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provided to the State and local fire

fighting agencies by the Forest Service,

have been used by State and local fire

agencies to improve their fire

suppression capabilities. The Forest

Service will share the results of the data

with Congress when requesting annual

funding for the Program. The collected

information also will enable the Forest

Service to share with the public the

importance and value of the State and

Private Forestry Cooperative Fire

Program.

Forest Service employees will not

collect the information directly, but will

request the information from State fire

marshals, who will collect the

information through their own State fire

fighting agencies, as well as from local

fire fighting agencies, such as Volunteer

Fire Departments. The information

collected for the Annual Wildfire

Summary Report will include the

number of fires to which the State or

local fire fighting agencies responded

within the fiscal year; the types of fires,

such as timber, structural, or grassland

fires to which the fire fighters will have

responded; the sizes of the fires in acres;

the causes of the fires, such as

lightening, campfire, or arson; and the

costs associated with suppressing the

fires.

Data gathered in this information

collection are not available from other

sources.

Estimate of Annual Burden: 30

minutes.

Type of Respondents: State fire

marshals.

Estimated Annual Number of

Respondents: 50.

Estimated Annual Number of

Responses per Respondent: 1.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 25 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 14, 2000.

Robin L. Thompson,

Associate Deputy Chief, State and Private

Forestry.

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

National Agricultural Statistics Service

Notice of Intent To Reinstate and

Change an Information Collection

AGENCY: National Agricultural Statistics

Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.

L. 104–13) and Office of Management

and Budget regulations at 5 CFR part

1320 (60 FR 44978, August 29, 1995),

this notice announces the intent of the

National Agricultural Statistics Service

(NASS) to reinstate with change an

information collection, the Agricultural

Practices Survey.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be

received by August 25, 2000, to be

assured of consideration.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR COMMENTS:

Contact Rich Allen, Associate

Administrator, National Agricultural

Statistics Service, U.S. Department of

Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue

SW, Room 4117 South Building,

Washington, D.C. 20250–2000, (202)

720–4333.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: The Agricultural Practices

Survey.

OMB Control Number: 0535–0239.

Type of Request: Intent to Reinstate

and Change an Information Collection.

Abstract: The Agricultural Practices

Survey will be conducted in late 2000

and early 2001 in 15 states: Alabama,

Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia,

Michigan, New Jersey, New York, North

Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina,

Texas, Washington, and Wisconsin.

This survey complies with President

Clinton’s October 1997 directive,

‘‘Initiative to Ensure the Safety of

Imported and Domestic Fruits and

Vegetables.’’ The purpose of the survey

is to analyze data on agricultural

practices related to microbial food

safety. Data will be collected on sources

of vegetable microbial contamination

such as water; manure, worker, field

and facility sanitation, and crop

identification systems.

NASS conducted a similar survey in

the spring of 2000 to begin to establish

a baseline of current agricultural

practices in the fruit and vegetable

industry. The 2001 effort will target

more specific production practices

involving fresh market vegetable

production. NASS will summarize the

15-state survey data and publish

estimates of frequency of operations

carrying out basic agricultural practices.

Summarized aggregated data will be

made available to the Food and Drug

Administration (FDA) and the United

States Department of Agriculture

(USDA). FDA will use the summary data

to analyze current agricultural practices

and to enhance the baseline established

to evaluate changes in agricultural

practices. USDA will use the data to

develop educational outreach materials

for fresh market vegetable growers and

packers.

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.

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting

burden for this collection of information

is estimated to average 60 minutes per

response.

Respondents: Fresh market vegetable

growers and packinghouses.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

8,000.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 6,600 hours.

Copies of this information collection

and related instructions can be obtained

without charge from Ginny McBride, the

Agency OMB Clearance Officer, at (202)

720–5778.

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, including

through the use of appropriate

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automated, electronic, mechanical, or

other technological collection

techniques or other forms of information

technology. Comments may be sent to:

Ginny McBride, Agency OMB Clearance

Officer, U.S. Department of Agriculture,

1400 Independence Avenue SW, Room

4162 South Building, Washington, D.C.

20250–2000.

