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public. Notices of hearings and investigations,

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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 77, No. 58 

Monday, March 26, 2012 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

March 21, 2012. 

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 

regarding (a) 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; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of burden including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; (d) 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 should be addressed to: Desk 

Officer for Agriculture, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), 

OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or 

fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental 

Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail 

Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250– 

7602. Comments regarding these 

information collections are best assured 

of having their full effect if received 

within 30 days of this notification. 

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. 

Risk Management Agency 

Title: Multiple Peril Crop Insurance. 

OMB Control Number: 0563–0053. 

Summary of Collection: Previous 

amendments to the Federal Crop 

Insurance Act expanded the role of the 

crop insurance program to be the 

principal tool for risk management by 

producers of farm products and 

provided that crop insurance program 

operate on an actuarially sound basis, 

provided for independent review of 

crop insurance products by person 

experienced as actuaries and in 

underwriting, and required that the crop 

insurance program operate on an 

actuarially sound basis. To meet these 

goals, existing crop programs must be 

improved and expanded, new crop 

products developed, and new insurance 

concepts studied for possible 

implementation. Federal Crop Insurance 

Corporation (FCIC) offers a Standard 

Reinsurance Agreement to eligible crop 

insurance companies under which FCIC 

will use data elements instead of 

standards forms. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

FCIC requires crop acreage information 

to be submitted to the insurance agent 

by each producer on or before a specific 

date. The basic provision covers 

information such as the name of the 

crop, the number of timely planted 

acres, person sharing in the crop, 

location of the acreage, etc. This 

information is used to determine 

liability, premium and subsidy. Federal 

agencies, Risk Management Agency, 

crop insurance companies that are 

reinsured by FCIC, and other agencies 

that require such information in the 

performance of their duties may use this 

information. If the information were not 

collected by specified dates, the 

producers may not have insurance 

coverage or the amount of insurance 

may be reduced and the crop insurance 

program would not be administered in 

an actuarially sound manner. 

Description of Respondents: Farms; 

Business or other for-profit. 

Number of Respondents: 556,408. 

Frequency of Responses: 

Recordkeeping; Reporting: Quarterly; 

Weekly; Semi-annually; Monthly; 

Annually. 

Total Burden Hours: 7,963,982. 

Charlene Parker, 

Departmental Information Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–7191 Filed 3–23–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–08–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Black Hills National Forest Advisory 

Board 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Revised notice of intent to call 

for nominations for membership to the 

Black Hills National Forest Advisory 

Board. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Forest Service has reestablished the Black Hills National 

Forest Advisory Board (Board). The 

purpose is to obtain advice and 

recommendations on a broad range of 

forest issues such as forest plan 

revisions or amendments, forest health 

including fire management and 

mountain pine beetle infestations, travel 

management, forest monitoring and 

evaluation, recreation fees, and sitespecific projects having forest wide 

implications. In an earlier notice, the 

Forest Service indicated it was seeking 

nominations for individuals to be 

considered as committee members, and 

the public was invited to submit 

nominations for membership. That 

notice, ‘‘Notice of intent to re-establish 

the Black Hills National Forest Advisory 

Board and call for nominations,’’ was 

published in the Federal Register, 

Volume 77, No. 30, page 8214, on 

Tuesday, February 14, 2012 and 

indicated that nominations and 

applications to the Board must be 

received by March 15, 2012. This 

revised notice extends the deadline for 

nominations and applications to April 

30, 2012. 

DATES: Written nominations must be 

received by April 30, 2012. Instructions 

for submitting a nomination package 

may be found in the section below 

entitled, ‘‘Advisory Committee 

Organization’’. 

ADDRESSES: Send nominations and 

applications to Craig Bobzien, Forest 

Supervisor, Black Hills National Forest, 

1019 North 5th Street, Custer, SD 57730. 


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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Marie Curtin, Planning and Public 

Affairs, USDA, Forest Service, Black 

Hills National Forest, telephone: 605– 

673–9324, fax: 605–673–9208, or email: 

mcurtin@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 

Standard Time, Monday through Friday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: USDA 

16565–Black Hills National Forest 

Advisory Board is a non-scientific 

program advisory Board established by 

the Secretary of Agriculture in 2003 to 

provide advice and counsel to the U. S. 

Forest Service, Black Hills National 

Forest, in the wake of increasingly 

severe and intense wild fires and 

mountain pine beetle epidemics. 

The purpose of the Board is to 

provide advice and recommendations 

on a broad range of forest issues such as 

forest plan revisions or amendments, 

travel management, forest monitoring 

and evaluation, and site-specific 

projects having forest-wide 

implications. The Board also serves to 

meet the needs of the Recreation 

Enhancement Act of 2005 as a 

recreation resource advisory board 

(RRAC) for the Black Hills of South 

Dakota. The Board provides timely 

advice and recommendations to the 

regional forester through the forest 

supervisor regarding programmatic 

forest issues and project-level issues 

that have forest-wide implications for 

the Black Hills National Forest. 

