Forest Service Handbook 2409.12, Timber Cruising, Chapters 30, 40, 60, and 70, and Forest Service Handbook 2409.15, Timber Sale Administration, Chapters 20, 40, and 60, 47689-47690 [2022-16726]
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Thursday, August 4, 2022
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
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 or other forms of
information technology.
Comments regarding this information
collection received by September 6,
2022 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
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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Food and Nutrition Service
Title: 7 CFR part 225, Summer Food
Service Program.
OMB Control Number: 0584–0280.
Summary of Collection: Section 13 of
the Richard B. Russell National School
Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758), as
amended, authorizes the Summer Food
Service Program (SFSP). The SFSP is
directed toward children in low-income
areas when school is not in session and
is administered by FNS in partnership
with State agencies and local program
sponsors. Approved sponsors may
include public or private non-profit
school food authorities (SFAs), public or
private non-profit residential summer
camps, units of local, municipal, county
or State governments, or other private
non-profit organizations that develop a
special summer program and provide
meal service similar to that available to
children during the school year under
the National School Lunch Program and
the School Breakfast Program. Through
this revision, FNS is adding two existing
monitoring requirements into the
collection which have been in use
without approval. These requirements
state that sponsors must visit each of
their sites at least once during the first
week of operation under the SFSP (7
CFR 225.15(d)(2)) and conduct a full
review of food service operations at
each site within the first four weeks of
operation (7 CFR 225.15(d)(3)). This
revision also resolves rounding issues
found in the currently approved burden
hours for the collection.
Need and Use of the Information: It is
mandatory for the sponsors (who can
either be State, Local, or Tribal or
business/non-profit organization
respondents) on an annual basis to visit
each of their sites at least once during
the first week of operation and to
conduct a full review of the food service
operations once at each site within the
first four weeks of operation. Program
sponsors use this information to ensure
program integrity and to correct
operational issues discovered at the
sites. FNS uses this information to
ensure compliance and to allocate and
reimburse claims in a timely manner.
Description of Respondents:
Individuals or households; Business or
other for-profit; Non-profit institutions;
and State, Local, or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 63,942.
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Frequency of Responses:
Recordkeeping; Reporting; Third Party
Disclosure (Public Disclosure):
Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 462,699.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Forest Service Handbook 2409.12,
Timber Cruising, Chapters 30, 40, 60,
and 70, and Forest Service Handbook
2409.15, Timber Sale Administration,
Chapters 20, 40, and 60
Forest Service, Agriculture
(USDA).
ACTION: Notice of availability for public
comment.
AGENCY:
The Forest Service, United
States Department of Agriculture, is
revising its directives related to timber
appraisal and renewable resources.
DATES: Comments must be received in
writing by October 3, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be
submitted electronically to https://
cara.fs2c.usda.gov/Public/
CommentInput?project=ORMS-3241.
Written comments may be mailed to
Michael Van Dyck, Forest Management
Service Center, 2150 Centre Avenue
Building A, Fort Collins, CO 80526. All
timely received comments, including
names and addresses, will be placed in
the record and will be available for
public inspection and copying. The
public may inspect comments received
at https://cara.fs2c.usda.gov/Public/
ReadingRoom?project=ORMS-3241.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Van Dyck, Forest Management
Service Center, at 970–295–5774 or by
electronic mail to michael.vandyck@
usda.gov. Individuals who use
telecommunications devices for the deaf
or hard of hearing (TDD) may call the
Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 800–877–
8339 24 hours a day, every day of the
year, including holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
proposed directives reorganize and
eliminate redundant policies and
procedures, delete obsolete references
SUMMARY:
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and update agency policies and
procedures to reflect new authorities
and more closely align with current and
future forest restoration needs. An
analysis of existing agency policy in
Forest Service Handbooks and Manuals
was conducted to identify revisions
needed to support this initiative.
