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Asheville, NC 28804–3454, Room 243 

during normal business hours. Visitors 

are encouraged to call ahead to 828–

257–4389 to facilitate entry to the 

building. Additionally the public may 

inspect comments received on the 

World Wide Web, www.srs.fs.usda.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carol Whitlock, Science Delivery Group, 

828–257–4389. Individuals who use 

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: Publication Comment Card. 

OMB Number: 0596–0163. 

Expiration Date of Approval: 

November 30, 2007. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Abstract: Executive Order 12862, 

issued September 11, 1993, directed 

Federal agencies to change the way they 

do business, to reform their 

management practices, and to provide 

service to the public that matches or 

exceeds the best service available in the 

private sector. In response to this 

Executive Order, the Forest Service, 

Southern Research Station, developed a 

Publication Comment Card for inclusion 

when distributing scientific research 

publications. 

Since the early 1920s, the Forest 

Service scientists have published the 

results of their studies about national 

forests and forest resources and 

products, in addition to their 

conclusions about the dynamics of 

natural timber stands and plantations, 

watershed and wildlife management, 

and recreational activities. These 

studies have provided long-term data 

that have become increasingly valuable 

to landowners and others involved in 

natural resource and land management. 

Data from the Publication Comment 

Card help Forest Service research 

stations determine if publications meet 

customers’ expectations and address 

customers’ needs. The collected 

information also helps scientists and 

authors provide relevant information on 

effective, efficient, responsible land 

management. The Government Printing 

Office binds the cards into all general 

technical reports, research papers, 

research notes, resource bulletins, and 

other technical publications printed for 

the Forest Service. 

Respondents complete comment cards 

and return them to the Forest Service in 

person, via surface mail, or using the 

Internet. Data gathered in this 

information collection are not available 

from other sources. The Forest Service’s 

Science Delivery Group collects and 

analyzes the data, providing feedback to 

individual scientists and authors with 

the purpose of improving future 

products. Curtailing this information 

collection would deprive customers of a 

convenient mechanism for providing 

detailed and constructive criticism of 

research publications. 

Estimate of Annual Burden: 5 

minutes. 

Type of Respondents: Individuals; 

businesses; landowners; non-profit 

organizations; local, state, and foreign 

governments. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Respondents: 22,000. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 1,833. 

Comment is invited on: (1) Whether 

this collection of information is 

necessary for the stated purposes and 

the proper performance of the functions 

of the agency, including whether the 

information will have practical or 

scientific utility; (2) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

collection of information, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (4) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including the use of 

automated, electronic, mechanical, or 

other technological collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. 

All comments received in response to 

this notice, including names and 

addresses when provided, will be a 

matter of public record. Comments will 

be summarized and included in the 

request for Office of Management and 

Budget approval. 

Dated: May 8, 2007. 

Ann Bartuska, 

Deputy Chief. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Southwestern Region, Arizona, New 

Mexico, West Texas and Oklahoma: 

Proposed Surface Management of 

Natural Gas Resource Development on 

Jicarilla Ranger District, Carson 

National Forest, Rio Arriba County, 

NM; Additional Filings 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice; correction. 

SUMMARY: The USDA Forest Service 

published a Notice of Intent (69 FR 

59881–59883, October 6, 2004) to 

prepare an environmental impact 

statement for a proposed forest plan 

amendment for surface management of 

gas leasing and development on the 

Jicarilla Ranger District, Carson National 

Forest. In addition, the proposal 

includes a leasing analysis for 

approximately 3,800 unleased acres on 

the Jicarilla Ranger District. 

A draft environmental impact 

statement has been completed and the 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

published a Notice of Availability 

(NOA) in the Federal Register on 

February 16, 2007 (72 FR 54900). The 

end of the comment period presented in 

the NOA was incorrect and 

subsequently rectified in an amended 

notice (72 FR 9521, March 2, 2007). 

CORRECTED DATES: The Notice of Intent 

(NOI) stated the final environmental 

impact statement (FEIS) was scheduled 

for completion in early summer of 2005. 

This Notice corrects the estimated filing 

date of the FEIS from early summer 

2005, to the fall 2007. When completed, 

EPA will publish a NOA of the FEIS in 

the Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Audrey Kuykendall, Forest 

Environmental Coordinator, Carson 

National Forest, at (505) 758–6212. 

Dated: May 15, 2007. 

Martin D. Chavez, Jr., 

Forest Supervisor, Carson National Forest. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Southwestern Region, Arizona, New 

Mexico, West Texas and Oklahoma: 

Proposed Land and Resource 

Management Plan Amendment for the 

Valle Vidal, Carson National Forest, 

Taos and Colfax Counties, NM; 

Additional Filings 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice; correction. 

SUMMARY: The USDA Forest Service 

published a Notice of Intent (70 FR 

34441–34442, June 14, 2005) to prepare 

an environmental impact statement for 

a proposed forest plan amendment to 

incorporate standards and guidelines for 

the management of the Valle Vidal Unit 

of the Questa Ranger District, Carson 

National Forest. 

CORRECTED DATES: The Notice of Intent 

(NOI) states the draft environmental 


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