Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 7245-7246 [2021-01735]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 27, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7245-7246]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-01735]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

January 21, 2021.
    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 February 
26, 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: Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program.
    OMB Control Number: 0596-0245.
    Summary of Collection: The Collaborative Forest Landscape 
Restoration Program (CFLRP) is a USDA program started in 2010 to 
encourage collaborative groups of neighboring landowners, state, local 
and tribal government representatives, businesses, interest groups, and 
nonprofit organizations, to work with the Forest Service to find common 
ground pertaining to geographically extensive forest restoration. The 
Southwestern Crown Collaborative (SWCC) is one of 24 Collaborative 
Forest Landscape Restoration (CFLR) projects across the nation 
currently. In the CFLRP projects, collaborators and other partners work 
with the Forest Service to implement restoration work and multi-party 
monitoring of the restoration.
    The Forest Landscape Restoration Act (FLRA) of 2009 (16 U.S.C. 
7303), which enabled the CFLRP, requires monitoring ``to assess the 
positive or negative ecological, social, and economic effects of 
projects implementing a selected proposal for not less than 15 years 
after project implementation commences.'' The proposed information 
collection will help meet the CFLRP projects' obligation for monitoring 
the social impacts on residents and stakeholders of activities 
conducted under the CFLRP. It is critical for managers to understand 
the social impacts of their decisions to allow for adaptive management 
and improve future outcomes. The scope of the survey includes residents 
of communities within and adjacent to CFLRP

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landscapes and collaborative participants.
    Need and Use of the Information: The information collection methods 
used will be:
    1. Mail and Electronic Monitoring Survey: Respondents will be given 
the option of completing an online version of the monitoring 
instrument; those choosing not to respond online will be given the 
option of completing a paper version.
    2. Non-Response Checks: Data will be analyzed for non-response bias 
and a small subset of respondents will be sampled via phone and asked a 
small number of monitoring questions (<5 minutes each).
    This is an extension renewal without revisions of an information 
collection that will be conducted by the University of Montana's Bureau 
of Business and Economic Research (BBER) in conjunction with UM's 
College of Forestry and Conservation. The purpose is twofold: (1) To 
meet our obligations under the CFLRP to monitor social impacts, and (2) 
to provide feedback to Forest Service managers about the activities, 
including the decision making processes, conducted under the CFLRP. 
Through an adaptive management process recommended by the authors of 
the FLRA, this information can be used to improve processes and actions 
on future restoration projects. The results will be analyzed and 
published in a final report available for use by federal and state 
policy makers and by the general public.
    Description of Respondents: Individuals or households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,330.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 320 hours.

Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-01735 Filed 1-26-21; 8:45 am]
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