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Vol. 75, No. 185 

Friday, September 24, 2010 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Information Collection; Overcoming 

Barriers to Wildland Fire Defensible 

Space Behaviors 

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, Overcoming Barriers to 

Wildland Fire Defensible Space 

Behaviors. 

DATES: Comments must be received in 

writing on or before November 23, 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, Forest Service, 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: Overcoming Barriers to 

Wildland Fire Defensible Space 

Behaviors. 

OMB Number: 0596–New. 

Type of Request: New. 

Abstract: Recent wildfires in the 

Western United States highlight the 

need for understanding the human 

dimensions of wildfire management, 

especially for policies and programs that 

affect property losses in the wildland 

urban interface (WUI). Because the 

impacts of wildland fire extend beyond 

public land boundaries into the private 

communities lying on their periphery, 

understanding the public’s response to 

the loss of both public and private 

property is important. 

Information will be collected through 

a mail survey of WUI residents. Initial 

surveys will focus on Colorado Front 

Range homeowners. Respondents will 

be chosen to reflect a variety of setting 

attributes such as distance from 

wildlands, recent fire history, 

community preparedness actions, and 

local fire code differences. The survey 

will provide information regarding 

barriers to participating in fire hazard 

reduction programs in the wildlandurban interface and basic sociodemographics. Participation in the 

survey will be strictly voluntary. 

The survey is necessary to identify 

obstacles that prevent residents from 

adopting defensible space behaviors and 

understand residents’ perceptions of 

their roles and responsibilities. This 

information collected will help 

wildland fire managers and researchers 

(1) identify practical steps for reducing 

barriers to implementing defensible 

space behaviors at an individual and 

neighborhood level and (2) develop 

future risk reduction programs. 

A Forest Service or cooperating 

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. 

Estimate of Annual Burden: 20 

minutes per respondent. 

Type of Respondents: Individual 

homeowners who currently live in the 

wildland-urban interface, age 18 or 

older. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Respondents: 3,000. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 1,000 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 

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 17, 2010. 

Carlos Rodriguez-Franco, 

Acting Deputy Chief, Forest Service, Research 

and Development. 

[FR Doc. 2010–23918 Filed 9–23–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Notice of Central Idaho Resource 

Advisory Committee Meeting 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the authorities in 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463) and under the Secure 

Rural Schools and Community SelfDetermination Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 110– 

343), the Salmon-Challis National 

Forest’s Central Idaho Resource 

Advisory Committee will conduct a 

business meeting which is open to the 

public. 

DATES: Thursday, October 7, 2010, 

beginning at 1 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Public Lands Center, 1206 

South Challis Street, Salmon, Idaho. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Agenda 

topics will include review of RAC 2010 


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projects, planning for the 2011 project 

approval meetings and other RAC 

business. The meeting is an open public 

forum. Some RAC members may attend 

the meeting by conference call, 

telephone, or electronically. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Frank V. Guzman, Forest Supervisor 

and Designated Federal Officer, at 208– 

756–5111. 

Dated: September 10, 2010. 

Frank V. Guzman, 

Forest Supervisor, Salmon-Challis National 

Forest, Public Lands Center, 1206 South 

Challis Street, Salmon, Idaho. 

[FR Doc. 2010–23899 Filed 9–23–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M 

DEPARMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Revision of the Shoshone National 

Forest Land and Resource 

Management Plan 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent to revise the 

Shoshone National Forest Land and 

Resource Management Plan and prepare 

an environmental impact statement. 

SUMMARY: As directed by the National 

Forest Management Act (NFMA), the 

USDA Forest Service is preparing the 

Shoshone National Forest’s revised land 

management plan (forest plan) and an 

environmental impact statement (EIS) 

for this revised forest plan. This notice 

briefly describes the nature of the 

decision to be made, the need for 

change and proposed action, and 

information concerning public 

participation. It also provides estimated 

dates for filing the EIS and the name 

and address of the responsible agency 

official and the individual who can 

provide additional information. 

Finally, this notice briefly describes 

the applicable planning rule and how 

plan revision work completed under the 

2008 planning rule will be used or 

modified for completing this plan 

revision. 

The revised land management plan 

will supersede the 1986 forest plan, as 

amended. The amended plan will 

remain in effect until the revision takes 

effect. 

