8036 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 35 / Tuesday, February 23, 2010 / Notices 

Jane Duffield, Chief, State 

Administration Branch, Supplemental 

Nutrition Assistance Program, Food and 

Nutrition Service, USDA, 3101 Park 

Center Drive, Room 818, Alexandria, VA 

22302. Comments may also be 

submitted via fax to the attention of Ms. 

Duffield at 703–605–0795 or via e-mail 

to PADMAILBOX@fns.usda.gov. 

Comments will also be accepted through 

the federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and follow 

the online instructions for submitting 

comments electronically. 

All written comments will be open for 

public inspection at the office of the 

Food and Nutrition Service during 

regular business hours (8:30 a.m. to 5 

p.m. Monday through Friday) at 3101 

Park Center Drive, Room 818, 

Alexandria, Virginia 22302. 

All comments will be summarized 

and included in the request for Office of 

Management and Budget approval. All 

comments will become a matter of 

public record. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of this information collection 

should be directed to Jane Duffield at 

(703) 605–4385. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Operating Guidelines, Forms 

and Waivers. 

OMB Number: 0584–0083. 

Expiration Date: October 31, 2010. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Abstract: In accordance with section 

11(d) of the Food & Nutrition Act of 

2008 (the Act), 7 U.S.C. 2020(B), State 

agencies are required to submit a Plan 

of Operation specifying the manner in 

which SNAP will be conducted. The 

State Plan of Operations, in accordance 

with current rules at 7 CFR 272.2, 

consists of a Federal/State Agreement, 

annual budget and activity statements, 

and specific attachments relating to the 

State Plan of Operation. State Plans of 

Operation are a one-time effort with 

updates that are provided as necessary. 

Under section 16 of the Act, 7 U.S.C. 

2025, the Secretary is authorized to pay 

each State agency an amount equal to 50 

percent of all administrative costs 

involved in each State agency’s 

operation of the SNAP. Under 

corresponding SNAP regulations at 7 

CFR 272.2, the State agencies must 

submit annually to FNS for approval, a 

Budget Projection Statement (Form 

FNS–366A), which projects the total 

costs for major areas of SNAP 

operations, and a Program Activity 

Statement (Form FNS–366B), which 

provides a summary of SNAP operations 

during the preceding fiscal year. The 

reports are required to substantiate the 

costs the State agency expects to incur 

during the next fiscal year. Form FNS– 

366A is submitted annually by August 

15, for the upcoming fiscal year and 

Form FNS–366B must be submitted no 

later than 45 days after the end of each 

State agency’s fiscal year. 

In fiscal year (FY) 2009, 91 percent of 

State agencies submitted the FNS–366A 

electronically and 9 percent submitted a 

paper report. For FY 2009, a total of 82 

percent of State agencies submitted the 

FNS–366B electronically with the 

remaining 18 percent submitting paper 

reports. 

Finally, State agencies are required to 

submit certain other documents to FNS 

for review relating to certain specific 

activities that the State agency may 

choose to do. These other submissions 

include but are not limited to Advance 

Planning Documents (APD) if the State 

agency wishes to acquire proposed 

automated data processing (ADP) 

services, systems or equipment; 

outreach plans if the State elects to do 

program information activities; and 

updates related to options exercised 

under the Act, as amended. 

Respondents: State agencies that 

administer SNAP. 

Number of Respondents: 53. 

Estimated Number of Responses Per 

Respondent: 

Plan of Operation Updates: 53 State 

agencies once a year. 

Form FNS–366A: 53 State agencies 

once a year. 

Form FNS–366B: 53 State agencies 

once a year. 

Other APD, Plan, or Update 

Submissions: Up to 53 State agencies 

may submit one or more APD, plan or 

update submission averaging 4.75 

submissions per respondent per year or 

252 total responses. 

Estimate of Burden: 

Plan of Operation Updates: The State 

agencies submit Plan updates at an 

estimate of 10 hours per respondent, or 

530 total hours. 

Form FNS–366A: The State agencies 

submit Form FNS–366A at an estimate 

of 13 hours per respondent, or 689 total 

hours. 

Form FNS–366B: The total burden for 

the collection of information for Form 

FNS–366B is 18 hours per respondent, 

or 954 hours. 

Other APD, Plan, or Update 

Submissions: We estimate that up to 53 

States may submit one or more APD, 

plan, or update for a total of 251.75 

annual responses at an average estimate 

of 2.681 hours per respondent, or 675.5 

hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: The total annual reporting 

and recordkeeping burden for OMB No. 

0584–0083 is estimated to be 2,848.5 

hours, which is the same as the 

currently approved burden. 

Affected public Forms Number of respondents 

Frequency of 

response 

Total annual responses Time per response (hrs) Annual burden 

hours 

State Agencies ................ FNS–366A ...................... 53 1 53 13 689 

FNS–366B ...................... 53 1 53 18 954 

Plan of Operation ........... 53 1 53 10 530 

Other APD Plan or Update.53 4 .75 251 .75 2 .681 675 .5 

Total Burden Estimates.......................................... 53 .......................... .......................... .......................... 2848 .5 

Dated: February 4, 2010. 

Julia Paradis, 

Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Monitor-Hot Creek Rangeland Project 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

environmental impact statement. 

SUMMARY: The Austin/Tonopah Ranger 

Districts, Humboldt-Toiyabe National 

Forest will prepare an environmental 

impact statement (EIS) on a proposal to 

authorize continued livestock grazing 

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within the Monitor-Hot Creek 

Rangeland Project area. The analysis 

will determine if a change in 

management direction for livestock 

grazing is needed to move existing 

resource conditions within the MonitorHot Creek Rangeland Project area 

towards desired conditions. The project 

area comprises approximately 952,234 

acres and is located on the Monitor and 

Hot Creek Mountain Ranges in Eureka, 

Nye and Lander Counties, Nevada. 

