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Docket ID column, select APHIS–2006–

0181 to submit or view public 

comments and to view supporting and 

related materials available 

electronically. Information on using 

Regulations.gov, including instructions 

for accessing documents, submitting 

comments, and viewing the docket after 

the close of the comment period, is 

available through the site’s ‘‘User Tips’’

link. 

Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Please send four copies of your 

comment (an original and three copies) 

to Docket No. APHIS–2006–0181, 

Regulatory Analysis and Development, 

PPD, APHIS, Station 3A–03.8, 4700 

River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 

20737–1238. Please state that your 

comment refers to Docket No. APHIS–

2006–0181. 

Reading Room: You may read any 

comments that we receive on this 

docket in our reading room. The reading 

room is located in room 1141 of the 

USDA South Building, 14th Street and 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC. Normal reading room 

hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except holidays. To be 

sure someone is there to help you, 

please call (202) 690–2817 before 

coming. 

Other Information: Additional 

information about APHIS and its 

programs is available on the Internet at 

http://www.aphis.usda.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information regarding an information 

collection associated with regulations 

for the commercial transportation of 

equines to slaughtering facilities, 

contact Dr. Tim Cordes, Senior Staff 

Veterinarian, Aquaculture, Swine, 

Equine, and Poultry Programs, NCAHP, 

VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 46, 

Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 734–3279. 

For copies of more detailed information 

on the information collection, contact 

Mrs. Celeste Sickles, APHIS’

Information Collection Coordinator, at 

(301) 734–7477. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Commercial Transportation of 

Equines for Slaughter. 

OMB Number: 0579–0160. 

Type of Request: Extension of 

approval of an information collection. 

Abstract: Under the Federal 

Agriculture Improvement and Reform 

Act of 1996 (‘‘the Farm Bill’’), Congress 

gave responsibility to the Secretary of 

Agriculture to regulate the commercial 

transportation within the United States 

of equines for slaughter. Sections 901–

905 of the Farm Bill (7 U.S.C. 1901 note) 

authorized the Secretary to issue 

guidelines for the regulation of 

commercial transportation of equines 

for slaughter by persons regularly 

engaged in that activity within the 

United States. As a result of that 

authority, the Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, established regulations in 9 

CFR part 88, ‘‘Commercial 

Transportation of Equines for 

Slaughter.’’

The minimum standards cover, 

among other things, the food, water, and 

rest provided to such equines. The 

regulations require the owner/shipper of 

the equines to take certain actions in 

loading and transporting the equines 

and to certify that the commercial 

transportation meets certain 

requirements. Our regulations prohibit 

the commercial transportation to 

slaughter facilities of equines 

considered to be unfit for travel, the use 

of electric prods on such animals in 

commercial transportation to slaughter, 

and the use of double-deck trailers for 

commercial transportation of equines to 

slaughtering facilities. 

These regulations require the use of 

two information collection activities: (1) 

The preparation of an owner-shipper 

certificate for each equine transported to 

slaughter and (2) the collection of 

business information from any 

individual or other entity found to be 

transporting horses to a slaughtering 

facility. 

We are asking the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) to 

approve our use of these information 

collection activities for an additional 3 

years. 

The purpose of this notice is to solicit 

comments from the public (as well as 

affected agencies) concerning our 

information collection. These comments 

will help us: 

(1) Evaluate 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; 

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of our 

estimate of the burden of the 

information collection, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; 

(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

(4) Minimize the burden of the 

information collection on those who are 

to respond, through use, as appropriate, 

of automated, electronic, mechanical, 

and other collection technologies, e.g., 

permitting electronic submission of 

responses. 

Estimate of burden: The public 

reporting burden for this collection of 

information is estimated to average 

0.0523661 hours per response. 

Respondents: Owners and shippers of 

slaughter horses. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents : 200. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 401.5. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 80,300. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 4,205 hours. (Due to 

averaging, the total annual burden hours 

may not equal the product of the annual 

number of responses multiplied by the 

reporting burden per response.) 

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. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 9th day of 

April 2007. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. E7–7044 Filed 4–12–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Farm Service Agency 

Notice of Availability of the Draft 

Programmatic Environmental 

Assessment for the 2005 Hurricane 

Tree Assistance Program 

AGENCY: Farm Service Agency, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

availability of the Draft Programmatic 

Environmental Assessment (PEA) for 

the implementation of the 2005 

Hurricane Tree Assistance Program 

(TAP), authorized by the Emergency 

Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act. 

The draft PEA assesses the potential 

environmental impacts of alternatives to 

be considered in the administration of 

this hurricane program. The draft PEA 

also provides a means for the public to 

voice any concerns they may have about 

the program, and any ideas for 

improving it. This Notice of Availability 

informs the public of the availability of 

the applicable draft PEA and solicits 

public comment. 

DATES: FSA invites comments on the 

draft PEA. Comments should be 

submitted by close of business on April 

30, 2007, to ensure consideration. 

Comments submitted after this date will 

be considered to the extent possible. 

