63054 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 204 / Friday, October 20, 2000 / Notices

Signed at Washington, D.C., on October 12,

2000.

Parks Shackelford,

Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit

Corporation.

Exhibit 1

State FSA Office Addresses

Alabama State FSA Office, 4121

Carmichael Road, Suite 600,

Montgomery, AL 36106–2872

Alaska State FSA Office, 800 West

Evergreen, Suite 216, Palmer, AK

99645–6389

Arizona State FSA Office, 77 East

Thomas Road, Suite 240, Phoenix, AZ

85012–3318

Arkansas State FSA Office, Federal

Building, Room 3416, 700 West

Capitol, Little Rock, AR 72201–3225

California State FSA Office, 430 G Street

# 4161, Davis, CA 95616

Colorado State FSA Office, 655 Parfet

St., Suite E–305, Lakewood, CO

80215–5517

Connecticut State FSA Office, 88 Day

Hill Road, Windsor, CT 06095

Delaware State FSA Office, 1201 College

Park Drive, Suite 101, Dover, DE

19904–8713

Florida State FSA Office, 4440 N.W.

25th Pl., Suite 1, Gainesville, FL

32606

Georgia State FSA Office, Federal

Building, Room 102, 355 East

Hancock Ave., Athens, GA 30603–

1907

Hawaii State FSA Office, 300 Ala Moana

Blvd., Room 5–112, P.O. Box 50008,

Honolulu, HI 96850

Idaho State FSA Office, 9173 W. Barnes,

Suite B, Boise, ID 83709–1555

Illinois State FSA Office, 3500 Wabash,

P.O. Box 19273, Springfield, IL

62794–9273

Indiana State FSA Office, 5981 Lakeside

Blvd., Indianapolis, IN 46278

Iowa State FSA Office, 10500 Buena

Vista Court, Des Moines, IA 50322

Kansas State FSA Office, 3600 Anderson

Ave., Manhattan, KS 66503–2511

Kentucky State FSA Office, 771

Corporate Dr., Suite 100, Lexington,

KY 40503–5478

Louisiana State FSA Office, 3737

Government Street, Alexandria, LA

71302–3395

Maine State FSA Office, 967 Illinois

Ave., Bangor, ME 04401

Maryland State FSA Office, 8335

Guilford Rd., Suite E, Columbia, MD

21046

Massachusetts State FSA Office, 445

West Street, Amherst, MA 01002–

2994

Michigan State FSA Office, 3001

Coolidge Rd., Suite 350, East Lansing,

MI 48823–6321

Minnesota State FSA Office, 375

Jackson Street, Suite 400, St. Paul,

MN 55101–1852

Mississippi State FSA Office, 6310 I–55

North, Jackson, MS 39211

Missouri State FSA Office, Suite 225,

Parkade Plaza, 601 Bus. Loop 70

West, Columbia, MO 65203

Montana State FSA Office, 10 East

Babcock Street, P.O. Box 670,

Bozeman, MT 59771–0670

Nebraska State FSA Office, 7131 A

Street, Lincoln, NE 68501–7975

Nevada State FSA Office, 1755 E. Plumb

Lane, Suite 202, Reno, NV 89502

New Hampshire State FSA Office, 22

Bride St., 4th Floor, Concord, NH

03301–4987

New Jersey State FSA Office, Mastoris

Professional Plaza, 163 Rt. 130, Bldg.

2, Suite E, Bordentown, NJ 08505–

2249

New Mexico State FSA Office, 6200

Jefferson St., NE, Room 211,

Albuquerque, NM 87109

New York State FSA Office, 441 S.

Saline St., Suite, 356, 5th Floor,

Syracuse, NY 13202–2455

North Carolina State FSA Office, 4407

Bland Road, Suite 175, Raleigh, NC

27609–6296

North Dakota State FSA Office, 1025

28th St., SW, Fargo, ND 58103

Ohio State FSA Office, 540 Federal

Building, 200 N. High Street,

Columbus, OH 43215

Oklahoma State FSA Office, 100 USDA,

Suite 102, Farm Rd. & McFarland St.,

Stillwater, OK 74074–2653

Oregon State FSA Office, 7620 S.W.

