Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 248 / Tuesday, December 28, 2004 / Notices 77709

For General Information About TAA, 

Contact: Jean-Louis Pajot, Coordinator, 

Trade Adjustment Assistance for 

Farmers, FAS, USDA, (202) 720–2916, 

email: trade.adjustment@fas.usda.gov.

Dated: December 15, 2004. 

A. Ellen Terpstra, 

Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service.

[FR Doc. 04–28278 Filed 12–27–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–10–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service 

Information Collection; Request for 

Comments; Perceived and Realized 

Health Benefits of Urban Proximate 

and Distant Recreation Lands

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 the new information 

collection, Perceived and Realized 

Health Benefits of Urban Proximate and 

Distant Recreation Lands.

DATES: Comments must be received in 

writing on or before February 28, 2004 

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. 

Deborah Chavez, Pacific Southwest 

Research Station, Forest Service, USDA, 

4955 Canyon Crest Drive, Riverside, CA 

92507. 

Comments also may be submitted via 

facsimile to (951) 680–1501 or by e-mail 

to dchavez@fs.fed.us.

The public may inspect comments 

received at Pacific Southwest Research 

Station, 4955 Canyon Crest Drive, 

Riverside, California, during normal 

business hours. Visitors are encouraged 

to call ahead to (951) 680–1558 to 

facilitate entry to the building.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Deborah Chavez, Pacific Southwest 

Research Station at (951) 680–1558. 

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: Perceived and Realized Health 

Benefits of Urban Proximate and Distant 

Recreation Lands. 

OMB Number: 0596–New. 

Expiration Date of Approval: N/A. 

Type of Request: New. 

Abstract: In June 2002, President 

Bush issued Executive Order (E.O.) 

13266 for the purpose of improving the 

health of all Americans. Physical 

activity was one of the four healthprotection pillars, and part of this E.O. 

encouraged federal agencies to promote 

physical activity on public lands. 

Users of urban public lands come 

from a variety of ethnic, racial, income, 

age, educational, and other sociodemographic backgrounds. The 

activities pursued, health benefits 

realized, information sources utilized, 

and site attributes preferred are just 

some of the items affected by these 

differences. 

The collected information will enable 

Forest Service personnel to more 

effectively manage recreation areas for 

the encouragement and promotion of 

potential physical health benefits. The 

collected information also will provide 

information on visitor characteristics, 

such as educational level, race, 

ethnicity, and gender, and 

communication, such as preferred 

language at home, and for radio, 

television, and newspapers. 

Data will be collected using on-site 

surveys from visitors to urban parks and 

more distant watershed sites in or 

within an hour’s drive of Los Angeles, 

California; Minneapolis-St. Paul, 

Minnesota; and Chicago, Illinois. 

Subjects will be contacted by Forest 

Service research personnel; cooperators 

at the University of Minnesota, 

Department of Forest Resources and 

Tourism Center; the University of 

Illinois, Department of Leisure Studies; 

and park research staff site collaborators 

at Hawkins Park in California. 

Respondents will be asked to answer 

questions on the following topics: Area 

visitation history and patterns; activity 

patterns; site amenities and 

characteristics; constraints to more 

frequent visitation, such as physical 

health; and demographics. The data will 

be analyzed by Forest Service research 

personnel and cooperators at the 

University of Minnesota, Department of 

Forest Resources and Tourism Center, 

and the University of Illinois, 

Department of Leisure Studies. 

Estimate of Annual Burden: 10 

minutes. 

Type of Respondents: Visitors to 

urban parks and more distant watershed 

sites within an hour’s drive of Los 

Angeles, California; Minneapolis-St. 

Paul, Minnesota; and Chicago, Illinois. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Respondents: 2,700. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 450 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 for Office of 

Management and Budget approval.

Dated: November 22, 2004. 

Barbara C. Weber, 

Associate Deputy Chief, State and Private 

Forestry.

[FR Doc. 04–28243 Filed 12–27–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service 

Deep Lake Allotment, Coconino 

National Forest; Coconino County, AZ

AGENCY: Forest Services, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

environmental impact statement. 

SUMMARY: The USDA Forest Service will 

prepare an environmental impact 

statement (EIS) to disclose the 

environmental effects of reauthorizing 

cattle grazing on the Deep Lake 

Allotment.

DATES: Comments concerning the scope 

of the analysis should be received 

within 30 days of the date of publication 

of this Notice of Intent in the Federal 

Register. The draft EIS is expected in 

May 2005 and the final EIS is expected 

September 2005.

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to 

Terri Marceron, Mormon Lake District 

Ranger, 4373 South Lake Mary Road, 

Flagstaff, Arizona 86001, Fax: (928) 

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