Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 99 / Friday, May 22, 1998 / Notices 28347

Total Burden Hours: 105.

Nancy Sternberg,

Departmental Information Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 98–13694 Filed 5–21–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Research Service

Notice of Intent to Request an

Extension of a Currently Approved

Information Collection

AGENCY: Agricultural Research Service,

USDA.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.

L. 104–13) and Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) regulations at 5 CFR

Part 1320 (60 FR 44978, August 29,

1995), this notice announces the

Agricultural Research Service’s (ARS)

intention to request an extension of a

currently approved information

collection, Form AD–761, USDA Patent

License Application for Government

Invention that expires August 31, 1998.

DATES: Comments must be received by

July 27, 1998 to be assured of

consideration.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR COMMENTS:

Contact June Blalock, USDA, ARS,

Office of Technology Transfer, Room

415, Building 005, BARC-West,

Beltsville, Maryland 20705–2350;

Telephone Number 301–504–5989.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: USDA Patent License

Application for Government Invention.

OMB Number: 0518–0003.

Expiration Date of Approval: August

31, 1998.

Type of Request: To extend a

currently approved information

collection.

Abstract: The USDA patent licensing

program grants patent licenses to

qualified businesses and individuals

who wish to commercialize inventions

arising from federally supported

research. The objective of the program is

to use the patent system to promote the

utilization of inventions arising from

such research. The licensing of federally

owned inventions must be done in

accordance with the terms, conditions

and procedures prescribed under 37

CFR Part 404. Application for a license

must be addressed to the Federal agency

having custody of the invention.

Licenses may be granted but only if the

license applicant has supplied the

Federal agency with a satisfactory plan

for the development and marketing of

the invention and with information

about the applicant’s capability to fulfill

the plan. 37 CFR 404.8 sets forth the

information which must be provided by

a license applicant. For the convenience

of the applicant, USDA has itemized the

information needed on Form AD–761,

and instructions for completing the form

are provided to the applicant. The

information submitted is used to

determine whether the applicant has

both a complete and sufficient plan for

developing and marketing the invention

and the necessary manufacturing,

marketing, technical and financial

resources to carry out the submitted

plan.

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting

burden for this collection of information

is estimated to average 3 hours per

response.

Description of Respondents:

Businesses or other for profit

individuals.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

150.

Frequency of Responses: One time per

invention.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 450 hours.

Copies of this information collection

and related instructions can be obtained

without charge from June Blalock,

USDA, ARS, Office of Technology

Transfer by calling 301–504–5989.

Comments

Comments are invited on (a) whether

the proposed 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 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 those who are to respond, such as

through the use of appropriate

automated, electronic, mechanical, or

other technological collection

techniques or other forms of information

technology. Comments may be sent to:

June Blalock, USDA, ARS, Office of

Technology Transfer, Room 415, Bldg.

005, BARC-West, Beltsville, Maryland

20705–2350. All responses to this notice

will be summarized and included in the

request for OMB approval. All

comments will also become a matter of

public record.

Richard M. Parry, Jr.,

Assistant Administrator.

[FR Doc. 98–13770 Filed 5–21–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–03–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection

Service

[Docket No. 98–039–1]

Notice of Request for Extension of

Approval of an Information Collection

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health

Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Extension of approval of an

information collection; comment

request.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this

notice announces the Animal and Plant

Health Inspection Service’s intention to

request an extension of approval of an

information collection in support of the

regulations for the importation of logs,

lumber, and other unmanufactured

wood articles.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be

received by July 21, 1998 to be assured

of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding

the accuracy of burden estimate, ways to

minimize the burden (such as through

the use of automated collection

techniques or other forms of information

technology), or any other aspect of this

collection of information to: Docket No.

98–039–1, Regulatory Analysis and

Development, PPD, APHIS, suite 3C03,

4700 River Road, Unit 118, Riverdale,

MD 20737–1238. Please send an original

and three copies, and state that your

comments refer to Docket No. 98–039–

1. Comments received may be inspected

at USDA, room 1141, South Building,

14th Street and Independence Avenue

SW., Washington, DC, between 8 a.m.

and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday,

except holidays. Persons wishing to

inspect comments are requested to call

ahead on (202) 690–2817 to facilitate

entry into the comment reading room.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

information regarding the regulations

for the importation of logs, lumber, and

other unmanufactured wood articles,

contact Mr. Ronald C. Campbell, Staff

Officer, Phytosanitary Issues

Management, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River

Road, Unit 139, Riverdale, MD 20737–

1236, (301) 734–6799. For copies of

more detailed information on the

information collection, contact Ms.

Cheryl Groves, APHIS, Information

Collection Coordinator, at (301) 734–

5086.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Foreign Quarantine Notices,

Logs and Lumber.

OMB Number: 0579–0119.

Expiration Date of Approval:

September 30, 1998.
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Type of Request: Extension of

approval of an information collection.

Abstract: The Animal and Plant

Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of

the United States Department of

Agriculture is responsible for, among

other things, preventing the

introduction and dissemination of plant

pests into or through the United States.

As part of this responsibility, APHIS

regulates the importation of logs,

lumber, and other unmanufactured

wood articles.

