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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. 

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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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Information Protection and Statistical 

Efficiency Act of 2002 (CIPSEA),’’ 

Federal Register, Vol. 72, No. 115, June 

15, 2007, p. 33376. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 15 minutes per 

response. Publicity materials and an 

instruction sheet for reporting via 

internet will account for 5 minutes of 

additional burden per respondent. 

Respondents who refuse to complete a 

survey will be allotted 2 minutes of 

burden per attempt to collect the data. 

Once a year, NASS will contact 

approximately 20,000 crop farmers who 

rely on honey bees to pollinate their 

fruit, nut, vegetable, and other crops. 

NASS will conduct the annual survey 

using a mail and internet approach. This 

will be followed up with phone and 

personal enumeration for nonrespondents. NASS will attempt to 

obtain at least an 80% response rate. 

Respondents: Farmers. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

20,000. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: With an estimated 

response rate of approximately 80%, we 

estimate the burden to be 6,100 hours. 

Comments: Comments are invited on: 

(a) Whether the proposed 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 the burden of the proposed collection 

of information including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on those who are to respond, through 

the use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, technological, or 

other forms of information technology 

collection methods. 

All responses to this notice will 

become a matter of public record and be 

summarized in the request for OMB 

approval. 

Signed at Washington, DC, June 20, 2018. 

Kevin L. Barnes, 

Associate Administrator. 

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BILLING CODE 3410–20–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, 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 Mink 

Survey. The target population will be 

pulled from the NASS List Frame of 

operations with positive historical data. 

The frame is updated with the names of 

new operations that are found in trade 

magazines or grower’s association’s 

lists. The questionnaires that NASS is 

planning to use are the same as what 

was used in previous years. Any 

additional changes to the questionnaires 

would result from requests by industry 

data users. 

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 0535–0212, 

by any of the following methods: 

• Email: ombofficer@nass.usda.gov. 

Include docket number above in the 

subject line of the message. 

• Fax: (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: Mink Survey. 

OMB Control Number: 0535–0212. 

Expiration Date of Approval: 

November 30, 2018. 

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 

is to prepare and issue State and 

national estimates of crop and livestock 

production, prices, and disposition. The 

Mink Survey collects data on the 

number of mink pelts produced, the 

number of females bred, and the number 

of mink farms. Mink estimates are used 

by the federal government to calculate 

total value of sales and total cash 

receipts, by State governments to 

administer fur farm programs and health 

regulations, and by universities in 

research projects. The current expiration 

date for this docket is November 30, 

2018. NASS intends to request that the 

Mink Survey be approved for another 3 

years. 

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, Public Law 104– 

13 (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.), and 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 

Information Protection and Statistical 

Efficiency Act of 2002 (CIPSEA),’’ 

Federal Register, Vol. 72, No. 115, June 

15, 2007, p. 33362. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 10 minutes per 

response for the producers and 

approximately 30 minutes per response 

for the buyers. NASS plans to mail out 

publicity materials with the 

questionnaires to inform operators of 

the importance of these surveys. NASS 

will also use multiple mailings, 

followed up with phone and personal 

enumeration to increase response rates 

and to minimize data collection costs. 

Respondents: Farmers and ranchers. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

300. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 85 hours. 

Comments: Comments are invited on: 

(a) Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 


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