DATES: Comments concerning the scope 

of the analysis must be received by 

March 25, 2010. The draft 

environmental impact statement is 

expected November, 2010 and the final 

environnental impact statement is 

expected April, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to 

District Ranger, Austin/Tonopah Ranger 

Districts, P.O. Box 130, Austin, NV 

89310. Comments may also be sent via 

e-mail to comments-intermtn-humboldttoiyabe-austin-tonopah@fs.fed.us, or via 

facsimile to (775) 964–1451. 

It is important that reviewers provide 

their comments at such times and in 

such a way that they are useful to the 

Agency’s preparation of the EIS. 

Therefore, comments should be 

provided prior to the close of the 

comment period and should clearly 

articulate the reviewer’s concerns and 

contentions. 

Comments received in response to 

this solicitation, including names and 

addresses of those who comment, will 

be part of the public record for this 

proposed action. Comments submitted 

anonymously will be accepted and 

considered, however. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information, mail 

correspondence to or contact Vernon 

Keller, Project Coordinator, at 1200 

Franklin Way, Sparks, Nevada 89431. 

The telephone number is 775–355– 

5356. E-mail address is 

vkeller@fs.fed.us. 

Individuals who use 

telecommunication devices for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

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

between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern 

Time, Monday through Friday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose and Need for Action 

The purpose and need for the 

proposed Federal action is to provide 

livestock grazing opportunities to 

perinittees in a way that sustains the 

health of the land and protects essential 

ecosystem functions and values. 

Proposed Action 

The Austin/Tonopah Ranger Districts 

propose to authorize continued 

domestic livestock grazing on 

approximately 816,433 acres within the 

Monitor-Hot Creek Rangeland Project 

area under a specific management 

regimen designed to sustain and 

improve the overall ecological condition 

of the project area. Under this proposal, 

we would incorporate updated direction 

in new grazing permits and allotment 

management plans to guide grazing 

management within the project area 

during the coming decade, or until 

amendments are warranted, based on 

changed condition or monitoring. 

The Kelly Creek/North Monitor, 

White Rock, South Monitor, Table 

Mountain and Monitor Valley East 

allotments are currently vacant. 

Livestock grazing would be authorized 

in these allotments and they would be 

used to reduce conflicts on allotments 

that are currently grazed or as forage 

reserve allotments. These allotments 

comprise approximately 259,232 acres. 

Monitor Winter, Horse Heaven, North 

Monitor Winter, Hicks Station, Wagon 

Johnnie, Little Fish Lake, Monitor 

Complex, Saulsbury and Stone Cabin 

allotments have active term grazing 

permits and would continue to have 

authorized grazing. These allotments 

comprise approximately 557,201 acres. 

Morey, Hot Creek and McKinney 

allotments are currently vacant and 

would be closed. These allotments 

comprise approximately 135,801 acres. 

Possible Alternatives 

In addition to the proposed action, we 

have tentatively identified two 

additional alternatives that will be 

analyzed in the EIS. 

(1) Current Management Alternative: 

This alternative would be a 

continuation of the current grazing 

management. 

(2) No Livestock Grazing (No Action) 

Alternative: This alternative would 

eliminate grazing on all allotments in 

the project area. All livestock would be 

removed from the project area and 

existing permits would be cancelled. 

Responsible Official 

Steven Williams, District Ranger, 

Austin/Tonopah Ranger Districts, 

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, P.O. 

Box 130, Austin, NV 89310. 

Nature of Decision to be Made 

Based on the environmental analysis 

on the EIS, the Austin/Tonopah District 

Ranger will decide whether or not to 

authorize grazing on the allotments 

within the Monitor-Hot Creek Project 

area in accordance with the standards in 

the proposed action or as modified by 

additional mitigation measures and 

monitoring requirements. 

Preliminary Issues 

The following are some potential 

issues identified through internal Forest 

Service scoping based on our experience 

with similar projects. The list is not 

considered all inclusive, but should be 

viewed as a starting point. We are 

asking you to help us further refine the 

issues and identify other issues or 

concerns relevant to the proposed 

project. 

• Continued livestock grazing has to 

potential to affect soil quality within the 

project area. 

• Continued livestock grazing has the 

potential to adversely affect water 

quality within the project area. 

• Continued livestock grazing has the 

potential to affect fisheries habitat 

within the project area. 

• Continued livestock grazing has the 

potential to affect vegetation, which 

may result in a decline in the long-term 

productivity of the land base. 

• Continued livestock grazing has the 

potential to affect wildlife habitat, 

particularly for elk and sage grouse, 

within the project area. 

• Continued livestock grazing has the 

potential to affect heritage resources 

within the project area. 

Scoping Process 

This notice of intent initiates the 

scoping process, which guide the 

development of the environmental 

impact statement. The Forest Service 

will use a mailing of information to 

interested parties. Public involvement 

will be ongoing throughout the analysis 

process and at certain times public 

input will be specifically requested. 

There are currently no scoping meetings 

planned. 

It is important that reviewers provide 

their comments at such times and in 

such manner that they are useful to the 

agency’s preparation of the 

environmental impact statement. 

Therefore, comments should be 

provided prior to the close of the 

comment period and should clearly 

articulate the reviewer’s concerns and 

contentions. 

Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7 and 1508.22; 

Forest Service Handbook 1909.15, Section 

21. 

Dated: February 5, 2010. 

Steven Williams, 

District Ranger. 

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