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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 72, No. 165 

Monday, August 27, 2007 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

August 22, 2007. 

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) 720–8681. 

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. 

Rural Business Service 

Title: 7 CFR 4284–G, Rural Business 

Opportunity Grants. 

OMB Control Number: 0570–0024. 

Summary of Collection: The Rural 

Business Opportunity Grant (RBOG) 

program was authorized by section 741 

of the Federal Agriculture Improvement 

and Reform Act of 1996, Public Law 

104–127. 7 CFR 4284–G provides the 

detailed program regulations, as well as, 

including application procedures and 

reporting requirements for grant 

recipients. The objective of the RBOG 

program is to promote sustainable 

economic development in rural areas. 

This purpose is achieved through grants 

made by the Rural Business Cooperative 

Service (RBS) to public and private nonprofit organizations and cooperatives to 

pay costs of economic development 

planning and technical assistance for 

rural businesses. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

information collected is from grant 

applicants and grant recipients. 

Grantees should keep complete and 

accurate accounting records as evidence 

that the grant funds were used properly. 

The information is necessary for RBS to 

process applications in a responsible 

manner, make prudent program 

decisions, and effectively monitor the 

grantees’ activities to ensure that funds 

obtained from the Government are used 

appropriately. 

Description of Respondents: Not forprofit institutions; State, Local or Tribal 

Government. 

Number of Respondents: 248. 

Frequency of Responses: 

Recordkeeping: Reporting: On occasion; 

Quarterly; Monthly. 

Total Burden Hours: 17,054. 

Charlene Parker, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 3410–XT–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Off-Highway Vehicle Travel 

Management Plan 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

environmental impact statement. 

SUMMARY: The Mt. Hood National Forest 

(Forest) will prepare an Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS) to document and 

disclose the potential environmental 

effects of establishing and designating a 

system of roads, trails and areas for offhighway vehicles (OHV). The Proposed 

Action will change OHV access through 

much of the Forest in order to meet the 

intent of the Travel Management; 

Designated Routes and Areas for Motor 

Vehicle Use; Final Rule that was 

published on November 9, 2005 (70 FR 

216). The Proposed Action focuses on 

travel management within six proposed 

OHV areas and motorized access to 

dispersed (undeveloped) camping. 

Within each area, specific OHV routes 

are proposed by motor vehicle class, 

and new trails are proposed for 

construction where they would create 

trail loop opportunities. A Forest Plan 

Amendment would be required to 

achieve the purpose and need, and 

implement the Proposed Action. 

DATES: Comments concerning the scope 

of this analysis must be received no 

later than October 1, 2007 to ensure they 

are fully incorporated into the Draft EIS. 

Two public meetings are scheduled as 

follows. 

1. September 11, 2007 from 6 p.m. to 

7:30 p.m. in Portland, OR. 

2. September 12, 2007 from 6 p.m. to 

7:30 p.m. in Hood River, OR. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

to Jennie O’Connor, Off-Highway 

Vehicle Travel Management Plan 

Leader, Mt. Hood National Forest, 6780 

Highway 35, Parkdale, Oregon 97041. 

Electronic comments can be submitted 

to comments-pacificnorthswestmthood@fs.fed.us. The meeting 

locations are: 

1. University Place Hotel and 

Conference Center in the Willamette 

Falls Room (310 SW Lincoln Street, 

Portland, OR 97201). 

2. Best Western Hood River Inn in the 

Riverview Room (1108 East Marina 

Way, Hood River, OR 97031). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jennie O’Connor, Natural Resource 

Planner, Mt. Hood National Forest, 6780 

Highway 35, Parkdale, Oregon 97041 or 

by e-mailing jmoconnor@fs.fed.us or by 

calling (541) 352–6002 x634. 


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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Need for the Proposal 

One purpose of this project is to 

designate routes for off-highway vehicle 

(OHV) use by class of vehicle (excluding 

over-snow vehicles) and time of year. 

