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under permit on FS managed land 

(permittees). Cultural differences and 

historic problems over land use 

contribute to disagreements and 

misunderstanding between the 

permittees and federal land managers. 

Information on the economic, social, 

and cultural contributions of livestock 

ownership to federal permittees is of 

interest to land managers, policy 

makers, social scientists, the general 

public, and the permittees themselves. 

FS will use a questionnaire to collect 

information from livestock permittees 

from the Santa Fe and Carson National 

Forest. 

Need and Use of the Information: FS 

will collect data on economic, social, 

and cultural contributions of livestock 

ownership to the permittees of northern 

New Mexico. The information will help 

FS personnel manage the land more 

effectively and work more cooperatively 

with the permittees by increasing 

understanding of the local culture and 

the role of livestock ownership in that 

culture. If the data is not collected, 

grazing allotment plans and forest plan 

revisions will not be based on the most 

current and appropriate socio-cultural 

and economic information. 

Description of Respondents: 

Individuals or households; farms; 

business or other for-profit. 

Number of Respondents: 150. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 225. 

Charlene Parker, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E6–20947 Filed 12–8–06; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

December 6, 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. 

Food Safety and Inspection Service 

Title: Electronic Animal Disease 

Reporting System. 

OMB Control Number: 0583–NEW. 

Summary of Collection: The Food 

Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has 

been delegated the authority to exercise 

the functions of the Secretary as 

provided in the Federal Meat Inspection 

Act (FMIA) (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), the 

Poultry Products Inspection Act (PPIA) 

(21 U.S.C. 451 et seq.). These statutes 

mandate that FSIS protect the public by 

ensuring that meat and poultry products 

are safe, wholesome, unadulterated, and 

properly labeled and packaged. In 

accordance with 9 CFR 320, 381.175, 

180, 303.1(b)(3), 352.15, and 354.91, 

establishments that slaughter meat, 

poultry, exotic animals, and rabbits are 

required to maintain certain records 

regarding their business operations and 

to report this information to the Agency 

as required. For the Agency’s electronic 

Animal Disease Reporting System 

(eADRS), establishments report (by 

shift) slaughter totals in number of 

heads and weight by animal category. 

EADRS is an information system that 

tracks and reports data on the number 

of animals slaughtered, animal diseases, 

and animal welfare information in the 

United States. 

Need and Use of the Information: For 

eADRS, establishments report orally to 

FSIS inspection personnel in the plant 

slaughter totals (by shift) in number of 

heads and weight by animal category. 

FSIS uses this information to plan 

inspection activities, to develop 

sampling plans for testing, to target 

establishments for testing, for Agency 

budget planning, and in its reports to 

Congress. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit. 

Number of Respondents: 1,159. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

Other (daily). 

Total Burden Hours: 23,180. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E6–20968 Filed 12–8–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P 

BROADCASTING BOARD OF 

GOVERNORS 

Sunshine Act Meeting Notice 

DATE AND TIME: Wednesday, December 6, 

2006, 2:15 p.m.–3:15 p.m. 

PLACE: Cohen Building, Room 3360, 330 

Independence Ave., SW., Washington, 

DC 20237. 

Closed Meeting: The members of the 

Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) 

will meet in a special session to review 

and discuss budgetary issues relating to 

U.S. Government-funded non-military 

international broadcasting. This meeting 

is closed because if open it likely would 

either disclose matters that would be 

properly classified to be kept secret in 

the interest of foreign policy under the 

appropriate executive order (5 U.S.C. 

552b(c)(1)) or would disclose 

information the premature disclosure of 

which would be likely to significantly 

frustrate implementation of a proposed 

agency action. (5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B)). 

In addition, part of the discussion will 

relate solely to the internal personnel 

and organizational issues of the BBG or 

the International Broadcasting Bureau. 

(5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(2) and (6)). 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Persons interested in obtaining more 

information should contact Carol 

Booker at (202) 203–4545. 

Dated: December 6, 2006. 

Carol Booker, 

Legal Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 06–9634 Filed 12–7–06; 10:22 am] 

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