Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 165 / Monday, August 25, 2008 / Notices 49983 

Done in Washington, DC, this 19th day of 

August 2008. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. E8–19623 Filed 8–22–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request—Information 

Collection for the Special Milk Program 

for Children 

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Food and Nutrition Service invites the 

general public and other public agencies 

to comment on proposed information 

collections. The proposed collection is 

an extension of a currently approved 

collection for the Special Milk Program 

for Children. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received or postmarked by October 24, 

2008. 

ADDRESSES: 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 will have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the proposed collection 

of information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of 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. 

Comments may be sent to: Ms. 

Cynthia Long, Director, Child Nutrition 

Division, Food and Nutrition Service, 

USDA, 3101 Park Center Drive, Room 

638, Alexandria, Virginia 22302. 

Comments will also be accepted through 

the Federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov, and follow 

the online instructions for submitting 

comments electronically. 

All written comment(s) will be open 

for public inspection at the office of the 

Food and Nutrition Service during 

regular business hours (8:30 a.m. to 5 

p.m., Monday through Friday) at 3101 

Park Center Drive, Room 640, 

Alexandria, Virginia 22302. 

All responses to this Notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval, and will become a 

matter of public record. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of this information collection 

should be directed to: Ms. Cynthia Long 

at the address above or telephone at 

(703) 305–2590. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Special Milk Program. 

OMB Number: 0584–0005. 

Expiration Date: March 31, 2009. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Abstract: Section 3 of the Child 

Nutrition Act (CNA) of 1966, (42 U.S.C. 

1772) authorizes the Special Milk 

Program (SMP). It provides for the 

appropriation of such sums as may be 

necessary to enable the Secretary of 

Agriculture to encourage the 

consumption of fluid milk by children 

in the United States in (1) nonprofit 

schools of high school grade and under, 

and (2) nonprofit nursery schools, child 

care centers, settlement houses, summer 

camps, and similar nonprofit 

institutions devoted to the care and 

training of children, which do not 

participate in a food service program 

authorized under the CNA or the 

National School Lunch Act. 

Section 10 of the CNA (42 U.S.C. 

1779) requires the Secretary of 

Agriculture to prescribe such 

regulations as deemed necessary to 

carry out this Act and the National 

School Lunch Act. Pursuant to that 

provision, the Secretary has issued 7 

CFR Part 215, which sets forth policies 

and procedures for the administration 

and operation of the SMP. State and 

local operators of the SMP are required 

to meet Federal reporting and 

accountability requirements. The vast 

majority of reporting relates to 

information regarding eligibility 

determinations of the children, the 

number of milk servings, and revenues 

received from milk sales. State and local 

operators are also required to maintain 

records regarding eligibility to operate 

the program, review results, and 

accounts of revenues and expenditures. 

Affected Public: 55 State agencies, 

4,150 School food authorities/Sponsors, 

4,910 schools, 533 child care 

institutions and 853 camps. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

10,501. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 14. 

Estimated Total Annual Responses: 

147,014. 

Estimated Time per Response: .29. 

Estimated Total Reporting Annual 

Burden hours: 42,634.06. 

Number of Recordkeepers: 10,501. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 39. 

Estimated Total Annual Responses: 

409,539. 

Estimated Time per Response: .17. 

Estimated Total Annual 

Recordkeeping Burden Hours: 

69,621.63. 

Total Request Annual Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Burden Hours: 

112,255.69. 

Dated: August 12, 2008. 

Roberto Salazar, 

Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Notice of Proposed New Fee Sites; 

Federal Lands Recreation 

Enhancement Act, (Title VIII, Pub. L. 

108–447) 

AGENCY: Willamette National Forest, 

USDA Forest Service. 

ACTION: Notice of Proposed New Fee 

Site. 

SUMMARY: The Willamette National 

Forest is planning to charge a fee at 

Benson Lake Trailhead and adjacent 

Scott Lake Campground beginning the 

summer of 2009. Benson Lake Trailhead 

was in the recreation fee demonstration 

project prior to 2005, and fees are being 

reestablished to help maintain facilities 

and services including toilet, picnic 

tables, garbage collection, interpretive 

and informational signing, and visitor 

security. A $5 day use fee is being 

proposed and recreation passes would 

be honored including: The Northwest 

Forest Pass, Interagency Passes and 

Golden Passports. 

Implementation Date: New fees would 

begin in August 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Dallas Emch, Forest 

Supervisor, Willamette National Forest, 

211 East 7th Avenue, Eugene, Oregon 

97401. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sandy Ratliff, McKenzie River 

Recreation Staff at (541) 822–7238. 

Information about proposed fee changes 

can also be found on the Willamette 

National Forest Web site: http:// 

www.fs.fed.us/r6/willamette. 

To send comments about fee 

proposals please submit by September 

15, 2008 to: McKenzie River Ranger 


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District. Attn: Recreation Fee Program, 

57600 McKenzie Hwy, McKenzie 

Bridge, OR 97413 or at http:// 

www.fs.fed.us/r6/willamette/recreation/ 

rea-feechange/. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Federal Recreation Lands Enhancement 

Act (Title VII, Pub. L. 108–447) directed 

the Secretary of Agriculture to publish 

a six month advance notice in the 

Federal Register whenever new 

recreation fee areas are established. 

Once public involvement is complete, 

new fee proposals will he reviewed by 

the Pacific Northwest Recreation 

Resource Advisory Committee (RRAC). 

