEIS is
to analyze a project-specific Forest Plan
Amendment related to management of
old growth. The current Bitterroot
Forest Plan is from 1987. New and
better science is available concerning
old growth ecosystems, specifically
‘‘Old Growth Forest Types of the
Northern Region’’ or Green et. al as it is
more commonly referred to in the
Region. This science has already been
adopted by the majority of the Forests
within R1, including those who have
revised or are currently revising their
plans using the 2012 Planning Rule.
The purpose of the Gold Butterfly
project is to:
• Improve landscape resilience to
disturbances (such as insects, diseases,
and fire) by modifying forest structure
and composition, and fuels.
• Provide timber products and related
jobs.
• Reduce chronic sediment sources in
the Willow Creek watershed to improve
water quality and bull trout habitat in
the long-term.
• Restore or improve key habitats
such as meadows, aspen, and whitebark
pine.
Proposed Action
AGENCY:
SUMMARY:
Project. Since publication of the original
EIS, it was determined that a projectspecific forest plan amendment is
necessary.
The project-specific amendment
would change the definition of old
growth to be consistent with Green et.
al. The amendment would also set aside
management area direction related to
specific percentages of old growth
required to be allocated in each
management area. There is no scientific
basis for the percentages, and they do
not align with the principles outlined in
Green et. al.
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When proposing a Forest Plan
amendment, the 2012 Planning Rule (36
CFR 219), as amended, requires the
responsible official to provide in the
initial notice about the amendment
‘‘which substantive requirements of
§§ 219.8 through 219.11 are likely to be
directly related to the amendment
(§ 219.13(b)(5)) . . .’’ Whether a rule
provision is likely to be directly related
to an amendment is determined by the
purpose for and the effects of the
amendment, and informed by the best
available scientific information, effects
analysis, monitoring data or other
rationale.
Based on the proposed amendment
and requirement of the planning rule,
the following substantive requirements
of the 36 CFR 219 planning regulations
would likely be directly related to the
proposed amendments: § 219.9 Diversity
of plant and animal communities.
The proposed action includes
commercial harvest, non-commercial
thinning, and prescribed fire on 7,376
acres within the project area.
Approximately 90 percent of treatment
acres are within the insect and disease
treatment area designated under the
Healthy Forest Restoration Act Title VI.
Commercial harvest includes
regeneration treatments on 2,081 acres
and intermediate treatments on 3,540
acres. Approximately 392 acres of
intermediate harvest would occur in dry
site old growth stands. In addition, there
are 359 acres of regeneration harvest in
old growth that would remove these
acres from old growth status. Road
decommissioning would occur on 22.3
miles of National Forest System Roads
and 21.3 miles of roads would be stored
for future management use.
Approximately 6.4 miles of permanent
road and 17.3 miles of temporary road
would be constructed to implement
silvicultural prescriptions and provide
for wood removal. Best management
practices would be implemented on
32.4 miles of haul road to reduce
potential sediment runoff and improve
water quality. The Burnt Fork and
Willow Creek trailheads are proposed to
be moved lower in the drainages to
address watershed concerns, with the
associated 2.4 miles of road being
converted to the NFS trail system.
Responsible Official
Bitterroot National Forest Supervisor.
Nature of Decision To Be Made
The decision will authorize vegetation
treatments and whether to amend the
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules
or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings
and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings,
delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency
statements of organization and functions are examples of documents
appearing in this section.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
December 10, 2020.
The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. Comments
are requested regarding: 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; the
accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used; ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are
to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques
and other forms of information technology.
Comments regarding this information collection received by January
14, 2021 will be considered. Written comments and recommendations for
the proposed information collection should be submitted within 30 days
of the publication of this notice on the following website
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information
unless the collection of information displays a currently valid OMB
control number and the agency informs potential persons who are to
respond to the collection of information that such persons are not
required to respond to the collection of information unless it displays
a currently valid OMB control number.
Forest Service
Title: Bid for Advertised Timber.
OMB Control Number: 0596-0066.
Summary of Collection: This information collection is necessary to
implement the various statutes, regulations, and policies designed to
ensure that: (1) National Forest System timber is sold at not less than
appraised value; (2) bidders meet specific criteria when submitting a
bid; and (3) anti-trust violations do not occur during the bidding
process.
