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Vol. 75, No. 179 

Thursday, September 16, 2010 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Information Collection; Land 

Management Agency Volunteer 

Surveys 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Forest Service is seeking comments 

from all interested individuals and 

organizations on the new information 

collection, the Land Management 

Agency Volunteer Surveys. 

DATES: Comments must be received in 

writing on or before November 15, 2010 

to be assured of consideration. 

Comments received after that date will 

be considered to the extent practicable. 

ADDRESSES: Comments concerning this 

notice should be addressed to James 

Absher, Forest Service, U.S. Department 

of Agriculture, 4955 Canyon Crest Drive, 

Riverside, CA 92507. Comments also 

may be submitted via e-mail to: 

jabsher@fs.fed.us. 

The public may inspect comments 

received at Forest Service Reception, 

4955 Canyon Crest Drive, Riverside, CA 

during normal business hours. Visitors 

are encouraged to call ahead to 951– 

680–1500 to facilitate entry to the 

building. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

James Absher, Pacific Southwest 

Research Station at 951–680–1500. 

Individuals who use telecommunication 

devices for the deaf (TDD) may call the 

Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1–800– 

877–8339, between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., 

Eastern Standard Time, Monday 

through Friday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Land Management Agency 

Volunteer Surveys. 

OMB Number: 0596–New. 

Type of Request: New. 

Abstract: The Forest Service, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, and 

contracted researchers will contact 

individuals who currently volunteer, or 

have recently volunteered, for selected 

natural resource (land) management 

agencies (LMA). Through a short Webbased survey, respondents will provide 

information regarding how often and 

why they volunteer, the positive and 

negative aspects of that experience, and 

basic socio-demographics. The results of 

this information collection will help 

researchers and managers improve their 

ability to provide land management 

services to the public, as well as 

strengthen volunteers’ experiences at 

their respective agencies. 

Participation in the survey will be 

strictly voluntary. If necessary, 

respondents will be allowed to answer 

via postal mail at their convenience. A 

Forest Service researcher, agency 

technician, or a contracted researcher 

will collect and analyze the data. 

Additionally, in order to ensure 

anonymity, personal information will 

not be stored with contact information 

at any time, and contact information 

will be purged from researcher files 

once data collection is complete. 

Responses will be used to assess 

volunteers’ experience with agencies 

that have a land management function 

such as parks, forests, recreation areas, 

or wildlife refuges. Although an 

abundance of research exists regarding 

volunteering in general, there is very 

little rigorous, academic research on 

volunteering as it applies to LMAs, 

largely because there is no reliable, 

uniform, and comprehensive data 

available. Further, it is unknown 

whether the findings emerging from 

other studies of volunteerism are 

applicable in the context of LMAs. 

Because of the enormous role that 

volunteers play in the operations of 

LMAs, clarity and insight into volunteer 

characteristics and experiences is 

imperative. Ultimately, findings will 

help researchers and resource managers 

determine the best ways to involve, 

retain, and manage volunteers. 

The primary beneficiaries of results 

from these surveys will be LMAs, such 

as the Forest Service, and other agencies 

at all levels of government that are 

concerned with enjoyment, 

preservation, and advancement of our 

natural resources. These results will be 

particularly important to LMAs because 

recently these agencies have become 

heavily dependent on volunteer 

support. 

Without the proposed information 

collection, managers of volunteers in 

LMAs will continue to rely upon 

anecdotal or unreliable information, 

which may perpetuate poor volunteer 

recruitment, retention, and satisfaction. 

The information collected will help 

researchers develop and test models of 

volunteer management; supply 

information to LMA program managers 

and other voluntary action managers 

who are focusing their own work on 

natural resource management values 

and objectives; and will facilitate further 

application of findings. The exact 

number of respondents will be 

dependent upon the number of agencies 

that choose to participate. Volunteers 

from up to ten different agencies, or subunits of those agencies, per year will be 

selected to participate. Each will be 

allocated 200–600 surveys, for a 

maximum of 4,000 completed surveys 

per year for the project as a whole. 

Estimate of Annual Burden: 20 

minutes. 

Type of Respondents: Individuals 

who currently volunteer, or who have 

recently volunteered, for a natural 

resources (land) management agency, 

age 18 or older. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Respondents: 4,000. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 1,333 hours. 

Comment is Invited: 

Comment is invited on: (1) Whether 

this collection of information is 

necessary for the stated purposes and 

the proper performance of the functions 

of the Agency, including whether the 

information will have practical or 

scientific utility; (2) the accuracy of the 

Agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

collection of information, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (4) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including the use of 

automated, electronic, mechanical, or 

other technological collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. 

All comments received in response to 

this notice, including names and 

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addresses when provided, will be a 

matter of public record. Comments will 

be summarized and included in the 

submission request toward Office of 

Management and Budget approval. 

Dated: September 10, 2010. 

Carlos Rodriguez-Franco, 

Acting Deputy Chief, Research and 

Development. 

[FR Doc. 2010–23122 Filed 9–15–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food Safety and Inspection Service 

[Docket No. FSIS–2010–0030] 

National Advisory Committee on Meat 

and Poultry Inspection 

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection 

Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Food Safety and 

Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing, 

pursuant to the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2, that the 

National Advisory Committee on Meat 

and Poultry Inspection (NACMPI) will 

hold a public meeting on September 29– 

30, 2010, to review and discuss issues 

relating to data analysis, collection, and 

transparency, and pre-harvest controls. 

All issues will be presented to the full 

Committee. The Committee will then 

divide into subcommittees to discuss 

the issues. The subcommittees will 

provide a report of their comments and 

recommendations to the full Committee 

before the meeting concludes on 

September 30, 2010. 