Another purpose of this project is to 

determine where licensed motor 

vehicles will continue to be allowed to 

drive off roads to access dispersed 

(undeveloped) camping. By meeting 

these purposes, the Mt. Hood National 

Forest will comply with 36 CFR parts 

212, 251, 261, and 295—Travel 

Management; Designated Routes and 

Areas for Motor Vehicle Use; Final Rule 

[Federal Register, Vol. 70, No. 215 

(2005)] for off-highway vehicle (OHV) 

use. The final rule states that we ‘‘must 

strike an appropriate balance in 

managing all types of recreational 

activities. To this end, a designated 

system of roads, trails, and areas for 

motor vehicle use established with 

public involvement will enhance public 

enjoyment of National Forests while 

maintaining other important values and 

uses of NFS [National Forest Systems] 

lands’’ (page 28265). This National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 

process will only address OHV use and 

motorized access to dispersed camping; 

subsequent NEPA processes may 

address access and travel management 

issues. 

In order to comply with the OHV and 

motorized access to dispersed camping 

portions of the Final Travel 

Management Rule, there is the 

underlying need for: 

• Designating and/or constructing 

OHV routes and areas (as appropriate) 

within the identified six areas to 

provide recreation opportunities; 

• Changing the current management 

direction in the Mt. Hood Land and 

Resource Management Plan to comply 

with the Final Travel Management Rule; 

• Balancing recreation opportunities 

for OHV use with other recreational 

uses of the National Forest and resource 

sustainability; and 

• Designating areas where licensed 

vehicles will continue to be allowed to 

drive off roads for the purpose of 

accessing dispersed camping. 

Proposed Action 

The Proposed Action will change 

OHV access through much of the Forest 

in order to meet the intent of the Final 

Travel Management Rule. The Proposed 

Action focuses on travel management 

within six proposed OHV areas and 

motorized access to dispersed camping. 

All National Forest System lands were 

considered by the Forest Service and 

members of the public during a two-year 

long dialogue with the public. The six 

areas resulted from this dialogue 

provide a balance between providing 

recreational opportunities and 

protecting natural resources as required 

by the Final Travel Management Rule. 

Within each area, specific OHV routes 

are proposed by motor vehicles class, 

and new trails are proposed for 

construction where they would create 

trail loop opportunities. Through the 

NEPA planning process, the Forest 

Service will consider alternative OHV 

routes within each of the six designated 

OHV areas. OHV use would be allowed 

only on these designated routes. 

The six areas proposed for OHV use 

are listed below. 

• McCubbins Gulch, Barlow Ranger 

District. 

• Rock Creek, Barlow Ranger District. 

• Gibson Prairie, Hood River Ranger 

District. 

• Bear Creek, Hood River Ranger 

District. 

• Peavine, Clackamas Ranger District. 

• LaDee Flats, Clackamas Ranger 

District. 

The Forest Service’s Proposed Action 

includes the following features. 

• Some roads identified in the Roads 

Analysis—Mt. Hood National Forest 

(2003) as decision roads (not needed for 

management purposes) would be 

converted to OHV trails and removed 

from the road system in order to 

improve the safety of all users. 

• New OHV trails would be 

constructed within these six areas to 

connect existing roads and trails and to 

provide loop routes. 

• Some decisions roads would be 

proposed to be closed, if designating 

nearby routes would cause these roads 

to become a law enforcement or natural 

resource problem. Approximately 12 

miles of roads are proposed to be closed. 

• Mixed-use routes would be 

proposed in each area. Mixed-use routes 

allow OHV and licensed motor vehicles 

to use the same routes. 

• Classes of motor vehicles allowed 

would be designated for all routes. 

• An area within the Rock Creek OHV 

area would have some restrictions on 

camp fires and overnight dispersed 

camping. 

• A staging area would be identified 

within each OHV area. The staging area 

would be a day-use area that serves as 

a trailhead for motorized recreation. 

