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Notices Federal Register

60784 

Vol. 70, No. 201 

Wednesday, October 19, 2005 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

October 13, 2005. 

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), 

OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or 

fax (202) 395–5806 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) 720–8681. 

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: Perceived and Realized Health 

Benefits on Public Lands. 

OMB Control Number: 0596–NEW. 

Summary of Collection: In June 2002, 

President Bush issued Executive Order 

13266 for the purpose of improving the 

health of all Americans. Physical 

activity was one of the four healthprotection pillars and part of this E.O. 

encouraged Federal agencies to promote 

physical activity on public lands. Little 

is known about the use of outdoor 

recreation lands for health activities. 

Data will be collected from users of 

urban proximate public lands, who 

come from a variety of ethnic/racial, 

income, age, educational, and other 

socio-demographic backgrounds. The 

activities pursued, health benefits 

realized, information sources utilized, 

and site attributes preferred are just 

some of the items affected by these 

differences. The statute authorizing the 

collection of information is the Forest 

and Rangeland Renewable Resources 

Research Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95–307, 

92 Stat. 353). 

Need and Use of the Information: 

Data will be collected using on-site 

surveys from visitors to urban parks and 

more distant watershed sites in or 

within an hour’s drive of Los Angeles, 

California; Minneapolis-St. Paul, 

Minnesota; and Chicago, Illinois. 

Participants will answer questions on 

the following topics: Area visitation 

history and patterns; activity patterns; 

site amenities/characteristics; 

constraints to more frequent visitation, 

physical health; and demographics. The 

collected information will enable Forest 

Service personnel to more effectively 

manage recreation areas for the 

encouragement and promotion of 

potential physical health benefits. If this 

information is not collected resource 

managers will have to make visitor 

based decisions on limited information. 

Description of Respondents: 

Individuals or households. 

Number of Respondents: 3,600. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 576. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 05–20907 Filed 10–18–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food Safety and Inspection Service 

[Docket No. 05–014N] 

New Technology Web Site Contents; 

Response to Comments 

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection 

Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Food Safety and 

Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing 

the availability on its Web site of 

information regarding new technologies 

for use in the production of meat, 

poultry, and egg products that the 

Agency has received and for which FSIS 

has written a ‘‘No Objection’’ letter. The 

Web site will include brief descriptions 

of the new technologies. The availability 

of this information should increase 

public and industry awareness of new 

technologies and foster their use by 

small and very small plants. 

DATES: This notice is effective 

November 18, 2005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Shaukat H. Syed, D.V.M., Director, New 

Technology Staff, Office of Policy, 

Program, and Employee Development, 

FSIS, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

Room 2932, South Agriculture Building, 

1400 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–3700; telephone 

(202) 205–0675, facsimile (202) 205– 

0080. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FSIS has a 

longstanding interest in technologies 

used in livestock and poultry slaughter 

and in meat and poultry and egg 

product processing establishments. The 

development and proper use of 

technology can contribute significantly 

to improvements in the safety of the 

food supply, especially with regard to 

reducing threats posed by pathogenic 

microorganisms. 

FSIS defines the term ‘‘new 

technology’’ as new, or new 

applications of, equipment, substances, 

methods, processes, or procedures