This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER

contains documents other than rules or

proposed rules that are applicable to the

public. Notices of hearings and investigations,

committee meetings, agency decisions and

rulings, delegations of authority, filing of

petitions and applications and agency

statements of organization and functions are

examples of documents appearing in this

section.

Notices Federal Register

50715 

Vol. 76, No. 158 

Tuesday, August 16, 2011 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

Agency for International Development 

Briefing on Partner Vetting System 

Pilot Program 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of State and 

U.S. Agency for International 

Development. 

ACTION: Notice of briefing. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of a 

briefing on the Partner Vetting System 

(PVS) pilot program. The objective of 

the briefing is to provide information 

about the PVS pilot program. Members 

of the public may attend in person or 

join via teleconference. 

Officials from the U.S. Department of 

State (State) and U.S. Agency for 

International Development (USAID) will 

brief on the PVS pilot program. The 

briefing will be followed by an open 

forum for discussion where public 

participation is encouraged. The agenda 

is subject to change. 

DATES: The briefing will take place on 

Thursday September 8, 2011, from 2:30 

p.m.–3:30 p.m. E.D.T. 

Registration: Although the briefing is 

free and open to the public, registration 

is required for attendance. Please e-mail 

USAID_RSVP4@usaid.gov to register 

and receive location or call-in 

information. Please specify whether you 

wish to attend in person or call in. As 

space is limited, members of the public 

interested in attending in person will be 

accommodated in order of registrations 

received. 

Dated: August 9, 2011. 

Lisa M. Farrell, 

Management Analyst, U.S. Department of 

State, Bureau of Administration, Office of 

Logistics Management, Office of Risk Analysis 

and Management. 

Dated: August 8, 2011. 

David Barth, 

Deputy Chief of Staff, U.S. Agency for 

International Development, Bureau of 

Legislative and Public Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2011–20771 Filed 8–15–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Information Collection; Forest 

Products Removal Permits and 

Contracts 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Forest Service is seeking comments 

from all interested individuals and 

organizations on the extension with no 

revision of a currently approved 

information collection, Forest Products 

Removal Permits and Contracts. 

DATES: Comments must be received in 

writing on or before October 17, 2011 to 

be assured of consideration. Comments 

received after that date will be 

considered to the extent practicable. 

ADDRESSES: Comments concerning this 

notice should be addressed to Sharon 

Nygaard-Scott, Forest Management 

Staff, Forest Service, USDA, Mail Stop 

1103, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250. 

Comments also may be submitted via 

facsimile to 202–205–1045 or by e-mail 

to forest_products_forms@fs.fed.us. In 

addition, comments may be submitted 

via the world wide web/Internet at: 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

The public may inspect comments 

received at the Forest Service, Forest 

Management Staff Office, Third Floor 

SW., 201 14th Street, SW., Washington, 

DC 20250 during normal business 

hours. Visitors are encouraged to call 

ahead to 202–205–1766 to facilitate 

entrance into the building. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sharon Nygaard-Scott, Forest 

Management Staff, at 202–205–1766, or 

Richard Fitzgerald, Forest Management 

Staff, at 202–205–1753. Individuals who 

use telecommunication devices for the 

deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339, 24 

hours a day, every day of the year, 

including holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Forest Products Removal 

Permits and Contracts. 

OMB Number: 0596–0085. 

Expiration Date of Current Approval: 

January 31, 2012. 

Type of Request: Extension with no 

revision of a currently approved 

collection. 

Abstract: Under 16 U.S.C. 551, 

individuals planning to remove forest 

products from the National Forests must 

obtain a permit. To obtain a permit, 

applicants must meet the criteria at 36 

CFR 223.1, 223.2, and 223.5–223.13, 

which authorizes free use or sale of 

timber or forest products. Upon 

receiving a permit, the permittee must 

comply with the terms of the permit (36 

CFR 261.6), which designates forest 

products that can be harvested and 

under what conditions, such as limiting 

harvest to a designated area or 

permitting harvest of only specifically 

designated material. The collected 

information will help the Forest Service 

and the Bureau of Land Management 

(for form FS–2400–1) oversee the 

approval and use of forest products by 

the public. 

When applying for forest product 

removal permits, applicants (depending 

on the products) must complete one of 

the following: 

• FS–2400–1, Forest Products 

Removal Permit and Cash Receipt, is 

used to sell timber or forest products 

such as fuelwood, Christmas trees, or 

pine cones (36 CFR 223.1, 223.2). The 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and 

the Forest Service share this form, 

which the Bureau of Land Management 

identifies as BLM–5450–24 (43 U.S.C. 

1201, 43 CFR 5420). 

• FS–2400–4, Forest Products 

Contract and Cash Receipt, is used to 

sell timber products such as sawtimber 

or forest products such as fuelwood. 

• FS–2400–8, Forest Products Free 

Use Permit, allows use of timber or 

forest products at no charge to the 

permittee (36 CFR 223.5–223.13). 

Each form listed above implements 

different regulations and has different 

provisions for compliance, but collects 


emcdonald on DSK2BSOYB1PROD with NOTICES