Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 60 / Tuesday, March 29, 2011 / Notices 17379 

Need and Use of the Information: 

USDA will use the information to 

determine eligibility for participation in 

the RBIP and evaluate whether 

applicants have accomplished the 

objectives and fulfilled the statutory and 

regulatory requirements of the RBIP. 

Without this collection of information 

USDA would be unable to meet the 

requirements of the Act and effectively 

administer the RBIP, ensuring safety 

and soundness. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit; Not-for-profit 

Institutions. 

Number of Respondents: 1. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

Quarterly, Annually. 

Total Burden Hours: 112. 

Charlene Parker, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–7335 Filed 3–28–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–XT–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

National Tree-Marking Paint Committee 

Meeting 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The National Tree-Marking 

Paint Committee will meet in Missoula, 

Montana on June 14–16, 2011. The 

purpose of the meeting is to discuss 

activities related to improvements in, 

concerns about, and the handling and 

use of tree-marking paint by personnel 

of the Forest Service and the 

Department of the Interior’s Bureau of 

Land Management. 

DATES: The meeting will be held June 

14–16, 2011, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Courtyard Missoula, 4559 North 

Reserve Street Missoula, Montana, 

59808. Persons who wish to file written 

comments before or after the meeting 

must send written comments to Dave 

Haston, Chairman, National Treemarking Paint Committee, Forest 

Service, USDA, San Dimas Technology 

and Development Center, 444 East 

Bonita Avenue, San Dimas, California 

91773, or electronically to 

dhaston@fs.fed.us. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dave Haston, Sr. Project Leader, San 

Dimas Technology and Development 

Center, Forest Service, USDA, (909) 

599–1267, extension 294 or 

dhaston@fs.fed.us. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Tree-Marking Paint Committee 

comprises representatives from the 

Forest Service national headquarters, 

each of the nine Forest Service Regions, 

the Forest Service San Dimas 

Technology and Development Center, 

the National Federation of Federal 

Employees and the Bureau of Land 

Management. The Forest Products 

Laboratory and the National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health are ad 

hoc members and provide technical 

advice to the committee. 

A field trip will be held on June 14 

and is designed to supplement 

information related to tree-marking 

paint. This trip is open to any member 

of the public participating in the public 

meeting on June 15–16. However, 

transportation is provided only for 

committee members. 

The main session of the meeting, 

which is open to public attendance, will 

be held on June 15–16. The 2011 

meeting is being hosted by the Bureau 

of Land Management. 

Closed Sessions 

While certain segments of this 

meeting are open to the public, there 

will be two closed sessions during the 

meeting. The first closed session is 

planned for approximately 10 a.m. to 12 

p.m. on June 15, 2011. This session is 

reserved for individual paint 

manufacturers to present products and 

information about tree-marking paint for 

consideration in future testing and use 

by the agency. Paint manufacturers also 

may provide comments on tree-marking 

paint specifications or other 

requirements. This portion of the 

meeting is open only to paint 

manufacturers, the Committee, and 

committee staff to ensure that trade 

secrets will not be disclosed to other 

paint manufacturers or to the public. 

Paint manufacturers wishing to make 

presentations to the Tree-Marking Paint 

Committee during the closed session 

should contact the committee 

chairperson at the telephone number 

listed at FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT in this notice. The second 

closed session is planned for 

approximately 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on June 

16, 2011. This session is reserved for 

Tree-Marking Paint Committee members 

only. 

Any person with special access needs 

should contact the Chairperson to make 

those accommodations. Space for 

individuals who are not members of the 

National Tree-Marking Paint Committee 

is limited and will be available to the 

public on a first-come, first-served basis. 

Dated: March 23, 2011. 

James M. Pen ̃ a, 

Associate Deputy Chief, NFS. 

[FR Doc. 2011–7324 Filed 3–28–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Utilities Service 

Information Collection Activity; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. chapter 35, as amended), the 

Rural Utilities Service an agency 

delivering the U.S. Department of 

Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development 

Utilities Programs, invites comments on 

this information collection for which 

approval from the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) will be requested. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by May 31, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michele Brooks, Director, Program 

Development and Regulatory Analysis, 

USDA Rural Development, 1400 

Independence Ave., SW., STOP 1522, 

Room 5162 South Building, 

Washington, DC 20250–1522. 

Telephone: (202) 690–1078. Fax: (202) 

720–8435. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office 

of Management and Budget’s (OMB) 

regulation (5 CFR 1320) implementing 

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13) requires 

that interested members of the public 

and affected agencies have an 

opportunity to comment on information 

collection and recordkeeping activities 

(see 5 CFR 1320.8(d)). This notice 

identifies an information collection that 

RUS is submitting to OMB for 

extension. 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed 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 the burden of 

the proposed collection of information 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (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 


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