Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 243 / Monday, December 20, 2004 / Notices 75897

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit. 

Number of Respondents: 20,000. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 26,260.

Sondra Blakey, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 04–27715 Filed 12–17–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–20–P; 3410–10–P and 3410–XT–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

December 14, 2004. 

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), Pamela_Beverly_

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) 720–8681. 

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: Certificate for Poultry and 

Hatching Eggs for Export. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0048. 

Summary of Collection: The export of 

agricultural commodities, including 

poultry and hatching eggs, is a major 

business in the United States and 

contributes to a favorable balance of 

trade. As part of its mission to facilitate 

the export of U.S. poultry and poultry 

products, the U.S. Department of 

Agriculture (USDA), Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service (APHIS), 

Veterinary Services, maintains 

information regarding the import health 

requirements of other countries for 

poultry and hatching eggs exported from 

the U.S. Most countries require a 

certification that our poultry and 

hatching eggs are disease free. 

Certificate for Poultry and Hatching 

Eggs for Export is authorized by 21 

U.S.C. 112 and 113 which is used to 

certify the disease free status of poultry 

and hatching eggs exported from the 

United States. The regulation that 

implements this law is found in part 91 

of title 9, Code of Federal Regulations. 

Need and Use of the Information:

APHIS will use VS form 17–6, 

Certificate for Poultry & Hatching Eggs 

for Export, to collect information on the 

quantity and type of poultry and 

hatching egg designated for export. The 

information collected is necessary to 

satisfy the import requirements of the 

receiving countries and to prevent 

unhealthy poultry or disease carrying 

hatching eggs from being exported from 

the United States, thereby protecting 

and encouraging trade with the United 

States and preventing the international 

dissemination of poultry diseases. 

Description of Respondents: Farms; 

Federal government; State, local or 

tribal government; individuals or 

households; business or other for-profit. 

Number of Respondents: 300. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 10,500. 

Animal Plant and Health Inspection 

Service 

Title: Asian Long Horned Beetle 

Regulations. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0122. 

Summary of Collection: The Animal 

and Plant Health Inspection Service 

(APHIS) of the Department of 

Agriculture is responsible for preventing 

plant pests and noxious weeds from 

entering the United States, preventing 

the spread of pests and weeds not 

widely distributed in the United States, 

and eradicating those imported pests 

and weeds when eradication is feasible. 

The Plant Protection and Quarantine 

program of APHIS is responsible for 

implementing the provisions of the Act 

and does so through the enforcement of 

its domestic quarantine regulations in 7 

CFR part 301. The Asian Long Horned 

Beetle (ALB) is a destructive pest of 

hardwood trees that bore into the 

heartwood of host trees eventually 

killing them. APHIS regulations are 

designed to prevent the spread of the 

ALB within the United States. 

Need and Use of the Information:

APHIS will collect information to 

control and monitor the movement of 

the Asian Long Horned Beetle using 

several APHIS forms. If the information 

were not collected, the effectiveness of 

the Asian Long Horned Beetle 

Quarantine would be severely 

compromised. 

Description of Respondents: Farms; 

business or other for profit; State, local 

or tribal government; individuals or 

households. 

Number of Respondents: 475. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 244. 

Animal Plant and Health Inspection 

Service 

Title: Importation of Hass Avocado 

from Mexico. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0129. 

Summary of Collection: The Animal 

and Plant Health Inspection Service 

(APHIS) of the Department of 

Agriculture is responsible for preventing 

plant diseases or insect pests from 

entering the United States, preventing 

the spread of pests not widely 

distributed in the United States, and 

eradicating those imported when 

eradication is feasible. The Plant 

Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701–7772) 

authorizes APHIS to carry out this 

mission. APHIS will collect information 

from a variety of individuals, both 

within and outside of the United States, 

who are involved in growing, packing, 

handling, transporting, and importing 

foreign logs, trees, shrubs, and other 

articles. Currently, there are regulations 

that allow fresh Hass Avocado fruit 

grown in approved orchards in 

Michoacan, Mexico to be imported into 

the United States under certain 

conditions. 

Need and Use of the Information:

APHIS will collect information using 

forms PPQ 519, ‘‘Compliance 

Agreement’’ and PPQ 587, ‘‘Application 

for Permit to Import Plants or Plant 

Products.’’ The information collected 

will ensure that fresh Hass Avocados 

from Mexico do not harbor exotic insect 

pests. 

75898 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 243 / Monday, December 20, 2004 / Notices 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for profit; State, local or tribal 

government. 

Number of Respondents: 3,058. 

Frequency of Responses:

Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 4,823. 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

Title: Collaboration in Animal Health, 

Food Safety, and Epidemiology 

(CAHFSE) Swine Study. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–NEW. 

