Department of Agriculture March 26, 2012 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the intention of the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) to request revision and extension of a currently approved information collection, the Agricultural Resources Management Survey and Chemical Use Surveys. A revision to burden hours will be needed due to changes in the size of the target population, sampling design, and/or questionnaire length.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service has re- established the Black Hills National Forest Advisory Board (Board). The purpose is to obtain advice and recommendations on a broad range of forest issues such as forest plan revisions or amendments, forest health including fire management and mountain pine beetle infestations, travel management, forest monitoring and evaluation, recreation fees, and site-specific projects having forest wide implications. In an earlier notice, the Forest Service indicated it was seeking nominations for individuals to be considered as committee members, and the public was invited to submit nominations for membership. That notice, ``Notice of intent to re-establish the Black Hills National Forest Advisory Board and call for nominations,'' was published in the Federal Register, Volume 77, No. 30, page 8214, on Tuesday, February 14, 2012 and indicated that nominations and applications to the Board must be received by March 15, 2012. This revised notice extends the deadline for nominations and applications to April 30, 2012.