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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

August 8, 2011. 

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) 720–8958. 

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. 

Farm Service Agency 

Title: Representations for CCC and 

FSA Loans and Authorization to File a 

Financing Statement and Related 

Documents. 

OMB Control Number: 0560–0215. 

Summary of Collection: Commodity 

Credit Corporation and the Farm Service 

Agency (FSA) programs require loans be 

secured with collateral. The security 

interest is created and attaches to the 

collateral when: (1) Value has been 

given, (2) the debtor has rights in the 

collateral or the power to transfer rights 

in the collateral, and (3) the debtor has 

authenticated a security agreement that 

provides a description of the collateral. 

In order to perfect the security interest 

in collateral, a financing statement must 

be filed according to a State’s Uniform 

Commercial Code. The revised Article 9 

of the Uniform Commercial Code deals 

with secured transaction for personal 

property. The revised Article 9 affects 

the manner in which the CCC and FSA, 

as well as any other creditor, perfect and 

liquidate security interests in collateral. 

Need and Use of the Information: FSA 

will collect information using form 

CCC–10. The information obtained on 

CCC–10 is needed to not only obtain 

authorization from loan applicants to 

file a financing statement without their 

signature, but also to verify the exact 

legal name and location of the debtor. If 

this information is not collected, CCC 

and FSA will not be able to disburse 

loans because a security interest would 

not be perfected. 

Description of Respondents: Farms; 

Individuals or households. 

Number of Respondents: 55,500. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting; 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 32,357. 

Farm Service Agency 

Title: County Committee Election. 

OMB Control Number: 0560–0229. 

Summary of Collection: As specified 

in the 2002 Farm Bill, the Secretary is 

required to prepare a report of election 

that includes, among other things, ‘‘the 

race, ethnicity and gender of each 

nominee, as provided through the 

voluntary self-identification of each 

nominee’’. The information will be 

collected using form FSA–669–A, 

‘‘Nomination Form for County FSA 

Committee Election’’. Completion of the 

form is voluntary. 

Need and Use of the Information: FSA 

will collect information on race, 

ethnicity and gender of each nominee as 

provided through the voluntary selfidentification of each nominee agreeing 

to run for a position. The information 

will be sent to Kansas City for 

preparation of the upcoming election. 

The Secretary will review the 

information annually. If the information 

is not collected in any given year, the 

Secretary would not be able to prepare 

the report as required by the regulations. 

Description of Respondents: 

Individuals or households. 

Number of Respondents: 10,000 . 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

Annually. 

Total Burden Hours: 6,700. 

Farm Service Agency 

Title: Volunteer Programs. 

OMB Control Number: 0560–0232. 

Summary of Collection: Section 1526 

of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1981 

(7 U.S.C. 2272) permits the Secretary of 

Agriculture to establish a program to use 

volunteers to perform a wide range of 

activities to carry out the programs of or 

supported by the Department of 

Agriculture. 5 U.S.C. 3111 grants 

agencies the authority to establish 

program designed to provide 

educationally related work assignments 

for students in non-pay status. 

Documentation of service performed 

without compensation by persons who 

do not receive Federal appointment is 

required by Office of Personnel 

Management (OPM). While serving as a 

Farm and Foreign Agriculture Service 

volunteer each individual is subject to 

the same responsibilities and guidelines 

for conduct to which Federal employees 

are expected to adhere. These 

program(s) will provide a valuable 

service to the agencies while allowing 

the participants to receive training, 

supervision and work experience. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

Applicant accepted for the Volunteer 

Programs will complete the ‘‘Service 

Agreement and Attendance Record’’. 

The Agency will use the recording 

information to respond to the 

Department of Agriculture and OPM 

request for information on Agency 

Volunteers. Without the information, 

the Farm Service Agency would be 

unable to document service performed 

without compensation by persons in the 

program. 

Description of Respondents: 

Individuals or households. 

Number of Respondents: 60. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

Annually. 

Total Burden Hours: 30. 

Farm Service Agency 

Title: Transfer of Farm Records 

Between Counties. 

OMB Control Number: 0560–0253. 

Summary of Collection: Most Farm 

Service Agency (FSA) programs are 

administered on the basis of ‘‘farm’’. For 

program purposes, a farm is a collection 

of tracts of land that have the same 

owner and the same operator. Land with 

different owners may be considered to 

be a farm if all the land is operated by 

one person and additional criteria are 

met. A farm is typically administered in 

the FSA county office where the farm is 

physically located. A farm transfer can 

be initiated if the farm is being 

transferred back to the county where the 

farm is physically located, the principal 

dwelling on the farm operator has 

changed, a change has occurred in the 

operation of the land, or there has been 

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a change that would cause the receiving 

administrative county to be more 

accessible. Form FSA–179, ‘‘Transfer of 

Farm Record Between Counties,’’ is 

used as the request for a farm transfer 

from one county to another initiated by 

the producer. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

information collected on the FSA–179 is 

collected only if a farm transfer is being 

requested and is collected in a face-toface setting with county office 

personnel. The information is used by 

county office employees to document 

which farm is being transferred, what 

county it is being transferred to, and 

why it is being transferred. Without the 

information county offices will be 

unable to determine whether the 

producer desires to transfer a farm. 

Description of Respondents: Farms. 

