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Vol. 89, No. 37 

Friday, February 23, 2024 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

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: 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; the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of burden including 

the validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; ways to enhance the 

quality, utility and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and 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 March 25, 2024 

will be considered. Written comments 

and recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be 

submitted within 30 days of the 

publication of this notice on the 

following website www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain. Find this 

particular information collection by 

selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day 

Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or 

by using the search function. 

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 main 

authority for this collection is the Forest 

and Rangeland Renewable Resources 

Planning Act of 1974. The Act states 

that the Forest Service is tasked with 

‘‘assessing the Nation’s renewable 

resources’’ and this ‘‘must be based on 

a comprehensive assessment of present 

and anticipated uses, demand for, and 

supply of renewable resources from the 

Nation’s public and private forests.’’ A 

‘‘comprehensive assessment’’ and a 

statement that ‘‘the majority of the 

Nation’s forests and rangeland is under 

private, State, and local governmental 

management and the Nation’s major 

capacity to produce goods and services 

is based on these nonfederally managed 

renewable resources, the Federal 

Government should be a catalyst to 

encourage and assist these owners in the 

efficient long-term use and 

improvement of these lands and their 

renewable resources consistent with the 

principles of sustained yield multiple 

use’’. The USDA Forest Service 

interprets the above provisions to call 

for studies aimed at understanding land 

ownership patterns and the attitudes 

and behaviors of owners and manager. 

A survey of owners and managers was 

deemed appropriate for meeting this 

mandate. This was reaffirmed in the 

2014 Farm Bill which included a 

statement directing the Forest Inventory 

and Analysis program, which 

implements the National Woodland 

Owner Survey, to provide an ‘‘increased 

understanding . . . of the over 

10,000,000 family forest owners, their 

demographics, and the barriers to forest 

stewardship.’’ 

Need and Use of the Information: 

Data from the National Woodland 

Owner Survey will be used by federal 

and state forestry agencies, academics, 

private consultants, landowners, nongovernmental organizations, and other 

groups interested in understanding the 

owners and managers of forestland in 

the United States. This information will 

be used to describe ownership patterns 

in national reports, such as Forest 

Resources of the United States, 2017, 

and it will be included in many statelevel forest resource reports. Federal 

and state agencies use this information 

to design, implement, and monitor 

forestry assistance programs, such as the 

USDA Forest Service’s Forest 

Stewardship Program. Forestry 

consultants, non-governmental 

organizations, and the forest industry 

use this information to make strategic 

planning decisions, such as where to 

site new biomass processing facilities, 

what services to offer, or where to 

concentrate conservation efforts. 

Extension agents and other educators 

use the information to design 

educational materials and programs. 

University and other researchers use the 

data for a myriad of reasons, ranging 

from assessments of minority 

landowners to factors influencing 

participation rates. 

Description of Respondents: 

Individuals or households; Business or 

other for-profit; State, Local or Tribal 

Government. 

Number of Respondents: 5,630. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

Annual. 

Total Burden Hours: 4,270. 

Levi S. Harrell, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2024–03748 Filed 2–22–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

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; 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; the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of burden including 

the validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; ways to enhance the 

quality, utility and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and 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 


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