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and April and May 2007, public 

workshops were held in Fort Jones, 

Happy Camp, Macdoel, and Yreka, CA 

to gather information about which 

routes the public uses. In March 2008, 

public workshops were held in those 

same locations as well as Orleans, CA, 

to continue gathering information about 

which routes the public uses and to 

identify routes missed in the inventory 

of unauthorized routes. Additionally, 

maps of inventoried routes were 

available on the Forest’s Web site and 

Forest Service offices. The public used 

these maps to provide input into the 

process. 

The comment period on the proposed 

action will extend 30 days from the date 

this Notice of Intent is published in the 

Federal Register. 

The draft environmental impact 

statement is expected to be filed with 

the Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA) and to be available for public 

review by May 2009. EPA will publish 

a notice of availability of the draft EIS 

in the Federal Register. The comment 

period on the draft EIS will extend 45- 

days from the date the EPA notice 

appears in the Federal Register. At that 

time, copies of the draft EIS will be 

distributed to interested and affected 

agencies, organizations, and members of 

the public for their review and 

comment. It is very important that those 

interested in the management of the 

Klamath NF participate at that time. 

The final EIS is scheduled to be 

completed in July 2009. In the final EIS, 

the Forest Service will respond to 

comments received during the comment 

period that are: within the scope of the 

proposed action; specific to the 

proposed action; have a direct 

relationship with the proposed action; 

and include supporting reasons for the 

responsible official to consider. 

Submission of comments to the draft 

EIS is a prerequisite for eligibility to 

appeal under the 36 CFR part 215 

regulations. 

Comment Requested 

This Notice of Intent initiates the 

scoping process which guides the 

development of the environmental 

impact statement. 

Early Notice of Importance of Public 

Participation in Subsequent 

Environmental Review: A draft EIS will 

be prepared for comment. The comment 

period on the draft EIS will be 45 days 

from the date the EPA publishes the 

notice of availability in the Federal 

Register. 

At this early stage, it is important to 

give reviewers notice of several court 

rulings related to public participation in 

the environmental review process. First, 

reviewers of draft EISs must structure 

their participation in the environmental 

review of the proposal so that it is 

meaningful and alerts an agency to the 

reviewer’s position and contentions. 

Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. 

NRDC, 435 U.S. 519, 553 (1978). Also, 

environmental objections that could be 

raised at the draft EIS stage but that are 

not raised until after completion of the 

final EIS may be waived or dismissed by 

the courts. City of Angoon v. Hodel, 803 

F.2d 1016, 1022 (9th Cir. 1986) and 

Wisconsin Heritages, Inc. v. Harris, 490 

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

Because of these court rulings, it is very 

important that those interested in this 

proposed action participate by the close 

of the 45-day comment period so that 

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 EIS. 

To assist the Forest Service in 

identifying and considering issues and 

concerns on the proposed action, 

comments on the draft EIS should be as 

specific as possible. It is also helpful if 

comments refer to specific pages or 

chapters of the draft EIS. Comments 

may also address the adequacy of the 

draft EIS or the merits of the alternatives 

formulated and discussed in the 

statement. Reviewers may wish to refer 

to the Council on Environmental 

Quality Regulations for implementing 

the procedural provisions of the 

National Environmental Policy Act at 40 

CFR 1503.3 in addressing these points. 

Comments received, including the 

names and addresses of those who 

comment, will be considered part of the 

public record on this proposal and will 

be available for public inspection. 

Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7 and 1508.22; 

Forest Service Handbook 1909.15, Section 

21. 

Dated: September 30, 2008. 

Patricia A. Grantham, 

Forest Supervisor. 

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BILLING CODE 3410–11–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Census Bureau 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; National 

Immunization Survey Evaluation Study 

AGENCY: U.S. Census Bureau. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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: To ensure consideration, written 

comments must be submitted on or 

before December 8, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Diana Hynek, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 

14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20230 (or via the 

Internet at dHynek@doc.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument(s) and instructions should 

be directed to Andrea L. Piani, Census 

Bureau, Room HQ–6H035, Washington, 

DC 20233–8400, (301) 763–5379. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

I. Abstract 

At the behest of the Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 

U.S. Department of Health and Human 

Services, the Census Bureau plans to 

conduct an evaluation study of the 

National Immunization Survey (NIS). 

The purpose of this study is to explore 

how collaborating with the Census 

Bureau and using the American 

Community Survey (ACS) as the 

sampling frame for selecting eligible 

households could result in 

improvements to the current NIS. Use of 

the ACS as a sampling frame, which 

includes non-landline households and 

identifies households with age-eligible 

children, could overcome the current 

NIS non-coverage issue and 

substantially reduce data collection 

costs. 

The NIS is a continuing, nationwide 

random-digit-dialing (RDD) telephone 

survey of families with children ages 19 

to 35 months, or teens ages 13–17 years 

followed by a mailed survey to 

children’s immunization providers. 

Since the survey’s inception to the 

present, private contractors have 

conducted the NIS for the CDC. 

National, state, and local level estimates 

of vaccine-specific coverage, including 

newly licensed vaccines, are produced 

annually. 

The NIS was established to provide an 

on-going, consistent data set for 

analyzing vaccination coverage among 

young children in the United States and 

disseminating this information to state 

and local health departments and other 

interested public health partners. Legal 

authorization to conduct the survey is 

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granted by Title 13, United States Code, 

Section 8 and by the Public Health 

Service Act, Title 42, United States 

Code, Sections 306 & 2102(a)(7). 