McCubbins Gulch Campground would 

continue to be the staging area for this 

OHV area. 

In addition to OHV use, motorized 

access to dispersed camping will be 

designated for the Forest. Licensed 

motor vehicles would be allowed to 

leave the designated road system up to 

150-feet from a proposed designated 

route to access dispersed camping. 

Some routes are not proposed in order 

to protect natural resources (e.g., 

sensitive species) or to comply with 

existing management direction (e.g., no 

motorized use in wilderness or some 

wild and scenic rivers). 

A Forest Plan amendment would be 

required to achieve the purpose and 

need, and implement the Proposed 

Action. The Amendment would close 

all areas and roads to OHV use, unless 

designated open; and would 

discontinue all motorized use crosscountry use, except allowing licensed 

motorized access to dispersed camping 

in designated area. 

Interactive electronic maps and route 

data and other information about the 

project are available on the Internet at: 

http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/mthood/ 

projects/. Also, maps of the proposed 

areas and additional information on the 

proposal are available by contacting 

Jennie O’Connor, Mt. Hood National 

Forest (see above). 

Proposed Scoping 

As directed by the National 

Environmental Policy Act (1969), the 

Forest Service is now seeking comments 

from individuals, organizations, local 

and state governments, and other federal 

agencies that may be interested in or 

affected by the proposed action. 

Comments may pertain to the nature 

and scope of the environmental, social, 

and economic issues, and possible 

alternatives to the proposed action. 

Comments will help the Forest Service 

assess the proposed action, develop 

alternatives and prepare a draft 

environmental impact statement. 

The Forest Service will host two open 

houses to present and answer questions 

about the proposed action. The meetings 

are scheduled for September 11, 2007 in 

Portland from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. and 

for September 12, 2007 in Hood River 

from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Since there will 

be no formal presentations at the open 

houses, please feel free to come at any 

time during the meetings. 

Preliminary Issues Identified to Date 

The potential for impacts/effects as a 

result of designating and constructing 

OHV routes as well as motorized access 

to dispersed camping are important 

considerations that need to be addressed 

in the analysis. The following issues 

were identified during the preliminary 

effects analysis and public input in 

designating the OHV routes, both 

conducted in 2005. 

• Soils: Sedimentation input from the 

disturbance next to streams. Impacts to 


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cryptobiotic crust, which do not recover 

quickly. 

• Fisheries: Presence of threatened, 

endangered and sensitive aquatic 

species. Potential stream crossings by 

OHVs. Trails located within riparian 

reserves. 

• Botany: Impacts to sensitive plant, 

fungi, lichen and moss habitat, if users 

venture off designated routes. Increased 

potential to spread non-native invasive 

plants. 

• Law enforcement: Capacity to 

enforce designated OHV routes and 

ability to keep users to the designated 

routes. 

• Fire and fuels: Increased potential 

for fire starts, especially at staging areas. 

• Recreation: Conflicts between user 

groups, particularly non-motorized and 

motorized trail use. 

• Social: Increased accidents, noise 

and crime due to increased OHV use. 

Potential sanitation problems associated 

with the more people. Conflicts with 

local residents. 

Alternatives Considered 

The No Action alternative will serve 

as a baseline for comparison of 

alternatives. This alternative will offer 

no treatment of affected sites. It will be 

fully developed and analyzed. The 

proposed action, as described above will 

be considered as an alternative. 

Additional alternatives may be 

developed around the proposed action 

to address key issues identified in the 

scoping and public involvement 

process. 

Estimated Dates for Draft and Final EIS 

The draft EIS is expected to be filed 

with the Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) and to be available for 

public comment by April 2007. The 

comment period on the draft EIS will be 

45 days from the date the EPA publishes 

the notice of availability in the Federal 

Register. 

