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Vol. 71, No. 178 

Thursday, September 14, 2006 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

September 8, 2006. 

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: Disaster Assistance—General (7 

CFR part 1945–A). 

OMB Control Number: 0560–0170. 

Summary of Collection: The 

regulation at 7 CFR 1945–A, defines the 

responsibilities of the Secretary of 

Agriculture in making disaster area 

determinations, the types of incidents 

that can result in a disaster area 

determination, and the factors used in 

making disaster area determinations. 

The determination of a disaster area is 

prerequisite to authorizing emergency 

(EM) loans to qualified farmers. EM loan 

funds may be used to restore or replace 

essential property, pay all or part of 

production costs incurred by the farmer 

or rancher in the year of the disaster, 

pay for essential family living expenses, 

pay to reorganize the farming operation 

or refinance USDA and non-USDA 

creditors. 

Need and Use of the Information: FSA 

will collect information to determine 

whether sufficient losses have been 

suffered and to warrant a Secretarial 

natural disaster designation, and to 

determine the extenuating 

circumstances exist to grant a natural 

disaster designation under the 

Secretary’s discretionary authority. The 

information will be used by FSA to 

process State Governor requests for 

Secretarial natural disaster designations. 

Description Of Respondents: State, 

Local or Tribal Government. 

Number Of Respondents: 1,539. 

Frequency Of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion; Annually. 

Total Burden Hours: 849. 

Farm Service Agency 

Title: Servicing Minor Program Loans. 

OMB Control Number: 0560–0230. 

Summary of Collection: Section 331 of 

the Consolidated Farm and Rural 

Development Act, 7 U.S.C. 1981 

(‘‘CONACT’’) authorizes the Secretary of 

Agriculture to modify, subordinate and 

release terms of security instruments, 

leases, contracts, and agreements 

entered into by the Farm Service 

Agency (FSA). FSA Farm Loan Program 

provides supervised credit in the form 

of loans to family farmers and ranchers 

to purchase land and finance 

agricultural production. Included are 

the associated loans for irrigation and 

drainage and grazing association. 

Need and Use of the Information: FSA 

will collect information related to a 

program benefit recipient or loan 

borrower requesting action on security 

they own, which was purchased with 

FSA loan funds, improved with FSA 

loan funds or has otherwise been 

mortgaged to FSA to secure a 

Government loan. The information 

collected is primarily financial data, 

such as borrower asset values, current 

financial information and public use 

and employment data. Failure to collect 

this information will result in rejection 

of the borrower’s request. 

Description of Respondents: Farms; 

Individuals or households; Business or 

other-for-profit; Not-for-profit 

institutions; State, Local and Tribal 

Government. 

Number of Respondents: 194. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

Annually. 

Total Burden Hours: 104. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E6–15226 Filed 9–13–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

California Coast Provincial Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The California Coast 

Provincial Advisory Committee 

(CCPAC) will meet on October 4–5, 

2006, in Upper Lake California. The 

purpose of the meeting is to discuss 

issues relating to implementing the 

Northwest Forest Plan (NWFP). 

DATES: The meeting will be held from 10 

a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on October 4, 2006 and 

8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on October 5, 

2006. 

ADDRESSES: October 4, 2006, is a daylong field trip to the Upper Lake Ranger 

District, 10025 Elk Mountain Road, 

Upper Lake, California. On October 5, 

2006, the meeting will be held at the 

Tallman Hotel Conference Room, 9550 

Main Street, Upper Lake, California. 


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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kathy Allen, Committee Coordinator, 

USDA, Six Rivers National Forest, 1330 

Bayshore Way, Eureka, CA 95501, (707) 

441–3557, kmallen@fs.fed.us. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The field 

trip is to the Pillsbury Stewardship 

Project and the Westshore Fuels 

Reduction Project. Agenda topics to be 

covered on October 5, 2006, include: (1) 

Marbled Murrelet Presentation; (2) 

Northwest Forest Plan 10-year 

Monitoring Reports; (3) Survey and 

Mange Final Supplemental EIS; and (4) 

New Mexico Forest Restoration 

Principles. 

The meeting is open to the public. 

Public input opportunity will be 

provided and individuals will have the 

opportunity to address the Committee at 

that time. 

Dated: September 8, 2006. 

Tyrone Kelley, 

Designated Federal Official. 

[FR Doc. 06–7650 Filed 9–13–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Hood/Willamette Resource Advisory 

Committee (RAC) 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Hood/Willamette 

Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) 

will meet on Friday, September 29, 

2006. The meeting and field trip is 

scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. and will 

conclude at approximately 4:30 p.m. 

