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Stamp Program, ongoing households 

must apply for recertification using an 

application, which is very similar to the 

above-mentioned application for initial 

certification. The average certification 

period is 10 months in length although 

the length of the certification period 

may range from 1-month to 24-months 

depending on household circumstances. 

Based on FY 2006 data, we estimate that 

the burden associated with the 

application for recertification at 

3,205,217 hours for households 

(10,121,739 applications × 19 minutes 

(0.32 hrs) to complete the application). 

We estimate the burden for State 

agencies at 3,205,217 hours (10,121,739 

applications × 19 minutes (0.32 hrs) to 

review the application). 

Monthly Report. Three State agencies 

require a portion of their caseload to 

report changes in household 

circumstances through monthly reports. 

Because the household does not submit 

a separate monthly report when it 

submits the application for 

recertification, households are required 

to submit monthly reports 11 times a 

year. We estimate a total annual 

household reporting burden of 182,883 

hours for the monthly report (142,506 

households × 11 reports per year × 7 

minutes or 0.12 hrs per report). We 

estimate a State agency burden of 

287,387 hours (142,506 households × 11 

reports per year × 11 minutes or 0.18 hrs 

per report). 

Quarterly Report. Currently, only one 

State, California, requires households to 

report changes in circumstances on a 

quarterly basis. Since households are 

not required to submit a separate 

quarterly report when they submit an 

application for recertification, the report 

is submitted three times a year. We 

estimate a household reporting burden 

of 319,787 hours for the quarterly report 

(799,469 households × 3 reports per year 

× 8 minutes or 0.13 hrs per report). We 

estimate a State agency burden of 

479,681 hours (799,469 households × 3 

reports per year × 12 minutes or 0.2 hrs 

per report). 

Semiannual or Simplified Reporting. 

Under the simplified reporting option, 

adopted by 47 States, most households 

report changes in their circumstances 

through a report that they normally 

submit every six months. In addition to 

the semiannual report, a household in a 

simplified reporting system must report 

when its gross income exceeds 130 

percent of the poverty threshold. Based 

on recent information regarding State 

choices, we estimate that 10,788,683 

households are currently subject to 

simplified reporting. Under simplified 

reporting, households submit one report 

annually (these households submit an 

application for recertification at least 

once every 12 months), and we estimate 

a household burden of 1,438,491 hours 

(10,788,683 reports × 8 minutes or .133 

hrs per report) and a State agency 

burden of 1.977,925 hours (10,788,683 

reports × 11 minutes or .18 hrs per 

report). 

Change Reporting. Households not 

subject to monthly, quarterly reporting 

or semiannual reporting must report 

most changes in household 

circumstances with 10 days of the date 

that the change becomes known to the 

household. Most households subject to 

change reporting are statutorily exempt 

from periodic reporting, primarily are 

those households with no earned 

income in which all adult members are 

elderly or disabled. We estimate a total 

household burden for change reporting 

at 138,737 hours per year (1,664,843 

households submitting an average of 1 

report per year at 5 minutes or 0.08 hrs 

per report). We estimate the annual 

State agency burden to process the 

reports at 305,221 hours (1,664,843 

households submitting an average of 1 

report per year with an agency 

processing time of 11 minutes or 0.18 

hrs per report). 

Notice of Eligibility or Denial. Based 

on an estimated 21,089,658 notices 

issued annually, we estimate a total 

State agency burden of 632,690 hours 

based on 2 minutes (.03 hrs) to generate 

each report. 

We estimate a total annual burden of 

367,412 hours to issue the following 

notices: Notice of Late/Incomplete 

Report, Adequate Notice (notice of 

reduction or termination based on 

information reported by the household), 

Notice of Adverse Action, Notice of 

Expiration of Certification, Request for 

Contact, and Notice of Missed 

Interview. The total is based on total of 

3,365,104 responses with an average 

burden of 3 minutes or .03 hrs per 

response for the first five notices and 

953,915 responses with an average 

burden of 1 minute or 0.167 hrs for the 

Notice of Missed Interview. 

Recordkeeping burden only. Local 

agencies are required to maintain client 

case records for three years and to 

perform duplicate participation checks 

on individual household members to 

ensure the member is not participating 

in more than one household. Data are 

not available on the actual number of 

local food stamp offices in each State or 

the actual number of workers 

(recordkeepers) that would be 

maintaining case files and performing 

duplicate participation checks. For the 

purpose of this burden package, we are 

using the number of food stamp project 

areas, which equals 2,724. 

