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Vol. 75, No. 229 

Tuesday, November 30, 2010 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

November 23, 2010. 

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 and 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) 720–8681. 

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. 

Forest Service 

Title: Publications Evaluation Card. 

OMB Control Number: 0596–0163. 

Summary of Collection: Executive 

Order 12862 issued September 11, 1993, 

directed Federal agencies to change the 

way they do business, to reform their 

management practices, to provide 

service to the public that matches or 

exceeds the best service available in the 

private sector, and to establish and 

implement customer service standards 

to carry out principles of the National 

Performance Review. In response to this 

Executive Order, the Forest Service (FS) 

Southern Research Station developed a 

‘‘Publication Comment’’ Card for 

inclusion when distributing scientific 

research publications. FS has come to 

realize that some changes in their 

publications may be necessary to 

achieve their goals and wishes to elicit 

voluntary feedback from their readers to 

help determine the changes to make. FS 

will collect information using the 

comment card. 

Need and Use of the Information: FS 

will collect information, which will ask 

the respondents to rate the publication 

that they received or read. The 

information will be used to improve the 

readability and usefulness of FS articles, 

papers, and books. The collected 

information will also help scientists and 

authors provide relevant information on 

effective, efficient, responsible land 

management. If the information is not 

collected FS will forgo any opportunity 

to learn if publications meet customers’ 

expectations and address customers’ 

needs. 

Description of Respondents: 

Individuals or households. 

Number of Respondents: 72,000. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 4,800. 

Forest Service 

Title: Predecisional Objection Process 

for Hazardous Fuel Reduction Projects 

Authorized by Healthy Forest 

Restoration Act of 2003. 

OMB Control Number: 0596–0172. 

Summary of Collection: On December 

3, 2003, President Bush signed into law 

the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 

2003 to reduce the threat of destructive 

wildfires while upholding 

environmental standards and 

encouraging early public input during 

review and planning processes. One of 

the provisions of the Act, in Section 105 

requires that not later than 30 days after 

the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

Secretary of Agriculture shall 

promulgate interim final regulations to 

establish a predecisional administrative 

review process. This process services as 

the sole means by which a person can 

seek administrative review regarding an 

authorized hazardous fuel reduction 

project on Forest Service (FS) land. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

Participants in the predecisional 

administrative review process must 

provide information the FS needs to 

respond to their concern. This written 

information needs to include the 

objector’s name, address, phone 

number; the name of the project; name 

and title of the Responsible Official, the 

project location; and sufficient narrative 

description of those parts of the project 

that are objected to; specific issues 

related to the proposed decision, and 

suggested remedies which would 

resolve the objection. The collected 

information will be used by the 

Reviewing Officer in responding to 

those who participate in the objection 

process prior to a decision by the 

Responsible Official. FS could not meet 

the intent of Congress without collecting 

this information. 

Description of Respondents: 

Individuals or households; State, Local 

or Tribal Government; Not-for-profit 

institutions. 

Number of Respondents: 121. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 968. 

Forest Service 

Title: Financial Information Security 

Request Form. 

OMB Control Number: 0596–0204. 

Summary of Collection: The majority 

of Forest Service’s (FS) financial records 

are in databases stored at the National 

Finance Center (NFC). The Federal 

Information Security Reform Act of 

2002 (Pub. L. 107–347) and Information 

Technology Management Reform Act of 

1996 (Pub. L. 104–106) authorize the 

Forest Service to obtain information 

necessary for employees and contractors 

to access and maintain these records. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

Forest Service uses a paper and 

electronic version of its form FS–6500– 


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214 to gather name, work email, work 

telephone number, job title, etc. for a 

specific employee or contractor to apply 

to NFC for access. Prior to filling out the 

form, contractors must first complete 

specific training before a user may 

request access to certain financial 

systems. NFC grants access to users only 

at the request of Client Security Officers. 

The unit’s Client Security Officer is 

responsible for management of access to 

computers and coordinates all requests 

for NFC. The information collected is 

shared with those managing or 

overseeing the financial systems used by 

the FS; this includes auditors. 

Description of Respondents: 

Contracted Employees. 

Number of Respondents: 50. 

Frequency of Reponses: Reporting: 

Yearly. 

Total Burden Hours: 75. 

Charlene Parker, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

November 23, 2010. 

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) 720–8681. 

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. 

Rural Utilities Service 

Title: 7 CFR 1777, Section 306C Water 

& Waste Disposal (WWD) Loans & 

Grants. 

OMB Control Number: 0572–0109. 

Summary of Collection: Rural Utilities 

Service is authorized to make loans and 

grants under Section 306C of the 

Consolidated Farm and Rural 

Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926c). This 

program funds facilities and projects in 

low income rural communities whose 

residents face significant health risks. 

These communities do not have access 

to or are not served by adequate 

affordable water supply systems or 

waste disposal facilities. The loans and 

grants will be available to provide water 

and waste disposal facilities and 

services to these communities. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

Eligible applicants submit an 

application package and other 

information to Rural Development field 

offices to develop or improve 

community water and waste disposal 

systems. In one percent of the cases an 

applicant will use the funds to enable 

individuals to connect to the applicant’s 

system or improve residences to use the 

water or waste disposal system. In this 

situation, an applicant will make loans 

and grants to individuals and the 

applicant will submit an 

implementation plan, memorandum of 

agreement and use of funds report. 

Description of Respondents: Not-forprofit institutions; Individuals or 

households. 

Number of Respondents: 1. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

Annually. 

Total Burden Hours: 9. 

Rural Utility Service 

Title: High Energy Cost Grants and 

State Bulk Fuel Revolving Grant 

Programs. 

OMB Control Number: 0572–0136. 

Summary of Collection: The Rural 

Electrification Act of 1936 (RE Act) (7 

U.S.C. 901 et seq.) was amended in 

November 2000 to create new grant and 

loan authority to assist rural 

communities with extremely high 

energy costs (Pub. L. 106–472). This 

amendment gives authorization to Rural 

Utilities Service (RUS) to provide 

competitive grants for energy 

generation, transmission, or distribution 

facilities serving communities in which 

the national average is at least 275% for 

residential expenditure for home 

energy. All applicants are required to 

submit a project proposal containing the 

elements in the prescribed format. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

USDA will collect information from 

applicants to confirm that the eligibility 

requirements and the proposals are 

consistent with the purposes set forth in 

the statute. Various forms and progress 

reports are used to monitor compliance 

with grant agreements, track 

expenditures of Federal funds and 

measure the success of the program. 

Without collecting the listed 

information, USDA will not be assured 

that the projects and communities 

served meet the statutory requirements 

for eligibility or that the proposed 

projects will deliver the intended 

benefits. 

Description of Respondents: Not-forprofit institutions; Business or other forprofit; and State, Local or Tribal 

Government 

Number of Respondents: 112. 

Frequency of Responses: 

Recordkeeping: Reporting: On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 1,365. 

Charlene Parker, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Idaho Panhandle Resource Advisory 

Committee Meeting 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the authorities in 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463) and under the Secure 

Rural Schools and Community SelfDetermination Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 110– 

343) the Idaho Panhandle Resource 

Advisory Committee will meet Friday, 

December 3, 2010, at 9 a.m. in Coeur 

d’Alene, Idaho for a business meeting. 

The business meeting is open to the 

public. 

DATES: December 3, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting location is the 

Idaho Panhandle National Forests’ 


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