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76449 

Vol. 77, No. 249 

Friday, December 28, 2012 

1Fireline is a loose term for any cleared strip used 

in control of a fire; the portion of a control line from 

which flammable materials have been removed by 

scraping or digging down to the mineral soil. 2Fuelbreaks are strategically located wide blocks, 

or strips, on which a heavy fuel loading has been 

changed to one of lower fuel loading. 

Agency for International Development 

Notice of Public Information 

Collections Being Reviewed by the 

U.S. Agency for International 

Development; Comments Requested 

SUMMARY: U.S. Agency for International 

Development (USAID) is making efforts 

to reduce the paperwork burden. USAID 

invites the general public and other 

Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on the 

following proposed and/or continuing 

information collections, as required by 

the Paperwork Reduction Act for 1995. 

Comments are requested concerning: (a) 

Whether the proposed or continuing 

collections of information are necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

burden estimates; (c) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collected; and (d) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on the respondents, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

February 26, 2013. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

James Wade, Bureau for Management, 

Office of Management Services, 

Information and Records Division, U.S. 

Agency for International Development, 

Room 2.07C, RRB, Washington, DC 

20523, (202) 712–0789 or via email 

jwade@usaid.gov. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments via email to 

ftfhubinfo@usaid.gov, United States 

Agency for International Development, 

Bureau for Food Security, Ronald 

Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20523, 

202–712–1629. If you would like a copy 

of the survey, please send requests to 

ftfhubinfo@usaid.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

OMB No: OMB 0412–XXXX. 

Form No.: AID 101–1. 

Title: Feed the Future Public-Private 

Partnership Opportunity Explorer. 

Type of Review: A New Information 

Collection. 

Purpose: United States Agency for 

International Development must collect 

information as part of the Public-Private 

Partnerships Opportunity Explorer 

(PPOE) will be used to initially respond 

to private-sector interest in a 

partnership with Feed the Future and 

provide additional information and 

contacts regarding partnerships (i.e., 

how to get the process started if it looks 

like a good fit or alternative options for 

partnership). The information will be 

collected from private-sector 

organizations that are interested in 

partnering with the U.S. Government. 

Responses are voluntary. The 

information will be collected 

electronically via an online decision 

tree and related online form. The form 

will be collected by the Bureau for Food 

Security at USAID. The decision tree 

and form help reduce the transaction 

costs for initial exploration of a 

partnership for both the private-sector 

organization and the U.S. Government. 

They also provide the initial point of 

entry for private sector organizations 

into partnerships with the U.S. 

Government. Electronic submission 

ensures the creation of a record. 

Submissions will be stored within an 

Excel spreadsheet (database) created for 

the purpose of archiving these 

submissions and managed by the 

Bureau for Food Security at USAID. At 

a later date, the Bureau for Food 

Security may use a more formalized 

system to maintain the records, such as 

Customer Relationship Management 

(CRM) software. Electronic record 

retention will adhere to USAID ADS 

Chapter 502 regulations USAID (ADS 

502.3.4.10) and in cases where a 

registration of interest turns into a 

public-private partnership, record 

retention will adhere to procurement 

record regulations outlined in USAID 

ADS 324 (USAID ADS 324.3.7). In rare 

cases where completing the form via the 

online tool is impossible, USAID will 

provide the form in PDF or Word 

document format for completion and 

submission via email or fax. 

Annual Reporting Burden 

Respondents: 120. 

Total annual responses: 120. 

Total annual hours requested: 30 

hours. 

Lynn Winston, 

Chief, Information and Records Division, US 

Agency for International Development. 

[FR Doc. 2012–31025 Filed 12–27–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE M 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Los Padres National Forest, California; 

Strategic Community Fuelbreak 

Improvement Project 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

environmental impact statement. 

SUMMARY: The Forest Service will 

prepare an environmental impact 

statement (EIS) to evaluate and disclose 

the predicted effects of the proposed 

Strategic Community Fuelbreak 

Improvement Project, designed to 

enhance community protection from 

wildfire within the wildland urban 

interface threat zone. Historically used 

strategic firelines 1 would be improved 

and maintained as fuelbreaks.2 The 

project treatments would cover 

approximately 24 miles of fuelbreaks 

and a 64-acre treated unit for a total of 

544 acres. Treatments would include 

the use of machine and/or hand 

thinning, machine and/or hand piling 

and pile burning or chipping; and 

mastication. The project is located in 

Monterey County, California, on the 

northern portion of the Monterey Ranger 

District of the Los Padres National 

Forest. The project’s legal description is: 

portions of Township (T) 18South (S), 

Range (R) 2East (E), 3E, 4E; T.19S, R.2E, 

4E; T.20S, R.2E, 3E; Mount Diablo 

Meridian. 

DATES: Comments concerning the scope 

of the analysis will be received for 45 

days from date of publication in the 

Federal Register. The draft 

environmental impact statement is 

expected in November 2013 and the 

final environmental impact statement is 

expected in April 2014. 


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