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organizations that may provide 

assistance to a given geographical area. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit; Not-for-profit 

institutions; State, Local or Tribal 

Governments. 

Number of Respondents: 6,050. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

Annually. 

Total Burden Hours: 1,642. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2018–18583 Filed 8–27–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

August 23, 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 and 

other forms of information technology. 

Comments regarding this information 

collection received by September 27, 

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 

20503. Commentors 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) 720–8681. 

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. 

Forest Service 

Title: National Woodland Owner 

Survey. 

OMB Control Number: 0596–0078. 

Summary of Collection: The Forest 

and Rangeland Renewable Resources 

Planning Act of 1974 (Pub. L. 93–278 

Sec. 3) and the Forest and Rangeland 

Renewable Resources Research Act of 

1978 (Pub. L. 307 Sec. 3) are the legal 

authorities for conducting the National 

Woodland Owner Survey. In the United 

States, there are an estimated 816 

million acres of forests and other 

wooded land. Over half of this land is 

privately owned by an estimated 11.5 

million private ownerships that control 

over half of the nation’s forests and 

other wooded land. The remaining 

forestland is managed by over a 

thousand federal, state, and local 

government agencies. The National 

Woodland Owner Survey (NWOS) 

collects information to help answer 

questions related to the characteristics 

of the landholdings and landowners, 

ownership objectives, the supply of 

timber and non-timber products, forest 

management practices, climate change, 

wildfires, invasive species, and delivery 

of the concerns/constraints perceived by 

the landowners. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

NWOS will utilize a mixed-mode survey 

technique involving cognitive 

interviews, focus groups, selfadministered questionnaires, and 

telephone interviews. The Forest 

Service (FS) will use several, 

interrelated forms: Long, short, statespecific, science modules, corporate, 

public and urban versions to collect 

information. Data collected will help FS 

to determine the opportunities and 

constraints that private woodland 

owners typically face; and facilitate 

planning and implementing forest 

policies and programs. If the 

information is not collected the 

knowledge and understanding of private 

woodland ownerships and their 

concerns and activities will be severely 

limited. 

Description of Respondents: 

Individuals or households; Business or 

other for-profit; State, Local or Tribal 

Government. 

Number of Respondents: 4,188. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

Other (every 5 years). 

Total Burden Hours: 2,198. 

Forest Service 

Title: The Stewardship Mapping and 

Assessment Project (STEW–MAP). 

OMB Control Number: 0596–0240. 

Summary of Collection: The 

Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 

1978 (Pub. L. 113–79) Section 9(a); 

(b)(8); (c) and (d); The Forest and 

Rangeland Renewable Resources 

Research Act of 1978 and the National 

Environmental Policy act of 1969 

authorize the Forest Service to expand 

and strengthen existing research, 

education, technical assistance and 

public information and participation in 

tree planting and maintenance programs 

through stewardship. Civic 

environmental stewards are involved in 

a range of activities like planting trees, 

organizing community gardens, offering 

environment-themed classes, leading 

local conservation efforts, monitoring 

plants and animals, and cleaning up 

nearby parks or natural areas. These 

stewards may be nonprofit 

organizations, formal or informal 

community groups, faith-based 

organizations, or academic institutions. 

STEW–MAP will create a publicly 

available database and map of 

stewardship groups, their activities, and 

where they work. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

Information will be gathered on civic 

stewardship groups and their efforts 

such as where they work, the types of 

projects they focus on, and how they are 

organized. There are three phases to a 

STEW–MAP project: (1) A census to put 

together a master list of known 

stewardship groups and their contact 

information in the target city or region; 

(2) a survey distributed to all of the 

organizations identified in phase one to 

collect information about what they 

work on, structure of the group and 

what other groups they collaborate with; 

and (3) follow-up interviews with key 

longstanding organizations identified 

during phase two, to collect more 

detailed information about 

organizational histories. Without this 

information collection, FS would be 

unable to understand the current state of 

civic natural resource stewardship and 

would be unable to identify the 

organizations that may provide 

assistance to a given geographical area. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit; Not-for-profit 

institutions; State, Local or Tribal 

Governments. 

Number of Respondents: 6,050. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

Annually. 