Summary of Collection: The 

Collaboration in Animal and Health and 

Food Safety Epidemiology (CAHFSE) 

Swine Study, is a joint effort among 

three agencies within the Department of 

Agriculture: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service (APHIS); the 

Agricultural Research Service (ARS); 

and the Food Safety and Inspection 

Service (FSIS). The mission of this 

surveillance effort is twofold: to 

enhance overall understanding of 

bacteria that pose a food-safety risk by 

tracking these bacteria on-farm and 

through the harvesting process, over 

time; and to provide a means to 

routinely monitor critical diseases in 

food-animal production. To accomplish 

this mission, APHIS collects on-farm 

samples, FSIS collects slaughter plant 

data from plant managers, and ARS 

conducts laboratory examination of the 

samples collected on-farm or in-plant. 7 

U.S.C. 391, the Animal Industry Act of 

1884 and 21 U.S.C. 119, mandates 

collection and dissemination of animal 

and poultry health data and 

information. 

Need and Use of the Information:

APHIS will collect information using 

several forms. The collected information 

from the study will be disseminated to 

veterinary consultants/practitioners, 

industry and producers groups, and 

academia to monitor antimicrobial 

resistance and to identify problem areas 

in health management and feeding 

practices, which contribute to disease 

transmission. Without CAHFSE, the 

U.S.’s ability to detect trends in 

management, production, and the 

impact they have on animal health and 

food safety either directly or indirectly 

would be reduced or nonexistent. 

Description of Respondents: Farms; 

Individuals or households; Federal 

government. 

Number of Respondents: 530. 

Frequency of Responses:

Recordkeeping; reporting: on occasion; 

quarterly; monthly. 

Total Burden Hours: 1,502.

Sondra Blakey, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 04–27716 Filed 12–17–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Black Hills National Forest Advisory 

Board

AGENCY: USDA Forest Service, Rocky 

Mountain Region.

ACTION: Black Hills National Forest 

Advisory Board re-charter. 

SUMMARY: The USDA Forest Service is 

re-chartering the Black Hills National 

Forest Advisory Board to obtain advice 

and recommendations on a broad range 

of forest issues such as forest plan 

revisions or amendments, travel 

management, forest monitoring and 

evaluation, and site-specific projects 

having forest-wide implications.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Frances Reynolds, Legislative Affairs, 

Rocky Mountain Region, Forest Service, 

(303) 275–5357.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(5 U.S.C. App.), notice is hereby given 

that the U.S. Department of Agriculture 

Forest Service Black Hills National 

Forest, is re-chartering the Black Hills 

National Forest Advisory Board. The 

Board provides advice and 

recommendations on a broad range of 

forest planning issues. The Board 

membership consists of individuals 

representing commodity interests, 

amenity interests, and state and local 

government. 

The Black Hills National Forest 

Advisory Board has been determined to 

be in the public interest in connection 

with the duties and responsibilities of 

the Black Hills National Forest. National 

forest management requires improved 

coordination among the interests and 

governmental entities responsible for 

land management decisions and the 

public that the agency serves. The Board 

consists of 15 members that represent 

the following interests (this membership 

closely follows the membership 

outlined by the Secure Rural Schools 

and Community Self Determination Act 

for Resource Advisory Committees (16 

U.S.C. 500, et seq.)): 

1. Economic development. 

2. Developed outdoor recreation, offhighway vehicle users, or commercial 

recreation. 

3. Energy and mineral development. 

4. Commercial timber industry. 

5. Permittee (grazing or other land use 

within the Black Hills area). 

6. Nationally recognized 

environmental organizations. 

7. Regionally or locally recognized 

environmental organizations. 

8. Dispersed recreation. 

9. Archeology or history. 

10. Nationally or regionally 

recognized sportsmen’s groups, such as 

anglers or hunters. 

11. South Dakota elected office. 

12. Wyoming elected office. 

13. South Dakota or Wyoming 

county—or local-elected official. 

14. Tribal government elected or 

appointed official. 

15. South Dakota or Wyoming state 

natural resource agency official. 

The Board members determine chair 

responsibility. The Forest Supervisor of 

the Black Hills National Forest serves as 

the designated Federal official under 

sections 10(e) and (f) of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. 

App.). 

The Black Hills National Forest 

provides notices as needed of additional 

actions that will be taken to complete 

the Board’s function. 

Equal opportunity practices are 

followed in all appointments to 

advisory committees. To ensure that the 

recommendations of the Board have 

been taken into account the needs of 

diverse groups the Black Hills National 

Forest serves, membership will include 

to the extent practicable individuals 

with demonstrated ability to represent 

monitories, women, and persons with 

disabilities.

Dated: December 13, 2004. 

Brad Exton, 

Acting Forest Supervisor.

[FR Doc. 04–27709 Filed 12–17–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service 

Sierra National Forest, California, 

Kings River Project

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Revised notice of intent to 

prepare an environmental impact 

statement. This notice of intent was 

previously filed on September 22, 2004; 

pages 56743 & 56744 and is revised to 

reflect a further defined proposed 

action. 

SUMMARY: Forest Service will prepare an 

environmental impact statements on a 

proposal to conduct a sustainable forest 

ecosystem study that examines the 

response of an array of ecosystem