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could have been raised at the draft stage

may be waived if not raised until after

completion of the final environmental

impact statement. City of Angoon v.

Hodel, (9th Circuit, 1986) and

Wisconsin Heritages, Inc. v. Harris, 490

F.Supp. 1334, 1338 (E.D. Wis. 1980).

The reason for this is to ensure that

substantive comments and objections

are made available to the Forest Service

at a time when it can meaningfully

consider them and respond to them in

the final.

Dated: May 14, 1996.

Robert Cruz,

Environmental Coordinator.

[FR Doc. 96–12661 Filed 5–20–96; 8:45 am]

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Revised Forest Legacy Program

Guidelines

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of availability; request

for comment.

SUMMARY: The Cooperative Forestry

Assistance Act of 1978 (CFAA)

authorizes a Forest Legacy Program, the

purpose of which is to identify and

protect environmentally important

private forest lands that may be

threatened by conversion to non-forest

uses. The Federal Agricultural

Improvement and Reform Act of 1996

amended the CFAA to provide for

Optional State Grants to States

requesting funding support to carry out

the Program. The Forest Service hereby

gives notice of the availability of revised

guidelines for implementing the

revisions to the Forest Legacy Program

in Fiscal Year 1996 and requests

comments.

DATES: Comments must be received in

writing on or before June 20, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to

Director, Cooperative Forestry Staff,

Forest Service, USDA, P.O. Box 96090,

Washington, D.C. 20090–6090, via FAX

at (202) 205–1271, or via the INTERNET

(ASCII only) at /s=cf/oul=w01c@mhsfswa.attmail.com.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Single copies of the guidelines for

implementing the Forest Legacy

Program may be obtained by writing the

Director, Cooperative Forestry Staff,

Forest Service, USDA, P.O. Box 96090,

Washington, D.C. 20090–6090, via FAX

at (202) 205–1271, or by calling (202)

205–1389. Information may also be

requested by E-Mail (ASCII only) at

/s=cf/oul=w01c@mhs=fswa.attmail.com.

Questions about the revised Forest

Legacy Program Guidelines may be

addressed to Ted Beauvais, Cooperative

Forestry Staff, at (202) 205–1190.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

1217 of Title XII of the Food,

Agriculture, Conservation and Trade

Act of 1990 (104 Stat. 3526) and the

Federal Agricultural Improvement and

Reform Act of 1996 authorize the

Secretary of Agriculture to provide a

Federal grant to a designated State

agency for carrying out the Forest

Legacy Program. The purpose of the

Federal grant is to provide Optional

State Grants to States for the acquisition

of environmentally important private

lands and interests in the lands with

title to the land vested in the State.

Under section 7(a) of the Cooperative

Forestry Assistance Act (16 U.S.C.

2103c(c)), the Secretary of Agriculture

continues to have authority to acquire

from willing landowners,

environmentally important forest lands

and interests therein for Federal

acquisition.

The revised Forest Legacy Program

guidelines are divided into three parts:

Part 1—General Program Guidelines:

Program direction applicable to all

aspects of the Forest Legacy Program.

Part 2—Federal Acquisition Program

Guidelines: Program direction

applicable to States and Forest Service

units selecting the Federal acquisition

and ownership process, where

ownership of lands or interests in lands

is vested in the United States.

Part 3—State Grant Program

Guidelines: Program direction

applicable to States and Forest Service

units where the State has elected the

State grant option and acquisitions

result in State ownership.

The guidelines are for the use of

agencies, State Forest Stewardship

Coordinating Committees, and the

Forest Service in implementing the

Forest Legacy Program nationwide.

The revised implementation

guidelines are available for review and

comment by the Governors through

State forestry agencies and to land

trusts, conservation organizations, forest

industry groups, landowners, and other

organizations interested in the Forest

Legacy Program. Those entities

currently on the Forest Legacy Program

mailing list maintained by the Forest

Service will receive direct notice of the

revised guidelines.

Dated: May 15, 1996.

Jerry A. Sesco,

Acting Chief.

[FR Doc. 96–12732 Filed 5–20–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of the Census

The American Community Survey

(ACS)

ACTION: Proposed agency information

collection activity; comment request.

SUMMARY: The Department of

Commerce, as part of its continuing

effort to reduce paper work and

respondent burden, invites the general

public and other Federal agencies to

take this opportunity to comment on

proposed and/or continuing information

collections, as required by the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C.

3506(c)(2)(A)).

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before July 22, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Linda Engelmeier, Acting

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer,

Department of Commerce, Room 5327,

14th and Constitution Avenue NW.,

Washington, DC 20230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the information collection

instruments(s) and instructions should

be directed to Lawrence S. McGinn,

Bureau of the Census, Room 2A, Silver

Hill Executive Plaza, Washington, DC

20233–8400, (301) 763–8327.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

The Census Bureau is authorized to

conduct surveys necessary to furnish

current data on subjects covered by the

major census authorized by Title 13,

United States Code. The data from the

ACS will determine the feasibility of a

continuous measurement system that

provides socioeconomic data on a

continual basis throughout the decade

for small areas and small

subpopulations.