ADDRESSES: Comments on and requests 

for copies of the draft PEA should be 

submitted to Matthew T. Ponish, 

National Environmental Compliance 


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Manager, United States Department of 

Agriculture, Farm Service Agency, 1400 

Independence Ave., SW., Mail Stop 

0513, Washington DC 20250–0513, or by 

e-mail at 

Matthew.Ponish@wdc.usda.gov. The 

Draft PEA can be reviewed online at 

http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/

webapp?area=home&subject=ecrc

&topic=nep-cd. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Matthew Ponish, USDA/FSA/CEPD/ 

Stop 0513, 1400 Independence Ave., 

SW., Washington, DC 20250–0513, (202) 

720–6853, or e-mail at: 

Matthew.Ponish@wdc.usda.gov. Persons 

with disabilities who require alternative 

means for communication (Braille, large 

print, audio tape, etc.) should contact 

the USDA Target Center at (202) 720–

2600 (voice and TDD). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Farm 

Service Agency announces the 

availability of the draft Programmatic 

Environmental Assessment (PEA) for 

the 2005 Hurricane TAP, authorized by 

the Emergency Agricultural Disaster 

Assistance Act (Pub. L. 109–234, section 

3021), the goal of which is to reimburse 

eligible producers of eligible tree crops 

for certain costs associated with 

reestablishing crops lost because of the 

hurricanes of 2005. TAP will be 

implemented in counties declared 

disasters as a result of the 2005 

hurricanes in the following states: 

Arkansas, Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, 

North Carolina, Mississippi, South 

Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas. In 

consideration of the analysis 

documented in the PEA, the program 

would not constitute a major State or 

Federal action that would significantly 

affect the human environment. 

Therefore, an Environmental Impact 

Statement will not be prepared. 

The regulations promulgating the 

2005 Hurricane TAP were published in 

the Federal Register on February 12, 

2007 (72 FR 6435), along with the 

provision that no benefit shall be paid 

under the program until FSA has 

completed the PEA and issued a 

decision document. The draft PEA 

assesses the potential environmental 

impacts of alternatives to be considered 

in the administration of the 2005 TAP. 

The draft PEA also provides a means for 

the public to voice any concerns they 

may have about the program and any 

ideas for improving it. This Notice of 

Availability informs the public of the 

availability of the draft PEA and solicits 

public comment. 

Signed in Washington DC on April 4, 2007. 

Thomas B. Hofeller, 

Acting Administrator, Farm Service Agency. 

[FR Doc. E7–6993 Filed 4–12–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Newspapers To Be Used for 

Publication of Legal Notice of 

Appealable Decisions and Publication 

of Notice of Proposed Actions for 

Southern Region; Alabama, Kentucky, 

Georgia, Tennessee, Florida, 

Louisiana, Mississippi, Virginia, West 

Virginia, Arkansas, Oklahoma, North 

Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, 

Puerto Rico 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Deciding Officers in the 

Southern Region will publish notice of 

decisions subject to administrative 

appeal under 36 CFR parts 215 and 217 

in the legal notice section of the 

newspapers listed in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section of this notice. As 

provided in 36 CFR part 215.5 and 36 

CFR part 217.5(d), the public shall be 

advised through Federal Register 

notice, of the newspaper of record to be 

utilized for publishing legal notice of 

decisions. Newspaper publication of 

notice of decisions is in addition to 

direct notice of decisions to those who 

have requested it and to those who have 

participated in project planning. 

Responsible Officials in the Southern 

Region will also publish notice of 

proposed actions under 36 CFR part 215 

in the newspapers that are listed in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this notice. As provided in 36 CFR part 

215.5, the public shall be advised, 

through Federal Register notice, of the 

newspaper of record to be utilized for 

publishing notices on proposed actions. 

Additionally, the Deciding Officers in 

the Southern Region will publish notice 

of the opportunity to object to a 

proposed authorized hazardous fuel 

reduction project under 36 CFR part 

218.4 in the legal notice section of the 

newspapers listed in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section of this notice. 

DATES: Use of these newspapers for 

purposes of publishing legal notice of 

decisions subject to appeal under 36 

CFR parts 215 and 217, notices of 

proposed actions under 36 CFR part 

215, and notices of the opportunity to 

object under 36 CFR part 218 shall begin 

on or after the date of this publication. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

James W. Bennett, Regional Appeal 

Review Team Manager, Southern 

Region, Planning, 1720 Peachtree Road, 

NW., Atlanta, Georgia 30309, Phone: 

404/347–2788. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Deciding 

Officers in the Southern Region will 

give legal notice of decisions subject to 

appel under 36 CFR part 217, the 

Responsible Officials in the Southern 

Region will give notice of decisions 

subject to appeal under 36 CFR part 215 

and opportunity to object to a proposed 

authorized hazardous fuel reduction 

project under 36 CFR part 218 in the 

following newspapers which are listed 

by Forest Service administrative unit. 

Responsible Officials in the Southern 

Region will also give notice of proposed 

actions under 36 CFR part 215 in the 

following newspapers of record which 

are listed by Forest Service 

administrative unit. The timeframe for 

comment on a proposed action shall be 

based on the date of publication of the 

notice of the proposed action in the 

newspaper of record. The timeframe for 

appeal shall be based on the date of 

publication of the legal notice of the 

decision in the newspaper of record for 

36 CFR parts 215 and 217. The 

timeframe for an objection shall be 

based on the date of publication of the 

legal notice of the opportunity to object 

for projects subject to 36 CFR part 218. 

Where more than one newspaper is 

listed for any unit, the first newspaper 

listed is the newspaper of record that 

will be utilized for publishing the legal 

notice of decisions and calculating 

timeframes. Secondary newspapers 

listed for a particular unit are those 

newspapers the Deciding Officer/ 

Responsible Official expects to use for 

purposes of providing additional notice. 

The following newspapers will be 

used to provide notice. 

Southern Region 

Regional Forester Decisions 

Affecting National Forest System 

lands in more than one Administrative 

unit of the 15 in the Southern Region, 

Atlanta Journal-Constitution, publishing 

daily in Atlanta, GA. 

Affecting National Forest System 

lands in only one Administrative unit or 

only one Ranger District will appear in 

the newspaper of record elected by the 

National Forest, National Grassland, 

National Recreation Area, or Ranger 

District as listed below. 

National Forests in Alabama 

Forest Supervisor Decisions 

Affecting National Forest System 

lands in more than one Ranger District 


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