14726 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 49 / Tuesday, March 13, 2012 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2011–0122] 

Notice of Request for Extension of 

Approval of an Information Collection; 

Importation of Swine and Swine 

Products From the European Union 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Extension of approval of an 

information collection; comment 

request. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service’s intention to 

request an extension of approval of an 

information collection associated with 

regulations for the importation of swine 

and swine products from the European 

Union. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before May 14, 

2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/ 

#!documentDetail;D=APHIS-2011-0122- 

0001. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2011–0122, Regulatory Analysis 

and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 

3A–03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, 

Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. 

Supporting documents and any 

comments we receive on this docket 

may be viewed at http:// 

www.regulations.gov/ 

#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2011-0122 or 

in our reading room, which is located in 

room 1141 of the USDA South Building, 

14th Street and Independence Avenue 

SW., Washington, DC. Normal reading 

room hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except 

holidays. To be sure someone is there to 

help you, please call (202) 690–2817 

before coming. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on regulations for the 

importation of swine and swine 

products from the European Union, 

contact Dr. Langston Hull, Senior Staff 

Veterinarian, Technical Trade Services 

Team—Animals, NCIE, VS, APHIS, 

4700 River Road Unit 38, Riverdale, MD 

20737; (301) 851–3300. For copies of 

more detailed information on the 

information collection, contact Mrs. 

Celeste Sickles, APHIS’ Information 

Collection Coordinator, at (301) 851– 

2908. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Importation of Swine and Swine 

Products from the European Union. 

OMB Number: 0579–0265. 

Type of Request: Extension of 

approval of an information collection. 

Abstract: The Animal Health 

Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8301 et seq.), 

authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture 

to, among other things, prohibit or 

restrict the importation and interstate 

movement of animals and animal 

products to prevent the introduction 

into or dissemination within the United 

States of animal diseases and pests. 

Regulations governing the importation 

of animals and animal products into the 

United States are contained in 9 CFR 

parts 92 through 98. 

The regulations in 9 CFR part 94 

prohibit or restrict the importation of 

certain animals and animal products, 

including live swine, pork and pork 

products into the United States to 

prevent the introduction into U.S. 

livestock population of certain animal 

diseases, including classical swine fever 

(CSF), rinderpest, foot-and-mouth 

disease, swine vesicular disease, and 

African swine fever. 

Section 94.24 deals specifically with 

the importation of pork and pork 

products from regions where CSF exists. 

The regulations allow, under specified 

conditions, the importation of pork, 

pork products, and swine from the 

APHIS-defined European Union CSF 

region. These requirements necessitate 

the use of several information collection 

activities, including certification 

statements for the importation of pork, 

pork products, and swine; and the 

placing of seals on certain conveyances. 

We are asking the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) to 

approve our use of these information 

collection activities for 3 years. 

The purpose of this notice is to solicit 

comments from the public (as well as 

affected agencies) concerning our 

information collection. These comments 

will help us: 

(1) Evaluate 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; 

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of our 

estimate of the burden of the collection 

of information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

(4) Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, through use, as 

appropriate, of automated, electronic, 

mechanical, and other collection 

technologies; e.g., permitting electronic 

submission of responses. 

Estimate of burden: The public 

reporting burden for this collection of 

information is estimated to average 1 

hour per response. 

Respondents: Foreign animal health 

officials. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 15. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 456.4. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 6,846. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 6,846 hours. (Due to 

averaging, the total annual burden hours 

may not equal the product of the annual 

number of responses multiplied by the 

reporting burden per response.) 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval. All comments will 

also become a matter of public record. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 7th day of 

March 2012. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2012–5999 Filed 3–12–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Farm Service Agency 

Commodity Credit Corporation 

Information Collection Request; 

Economic Assessment of 

Conservation Reserve Program Lands 

for Hunting 

AGENCY: Farm Service Agency and 

Commodity Credit Corporation, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Farm Service Agency (FSA) and the 

Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) 

are requesting comments from all 

interested individuals and organizations 

on a new information collection request 

associated with the Economic 

Assessment of Conservation Reserve 

Program (CRP) Lands for Hunting. 

DATES: We will consider comments that 

we receive by May 14, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit 

comments on this notice. In your 

comments, include date, OMB control 

number, volume, and page number of 

this issue of the Federal Register. You 

may submit comments by any of the 

following methods: 

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• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Skip Hyberg, Agricultural 

Economist, Economic and Policy 

Analysis Staff, Farm Service Agency, 

1400 Independence Ave. SW., Room 

3730, Mail Stop 0519, Washington, DC 

20250. 

Comments also should be sent to the 

Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, 

Washington, DC 20503. Copies of the 

information collection may be obtained 

from Dr. Skip Hyberg at the above 

address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Skip Hyberg, (202) 720–9222. Persons 

with disabilities who require alternative 

means for communication (Braille, large 

print, audio tape, etc) should contact the 

USDA Target Center at (202) 720–2600 

(voice and TDD). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Economic Assessment of 

Conservation Reserve Program Lands for 

Hunting. 