The RRAC will discuss and forward 

their recommendation to the Regional 

Forester who makes the final decision 

on behalf of the Secretary of 

Agriculture. Information about the 

Pacific Northwest Recreation Resource 

Advisory Committee, RRAC meeting 

dates and location can be found on the 

Region 6 (Oregon/Washington) Forest 

Service Web site at: http:// 

www.fs.fed.us/r6/passespermits/ 

rrac.shtml. A tentative meeting is 

scheduled for the end of October of 

2008. 

Date: August 14, 2008. 

Dallas Emch, 

Forest Supervisor. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Natural Resources Conservation 

Service 

North Forest Acres Levee/Road Project 

City of Seward, AK 

AGENCY: Natural Resources 

Conservation Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Finding of No Significant 

Impact. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c) 

of the National Environmental Policy 

Act of 1969; the Council on 

Environmental Quality regulations (40 

CFR part 1500); and the regulations of 

the Natural Resources Conservation 

Service (7 CFR part 650); the Natural 

Resources Conservation Service, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, gives notice 

of a Finding of No Significant Impact 

based on the Environmental Assessment 

and its Supplemental for the North 

Forest Acres Road/Levee Project. 

DATES: The agency must receive 

comments on or before September 26, 

2008. 

ADDRESSES: Natural Resources 

Conservation Service, 800 West 

Evergreen, Suite 100, Palmer, Alaska 

99645–6539. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Phil 

Naegele, 907–761–7758. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A limited 

number of copies of the Environmental 

Assessment and the Supplemental 

Environmental Assessment are available 

to fill single copy requests at the above 

address. Copies of the environmental 

documents are also available for review 

at the above address. 

Dated: August 15, 2008. 

Robert N. Jones, 

Alaska State Conservationist, Natural 

Resources Conservation Service. 

Finding of No Significant Impact 

The National Environmental Policy 

Act of 1969 (NEPA) requires Federal 

agencies to examine the environmental 

impacts of all Federal actions affecting 

the quality of the human environment. 

I have determined, based upon the 

evaluation of impacts in the 

Environmental Assessment (EA) 

prepared in 2003 and the Supplemental 

Environmental Assessment (SEA) 

prepared in 2007, that there would be 

no significant individual or cumulative 

impacts on the quality of the human 

environment as a result of implementing 

the North Forest Acres Levee/Road 

Project in Seward, Alaska. The EA and 

SEA are attached hereto and made a part 

hereof. Based on the documented 

findings, I have determined that an 

Environmental Impact Statement is not 

required. 

The city of Seward, Alaska, has 

experienced flood damage from the 

Resurrection River and Japanese Creek 

several times in the past. Damages from 

the 1995 flood alone totaled 9.8 million 

dollars. A multi-agency task force 

recommended five complementary 

actions to minimize the risk of future 

damage. Three of these actions (a levee 

on Japanese Creek, dredging at the 

mouth of the Resurrection River and 

widening of the highway bridges) have 

been completed. The North Forest 

Levee/Road Project, along with 

widening of the railroad bridges are the 

final components of the flood control 

strategy. Congress has authorized 

funding for this project in the Natural 

Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) 

budget. 

An Environmental Assessment was 

completed for this project in 2003. 

Based on the findings of the EA a 

preferred alternative was selected (West 

2b and East 3) as the best viable option 

of the eight considered, including the 

no-action. This decision was based on 

an analysis of the environmental 

impacts for each alternative, public 

comment, and State and Federal agency 

comments. A Finding of No Significant 

Impact (FONSI) was issued based on the 

preferred alternative and published in 

the Federal Register (69 FR 2110–2111). 

The Seward City Council and the 

residents of the effected areas raised 

objections to the FONSI and the 

preferred alternative. The objections 

were based primarily on the close 

proximity of the dyke and road to the 

residential subdivision. A decision was 

made to rescind the original FONSI and 

prepare a Supplemental Environmental 

Analysis to address these concerns. 

The SEA assessed the impacts of an 

additional alignment further to the 

north of the original alternatives 

addressed in the EA. This alternative 

had the support of the City and the 

nearby residents. This alternative also 

had greater adverse impacts (than the 

original routes) on the floodplain, 

wetlands, and Japanese Creek. Based on 

comments received from State and 

Federal agencies it was clear that the 

northerly route would require a more indepth study and in all probability 

would create the need for the 

preparation of an Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) with no guarantee of 

support for the City’s preferred 

alternative. For the purpose of 

furthering the project, the Seward City 

Council has dropped their objections to 

the preferred alternative identified in 

the 2003 EA. 

The current preferred alternative is 

the same as the preferred alternative 

identified in the 2003 EA with a slight 

modification. The eastern half of the 

alignment has been moved slightly 

further south so as to further reduce any 

impacts to those wetlands. The western 

half of the route remains as identified in 

the 2003 preferred alternative. This 

alternative minimizes impact to the 

wetlands, minimizes encroachment on 

the floodplain, and results in no 

significant rise of floodwaters in 

Resurrection River. There are no stream 

crossings of Japanese Creek and no 

culverts or flood gates to operate and 

maintain. 

Based on the information presented in 

the attached North Forest Levee/Road 

Project EA and SEA, I find that the 

proposed action is not a major Federal 

action significantly affecting the quality 

of the human environment. Therefore, 

an EIS is not required. 

Dated: August 15, 2008. 

Robert Jones, 

Alaska State Conservationist, Natural 

Resources Conservation Service. 

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