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Notices Federal Register

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Friday, June 8, 2018 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

June 5, 2018. 

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 are 

requested regarding (1) 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) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of burden 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 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. 

Comments regarding this information 

collection received by July 9, 2018 will 

be considered. Written comments 

should be addressed to: Desk Officer for 

Agriculture, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), New 

Executive Office Building, 725 17th 

Street NW, Washington, DC 20502. 

Commenters are encouraged to submit 

their comments to OMB via email to: 

OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or 

fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental 

Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail 

Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250– 

7602. Copies of the submission(s) may 

be obtained by calling (202) 720–8958. 

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. 

Food Safety and Inspection Service 

Title: Mechanically Tenderized Beef 

Products. 

OMB Control Number: 0583–0160. 

Summary of Collection: The Food 

Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has 

been delegated the authority to exercise 

the functions of the Secretary as 

provided in the Federal Meat Inspection 

Act (FMIA) (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.). This 

statute mandate that FSIS protect the 

public by ensuring that meat products 

are safe, wholesome, unadulterated, and 

properly labeled and packaged. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

FSIS requires the use of the descriptive 

designation ‘‘mechanically tenderized’’ 

on the labels of raw or partially cooked 

needle or blade tenderized beef 

products, including beef products 

injected with marinade or solution, 

unless such products are destined to be 

fully cooked at an official establishment. 

Beef products that have been needle or 

blade tenderized are referred to as 

‘‘mechanically tenderized’’ products. 

Consumers use the information added to 

the labels of raw or partially cooked 

mechanically tenderized beef products 

to ensure that they thoroughly cook 

these products. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other-for profit. 

Number of Respondents: 555. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

One time. 

Total Burden Hours: 19,719. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2018–12353 Filed 6–7–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Information Collection; Wild Food 

Collecting in Atlanta’s Browns Mill 

Community 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

USDA Forest Service is seeking 

comments from all interested 

individuals and organizations on the 

information collection, Wild Food 

Collecting in Atlanta’s Browns Mill 

Community, under the approved Forest 

Service Generic Information Collection 

on Non-Timber Forest Products. 

DATES: Comments must be received in 

writing on or before July 9, 2018 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 Cassandra 

Johnson Gaither, Forestry Sciences Lab, 

320 Green St., Athens, GA 30602. 

Comments also may be submitted via 

facsimile to (706) 559–4266 or by email 

to: cjohnson09@fs.fed.us. The public 

may inspect comments received at 

Forestry Sciences Lab, 320 Green St., 

Athens, GA 30602 during normal 

business hours. Visitors are encouraged 

to call ahead to (706) 559–4264 to 

facilitate entry to the building. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cassandra Johnson Gaither, USDA 

Forest Service, Southern Research 

Station, 706–559–4270. Individuals who 

use telecommunication devices for the 

deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339 

twenty-four hours a day, every day of 

the year, including holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Wild Food Collecting in 

Atlanta’s Browns Mill Community. 

OMB Number: 0596–0243. 

Expiration Date of Approval: October 

31, 2020. 

Type of Request: Individual 

Information Collection under Approved 

Generic Information Collection. 

Abstract: This information collection 

gathers data on the social acceptability 

of urban foraging in Atlanta’s Browns 

Mill community, and is an individual 

information collection under the Forest 

Service generic collection on non-timber 

forest products (Office of Management 

and Budget approval # 0596–0243, 

approved through October 31, 2020). 

This 30-day Federal Register Notice 

provides an opportunity for public 

comment on this individual information 

collection taking place under the 

generic collection approval. 

There is growing literature on urban 

foraging in the United States that 


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concentrates on the Northeast, Pacific 

Northwest, and Pacific Southwest 

regions of the country. No studies have 

undertaken this investigation in the 

South, despite the fact that the South 

has a climate very conducive to both the 

growing and harvesting of wild foods. 

The City of Atlanta is cooperating with 

the Browns Mill community in 

southeast Atlanta to establish a Food 

Forest. This effort is being undertaken to 

help address the relative dearth of fresh 

produce sources in this part of the city, 

areas considered ‘‘food deserts’’. The 

success of this effort for the Browns Mill 

community will hinge on residents’ 

views and ultimate engagement with the 

resource. This study aims to capture 

that information. 

The data are intended to provide 

information on both urban foraging 

practices and the social acceptability of 

foraging by an urban minority group 

that is underserved from the perspective 

of having nearby, fresh produce sources. 

