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Vol. 76, No. 34 

Friday, February 18, 2011 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

February 14, 2011. 

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 

regarding (a) 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; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of burden including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; (d) 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 should be addressed to: Desk 

Officer for Agriculture, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), 

OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or 

fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental 

Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail 

Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250– 

7602. Comments regarding these 

information collections are best assured 

of having their full effect if received 

within 30 days of this notification. 

Copies of the submission(s) may be 

obtained by calling (202) 720–8958. 

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. 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

Title: National Management 

Information System (Wildlife Service). 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0335. 

Summary of Collection: The Animal 

and Plant Health Inspection Service 

(APHIS), Wildlife Services (WS), is a 

service program that responds to 

requests by persons and agencies 

needing help with wildlife damage. 

Assistance is available to all citizens 

upon request. The primary statutory 

authority for the APHIS/WS program is 

the Act of March 1931 (7 U.S.C. 426– 

426c; 46 Stat. 1468) as amended. 

Section 426 of the Act authorizes the 

Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a 

program of wildlife services with 

respect to injurious animal species and 

take any action the Secretary considers 

necessary in conducting the program. 

Information provided by customers in 

the WS programs is voluntary so that 

WS can prepare to help them. APHIS/ 

WS will collect information using 

several forms. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

Information collected in most situations 

is used in routine business 

communication activities by WS as part 

of its cooperative programs initiated by 

request from the public and government 

entities. The collected information from 

the forms will help WS modify and 

improve its programs to better fulfill 

mission objectives, suit the needs of 

Cooperators, and provide increasingly 

superior service. 

Description of Respondents: Farms; 

Individuals or households; Business or 

other for-profit; Not-for-profit 

institutions; State, Local, or Tribal 

Government. 

Number of Respondents: 89,902. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion; Biennially; Annually. 

Total Burden Hours: 4,165. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–3667 Filed 2–17–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Development of Technical Guidelines 

and Scientific Methods for Quantifying 

GHG Emissions and Carbon 

Sequestration for Agricultural and 

Forestry Activities 

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Economist, 

U.S. Department of Agriculture. 

ACTION: Notice of project undertaken to 

develop technical guidelines and 

scientific methods for quantifying 

greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and 

carbon sequestration at the practice-, 

process-, farm- and entity-scales. 

SUMMARY: Section 2709 of the Food, 

Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 

states that: USDA shall prepare 

technical guidelines that outline 

science-based methods to measure the 

carbon benefits from conservation and 

land management activities. In 

accordance with Section 2709 of the 

2008 Farm Bill, USDA is developing 

technical guidelines and science-based 

methods to quantify greenhouse gas 

sources and sinks from the agriculture 

and forest sectors at the entity-, 

process-, and practice-scale. USDA 

intends to develop guidelines and 

methods that are verifiable and that 

demonstrate scientific rigor, 

transparency, scalability, and usability. 

USDA anticipates that the methods will 

be used by farmers and by USDA to 

improve management practices and to 

identify actions to reduce greenhouse 

gas emissions and increase carbon 

sequestration. The guidelines and 

methods could be used by farmers, 

ranchers, and forest owners to facilitate 

their participation in voluntary State 

and regional systems. In order to make 

the guidelines and methods most useful 

to a broad audience, a Web-based, userfriendly tool will be developed 

following the drafting of the guidelines 

and methods. 

In carrying out this project, USDA 

will consult with Federal and State 

government agencies; farm, ranch, and 

forest producers; as well as other 

interested parties. At the Federal level, 

this consultation will minimize 

duplication of efforts and ensure 

consistency of the products with other 

U.S. Government inventory and 

estimation approaches. USDA 

anticipates that after they are developed, 

reviewed, and published, the Technical 

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