65410 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 239 / Friday, December 12, 1997 / Notices

Dated: December 4, 1997.

Donald W. Gohmert,

State Conservationist.

[FR Doc. 97–32494 Filed 12–11–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation

Service

Whitewater River Watershed, Olmsted,

Wabasha and Winona Counties, MN

AGENCY: USDA Natural Resources

Conservation Service.

ACTION: Notice of a finding of no

significant impact.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c)

of the National Environmental Policy

Act of 1969; the Council on

Environmental Quality Regulations (40

CFR part 1500); and the Natural

Resources Conservation Service

Regulations (7 CFR part 650); the

Natural Resources Conservation Service,

U.S. Department of Agriculture, gives

notice that an environmental impact

statement is not being prepared for the

Whitewater River Watershed, Olmsted,

Wabasha and Winona Counties,

Minnesota.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

William Hunt, State Conservationist,

NRCS, 375 Jackson Street Suite 600, St.

Paul, MN 55101.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

environmental assessment of this

federally assisted action indicates that

the project will not cause significant

local, regional, or national impacts on

the environment. As a result of these

findings, William Hunt, State

Conservationist, has determined that the

preparation and review of an

environmental impact statement are not

needed for this project.

The project purposes are watershed

protection and water quality. The

planned works of improvement include

conservation land treatment measures,

accelerated technical assistance and

project administration for land

treatment.

The Notice of a Finding of No

Significant Impact (FONSI) has been

forwarded to the Environmental

Protection Agency and to various

Federal, State, and local agencies and

interested parties. A limited number of

copies of the FONSI are available to fill

single copy requests at the above

address. Basic data developed during

the environmental assessment are on

file and may be reviewed by contacting

William Stokes Jr. at (612) 602–7886.

No administrative action on

implementation of the proposal will be

taken until 30 days after the date of this

publication in the Federal Register.

(This activity is listed in the Catalog of

Federal Domestic Assistance under No.

10.904, Watershed Protection and Flood

Prevention, and is subject to the provisions

of Executive Order 12372, which requires

intergovernmental consultation with State

and local officials)

Dated: December 2, 1997.

William Hunt,

State Conservationist.

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COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR

SEVERELY DISABLED

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request for Nonprofit

Agency Surveys in the Benefit/Cost

Analysis of the Javits-Wagner-O’Day

Program

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase from

People Who Are Blind or Severely

Disabled.

ACTION: Submission for OMB Review;

comment request.

SUMMARY: The Committee for Purchase

from People Who Are Blind or Severely

Disabled (the Committee) is inviting

public comment on surveys submitted

for review by the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) as required by the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. Chapter 35). The Committee is

seeking public comment on surveys

being conducted as part of a

comprehensive Benefit/Cost Analysis of

the JWOD Program. This request is for

two new collections of information with

a survey of nonprofit agencies (NPAs)

participating in the JWOD Program and

a survey of nonprofit agencies affiliated

with National Industries for the Blind

(NIB) or NISH that are not participating

in the JWOD Program. The Federal

Register Notice with a 60-day comment

period soliciting comments on this

collection of information was published

on August 8, 1997 (62 FR 42743).

DATES: Submit comments to OMB on or

before January 12, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be addressed to: Daniel Werfel, Desk

Officer for the Committee for Purchase,

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget, 725 17th Street, NW, Room

10235, New Executive Office Building,

Washington, DC 20503. Requests for

copies of the OMB submission and the

proposed information collections

should be submitted to Sheryl Kennerly,

Committee for Purchase from People

Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled,

1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite

310, Arlington, VA 22202–4302.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sheryl Kennerly, Committee for

Purchase from People Who Are Blind or

Severely Disabled, 1215 Jefferson Davis

Highway, Suite 310, Arlington, VA

22202–4302, telephone: 703–603–7747,

fax: 703–603–0655, email:

skennerl@jwod.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

enabling regulations for the JWOD Act

prescribe that the Committee: ‘‘Conduct

a continuing study and evaluation of its

activities under the JWOD Act for the

purpose of assuring the effective and

efficient administration of the JWOD

Act. The Committee may study,

independently, or in cooperation with

other public or nonprofit private

agencies, problems relating to: (1) The

employment of the blind or individuals

with other severe disabilities * * *.’’

(41 CFR Ch. 51–2.2(g))

As part of the effort to evaluate its

activities and study the employment of

individuals who are blind or severely

disabled, the Committee has initiated a

comprehensive analysis of benefits and

costs of the JWOD Program. The

following survey instruments included

in the submission for OMB approval are

required to collect data for determining

the benefits and costs of the JWOD

Program on nonprofit agencies that

participate in the JWOD Program,

commercial contractors, and society or

taxpayers in general. The data from the

following surveys will be used in

conjunction with external

environmental data to conduct analysis

of before and after JWOD participation

and to make comparisons between

JWOD participating and

nonparticipating nonprofit agencies.

Comments should reference the title of

the collection of information to which

they apply.

Title: Survey of JWOD Participating

Agencies.

Type of Review: New collection.

Frequency: One-time.

Affected Public: State, local and

private nonprofit agencies that were

participating in the JWOD Program at

the end of Fiscal Year 1996.

Burden Estimate:

Responses: 562.

Total Burden Hours: 1,124 hours.

Average Burden per respondent: 2

hours.

Abstract: The burden estimate above

is based on an estimated number of

responses to a survey of all 624 NPAs

participating in the JWOD Program at