In administering the regulations, we

collect information from persons both

within and outside the United States

who are involved in growing, handling,

processing, transporting, and importing

unmanufactured wood articles. The

information is provided on a number of

forms and other documents, including

applications for permits, various

accompanying importer documents or

certificates, notices of arrival, and

compliance agreements. This

information is vital to ensure that

unmanufactured wood articles imported

into the United States do not harbor

plant pests.

We are asking the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) to

approve the continued use of this

information collection activity.

The purpose of this notice is to solicit

comments from the public (as well as

affected agencies) concerning our

information collection. We need this

outside input to help us:

(1) Evaluate whether the proposed

collection of information is necessary

for the proper performance of the

functions of the Agency, including

whether the information will have

practical utility;

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of our

estimate of the burden of the proposed

collection of information, including the

validity of the methodology and

assumptions used;

(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and

(4) Minimize the burden of the

collection of information on those who

are to respond, through use, as

appropriate, of automated, electronic,

mechanical, and other collection

technologies, e.g., permitting electronic

submission of responses.

Estimate of burden: The public

reporting burden for this collection of

information is estimated to average

.15078 hours per response.

Respondents: Importers, processors,

shippers, foreign plant health protection

authorities.

Estimated annual number of

respondents: 80,005.

Estimated annual number of

responses per respondent: 12.530.

Estimated annual number of

responses: 1,002,472.

Estimated total annual burden on

respondents: 151,152 hours. (Due to

rounding, the total annual burden hours

may not equal the product of the annual

number of responses multiplied by the

average reporting burden per response.)

All responses to this notice will be

summarized and included in the request

for OMB approval. All comments will

also become a matter of public record.

Done in Washington, DC, this 18th day of

May 1998.

Charles P. Schwalbe,

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant

Health Inspection Service.

[FR Doc. 98–13769 Filed 5–21–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

Proposed North Round Valley Timber

Sale, Rapid River Roadless Area,

Payette National Forest, Adams

County, Idaho

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Revised Notice of Intent to

Prepare an Environmental Impact

Statement.

SUMMARY: The USDA Forest Service

published a Revised Notice of Intent to

prepare an environmental impact

statement (EIS) for the Lockwood and

North Valley Timber Sales in the

Federal Register on December 19, 1991

(Vol. 56, No. 244, page 65881). That

revised notice is hereby revised to show

three changes: (1) Separate EIS’s for

each proposed timber sale, (2) the name

of the EIS’s, and (3) the schedule for the

North Round Valley Timber Sale EIS.

(1) The Lockwood and North Round

Valley Timber Sales Draft EIS was

released in January 1992. A Final EIS

was completed in 1993 but was never

released to the public because of the

listing of Chinook salmon and

subsequent delays with consultation

under the Endangered Species Act.

During the large wildfires on the Forest

in 1994, the interdisciplinary team

assigned to the Lockwood/North Round

Valley projects was disbanded, and the

Final EIS was put on hold through the

post-fire landscape and salvage analyses

conducted in 1994 and 1995. In 1996,

the Forest formed a new

interdisciplinary team to complete the

Final EIS and to analyze changed

conditions since 1993. As part of the

analysis, the team recommended that

the two timber sales be separated into

two EIS’s primarily due to differences in

the level of effects and controversy

associated with each project.

(2) This Revised Notice of Intent

covers the proposed North Round

Valley Timber Sale. A separate Revised

Notice of Intent will be prepared for the

proposed Lockwood Timber Sale.

(3) The North Round Valley Timber

Sale Final EIS is scheduled to be

released in the spring or early summer

of 1998. The exact date will depend on

when consultation on threatened and

proposed species is completed with the

National Marine Fisheries Services and

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

ADDRESSES: Send written comments or

requests to David Alexander, Forest

Supervisor, Payette National Forest,

P.O. Box 1026, McCall, Idaho 83638.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Questions about the action should be

directed to David Ede, Team Leader, at

(208) 347–0331; or Kimberly Brandel,

New Meadows District Ranger, at (208)

347–0300.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The USDA

Forest Service is proposing to harevest

and regenerate timber in the North

Round Valley Timber Sale on the New

Meadows Ranger District of the Payette

National Forest in Adams County,

Idaho. The area is located in the Round

Valley Creek and Trail Creek

subwatersheds, which drain into the

Little Salmon River

The Preferred Alternative would

harvest an estimated 184 acres with

shelterwood prescriptions designed to

thin out overstocked stands of mostly

grand fir, which would leave a healthy

overstory of mixed species that are

within the historic range of variability

for this area. Proposed logging systems

include tractor and helicopter. Proposed

harvest units are on or near existing

roads, so no new road would be

constructed. An estimated 0.5 mile of

existing road would be reconstructed.

All reconstructed road would be closed

following sale-related activities. In

addition, 6.3 miles of currently open

roads in the Round Valley Creek

subwatershed would be closed yearround to public motorized vehicles, and

4.0 miles of existing roads would be

obliterated. Closures and obliteration

would improve wildlife habitat and

water quality over the long term.

An estimated 125 acres would be

harvested in the Rapid River Roadless

Area (0.6 percent of the roadless area),

but no new road construction or

reconstruction would occur in the

roadless area. Three roadless units (90

acres) would be harvested by helicopter,

and two roadless units would be tractor-