The American Community Survey,

implemented in November 1995, is a

continuing full-scale operation of a

continuous measurement system in four

survey sites—Fulton County,

Pennsylvania; Rockland County, New

York; Brevard County, Florida; and

Multnomah County, Oregon, including

the city of Portland. The survey also

includes a national sample to test

response rates and our ability to obtain

telephone numbers for nonresponse

households. The data collected in this

survey will be within the general scope

and nature of those inquiries covered in

the decennial census every ten years.

We plan to continue sampling and

enumeration in the American
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Community Survey in 1997 and 1998.

We also plan to add testing of

procedures for identification, sampling,

and data collection for special

populations, i.e. American Indian

reservations, military bases, college

dormitories, and institutional group

quarters such as hospitals.

The American Community Survey

will include a national sample, the

present survey sites, and additional sites

in Douglas County, Nebraska; Otero

County, New Mexico; Harris and Fort

Bend Counties, Texas; and Franklin

County, Ohio, including the entire city

of Columbus.

II. Method of Collection

In the urban areas, the Census Bureau

will mail questionnaires to the

households covered by the American

Community Survey and request a

response as soon as possible after

receipt. In the rural sites where citystyle addresses are not available, Field

Representatives will deliver the

questionnaires to the household. For

those households not returning the

questionnaire, we will collect

household information by both

telephone interview and personal visit.

Participation of the selected households

will be mandatory in accordance with

the provisions of Title 13.

III. Data

OMB Number: 0607–0810.

Form Number: TACS–1/1A, TACS–

10/10A, TACS–12(L)/12A(L), TACS–

13(L)/13A(L), TACS–14(L)/14A(L),

TACS–15(L), TACS–16(L), TACS–20/

20A, TACS–30/30A.

Type of Review: Regular.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

135,000.

Estimated Time Per Response: 30

minutes.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 67,500 hours.

Estimated Total Annual Cost: $19.5

million.

IV. Request for Comments

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether

the proposed collection of information

is necessary for the proper performance

of the functions of the agency, including

whether the information shall have

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden

(including hours and cost) of the

proposed collection of information; (c)

ways to enhance the quality, utility and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on respondents, including through the

use of automated collections techniques

or others forms of information

technology.

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and/or

included in the request for OMB

approval of this information collection;

they also will become a matter of public

record.

Dated: May 15, 1996.

Linda Engelmeier,

Acting Departmental Forms Clearance

Officer, Office of Management and

Organization.

(FR Doc. 96–12667 Filed 5–20–96; 8:45 a.m.)

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Company Organization Survey

ACTION: Proposed agency information

collection activity; comment request.

SUMMARY: The Department of

Commerce, as part of its continuing

effort to reduce paperwork and

respondent burden, invites the general

public and other Federal agencies to

take this opportunity to comment on

proposed and/or continuing information

collections, as required by the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C.

3506(c)(2)(A)).

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before July 22, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Linda Engelmeier, Acting

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer,

Department of Commerce, Room 5327,

14th and Constitution Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC 20230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the information collection

instrument and instructions should be

directed to Paul S. Hanczaryk, Bureau of

the Census, Room 2546, Federal

Building 3, Washington, DC 20233–

6100; telephone (301) 457–2580.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

The Census Bureau conducts the

annual Company Organization Survey

(COS) in order to update and maintain

a central, multipurpose business

register, known as the Standard

Statistical Establishment List (SSEL). In

particular, the COS supplies critical

information to the SSEL concerning the

establishment composition,

organizational structure, and operating

characteristics of multiestablishment

enterprises.

The SSEL serves two fundamental

purposes:

• First and most important, it

provides sampling populations and

enumeration lists for the Census

Bureau’s economic surveys and

censuses, and it serves as an integral

part of the statistical foundation

underlying those programs. Essential for

this purpose is the SSEL’s ability to

identify all known United States

business establishments and their

parent enterprises. Further, the SSEL

must accurately record basic business

attributes needed to control sampling

and enumeration. These attributes

include industrial and geographic

classifications, measures of size and

economic activity, ownership

characteristics, and contact information

(for example, name and address).

• Second, it provides establishment

data that serve as the basis for the

annual County Business Patterns (CBP)

statistical series. CBP reports present

data on number of establishments, first

quarter payroll, annual payroll, and

mid-March employment summarized by

industry and employment size class for

the United States, states, the District of

Columbia, Puerto Rico, counties, and

county-equivalents. No other annual or

more frequent series of industry

statistics provides comparable detail,

particularly for small geographic areas.

The Census Bureau plans to revise the

existing COS collection, which is

approved through November 1997. This

revision will not make substantive

changes to the survey’s content. Rather,

it will amend instructions and add

relatively short reference lists for

respondents to use as guides when

reporting updated industrial

classifications for selected

establishments. These changes will

improve collection of classification

information and obtain industry detail

that is needed to prepare for

implementation of the North American

Industry Classification System in the

1997 Economic Censuses. The revised

collection will employ procedures that

the Census Bureau tested and used for

the 1987 COS, when the agency

implemented the most recent revision to

the Standard Industrial Classification in

conjunction with the 1987 Economic

Censuses.

The planned change in the 1996 COS

collection will affect reporting for some

120,000 establishments operated by

approximately 30,000

multiestablishment enterprises. The

impact on response burden for those

enterprises should be small, and overall

estimated response burden for the

survey will actually decrease. The

decrease is due primarily to a reduction

in panel size made possible by

improved methodology for selectively