The Board meets approximately ten 

times a year, with one month being a 

field trip, held in August and focusing 

on both current issues and the 

educational value of seeing management 

strategies and outcomes on the ground. 

This Board has been established as a 

truly credible entity and a trusted voice 

on forest management issues and is 

doing often astonishing work in helping 

to develop informed consent for forest 

management. 

For years, the demands made on the 

Black Hills National Forest have 

resulted in conflicts among interest 

groups resulting in both forest-wide and 

site-specific programs being delayed 

due to appeals and litigation. The Board 

provides a forum to resolve these issues 

to allow for the Black Hills National 

Forest to move forward in its 

management activities. The Board is 

believed to be one of the few groups 

with broad enough scope to address all 

of the issues and include all of the 

jurisdictional boundaries. 

Significant Contributions 

The Board’s most significant 

accomplishments include: 

1. A 2004 report on the Black Hills 

Fuels Reduction Plan, a priority 

following the major fires including the 

86,000 acre Jasper Fire in 2000; 

2. A 2004 initial Off-Highway Vehicle 

Travel Management Subcommittee 

report; 

3. A report on their findings regarding 

the thesis, direction, and assumptions of 

Phase II of our Forest Plan produced in 

2005; 

4. The Invasive Species Subcommittee 

Report in 2005 covering 

recommendations to better stop invasive 

species from infiltrating the Forest; 

5. A final Travel Management 

Subcommittee Report in 2006 in which 

the Board made 11 recommendations 

regarding characteristics of a designated 

motor vehicle trail system, the basis for 

our initial work to prepare our Motor 

Vehicle Use Map in 2010–2011; 

6. The Board’s annual work to attract 

funding through grants based on the 

Collaborative Landscape Forest 

Restoration Program (CFLRP), a program 

of the Secretary of Agriculture CFLR 

Program to encourage the collaborative, 

science-based ecosystem restoration of 

priority forest landscapes; 

7. A letter to the Secretary and the 

Chief of the Forest Service to work, 

restore and maintain open space for 

wildlife habitat and recreation needs 

like snowmobile trails; and 

8. The annual reports to the Secretary 

detailing the Board’s activities, issues, 

and accomplishments. 

The Board is deemed to be among the 

most effective public involvement 

strategies in the Forest Service and 

continues to lead by example for 

Federal, State, and local government 

agencies working to coordinate and 

cooperate in the Black Hills of South 

Dakota and Wyoming. 

Background 

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. II), notice 

is hereby given that the Secretary of 

Agriculture intends to calls for 

nominations for membership to the 

Black Hills National Forest Advisory 

Board. The Board provides advice and 

recommendations on a broad range of 

forest planning issues and, in 

accordance with the Federal Lands 

Recreation Enhancement Act (Pub. L. 

108–447 (REA)), more specifically will 

provide advice and recommendations 

on Black Hills National Forest 

recreation fee issues (serving as the 

RRAC for the Black Hills National 

Forest). The Board membership consists 

of individuals representing commodity 

interests, amenity interests, and State 

and local government. 

The Board has been determined to be 

in the public interest in connection with 

the duties and responsibilities of the 

Black Hills National Forest. National 

forest management requires improved 

coordination among the interests and 

governmental entities responsible for 

land management decisions and the 

public that the agency serves. 

Advisory Committee Organization 

The Board consists of 16 members 

that are representative of the following 

interests (this membership is similar to 

the membership outlined by the Secure 

Rural Schools and Community Self 

Determination Act for Resource 

Advisory Committees (16 U.S.C. 500, et 

seq.)): 

1. Economic development; 

2. Developed outdoor recreation, offhighway vehicle users, or commercial 

recreation; 

3. Energy and mineral development; 

4. Commercial timber industry; 

5. Permittee (grazing or other land use 

within the Black Hills area); 

6. Nationally recognized 

environmental organizations; 

7. Regionally or locally recognized 

environmental organizations; 

8. Dispersed recreation; 

9. Archeology or history; 

10. Nationally or regionally 

recognized sportsmen’s groups, such as 

anglers or hunters; 

11. South Dakota State-elected offices; 

12. Wyoming State-elected offices; 

13. South Dakota or Wyoming countyor local-elected officials; 

14. Tribal government elected orappointed officials; 

15. South Dakota State natural 

resource agency official; and 

16. Wyoming State natural resource 

agency official. 

No individual who is currently 

registered as a Federal lobbyist is 

eligible to serve as a member of the 

Committee. The Committee will meet 

approximately nine times, and will 

attend at least one summer field tour as 

designated by the Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO). 

The appointment of members to the 

Board will be made by the Secretary of 

Agriculture. Any individual or 

organization may nominate one or more 

qualified persons to serve on the Board. 

