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# Notices Federal Register 

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Vol. 76, No. 117

Friday, June 17, 2011

**AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT** 

**Notice of Public Information Collection, Request for Comment on**  **the Continued Use of the Partner Information Form (0412–0577) in**  **Compliance With the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995** 

**ACTION :**  Notice.

**SUMMARY :**  The US Agency for International Development invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This information collection was first approved by OMB in 2008, and the Partner Information Form has been used successfully in screening programs in West Bank/Gaza and elsewhere since the OMB approval.

Comments are requested concerning: (a) Whether the continuing collections of information are necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the burden estimates; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on the respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology.

**DATES :**  Submit comments on or before August 16, 2011.

**ADDRESSES :**  Send comments via:

E-mail: regulatorypolicy@usaid.gov Mail: George Higginbotham, Management Policy Analyst, USAID, RRB, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20523; (202) 712–1948.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :** 

OMB Number: 200705–0412–003. Form Number: 0412–0577. USAID Internal Form Number: AID
500–13. Title: Partner Information Form. Type of review: Extension of Information Collection.

Purpose: The United States Agency for International Development intends to continue collection of informationfrom individuals and/or officers of forprofit and non-profit non-governmental organizations (NGOs) who apply for USAID contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, other funding from USAID, or who apply for registration with USAID as Private and Voluntary Organizations. The collection of this information will be used to conduct screening to ensure that neither USAID funds nor USAID-funded activities inadvertently provide support to entities or individuals associated with terrorism. Screening programs are being conducted in West Bank/Gaza and other critical priority countries and will be conducted under the Congressionally authorized pilot Partner Vetting System program.

Annual Reporting Burden: Respondents: 40,000 individuals, 4,000 organizations.

Total Annual Responses: 44,000. Total Annual Hours Requested: 11,000.

Dated: June 1, 2011. Lynn Winston, Division Chief, Information and Records Division, Office of Management Services, Bureau for Management. George Higginbotham, Management Policy Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2011–14786 Filed 6–16–11; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 6116–01–P**

**DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE**

**Agricultural Research Service**

**Notice of Intent To Reestablish the National Genetic Resources Advisory**  **Council, and Request for Nominations**

**AGENCY :**  Agricultural Research Service, USDA.

**ACTION :**  Notice of Intent and Request for Nominations.

**SUMMARY :**  The notice announced USD intent to reestablish the National Genetic Resources Advisory Council. The notice was published in the Federal Register on May 16, 2011.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  J. Robert Burk, 202–720–3684. Correction
In the Federal Register of May 14, 2011, in FR Doc. 2011–11926, on pages 28209–28210 in the **SUPPLEMENTARY**
**INFORMATION** section, correct to read as follows:

The biographical information and clearance forms must be completed and returned to USDA within 10 working days of notification, to expedite the clearance process that is required before selection of Council members by the Secretary of Agriculture. Equal opportunity practices will be followed in all appointments to the Council in accordance with USDA policies. To ensure that the recommendations of the Council have taken into account the needs of the diverse groups served by USDA, membership shall include, to the extent practicable, individuals with demonstrated ability to represent all racial and ethnic groups, women and men, persons with disabilities, and limited resource agriculture producers.

Yvette Anderson, Federal Register Liaison Officer for Agriculture Research Service.
[FR Doc. 2011–15092 Filed 6–16–11; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE P**

**DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE**

**Forest Service**

**Black Hills National Forest, Mystic Ranger District, South Dakota, Section**  **30 Limestone Mining Project**

**AGENCY :**  Forest Service, USDA.

**ACTION :**  Corrected Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact
statement.

**SUMMARY :**  A Plan of Operation has been submitted by Pete Lien and Sons, Inc., for the purpose of mining for chemical grade limestone within mining claims on National Forest System land. The proposal is to mine within Pennington County, South Dakota, totaling approximately 100 acres about one mile north of the northwest boundary of Rapid City, South Dakota. The original Notice of Intent for this project was published in Federal Register (71FR62989) on Friday, October 27, 2006. A Corrected Notice of Intent to prepare an EIS was published in the Federal Register (74FR51550) on Wednesday, October 7, 2009. That first Corrected Notice of Intent was republished due to time lapse between the estimated schedule in the original