Mohawk, Tualatin, OR 97062–8121

Pennsylvania State FSA Office, One

Credit Union Place, Suite 320,

Harrisburg, PA 17110–2994

Puerto Rico FSA Office, Cobian’s Plaza

Building—Rm. 301, 1607 Ponce de

Leon Ave., Santurce, Puerto Rico

00909–1815

Rhode Island State FSA Office, 60

Quaker Lane, Suite 40, Warwick, RI

02886–0111

South Carolina State FSA Office, 1927

Thurmond Mall, Suite 100, Columbia,

SC 29201–2375

South Dakota State FSA Office, 200

Fourth St., SW, Room 308, Huron, SD

57350–2478

Tennessee State FSA Office, 579 U.S.

Courthouse, 801 Broadway, Nashville,

TN 37203–3816

Texas State FSA Office, 2405 Texas Ave.

South, College Station, TX 77840

Utah State FSA Office, P.O. Box 11350,

125 South State Street., 346 Shelburne

St., Salt Lake City, UT 84147–0350

Vermont State FSA Office, Executive

Square Office Bldg., Rm. 4329,

Burlington, VT 05401–4995

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

Information Collection; Request for

Comments; Fuelwood and Post

Assessment in Selected States

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the

Forest Service announces its intention

to reinstate a previously approved

information collection. The collected

information will help the Forest Service

project and meet demands for renewable

resources as a source for fuelwood and

fence posts. Information will be

collected from a selected number of

residential households and logging

contractors in selected States.

DATES: Comments must be received in

writing on or before December 19, 2000.

ADDRESSES: All comments should be

addressed to Ronald Piva, Forest

Inventory and Analysis, North Central

Research Station, Forest Service, USDA,

1992 Folwell Ave., St. Paul, MN 55108.

Comments also may be submitted via

facsimile to (651) 649–5140 or by email

to rpiva@fs.fed.us

The public may inspect comments

received at the Forest Service, USDA,

North Central Research Station, Room

507, 1992 Folwell Avenue, St. Paul,

Minnesota.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ronald Piva, North Central Research

Station, at (651) 649–5150.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The Forest and Rangeland Renewable

Resource Research Act of 1978 (16

U.S.C. 1600), (as amended by the Energy

Security Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 8701)),

requires the Secretary of Agriculture to

make and keep current a comprehensive

survey and analysis of the present and

prospective conditions of and

requirements for renewable resources

from forests and range lands of the

United States and of the supplies of

such resources, including determination

of facts necessary in determination of

means to balance demand for and

supply of these resources.

Wood was the major source of energy

for households in the United States

until the 1880s when use of wood for

heating fuel began to decline. In 1970,

less than 2 percent of households were

using wood as a primary source of

heating fuel. In order to monitor

availability of renewable resources for

fuel and energy, the Forest Service

monitored production of wood for

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household fuel by interviewing

residents in rural areas to determine the

amount of wood they used for fuel and

the frequency of wood harvests from

farm woodlots to supply the demand for

fuelwood. These surveys were

conducted about every 5 to 10 years.

In 1973, fossil fuel prices began to

increase and, as a result, in the 1970s

and 1980s, more households began to

use wood as a source for primary or

secondary heating. In 1986, an

estimated 5 million households (6

percent) had a working wood stove and

19 million (21 percent) had a working

fireplace. Overall, the use of wood as a

residential and industrial energy source

in the United States tripled in the last

25 years. The frequency of the surveys

and the survey data did not reflect the

actual use of wood for heating and

energy purposes.

Similarly, production of round and

split wood posts for farm fencing and

other purposes declined from an

estimated 900 million posts in 1920 to

less than 60 million today. Even though

use of round and split wood posts has

declined, it is important to continue to

monitor the demand for these products

and to assess the impact the demand for

the products has on the renewable forest

resources.

