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Notices Federal Register

30909 

Vol. 83, No. 127 

Monday, July 2, 2018 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Idaho (Boise, Caribou-Targhee, 

Salmon-Challis, and Sawtooth National 

Forests and Curlew National 

Grassland); Nevada (HumboldtToiyabe National Forest); Utah (Ashley, 

Dixie, Fishlake, Manti-La Sal, and 

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National 

Forests); Wyoming (Bridger-Teton 

National Forest); and Wyoming/ 

Colorado (Medicine Bow-Routt 

National Forest and Thunder Basin 

National Grassland) Amendments to 

Land Management Plans for Greater 

Sage-grouse Conservation; Correction 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Supplemental notice of intent to 

prepare an environmental impact 

statement; notice of updated 

information concerning the forest 

service greater sage-grouse land and 

resource management plan 

amendments; correction. 

SUMMARY: The Forest Service published 

a document in the Federal Register of 

June 20, 2018, soliciting public 

comments on a greater sage-grouse land 

management proposed action that could 

warrant land management plan 

amendments. The document contained 

errors in the following sections: 

SUMMARY and SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION (including Purpose and 

Need, Proposed Action, Scoping Process 

and Responsible Officials). The intent of 

the corrections in this notice is to clarify 

that the Forest Service does not propose 

to amend plans for National Forest 

System lands in Montana. In addition, 

the comment period has been extended 

to close 30 days from publication of this 

correction notice. 

DATES: The comment period for the 

document published on June 20, 2018 

(83 FR 28608 is extended. Comments 

concerning the scope of the analysis 

must be received by August 1, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Please submit comments via 

one of the following methods: 

1. Public participation portal 

(preferred): https://cara.ecosystemmanagement.org/Public/ 

CommentInput?project=52904. 

2. Mail: Sage-grouse Amendment 

Comment, USDA Forest Service 

Intermountain Region, Federal Building, 

324 25th Street, Ogden, UT 84401. 

3. Email: comments-intermtnregionaloffice@fs.fed.us. 

4. Facsimile: 801–625–5277. 

All comments, including names and 

addresses when provided, are placed in 

the record and are available for public 

inspection and copying. The public may 

inspect comments received online via 

the public reading room at: https://

cara.ecosystem-management.org/Public/ 

ReadingRoom?project=52904. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

Shivik at 801–625–5667 or email 

johnashivik@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 8:00 a.m. and 

8:00 p.m., Eastern Time, Monday 

through Friday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Corrections 

In the Federal Register of June 20 

2018, in FR Doc. 2018–13260 (83 FR 

28608), make the following corrections: 

1. On page 28608, in the third 

column, correct the SUMMARY to read as 

follows: 

SUMMARY: This supplemental notice 

solicits public comments on a greater 

sage-grouse land management proposed 

action that could warrant land 

management plan amendments. Land 

management plans for National Forests 

and Grasslands in Idaho, Montana, 

Nevada, Utah, Colorado and Wyoming 

were amended in September 2015 to 

incorporate conservation measures to 

support the continued existence of the 

greater sage-grouse. Since the plans 

were amended in 2015, scoping on 

specific issues was requested in a Notice 

of Intent (NOI) published in the Federal 

Register on November 21, 2017. This 

supplemental NOI continues the 

scoping effort by seeking comments 

about a proposed action to make further 

amendments to the plans, excluding 

plans for National Forest System lands 

in Montana. This supplemental NOI 

also identifies the planning rule 

provisions likely to be directly related, 

and so applicable, to proposed plan 

amendments. 

2. On page 28609, in the first column, 

correct the first paragraph of the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION to read as 

follows: 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Forest 

Service is proposing to amend several 

Forest Service land management plans 

that were amended in 2015 regarding 

greater sage-grouse conservation in the 

states of Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, 

Wyoming and Utah. This notice clarifies 

the purpose and need, proposed action, 

and the responsible officials, which 

were not identified in the scoping on 

specific issues that were requested in a 

Notice of Intent published in the 

Federal Register on November 21, 2017 

(2017 NOI) (82 FR 55346). The Forest 

Service is proposing amendments to 

land management plans that were 

amended in 2015. 

3. On page 28609, in the second 

column, correct the ‘‘Purpose and 

Need’’ paragraph to read as follows: 

Purpose and Need 

The Forest Service published the 2017 

NOI to consider the possibility of 

amending land management plans for 

greater sage-grouse that were originally 

amended in 2015 in the states of 

Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, Wyoming, 

Utah and Montana (2015 Sage-Grouse 

Plan Amendments). The purpose of this 

supplemental notice is to propose 

amendments to the 2015 Sage Grouse 

Plan Amendments, excluding plans for 

National Forest System lands in 

Montana. The need for further plan 

amendments is that the Forest Service 

has gained new information and 

understanding from the 55,000 

comments received as a result of the 

2017 NOI, within-agency scoping, and 

from coordination with the Sage Grouse 

Task Force (with members from state 

agencies, Bureau of Land Management, 

Fish and Wildlife Service and the 

Natural Resources Conservation 

Service). The purpose of the proposed 

action is to incorporate new information 

to improve the clarity, efficiency, and 

implementation of affected plans, 

including better alignment with the 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and 

state plans, in order to benefit greater 

sage-grouse conservation on the 

landscape scale. 


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4. On page 28609, in the third 

column, correct the first paragraph of 

‘‘Proposed Action’’ to read as follows: 

Proposed Action 

The scope and scale of the proposed 

action is on approximately 6 million 

acres of greater sage-grouse habitat on 

National Forest System lands in the 

Intermountain and Rocky Mountain 

Regions. Specific textual adjustments 

currently under consideration can be 

found on the Intermountain Region 

home page: https://www.fs.usda.gov/ 

detail/r4/home/?cid=stelprd3843381. 