Number of Respondents: 23,000. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 26,833. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–20488 Filed 8–11–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Coconino and Kaibab National Forests, 

Arizona, Four-Forest Restoration 

Initiative 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

environmental impact statement; 

Correction. 

SUMMARY: On January 25, 2011, the 

Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an 

environmental impact statement (EIS) 

was published in the Federal Register 

(76 FR 4279–4281). From January, 2011 

to June, 2011, six public meetings and 

workshops were held for the purposes 

of receiving comments and 

recommendations that would inform the 

development of a refined proposed 

action. As a result, the Forest Service is 

revising the NOI document, Federal 

Register of January 25, 2011 (76 FR 

4279–4281) to read as follows: 

Revision: The Forest Service is 

preparing an environmental impact 

statement (EIS) that proposes to conduct 

restoration activities on approximately 

600,000 acres on the Coconino NF and 

Kaibab NF. Of this total, approximately 

361,379 acres would be treated on the 

Coconino NF and 233,991 acres would 

be treated on the Kaibab NF. Restoration 

actions would be focused on the 

Flagstaff district with fewer acres 

included on the Mogollon Rim and Red 

Rock districts of the Coconino NF. On 

the Kaibab NF, activities would occur 

on the Williams and Tusayan districts. 

The objective of the project is to reestablish forest structure, pattern and 

composition, which will lead to 

increased forest resiliency and function. 

Resiliency increases the ability of the 

ponderosa pine forest to survive natural 

disturbances such as insect and disease, 

fire and climate change (FSM 2020.5). 

This project is expected to put the 

project area on a trajectory towards 

comprehensive, landscape-scale 

restoration with benefits that include 

improved vegetation biodiversity, 

wildlife habitat, soil productivity, and 

watershed function. 

DATES: Comments concerning the scope 

of the analysis must be received by 

August 26, 2011. The draft 

environmental impact statement is 

expected by January of 2012 and the 

final environmental impact statement is 

expected in the summer of 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to 

Coconino National Forest, Attention: 

4FRI, 1824 S. Thompson Street, 

Flagstaff, Arizona 86001. Comments 

may also be sent via e-mail to 

4FRI_comments@fs.fed.us, or via 

facsimile to (928) 527–3620. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Henry Provencio, 4 FRI Team Leader at 

(928) 226–4684 or via e-mail at 

hprovencio@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: 

Background 

Extensive research has demonstrated 

that current ponderosa pine forests of 

the Southwest are greatly altered in 

terms of forest structure, density, and 

ecological function. Most pine forests in 

the Southwest are at much higher risk 

of high intensity and severe fire than 

they were prior to European settlement 

(Covington 1993, Moore et al. 1999). A 

century ago the pine forests had widelyspaced large trees with a more open, 

herbaceous forest floor (Cooper 1960). 

These conditions were maintained by 

fairly frequent low-severity surface fires 

that did not kill the large trees (Fiedler 

et al. 1996). These fires occurred every 

2 to 21 years and maintained an open 

canopy structure (Moir et al. 1997). Fire 

suppression, cattle grazing, timber 

production, and general human 

habitation in and near the forests over 

the last 100 years interrupted fire’s 

natural role in these fire-adapted 

ponderosa pine forests. As a result, the 

forests have shifted from naturally open 

conditions to high densities of small 

diameter trees (Covington and Moore 

1994) dramatically increasing the size 

and severity of wildland fires (Swetnam 

and Betancourt 1998). The forests have 

become less resilient to natural 

disturbances and are vulnerable to largescale disturbances such as changing 

climatic conditions (drought), fire, 

insect, and disease. 

Purpose and Need for Action 

In contrast to having a ponderosa pine 

ecosystem consisting of groups of trees 

with an open tree canopy density mixed 

with interspaces, approximately 75 

percent of the ponderosa pine forest 

type within the project area has a 

moderately closed to closed tree canopy 

density. An open tree canopy mixed 

with interspaces which mimic historical 

spatial patterns and provide for tree 

regeneration and the development of 

grass and forbs are lacking. There is a 

need to use management strategies that 

promote tree regeneration and 

understory vegetation. There is a need 

to move towards the historic range of 

variability for tree canopy density and 

patterns of tree groups and interspaces. 

Forest resiliency and diversity is 

dependent on the distribution of age 

and size classes. Currently, over 50 

percent of the project area lacks age and 

size class diversity and is in an evenaged structure. The desired condition is 

to have a forest structure that represents 

all age classes necessary for a 

sustainable balance of regeneration, 

growth, mortality and all age classes 

necessary for a sustainable balance of 

regeneration, growth, mortality and 

decomposition. There is a need to 

implement un-even aged management 

strategies where appropriate. In 

goshawk habitat, habitat components 

such as an intermix of vegetation 

structural stages are lacking or limited 

in most stands.There is a need to 

manage for a balanced interspersion of 

age classes in goshawk foraging and 

PFA/nest stand habitat. Forest structure 

in Mexican spotted owl (MSO) habitat 

has an excess of the smaller size classes 

(12′′ to 18-) and is deficit in trees 18′′ to 

24′′ dbh in restricted habitat and in 

target/threshold, a component of 

restricted habitat. There is a need to 

implement uneven-aged management 

strategies and manage for high-density, 

relatively uneven-aged stands in MSO 

restricted habitat, including target/ 

threshold habitats. 

In both gohsawk and MSO habitat, 

stand conditions are on a trajectory 

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