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To follow the procedures, 

establishments, plants, and firms that 

manufacture and sell technology to 

official establishments and plants notify 

the Agency by submitting documents 

describing the operation and purpose of 

the new technology. The documents 

should explain why the new technology 

will not: Adversely affect the safety of 

the product, jeopardize the safety of 

Federal inspection personnel, interfere 

with inspection procedures, or require a 

waiver to a regulation. In addition, if the 

new technology could adversely affect 

the safety of the product, jeopardize the 

safety of Federal inspection personnel, 

interfere with inspection procedures, or 

require a waiver to a regulation, 

submitters are to provide a protocol for 

an in-plant trial as part of a pre-use 

review. FSIS expects the submitter of a 

protocol to provide data to the Agency 

throughout the duration of the in-plant 

trial. 

FSIS has made the following 

estimates based upon an information 

collection assessment: 

Estimate of Burden: FSIS estimates 

that it will take respondents an average 

of 29 hours per response. 

Respondents: Official establishments 

and plants; firms that manufacture or 

sell technology. 

Estimated No. of Respondents: 290. 

Estimated No. of Annual Responses 

per Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 8,400 hours. 

Copies of this information collection 

assessment can be obtained from John 

O’Connell, Paperwork Reduction Act 

Coordinator, Food Safety and Inspection 

Service, USDA, 300 12th Street, SW., 

Room 112, Washington, DC 20250– 

3700, (202) 720–5627, (202) 720–0345. 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of FSIS’ functions, including whether 

the information will have practical 

utility; (b) the accuracy of FSIS’ 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 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 both John O’Connell, 

Paperwork Reduction Act Coordinator, 

at the address provided above, and the 

Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, 

Washington, DC 20253. 

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. 

Additional Public Notification 

Public awareness of all segments of 

rulemaking and policy development is 

important. Consequently, in an effort to 

ensure that the public and in particular 

minorities, women, and persons with 

disabilities, are aware of this notice, 

FSIS will announce it on-line through 

the FSIS web page located at http:// 

www.fsis.usda.gov/regulations/2007— 

Notices—Index/index.asp. 

FSIS also will make copies of this 

Federal Register publication available 

through the FSIS Constituent Update, 

which is used to provide information 

regarding FSIS policies, procedures, 

regulations, Federal Register notices, 

FSIS public meetings, recalls, and other 

types of information that could affect or 

would be of interest to our constituents 

and stakeholders. The update is 

communicated via Listserv, a free e-mail 

subscription service consisting of 

industry, trade, and farm groups, 

consumer interest groups, allied health 

professionals, scientific professionals, 

and other individuals who have 

requested to be included. The update 

also is available on the FSIS Web page. 

Through Listserv and the Web page, 

FSIS is able to provide information to a 

much broader, more diverse audience. 

In addition, FSIS offers an email 

subscription service which provides 

automatic and customized access to 

selected food safety news and 

information. This service is available at 

http://www.fsis.usda.gov/news—and— 

events/email—subscription/ Options 

range from recalls to export information 

to regulations, directives and notices. 

Customers can add or delete 

subscriptions themselves and have the 

option to password protect their 

account. 

Done at Washington, DC, on: April 26, 

2007. 

David P. Goldman, 

Acting Administrator. 

[FR Doc. E7–8341 Filed 5–1–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

Gunnison Basin Federal Lands Travel 

Management Plan 

AGENCIES: Forest Service, USDA, Bureau 

of Land Management, USDI. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

environmental impact statement. 

DATES: Comments concerning the scope 

of analysis must be received on or 

before August 31, 2007. The draft 

environmental impact statement is 

expected to be released in February 

2008 and the final environmental 

impact statement is expected in August 

2008. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to 

Gunnison Travel Management, GMUG 

National Forests, 2250 Highway 50, 

Delta, CO 81416. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anne Janik, Public Involvement 

Specialist at ajanik@fs.fed.us, (970) 

874–6637 or Gary Shellhorn, Team 

Leader at gshellhorn@fs.fed.us, (970) 

874–6666. 

