52304 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 162 / Monday, August 22, 2011 / Notices 

DATES: The meetings will be held 

September 6, 13, 20 and 27, 2011. Each 

meeting will be held 5–8 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

650 Wolfpack Way, Flathead National 

Forest Office, Kalispell, MT. Written 

comments should be sent to Flathead 

National Forest, Attn: RAC, 650 

Wolfpack Way, Kalispell, MT 59901. 

Comments may also be sent via e-mail 

to ckendall@fs.fed.us or via facsimile to 

406–758–5351. 

All comments, including names and 

addresses when provided, are placed in 

the record and are available for public 

inspection and copying. The public may 

inspect comments received at 650 

Wolfpack Way, Kalispell, MT. Visitors 

are encouraged to call ahead to 406– 

758–6485 to facilitate entry into the 

building. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Craig Kendall, Flathead National Forest, 

406.758.6485. 

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 

Standard Time, Monday through Friday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting is open to the public. The 

following business will be conducted: 

presentation of project proposals and 

approval of projects. Persons who wish 

to bring related matters to the attention 

of the Committee may file written 

statements with the Committee staff 

before or after the meeting. Public input 

sessions will be provided and 

individuals who made written requests 

by three calendar days prior to the 

meeting will have the opportunity to 

address the Comittee at those sessions. 

Dated: August 15, 2011. 

Chip Weber, 

Forest Supervisor, Flathead National Forest. 

[FR Doc. 2011–21344 Filed 8–19–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Notice of 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, 

September 16, 2011, at 9 a.m. in Coeur 

d’Alene, Idaho for a business meeting. 

The business meeting is open to the 

public. 

DATES: September 16, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting location is the 

Idaho Panhandle National Forests’ 

Supervisor’s Office, located at 3815 

Schreiber Way, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho 

83815. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Maggie Pittman, Acting Forest 

Supervisor and Designated Federal 

Official, at (208) 765–7369. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting agenda will focus on reviewing 

proposals for forest projects and 

recommending funding during the 

business meeting. 

Dated: August 16, 2011. 

Maggie Pittman, 

Acting Forest Supervisor. 

[FR Doc. 2011–21345 Filed 8–19–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

Notice of Intent To Seek Approval To 

Revise and Extend a Currently 

Approved Information Collection 

AGENCY: National Agricultural Statistics 

Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the intention of the 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

(NASS) to request revision and 

extension of a currently approved 

information collection, the Agricultural 

Resources Management Survey and 

Chemical Use Surveys. Revision to 

burden hours may be needed due to 

changes in the size of the target 

population, sampling design, and/or 

questionnaire length. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by October 21, 2011 to be 

assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number 0535–0235, 

by any of the following methods: 

• E-mail: ombofficer@nass.usda.gov. 

Include docket number above in the 

subject line of the message. 

• Fax: (202) 720–6396. 

• Mail: Mail any paper, disk, or CD– 

ROM submissions to: David Hancock, 

NASS Clearance Officer, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Room 5336 

South Building, 1400 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250– 

2024. 

• Hand Delivery/Courier: Hand 

deliver to: David Hancock, NASS 

Clearance Officer, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Room 5336 South Building, 

1400 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joseph T. Reilly, Associate 

Administrator, National Agricultural 

Statistics Service, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, (202) 720–4333. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Agricultural Resources 

Management Survey and Chemical Use 

Surveys. 

OMB Control Number: 0535–0218. 

Expiration Date of Approval: 

December 31, 2011. 

Type of Request: Intent to revise and 

extend a currently approved 

information collection for a period of 

three years. 

Abstract: The Agricultural Resource 

Management Surveys (ARMS) are the 

primary source of information for the 

U.S. Department of Agriculture on a 

broad range of issues related to: 

Production practices, costs and returns, 

pest management, chemical usage, and 

contractor expenses. Data is collected on 

both a whole farm level and on selected 

commodities. 

ARMS is the only source of 

information available for objective 

evaluation of many critical issues 

related to agriculture and the rural 

economy, such as: Whole farm finance 

data, including data sufficient to 

construct estimates of income for farms 

by type of operation, loan commodities, 

income for operator households, credit, 

structure, and organization; marketing 

information, and other economic data 

on input usage, production practices, 

and crop substitution possibilities. Data 

from ARMS are used to produce 

estimates of net farm income by type of 

commercial producer as required in 7 

U.S.C. 7998 and estimates of enterprise 

production costs as required in 7 U.S.C. 

1441(a). Data from ARMS are also used 

as weights in the development of the 

Prices Paid Index, a component of the 

Parity Index referred to in the 

Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938. 

These indexes are used to calculate the 

annual Federal grazing fee rates as 

described in the Public Rangelands 

Improvement Act of 1978 and Executive 

Order 12,548 and as promulgated in 

regulations found at 36 CFR 222.51. 

In addition, ARMS is used to produce 

estimates of sector-wide production 

expenditures and other components of 

income that are used in constructing the 

estimates of income and value-added 


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Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 162 / Monday, August 22, 2011 / Notices 52305 

which are transmitted to the U.S. 

Department of Commerce, Bureau of 

Economic Analysis, by the USDA 

Economic Research Service (ERS) for 

use in constructing economy-wide 

estimates of Gross Domestic Product. 

This transmittal of data, prepared using 

the ARMS, is undertaken to satisfy a 

1956 agreement between the Office of 

Management and Budget and the 

Departments of Agriculture and 

Commerce that a single set of estimates 

be published on farm income. 

