52634 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 163 / Tuesday, August 23, 2011 / Notices 

Celeste Sickles, APHIS’ Information 

Collection Coordinator, at (301) 851– 

2908. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: National Animal Health 

Monitoring System; Swine 2012 Study. 

OMB Number: 0579–0315. 

Type of Request: Reinstatement of an 

information collection. 

Abstract: Under the Animal Health 

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

the Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service (APHIS) of the United States 

Department of Agriculture (USDA) is 

authorized, among other things, to 

protect the health of our Nation’s 

livestock and poultry populations by 

preventing the introduction and 

interstate spread of serious diseases and 

pests of livestock and for eradicating 

such diseases from the United States 

when feasible. In connection with this 

mission, APHIS would like to reinstate 

the Swine Study which will be used to: 

• Describe current U.S. swine 

production practices including general 

management practices, housing 

practices, productivity, disease 

prevention, and mortality for five 

phases of production: gestation, 

farrowing, nursery, grow/finish, and 

wean-to-finish; 

• Describe trends in swine health and 

management practices; 

• Determine the prevalence and 

associated risk factors for select 

respiratory, neurologic, gastrointestinal, 

systemic, and food-borne pathogens 

found in weaned market hogs; 

• Describe antibiotic usage patterns in 

weaned market hogs to control and treat 

disease and promote growth; 

• Evaluate presence of or exposure to 

select pathogens and characterize 

isolated organisms from the collection 

of biological specimens; and 

• Estimate the economic cost of a 

selected respiratory, neurologic, 

gastrointestinal, systemic, or food-borne 

pathogen found in commercial swine 

herds. 

The Swine 2012 Study will consist of 

a screener questionnaire, several onfarm questionnaires, and biologic 

sampling. All of these activities will be 

administered by National Agricultural 

Statistics Service, USDA, designated 

data collectors. The information 

collected through the Swine 2012 Study 

will be analyzed and used to: 

• Direct producer education; 

• Identify research gaps; 

• Facilitate education of future 

producers and veterinarians; 

• Assess quality assurance programs; 

and 

• Help with policy formation. 

We are asking the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) to 

approve our use of this information 

collection activity for 2 years. 

The purpose of this notice is to solicit 

comments from the public (as well as 

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 

information collection, 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 

information collection 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 

0.4104183 hours per response. 

Respondents: Swine producers. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 24,380. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 1. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 24,380. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 10,006 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 17th day of 

August 2011. 

Gregory L. Parham, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2011–21516 Filed 8–22–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Pennington County Resource Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Pennington County 

Recource Advisory Committee will meet 

in Rapid City, SD. The committee is 

meeting as authorized under the Secure 

Rural Schools and Community SelfDetermination Act (Pub. L. 110–343) 

and in compliance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act. The purpose 

of the meeting is to review and make 

recommendations for approval of 

remaining project proposals. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

September 13, 2011, at 5 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Mystic Ranger District Office at 8221 

South Highway 16. Written comments 

should be sent to Robert J. Thompson, 

8221 South Highway 16, Rapid City, SD 

57702. Comments may also be sent via 

e-mail to rjthompson@fs.fed.us, or via 

facsimile to 605–343–7134. 

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 the 

Mystic Ranger District office. Visitors 

are encouraged to call ahead at 605– 

343–1567 to facilitate entry into the 

building. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert J. Thompson, District Ranger, 

Mystic Ranger District, 605–343–1567. 

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: Meetings 

are open to the public. The following 

business will be conducted: review and 

make recommendations for approval of 

remaining project proposals. 

Dated: August 16, 2011. 

Dan S. Dallas, 

Acting Forest Supervisor. 

[FR Doc. 2011–21478 Filed 8–22–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Natural Resources Conservation 

Service 

Notice of Proposed Change to Section 

IV of the Virginia State Technical Guide 

AGENCY: Natural Resources 

Conservation Service (NRCS), U.S. 

Department of Agriculture. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of 

proposed changes in the Virginia NRCS 

State Technical Guide for review and 

comment. 

SUMMARY: It has been determined by the 

NRCS State Conservationist for Virginia 

that changes must be made in the NRCS 

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Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 163 / Tuesday, August 23, 2011 / Notices 52635 

State Technical Guide specifically in the 

following practice standards: #328, 

Conservation Crop Rotation, #329, 

Residue and Tillage Management No 

Till/Strip Till/Direct Seed, #344, 

Residue Management, Seasonal, #345, 

Residue and Tillage Management Mulch 

Till, #346, Residue Management, Ridge 

Till, #391, Riparian Forest Buffer, #422, 

Hedgerow Planting, #472, Access 

Control, #595, Integrated Pest 

Management, #612, Tree/Shrub 

Establishment, and #666, Forest Stand 

Improvement. These practices will be 

used to plan and install conservation 

practices. 