SUMMARY: The Forest Service and the 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) are 

to designate which roads or trails on 

federal lands administered by the BLM 

and the Forest Service within the 

Gunnison Field Office area and the 

Gunnison National Forest are open to 

motorized and/or mechanized travel. In 

so doing, both agencies will meet 

commitments set forth in the 2001 

Gunnison Interim Travel Management 

Plan to further evaluate and analyze 

motorized travel needs on a route-byroute basis and comply with 

requirements of the Forest Service 2005 

Travel Management Rule (36 CFR part 

212) as well as policies for Public Lands 

found in the BLM Land Use Planning 

Handbook (H–1601–1). As a result of 

these travel management decisions, the 

Forest Service will produce a Motorized 

Vehicle Use Map (MVUM) depicting 

those routes on the Gunnison National 

Forest and the Gunnison Field Office 

Public lands that will remain open to 

motorized and/or mechanized travel. 

The MVUM will be the primary tool 

used to determine compliance and 

enforcement with motorized and 

mechanized vehicle use designations on 

the ground. Those existing routes and 

other user-created routes not designated 

open on the MVUM will be legally 

closed to motorized and mechanized 

travel. The decisions on motorized and 

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mechanized travel do not include oversnow travel or existing winter-use 

recreation. 

Background Information: The 

Gunnison Interim Travel Management 

Plan (2001), as an interim plan, was 

intended to be replaced by a more 

definitive and comprehensive 

designated system of routes to be 

maintained and remain open for 

motorized travel. The Gunnison Interim 

Travel Plan did not address whether 

specific routes were needed or were not 

needed to provide a manageable and 

sustainable transportation system on the 

Gunnison National Forest and Gunnison 

Field Office Public Lands. Nor did it 

fully evaluate the desired use by vehicle 

type or season of use on a route-by-route 

basis. The 2001 travel plan was 

implemented as an interim measure 

intended to halt the proliferation of 

user-created routes and attempt to 

restrict motorized travel to the then 

existing roads and trails. The 2001 

travel plan needs to be amended, 

changed or superseded. 

In addition to the 2001 commitment 

by both agencies to complete further 

travel management planning, the Forest 

Service 2005 Travel Management Rule 

(36 CFR 212) requires each National 

Forest unit to complete travel 

management planning that will include 

the designation of routes open to 

motorized travel culminating with the 

completion and publication of a Motor 

Vehicle Use Map (MVUM). The Chief of 

the Forest Service has set a 4-year target 

to complete these initial motorized use 

designations that will define the 

MVUM. 

It is understood that the BLM will 

also include their route-by-route 

designations for motorized and 

mechanized travel on roads and trails 

traversing public lands in the Gunnison 

Field Office area on the Forest Service 

MVUM. 

National Forest System (NFS) lands 

are lands managed by the Forest 

Service. Public lands are lands managed 

by BLM. Both National Forest System 

lands and public lands in the Gunnison 

Basin will be addressed in this effort. 

Proposed Action: The proposed action 

is to designate selected roads and trails 

open to motorized and/or mechanized 

travel (wheeled vehicles only) on the 

Gunnison National Forest (NFS lands) 

and Gunnison Area public lands (BLM). 

Where it is appropriate and necessary, 

the designations will also set specific 

seasons (i.e., yearlong, summer, fallsummer-spring) of use and type of use 

(e.g., full-sized vehicles, ATV’s, 

motorcycles, or mountain bikes) for 

those routes. The Forest Service will 

produce a Motor Vehicle Use Map 

(MVUM) depicting those routes which 

are open to the general public for 

motorized and/or mechanized travel. 

Possible Alternatives: Alternatives to 

the proposed action will be considered 

and evaluated. The No Action 

alternative would be to adopt the 

September 1, 2000 map of existing roads 

and trails as those routes open to 

motorized and mechanized travel. 

Alternatives to the Proposed Action and 

No Action will depict differing 

combinations of routes to remain open 

to motorized and/or mechanized travel. 