DATES: Comments concerning the need 

for change and the proposed action 

provided in this notice will be most 

useful in the development of the draft 

revised plan and draft EIS if received by 

November 19, 2010. The agency expects 

to release a draft revised forest plan and 

draft EIS for formal comment by May 

2012 and a final revised plan and final 

environmental impact statement by 

April 2013. 

Public meetings to gather additional 

input on potential alternatives to the 

proposed action are scheduled for 

winter/spring 2011. The dates, times, 

and locations of these meetings will be 

announced and sent to members of the 

plan revision mailing list and posted on 

the Shoshone National Forest Web site 

at http://www.fs.usda.gov/shoshone. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to 

Forest Plan Revision, Shoshone 

National Forest, 808 Meadow Lane 

Avenue, Cody, WY 82414. Comments 

may also be sent via e-mail to 

shoshone_forestplan@fs.fed.us. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Olga 

Troxel, acting planning team leader, 808 

Meadow Lane Avenue, Cody, WY 

82414, telephone 307.578.5164. 

Information on this revision is also 

available on the Shoshone National 

Forest Web site at http:// 

www.fs.usda.gov/shoshone. 

Individuals who use 

telecommunication devices for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 800–877–8339 

between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern 

Time, Monday through Friday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Name and Address of the Responsible 

Official 

The responsible official who will 

approve the Record of Decision is Rick 

Cables, Regional Forester, USDA Forest 

Service, Rocky Mountain Region, 740 

Simms Street, Denver, CO 80401. 

Cooperating Agencies 

Cooperating Agencies include the 

State of Wyoming, Fremont County, Hot 

Springs County, Park County, Cody 

Conservation District, Dubois-Crowheart 

Conservation District, Hot Springs 

Conservation District, Lower Wind 

River Natural Resource District. 

Meeteetse Conservation District, Popo 

Agie Conservation District, and Teton 

Conservation District. Cooperating 

Agencies funded the social and 

economic assessments. They also work 

with Forest Service officials to address 

state and local government interests in 

the planning process and the 

development of plan direction. 

Nature of the Decision To Be Made 

The Forest Service is preparing an EIS 

to revise the 1986 forest plan. The EIS 

process is meant to inform the regional 

forester when deciding which 

alternative best meets the need to 

achieve quality land management under 

the sustainable multiple-use 

management concept to meet the 

diverse needs of people while protecting 

the Shoshone National Forest’s 

resources, as required by the NFMA and 

the Multiple Use Sustained Yield Act. 

The revised forest plan describes the 

strategic intent of managing the 

Shoshone National Forest for 10 to 15 

years. The revised forest plan provides 

management direction in the form of 

goals (desired conditions), objectives, 

suitability determinations, standards, 

guidelines, and a monitoring plan. It 

also makes special area 

recommendations for wilderness, 

research natural areas, and other special 

areas. 

It is also important to identify the 

types of decisions that will not be made 

within the revised forest plan. 

Authorization of project-level activities 

on the Shoshone National Forest is not 

a decision made in the forest plan, but 

occurs through subsequent project 

specific decision making. The 

designation of routes and trails for 

specific uses is not considered during 

plan revision, but will be addressed 

through subsequent planning processes. 

Some issues, although important, are 

beyond the authority or control of the 

Shoshone National Forest or the Forest 

Service and will not be considered. 

Additionally, some decisions and 

determinations, such as management 

direction, Canada lynx conservation, 

and the Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone 

Wild River corridor, have been 

accomplished through separate forest 

plan amendment processes that 

occurred recently and will not be 

reconsidered in revision. 

Applicable Planning Rule 

Preparation of a revised plan is 

governed by the requirements of the 

NFMA and the associated regulations 

(or rule) at 36 CFR 219. The Shoshone 

plan revision was underway when the 

2008 rule was enjoined on June 30, 

2009, by the United States District Court 

for the Northern District of California 

(Citizens for Better Forestry v. United 

States Department of Agriculture, 632F. 

Supp. 2d 968 (N.D. Cal. June 2009)). 

On December 18, 2009, the 

Department reinstated the previous 

planning rule, commonly known as the 

2000 planning rule, in the Federal 

Register (74 FR 242, pages 67059 

through 67075 [Friday, December 18, 

2009]). The transition provisions of the 

reinstated rule allow the Forest Service 

to follow the procedures of a previous 

1982 rule. The Shoshone National 

Forest has elected to use the provisions 

of the 1982 rule, including the 

requirement to prepare an ETS to 

complete the revised plan. 


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