DATES: The Committee will hold a 

public meeting on Wednesday, 

September 29, 2010, from 12:30 p.m. to 

5 p.m., and Thursday, September 30, 

2010, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The 

subcommittees will hold open meetings 

during their deliberations and report 

preparation. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place 

at the South Building Cafeteria, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture (USDA), 14th 

& Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250. Non-USDA 

employees must enter through wing 2, 

located on 12th and C Street, SW. More 

information is available on the Internet 

at the NACMPI Web site, http:// 

www.fsis.usda.gov/about_fsis/nacmpi/ 

index.asp. 

FSIS welcomes comments by October 

18, 2010 on the topics discussed at the 

NACMPI public meeting. Comments 

may be submitted by any of the 

following methods: 

• Electronic mail: 

NACMPI@fsis.usda.gov. 

• Mail, including floppy disks or CD– 

ROMs: Send to National Advisory 

Committee on Meat and Poultry 

Inspection, USDA, FSIS, 14th & 

Independence Avenue, SW., Room 

1180, South Building, Washington, DC 

20250. 

• Hand- or courier-delivered items: 

Deliver to Tiffanie Newman at 14th & 

Independence Avenue, SW., Room 

1180, South Building, Washington, DC. 

To deliver these items, the building 

security guard must first call (202) 720– 

9113. 

• Facsimile: Send to Tiffanie 

Newman, (202) 720–5704. All 

submissions received must include the 

Agency name and docket number FSIS– 

2010–0030. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Contact Josh Stull for information on the 

content of the meeting at (202) 720– 

9113, or e-mail josh.stull@fsis.usda.gov, 

and Tiffanie Newman for general 

meeting and logistical information at 

(202) 720–9113 or e-mail 

tiffanie.newman@fsis.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The NACMPI provides advice and 

recommendations to the Secretary of 

Agriculture pertaining to the Federal 

and State meat and poultry inspection 

programs, pursuant to sections 7(c), 24, 

205, 301(a)(3), 301(a)(4), and 301(c) of 

the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 

U.S.C. 607(c), 624, 645, 661(a)(3), 

661(a)(4), and 661(c)) and sections 

5(a)(3), 5(a)(4), 5(c), 8(b), and 11(e) of 

the Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 

U.S.C. 454(a)(3), 454(a)(4), 454(c), 

457(b), and 460(e)). 

The Administrator of FSIS is the 

chairperson of the Committee. 

Membership of the Committee is drawn 

from representatives of consumer 

groups; producers, processors, and 

marketers from the meat, poultry and 

egg product industries; State and local 

government officials; and academia. The 

current members of the NACMPI are: 

Patricia K. Buck, Center for Foodborne 

Illness Research and Prevention; Dr. 

Fur-Chi Chen, Tennessee State 

University; Brian R. Covington, 

Keystone Foods LLC; Dr. Catherine N. 

Cutter, Pennsylvania State University; 

Nancy J. Donley, Safe Tables Our 

Priority; Veneranda Gapud, private 

individual; Dr. Craig Henry, Deloitte & 

Touche LLP; Dr. Cheryl D. Jones, 

Morehouse School of Medicine; Dr. 

Heidi Kassenborg, Minnesota 

Department of Agriculture; Sarah A. 

Klein, Center for Science in the Public 

Interest; Dr. Shelton E. Murinda, 

California State Polytechnic University; 

Dr. Edna Negro ́n, University of Puerto 

Rico; Robert G. Reinhard, Sara Lee 

Corporation; Dr. Craig E. Shultz, 

Pennsylvania Department of 

Agriculture; Dr. Stanley A. Stromberg, 

Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, 

Food, and Forestry; Dr. John D. Tilden, 

Michigan Department of Agriculture; 

Carol L. Tucker-Foreman, Consumer 

Federation of America; Steve E. 

Warshawer, Mesa Top Farm; Dr. J. 

Byron Williams, Mississippi State 

University; and Leonard W. Winchester, 

Public Health—Seattle & King County. 

All interested parties are welcome to 

attend the meeting and to submit 

written comments and suggestions 

concerning issues the Committee will 

review and discuss. The meeting agenda 

and topics to be discussed will be 

posted on FSIS’s NACMPI Web site, 

http://www.fsis.usda.gov/about_fsis/

nacmpi/index.asp. 

The comments and the official 

transcript of the meeting, when they 

become available, will be kept in the 

FSIS Docket Room, USDA, FSIS, Room 

2–2175, George Washington Carver 

Center, 5601 Sunnyside Avenue, 

Beltsville, MD 20705, Mailstop 5272, 

and posted on the Agency’s NACMPI 

Web site. 

Members of the public are encouraged 

to pre-register for the meeting by 

visiting the FSIS Web site: http:// 

www.fsis.usda.gov. 

USDA Nondiscrimination Statement 

USDA prohibits discrimination in all 

its programs and activities on the basis 

of race, color, national origin, gender, 

religion, age, disability, political beliefs, 

sexual orientation, and marital or family 

status. (Not all prohibited bases apply to 

all programs.) Persons with disabilities 

who require alternative means for 

communication of program information 

(Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) 

should contact USDA’s Target Center at 

202–720–2600 (voice and TTY). 

To file a written complaint of 

discrimination, write USDA, Office of 

the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, 

1400 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–9410 or call 

202–720–5964 (voice and TTY). USDA 

is an equal opportunity provider and 

employer. 

Additional Public Notification 

Public awareness of all segments of 

rulemaking and policy development is 

important. Consequently, in an effort to 

ensure that the public and in particular 

minorities, women, and persons with 

disabilities, are aware of this notice, 

FSIS will announce it on-line through 

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