Individuals may also nominate 

themselves. To be considered for 

membership, nominees must submit a: 

1. Resume describing qualifications 

for membership to the Committee; 

2. Cover letter with rationale for 

serving on the committee and what you 

can contribute; and 


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3. Complete form AD–755, Advisory 

Committee Membership Background 

Information. 

Letters of recommendations are 

welcome. The AD–755 may be obtained 

from Forest Service contact person or 

from the following Web site: http:// 

www.fsa.usda.gov/Internet/FSA_File/ 

ad755.pdf. All nominations will be 

vetted by USDA. The Secretary of 

Agriculture will appoint committee 

members to the Board from the list of 

qualified applicants. 

The members of the Board will elect 

and determine the responsibilities of the 

Chairperson and the Vice-Chairperson. 

In absence of the Chairperson, the ViceChairperson will act in the 

Chairperson’s stead. The Forest 

Supervisor of the Black Hills National 

Forest serves as the Designated Federal 

Official under sections 10(e) and (f) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(5 U.S.C. App. II). 

Members will serve without 

compensation, but may be reimbursed 

for travel expenses while performing 

duties on behalf of the Board, subject to 

approval by the DFO. 

Equal opportunity practices are 

followed in all appointments to the 

Board in accordance with USDA 

policies. To ensure that the 

recommendations of the Board have 

been taken into account the needs of 

diverse groups, served by the Black 

Hills National Forest, membership shall 

include, to the extent practicable, 

individuals with demonstrated ability to 

represent minorities, women, and 

persons with disabilities. 

Dated: March 19, 2012. 

Craig Bobzien, 

Forest Supervisor. 

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BILLING CODE 3410–11–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

Notice of Intent To Seek Approval To 

Revise and Extend 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 Agricultural 

Resources Management Survey and 

Chemical Use Surveys. A revision to 

burden hours will be needed due to 

changes in the size of the target 

population, sampling design, and/or 

questionnaire length. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by May 25, 2012 to be assured 

of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number 0535–0218, 

by any of the following methods: 

• Email: ombofficer@nass.usda.gov. 

Include docket number above in the 

subject line of the message. 

• Fax: (202) 720–6396. 

• 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: 

Joseph T. Reilly, Associate 

Administrator, National Agricultural 

Statistics Service, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, (202) 720–4333. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Agricultural Resources 

Management Survey and Chemical Use 

Surveys. 

OMB Control Number: 0535–0218. 

Expiration Date of Current Approval: 

December 31, 2012. 

Type of Request: Intent to revise and 

extend a currently approved 

information collection. 

Abstract: The Agricultural Resource 

Management Surveys (ARMS) are the 

primary source of information for the 

U.S. Department of Agriculture on a 

broad range of issues related to: 

Production practices, costs and returns, 

pest management, chemical usage, and 

contractor expenses. Data is collected on 

both a whole farm level and on selected 

commodities. 

ARMS is the only source of 

information available for objective 

evaluation of many critical issues 

related to agriculture and the rural 

economy, such as: Whole farm finance 

data, including data sufficient to 

construct estimates of income for farms 

by: type of operation, loan commodities, 

income for operator households, credit, 

structure, and organization; marketing 

information; and other economic data 

on input usage, production practices, 

and crop substitution possibilities. 

Data from ARMS are used to produce 

estimates of net farm income by type of 

commercial producer as required in 7 

U.S.C. 7998 and estimates of enterprise 

production costs as required in 7 U.S.C. 

1441(a). Data from ARMS are also used 

as weights in the development of the 

Prices Paid Index, a component of the 

Parity Index referred to in the 

Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938. 

These indexes are used to calculate the 

annual federal grazing fee rates as 

described in the Public Rangelands 

Improvement Act of 1978 and Executive 

Order 12548 and as promulgated in 

regulations found at 36 CFR 222.51. 

In addition, ARMS is used to produce 

estimates of sector-wide production 

expenditures and other components of 

income that are used in constructing the 

estimates of income and value-added 

which are transmitted to the U.S. 

Department of Commerce, Bureau of 

Economic Analysis, by the USDA 

Economic Research Service (ERS) for 

use in constructing economy-wide 

estimates of Gross Domestic Product. 

This transmittal of data, prepared using 

the ARMS, is undertaken to satisfy a 

1956 agreement between the Office of 

Management and Budget and the 

Departments of Agriculture and 

Commerce that a single set of estimates 

be published on farm income. 

Chemical Use Surveys: Congress has 

mandated that NASS and ERS build 

nationally coordinated databases on 

agricultural chemical use and related 

farm practices; these databases are the 

primary vehicles used to produce 

specified environmental and economic 

estimates. The surveys will help provide 

the knowledge and technical means for 

producers and researchers to address 

on-farm environmental concerns in a 

manner that maintains agricultural 

productivity. 

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, 7 U.S.C. 2276, 

which requires USDA to afford strict 

confidentiality to non-aggregated data 

provided by respondents. This Notice is 

submitted in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (at 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),’’ 72 FR 

33362 (June 15, 2007). 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 


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