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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 73, No. 175 

Tuesday, September 9, 2008 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

September 3, 2008. 

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: Equal Opportunity Compliance 

Review Reporting Tool. 

OMB Control Number: 0596-NEW. 

Summary of Collection: All Federal 

agencies and the entities receiving 

Federal financial assistance are 

prohibited from discriminating in the 

delivery of programs and services. 

Agencies must comply with equal 

opportunity laws, Title VI of the Civil 

Rights Act of 1964, as amended; Title IX 

of the Education Amendments Act of 

1972; The Age Discrimination Act of 

1975, as amended; Section 504 of the 

Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended; 

and Executive orders prohibiting 

discrimination in the delivery of all 

programs and services to the public. The 

Federal government is required to 

conduct periodic program compliance 

reviews of recipients of Federal 

financial assistance to ensure they are 

adhering to the nondiscrimination 

statutes. Forest Service personnel 

integral to the pre-award and postaward process will collect this 

information during face-to-face meetings 

or telephone interviews. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

Forest Service will use form FS–1700– 

6, ‘‘Equal Opportunity Compliance 

Review Record’’ to collect the 

information and document assisted 

program compliance. Data collected 

includes information on actions taken 

by recipients to ensure the public 

receives service without discrimination 

or barriers to access and the recipients’ 

employees understand their customer 

service responsibilities. The information 

collected is for internal use only and is 

utilized to establish and monitor civil 

rights compliance. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit; Not-for-profit 

Institutions; State, Local or Tribal 

Government. 

Number of Respondents: 2,978. 

Frequency of Responses: 

Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 3,427. 

Forest Service 

Title: Federal and Non-Federal 

Financial Assistance Instruments. 

OMB Control Number: 0596–NEW. 

Summary of Collection: In order to 

carry out specific Forest Service (FS) 

activities, Congress created several 

authorities to assist the Agency in 

carrying out its mission. Authorized by 

the Federal Grants and Cooperative 

Agreements Act, the FS issues Federal 

Financial Assistance awards, (i.e., grants 

and cooperative agreements). Agency 

specific authorities and appropriations 

also support use of Federal Financial 

Assistance awards. Information is 

collected from individuals; non-profit 

and for-profit institutions; institutions 

of higher education and state, local, and 

Native American tribal governments etc. 

Multiple options are available for 

respondents to respond including forms, 

non-forms, electronically, face-to-face, 

by telephone and over the Internet. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

From the pre-award to the close-out 

stage, FS will collect information from 

respondents on forms, via e-mails, 

meetings, and telephone calls. Using 

various forms respondents will describe 

the type of project, project scope, 

financial plan and other factors. 

Without this information the FS would 

not be able to develop, implement, 

monitor and administer these 

agreements. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit; Not-for-profit 

Institutions; State, Local or Tribal 

Government. 

Number of Respondents: 3,586. 

Frequency of Responses: 

Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 23,445. 

Charlene Parker, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E8–20793 Filed 9–8–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Dry Fork Vegetative Restoration 

Project, Lewis and Clark National 

Forest, Cascade and Judith Basin 

Counties, MT 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Withdrawal of Notice of Intent 

to prepare a Supplemental 

Environmental Impact Statement. 

SUMMARY: The USDA Forest Service is 

withdrawing the Notice of Intent to 

prepare a Supplemental Environmental 

Impact Statement for the Dry Fork 


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Vegetative Restoration project on the 

Belt Creek Ranger District of the Lewis 

and Clark National Forest. A Notice of 

Intent to prepare a Supplemental 

Environmental Impact Statement was 

published in the Federal Register on 

October 27, 2005 (pages 60274–60275). 

Dated: August 27, 2008. 

Lesley W. Thompson, 

Forest Supervisor. 

[FR Doc. E8–20746 Filed 9–8–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Lake Tahoe Basin Federal Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Lake Tahoe Basin Federal 

Advisory Committee will hold meetings 

on September 16, 2008 and September 

22, 2008 or September 23, 2008 at the 

U.S. Forest Service Office, 35 College 

Drive, South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150. 

This Committee, established by the 

Secretary of Agriculture on December 

15, 1998 (64 FR 2876), is chartered to 

provide advice to the Secretary on 

implementing the terms of the Federal 

Interagency Partnership on the Lake 

Tahoe Region and other matters raised 

by the Secretary. 

DATES: The meetings will be held 

September 16, 2008, beginning at 1 p.m. 

and ending at 4 p.m., and September 22, 

2008, beginning at 1 p.m. and ending at 

4 p.m. or September 23, beginning at 

9:30 a.m. and ending at noon. Selection 

of final meeting dates can be viewed at 

http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/ltbmu/local/ 

ltfac/. 