The proposed directives update Forest
Service Handbook 2409.12, ‘‘Timber
Cruising,’’ Chapters 30, 40, 60, and 70,
and Forest Service Handbook 2409.15,
‘‘Timber Sale Administration,’’ Chapters
20, 40, and 60. These directives set forth
policy, responsibilities, and direction
for several aspects of management and
move the agency closer to its goal of
providing more current direction.
The Forest Service has determined
that the changes to the manual and
handbook formulate standards, criteria,
or guidelines applicable to a Forest
Service program and it is therefore
publishing the proposed directives for
public comment in accordance with 36
CFR part 216. The Forest Service is
seeking public comment on the
proposed directives, including the
sufficiency of the proposed directives in
meeting the stated objectives, ways to
enhance the utility and clarity of
information within the direction, or
ways to streamline processes outlined.
Forest Service National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
procedures exclude from documentation
in an environmental assessment or
impact statement ‘‘rules, regulations, or
policies to establish service-wide
administrative procedures, program
processes, or instructions’’ (36 CFR
220.6(d)(2)). The Agency’s conclusion is
that these proposed directives fall
within this category of actions and that
no extraordinary circumstances exist as
currently defined that require
preparation of an environmental
assessment or an environmental impact
statement.
After the public comment period
closes, the Forest Service will consider
timely comments that are within the
scope of the proposed directive in the
development of the final directive. A
notice of the final directive, including a
response to timely comments, will be
posted on the Forest Service’s web page
at https://www.fs.fed.us/about-agency/
regulations-policies/comment-ondirectives.
Dated: July 27, 2022.
Tina Johna Terrell,
Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest
System.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Natural Resources Conservation
Service
[Docket No. NRCS–2022–0009]
Notice of Availability of the Draft
Programmatic Environmental
Assessment for the Partnerships for
Climate-Smart Commodities Funding
Opportunity
Natural Resources
Conservation Service (NRCS),
Department of Agriculture (USDA).
ACTION: Notice of availability and
finding of no significant impact.
AGENCY:
NRCS is announcing the draft
Programmatic Environmental
Assessment (PEA) and Finding of No
Significant Impact (FONSI) for the
Partnerships for Climate-Smart
Commodities funding opportunity is
available for public review and
comment.
SUMMARY:
We will consider comments that
we receive by August 18, 2022.
ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit
comments on the PEA and FONSI. You
may submit comments:
• By going through the Federal
eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://
www.regulations.gov and search for
Docket ID NRCS–22–0009. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
All comments will be posted without
change and will be publicly available on
www.regulations.gov.
A copy of the draft PEA and Finding
of No Significant Impact (FONSI) may
be obtained from:
• www.regulations.gov search for
Docket ID NRCS–22–0009, supporting
documents;
• https://www.usda.gov/climatesolutions/climate-smart-commodities; or
• Email scott.blackburn@usda.gov
with ‘‘Request for PEA’’ in the subject
line.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Scott Blackburn; telephone: (202) 360–
8195; or email: scott.blackburn@
usda.gov. Persons with disabilities who
require alternative means for
communication should contact the
USDA Target Center at (202) 720–2600
(voice).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Partnerships for Climate-Smart
Commodities is a voluntary USDA
funding opportunity with funding made
available through NRCS for partnerships
to support the production and
marketing of climate-smart
commodities. Partnerships for ClimateSmart Commodities is designed to use
the funds and authorities of the
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Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC)
(15 U.S.C. 714–714f) to support the
development of markets and production
of agricultural commodities using
agricultural (farming, ranching, or
forestry) production practices that
reduce greenhouse gas emissions or
sequester carbon. NRCS is administering
the Partnerships for Climate-Smart
Commodities on behalf of CCC.
The environmental impacts of the
Partnerships for Climate-Smart
Commodities funding opportunity have
been considered in a manner consistent
with the provisions of the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), as
amended (42 U.S.C. 4321–4347), the
regulations of the Council on
Environmental Quality (40 CFR parts
1500–1508), and the NRCS regulations
for compliance with NEPA (7 CFR part
650). A draft PEA has been prepared
and based on this analysis, NRCS has
preliminarily determined there will not
be a significant impact to the human
environment. As a result, an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
has not been initiated (40 CFR 1501.6).