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Total Burden Hours: 1,642. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2018–18586 Filed 8–27–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3411–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Information Collection; Pesticide-Use 

Proposal 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Forest Service is seeking comments 

from all interested individuals and 

organizations on the revision of a 

currently approved information 

collection, Pesticide-Use Proposal. 

DATES: Comments must be received in 

writing on or before October 29, 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: Stephen 

A. Covell, Mail Stop 1110, USDA Forest 

Service, Forest Health Protection, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20250. Comments also may be 

submitted by email to scovell@fs.fed.us. 

Comments submitted in response to this 

notice may be made available to the 

public through relevant websites and 

upon request. For this reason, please do 

not include in your comments 

information of a confidential nature, 

such as sensitive personal information 

or proprietary information. If you send 

an email comment, your email address 

will be automatically captured and 

included as part of the comment that is 

placed in the public docket and made 

available on the internet. Please note 

that responses to this public comment 

request containing any routine notice 

about the confidentiality of the 

communication will be treated as public 

comments that may be made available to 

the public notwithstanding the 

inclusion of the routine notice. The 

public may inspect comments received 

at 201 14th Street SW, Washington, DC 

20250 Monday through Friday, 9:00 

a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Visitors are 

encouraged to call ahead to 703–605– 

5342 to facilitate entry to the building. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Stephen A. Covell, State and Private 

Forestry, Forest Health Protection, 

telephone 703–605–5342, email 

scovell@fs.fed.us. 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: Pesticide-Use Proposal. 

OMB Number: 0596–0241. 

Expiration Date of Approval: 12/31/ 

2018. 

Type of Request: Renewal with no 

revisions. 

Abstract: USDA Forest Service (FS) 

has Federal land stewardship 

responsibilities for approximately 193 

million acres. Forest Service land 

management responsibilities require use 

of integrated pest management, which 

in certain circumstances includes use of 

pesticides. The Forest Service currently 

uses form FS–2100–2, Pesticide-Use 

Proposal (PUP) internally to collect and 

review pesticide-applications intended 

to control pests of grasslands and forests 

under its administrative responsibility 

(under FSM 2150, and FSH 2109.14). 

The Forest Service anticipates requests 

from outside entities for application of 

pesticides upon Forest Service 

administered lands within rights-of-way 

easements, permitted lands, and under 

similar circumstances. 

The Forest Service proposes to use the 

PUP form to collect pesticide project 

information from those outside entities 

to facilitate authorization of selected 

activities. Completion of the PUP form 

includes identification of pests to be 

controlled, pesticide to be applied, and 

other regulatory compliance information 

such as use of certified applicators. 

Because diverse pesticide-use projects 

are designed for local conditions, it is 

appropriate for the PUP form to be used 

to ensure that essential details are 

uniformly assembled for review. 

Proposals will be evaluated by Forest 

Service pesticide use coordinators and 

other administrative personnel to 

safeguard human health and ecological 

protection consistent with Forest 

Service land use management programs. 

Form and instructions will be posted on 

a Forest Service website for ready public 

availability. 

Affected Public: Individuals and 

Households, Businesses and 

Organizations, and State, Local or Tribal 

Governments responsible for vegetation 

management along rights-of-way across 

lands administered by the Forest 

Service. 

Estimate of Burden per response: 12 

hours. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Respondents: 36. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Responses: 50. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 600 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: August 8, 2018. 

Glenn P. Casamassa, 

Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest 

System. 

[FR Doc. 2018–18557 Filed 8–27–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3411–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Southern Region Recreation Resource 

Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice; solicitation of nominees 

to the Southern Region Recreation 

Resource Advisory Committee. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act of 

1972 (FACA), the United States 

Department of Agriculture (USDA) 

announces solicitation for nominations 

to fill four vacancies on the Southern 

Region Recreation Resource Advisory 

Committee (RRAC). Members will be 

appointed by the Secretary of 

Agriculture and serve a three-year term. 

DATES: Applications must be received 

on or before October 1, 2018. This 

timeframe may be extended if officials 

do not receive applications for needed 

positions. Nominations must contain a 

completed application packet that 

includes the nominee’s name, a 

narrative statement on each Nominee 

Evaluation Criteria, and completed 

Form AD–755, Advisory Committee or 


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