DATES: Comments will be received for a 

30-day period commencing with this 

date of publication. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

A. Bricker, State Conservationist, 

Natural Resources Conservation Service 

(NRCS), 1606 Santa Rosa Road, Suite 

209, Richmond, Virginia 23229–5014; 

Telephone number (804) 287–1691; Fax 

number (804) 287–1737. Copies of the 

practice standards will be made 

available upon written request to the 

address shown above or on the Virginia 

NRCS Web site: http:// 

www.va.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/ 

draftstandards.html 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

343 of the Federal Agriculture 

Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 

states that revisions made after 

enactment of the law to NRCS State 

technical guides used to carry out 

highly erodible land and wetland 

provisions of the law shall be made 

available for public review and 

comment. For the next 30 days, the 

NRCS in Virginia will receive comments 

relative to the proposed changes. 

Following that period, a determination 

will be made by the NRCS in Virginia 

regarding disposition of those comments 

and a final determination of change will 

be made to the subject standards. 

Dated: July 21, 2011. 

W. Ray Dorsett, 

Acting State Conservationist, Natural 

Resources Conservation Service, Richmond, 

Virginia. 

[FR Doc. 2011–21468 Filed 8–22–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Natural Resources Conservation 

Service 

[Docket No. NRCS–2011–0018] 

Notice of Proposed Changes to the 

National Handbook of Conservation 

Practices for the Natural Resources 

Conservation Service 

AGENCY: Natural Resources 

Conservation Service (NRCS). 

ACTION: Notice of availability of 

proposed changes in the NRCS National 

Handbook of Conservation Practices for 

public review and comment. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

intention of NRCS to issue a series of 

revised conservation practice standards 

in the National Handbook of 

Conservation Practices. These standards 

include: Dam or Pond Removal (Code 

403), Dry Hydrant (Code 432), Feed 

Management (Code 592), Fishpond 

Management (Code 399), Land Clearing 

(Code 460), Livestock Pipeline (Code 

516), Pond Sealing or Lining, Flexible 

Membrane (Code 521A), Fuel Break 

(Code 383), Stream Crossing (Code 578), 

and Subsurface Drain (Code 606). 

NRCS State Conservationists who 

choose to adopt these practices for use 

within their States will incorporate 

them into section IV of their respective 

electronic Field Office Technical Guide. 

These practices may be used in 

conservation systems that treat highly 

erodible land (HEL) or on land 

determined to be a wetland. Section 343 

of the Federal Agriculture Improvement 

and Reform Act of 1996 requires NRCS 

to make available for public review and 

comment all proposed revisions to 

conservation practice standards used to 

carry out HEL and wetland provisions of 

the law. 

DATES: Effective Date: This is effective 

August 23, 2011. 

Comment Date: Submit comments on 

or before September 22, 2011. Final 

versions of these new or revised 

conservation practice standards will be 

adopted after the close of the 30-day 

period, and after consideration of all 

comments. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be 

submitted, identified by Docket Number 

NRCS–2011–0018, using any of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• E-mail: 

Public.comments@wdc.usda.gov. 

Include Docket Number NRCS–2011– 

0018 or ‘‘comment on practice 

standards’’ in the subject line of the 

message. 

• Mail: Comment Submissions, 

Attention: Anetra L. Harbor, Policy 

Analyst, Resource Economics, Analysis 

and Policy Division, Department of 

Agriculture, Natural Resources 

Conservation Service, George 

Washington Carver Center, 5601 

Sunnyside Ave, Room 1–1112D, 

Beltsville, Maryland 20705. 

All comments received will become a 

matter of public record and will be 

posted without change to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Wayne Bogovich, National Agricultural 

Engineer, Conservation Engineering 

Division, Department of Agriculture, 

Natural Resources Conservation Service, 

1400 Independence Avenue SW., Room 

6136 South Building, Washington, DC 

20250. 

Electronic copies of these standards 

can be downloaded or printed from the 

following Web site: ftp://ftpfc.sc.egov.usda.gov/NHQ/practicestandards/federal-register/. Requests for 

paper versions or inquiries may be 

directed to Wayne Bogovich, National 

Agricultural Engineer, Conservation 

Engineering Division, Department of 

Agriculture, Natural Resources 

Conservation Service, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW., Room 6136 

South Building, Washington, DC 20250. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

amount of the proposed changes varies 

considerably for each of the 

Conservation Practice Standards 

addressed in this notice. To fully 

understand the proposed changes, 

individuals are encouraged to compare 

these changes with each standard’s 

current version as shown at: http:// 

www.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/ 

Standards/nhcp.html. To aid in this 

comparison, following are highlights of 

the proposed revisions to each standard: 

Dam or Pond Removal (Code 403)— 

This is a new conservation practice 

standard for the purpose of removing 

existing dams or ponds. 

Dry Hydrant (Code 432)—The Criteria 

section was clarified, Plans and 

Specification section added a list of 

items to include, and references were 

added. 

Feed Management (Code 592)—The 

units changed from Animal Units (AUs) 

or Number to only AUs. The Purpose 

changed to include pathogen, odor, 

particulate matter, and greenhouse gas 

mitigation. Additions to Conditions 

Where Practice Applies, Criteria, 

Considerations, Operations and 

Maintenance, and References were 

made to support the change in Purpose. 

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