The Proposed Action and the alternative 

actions will provide a system of routes 

that differ from existing conditions and 

the No Action alternative. 

Less restrictive alternatives would 

generally entail designating a greater 

number of miles of road or trail to be 

open for motorized and mechanized 

travel than the Proposed Action. 

Alternatives considered to be less 

restrictive could also include fewer 

constraints on season of use or vehicle 

types allowed on designated routes. The 

less restrictive alternative would 

generally provide for more motorized 

and mechanized recreational use 

opportunities. 

More restrictive alternatives would 

generally entail designating fewer miles 

of road or trail to be open for motorized 

and mechanized travel than the 

Proposed Action or have more 

constraints on season of use and vehicle 

types using designated routes. The more 

restrictive alternative(s) would provide 

motorized and mechanized recreational 

opportunities yet there may be a greater 

emphasis on non-motorized recreational 

opportunities. 

A consequence of designating routes 

open for motorized and/or mechanized 

travel is that those existing routes not 

designated as open would be identified 

as closed to motorized and/or 

mechanized travel. Road closure 

procedures that involve ground 

disturbing activities would not be a part 

of the Proposed Action or alternatives 

and would generally require separate 

and distinct site-specific NEPA 

decisions regarding the implementation 

aspects of road closures. The 

environmental consequences of having 

routes closed to motorized and/or 

mechanized travel will be evaluated in 

this environmental assessment. 

Identification of new routes that 

would meet the goals and objectives for 

a motorized and/or mechanized 

transportation system on both Public 

lands and NFS lands will be, as 

appropriate, a part of this travel 

management planning, but would 

require separate, site-specific NEPA 

decisions to implement ground 

disturbing activities associated with 

new route construction. 

Lead Agencies: The Forest Service 

and the BLM are joint lead agencies 

(CEQ § 1506.2). USDA, Forest Service, 

Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and 

Gunnison National Forest. USDI, Bureau 

of Land Management, Gunnison Field 

Office. 

Responsible Officials: The 

Responsible Official for the Grand Mesa, 

Uncompahgre, and Gunnison National 

Forest is Charles Richmond, Forest 

Supervisor, GMUG National Forest, 

2250 Highway 50, Delta, CO 81401. 

The Responsible Official for the BLM 

Gunnison Field Office is Kenny 

McDaniel, Manager, Gunnison Field 

Office, 216 North Colorado, Gunnison, 

CO 81230. 

Nature of Decisions To Be Made: 

Based on the purpose and need for the 

proposed action, the Forest Supervisor 

and the Field Office Manager will 

evaluate the Proposed Action and other 

alternatives in order to make the 

following decisions for the specific 

federal lands they have authority over: 

<bullet≤ Those roads or trails that will 

be designated as open to the public for 

motorized and/or mechanized travel; 

and, 

<bullet≤ The allowed season and/or 

type of use for those routes open to 

motorized and/or mechanized travel. 

Federal land managers are directed 

(Executive Order 11644, 36 CFR 212, 

and 43 CFR 8342.1) to ensure that the 

use of motorized vehicles and off-road 

vehicles will be controlled and directed 

so as to protect the resources of those 

lands, to promote the safety of users, 

minimize conflicts among the various 

uses of the federal lands, and to provide 

for public use of roads and trails 

designated as open. 

Permits or Licenses Required: No 

other permits or licenses are required to 

be obtained by either the Forest Service 

or the BLM to make decisions regarding 

motorized and/or mechanized travel on 

federal lands managed by the two 

agencies. 

Scoping Process: Preliminary public 

involvement was initiated in the 

summer 2006 in an effort to educate the 

public and stakeholders on the 

objectives of travel management. The 

public was also asked to provide input 

to the Forest Service and BLM on routes 

they wanted to remain open and/or 

those routes that may be in conflict with 

other desired conditions sought by the 

public on Forest and BLM lands. This 

initial comment period ended in 

October 2006 with the agencies 

receiving numerous comments on 

individual routes, a few general 

comments and some area-wide 

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comments on travel. There were over 

800 route specific comments, many of 

which addressed the same route(s). 

