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Service, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, 3101 Park Center Drive, 

Alexandria, VA 22302. 

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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

form and instruction should be directed 

to Moira Johnston, (703) 305–2515. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Performance Reporting System, 

Management Evaluation. 

OMB Number: 0584–0010. 

Expiration Date: January 31, 2007. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Abstract: The purpose of the 

Performance Reporting System (PRS) is 

to ensure that each State agency and 

project area is operating the Food Stamp 

Program in accordance with the 

requirements of the Food Stamp Act of 

1977 (the Act) (7 U.S.C. 2011, et seq.), 

as amended, and corresponding 

program regulations. Under Section 11 

of the Act (7 U.S.C. 2020), State agencies 

must maintain necessary records to 

ascertain that the Food Stamp Program 

is operating in compliance with the Act 

and regulations and must make these 

records available to the Food and 

Nutrition Service (FNS) for inspection 

and audit. 

Management Evaluation (ME) Review 

Schedules—Unless the State receives 

approval for an alternative Management 

Evaluation review schedule, each State 

agency is required, under 7 CFR part 

275, to submit one review schedule 

every one, two, or three years, 

depending on the project area make-up 

of the State. 

Data Analysis—Under 7 CFR part 275, 

each State must establish a system for 

analysis and evaluation of all data 

available to the State. Data analysis and 

evaluation is an ongoing process that 

facilitates the development of effective 

and prompt corrective action. 

Corrective Action Plans—Under 7 

CFR part 275, State agencies must 

prepare a corrective action plan (CAP) 

addressing identified deficiencies. The 

State agencies must develop a system 

for monitoring and evaluating corrective 

action and submit CAP updates, as 

necessary. 

Affected Public: State and local 

agencies. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,484. 

Number of responses per respondent: 

1.04. 

Estimated total annual responses: 

1,592. 

Hours per response: 319. 

Estimated Annual Reporting Burden: 

490,736. 

Number of record keepers: 54. 

Estimated annual hours per record 

keepers: 30. 

Estimated annual recordkeeping 

burden: 1,620 hours. 

Total annual reporting and 

recordkeeping hours: 492,356. 

Dated: September 27, 2006. 

Roberto Salazar, 

Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service. 

[FR Doc. E6–16272 Filed 10–2–06; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Eastern Washington Cascades 

Provincial Advisory Committee and the 

Yakima Provincial Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of Meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Eastern Washington 

Cascades Provincial Advisory 

Committee and the Yakima Provincial 

Advisory Committee will meet on the 

following dates: October 16, October 24, 

November 8, November 17, and 

December 6, 2006. All of these meetings 

(except the November 17 meeting) will 

be held at the Okanogan and Wenatchee 

National Forests Headquarters office, 

215 Melody Lane, Wenatchee, WA. The 

meeting on November 17 will be held at 

Chelan County Fire District #1, 206 Easy 

Street, Wenatchee, WA. These meetings 

will begin at 9:30 a.m. and continue 

until 3 p.m. During these meetings 

Provincial Advisory Committee 

members will continue the collaboration 

process on forest plan issues relating to 

the preparation of a revised forest plan 

for the Okanogan and Wenatchee 

National Forests. All Eastern 

Washington Cascades and Yakima 

Province Advisory Committee meetings 

are open to the public. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Direct questions regarding this meeting 

to Paul Hart, Designated Federal 

Official, USDA, Wenatchee National 

Forest, 215 Melody Lane, Wenatchee, 

Washington 98801, 509–664–9200. 

Dated: September 27, 2006. 

Paul Hart, 

Designated Federal Official, Okanogan and 

Wenatchee National Forests. 

[FR Doc. 06–8454 Filed 10–2–06; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Notice of Availability of Soil Scientist 

Specialist Report 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability. 

SUMMARY: The Soil Scientist Specialist 

Report for the Basin Creek Hazardous 

Fuels Reduction Project Soil 

Productivity Best Management Practices 

Monitoring Compliance with Regional 

Soil Quality Standards is available for 

public review and comment. This report 

supplements the soils effects described 

in the Soils Section of the 2004 Basin 

Creek Hazardous Fuels Reduction Final 

Environmental Impact Statement. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

November 17, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: To send comments use the 

following mailing addresses: 

(1) U.S. Postal Service or handdelivered comments: BeaverheadDeerlodge National Forest, Attention: 

Leaf Magnuson, 420 Barrett St, Dillon, 

MT 59725. 

(2) E-mail: comments-northernbeaverhead-deerlodge-butte@fs.fed.us. 

(3) Fax: 406–683–3855 Attn: Leaf 

Magnuson. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cindy Tencick, 406–683–3930. 