Individuals, large and small businesses, and corporations wishing
to purchase timber or forest products from national forests must enter
into a timber sale or forest product contract with the Forest Service.
Several statutes, regulations, and policies impose requirements on the
Government and purchasers involved in the bidding process. The Uniform
Commercial Code (UCC), although not binding upon the Federal
Government, is a useful tool in determining the rights and liabilities
of the contacting parties in the contract formation process.
Need and Use of the Information: Pursuant to the Forest Service
Small Business Timber Sale Set-Aside Program, developed in cooperation
with the Small Business Administration, Forest Service regulations at
Title 36 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Sec. 223.84 require that
the Forest Service bid form used by potential timber sale bidders
include provisions for small business concerns. The data collected will
be used by the agency to ensure that National Forest System timber will
be sold at not less than appraised value, that bidders will meet
specific criteria when submitting a bid, and that anti-trust violations
will not occur during the bidding process.
The tax identification number of each bidder is entered into an
automated bid monitoring system, which is used to determine if
speculative bidding or unlawful bidding practices are occurring and is
required to process electronic payments to the purchaser.
Respondents will be bidders on National Forest System timber sales.
Forest Service sale officers will mail bid forms to potential bidders,
and bidders will return the completed forms, dated and signed, to the
Forest Service sale officer.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit;
Individuals or households.
Number of Respondents: 1,089.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 68,258.
Title: Disposal of Mineral Materials.
OMB Control Number: 0596-0081.
Summary of Collection: The Forest Service (FS) is responsible for
overseeing the management of National Forest System land. The Multiple-
Use Mining Act of 1955 (30 U.S.C. 601, 603, 611-615) gives the FS
specific authority to manage the disposal of mineral materials mined
from National Forest land. FS uses form FS-2800-9, ``Contract for the
Sale of Mineral Materials'' to collect detailed information on the
planned mining and disposal operations as well as a contract for the
sale of mineral materials.
Need and Use of the Information: The collected information enables
the Forest Service to document planned operations, to prescribe the
terms and conditions the agency deems necessary to protect surface
resources, and to affect a binding contract agreement. Forest Service
employees will evaluate the collected information to ensure that
entities applying to mine mineral materials are financially accountable
and will conduct their activities in accordance with the mineral
regulations of Title 36, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 228, Subpart
C (36 CFR part 228).
If this information is not collected, the Forest Service would be
unable to comply with Federal regulations to mine mineral materials,
and operations could cause undue damage to surface resources.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 2,617.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 6,543.
Title: National Visitor Use Monitoring, and Customer and Use Survey
Techniques for Operations, Management, Evaluation, and Research.
OMB Control Number: 0596-0110.
Summary of Collection: The Government Performance and Results Act
of 1993 requires that Federal agencies establish measurable goals and
monitor their success at meeting those goals. Two of the items the
Forest Service must measure are: (1) The
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number of visits that occur on the National Forest System lands for
recreation and other purposes, and (2) the views and satisfaction
levels of recreational visitors to National Forest System lands about
the services, facilities, and settings. The Agency receives requests
for this kind of information from a variety of organizations, including
Congressional staffs, newspapers, magazines, and recreational trade
organizations.
Need and Use of the Information: The Customer and Use Survey
Techniques for Operations, Management, Evaluation and Research
(CUSTOMER) study combines several different survey approaches to gather
data describing visitors to and users of public recreation lands,
including their trip activities, satisfaction levels, evaluations,
demographic profiles, trip characteristics, spending, and annual
visitation patterns. FS will use face-to-face interviewing for
collecting information on-site as well as English and Spanish written
survey instruments to be mailed back by respondents. The NVUM results
and data are a source of data and information in addressing forest land
management planning, national strategic planning, service to
minorities, and identification of a forest's recreation niche.
Conducting the collection less frequently puts information updates out
of cycle with forest planning and other data preparations and reporting
activities.
Description of Respondents: Individuals or households.
Number of Respondents: 45,000.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting; Quarterly; Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 6,386.
Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-27574 Filed 12-14-20; 8:45 am]
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