All responses to this notice will

become a matter of public record and be

summarized in the request for OMB

approval.

Signed at Washington, D.C., May 16, 2000.

Rich Allen,

Associate Administrator.

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

National Agricultural Statistics Service

Notice of Intent to Seek Approval To

Conduct an Information Collection

AGENCY: National Agricultural Statistics

Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.

L. No. 104–13) and Office of

Management and Budget regulations at

5 CFR part 1320 (60 FR 44978, August

29, 1995), this notice announces the

intent of the National Agricultural

Statistics Service (NASS) to request

approval for an information collection,

the Childhood Agricultural Injury Study

of Minority Farm Operators.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be

received by August 25, 2000, to be

assured of consideration.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR COMMENTS:

Contact Rich Allen, Associate

Administrator, National Agricultural

Statistics Service, U.S. Department of

Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue

SW, Room 4117 South Building,

Washington, DC 20250–2000, (202) 720–

4333.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Childhood Agricultural Injury

Study of Minority Farm Operators.

Type of Request: Intent to Seek

Approval to Conduct an Information

Collection.

Abstract: The Childhood Agricultural

Injury Study of Minority Farm

Operators is designed to provide

estimates of childhood nonfatal injury

incidence and description of injury

occurring to children less than 20 years

of age who reside, work, or visit farms

operated by minorities. Data will be

collected from all 50 states. Data will

relate to accidents and injuries

occurring during the 2000 calendar year.

These data will be used by the National

Institute of Occupational Safety and

Health to establish a measure of the

number and rate of childhood injuries

associated with production agriculture,

study the specific types of injuries

sustained, and generate reports and

disseminate information to all interested

parties concerning the finding of this

study.

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.

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting

burden for this collection of information

is estimated to average 3 minutes per

response.

Respondents: Farms.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

50,000.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 2,500 hours.

Copies of this information collection

and related instructions can be obtained

without charge from Ginny McBride, the

Agency OMB Clearance Officer, at (202)

720–5778.

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, including

through the use of appropriate

automated, electronic, mechanical, or

other technological collection

techniques or other forms of information

technology. Comments may be sent to:

Ginny McBride, Agency OMB Clearance

Officer, U.S. Department of Agriculture,

1400 Independence Avenue SW, Room

4162 South Building, Washington, DC

20250–2000.

All responses to this notice will

become a matter of public record and be

summarized in the request for OMB

approval.

Signed at Washington, D.C., June 1, 2000.

Rich Allen,

Associate Administrator.

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation

Service

Notice of Proposed Change to the

Natural Resources Conservation

Service’s National Handbook of

Conservation Practices

AGENCY: Natural Resources

Conservation Service (NRCS), U.S.

Department of Agriculture, New York

State Office.

ACTION: Notice of availability of

proposed changes in the NRCS National

Handbook of Conservation Practices,

Section IV of the New York State NRCS

Field Office Technical Guide (FOTG) for

review and comment.

SUMMARY: It is the intention of NRCS to

issue a revised conservation practice

standard in its National Handbook of

Conservation Practices. This revised

standard is: Streambank and Shoreline

Protection (NY580).

DATES: Comments will be received for a

30-day period commencing on June 21,

2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Inquire in writing to Richard D.

Swenson, State Conservationist, Natural

Resources Conservation Service,

(NRCS), 441 S. Salina Street, Fifth Floor,

Suite 354, Syracuse, New York, 13202–

2450.

A copy of this standard is available

from the above individual.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

343 of the Federal Agricultural

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 will receive comments relative to

the proposed changes. Following that

period a determination will be made by

the NRCS regarding disposition of those

comments and a final determination of

change will be made.

Dated: June 6, 2000.

Richard D. Swenson,

State Conservationist, Natural Resources

Conservation Service, Syracuse, NY.

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