5. On page 28610, in the first column, 

correct the ‘‘Scoping Process’’ paragraph 

to read as follows: 

Scoping Process 

The Forest Service is proposing 

amendments to affected land 

management plans in Colorado, Idaho, 

Nevada, Wyoming and Utah to change 

some of the plan components added in 

2015. Public involvement is important 

for adding meaningful participation 

from the early phases of planning 

through finalization of the plan 

amendments and subsequent 

monitoring. A public participation 

strategy has been designed to assist with 

communication within the Forest 

Service and between the Forest Service 

and the public. Find the strategy here: 

https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/r4/ 

home/?cid=stelprd3843381. 

6. On page 28610, in the first column, 

correct the ‘‘Responsible Officials’’ 

paragraph to read as follows: 

Responsible Officials 

The responsible officials who would 

approve plan amendments are the 

Regional Foresters for the Intermountain 

and Rocky Mountain Regions. 

Dated: June 25, 2018. 

Chris French, 

Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest 

System. 

[FR Doc. 2018–14282 Filed 6–29–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3411–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

Notice of Intent To Request Revision 

and Extension of a Currently Approved 

Information Collection 

AGENCY: National Agricultural Statistics 

Service (NASS), USDA. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the intention of the 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

(NASS) to request revision and 

extension of a currently approved 

information collection, the Cost of 

Pollination Survey. This survey gathers 

data related to the costs incurred by 

farmers to improve the pollination of 

their crops through the use of honey 

bees and other pollinators. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by August 31, 2018 to be 

assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number 0535–0258, 

by any of the following methods: 

• Email: ombofficer@nass.usda.gov. 

Include docket number above in the 

subject line of the message. 

• eFax: (855) 838–6382. 

• Mail: Mail any paper, disk, or CD– 

ROM submissions to: David Hancock, 

NASS Clearance Officer, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Room 5336 

South Building, 1400 Independence 

Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250– 

2024. 

• Hand Delivery/Courier: Hand 

deliver to: David Hancock, NASS 

Clearance Officer, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Room 5336 South Building, 

1400 Independence Avenue SW, 

Washington, DC 20250–2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kevin L. Barnes, Associate 

Administrator, National Agricultural 

Statistics Service, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, (202) 720–2707. Copies of 

this information collection and related 

instructions can be obtained without 

charge from David Hancock, NASS— 

OMB Clearance Officer, at (202) 690– 

2388 or at ombofficer@nass.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Cost of Pollination Survey. 

OMB Control Number: 0535–0258. 

Type of Request: Intent to Seek 

Approval to Revise and Extend an 

Information Collection for 3 years. 

Abstract: The primary objective of the 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

(NASS) is to prepare and issue state and 

national estimates of crop and livestock 

production, prices, and disposition; as 

well as economic statistics, 

environmental statistics related to 

agriculture, and also to conduct the 

Census of Agriculture. 

Pollinators (honey bees, bats, 

butterflies, hummingbirds, etc.) are vital 

to the agricultural industry for 

pollinating numerous food crops for the 

world’s population. Concern for honey 

bee colony mortality has risen since the 

introduction of Varroa mites in the 

United States in the late 1980s and the 

appearance of Colony Collapse Disorder 

in the past decade. 

In the Pollinator Research Action 

Plan, the Pollinator Health Task Force 

identified nearly 200 tasks that need to 

be conducted and coordinated from 

across the government to research all 

aspects of pollinator health and to come 

up with suggestions for improving this 

vital part of our food system. The Task 

Force’s plan involves conducting 

research and collecting data for the 

following categories: Status & Trends, 

Habitats, Nutrition, Pesticides, Native 

Plants, Collections, Genetics, Pathogens, 

Decision Tools, and Economics. The 

pollinators have been classified into 

Honey Bee, Native Bee, Wasp, Moth/ 

Butterfly, Fly, and Vertebrate. The 

departments that conduct the bulk of 

the research are the Department of the 

Interior (DOI), the Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA), the National 

Science Foundation (NSF), the 

Smithsonian Institute (SI), and the 

United States Department of Agriculture 

(USDA). 

NASS was given the tasks of 

collecting economic data related to 

honey bees and quantifying the number 

of colonies that were lost or reduced. 

NASS was approved to conduct the 

Quarterly and Annual Colony Loss 

Surveys under OMB approval number 

0535–0255. NASS also collects the 

economic data under this collection. 

NASS collects data from crop farmers 

who rely on pollinators for their crops 

(fruits, nuts, vegetables, etc.). Data 

relating to the targeted crops are 

collected for the total number of acres 

that rely on honey bee pollination, the 

number of honey bee colonies that were 

used on those acres, and any cash fees 

associated with honey bee pollination. 

Crop Farmers are also asked if 

beekeepers who were hired to bring 

their bees to their farm were notified of 

pesticides used on the target acres, how 

many acres they were being hired to 

pollinate, and how much they were 

being paid to pollinate the targeted 

crops. 

Authority: These data will be 

collected under the authority of 7 U.S.C. 

2204(a). Individually identifiable data 

collected under this authority are 

governed by Section 1770 of the Food 

Security Act of 1985 as amended, 7 

U.S.C. 2276, which requires USDA to 

afford strict confidentiality to nonaggregated data provided by 

respondents. This Notice is submitted in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–113) 

and the Office of Management and 

Budget regulations at 5 CFR part 1320. 

NASS also complies with OMB 

Implementation Guidance, 

‘‘Implementation Guidance for Title V 

of the E-Government Act, Confidential 


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