(A) Case Files: The caseload to be 

maintained is equal to the number of 

participating households and their 

subsequent files. The number of times 

recordkeepers must access these case 

files is equal to the number of 

documents expected to be filed or noted 

in the file annually. We anticipate 

minimal filing to involve a burden of 2 

minutes per document. Including 

documentation (i.e. electronic files, 

caseworker written entry into the file, or 

hard copies of the document) for notices 

which were sent to the household and 

when, we anticipate a total of 

127,192,305 documents/year. Annual 

recordkeeping burden associated with 

creating, filing, and maintaining 

household case files is estimated to be 

4,239,744 burden hours (127,192,305 × 

2/60 = 4,239,744). 

(B) Monitoring Duplicate 

Participation: The estimated annual 

recordkeeping burden for maintaining 

this system that is automated by most 

States is based on the number of total 

applications (all approved and denied 

initial and recertification applications) 

expected to be received (20,250,469) 

and the average number of persons (2.3) 

in each applicant household. We 

estimate the number of duplicate 

participation checks (responses) that 

must be performed by State agencies at 

46,576,079. Burden is estimated to be 15 

seconds (or 0.00416666 hour) per 

response, for a total burden of 194,067 

burden hours annually (20,250,469 × 2.3 

× 15 seconds or 0.00416666 hrs). 

(C) Total recordkeeping burden would 

be 4,433,811 hours. Burden per 

recordkeeper would be 1,627 hours. 

Summary of burden hours for 

public—state and local governments, 

potential applicants, and current 

participants: 

Number of Respondents: 21,089,698. 

Annual responses: 110,196,575. 

Total burden hours: 24,017,997. 

Dated: June 19, 2007. 

Roberto Salazar, 

Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3410–30–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Settlement Land Transfers: Pueblo de 

San Ildefonso and Los Alamos County, 

Sante Fe National Forest, Los Alamos 

County/Rio Arriba/Santa Fe County, 

NM 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

environmental impact statement. 


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SUMMARY: The U.S. Forest Service (FS) 

will prepare an environmental impact 

statement (EIS) on a proposed action 

that implements certain aspects of the 

Pueblo de San Ildefonso Claims 

Settlement Act of 2005 (Pub. L. 109–

286). Portions of the Act considered in 

this analysis include mandated transfer 

of certain National Forest System lands 

to the Pueblo de San Ildefonso (about 

7,058 acres), the Pueblo of Santa Clara 

(about 740 acres), and Los Alamos 

County (about 631 acres). Lands would 

be conveyed in exchange for an 

appraised monetary value. The 

legislation also requires the Forest 

Service to offer for purchase six parcels 

of National Forest System lands to Los 

Alamos County near the community 

(totaling about 324 acres), and to 

reconstruct Forest Road (FR) 416v to a 

high-clearance, Level 2 standard. 

Although these proposed actions have 

been mandated by the Act, the Santa Fe 

National Forest will conduct a National 

Environmental Policy Act 

environmental analysis to disclose the 

impacts of these actions, and to fully 

describe any discretionary actions that 

may also be included as part of the land 

transfers called for in the Act. However, 

under the Act, discretion is limited. A 

map of the area is located at the 

following Forest Service Web site: 

http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/sfe/projects/. 

DATES: Comments concerning the 

project must be received by July 23, 

2007. The draft environmental impact 

statement is expected in September of 

2007 and the final environmental 

impact statement is expected in 

November 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to 

Sandy Hurlocker, District Ranger, U.S. 

Forest Service, Espanola Ranger District, 

P.O. Box 3307, Espanola, New Mexico, 

87533. Electronic mail (e-mail) may be 

sent to comments-southwestern-santafe 

espanola@fs.fed.us and FAX may be 

sent to (505) 753–9411. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sandy Hurlocker, District Ranger, 

Espan ̃ ola, Espanola Ranger District, 

(505) 753–7331. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: On September 27, 2006, 

the Pueblo de San Ildefonso Claims 

Settlement Act of 2005 was signed into 

law. The purpose of the Act is to resolve 

title claims asserted against the United 

States by the San Ildefonso Pueblo 

under the proceedings of the Indian 

Claims Act (Docket No 354). Other 

purposes of the Act related to this 

analysis are (1) The authorization of the 

Pueblo to acquire and the Forest Service 

to convey National Forest Systems lands 

as identified in the San Ildefonso 

Settlement Agreement (Settlement Area 

Lands), and (2) the authorization for the 

Secretary of the Agriculture to convey 

other lands out of the National Forest 

System in order to comply with an 

inter-Pueblo Agreement and the Los 

Alamos Agreement, which has been 

incorporated by the San Ildefonso 

Settlement Agreement and ratified by 

the Act. These additional lands include 

the Water System Lands, the Northern 

Tier Lands (to be acquired by the Santa 

Clara Pueblo), and the Los Alamos 

Townsite Lands. 