Description of Information Collection

The following describes the

information collection to be reinstated:

Title: Residential Fuelwood and Post

Assessment, Any State, Year.

OMB Number: 0596–0009.

Expiration Date of Approval: July

2000.

Type of Request: Reinstatement of an

information collection previously

approved by the Office of Management

and Budget.

Abstract: Forest Service personnel at

the Northeastern Forest Experiment

Station (Connecticut, Delaware,

Kentucky, Maine, Maryland,

Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New

Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania,

Rhode Island, Vermont, and West

Virginia) and North Central Research

Station (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas,

Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri,

Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota

and Wisconsin) will evaluate the

collected information to determine the

level of renewable resources used for

fuelwood and fence posts by residential

households and logging contractors. The

collected information will enable land

managers to determine what timber to

sell for use as fuelwood or fence posts,

how well the local forested land will

meet the demand for these timber

products, and how to project future

demands on these renewable natural

resources for fuelwood and fence posts.

This survey also will enable Forest

Service personnel to determine the

types of facilities households use to heat

their homes with wood, such as wood

burning stoves or fireplaces; the types of

land from which the wood will be cut

(forestland, such as private forests, State

forests, National Forests, or nonforestland, such as wooded strips,

narrow windbreaks, urban areas, or yard

trees); the condition of the wood that

will be cut, that is whether the trees will

be dead or alive.

The Forest Inventory and Analysis

Work Units at the Northeastern and

North Central Research Stations of the

Forest Service will collect the

information about the quantities and

types of trees cut for fuelwood and fence

posts in a given year from a sampling of

residential and logging contractors

located within the geographical area of

the Stations. The agency will conduct

the survey through telephone

interviews.

Respondents will be asked questions

that include an estimate of the annual

fuelwood consumption in a specific

State; the types of burning facilities in

the State, such as wood burning stoves

or fireplaces; the annual fuelwood and

post production in the State; the annual

fuelwood and post production from

growing stock (forestland trees of

commercial value) and non-growing

stock sources (cull trees on forest land

or trees from non forestland); the annual

fuelwood and post production by tree

species; the county from which the

fuelwood or posts come; and the

landowner class from which the

fuelwood or posts come, such as public,

private, or forest industry lands.

Data gathered in this information

collection are not available from other

sources.

Estimate of Annual Burden: 0.07

hours.

Type of Respondents: Residential

households and logging contractors.

Estimated Annual Number of

Respondents: 2,919.

Estimated Annual Number of

Responses per Respondent: 1.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 204.

Comment Is Invited

The agency invites comments on the

following: (a) Whether the proposed

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; (b) the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection of information,

including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used; (c)

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (d) 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.

Use of Comments

All comments received in response to

this notice, including names and

addresses when provided, will become

a matter of public record. Comments

will be summarized and included in the

request for Office of Management and

Budget approval.

Dated: October 11, 2000.

Robert Lewis, Jr.,

Deputy Chief for Research & Development.

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

Southwest Oregon Province

Interagency Executive Committee

(PIEC) Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Southwest Oregon PIEC

Advisory Committee will meet on

October 31, 2000 in North Bend,

Oregon, at the Coos Bay Bureau of Land

Management Office at 1300 Airport

Lane. The meeting will begin at 9:00

a.m. and continue until 4:30 p.m.

Agenda items to be covered include: (1)

Province Implementation Monitoring

2000; (2) Public Comment; (3) Province

Large Wood Implementation; (4) Rogue

Basin Technical Team Update; (5) BLM

Third-Year Monitoring Evaluation; and

(6) Current issues as perceived by

Advisory Committee members.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Direct questions regarding this meeting

to Roger Evenson, Province Advisory

Committee Coordinator, USDA, Forest

Service, Umpqua National Forest, 2900

NW Stewart Parkway, Roseburg, Oregon

97470, phone (541) 957–3344.

Dated: October 16, 2000.

Don Ostby,

Designated Federal Official.

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