This initial public input will help the 

Forest Service and BLM to develop a 

preliminary route-by-route proposed 

action that will be utilized in a more 

formal scoping process. The Forest 

Service and the BLM will jointly 

conduct the following public meetings 

to solicit for comments and concerns 

from the public and interested parties 

on motorized and/or mechanized travel 

on National Forest System (NFS) lands 

and Public Lands: 

(1) Paonia—May 23 (Wednesday), 5:30– 

8 p.m. 

Paonia Town Hall, 214 Grand 

Avenue. 

(2) Gunnison—May 30 (Wednesday), 

5:30–8 p.m. 

Gunnison County Fairgrounds (Multipurpose room). (Fred R. Field 

Western Heritage Center), 275 S. 

Spruce Street. 

(3) Crested Butte—June 5 (Tuesday), 

5:30–8 p.m. 

Crested Butte Community School, 818 

Red Lady Avenue. 

(4) Lake City—June 6 (Wednesday), 

5:30–8 p.m. 

Lake City Community School 

(Middle/HS Wing, Room 6/8) 614 

Silver. 

Legal notices of those meetings and 

requests for comments will be published 

in two local newspapers; Delta County 

Independent for the Paonia Ranger 

District, and the Gunnison Country 

Times for the Gunnison Ranger District 

and BLM Gunnison Field Office. 

Based on comments received as a 

result of this notice and after the Forest 

Service and BLM have conducted public 

meetings and afforded the public 

sufficient time to respond to the 

preliminary proposed action, the 

agencies will utilize the public scoping 

comments and concerns along with 

resource related input for the 

interdisciplinary team and other agency 

resource specialists to develop a set of 

issues to carry forward into the 

environmental analysis process. 

Preliminary Issues: The Forest Service 

and BLM addressed several key issues 

in the 2000 Gunnison Travel Interim 

Restrictions Environmental Assessment 

which provide the agencies with a list 

of potential issues that can be expected 

to again come from the public regarding 

motorized and mechanized travel. The 

agencies have also gotten some 

indications of potential issues from the 

initial public involvement process 

conducted during the summer and fall 

of 2006. Those expected issues include: 

(1) Adverse resource impacts caused 

by inappropriate types of vehicle use 

(e.g. motorized vehicles in fragile or 

steep terrain), proliferation of routes 

(e.g. parallel trails or roads, illegal travel 

off designated routes), and unrestricted 

season of use (e.g. routes open to 

motorized travel too long into the wet or 

muddy seasons). 

(2) Infringement on wildlife caused by 

roads in important or critical wildlife 

habitat areas, too high of a density of 

roads in wildlife habitat areas, and 

disturbance to wildlife during critical 

lifecycle periods. 

(3) Loss of recreational opportunity 

when existing routes are closed to 

motorized and/or mechanized travel. 

(4) Loss of semi-primitive and 

primitive recreational opportunity if 

more routes or areas are open to 

motorized and/or mechanized travel. 

(5) Failure to accommodate the fast 

growing number of motorized and/or 

mechanized users desiring to use federal 

lands for recreational riding of ATVs 

and mountain bikes. 

(6) Inconsistencies between Forest 

Service and BLM restrictions and 

regulations for motorized and/or 

mechanized use of routes managed by 

those agencies. 

(7) Enforcement concerns centered on 

whether either of the agencies have the 

ability to provide enforcement once 

decisions have been made on allowed 

routes and uses for motorized and/or 

mechanized travel. 

(8) Safety concerns on routes where 

multiple vehicle types (e.g. full-sized 

trucks and cars, ATVs, motorcycles, 

mountain bikes) are allowed. 

(9) Conflicts with landowners when 

routes cross private lands to access 

federally managed lands of the BLM and 

Forest Service. 

(10) Jurisdictional questions regarding 

routes maintained by local governments 

or historically used by the public to 

access federally managed lands. 

