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Notices Federal Register

63547 

Vol. 72, No. 217 

Friday, November 9, 2007 

AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT 

FOUNDATION 

Board of Directors Meeting 

MEETING: African Development 

Foundation, Board of Directors Meeting. 

TIME: Tuesday, November 13, 2007, 10 

a.m. to 12 p.m. 

PLACE: African Development 

Foundation, Conference Room, 1400 I 

Street, NW., Suite 1000, Washington, 

DC 20005. 

DATES: Tuesday, November 13, 2007. 

STATUS: Closed session, November 13, 

2007, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. 

As this meeting will be a closed, 

executive session, the meeting will not 

be open to the public. Should you have 

any questions, please contact Doris 

Martin, General Counsel, at (202) 673– 

3916 or mrivard@usadf.gov. 

Lloyd O. Pierson, 

President. 

[FR Doc. 07–5628 Filed 11–7–07; 12:07 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6117–01–M 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

November 6, 2007. 

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) 720–8958. 

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. 

Farm Service Agency 

Title: Emergency Conservation 

Program 

OMB Control Number: 0560–0082 

Summary of Collection: The Farm 

Service Agency (FSA), in cooperation 

with the Natural Resources 

Conservation Service, the Forest 

Service, and other agencies and 

organizations, provides eligible 

producers and landowners cost-share 

incentives and technical assistance 

through several conservation and 

environmental programs to help 

farmers, ranchers, and other eligible 

landowners and operators conserve soil, 

improve water quality, develop forests, 

and rehabilitate farmland severely 

damaged by natural disasters. The 

authorities to collect information for 

this collection are found under the Food 

Security Act of 1985, as amended, and 

the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (16 

U.S.C. 2201–2205). 

Need and Use of the Information: FSA 

will collect information using forms 

AD–245, Practice Approval and 

Payment Application, FSA–18, 

Applicant’s Agreement to Complete an 

Uncompleted Practice, FSA–849, 

Emergency Conservation Program 

Hurricane Gulf of Mexico, Poultry and 

CCC–526, Payment Eligibility Average 

Adjustment Gross Income Certification. 

The collected information will be used 

to determine if the person, land, and 

practices are eligible for participation in 

the respective program and to receive 

cost-share assistance. 

Description of Respondents: Farms. 

Number of Respondents: 90,000. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

Annually. 

Total Burden Hours: 67,610. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E7–22065 Filed 11–8–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Foreign Agricultural Service 

Reestablishment of the Edward R. 

Madigan United States Agricultural 

Export Excellence Award Board of 

Evaluators 

AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice to reestablish board of 

evaluators. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the Secretary of Agriculture has 

reestablished the Edward R. Madigan 

United States Agricultural Export 

Excellence Award Board of Evaluators. 

The Secretary of Agriculture has 

determined that the Board is necessary 

and in the public interest. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Office of Trade Programs, Foreign 

Agricultural Service, USDA, Room 450 

Portals, 1250 Maryland Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20024, telephone: (202) 

690–0752, fax: (202) 690–3270, e-mail: 

Dale.Miller@fas.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the Edward R. Madigan 

United States Agricultural Export 

Excellence Award Board of Evaluators is 

to advise the Secretary of Agriculture on 

the selection of recipients for the 

Edward R. Madigan United States 

Agricultural Export Excellence Award. 

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63548 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 217 / Friday, November 9, 2007 / Notices 

Dated: November 1, 2007. 

Michael W. Yost, 

Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service. 

[FR Doc. 07–5607 Filed 11–8–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–10–M 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Roosevelt/Duchesne and Flaming 

Gorge Ranger Districts Travel 

Management Plan, Ashley National 

Forest; Duchesne, Daggett, and 

Summit Counties, UT, and Sweetwater 

County, WY 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement. 

SUMMARY: The Forest Service will 

prepare an Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) to disclose the effects of 

designating National Forest System 

(NFS) roads and trails available for 

public motorized use on the Roosevelt/ 

Duchesne and Flaming Gorge Ranger 

Districts within the Ashley National 

Forest. The decision will be to 

determine whether to include routes 

that are not currently NFS roads or trails 

open for public motorized use, establish 

a season of use and/or type of vehicle 

use for roads and trails, the prohibition 

of wheeled motorized vehicle travel off 

designated NFS roads and trails by the 

public (except as allowed by permit or 

other authorization), and change 

dispersed vehicle camping designations 

from allowing travel up to 300 feet off 

road to 150 feet off road. A National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 

decision is not required to designate 

roads and trails for public motorized 

uses that are currently part of the 

National Forest System of roads and 

trails. 

