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Notices Federal Register

2508 

Vol. 77, No. 11 

Wednesday, January 18, 2012 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

January 12, 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) 720–8958. 

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. 

Natural Resource Conservation Service 

Title: Emergency Watershed 

Protection Program Recovery. 

OMB Control Number: 0578–0030. 

Summary of Collection: The 

Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) 

Program regulations at 7 CFR 624 set 

forth the basic policies, program 

provisions, and eligibility requirements 

for sponsors to participate in the EWP 

program. The Natural Resource 

Conservation Service (NRCS) is 

responsible for administration of the 

EWP Program. EWP assistance is 

provided to sponsors to undertake 

emergency measures for runoff 

retardation and soil erosion prevention 

to safeguard lives and property from 

floods, drought, and the products of 

erosion on any watershed whenever fire, 

flood, or any other natural disaster 

occurrence is causing or has cause a 

sudden impairment of that watershed. 

The sponsor’s request is submitted 

formally as a letter (NRCS–PDM–20A) to 

the NRCS State Conservationist for 

consideration. Form NRCS–PDM–20, 

Damage Survey Report (DSR) is the 

agency decisionmaking document that 

includes the economic, social, and 

environmental evaluation, as well as the 

engineer’s cost estimate. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

collected information allows the 

responsible federal official to make EWP 

eligibility determinations and provide 

federal cost-share payments to the 

sponsors. Without the information 

NRCS would not be able to perform its 

responsibilities in administrating the 

EWP program. 

Description of Respondents: State, 

Local, or Tribal Government. 

Number of Respondents: 210. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

Other (Disaster Occurrence). 

Total Burden Hours: 5,565. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–814 Filed 1–17–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–16–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest, 

Powers Ranger District, Coos County, 

OR; Eden Ridge Timber Sales 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Corrected Notice of Intent to 

prepare an environmental impact 

statement for the Eden Ridge Timber 

Sales. The original notice was published 

on April 26, 2010. 

SUMMARY: The USDA, Forest Service, is 

preparing an Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) on proposed variable 

density thinning treatments designed to 

control stocking and maintain or 

improve overall forest vigor and 

resiliency within a 6,516-acre planning 

area known as Eden Ridge. Timber 

harvested from stand treatments would 

contribute commercial timber to the 

Forest’s Probable Sale Quantity. The 

planning area is located approximately 

four (4) air miles southeast of the city of 

Powers, Oregon, on the Powers Ranger 

District. A Notice of Intent (NOI) was 

first published for this proposal on 

April 26, 2010, Volume 75, No. 79, 

pages 21577–21579. Due to the length of 

time that has passed since the first NOI 

was published, refinement of the 

proposed action, and a change in the 

responsible official, the district is 

publishing this Corrected NOI. The 

district now proposes within the 

planning area, timber harvest and other 

connected activities on approximately 

3,314 acres in stands regenerated from 

timber harvested around the 1930s and 

1940s via historical railroad logging. 

Candidate stands located on suitable 

forest land within the planning area are 

proposed for treatment that are 

designated as Matrix, with some amount 

of Riparian Reserve under the Land and 

Resource Management Plan as amended 

by the Northwest Forest Plan. 

Approximately seventy-five (75) 

treatment units would be designed for 

timber harvest with associated harvest 

systems that would use a combination 

of ground-based and skyline operations 

depending on soil, slope and 

hydrological concerns. To facilitate 

treatments within the potential units 

being considered, approximately: 

• 10.5 miles new road construction 

• 0.03 miles of temporary roads 


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