Both the Forest Service and the BLM 

recognize that this list of issues is not 

complete and will be further defined 

and refined as scoping continues. It is 

expected that a comprehensive list of 

key issues will be determined before the 

full range of alternatives is developed 

and the environmental analysis is 

begun. 

Comments Requested: This notice of 

intent initiates the formal scoping 

process that guides the development of 

the environmental impact statement for 

the Gunnison Travel Management Plan. 

However all comments received 

during the initial comment period (July 

to October 2006) will be brought 

forward into this formal scoping, and 

those who commented then need not 

comment again to have their comments 

considered, or to demonstrate their 

interest in this planning. Persons and 

organizations commenting during the 

initial scoping will be maintained on 

the mail list for future information about 

Gunnison Travel Management Planning. 

Early Notice of Importance of Public 

Participation in Subsequent 

Environmental Review: A draft 

environmental impact statement will be 

prepared for public comment. The 

comment period on the draft 

environmental impact statement will be 

45 days from the date that the 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

publishes the notice of availability in 

the Federal Register. Written comments 

are preferred and should include the 

name and address of the commenter. 

Comments submitted for this proposed 

action will be considered part of the 

public record. 

The Forest Service believes, at this 

early stage, it is important to give 

reviewers notice of several court rulings 

related to public participation in the 

environmental review process. First, 

reviewers of draft environmental impact 

statements must structure their 

participation in the review of the 

proposal so that it is meaningful and 

alerts an agency to the reviewer’s 

position and contentions. Vermont 

Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. NRDC, 

435 U.S. 519, 553 (1978). Also, 

environmental objections that could be 

raised at the draft environmental impact 

statement stage but that are not raised 

until after completion of the final 

environmental impact statement may be 

waived or dismissed by the courts. City 

of Angoon v. Hodel, 803 F.2d 1016, 

1022 (9th Cir. 1986) and Wisconsin 

Heritages Inc. v. Harris, 409 F. Supp. 

1334, 1338 (E.D.Wis. 1980). Because of 

these court rulings, it is very important 

those interested in this proposed action 

participate by the close of the 45-day 

comment period so that substantive 

comments and objections are made 

available to the Forest Service at the 

time when it can meaningfully consider 

them and respond to them in the final 

environmental impact statement. 

To assist the Forest Service in 

identifying and considering issues and 

concerns on the proposed action, 

comments on the draft environmental 

impact statement should be as specific 

as possible. It is also helpful if 

comments refer to specific pages or 

chapters of the draft statement. 

Comments may also address the 

adequacy of the draft environmental 

impact statement or the merits of the 

alternative formulated and discussed in 

the statement. Reviewers may wish to 

refer to the Council on Environmental 

Quality Regulations for implementing 

the procedural provisions of the 

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National Environmental Policy Act at 40 

CFR 1503.3 in addressing these points. 

Dated: April 30, 2007. 

Charles S. Richmond, 

Forest Supervisor. 

Kenny McDaniel, 

Manager, Gunnison Field Office. 

[FR Doc. 07–2153 Filed 5–1–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Notice of Meeting; Federal Lands 

Recreation Enhancement Act Forest 

Service, (Title VIII, Pub. L. 108–447) 

AGENCY: Pacific Northwest Region, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Pacific Northwest 

Recreation Resource Advisory 

Committee will meet in Portland, OR. 

The purpose of the meeting is to review 

and provide recommendations on 

recreation fee proposals for facilities 

and services offered on lands managed 

by the Forest Service and Bureau of 

Land Management in Oregon and 

Washington, under the Federal Lands 

Recreation Enhancement Act of 2004. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on May 

16, 2007 from 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m. and May 

17, 2007 from 8:30 a.m.–4 p.m. A public 

input session will be provided at 10:30 

a.m. on both days of the meeting. 