The Act provides that the Settlement 

Area Land and the Northern Tier Lands 

shall be held by the Secretary of the 

Interior in trust for the benefit of each 

Pueblo. Lands acquired by Los Alamos 

County as Water System Lands become 

San Ildefonso Pueblo tribal lands if they 

were no longer needed for Los Alamos 

County’s water facilities. Most of the 

Los Alamos Townsite lands are 

currently used for Los Alamos County 

water facilities, including Los Alamos 

Reservoir and dam, as well as water 

tanks. Except for the restrictions and 

reservations identified above, the 

Secretary of Agriculture does not 

propose to place any restrictions on 

future use of the Townsite lands, 

Settlement Area lands, Water System 

lands, or Northern Tier lands. 

The Act also calls for reservation of a 

number of road easements to assure 

public access to lands that would 

otherwise be inaccessible to motorized 

vehicles once the conveyance takes 

place. For most of these reservations, 

existing roads provide adequate access 

and so only an administrative action is 

expected. However, as part of the Los 

Alamos Agreement, road improvement 

work must be completed to improve 

public access to the National Forest 

System lands adjoining the Settlement 

Area Lands prior to conveyance. The 

Act allows for reconstruction of FR 416v 

to a high clearance, Level 2 to provide 

this access. 

Even though the Act requires these 

actions and so discretion is limited, the 

Santa Fe National Forest will study and 

disclose in an environmental impact 

statement the effects of the actions 

described in the Act that relate to the 

Secretary of Agriculture’s authority to 

transfer lands and reconstruct Road 

416v. Other actions to be undertaken by 

the Department of the Interior, the 

Pueblo de San Ildefonso, or Los Alamos 

have not been included in the scope of 

this proposal because they can be 

accomplished separately. A map of the 

area is located at the following Forest 

Service Web site: http://www.fs.fed.us/ 

r3/sfe/projects/. 

Proposed Action: The Santa Fe 

National Forest proposes the following: 

• Convey the Settlement Area lands 

to the Pueblo de San Ildefonso 

(approximately 7,058 acres) located in: 

Township 20 north, Range 7 east, 

section 19, 20, 21, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33; 

and Township 19 north, Range 7 east, 

sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9; New Mexico 

Principal Meridian. 

• Convey the Water System lands to 

Los Alamos County (approximately 631 

acres) located in Township 20 north, 

Range 7 east, section 31; Township 19 

north, Range 7 east, sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 

8, 9; Township 19 north, Range 6 east, 

section 1; New Mexico Principal 

Meridian. 

• Convey the Northern Tier Lands to 

the Pueblo of Santa Clara 

(approximately 740 acres) located in 

Township 20 north, Range 7 east, 

sections 17, 18; New Mexico Principal 

Meridian. 

• Offer for conveyance the Los 

Alamos Townsite lands to Los Alamos 

County. These six parcels total 

approximately 324 acres of National 

Forest System lands located in 

Township 19 north, Range 4 east, 

section 13; Township 19 north, Range 5 

east, sections 3, 4, 5, 18; New Mexico 

Principal Meridian. 

• Reconstruct FR 416v to a high 

clearance, Level 2, standard, following 

the existing route as much as practical. 

Reconstruction will require grading, 

culvert placement, and possible 

relocation of short segments. 

• Ancillary actions that may be 

implemented along with the land 

transfers and road reconstruction. 

Examples include fence construction 

along boundary lines and road closures 

where roads no longer serve a purpose 

to the management of National Forests. 

Lead Agency: The USDA Forest 

Service (FS) is the lead agency. 

Responsible Official: The responsible 

Official is the Forest Supervisor, Santa 

Fe National Forest, 1474 Rodeo Road, 

P.O. Box 1689, Santa Fe, NM 87504–

1689. 

Decision Framework: The NEPA 

decision to be made is limited by the 

Act. Transfer or offering for sale of lands 

is mandated. Reconstruction of FR 416v 

is also mandated as an action that must 

be completed before the land 

conveyance can occur. However, the 

Forest will evaluate effects and develop 

mitigation measures and best 

management practices to implement 

during the road reconstruction and, 

where applicable, in the land 

conveyance. 

