13174 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 57 / Thursday, March 26, 2009 / Notices 

supplemental commodity specific 

questions. The Secretary appoints board 

members under each program. Some of 

the information contained on form AD– 

755 is used by the Department to 

conduct background clearances of 

prospective board members required by 

departmental regulations. All committee 

members who are appointed by the 

Secretary require this clearance. The 

Office of the Secretary, White House 

Liaison will collect information using 

form AD–755, Advisory Committee and 

Research and Promotion Board 

Membership Background Information. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

Office of the Secretary, White House 

Liaison will collect information on the 

background of the nominees to make 

sure there are no delinquent loans to the 

United States Department of 

Agriculture, (USDA), as well as making 

sure they have no negative record that 

could be a negative reflection to USDA. 

The information obtained from the form 

is also used in the compilation of an 

annual report to Congress. Failure of the 

Department to provide this information 

would require the Secretary to terminate 

the pertinent committee or board. 

Description of Respondents: 

Individuals or households. 

Number of Respondents: 1,740. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

Monthly. 

Total Burden Hours: 870. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–6760 Filed 3–25–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Commodity Credit Corporation 

Agricultural Water Enhancement 

Program 

AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation 

(CCC) and Natural Resources 

Conservation Service (NRCS), 

Department of Agriculture (USDA). 

ACTION: Notice of request for proposals; 

reopening of proposal submission 

period. 

SUMMARY: The Commodity Credit 

Corporation (CCC) published in the 

Federal Register of January 14, 2009, a 

Notice of Request for Proposals to 

announce the availability of funds and 

to solicit proposals from potential 

partners who seek to enter into 

partnership agreements with the Chief, 

Natural Resources Conservation Service 

(NRCS). The deadline for submitting 

proposals was March 2, 2009. The 

purpose of this notice is to reopen the 

deadline for submitting proposals and to 

provide NRCS State Conservationists up 

to 2 weeks following the proposal 

submission deadline to submit their 

letter of review. The CCC is hereby 

reopening the deadline for submitting 

proposals until April 1, 2009. 

DATES: The proposal submission 

deadline is reopened and extended to 

April 1, 2009. The deadline for NRCS 

State Conservationists to submit their 

letters of proposal review is extended to 

April 15, 2009 

ADDRESSES: Proposals should be 

submitted to the Chief (Attn: Financial 

Assistance Programs Division), Natural 

Resources Conservation Service, USDA, 

AWEP Proposals, P.O. Box 2890, 

Washington, DC 20013 by April 1, 2009. 

Applicants also must send their 

proposal to the appropriate State 

Conservationist(s) postmarked, or dated 

if electronic, no later than April 1, 2009. 

To submit your application 

electronically, visit http:// 

www.grants.gov/apply and follow the 

on-line instructions. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gregory Johnson, Director, Financial 

Assistance Programs Division, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Natural 

Resources Conservation Service, Room 

5237, P.O. Box 2890, Washington, DC 

20013–2890. Phone: (202) 720–1845. 

Fax: (202) 720–4265. 

Persons with disabilities who require 

alternative means for communication 

(Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) 

should contract the USDA Target Center 

at (202) 720–2600 (voice and TDD). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CCC, 

published a Notice of Requests for 

Proposals in the Federal Register of 

January 14, 2009 (74 FR 2040), 

announcing funding availability and to 

potential partners, the opportunity to 

enter into Agricultural Water 

Enhancement Program (AWEP) 

partnership agreements with the Chief, 

NRCS, to promote the conservation of 

ground and surface water and the 

improvement of water quality. This 

notice announced a deadline of March 

2, 2009, to submit proposals to enter 

into AWEP partnership agreements and 

required NRCS State Conservationists to 

submit letters of proposal review to the 

NRCS National Headquarters by March 

2, 2009. 

The CCC hereby amends the January 

14 Notice of Requests for Proposals by: 

1. Reopening and extending the 

proposal submission deadline to April 

1, 2009; and 

2. Extending the deadline for NRCS 

State Conservationists to submit their 

letters of proposal review to April 15, 

2009. 

Signed this 23rd day of March, 2009, in 

Washington, DC. 

Dave White, 

Acting Vice President, Commodity Credit 

Corporation and Acting Chief, Natural 

Resources Conservation Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–6763 Filed 3–25–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–16–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Lake Tahoe Basin Federal Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Lake Tahoe Basin Federal 

Advisory Committee will hold a 

meeting on March 31, 2009 at the U.S. 

Forest Service Office, 35 College Drive, 

South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150. This 

Committee, established by the Secretary 

of Agriculture on December 15, 1998 (64 

FR 2876), is chartered to provide advice 

to the Secretary on implementing the 

terms of the Federal Interagency 

Partnership on the Lake Tahoe Region 

and other matters raised by the 

Secretary. 

DATES: The meetings will be held March 

31, 2009, beginning at 9:30 a.m. and 

ending at 12 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the U.S. Forest Service Office, 35 

College Drive, South Lake Tahoe, CA 

96150. 

For Further Information or to Request 

an Accommodation (one week prior to 

meeting date) Contact: Aria Hams, Lake 

Tahoe Basin Management Unit, Forest 

Service, 35 College Drive, South Lake 

Tahoe, CA 96150, (530) 543–2773. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Items to 

be covered on the agenda: (1) Consensus 

on the Lake Tahoe Southern Nevada 

Public Land Management Act 

(SNPLMA) Round 10 preliminary 

recommendation for capital projects and 

science themes and (2) public hearing. 

All Lake Tahoe Basin Federal 

Advisory Committee meetings are open 

to the public. Interested citizens are 

encouraged to attend at the above 

address. Issues may be brought to the 

attention of the Committee during the 

open public comment period at the 

meeting or by filing written statements 

with the secretary for the Committee 

before or after the meeting. Please refer 

any written comments to the Lake 

Tahoe Basin Management Unit at the 

contact address stated above. 