The Forest Service believes, at this 

early state, it is important to give 

reviewers notice of several court rulings 

related to public participation in the 

environmental review process. First, 

reviewers of the draft EIS 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 objectives that could be 

raised at the draft EIS stage but that are 

not raised until after the completion of 

the final EIS may be waived or 

dismissed by the courts. City of Angoon 

v. Hodel, 803 F. 2d 1016, 1022 (9th Cir. 

1986) and Wisconsin Heritage, Inc. v. 

Harris, 490 F. Supp. 1334 (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 substantive 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 EIS. 

To assist the Forest Service in 

identifying and considering issues and 

concerns on the proposed action, 

comments on the draft EIS should be as 

specific as possible. It is also helpful if 

the comments refer to specific pages or 

chapters of the draft statement. 

Comments may also address the 

adequacy of the draft EIS 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 (40 CFR 1503.3). 

Comments received in response to 

this solicitation, including names and 

addresses of those who comment, will 

be considered part of the public record 

on this proposed action and will be 

available for public inspection. 

Comments submitted anonymously will 

be accepted and considered; however, 

those who submit anonymous 

comments may not have standing to 

appeal the subsequent decision under 

36 CFR part 215. Additionally, pursuant 

to 7 CFR 1.27(d), any person may 

request the agency to withhold a 

submission from the public record by 

showing how the Freedom of 

Information Act (FOIA) permits such 

confidentiality. Persons requesting such 

confidentiality should be aware that, 

under the FOIA, confidentiality may be 

granted in only very limited 

circumstances, such as to protect trade 

secrets. The Forest Service will inform 

the requester of the agency’s decision 

regarding the request for confidentiality, 

and where the request is denied, the 

agency will return the submission and 

notify the requester that the comments 

may be resubmitted with or without 

name and address within a specified 

number of days. 

Comments on the draft EIS will be 

analyzed, considered, and responded to 

by the Forest Service in preparing the 

final EIS. The final EIS is scheduled to 

be completed in June 2008. The 

Responsible Official will be Gary 

Larsen, Forest Supervisor of the Mt. 

Hood National Forest. He will consider 

comments, responses, environmental 

consequences discussed in the final EIS, 

and applicable laws, regulations, and 

policies in making a decision regarding 

this proposed action. The responsible 

official will document the decision and 

rationale for the decision in the Record 

of Decision. It will be subject to Forest 

Service Appeal Regulations (36 CFR 

part 215). 

Dated: August 17, 2007. 

Gary L. Larsen, 

Forest Supervisor, Mt. Hood National Forest. 

[FR Doc. 07–4164 Filed 8–24–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

National Agricultural Library 

Notice of Intent To Seek Approval To 

Collect Information 

AGENCY: USDA, Agricultural Research 

Service, National Agricultural Library. 

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 (OMB) regulations at 5 CFR 

part 1320 (60 FR 44978, August 29, 

1995), this notice announces the 

National Agricultural Library’s intent to 

request approval for renewal 

information collection relating to 

existing nutrition education and 

training materials targeting low-income 

persons. This voluntary form gives Food 

Stamp nutrition education providers the 

opportunity to share resources that they 

have developed or used. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by 65 days after date of 

publication in the Federal Register to be 

assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Address all comments 

concerning this notice to Gina Hundley, 

Technical Information Specialist, Food 

and Nutrition Information Center, 

National Agricultural Library, 10301 

Baltimore Avenue, Beltsville, MD 

20705–2351, telephone (301) 504–5368 

or fax (301) 504–6409. 

Submit electronic comments to 

ghundley@nal.usda.gov 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Food Stamp Nutrition 

Connection Resource Sharing Form. 

OMB Number: 0518–0031. 

Expiration Date: Three years from 

date of approval. 

Type of Request: Renewal of existing 

data collection from Food Stamp 

nutrition education providers. 

Abstract: This voluntary ‘‘Sharing 

Form’’ gives Food Stamp nutrition 

education providers the opportunity to 

share information about resources that 

they have developed or used. Data 


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