Chemical Use Surveys: Congress has 

mandated that NASS and ERS build 

nationally coordinated databases on 

agricultural chemical use and related 

farm practices; these databases are the 

primary vehicles used to produce 

specified environmental and economic 

estimates. The surveys will help provide 

the knowledge and technical means for 

producers and researchers to address 

on-farm environmental concerns in a 

manner that maintains agricultural 

productivity. 

Authority: These data will be 

collected under the authority of 7 U.S.C. 

2204(a). Individually identifiable data 

collected under this authority are 

governed by section 1770 of the Food 

Security Act of 1985, 7 U.S.C. 2276, 

which requires USDA to afford strict 

confidentiality to non-aggregated data 

provided by respondents. This Notice is 

submitted in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

Public Law 104–13 (at 44 U.S.C. 3501, 

et seq.) and Office of Management and 

Budget regulations at 5 CFR part 1320. 

NASS also complies with OMB 

Implementation Guidance, 

‘‘Implementation Guidance for Title V 

of the E-Government Act, Confidential 

Information Protection and Statistical 

Efficiency Act of 2002 (CIPSEA),’’ 

Federal Register, Vol. 72, No. 115, June 

15, 2007, p. 33362. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average approximately 

35 minutes per survey. 

Respondents: Farmers, ranchers, farm 

managers, farm contractors, and farm 

households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

Approximately 85,000 respondents will 

be sampled each year. Over half of these 

respondents will be contacted more 

than one time in a single year. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: Approximately 73,000 

hours per year. 

Copies of this information collection 

and related instructions can be obtained 

without charge from the NASS 

Clearance Officer, at (202) 690–2388 or 

at: ombofficer@nass.usda.gov. 

Comments: Comments are invited on: 

(a) Whether the proposed 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 the burden of the proposed collection 

of information including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on those who are to respond, through 

the use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, technological or 

other forms of information technology 

collection methods. All responses to 

this notice will become a matter of 

public record and be summarized in the 

request for OMB approval. 

Signed at Washington, DC, on July 27, 

2011. 

Joseph T. Reilly, 

Associate Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2011–21361 Filed 8–19–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–20–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Housing Service 

Notice of Funding Availability: Section 

515 Multi-Family Housing Preservation 

Revolving Loan Fund (PRLF) 

Demonstration Program for Fiscal Year 

2011 

AGENCY: Rural Housing Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Rural Housing Service of 

Rural Development previously 

announced the availability of funds and 

the timeframe to submit applications for 

loans to private non-profit 

organizations, and State and local 

housing finance agencies, to carry out a 

demonstration program to provide 

revolving loans for the preservation and 

revitalization of low-income MultiFamily Housing (MFH) in a Notice 

published November 9, 2010 (75 FR 

68748). Rural Development did not 

receive sufficient applications to use all 

available funds. As a result, Rural 

Development is soliciting additional 

applications under this Notice. Housing 

that is assisted by this demonstration 

program must be financed by Rural 

Development through its MFH loan 

program under Sections 515, 514 and 

516 of the Housing Act of 1949. The 

goals of this demonstration program will 

be achieved through loans made to 

intermediaries. The intermediaries will 

establish their programs for the purpose 

of providing loans to ultimate recipients 

for the preservation and revitalization of 

low income Sections 515, 514 and 516 

MFH as affordable housing. 

DATES: The deadline for receipt of all 

applications in response to this Notice 

is 5 p.m., Eastern Time, September 21, 

2011. The application closing deadline 

is firm as to date and hour. Rural 

Development will not consider any 

application that is received after the 

closing deadline. Applicants intending 

to mail applications must provide 

sufficient time to permit delivery on or 

before the closing deadline. Acceptance 

by a post office or private mailer does 

not constitute delivery. Facsimile, 

electronic transmissions and postage 

due applications will not be accepted. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sherry Engel, Financial and Loan 

Analyst, Multi-Family Housing, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Rural 

Housing Service, 4949 Kirschling Court, 

Stevens Point, Wisconsin 54481 or 

Timothy James, Financial and Loan 

Analyst, Multi-Family Housing, STOP 

0781 (Room 1263–S), U.S. Department 

of Agriculture, Rural Housing Service, 

1400 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–0781 or by 

telephone at: (715) 345–7677 or (202) 

720–1610, TDD (302) 857–3585 or via 

e-mail at: sherry.engel@wdc.usda.gov or 

timothy.james@wdc.usda.gov. (Please 

note the phone numbers are not toll free 

numbers.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

Under the Paperwork Reduction Act, 

44 U.S.C. 3501 (2005) et seq., the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) must 

approve all ‘‘collections of information’’ 

by Rural Development. The Act defines 

‘‘collection of information’’ as a 

requirement for ‘‘answers to * * * 

identical reporting or recordkeeping 

requirements imposed on ten or more 

persons * * *.’’ (44 U.S.C. 3502(3)(A)) 

Because this Notice is expected to 

receive less than 10 respondents, the 

Paperwork Reduction Act does not 

apply. 

Programs Affected 

This program is listed in the Catalog 

of Federal Domestic Assistance under 

Number 10.415. 

Overview 

The Agriculture, Rural Development, 

Food and Drug Administration, and 

Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 

2010 (Pub. L. 111–80), October 21, 2009 

provided funding for, and authorized 

Rural Development to, establish a 

revolving loan fund demonstration 


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