The survey will be conducted face-toface at the household using paper copies 

of a survey instrument. Attempts will be 

made to conduct the survey face-to-face, 

but if that is not convenient for the 

householder, the survey will be left at 

the respondent’s home and picked up at 

an agreed upon time. Trained 

neighborhood residents will help to 

administer the survey. Attempts will be 

made to have survey administrators 

from the Browns Mill or a nearby 

community. This is expected to increase 

response rates because of the familiarity 

of administrators with this part of the 

city. All administrators will receive 

training in appropriate data collection 

techniques from the USDA Forest 

Service or one of its partners. 

Type of Respondents: Browns Mill 

community residents. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Respondents: 400. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Amount of Time to 

Complete Survey Respondent: .167 

hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 66.8 hours. 

Comment is Invited: 

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 

submission request toward Office of 

Management and Budget approval. 

Dated: May 11, 2018. 

Carlos Rodriguez-Franco, 

Deputy Chief, Research & Development. 

[FR Doc. 2018–12311 Filed 6–7–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3411–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District; 

Deschutes National Forest; Deschutes 

County Oregon; Twin Vegetation 

Management and Restoration Project 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

environmental impact statement. 

SUMMARY: The USDA Forest Service will 

prepare an environmental impact 

statement (EIS) on a proposed action to 

promote more resilient forest conditions 

closer to their historic range of 

variability, which would contribute to 

desirable recreation experiences, 

conserve and enhance wildlife habitat, 

and reduce impacts to streams and 

aquatic habitat within the 40,000 acres 

Twin project area. The project area is 

located south and southwest of Bend, 

Oregon and includes the areas 

surrounding Wickiup and Crane Prairie 

Reservoirs, North and South Twin 

Lakes, Browns Mountain and Round 

Mountain Late Successional Reserves. 

An analysis has been initiated that takes 

a landscape approach to managing the 

vegetation to meet objectives for 

resilient forests. 

DATES: Comments concerning the scope 

of the analysis must be received by July 

9, 2018. The draft EIS is expected 

September 2019 and the final EIS is 

expected August 2020. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to 

Kevin Larkin, District Ranger, Bend-Fort 

Rock Ranger District, 63095 Deschutes 

Market Road, Bend, OR 97701. 

Comments may also be sent via email to 

comments-pacificnorthwest-deschutesbend-ftrock@fs.fed.us, or via facsimile to 

541–383–4700, or submitted in person 

during regular business hours, Monday– 

Friday, 8:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m. at the 

address listed above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Alicia Underhill, Environmental 

Coordinator, Bend-Fort Rock Ranger 

District, 63095 Deschutes Market Road, 

Bend, OR 97701, phone 541–383–4012, 

between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 

p.m., Pacific Time, Monday through 

Friday or by email at aunderhill@

fs.fed.us. 

Individuals who use 

telecommunication devices for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 

between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern 

Time, Monday through Friday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose and Need for Action 

There is a need to manage stand 

structure and composition to tolerate 

primary disturbance agents (i.e. fire, 

insect and disease) on a landscape scale 

and to improve fire management 

opportunities in anticipation of future 

wildfire events. There is a need to 

address impacts to shorelines, 

streambanks, and riparian vegetation 

due to recreational use. There is a need 

to restore wetland and stream function. 

There is a need to manage recreation 

impacts and a need to address trees 

showing signs of future failure within 

developed recreation sites. There is a 

need to establish an appropriate buffer 

between developed and dispersed 

campsites to minimize conflicts. There 

is a need to manage system and nonsystem roads to reduce negative impacts 

to natural resources. 

In summary, the Twin project intends 

to create more resilient forest conditions 

closer to their historic range of 

variability, which would contribute to 

desirable recreation experiences, 

conserve and enhance wildlife habitat, 

and reduce impacts to streams and 

aquatic habitat from high severity fires. 

Proposed Action 

The Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District 

proposes the following actions to meet 

the purpose and need of the project 

area. Silviculture treatments (e.g. 

thinning) will focus on restoration 

treatments in ponderosa and dry mixed 

conifer plant association groups and 

stand healthy and age class diversity in 

lodgepole pine plant association groups. 

Commercial treatments on 4,894 acres 

will focus on reducing stocking levels 

and re-establishing stand structure and 

species composition to reflect historic 

stand conditions found in fire adapted 

ecosystems. Commercial treatments on 

2,855 acres focus on improving overall 

strand health and diversity of age 


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