The meeting will be held at the Detroit 

Ranger Station; 14425 North Santiam 

Highway SE. (Hwy 22), Detroit, Oregon; 

(503) 854–3366. The tentative agenda 

includes: (1) Finalizing 

Recommendations on 2007 Projects; (2) 

Public Forum; and (3) Field Trip to Title 

II Projects. 

The Public Forum is tentatively 

scheduled to begin at 9:15 a.m. Time 

allotted for individual presentations 

will be limited to 3–4 minutes. Written 

comments are encouraged, particularly 

if the material cannot be presented 

within the time limits for the Public 

Forum. Written comments may be 

submitted prior to the September 29th 

meeting by sending them to Designated 

Federal Official Donna Short at the 

address given below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

more information regarding this meeting 

contact Designated Federal Official 

Donna Short, Sweet Home Ranger 

District; 4431 Highway 20, Sweet Home, 

Oregon 97386; (541) 367–3540. 

Dated: September 7, 2006. 

Dallas J. Emch, 

Forest Supervisor. 

[FR Doc. 06–7651 Filed 9–13–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Olympic Peninsula Resource Advisory 

Committee & Olympic Province 

Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting (field trip). 

SUMMARY: The Olympic Peninsula 

Resource Advisory Committee and the 

Olympic Province Advisory Committee 

will meet for a combined field trip 

meeting on Friday, September 22, 2006. 

The meeting will start at the Lake 

Quinault Lodge, 345 South Shore Road, 

Quinault, WA 98575. The meeting will 

begin at 9 a.m. and end in the field at 

approximately 3:30 p.m. Agenda topics 

are: Update on Secure Rural Schools 

Legislation; discuss future meeting 

agenda topics and set dates calendar 

dates for the meetings; field review 2 

projects that are currently in process; 

field review 4 completed projects; and 

public comments. 

All Olympic Peninsula Resource 

Advisory Committee & Olympic 

Province Advisory Committee Meetings 

are open to the public. Interested 

citizens are encouraged to attend. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karl 

Denison, Olympic Province Committee 

& Olympic Resource Advisory 

Committee Liaison, USDA, Olympic 

National Forest Headquarters, 1835 

Black Lake Blvd., Olympia, WA 98512–

5623, (360) 956–2306. 

Dated: September 6, 2006. 

Dale Hom, 

Forest Supervisor, Olympic National Forest. 

[FR Doc. 06–7655 Filed 9–13–06; 8:45am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Natural Resources Conservation 

Service 

Dunloup Creek Watershed, Fayette and 

Raleigh Counties, WV 

AGENCY: Natural Resources 

Conservation Service. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

environmental impact statement. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(C) 

of the National Environmental Policy 

Act of 1969; the Council on 

Environmental Quality Guidelines (40 

CFR part 1500); and the Natural 

Resources Conservation Service 

Guidelines (7 CFR part 650); the Natural 

Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), 

U.S. Department of Agriculture, is 

giving notice that an environmental 

impact statement (EIS) will be prepared 

for the Dunloup Creek Watershed of the 

New River Watershed, Fayette and 

Raleigh Counties, West Virginia. The 

EIS will evaluate potential impacts to 

the natural, physical and human 

environment as a result of the flood 

damage reduction measures proposed 

for the 100-year floodplain in the 

Dunloup Creek Watershed, Fayette and 

Raleigh Counties, West Virginia. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ronald L. Hilliard, State 

Conservationist, Natural Resources 

Conservation Service, 75 High Street, 

Room 301, Morgantown, West Virginia 

26505, telephone (304) 284–7545. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Floodwater damage and critical area 

erosion in the Dunloup Creek watershed 

were the initial impetus for a study in 

1965 when local sponsors applied for 

Federal assistance under Public Law 

566—The Watershed Protection and 

Flood Prevention Act. Several years of 

study resulted in the preparation of a 

Watershed Plan—EIS in 1976. Further 

project activities were terminated in 

1984 by mutual agreement between the 

former Soil Conservation Service (now 

NRCS) and the local project sponsors 

due to utility and land-rights issues. 

In 1996, due to recurring flooding in 

the watershed, a new application was 

submitted by the local sponsors and 

NRCS re-initiated planning assistance. 

The planning effort resulted in the 

preparation of a Local Implementation 

Plan in December 1998. The Plan 

provided alternatives for local 

implementation without PL–566 costsharing and without full analysis of the 

hydraulic, environmental, economic 

and cultural concerns associated with 

alternatives. No further action was taken 

by the local sponsors with regard to 

implementing the 1998 Plan. 

In August 2001, following flood 

events of July 2001, local sponsors 

requested additional planning 

assistance for the Dunloup Creek 

watershed under PL–566. The current 

work will document alternatives 

evaluated to reduce flooding and related 

damages in the Dunloup Creek 

watershed, including: Upstream 

floodwater retarding impoundments, 

channel modifications, diking, land 


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