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each premises. Currently, we have 

cooperative agreements with 14 

organizations that are participating by 

managing interim ATDs. 

The NAIS is a voluntary program, and 

protecting individuals’ private 

information and confidential business 

information is important to APHIS and 

to all participants and potential 

participants in the system. APHIS 

maintains only limited premises 

registration information and will not 

have direct access to animal 

identification or movement records. 

Animal health officials will request 

access to animal movement and location 

records only in the case of an animal 

disease event. 

In keeping with this policy, the 

records of animal identification number 

(AIN) devices distributed to a premises 

when used for voluntary participation 

in the NAIS will be held by private 

entities and organizations or by States in 

AIN device distribution databases (AIN 

DDDs), rather than in APHIS’s AIN 

Management System. This program 

change is, we believe, an important one 

that will serve to encourage 

participation in the voluntary animal 

identification component of the NAIS. 

While AIN tags used for disease and/ 

or regulatory programs such as the 

National Scrapie Eradication Program 

will continue to be administered 

through the AIN Management System, 

the distribution records of AIN devices 

to producers that voluntarily participate 

in the NAIS will not be maintained on 

that system. APHIS will continue to 

approve identification devices for 

official use in the NAIS and establish 

agreements with the manufacturers for 

the authorized use of the AIN. 

Producers will continue to need a 

premises identification number to 

obtain AIN tags. The revised system will 

still maintain the data requirements of 

the AIN Management System, but the 

records of AINs distributed to each 

premises will be held privately or by the 

States. The AIN DDDs will be integrated 

with the NAIS in a manner similar to 

the one used for the integration of 

private and State ATDs into our Animal 

Trace Processing System (ATPS). 

Authorized Federal and State animal 

health officials will need access to some 

of the animal tracking and animal 

identification information to be held in 

the privately or State-administered 

databases in certain situations. APHIS 

has defined the situations that would 

trigger the authorization for animal 

health officials to request information 

from AIN DDDs through the ATPS as 

follows: 

1. An indication of (suspect, 

presumptive positive, etc.) or confirmed 

positive test for a foreign animal 

disease; 

2. An animal disease emergency as 

determined by the Secretary of 

Agriculture and/or State Departments of 

Agriculture; and 

3. The need to conduct a traceback/ 

traceforward to determine the origin of 

infection for a program disease 

(brucellosis, tuberculosis, etc.). 

The transition to the private and State 

AIN DDDs is expected to begin in April 

2007. Therefore, in order to provide a 

forum for the discussion of issues 

related to privately and Stateadministered AIN DDDs, APHIS is 

holding two public meetings. Interested 

private organizations and State agencies 

that have databases that could integrate 

with the NAIS as AIN DDDs are 

encouraged to attend. Other 

stakeholders, such as producers and 

AIN tag manufacturers, device 

managers, and resellers, are also 

encouraged to participate. APHIS has 

approved AIN devices from several 

manufacturers. Producers can request 

AIN devices directly from these AIN tag 

manufacturers or from the AIN device 

managers or resellers who have 

marketing agreements with the 

authorized manufacturers. Additional 

companies and individuals may become 

engaged in the distribution of AIN 

devices. Because each of these groups 

and entities has a role in the 

distribution of AIN devices, a process 

that will be affected by this transition to 

State and private AIN DDDs, these 

entities too should consider 

participating in the meetings even if 

they do not plan on providing AIN 

DDDs. 

The first of the two public meetings 

is scheduled for Monday, March 5, 

2007, from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m., and 

Tuesday, March 6, 2007, from 8 a.m. to 

noon. The second meeting is scheduled 

for Monday, March 12, 2007, from 1 

p.m. to 6 p.m., and Tuesday, March 13, 

2007, from 8 a.m. to noon. Information 

regarding the meetings may be obtained 

from the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 23rd day of 

February 2007. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. E7–3509 Filed 2–27–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Commodity Credit Corporation 

Farm Service Agency 

Request for Extension of a Currently 

Approved Information Collection; 

Application for Payment of Amounts 

Due Persons Who Have Died, 

Disappeared, or Have Been Declared 

Incompetent (FSA–325) 

AGENCY: Commodity Credit 

Corporation/Farm Service Agency, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the intent of the 

Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) 

and the Farm Service Agency (FSA) to 

request the renewal of a currently 

approved information collection. This 

information collection is used by CCC 

and FSA to document or determine 

whether representatives or survivors of 

a producer are entitled to receive 

payments earned by a producer who 

dies, disappears, or is declared 

incompetent before receiving payments 

or other disbursements. 

DATE: Comments on this notice must be 

received on or before April 30, 2007 to 

be assured consideration. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mike Sienkiewicz, Agricultural Program 

Specialist, Production, Emergencies, 

and Compliance Division, USDA, FSA, 

STOP 0517, 1400 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250–

0517, telephone (202)720–8959; 

Electronic mail: 

Mike.sienkiewica@wdc.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Application for Payment of 

Amounts Due Persons Who Have Died, 

Disappeared, or Have Been Declared 

Incompetent. 

OMB Control Number: 0560–0026. 

