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Notices Federal Register

36108

Vol. 65, No. 110

Wednesday, June 7, 2000

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

Information Collection; Request for

Comments; Woodsy Owl Official

Licensee Royalty Statement

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the

Forest Service announces its intention

to reinstate an information collection.

The information will enable the Forest

Service to collect royalty fees for the

commercial use of the Woodsy Owl

symbol and to assess the effectiveness of

licensing the Woodsy Owl symbol for

commercial use. Information will be

collected from individuals and from forprofit businesses and non-profit

organizations.

DATES: Comments must be received in

writing on or before August 7, 2000.

ADDRESSES: All comments should be

addressed to the Office of Education

Conservation, National Symbols

Coordinator, Forest Service, USDA, P.O.

Box 96090, Washington, D.C. 20090–

6090.

Comments also may be submitted via

facsimile to (202) 690–5658 or by email

to: Education_Conservation/

wo@fs.fed.us.

The public may inspect comments

received at the Office of Education

Conservation, Room 1SE, Forest Service,

USDA, 201 14th Street SW.,

Washington, D.C. Visitors are urged to

call ahead to (202) 205–5681 to facilitate

entrance into the building.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Roberta Hilbruner, Conservation

Education, at (202) 205–5681.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The Woodsy Owl-Smoky Bear Act of

1974 established the Woodsy Owl

symbol and slogan, authorized the

Forest Service to manage the use of the

slogan and symbol, authorized the

licensing of the symbol for commercial

use, and provided for continued

protection of the symbol by stating that

Woodsy Owl may only be used by

permission of the Forest Service. Part

272 of Title 36 of the Code of Federal

Regulations authorizes the Chief of the

Forest Service to approve commercial

use of the Woodsy Owl symbol and to

collect of royalty fees for such use.

Woodsy Owl may be replicated as a

plush toy and the Woodsy Owl symbol

or logo may be replicated on items such

as tee shirts, mugs, pins, figurines,

ornaments, storybooks, stickers, and

toys.

The message to the public inherent

with the Woodsy Owl symbol is about

caring for the environment (Thus the

slogans ‘‘Give a Hoot, Don’t Pollute’’

and ‘‘Lend a Hand, Care for the Land’’).

The goal of Woodsy Owl is to inspire

children to observe the natural world

around them, teach children ecological

principles, and motivate children to join

in specific actions to help care for the

environment.

Description of Information Collection

The following describes the

information collection to be reinstated:

Title: Woodsy Owl Official Licensee

Royalty Statement.

OMB Number: 0596–0087.

Expiration Date of Approval: October

31, 1999.

Type of Request: Reinstatement of an

information collection previously

approved by the Office of Management

and Budget.

Abstract: The Forest Service National

Symbols Coordinator will evaluate the

data to determine if an individual,

corporation, or organization, requesting

a license to use the Woodsy Owl symbol

commercially, should be granted a

license or, if currently licensed, to

determine the royalty fee the licensed

entity must pay to the agency based on

a percentage of the licensee’s total sales

and whether the licensed entity has met

its stated objectives.

An individual or corporation may

apply for a Woodsy Owl license by

contacting Forest Service personnel by

telephone, fax, e-mail, or by writing to

the address listed in the address section

of this notice. In the course of

communicating with the potential

applicant, the agency will learn how

long the individual, corporation, or

organization has been in business; the

products the individual, corporation or

organization sells or plans to sell; the

geographical location from which the

products will be sold; the projected

sales volume; and how the individual,

corporation, or organization plans to

market the products.

If Forest Service personnel determine

that granting a license to the individual,

corporation, or organization for the

purpose of using the Woodsy Owl

symbol for commercial use would be in

the best interest of the agency and

would promote the Woodsy Owl

messages, a license contract would be

mailed to the individual, corporation or

organization. The contract would have

to be completed and returned to the

Forest Service. Once the contract has

been by signed by an authorized Forest

Service employee and by the individual

or the corporate or organizational

representative, the newly licensed entity

will have to submit to the Forest Service

the agreed upon advanced guaranteed

royalty payment. The individual,

corporation, or organization also will

submit a quarterly report to the agency,

using the Woodsy Owl Licensee Royalty

Statement Form, along with any royalty

fees garnered from sales that have

exceeded the advanced guaranteed

royalty payment.

When making the quarterly reports,

individuals, corporations, or

organizations will be asked to provide

information that includes the following:

a list of each item that will be sold with

the Woodsy Owl symbol; the projected

sales of each item; the price at which

each item will be sold; the total sales

amount subject to the agency royalty

fee; the royalty fee due based on sales

quantity and price; a description and

itemization of any deductions, such as

fees waived or previously paid as part

of the advance royalty payment which

is their sales quantity guarantee; the

new total royalty fee the business or

organization must pay after deductions;

the running total amount of royalties

accrued in that fiscal year; and the

typed name and signature of the

business or organizational employee

certifying the truth of the report.

