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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 62, No. 191

Thursday, October 2, 1997

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

September 26, 1997.

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), Washington, D.C. 20503 and to

Department Clearance Office, USDA,

OCIO, Mail Stop 7602, Washington, D.C.

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) 720–6746.

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.

• Farm Service Agency

Title: 7 CFR 783, Tree Assistance

Program.

OMB Control Number: 0560-New.

Summary of Collection: Owners of

orchard trees or grapevines provide

information concerning losses due to

disaster.

Need and use of the Information: The

information is used to determine

eligibility and calculation of losses.

Description of Respondents: Farms;

Individuals or households; Business or

other for-profit.

Number of Respondents: 1,000.

Frequency of Responses: Reporting:

Once.

Total Burden Hours: 249.

Donald Hulcher,

Departmental Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–26093 Filed 10–1–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Office of the Secretary

California Spotted Owl Advisory

Committee

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, USDA.

ACTION: Notice; renewal of advisory

committee.

SUMMARY: The Secretary of Agriculture

is renewing the charter for the California

Spotted Owl Federal Advisory

Committee which is reviewing a

preliminary revised Draft

Environmental Impact Statement for

Managing California Spotted Owl

Habitat in the Sierra Nevada National

Forests of California. The Advisory

Committee’s final report is due to the

Secretary of Agriculture no later than

December 31, 1997.

DATES: The charter for the California

Spotted Owl Federal Advisory

committee is being renewed to extend

the life of the Committee until

December 31, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jonathan Stephens, Ecosystem

Management Coordination Staff, Forest

Service, telephone: (202) 205–0948.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(5 U.S.C. App.), notice is hereby given

that the Secretary of Agriculture intends

to renew the charter for the California

Spotted Owl Federal Advisory

Committee. The renewal is necessary for

the Committee to complete its report

and recommendations to the Secretary

of Agriculture. The Committee was

established in November 1996 (61 FR

59400). The purpose of the Advisory

Committee is to review and evaluate the

preliminary revised Draft

Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)

and make recommendations on how the

DEIS integrates the information recently

published in the Sierra Nevada

Ecosystem Project Report (SNEP) with

the forest planning alternatives. The

Committee will also examine the

planning models, assumptions,

analytical processes, and statistical

treatment of information used to

develop and support management

actions in the preliminary revised DEIS.

In addition, the Committee will review

other scientific information brought to

the Committee’s attention that may

pertain to the management of National

Forest System lands in the Sierra

Nevada ecosystem. The Committee will

make recommendations to the Secretary

on additional analysis and how the

Forest Service should proceed regarding

the release of a revised DEIS for public

comment.

The Secretary has determined that the

work of the Advisory Committee is

necessary and in the public interest and

relevant to the duties of the Department

of Agriculture.

Dated: September 22, 1997.

Pearlie S. Reed,

Acting Assistant Secretary for

Administration.

[FR Doc. 97–26164 Filed 10–1–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

Establishment of Homochitto Purchase

Unit; Correction

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice; correction.

SUMMARY: The Forest Service published

a notice of the establishment of the

Homochitto Purchase Unit in the

Federal Register on Tuesday, July 1,

1997. The establishment designation

document, published as part of the

notice, contained an error in the