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Dated: March 20, 2009. 

Terri Marceron, 

Forest Supervisor. 

[FR Doc. E9–6750 Filed 3–25–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Notice of Resource Advisory 

Committee Meeting 

AGENCY: Lassen Resource Advisory 

Committee, Susanville, California, 

USDA Forest Service. 

ACTION: Notice of meetings. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the authorities in 

the Federal Advisory Committees Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463) and under the Secure 

Rural Schools and Community SelfDetermination Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 110– 

343) the Lassen County Resource 

Advisory Committee will meet April 9, 

2009 and May 6 and 7, 2009 in 

Susanville, California for business 

meetings. The meetings are open to the 

public. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

business meeting on April 9, 2009, will 

begin at 9 a.m., at the Lassen National 

Forest Headquarters Office, Caribou 

Conference Room, 2550 Riverside Drive, 

Susanville, CA 96130. This meeting will 

be dedicated to reauthorization update, 

review the process for 2009 funding, 

discuss project review with monthly 

monitoring reports, summer field trips 

to projects, and overview of the Forest 

Health Program for the ‘‘Secure Rural 

Schools and Self Determination Act of 

2000,’’ commonly known as Payments 

to States. 

The business meetings on May 6 and 

7, 2009, will begin at 8:30 a.m., at the 

Lassen National Forest Headquarters 

Office, Caribou Conference Room, 2550 

Riverside Drive, Susanville, CA 96130. 

These meetings will be dedicated to 

hearing presentations from project 

proponents on Tuesday and voting on 

Wednesday for funding through the 

‘‘Secure Rural Schools and Self 

Determination Act of 2000,’’ commonly 

known as Payments to States. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Terri Frolli, Designated Federal Official, 

at (530) 257–4188; or Public Affairs 

Officer, Heidi Perry, at (530) 252–6604. 

Kathleen S. Morse, 

Forest Supervisor. 

[FR Doc. E9–6564 Filed 3–25–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Siskiyou County Resource Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Siskiyou County 

Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) 

will host a workshop for the public in 

local communities to provide 

information and expertise to those who 

may want to submit project proposals to 

the RAC. Following the time allowed on 

the agenda for the workshop, the RAC 

will meet to conduct routine business 

consistent with the Secure Rural 

Schools and Community SelfDetermination Act. 

DATES: April 20, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Holiday Inn Express Conference 

Center, 707 Montague Road, Yreka, CA 

96097. All other Siskiyou County RAC 

meetings in calendar year 2009 will be 

held in accordance with Federal 

Register Vol. 74, No. 29, page 7215, 

dated February 13, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Davida Carnahan, Forest RAC 

coordinator, Klamath National Forest, 

(530) 841–4485 or electronically at 

dcarnahan@fs.fed.us. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting is open to the public. Public 

comment opportunity will be provided 

and individuals will have the 

opportunity to address the Committee at 

that time. 

Dated: March 18, 2009. 

Patrica A. Grantham, 

Designated Federal Official. 

[FR Doc. E9–6751 Filed 3–25–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Notice of Meeting; Federal Lands 

Recreation Enhancement Act (Title VIII, 

Pub. L. 108–447) 

AGENCY: Rocky Mountain Region, USDA 

Forest Service. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Colorado Recreation 

Resource Advisory Committee will 

tentatively meet in Denver, CO. The 

purpose of the meeting is to continue to 

provide the new committee members 

with the information they need to be 

effective committee members and 

review several fee proposals. These fee 

proposals will tentatively include fee 

increases for Christmas Tree cutting 

permits for the Grand Mesa/ 

Uncompahgre/Gunnison National 

Forests and the Mud Springs 

Campground located in the Grand 

Junction Field Office Area of the BLM. 

A new fee for the North Fruita Desert 

Campground also located in the Grand 

Junction Field Office Area of the BLM 

will also be reviewed. 

DATES: The meeting will be held April 

21 from 9 a.m.–4:30 p.m. This meeting 

will only be held if a quorum is present. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be at the 

REI Denver Flagship Store at 1416 Platte 

Street in Denver in their small 

conference room on the 3rd floor. 

Access prior to store opening is through 

Starbucks. Send written comments to 

Steve Sherwood, Designated Federal 

Official, 740 Simms Street, Golden, CO 

80401 or ssherwood@fs.fed.us. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pam 

DeVore, Colorado Recreation Resource 

Advisory Committee Coordinator, at 

303–275–5043 or pdevore@fs.fed.us. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting is open to the public. 

Committee discussion is limited to 

Forest Service, Bureau of Land 

Management staff and Committee 

members. Persons who wish to bring 

recreation fee matters to the attention of 

the Committee may file written 

statements with the Committee staff. 

Written comments received at least a 

week before the meeting will be 

available for committee review. Written 

comments received less than a week 

before the meeting may not be available 

for committee referral. There will be 

time on the agenda for verbal comments 

and the Chairperson may ask for 

comments from the public at any time 

during the meeting. All persons wishing 

to address the committee must sign in 

at the door. 

Check for the status of the meeting, 

the final agenda and a final list of the 

fee proposals to be reviewed at: http:// 

www.fs.fed.us/r2/recreation. 

The Recreation RAC is authorized by 

the Federal Land Recreation 

Enhancement Act, which was signed 

into law by President Bush in December 

2004. 

Dated: March 4, 2009. 

Maribeth Gustafson, 

Deputy Regional Forester, Operations, Rocky 

Mountain Region. 

[FR Doc. E9–6578 Filed 3–25–09; 8:45 am] 

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