Data gathered in this information

collection are not available from other

sources.

Estimate of Annual Burden: 30

minutes.

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Type of Respondents: For-profit

businesses and non-profit organizations

currently holding a Woodsy Owl license

or applying for such license.

Estimated Annual Number of

Respondents: 10.

Estimated Annual Number of

Responses per Respondent: 4.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 20 hours.

Comment Is Invited

The agency invites comments on the

following: (a) Whether the proposed

collection of information is necessary

for the stated purposes and the proper

performance of the functions of the

agency, including whether the

information will have practical or

scientific 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 respondents, including the use of

automated, electronic, mechanical, or

other technological collection

techniques or other forms of information

technology.

Use of Comments

All comments received in response to

this notice, including names and

addresses when provided, will become

a matter of public record. Comments

will be summarized and included in the

request for Office of Management and

Budget approval.

Dated: June 1, 2000.

Robin L. Thompson,

Acting Deputy Chief, State and Private

Forestry.

[FR Doc. 00–14218 Filed 6–6–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–11–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation

Service

Upper Deckers Creek Watershed,

Preston and Monongalia Counties,

West Virginia

AGENCY: Natural Resources

Conservation Service, Agriculture.

ACTION: Notice of a Finding of No

Significant Impact.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(c)

of the National Environmental Policy

Act of 1969; the Council of

Environmental Quality Regulations (40

CFR Part 1500); and the Natural

Resources Conservation Service

Regulations (7 CFR Part 650); the

Natural Resources Conservation Service,

U.S. Department of Agriculture, gives

notice than an environmental impact

statement is not being prepared for the

Upper Deckers Creek Watershed Project,

Preston and Monongalia Counties, West

Virginia.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

William J. Hartman, State

Conservationist, Natural Resources

Conservation Service, 75 High Street,

Room 301, Morgantown, West Virginia,

26505, telephone 304–284–7545.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

environmental assessment of this

federally assisted action indicates that

the project will not cause significant

local, regional, or national impacts on

the environment. As a result of these

findings, William J. Hartman, State

Conservationist, has determined that the

preparation and review of an

environmental impact statement are not

needed for this project.

The project purpose is water quality

improvement through acid mine

drainage remediation. Planned actions

include mine spoil regrading, highwall

elimination, revegetation, limestone

channels, passive treatment systems,

grouting, and addition of limestone

fines to streams.

The Finding Of No Significant Impact

(FONSI) has been forwarded to the

Environmental Protection Agency and

to various Federal, State, and local

agencies and interested parties. A

limited number of copies of the FONSI

are available to fill single copy requests

at the above address. Basic data

developed during the environmental

assessment are on file and may be

reviewed by contacting William J.

Hartman.

No administrative action on

implementation of the proposal will be

taken until 30 days after the date of this

publication in the Federal Register.

(This activity is listed in the Catalog of

Federal Domestic Assistance under NO.

10.904, Watershed Protection and Flood

Prevention, and is subject to the provisions

of Executive Order 12372, which requires

intergovernmental consultation with State

and local officials.)

William J. Hartman,

State Conservationist.

[FR Doc. 00–14266 Filed 6–6–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–16–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

DOC has submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

clearance the following proposal for

collection of information under the

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction

Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).

Agency: U.S. Census Bureau.

Title: 2001 Residential Finance

Survey.

Form Number(s): D–2900, D–2900(L),

D–2901, D–2901(L), D-2901(FE)(L), D–

2902, D–2902(L), D–2904, D–2905(L).

Agency Approval Number: None.

Type of Request: New collection.

Burden: 77,500 hours.

Number of Respondents: 330,000.

Avg Hours Per Response: 14 minutes.

Needs and Uses: The Residential

Finance Survey (RFS) provides data

about the financing of nonfarm,

privately-owned residential properties

in the United States. RFS data, in

conjunction with statistics from other

sources, are used in assessing public

policies affecting real estate, mortgage

banking, economic policy, social

welfare, and related areas of concern,

and in developing and evaluating

proposals about them. The data are

particularly useful to economists and

financial analysts who guide and

counsel home and apartment builders,

financial institutions and institutional

investors, producers of building

materials, real estate companies,

community planners, and government

planners at the Federal, state, and local

levels.

The RFS has been conducted as part

of the decennial census since 1950. A

continuation of the RFS is necessary

because the dramatic changes in the real

estate finance market which have taken

place in the 1990’s give no indication of

abating in the next decade. The changes

in the next 5 to 10 years may be even

more dramatic than those of the past

decade. It is essential for policy

planning and formulation within the

government and for accurate market

analysis in the private sector that

timely, accurate, and comprehensive

benchmark data be available on the

financing of residential properties.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households, Businesses or other forprofit organizations, Federal

Government.

Frequency: One-time only.

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.

Legal Authority: Title 13 USC, Section

141.

OMB Desk Officer: Susan Schechter,

(202) 395–5103.