ADDRESSES: All meetings will be held at 

the U.S. Forest Service Office, 35 

College Drive, South Lake Tahoe, CA 

96150. 

For Further Information or to Request 

an Accommodation (One Week Prior to 

Meeting Date) Contact: Arla Hams, Lake 

Tahoe Basin Management Unit, Forest 

Service, 35 College Drive, South Lake 

Tahoe, CA 96150, (530) 543–2773. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Items to 

be covered on the agenda on September 

16, 2008: (1) New member orientation, 

and (2) public comment. Items to be 

covered on the agenda on September 22 

or September 23 include: (1) Preparation 

for SNPLMA Round 10, and (2) 

committee operations. 

All Lake Tahoe Basin Federal 

Advisory Committee meetings are open 

to the public. Interested citizens are 

encouraged to attend at the above 

address. Issues may be brought to the 

attention of the Committee during the 

open public comment period at the 

meeting or by filing written statements 

with the secretary for the Committee 

before or after the meeting. Please refer 

any written comments to the Lake 

Tahoe Basin Management Unit at the 

contact address stated above. 

This Federal Register notice will be 

published less than 15 calendar days 

based on these exceptional 

circumstances: (1) The 2008 LTFAC has 

only recently received a preliminary 

confirmation (August 22, 2008); and (2) 

there will be timely meeting notification 

through the LTBMLJ Web site at 

http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/ltbmu/local/ 

ltfac/. 

Dated: September 2, 2008. 

Terri Marceron, 

Forest Supervisor. 

[FR Doc. E8–20703 Filed 9–8–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Meeting of the Land Between The 

Lakes Advisory Board 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Land Between The Lakes 

Advisory Board will hold a meeting on 

Thursday, October 2, 2008. Notice of 

this meeting is given under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. 

App.2. 

The meeting agenda includes the 

following: 

(1) Welcome/Introductions; 

(2) Members visit areas in Land 

Between The Lakes; 

(3) Board discussion on morning 

visits relating to dispersed recreation/ 

education; 

(4) Update on Nature Watch; 

(5) LBL Updates; 

(6) Board Discussion of Comments 

Received. 

The meeting is open to the public. 

Written comments are invited and may 

be mailed to: William P. Lisowsky, Area 

Supervisor, Land Between The Lakes, 

100 Van Morgan Drive, Golden Pond, 

Kentucky 42211. Written comments 

must be received at Land Between The 

Lakes by September 25, 2008, in order 

for copies to be provided to the 

members at the meeting. Board members 

will review written comments received, 

and at their request, oral clarification 

may be requested at a future meeting. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

October 2, 2008, 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., 

CDT. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Land Between The Lakes 

Administrative Building, Golden Pond, 

Kentucky, and will be open to the 

public. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sharon Byers, Advisory Board Liaison, 

Land Between The Lakes, 100 Van 

Morgan Drive, Golden Pond, Kentucky 

42211, 270–924–2002. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the 

morning of October 2, 2008, Advisory 

Board members will visit various 

locations throughout Land Between The 

Lakes to research dispersed recreation/ 

education opportunities. These visits 

will be done in small groups to different 

locations; the full board will not be 

visiting the same location. No official 

business of the board will take place 

during these morning visits. 

Dated: September 5, 2008. 

William P. Lisowsky, 

Area Supervisor, Land Between The Lakes. 

[FR Doc. E8–20883 Filed 9–8–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–P 

CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD 

INVESTIGATION BOARD 

Sunshine Act Meeting—September 

25—6:30 p.m. 

In connection with its investigation 

into the cause of a January 30, 2007, 

propane explosion at the Little General 

Store in Ghent, West Virginia, the 

United States Chemical Safety and 

Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) 

announces that it will convene a public 

meeting on September 25, 2008, starting 

at 6:30 p.m. in the Tamarack Conference 

Center Ballroom, One Tamarack Park, 

Beckley, WV 25801—Telephone # 

(304)–256–6843. 

At the meeting CSB staff will present 

to the Board the results of their 

investigation into this incident. Key 

issues involved in the investigation 

concern emergency evacuation, 

hazardous materials incident training 

for firefighters, 911 Call Center 

preparations, propane company 

procedures, and propane technician 

training. This will be followed by a 

public comment period prior to a Board 

vote on the report. 

On January 30, 2007, four people were 

killed and five others were seriously 

injured when propane vapors from a 

storage tank ignited and exploded at the 

Little General convenience store and 

gasoline station in Ghent, West Virginia. 


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