In efforts to diligently involve the
public, NRCS is making the draft EA
and FONSI available for review and
comment for 14 calendar days from the
date of publication of this document in
the Federal Register. NRCS will
consider this input and determine
whether there is any new information
provided relevant to environmental
concerns and bearing on the proposed
action or its impacts that warrant
supplementing or revising the draft PEA
and FONSI. After the comment period,
NRCS will issue either a Final EA and
FONSI, or it will issue a Notice of Intent
to prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement.
Terry Cosby,
Chief, Natural Resources Conservation
Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
[Docket Number: RUS–22–Telecom–0010]
Rural eConnectivity Program
Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
Funding Opportunity
Announcement.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Rural Utilities Service, a
Rural Development agency of the United
States Department of Agriculture
(USDA), hereinafter referred to as
‘‘RUS’’ or ‘‘the Agency’’ is issuing a
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Forest Service Handbook 2409.12, Timber Cruising, Chapters 30,
40, 60, and 70, and Forest Service Handbook 2409.15, Timber Sale
Administration, Chapters 20, 40, and 60
AGENCY: Forest Service, Agriculture (USDA).
ACTION: Notice of availability for public comment.
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SUMMARY: The Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture,
is revising its directives related to timber appraisal and renewable
resources.
DATES: Comments must be received in writing by October 3, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted electronically to https://cara.fs2c.usda.gov/Public/CommentInput?project=ORMS-3241. Written
comments may be mailed to Michael Van Dyck, Forest Management Service
Center, 2150 Centre Avenue Building A, Fort Collins, CO 80526. All
timely received comments, including names and addresses, will be placed
in the record and will be available for public inspection and copying.
The public may inspect comments received at https://cara.fs2c.usda.gov/Public/ReadingRoom?project=ORMS-3241.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Van Dyck, Forest Management
Service Center, at 970-295-5774 or by electronic mail to
[email protected]. Individuals who use telecommunications
devices for the deaf or hard of hearing (TDD) may call the Federal
Relay Service (FRS) at 800-877-8339 24 hours a day, every day of the
year, including holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed directives reorganize and
eliminate redundant policies and procedures, delete obsolete references
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and update agency policies and procedures to reflect new authorities
and more closely align with current and future forest restoration
needs. An analysis of existing agency policy in Forest Service
Handbooks and Manuals was conducted to identify revisions needed to
support this initiative.
The proposed directives update Forest Service Handbook 2409.12,
``Timber Cruising,'' Chapters 30, 40, 60, and 70, and Forest Service
Handbook 2409.15, ``Timber Sale Administration,'' Chapters 20, 40, and
60. These directives set forth policy, responsibilities, and direction
for several aspects of management and move the agency closer to its
goal of providing more current direction.
The Forest Service has determined that the changes to the manual
and handbook formulate standards, criteria, or guidelines applicable to
a Forest Service program and it is therefore publishing the proposed
directives for public comment in accordance with 36 CFR part 216. The
Forest Service is seeking public comment on the proposed directives,
including the sufficiency of the proposed directives in meeting the
stated objectives, ways to enhance the utility and clarity of
information within the direction, or ways to streamline processes
outlined.
Forest Service National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) procedures
exclude from documentation in an environmental assessment or impact
statement ``rules, regulations, or policies to establish service-wide
administrative procedures, program processes, or instructions'' (36 CFR
220.6(d)(2)). The Agency's conclusion is that these proposed directives
fall within this category of actions and that no extraordinary
circumstances exist as currently defined that require preparation of an
environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement.
After the public comment period closes, the Forest Service will
consider timely comments that are within the scope of the proposed
directive in the development of the final directive. A notice of the
final directive, including a response to timely comments, will be
posted on the Forest Service's web page at https://www.fs.fed.us/about-agency/regulations-policies/comment-on-directives.
Dated: July 27, 2022.
Tina Johna Terrell,
Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest System.
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