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Notices Federal Register

21729

Vol. 66, No. 84

Tuesday, May 1, 2001

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

April 25, 2001.

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

regarding (a) 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;

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate

of burden including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used; (c)

ways to enhance the quality, utility and

clarity of the information to be

collected; (d) 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 or other forms of information

technology should be addressed to: Desk

Officer for Agriculture, Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB), Washington, DC 20503 and to

Departmental clearance Office, USDA,

OCIO, Mail Stop 7602, Washington, DC

20250–7602. Comments regarding these

information collections are best assured

of having their full effect if received

within 30 days of this notification.

Copies of the submission(s) may be

obtained by calling (202) 720–6746.

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.

Rural Business Cooperative Service

Title: 7 CFR 4284–G, Rural Business

Opportunity Grants.

OMB Control Number: 0570–0024.

Summary of Collection: The Rural

Business Opportunity Grant (RBOG)

program was authorized by section 741

of the Federal Agriculture Improvement

and Reform Act of 1996, Public Law

104–127. The objective of the RBOG

program is to promote sustainable

economic development in rural areas.

This purpose is achieved through grants

made by the Rural-Business Cooperative

Service (RBS) to public and private nonprofit organizations and cooperatives to

pay costs of economic development

planning and technical assistance for

rural businesses.

Need and Use Of The Information:

The information collected is from grant

applicants and grant recipients.

Grantees are required to keep complete

and accurate accounting records as

evidence that the grant funds were used

properly. The information is necessary

for RBS to process applications in a

responsible manner, make prudent

program decisions, and effectively

monitor the grantees’ activities to ensure

that funds obtained from the

Government are used appropriately.

Description of Respondents: Business

or other for-profit; State, Local or Tribal

Government.

Number of Respondents: 100.

Frequency of Responses:

Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion;

Quarterly; Monthly .

Total Burden Hours: 8,044.

Animal and Plant Health Inspection

Service

Title: Fruit from Hawaii.

OMB Control Number: 0579–0123.

Summary of Collection: The United

States Department of Agriculture is

responsible for preventing plant

diseases or insect pests from spreading

within the United States. The Plant

Quarantine Act authorizes the

Department to carry out this mission.

Chapter 8 of the Plant Quarantine Act (&

U.S.C. 161) provides authority for the

Secretary of Agriculture and the Animal

and Plant Health Inspection Service

(APHIS) to Quarantine any State,

Territory, or District of the United States

to prevent the spread of plant diseases

and insect pests (such as fruit flies) new

or widely distributed throughout the

United States. APHIS regulates the

interstate movement of fruits and

vegetables from Hawaii to prevent the

spread of Mediterranean fruit fly, the

melon fly, the Oriental fruit fly, and the

Malaysian fruit fly pests that occur in

Hawaii and can cause millions of

dollars in damage to U.S. agriculture.

APHIS will collect information using

several forms to ensure fruits from

Hawaii are free from pests and disease.

Need and Use of the Information:

APHIS will collect information using

forms PPQ 540, PPQ 530, PPQ 519 to

ensure abui, atemoya, bananas, longan,

rambutan, sapodilla, and durian from

Hawaii are brought safely into the

United States.

Description of Respondents: Business

or other for-profit.

Number of Respondents: 300.

Frequency of Responses:

Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.

Total Burden Hours: 327.

Animal and Plant Health Inspection

Service

Title: Imported Seed and Screening.

OMB Control Number: 0579–0124.

Summary of Collection: The United

States Department of Agriculture

(USDA) is responsible for preventing

plant diseases or insect pests from

entering the United States, preventing

the spread of pests not widely

distributed in the United States, and

eradicating those imported pest when

eradication is feasible. The Plant

Quarantine Act and the Federal Plant

Pest Act authorizes the Department to

carry out this mission. Under the

authority of the Federal Seed Act of

1939, as amended, the USDA regulates

the importation and interstate

movement of certain agricultural and

vegetable seeds. The Plant Protection &

Quarantine Division of USDA’s Animal

& Plant Health Inspection Service

(APHIS) has established a seed analysis

program with Canada that allows U.S.

companies that import seed for cleaning

or processing to enter into compliance

agreements with APHIS. This program

eliminates the need for sampling

shipments of Canadian-origin seed at

the border and allows certain seed

importers to clean seed without the

direct supervision of an APHIS

inspector. APHIS will collect

information using forms PPQ 925 and

PPQ 519.

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Need and Use of the Information:

APHIS will collect information to

prevent the spread of insect pests and

noxious weeds in the United States. If

the information were not collected there

would be no way of preventing noxious

weeds from entering the United States.

Description of Respondents: Business

or other for-profit.

Number of Respondents: 30,000.

Frequency of Responses:

Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.

Total Burden Hours: 11,345.

Animal and Plant Health Inspection

Service

Title: Plum Pox Compensation.

OMB Control Number: 0579–0159.