Scoping Process: The scoping process 

will include appropriate public 

involvement activities during June/July 


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2007. Appropriate activities will occur 

once the Draft EIS is available for 

review, which is expected to occur in 

the late summer of 2007. 

Preliminary Issues: Because the 

conveyance of land will not 

significantly change the expected land 

use of the transferred lands, no 

significant issues have been identified. 

Reconstruction of FR 416v has the 

potential to affect known cultural 

resource sites located within the 

existing roadway. Because the sites and 

road occupy land between a canyon 

wall and steep ground, options to avoid 

these sites are limited, and so data 

recovery is the likely method for 

mitigating impacts. No threatened or 

endangered species—or Region 3 

sensitive species—of animal or plant are 

known in the project area. Likewise, no 

Region 3 sensitive species are known. 

Because the National Forest System 

lands would be closed to the general 

public once conveyed to the Pueblos, a 

change in recreational use patterns is 

likely. A closed pumice mine exists on 

the land to be conveyed to the San 

Ildefonso Pueblo, with reclamation 

underway. Any unfinished reclamation 

will pass to the Secretary of the Interior 

pursuant to the Act, Section 7(f). 

Comment Requested: This notice of 

intent initiates the scoping process that 

guides the development of the 

environmental impact statement. The 

Forest Service invites written comments 

and suggestions on the proposed action, 

including any issues to consider, as well 

as any concerns relevant to the analysis. 

Early Notice of Importance of Public 

Participation in Subsequent 

Environmental Review: A draft 

environmental impact statement will be 

prepared for comment. The comment 

period on the draft environmental 

impact statement will be 45 days from 

the date the Environmental Protection 

Agency publishes the notice of 

availability in the Federal Register. 

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 environmental 

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, 490 F. Supp. 

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

these court rulings, it is very important 

that those interested in this proposed 

action participate by the close of the 45- 

day comment period so that comments 

and objections are made available to the 

Forest Service at a 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 

alternatives 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 

National Environmental Policy Act at 40 

CFR 1503.3 in addressing these points. 

(Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7 and 1508.22; 

Forest Service Handbook 1909.15, Section 

21) 

Dated: June 13, 2007. 

Daniel J. Jiron, 

Forest Supervisor, Santa Fe National Forest. 

[FR Doc. 07–3058 Filed 6–21–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Deschutes Provincial Advisory 

Committee (DPAC) 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Deschutes Provincial 

Advisory Committee will meet on July 

11, 2007, starting at 8 a.m. at the 

Deschutes National Forest Supervisor’s 

Office at 1001 SW. Emkay Drive, Bend, 

Oregon, for a field trip to the Bend-Ft. 

Rock and Crescent Ranger Districts. The 

purpose of the trip is to monitor the 

Dilman and Five Buttes Projects to 

obtain feedback from members. The trip 

is scheduled to end at 5 p.m. in Bend. 

All Deschutes Province Advisory 

Committee Meetings are open to the 

public and an open public forum is 

scheduled from 3 to 3:30 p.m. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mollie Chaudet, Province Liaison, 

Deschutes NF, 1001 SW. Emkay Drive, 

Bend, Oregon, 97702, Phone (541) 383–

5517. 

Leslie A.C. Weldon, 

Deschutes National Forest Supervisor. 

[FR Doc. 07–3061 Filed 6–21–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Del Norte County Resource Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Del Norte County 

Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) 

will meet on June 26, 2007 in Crescent 

City, California. The purpose of the 

meeting is to discuss the project 

submission and selection process for 

Title II proposals submitted under 

Public Law 106–393, H.R. 2389, the 

Secure Rural Schools and Community 

Self-Determination Act of 2000, also 

called the ‘‘Payments to States’’ Act. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on July 

2, 2006, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Del Norte County Unified School 

District Board Room, 301 West 

Washington, Crescent City, California. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie 

Ranieri, Committee Coordinator, USDA, 

Six Rivers National Forest, 1330 

Bayshore Way, Eureka, CA 95501. 

Phone: (707) 441–3673. 

e-mail: jranier@fs.fed.us. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Individuals, community-based 

organization, tribes and government 

agencies will present the Title II project 

proposals submitted to the RAC. 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: June 18, 2007. 

William D. Metz, 

Deputy Forest Supervisor. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

RIN 0596–AC68 

USDA Forest Service Open Space 

Conservation Strategy 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of request for public 

input. 


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