70626 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 234 / Tuesday, December 7, 2004 / Notices 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

on occasion; annually; quarterly; semiannually; monthly. 

Total Burden Hours: 10,117. 

National Agriculture Statistics Service 

Title: Childhood Injury and Adult 

Occupational Survey. 

OMB Control Number: 0535–0235. 

Summary of Collection: Primary 

function of the National Agricultural 

Statistics Services (NASS) is to prepare 

and issue state and national estimates of 

crop and livestock production under the 

authority of 7 U.S.C. 2204. NASS will 

conduct a national childhood 

agricultural injury survey and an adult 

occupational farm injury survey 

focusing on minority farm operators. 

The study will provide estimates of 

annual childhood and adult nonfatal 

injury incidence rates, annual injury 

frequencies, and descriptive injury 

information for children under the age 

of 20 living, working or visiting farm 

operations. 

Need and Use of the Information:

Data from this survey will provide a 

source of consistent information that the 

National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health (NIOSH) can use to 

target funds appropriated by Congress 

for the prevention of childhood 

agricultural injuries and adult 

occupational injuries. No source of data 

on childhood injuries or adult 

occupational farm injuries exists that 

covers all aspects of the agricultural 

production sector. If this information is 

not collected, NIOSH’s ability to track 

and evaluate the impact of its injury 

prevention efforts will decrease. 

Description of Respondents: Farms. 

Number of Respondents: 50,500. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

other. 

Total Burden Hours: 12,111.

Sondra Blakey, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 04–26782 Filed 12–6–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–20–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service 

Information Collection; Request for 

Comment; Homeowner Risk Reduction 

Behaviors Concerning Wildfire Risks

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Forest Service is seeking comments 

from all interested individuals and 

organizations on a new, one-time 

information collection, Homeowner 

Risk Reduction Behaviors Concerning 

Wildfire Risks. The information will be 

collected from homeowner groups, such 

as homeowners associations, that have 

been affected by wildfires. 

The information collected will focus 

on homeowners who live in the 

wildland-urban interface and that were 

affected by the Hayman fire in Colorado, 

the B&B Complex fire in Oregon, and 

the Old and Cedar fires in California. 

The information provided by this study 

will allow Forest Service land managers 

to better understand which risk 

reduction behaviors homeowners 

choose to undertake, as well as ones 

they choose not to undertake, and 

factors that influence these choices. 

This information will assist the Forest 

Service in their risk communication 

efforts with ‘‘at risk’’ communities and 

individuals.

DATES: Comments must be received in 

writing on or before February 7, 2005 to 

be assured of consideration. Comments 

received after that date will be 

considered to the extent practicable.

ADDRESSES: Comments concerning this 

notice should be addressed to Dr. Brian 

Kent, Project Leader, Rocky Mountain 

Research Station, Forest Service, USDA, 

2150 Centre Avenue, Building A, Fort 

Collins, CO 80526. 

Comments also may be submitted via 

facsimile to (970)295–5959 or by e-mail 

to: bkent@fs.fed.us. 

The public may inspect comments 

received at Rocky Mountain Research 

Station, Forest Service, USDA, 2150 

Centre Avenue, Building A, Fort 

Collins, Colorado, during normal 

business hours. Visitors are encouraged 

to call ahead to (970) 295–5955 to 

facilitate entry to the building.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Brian Kent, Rocky Mountain Research 

Station, at (970) 295–5955. Individuals 

who use telecommunication devices for 

the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

Relay Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339 

twenty-four hours a day, every day of 

the year, including holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Homeowner Risk Reduction 

Behaviors Concerning Wildfire Risks. 

OMB Number: 0596–New. 

Expiration Date of Approval: N/A. 

Type of Request: New. 

Abstract: The threat of wildfire to 

residents located in areas next to 

forested public lands has increased 

significantly during the last decade. As 

homeowners migrate to areas that are at 

increasing risk from wildfire they face 

important decisions regarding how 

much risk to accept from various 

sources. An important component of 

making decisions regarding risk is to 

understand the behaviors that are 

effective at reducing the risk and the 

information sources that are considered 

reliable for risk reduction information. 

To gain a better insight into 

homeowners’ perceptions of wildfire 

risk, behaviors that reduce wildfire risk, 

and most effective methods of 

communicating the risk of wildfire, it is 

important to collect information directly 

from the homeowners that are at risk. 

The results of the collection will 

provide important information for 

public land managers and private 

homeowners that will improve the 

understanding of the issues and options 

between both groups. 

Homeowners, located in the wildlandurban interface in areas that were 

affected by wildfires, will be asked to 

return surveys. The homeowners will be 

members of organized homeowners 

associations and their participation is 

voluntary. The survey will be mailed to 

homeowners by Integrated Resource 

Solutions in Boulder, Colorado, 

operating under a Research Joint 

Venture with the Forest Service Rocky 

Mountain Research Station in Fort 

Collins, Colorado. 

The type of information collected will 

include: (1) Risk perceptions regarding 

wildfire, (2) risk reduction behaviors 

associated with wildfire, (3) sources of 

information regarding wildfires and 

wildfire risk reduction, and (4) socioeconomic information. 

The data collected will be analyzed by 

Forest Service researchers at the Rocky 

Mountain Research Station and the 

following cooperators: Drs. Ingrid and 

Wade Martin of California State 

University of Long Beach, Long Beach, 

California, and Dr. Holly Bender of 

Integrated Resource Solutions, Boulder, 

Colorado. The results will be made 

available to Forest Service land 

managers, the respondents and other 

interested parties. 