Summary of Collection: Plum Pox is

an extremely serious viral disease of

plants that can affect may stonefruit

species, including plum, peach, apricot,

almond, and nectarine. The United

States Department of Agriculture is

responsible for preventing plant pest

and noxious weeds from entering the

United States, preventing the spread of

pests and weeds not widely distributed

in the United States and eradicating

those imported pests and weeds when

eradication is feasible. Chapter 8 of the

Plant Quarantine Act (7 U.S.C. 161)

provides authority for the Secretary of

Agriculture to quarantine any State,

Territory, or District of the United States

to prevent the spread of insect pests and

plant diseases new or not widely

distributed throughout the United

States. Section 102 of the Organic Act (7

U.S.C. 147a) states, in part, that ‘‘the

Secretary of Agriculture, either

independently or in cooperation with

the States * * * is authorized to carry

out operations or measures to detect,

eradicate, suppress, control, prevent, or

retard the spread of plant pests.’’ The

Animal & Plant Health Inspection

Service (APHIS) will collect information

using form PPQ 651, Application for

Plum Pox Compensation, in order to

qualify agricultural producers for

disaster payments in conjunction with

losses suffered as a result of Plum Pox.

Need and Use of the Information:

APHIS will collect the owner’s name

and address, a description of the

owner’s property, and a certification

statement that the plums removed from

the owner’s property were commercial

plums. The owners will also need to

send APHIS a copy of the public order

or destruction order that describes the

number of plum trees removed. The

information will be used to obtain the

correct address to which funds are to be

sent, and to verify the location and

number of plum trees for which the

owner is requesting replacement funds.

If the information were not collected,

APHIS would be unable to reimburse

eligible grove and nursery owners for

the loss of their trees.

Description of Respondents: Business

or other for-profit.

Number of Respondents: 12.

Frequency of Responses: Reporting:

On occasion.

Total Burden Hours: 2.

Animal and Plant Health Inspection

Service

Title: District of Columbia Plant

Health Certificate.

OMB Control Number: 0579–0166.

Summary of Collection: The United

States Department of Agriculture is

responsible for preventing plant pests

and noxious weeds from entering the

United States, preventing the spread of

pests and weeds not widely distributed

in the United States and eradicating

those imported pests and weeds when

eradication is feasible. The Federal

Plant Protection Act authorized the

Department to carry out this mission.

The Plant Protection and Quarantine

(PPQ) Division of the Animal and Plant

Health Inspection Service (APHIS)

provides certification services for plant

material moving interstate to ensure

other states that the plants and plant

products they are receiving from the

District of Columbia are free of

prohibited or otherwise regulated plant

pests. APHIS will collect information

using form PPQ 571, District of

Columbia Plant Health Certificate.

Need and Use of the Information:

APHIS will collect information to certify

that the domestic plant or other plant

material described by the shipper has

been inspected according to appropriate

procedures and that it is considered free

from certain plant diseases, insects, or

other pests, and is considered to

conform with the requirements of the

importing State. If the information is not

collected, it would likely result in the

interstate spread of damaging

agricultural pests. Further, entities in

the District of Columbia would be

unable to ship their products to other

States, as other States require this

certification.

Description of Respondents: Business

or other for-profit; Not-for-profit

institutions.

Number of Respondents: 4.

Frequency of Responses: Reporting:

On occasion.

Total Burden Hours: 40.

Nancy B. Sternberg,

Departmental Clearance Office.

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BILLING CODE 3410–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

Availabilty of Environmental

Assessment To Amend the Hiawatha

National Forest Land and Resource

Management Plan

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of Availability of

Environmental Assement.

SUMMARY: On May 1, 2001, Hiawatha

National Forest Supervisor, Clyde N.

Thompson (Responsible Official)

announced the preferred alternative and

availability of the Rock River Canyon

Wilderness Environmental Assessment

for a 30-day comment and review

period. The preferred alternative would

amend the Hiawatha National Forest

Land and Resource Management Plan

(Forest Plan) to revise the standards and

guidelines for management of the Rock

River Canyon Wilderness. This notice is

pursuant to National Forest System

Land and Resource Management

Planning regulations (36 CFR 219.35(b),

65 FR 67579, November 9, 2000). Copies

of the Environmental Assessment (EA)

are available upon request.

DATES: On May 1, 2001, Hiawatha

National Forest Supervisor, Clyde N.

Thompson announced the preferred

alternative and availability of the Rock

River Canyon Wilderness

Environmental Assessment for public

review and comment. Comments on the

EA must be received no later than May

31, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send comments or requests

for documents to: Forest Supervisor,

Hiawatha National Forest, 2727 North

Lincoln Road, Escanaba, MI 49829 or

email comments to mailroom r9

hiawatha@fs.fed.us, with the subject

line: ‘‘Rock River Canyon Wilderness

EA.’’

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Janel Crooks, Project Coordinator, at

906–387–2512. TDD 906–387–3371. Or

access the forest web page at

www.fs.fed.us/r9/hiawatha.

Responsible Official: Clyde N.

Thompson, Forest Supervisor, 2727

North Lincoln Rd., Escanaba, Michigan

49829.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

proposed Forest Plan Amendment No.

22 describes programmatic standards

and guidelines that allow for existing

recreation use while reducing resource

impacts to the Wilderness and

wilderness values. These standards and

guidelines address trails, camping and

other management concerns. The

preferred alternative designates existing