Once a decision is made, a Motor 

Vehicle Use Map (MVUM) will be 

prepared, in compliance with the 2005 

Forest Service Travel Management Rule 

(36 CFR Part 212). The MVUM will 

show all the routes that are designated 

for public motorized use on the 

Roosevelt/Duchesne and Flaming Gorge 

Ranger Districts. The MVUM will be the 

primary tool used to determine 

compliance and enforcement with 

motorized vehicle use designations on 

the forest. Those existing routes and 

other non-system routes not designated 

open on the MVUM will be legally 

closed to motorized travel. The 

decisions on motorized travel will not 

include motorized over-the-snow travel. 

DATES: The comment period on the 

proposed action will extend 45 days 

from the date the Notice of Intent is 

published in the Federal Register. The 

draft environmental impact statement is 

expected July 2008 and the final 

environmental impact statement is 

expected November 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to 

Kris Rutledge, Travel Management 

Team Coordinator, Ashley National 

Forest 355 N Vernal Ave., Vernal, UT 

84078 or call (435) 781–5196. 

Electronic comments may be e-mailed 

to comments-intermtn-ashley@fs.fed.us, 

contain ‘‘Roosevelt/Duchesne and 

Flaming Gorge Ranger District Travel 

Management Plan’’ in the subject line, 

and must be submitted in MS Word 

(*.doc) or rich text format (*.rtf). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kris 

Rutledge, Project Coordinator, at the 

Ashley National Forest 355 N. Vernal 

Ave., Vernal, UT., by phone (435) 781–

5196, or e-mail krutledge@fs.fed.us. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: There will 

be a concurrent NOI and scoping for the 

Vernal Ranger District Travel 

Management Plan. The Vernal Ranger 

District is also located within the 

Ashley National Forest. However, 

because of differences in travel 

management within this District that 

currently allow motorized use on 

existing, non-designated routes in 

certain areas, and the large number of 

user-created routes on this District, it is 

anticipated that the assessment for the 

EIS will take longer than for the 

Roosevelt/Duchesne and Flaming Gorge 

Ranger Districts. Therefore, the analysis 

will be completed separately and at a 

later date. Cumulative effects will be 

analyzed for both EISs. 

Purpose and Need for Action 

The Ashley National Forest has 

determined that there is a need to 

improve management and enforcement 

of off-highway vehicle travel policy on 

the Forest. This need includes three 

fundamental management 

considerations. 

1. The need to better accommodate 

current motorized use and to address 

future growth. There has been rapid 

growth in OHV use that was not 

anticipated when the 1982 Ashley 

National Forest Plan was written. Over 

the past few decades, the availability 

and capability of motorized vehicles, 

particularly off-highway vehicles 

(OHVs) and sport utility vehicles (SUVs) 

has increased tremendously. Utah is 

experiencing a high level of OHV use 

(196 % increase in eight years), with an 

even greater increase in use in the 

Uintah Basin (360% increase in eight 

years). 

2. The need to have a travel plans that 

is simple to understand and implement, 

and consistent with other Forests and 

land management agencies. The model 

used for the existing travel plan relies 

on ‘‘open unless signed or mapped 

closed’’ designations that are 

complicated to interpret and, as a result, 

are difficult to enforce. The lack of 

simple and consistent travel policies 

among other Forests and land 

management agencies is confusing for 

the public; inhibits cooperative law 

enforcement; and has resulted in 

unplanned roads and trails, erosion, 

watershed and habitat degradation, and 

detrimental impacts to cultural resource 

sites. Compaction and erosion are the 

primary effects of OHV use on soils. 

Riparian areas and aquatic dependent 

species are particularly vulnerable to 

OHV use. The Travel Management Rule, 

36 CFR Part 212, provides policy for 

ending this trend of unauthorized route 

proliferation and managing the Forest 

transportation system in a sustainable 

manner through designation of 

motorized NFS roads, trails, and areas, 

and the prohibition of cross-country 

travel. 

3. The need for changes to the existing 

transportation system. This will help 

provide wheeled, motorized access to 

dispersed recreation opportunities 

(camping, hunting, fishing, hiking, 

horseback riding, etc.); provide a 

diversity of wheeled motorized 

recreation opportunities (4X4 vehicles, 

motorcycles, ATVs, passenger vehicles, 

etc.); and reduce the potential for OHV 

conflicts and impacts to other resource 

uses and values. 

It is Forest Service policy to provide 

a diversity of road and trail 

opportunities for experiencing a variety 

of environments and modes of travel 

consistent with the National Forest 

recreation role and land capability (FSM 

2353.03(2)). In meeting these needs, the 

proposed action must also achieve the 

following purposes: 

A. Avoid impacts to cultural 

resources. 

B. Provide for public safety. 

C. Provide for a diversity of 

recreational opportunities. 

D. Assure adequate access to public 

and private lands. 

E. Provide for adequate maintenance 

and administration of designations 

based on availability of resources and 

funding to do so. 

F. Minimize damage to soil, 

vegetation and other forest resources. 

G. Avoid harassment of wildlife and 

significant disruption of wildlife 

habitat. 

H. Minimize conflicts between 

wheeled motor vehicles and existing or 

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