OMB Control Number: 0560–NEW. 

Type of Request: New. 

Abstract: As specified in the Food, 

Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, 

(the 2008 Farm Bill, Pub. L. 110–246), 

FSA administers the CRP to conserve 

and improve soil, water, and wildlife 

resources. Federal investments in the 

CRP on private cropland enhance 

essential ecosystem services, including 

wildlife, and provide improved hunting 

opportunities in rural areas. Hunters 

from urban areas within the State and 

non-residents outside the State are 

drawn to CRP lands or other private 

lands surrounding CRP lands for 

hunting. 

FSA is required by statute to consider 

benefits from the enhancement of 

wildlife habitat when selecting CRP 

offers. Because hunter spending 

increases in rural areas as hunting 

opportunities increase, economic 

activity and employment within the 

outdoor recreational sector are 

enhanced. FSA is responsible for 

identifying and quantifying the 

relationship between job creation and 

investments in CRP lands, as increased 

outdoor recreation is among the benefits 

FSA provides in administering the CRP. 

There have been no statewide 

assessments of the CRP program on 

hunting use, expenditures, and jobs in 

North and South Dakota (ND and SD, 

respectively). The only prior studies 

focused on six small areas in ND and are 

10 years old. There have been 

significant changes to the CRP program 

since that time. In addition, there is 

limited generalizability of the six ND 

areas to the rest of ND and SD. Without 

data on hunter use and expenditures, 

the economic contribution generated by 

federal investments in CRP cannot be 

reliably estimated. 

FSA plans to conduct statewide mail 

surveys with ND and SD hunters to 

elicit information on: 

(a) Their use of CRP lands in terms of 

days spent hunting there; 

(b) Expenditure pattern information; 

and 

(c) Net economic values. 

The primary objective of the survey is 

to estimate the employment and income 

contribution of current CRP lands to the 

rural areas within the respective States, 

and possible changes to jobs and income 

emanating from changes in the CRP 

program. 

We have discussed the survey with 

the State Fish and Game agencies and 

tentatively selected mail surveys. Mail 

surveys appear to be the best unbiased 

survey approach because the State Fish 

and Game agencies do not have email 

addresses for all hunters, and hunters in 

many rural locations of ND and SD do 

not have email access at home. 

Collection of the data is necessary to 

evaluate and improve CRP selection 

criteria and program implementation. 

Having information on recreationrelated jobs permits a comparison of 

county-level impacts of CRP land 

temporarily going out of crop 

production. 

Estimate of burden: Public reporting 

burden for this information collection is 

estimated to average 20 minutes per 

response. 

Frequency of Collection: One time 

only. 

Respondents: Hunters in ND and SD. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 2,400. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Total Annual Responses: 

2,400. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 800 hours. 

We are requesting comments on all 

aspects of this information collection to 

help us to: 

(1) Evaluate whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of FSA, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; 

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of FSA’s 

estimate of burden, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; 

(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

(4) 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. 

All responses to this notice, including 

names and addresses when provided, 

will be summarized and included in the 

request for OMB approval. All 

comments will also become a matter of 

public record. 

Signed on March 6, 2012. 

Bruce Nelson, 

Administrator, Farm Service Agency, 

Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit 

Corporation. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6011 Filed 3–12–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Tongass National Forest Wrangell 

Ranger District; Alaska; Wrangell 

Island Project Environmental Impact 

Statement 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Corrected Notice of Intent to 

prepare an environmental impact 

statement. 

SUMMARY: A Notice of Intent (NOI) was 

first published for this proposal in the 

Federal Register (75 FR 81210) on 

December 27, 2010. This NOI is being 

published due to the length of time that 

has passed since the first NOI was 

published and due to changes made to 

the Purpose and Need and Proposed 

Action in response to public input 

received during the initial scoping 

period. 

DATES: Comments received during the 

initial scoping period in 2010–2011 will 

be considered in the preparation of this 

EIS. New or additional comments must 

be received by March 15, 2012, 45 days 

from date of publication of this 

Corrected NOI in the Federal Register. 

The draft environmental impact 

statement is expected in December 

2012, and the final environmental 

impact statement is expected in June 

2013. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to: 

Tongass National Forest, c/o Tim 

Piazza, 648 Mission Street, Ketchikan, 

AK 99901, Attn: Wrangell Island Project 

EIS. Comments may be hand-delivered 

to the Wrangell Ranger District, 525 

Bennett Drive, Wrangell, AK 99929, 

Attn: Wrangell Island Project EIS. 

Comments may also be sent via email to: 

wrangell_island_project_eis@fs.fed.us, 

or via facsimile to 907–228–6215, Attn: 

Wrangell Island Project EIS. 

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