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Local and Tribal Agencies will submit
reports and staff training materials, and
less Businesses will respond as
interventions are no longer being
accepted through this form.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: This revised collection is
estimated to receive 1.79 responses per
respondent which is a reduction to the
current estimated number of 4.44. The
estimated decrease is due to
interventions no longer being accepted
through this form.
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
This revised collection is estimated to
receive 43 responses, which is a
reduction to the current estimated total
annual responses of 111. The estimated
decrease in responses is due to
interventions no longer being accepted
through this form.
Estimated Time per Response: The
estimated time per response for this
voluntary collection is 0.25 hours (15
minutes), which is an increase from the
current estimated time per response of
0.167 hours (10 minutes). The estimated
increase in time per response is due to
the change of submitting relevant
attachments by email instead of through
the database.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: The estimated total
annual burden on respondents for this
voluntary collection is 10.75 hours,
which is a reduction from the current
estimated total annual burden hours of
18.54. The estimated decrease in total
annual burden hours is due to
interventions no longer being accepted
through this form.
See burden estimate table below for
details.
BURDEN ESTIMATE TABLE
Respondent category
State, Local or Tribal Agencies ........
Business-for-not-for-profit .................
Total ...........................................
Hours
per
response
Annual
burden
(hours)
2
38
0.25
9.50
5
1
5
0.25
1.25
...........................................................
24
1.79
43
0.25
10.75
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Final Record of Decision for the Tonto
National Forest
Forest Service, Agriculture
(USDA).
ACTION: Notice of approval of the revised
Land Management Plan for the Tonto
National Forest.
AGENCY:
Neil Bosworth, the Forest
Supervisor for the Tonto National
Forest, Southwestern Region, signed the
Final Record of Decision (ROD) for the
revised Land Management Plan (LMP)
for the Tonto National Forest. The ROD
documents the rationale for approving
the revised LMP and is consistent with
the Reviewing Officer’s responses to
objections and instructions.
DATES: The revised LMP for the Tonto
National Forest will become effective 30
days after the publication of this notice
of approval in the Federal Register (36
CFR 219.17(a)(1)).
ADDRESSES: To view the final ROD,
Final Environmental Impact Statement
(FEIS), revised LMP, and other related
documents, please visit the Tonto
National Forest website at: https://
SUMMARY:
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landmanagement/planning. A legal
notice of approval is also being
published in the newspaper of record,
the Arizona Capitol Times. A copy of
this legal notice will be posted on the
Tonto National Forest’s website as listed
above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Tyna Yost, Acting Forest Planner, Tonto
National Forest, by telephone 602–225–
5200 or via email at SM.FS.tontoplan@
usda.gov.
Individuals who use
telecommunication devices for the deaf
and hard of hearing (TDD) may call the
Federal Relay Service at 800–877–8339,
24 hours a day, every day of the year,
including holidays. Written requests for
information may be sent to Tonto
National Forest, Attn: Tonto National
Forest Plan Revision, 2324 E McDowell
Rd., Phoenix, AZ 85006.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Tonto
National Forest covers six ranger
districts across nearly 2.9 million acres
of National Forest System land in
central Arizona overlapping the
counties of Coconino, Gila, Maricopa,
Pinal, and Yavapai. The LMP was
developed pursuant to the 2012 Forest
Service Planning Rule (36 CFR 219) and
will replace the 1985 LMP. The revised
LMP describes desired conditions,
objectives, standards, guidelines, and
land suitability for project and activity
decision-making and will guide all
resource management activities on the
Forest.
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The Tonto National Forest plays an
important role supporting and
partnering with communities in central
Arizona and throughout the
southwestern United States by
providing economic benefits including
fuelwood gathering, livestock grazing,
mining, and abundant recreational
opportunities. The development of the
revised LMP was shaped by the best
available scientific information, current
laws, and public input.
The Tonto National Forest lies
adjacent to the Phoenix metropolitan
area, making it one of the most heavily
visited National Forests. It spans a range
of ecosystems from the Sonoran Desert
through a variety of chaparral and
pinyon pine/juniper up to the
ponderosa pine and mixed conifer of the
Mogollon Rim. The Tonto’s rivers and
lakes maintain riparian habitat and
habitat connectivity for wildlife,
including most of the Forest’s
Endangered Species Act listed species,
and provide diverse opportunities for
water-based recreation. Additionally,
over half of the water supply for the city
of Phoenix comes from these reservoirs.
The Tonto National Forest initiated
LMP revision in 2014 and engaged the
public frequently throughout the
process. This engagement effort has
included conventional public meetings,
information sharing via social media,
and collaborative work sessions with
cooperating agencies. The Forest invited
State, local, and Tribal governments,
and other Federal Agencies from around
the region to participate in the process
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to revise the LMP. The Tonto National
Forest engaged in government-togovernment consultation with 13 Tribes
during LMP revision, ensuring tribalrelated LMP direction accurately reflects
the Tonto National Forest’s trust
responsibilities and government-togovernment relationship with tribes.