This information will enhance the 

ability of Forest Service land managers 

on National Forests to communicate and 

understand the public and their 

preferences regarding the management 

of wildfire risk. Without this type of 

information, Forest Service land 

managers and the public will continue 

to interact on the issues of wildfire risk 

without a broad-based understanding of 

the factors that lessen wildfire risk, 

factors that are important to 

homeowners. 

Estimate of Annual Burden: 20 

minutes. 

Type of Respondents: Homeowners 

located in the wildland-urban interface 

in the western United States. 

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Estimated Annual Number of 

Respondents: 1500. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 500 hours. 

Comment is invited on: (1) Whether 

this collection of information is 

necessary for the stated purposes and 

the proper performance of the functions 

of the agency, including whether the 

information will have practical or 

scientific utility; (2) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

collection of information, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (4) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including the use of 

automated, electronic, mechanical, or 

other technological collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. 

Use of Comments 

All comments received in response to 

this notice, including names and 

addresses when provided, will be a 

matter of public record. Comments will 

be summarized and included in the 

submission request toward Office of 

Management and Budget approval.

Dated: November 29, 2004. 

Robin L. Thompson, 

Associate Deputy Chief, State and Private 

Forestry.

[FR Doc. 04–26836 Filed 12–6–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–P

ANTITRUST MODERNIZATION 

COMMISSION 

Public Meeting

AGENCY: Antitrust Modernization 

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The Antitrust Modernization 

Commission will hold a public meeting 

on January 13, 2005. The purpose of the 

meeting is for the Antitrust 

Modernization Commission to 

determine issues for further 

Commission study, pursuant to its 

statutory mandate.

DATES: January 13, 2005, 10 a.m. until 

adjourned. Interested members of the 

public may attend. Registration is not 

required.

ADDRESSES: Federal Trade Commission, 

Conference Center Rooms A & B, 601 

New Jersey Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Andrew J. Heimert, Executive Director & 

General Counsel, Antitrust 

Modernization Commission: telephone: 

(202) 233–0701; e-mail: info@amc.gov. 

Mr. Heimert is also the Designated 

Federal Officer (DFO) for the Antitrust 

Modernization Commission.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of this meeting is for the 

Antitrust Modernization Commission to 

select issues for further Commission 

study, pursuant to its statutory mandate. 

Materials relating to the meeting will be 

made available on the Commission’s 

Web site (http://www.amc.gov) in 

advance of the meeting. 

The AMC has called this meeting 

pursuant to its authorizing statute and 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act. 

Antitrust Modernization Commission 

Act of 2002, Pub. L. No. 107–273, 

§ 11058(f), 116 Stat. 1758, 1857; Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App., 

§ 10(a)(2); 41 CFR 102–3.150 (2003).

Dated: December 1, 2004.

By direction of Deborah A. Garza, Chair of 

the Antitrust Modernization Commission.

Approved by Designated Federal Officer. 

Andrew J. Heimert, 

Executive Director & General Counsel, 

Antitrust Modernization Commission.

[FR Doc. 04–26786 Filed 12–6–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6820–YM–P

CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION

Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting 

of the State Advisory Committee 

Chairpersons in the Western Region 

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 

the provisions of the rules and 

regulations of the U.S. Commission on 

Civil Rights, that a conference call of the 

State Advisory Committee Chairpersons 

in the Western Region (Alaska, Arizona, 

California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, 

Oregon, Texas and Washington) will 

convene at 1 p.m. (PST) and adjourn at 

2 p.m., Friday, December 10, 2004. The 

purpose of the conference call is to 

discuss regional civil rights issues and 

update information. This conference 

call is available to the public through 

the following call-in number: 1–800–

473–7795, access code number 

31697230. Any interested member of the 

public may call this number and listen 

to the meeting. Callers can expect to 

incur charges for calls not initiated 

using the provided call-in number or 

over wireless lines and the Commission 

will not refund any incurred charges. 

Callers will incur no charge for calls 

using the call-in number over land-line 

connections. Persons with hearing 

impairments may also follow the 

proceedings by first calling the Federal 

Relay Service at 1–800–977–8339 and 

providing the Service with the 

conference call number and access code. 

To ensure that the Commission 

secures an appropriate number of lines 

for the public, persons are asked to 

register by contacting Thomas Pilla of 

the Western Regional Office, (213) 894–

3437, by 3 p.m. on Thursday, December 

9, 2004. 

The meeting will be conducted 

pursuant to the provisions of the rules 

and regulations of the Commission.

Dated at Washington DC, November 23, 

2004. 

Aonghas St. Hiliare, 

Acting Chief Managing Officer.

[FR Doc. 04–26765 Filed 12–6–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6335–01–P

CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION

Sunshine Act Notice

AGENCY: U.S. Commission on Civil 

Rights.

DATE AND TIME: Friday, December 10, 

2004, 9:30 a.m.

PLACE: U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 

624 9th Street, NW., Room 540, 

Washington, DC 20425.

STATUS: The previously scheduled 

Commission meeting for December 10, 

2004 is canceled.

CONTACT PERSON FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION: Les Jin, Press and 

Communications (202) 376–7700.

Debra A. Carr, 

General Counsel.

[FR Doc. 04–27001 Filed 12–3–04; 3:59 p.m] 

BILLING CODE 6335–0–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Census Bureau 

Survey of Pollution Abatement Costs 

and Expenditures

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment 

request. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork burden, 

invites the general public and other 

Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on the 

proposed and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)).