Expiration Date: September 30, 2007. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Abstract: Persons desiring to claim 

payment due a person who has died, 

disappeared, or has been declared 

incompetent must do so on Form FSA–

325, ‘‘Application for Payment of 

Amounts Due Persons Who Have Died, 

Disappeared, or Have Been Declared 

Incompetent’’. This information is used 

by FSA county office employees to 

document the relationship of heirs or 

beneficiaries and determine the order of 

precedence for disbursing payments to 

survivors of the person who has died, 


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disappeared, or been declared 

incompetent. 

Information is obtained only when a 

producer eligible to receive a payment 

or disbursement dies, disappears, or is 

declared incompetent, and 

documentation is needed to determine if 

any survivors are entitled to receive 

such payments or disbursements. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average .5 hours (1⁄2

hour) per response. 

Respondents: Individual producers. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

2,000. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: one. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 1,000. 

Comments are invited on the 

following: (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 collected; or 

(d) ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of the 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. 

Comments should be sent to the Desk 

Officer for Agriculture, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, 

Washington, DC 20503 and to Mike 

Sienkiewicz, Agricultural Program 

Specialist, Production, Emergencies, 

and Compliance Division, USDA, FSA, 

STOP 0517, 1400 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250– 

0517, (202) 720–8959. 

Comments will be summarized and 

included in the request for Office of 

Management and Budget approval of the 

information collection. All comments 

will also become a matter of public 

record. 

Signed at Washington, DC, on February 20, 

2007. 

Glen L. Keppy, 

Acting Executive Vice President, Commodity 

Credit Corporation and Administrator, Farm 

Service Agency. 

[FR Doc. 07–899 Filed 2–27–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Nebraska National Forest, Nebraska & 

South Dakota Black-Tailed Prairie Dog 

(Cynomys ludovicianus) Management 

on the Nebraska National Forest and 

Associated Units 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Revised notice of intent to 

prepare an environmental impact 

statement. 

SUMMARY: The USDA Forest Service 

published a Notice of Intent in the 

Federal Register of September 29, 2006, 

in FR Volume 71, No. 189, on pages 

57460–57461, concerning request for 

comments on a Supplement to the Final 

Environmental Impact Statement for the 

2002 Nebraska National Forest Revised 

Land and Resource Management Plan 

for black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys 

ludovicianus) management on the 

Nebraska National Forest and associated 

units. Instead of supplementing the 

Final Enviromental Impact Statement 

for the 2002 Nebraska National Forest 

Revised Land and Resource 

Management Plan, the Agency will 

prepare an Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) for black-tailed prairie 

dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) 

management on the Nebraska National 

Forest and associated units. This EIS 

will tier to and not supplement the 

Final EIS for the 2002 Revised Nebraska 

National Forest Land and Resource 

Management Plan. 

The proposed action is to amend 

current management direction in the 

Nebraska National Forest Land and 

Resource Management Plan to meet 

various multiple use objectives by: (1) 

Specifing the desired range of acres of 

prairie dog colonies that would be 

provided on the Nebraska National 

Forest and associated units; and (2) to 

be able to use toxicants if the acreage 

exceeds the desired range and for 

multiple use objectives. The proposed 

action would amend Chapter 1, Section 

H, Standard #1 in the Nebraska National 

Forest Land and Resource Management 

Plan, which allows for limited use of 

rodenticdes in the interior of the Forest. 

The proposed action would also 

authorize the site-specific control of 

prairie dogs forest-wide, including the 

use of rodenticides, when management 

thresholds are exceeded for geographic 

areas. Future prairie dog control would 

occur based on management thresholds 

without further NEPA analysis. 

Public Comments 

Public comment was received in 

response to the September 29, 2006 

Notice of Intent. The comments have 

been analyzed and distilled into a 

comprehensive set of analysis issues. 

Since the proposed action and purpose 

and need for the project have not 

changed, those who have already 

commented do not need to resubmit 

their comments. However, comments 

will continue to be accepted, but will be 

most useful if received by March 16, 

2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mike McNeill, Team Leader (605) 745– 

4107. 

Dated: February 20, 2007. 

Donald J. Bright, 

Forest Supervisor, Nebraska National Forest. 

[FR Doc. E7–3469 Filed 2–27–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–P 

BROADCASTING BOARD OF 

GOVERNORS 

Notice of Membership of SES 

Performance Review Board 

SUMMARY: Title 5 United States Code, 

Section 4314, requires that notice of the 

appointment of an individual to serve as 

a member of a performance review 

board shall be published in the Federal 

Register. The following individuals 

have been appointed to serve as PRB 

members for BBG; Laura Marin; Anne 

Purcell; and Gary Shinners. 

ADDRESSES: Broadcasting Board of 

Governors, 330 Independence Ave., 

SW., Washington, DC 20237. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Prell 

Murphy, Acting Director of Human 

Resources; telephone (202) 619–3763. 

Dated: February 21, 2007. 

Janice H. Brambilla, 

Executive Director. 

[FR Doc. 07–901 Filed 2–27–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8230–01–M 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). 

Agency: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). 

Title: Socioeconomic Research and 

Monitoring Program for the Florida Keys 

National Marine Sanctuary: Recreation/ 

Tourism in the Florida Keys—A Tenyear Replication. 


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