In response to one of the goals of the 

1993 Childhood Immunization 

Initiative, to monitor childhood 

immunization coverage and provide 

important statistics about childhood 

vaccinations and related health matters, 

funding for the NIS was provided and 

data collection began in April 1994. 

Furthermore, the scope of the program 

expanded to include assessing progress 

towards the national vaccination goals 

set forth by the Childhood 

Immunization Initiative of 1996. 

Currently, the NIS provides vaccination 

coverage estimates annually for children 

aged 19–35 months and teens aged 13– 

17 years, by state and at least six city/ 

county areas. The information collected 

is used to evaluate state and local 

immunization programs, to develop 

health care policies, and to assist in the 

determination of funding allocations for 

the Vaccines for Children (VFC) 

program. Since 1994, the VFC program 

has helped families of children who 

may not otherwise have access to 

vaccines by providing free vaccines to 

doctors who serve them. 

In recent years, the NIS has covered 

a decreasing portion of the target 

population, particularly children aged 

19–35 months living in households with 

cell phone, but not landline telephone 

service. As part of the CDC’s continuing 

effort to evaluate and refine the NIS, this 

study is intended to explore how 

partnering with the Census Bureau and 

sampling from the ACS for households 

with age-eligible children having 

landline, cell phone only, and no 

telephone service could result in 

improvements to the survey especially 

in terms of coverage, response, and cost. 

II. Method of Collection 

Data collection for the NIS Evaluation 

Study will use a multi-mode approach. 

First, computer-assisted telephone 

interviewing (CATI) will be conducted 

with households with age-eligible 

children (19–35 months) to collect 

information on the vaccinations 

received for each age-eligible child, as 

well as information on vaccination 

providers. Second, in-person follow-up 

interviews with non-responders, 

including households with no telephone 

service, will be conducted. Due to 

constraints in time and resources, the 

follow-up interviews for the evaluation 

study will be conducted using paperand-pencil interviewing methods. If the 

results from the evaluation study prove 

beneficial, in-person follow-up 

interviews for the national survey will 

be conducted using computer-assisted 

personal interviewing (CAPI) methods 

whereby field representatives collect the 

data from respondents using laptop 

computers. Third, vaccination providers 

will be contacted through the use of a 

paper mail-out/mail-back process. 

Providers will submit information on 

vaccinations administered and the dates 

the vaccinations were administered for 

each child 19 through 35 months. Only 

providers of age-eligible children whose 

parent or guardian participated in the 

telephone or paper follow-up survey 

and who gave consent to follow-up with 

the provider will be contacted. The 

provider information on the type of 

vaccine, the number of vaccinations, 

and the dates of vaccination will be 

used to estimate vaccination coverage 

levels; the information obtained from 

the parent or guardian will be used to 

evaluate the completeness of the 

provider-reported information. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: None. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission. 

Affected Public: Individuals/ 

households; business or other for-profit 

organizations (Health Care Providers). 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,200 children in 1,185 households; 

1,510 providers. 

Estimated Time Per Response: 28 

minutes, 2 seconds (household 

component); 25 minutes, 2 seconds 

(provider verification component). 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 564 hours (household 

component), 634 hours (provider 

verification component). 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: $0. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Legal Authority: All information 

collected about individuals or 

households is confidential by law Title 

13, United States Code, Section 9. Legal 

authorization to conduct the survey is 

granted by Title 13, United States Code, 

Section 8 and by the Public Health 

Service Act, Title 42, United States 

Code, Sections 306 & 2102(a)(7). 

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 collection techniques 

or other 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: October 1, 2008. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[Docket 51–2008] 

Foreign-Trade Zone 82—Mobile, AL; 

Application for Subzone; 

ThyssenKrupp Steel and Stainless 

USA, LLC, (Stainless and Carbon Steel 

Products), Calvert, AL 

An application has been submitted to 

the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the 

Board) by the City of Mobile, grantee of 

FTZ 82, requesting special-purpose 

subzone status for the stainless and 

carbon steel products manufacturing 

facility of ThyssenKrupp Steel and 

Stainless USA, LLC (ThyssenKrupp), 

located in Calvert, Alabama. The 

application was submitted pursuant to 

the provisions of the Foreign-Trade 

Zones Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a– 

81u), and the regulations of the Board 

(15 CFR part 400). It was formally filed 

on October 1, 2008. 

The ThyssenKrupp facility (2,500 

employees, 3,515 acres/square feet, 4.5 

million metric ton capacity for carbon 

steel products and 1 million metric ton 

capacity for stainless steel products) is 

located at 1 ThyssenKrupp Drive, near 

the city of Calvert, Washington and 

Mobile Counties, Alabama. The facility 

will be used for the manufacturing, 

processing and distribution of carbon 

and stainless steel products. 

Components and materials sourced from 

abroad (representing 44% of the value of 

finished stainless steel products and 

45% of the value of the finished carbon 

steel products) include: Ferrochromium, 

unwrought molybdenum, ferrosilicon, 

articles of titanium, ferrosilicon 

manganese, unwrought titanium, ferroniobium, ferro-boron, wire and rods of 

agglom, unwrought aluminum and zinc 

(duty rate ranges from duty-free to 

15%). 

FTZ procedures would exempt 

ThyssenKrupp from customs duty 

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