Dated: September 26, 2006. 

Peri R. Suenram, 

Planning, Budget, Systems Staff Officer. 

[FR Doc. E6–16317 Filed 10–2–06; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

Notice of Intent 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 (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 intention of 

the National Agricultural Statistics 

Service (NASS) to request revision and 

extension of a currently approved 

information collection, the Equine 

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58370 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 191 / Tuesday, October 3, 2006 / Notices 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by December 4, 2006 to be 

assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to 

Ginny McBride, NASS Clearance 

Officer, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

Room 5336 South Building, 1400 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250 or sent 

electronically to 

gmcbride@nass.usda.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joseph T. Reilly, Associate 

Administrator, National Agricultural 

Statistics Service, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, (202) 720–4333. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Equine Survey. 

OMB Number: 0535–0227. 

Expiration Date: 02/28/2007. 

Type of Request: Intent to Request 

Revision and Extension of a Currently 

Approved Information Collection. 

Abstract: To improve information 

regarding the equine industry, several 

State Departments of Agriculture are 

expected to contract with the National 

Agricultural Statistics Service to 

conduct an Equine Survey in their State 

within the next 3 years. Equine 

activities offer unusually varied 

opportunities for rural development. In 

addition to providing the livelihood for 

breeders, trainers, veterinarians, and 

many others, the horse remains 

important to recreation. The number of 

operations, number of animals, and 

economic information will quantify the 

importance of the equine industry to 

State economies. Income data provides 

a view of the benefits that the industry 

provides to the State economy and a 

ranking of its relative importance within 

both the agricultural sector and the 

State’s total economic sector. The 

expenditure information provides data 

regarding the multiplier effect of money 

from the equine industry, effects of 

wage rates paid to both permanent and 

part-time employees, and secondary 

businesses supported by the industry. 

NASS intends to request that the survey 

be approved for 3 years. 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 30 minutes per 

response. 

Respondents: Horse owners, breeders, 

trainers, boarders. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

45,000. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 22,500 hours. 

Copies of this information collection 

and related instructions can be obtained 

without charge from Ginny McBride, 

NASS 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. 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, September 28, 

2006. 

R. Ronald Bosecker, 

NASS Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 06–8428 Filed 10–2–06; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Natural Resources Conservation 

Service 

Notice of Availability 

AGENCY: Natural Resources 

Conservation Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The Record of Decision (ROD) 

for the Coal Creek Flood Control and 

Parkway Final Environmental Impact 

Statement is now available to the 

public. On September 1, 2006, the 

Natural Resources Conservation Service 

(NRCS) published a Final 

Environmental Impact Statement 

consistent with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as 

amended, to disclose potential effects to 

the human environment resulting from 

proposed flood control improvements to 

Coal Creek in Cedar City, Utah. The 

ROD authorizes implementation of 

Alternative C (Replace Main Street 

diversion/drop structure) in conjunction 

with the North Field Canal Option and 

Parkway Option C1. 

DATES: Effective Date: October 2, 2006. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Marnie Wilson, Coal Creek EIS, USDA–

NRCS, Wallace F. Bennett Federal 

Building, 125 South State Street, Room 

4402, Salt Lake City, UT 84138–1100. 

Project information is also available on 

the Internet at: http:// 

www.ut.nrcs.usda.gov under Public 

Notices. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Copies of 

the Final EIS and ROD are available by 

request from Marnie Wilson at the 

address listed above. Basic data 

developed during the environmental 

evaluation are on file and may be 

reviewed by contacting Sylvia Gillen, 

Utah State Conservationist. 

Signed in Salt Lake City, Utah on 

September 21, 2006. 

Sylvia A. Gillen, 

State Conservationist. 

[FR Doc. E6–16373 Filed 10–2–06; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Business—Cooperative Service 

Notice of Request for Extension of a 

Currently Approved Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: Rural Business—Cooperative 

Service. 

ACTION: Proposed collection; comments 

requested. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the Rural BusinessCooperative Service’s (RBS) intention to 

request information collection in 

support of the Rural Business Enterprise 

Grant (RBEG) program and Televisions 

Demonstration Grants (7 CFR part 1942–

G). 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by December 4, 2006 to be 

assured of consideration. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cindy Mason, Specialty Lenders 

Division, Rural Business—Cooperative 

Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

STOP 3225, 1400 Independence Ave. 

SW., Washington, DC 20250–3225, 

telephone (202) 690–1433. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

on the collection of information to 

Renita Bolden, Regulations and 

Paperwork Management Branch, 

Support Services Division, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Rural 

Development, Stop 0742, 1400 


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