During the 90-day comment period in
2019 for the draft LMP and draft EIS, the
Tonto National Forest received
approximately 4,300 comment letters of
which 181 were unique. These helped
refine the preferred alternative and LMP
content based on response to comments.
A draft ROD, LMP, and FEIS were
released in July 2022, initiating a 60-day
objection filing period. The Tonto
National Forest received 14 eligible
objections. Through a comprehensive
review of each objection, a variety of
issues were identified. Following the
objection review, the Reviewing Officer
held objection resolution meetings with
objectors and interested persons. Based
on these meetings, the Reviewing
Officer issued a written response on
May 19, 2023. The instructions from the
Reviewing Officer were addressed in the
ROD, LMP, and FEIS.
Lead and Cooperating Agencies
The Arizona Game and Fish
Department and Arizona Department of
Agriculture are formal cooperating
agencies and have participated in the
development of the LMP, helping to
develop plan direction and associated
analysis for wildlife-related recreation
and the Salt River Horse management
area, respectively, for which they are
subject matter experts.
Responsible Official
The Responsible Official for
approving the revised LMP is Neil
Bosworth, Forest Supervisor, Tonto
National Forest. The Responsible
Official approving the list of species of
conservation concern is Michiko Martin,
Regional Forester, Southwestern Region.
Dated: November 29, 2023.
Troy Heithecker,
Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest
System.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Census Bureau
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Quarterly Summary of State
& Local Government Tax Revenues
Census Bureau, Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of information collection,
request for comment.
AGENCY:
The Department of
Commerce, in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, invites the general public and
other Federal agencies to comment on
proposed, and continuing information
collections, which helps us assess the
impact of our information collection
requirements and minimize the public’s
reporting burden. The purpose of this
notice is to allow for 60 days of public
comment on the proposed extension of
the Quarterly Summary of State & Local
Government Tax Revenues, prior to the
submission of the information collection
request (ICR) to OMB for approval.
DATES: To ensure consideration,
comments regarding this proposed
information collection must be received
on or before February 6, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments by
email to Thomas.J.Smith@census.gov.
Please reference Quarterly Summary of
State & Local Government Tax Revenues
in the subject line of your comments.
You may also submit comments,
identified by Docket Number USBC–
2023–0018, to the Federal e-Rulemaking
Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. All
comments received are part of the
public record. No comments will be
posted to https://www.regulations.gov for
public viewing until after the comment
period has closed. Comments will
generally be posted without change. All
Personally Identifiable Information (for
example, name and address) voluntarily
submitted by the commenter may be
publicly accessible. Do not submit
Confidential Business Information or
otherwise sensitive or protected
information. You may submit
attachments to electronic comments in
Microsoft Word, Excel, or Adobe PDF
file formats.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
specific questions related to collection
activities should be directed to Mark
Dixon, Branch Chief, State Finance and
Tax Statistics Branch, Economy-Wide
Statistics Division, U.S. Census Bureau,
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I. Abstract
The Census Bureau conducts the
Quarterly Summary of State and Local
Government Tax Revenue, using the F–
71 (Quarterly Survey of Property Tax
Collections), F–72 (Quarterly Survey of
State Tax Collections), and F–73
(Quarterly Survey of Non-Property
Taxes) forms. The Quarterly Summary
of State and Local Government Tax
Revenue provides quarterly estimates of
state and local government tax revenue
at the national level, as well as detailed
tax revenue data for individual states.
The information contained in this
survey is the most current information
available on a nationwide basis for state
and local government tax collections.
The Census Bureau needs state and
local tax data to publish benchmark
statistics on taxes, to provide data to the
Bureau of Economic Analysis for Gross
Domestic Product (GDP) calculations
and other economic indicators, and to
provide data for economic research and
comparative studies of governmental
finances. Tax collection data are used to
measure economic activity for the
Nation as a whole, as well as for
comparison among the various states.
Economists and public policy analysts
use the data to assess general economic
conditions and state and local
government financial activities.
The Census Bureau’s previous request
for an extension submitted on 03/23/
2021 requested approval to remove the
collection of all license taxes from the
F–72 component of the Quarterly
Summary of State and Local
Government Tax Revenue. The Census
Bureau reconsidered that plan and
decided not to remove the collection of
all license taxes from the F–72
component of the survey. Keeping the
license taxes on the survey allows for a
consistent time series and maintains
item comparability with other surveys.
II. Method of Collection
For the Quarterly Survey of Property
Tax Collections (Form F–71) the Census
Bureau will email letters quarterly to a
sample of approximately 5,500 local tax
collection agencies, known to have
substantial collections of property tax,
requesting their online data
submissions.