Comments will be limited to three 

minutes per person. The Designated 

Federal Official has discretion to not 

convene the committee on May 17, 

2007, if necessary. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be at the 

Residence Inn by Marriott, Lloyd 

Center, 1710 NE Multnomah St., 

Portland, Oregon 97232. Send written 

comments to Dan Harkenrider, 

Designated Federal Official for the 

Pacific Northwest Recreation RAC, 902 

Wasco Street, Suite 200, Hood River, OR 

97031, 541–308–1700 or 

dharkenrider@fs.fed.us. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dan 

Harkenrider, Designated Federal 

Official, 902 Wasco Street, Suite 200, 

Hood River, OR 97031, 541–308–1700. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting is open to the public. 

Recreation RAC discussion is limited to 

Forest Service and Bureau of Land 

Management staff and Recreation RAC 

members. However, persons who wish 

to bring recreation fee matters to the 

attention of the Committee may file 

written statements with the Committee 

staff before or after the meeting. A 

public input session will be provided 

and individuals who have made written 

requests by May 9, 2007 to the 

Designated Federal Official will have 

the opportunity to address the 

Committee during the meeting on May 

16 and 17, 2007 at 10:30 a.m. 

The Recreation RAC is authorized by 

the Federal Land Recreation 

Enhancement Act, which was signed 

into law by President Bush in December 

2004. 

Dated: April 26, 2007. 

Liz Agpaoa, 

Acting Regional Forester, Pacific Northwest 

Region. 

[FR Doc. 07–2154 Filed 5–1–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

Notice of Intent To Resume the 

Agricultural Labor Survey and Farm 

Labor Reports 

AGENCY: National Agricultural Statistics 

Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of resumption of data 

collection and publication. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

intention of the National Agricultural 

Statistics Service (NASS) to resume a 

currently approved information 

collection, the Agricultural Labor 

Survey, and its associated publication. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joseph T. Reilly, Associate 

Administrator, National Agricultural 

Statistics Service, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, (202) 720–4333. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Agricultural Labor Survey. 

OMB Control Number: 0535–0109. 

Expiration Date of Approval: April 30, 

2009. 

Type of Request: To resume a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Abstract: The primary objective of the 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

is to prepare and issue State and 

national estimates of crop and livestock 

production, disposition, and prices. The 

Agricultural Labor Survey provides 

quarterly statistics on the number of 

agricultural workers, hours worked, and 

wage rates. Number of workers and 

hours worked are used to estimate 

agricultural productivity; wage rates are 

used in the administration of the H–2A 

Program and for setting Adverse Effect 

Wage Rates. Survey data are also used 

to carry out provisions of the 

Agricultural Adjustment Act. This 

collection was suspended on February 

1, 2007 due to budget constraints. NASS 

will resume this information collection 

as of May 2, 2007, and will publish the 

Farm Labor reports for April, July, and 

October 2007 as originally scheduled. 

Authority: These data are collected under 

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. 

Signed at Washington, DC, April 4, 2007. 

Joseph T. Reilly, 

Associate Administrator. 

[FR Doc. E7–8381 Filed 5–1–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–20–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

Notice of Intent To Suspend Portions 

of a Currently Approved Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: National Agricultural Statistics 

Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of suspension of data 

collection and publication. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

intention of the National Agricultural 

Statistics Service (NASS) to suspend 

portions of a currently approved 

information collection, the Agriculture 

Resource Management, Chemical Use, 

and Postharvest Chemical Use Surveys. 

The Fruit Chemical Use Survey and 

Postharvest Chemical Use Survey are 

being suspended, along with their 

associated publications. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joseph T. Reilly, Associate 

Administrator, National Agricultural 

Statistics Service, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, (202) 720–4333. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Agriculture Resource 

Management, Chemical Use, and 

Postharvest Chemical Use Surveys. 

OMB Control Number: 0535–0218. 

Expiration Date of Approval: 

September 30, 2008. 

Type of Request: To suspend portions 

of a currently approved information 

collection. 

Abstract: One of the primary 

objectives of the National Agricultural 

Statistics Service is to provide high 

quality and timely estimates about the 

nation’s food supply and environment. 

In the Fruit Chemical Use Survey and 

the Postharvest Chemical Use Survey 

data are collected regarding chemical 

usage on fruit and the types and 

amounts of pesticides used on selected 

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