For the Quarterly Survey of State Tax
Collections (Form F–72) the Census
Bureau will email letters to each of the
50 state governments and the District of
Columbia quarterly requesting their
online data submissions or continued
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Final Record of Decision for the Tonto National Forest
AGENCY: Forest Service, Agriculture (USDA).
ACTION: Notice of approval of the revised Land Management Plan for the
Tonto National Forest.
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SUMMARY: Neil Bosworth, the Forest Supervisor for the Tonto National
Forest, Southwestern Region, signed the Final Record of Decision (ROD)
for the revised Land Management Plan (LMP) for the Tonto National
Forest. The ROD documents the rationale for approving the revised LMP
and is consistent with the Reviewing Officer's responses to objections
and instructions.
DATES: The revised LMP for the Tonto National Forest will become
effective 30 days after the publication of this notice of approval in
the Federal Register (36 CFR 219.17(a)(1)).
ADDRESSES: To view the final ROD, Final Environmental Impact Statement
(FEIS), revised LMP, and other related documents, please visit the
Tonto National Forest website at: https://www.fs.usda.gov/main/tonto/landmanagement/planning. A legal notice of approval is also being
published in the newspaper of record, the Arizona Capitol Times. A copy
of this legal notice will be posted on the Tonto National Forest's
website as listed above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tyna Yost, Acting Forest Planner,
Tonto National Forest, by telephone 602-225-5200 or via email at
[email protected].
Individuals who use telecommunication devices for the deaf and hard
of hearing (TDD) may call the Federal Relay Service at 800-877-8339, 24
hours a day, every day of the year, including holidays. Written
requests for information may be sent to Tonto National Forest, Attn:
Tonto National Forest Plan Revision, 2324 E McDowell Rd., Phoenix, AZ
85006.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Tonto National Forest covers six ranger
districts across nearly 2.9 million acres of National Forest System
land in central Arizona overlapping the counties of Coconino, Gila,
Maricopa, Pinal, and Yavapai. The LMP was developed pursuant to the
2012 Forest Service Planning Rule (36 CFR 219) and will replace the
1985 LMP. The revised LMP describes desired conditions, objectives,
standards, guidelines, and land suitability for project and activity
decision-making and will guide all resource management activities on
the Forest.
The Tonto National Forest plays an important role supporting and
partnering with communities in central Arizona and throughout the
southwestern United States by providing economic benefits including
fuelwood gathering, livestock grazing, mining, and abundant
recreational opportunities. The development of the revised LMP was
shaped by the best available scientific information, current laws, and
public input.
The Tonto National Forest lies adjacent to the Phoenix metropolitan
area, making it one of the most heavily visited National Forests. It
spans a range of ecosystems from the Sonoran Desert through a variety
of chaparral and pinyon pine/juniper up to the ponderosa pine and mixed
conifer of the Mogollon Rim. The Tonto's rivers and lakes maintain
riparian habitat and habitat connectivity for wildlife, including most
of the Forest's Endangered Species Act listed species, and provide
diverse opportunities for water-based recreation. Additionally, over
half of the water supply for the city of Phoenix comes from these
reservoirs.
The Tonto National Forest initiated LMP revision in 2014 and
engaged the public frequently throughout the process. This engagement
effort has included conventional public meetings, information sharing
via social media, and collaborative work sessions with cooperating
agencies. The Forest invited State, local, and Tribal governments, and
other Federal Agencies from around the region to participate in the
process
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to revise the LMP. The Tonto National Forest engaged in government-to-
government consultation with 13 Tribes during LMP revision, ensuring
tribal-related LMP direction accurately reflects the Tonto National
Forest's trust responsibilities and government-to-government
relationship with tribes. During the 90-day comment period in 2019 for
the draft LMP and draft EIS, the Tonto National Forest received
approximately 4,300 comment letters of which 181 were unique. These
helped refine the preferred alternative and LMP content based on
response to comments.
A draft ROD, LMP, and FEIS were released in July 2022, initiating a
60-day objection filing period. The Tonto National Forest received 14
eligible objections. Through a comprehensive review of each objection,
a variety of issues were identified. Following the objection review,
the Reviewing Officer held objection resolution meetings with objectors
and interested persons. Based on these meetings, the Reviewing Officer
issued a written response on May 19, 2023. The instructions from the
Reviewing Officer were addressed in the ROD, LMP, and FEIS.
Lead and Cooperating Agencies
The Arizona Game and Fish Department and Arizona Department of
Agriculture are formal cooperating agencies and have participated in
the development of the LMP, helping to develop plan direction and
associated analysis for wildlife-related recreation and the Salt River
Horse management area, respectively, for which they are subject matter
experts.
Responsible Official
The Responsible Official for approving the revised LMP is Neil
Bosworth, Forest Supervisor, Tonto National Forest. The Responsible
Official approving the list of species of conservation concern is
Michiko Martin, Regional Forester, Southwestern Region.
Dated: November 29, 2023.
Troy Heithecker,
Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest System.
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