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Type of respondent Respondent type Type of instrument Number of 

respondents 

Frequency of 

response 

Estimated 

annual 

responses 

Time per 

respondent 

Annual burden 

hours 

Local School 

Food Authority.

interviews ...... 400 3 1,200 3 3,600.00 

Business ............. Food Retailer ...... interviews ...... 700 2 1,400 0 .5 700.00 

EBT Processors interviews ...... 6 2 12 1 12.00 

Total Annual Cost to Respondents ........................ 98,565 ........................ 100,871 .......................... 63,943.56 

Note: Children are included in the parents non-response rate. 

Dated: November 1, 2010. 

Julia Paradis, 

Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–28039 Filed 11–4–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–30–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Paulina Ranger District; Ochoco 

National Forest; Crook and Wheeler 

Counties, OR; Jackson Vegetation 

Management Project EIS 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent to prepare an 

environmental impact statement. 

SUMMARY: The USDA Forest Service is 

proposing to prepare an environmental 

impact statement (EIS) on a proposed 

action to improve forest health and fuel 

conditions within the approximate 

55,430-acre Jackson project area. The 

project area is located approximately 60 

miles to the east of Prineville, Oregon 

and is bounded by Forest System Roads 

2630, 12, and 42 to the north, east and 

south respectively, and by the western 

watershed divide between Crazy Creek 

(east) and Porter, Looney, and Stupid 

Creeks (west). The project area 

encompasses National Forest system 

lands and private lands within these 

watersheds. 

An analysis has been initiated that 

takes a landscape approach to managing 

the vegetation to meet objectives for 

fuels and fire behavior and to create a 

more resilient forest while addressing 

and considering other resources. 

Methods that would be used to reduce 

tree density and hazardous fuels are: 

non-commercial and commercial 

thinning, and prescribed burning. The 

alternatives will include the proposed 

action, no action, and, if necessary, 

additional alternatives that respond to 

issues generated through the scoping 

process. The agency will give notice of 

the full environmental analysis and 

decision-making process so that 

interested and affected public may 

participate and contribute to the final 

decision. 

DATES: Comments concerning the scope 

of the analysis must be received by 30 

days following the date that this notice 

appears in the Federal Register. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to 

Sandra Henning, District Ranger, 

Paulina Ranger District, Ochoco 

National Forest 3160 NE. 3rd Street, 

Prineville, OR 97754. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kathy Roche, Environmental 

Coordinator, Ochoco National Forest, 

Paulina Ranger District, 3160 N.E. 3rd 

Street, Prineville, OR 97754, phone 

(541) 416–6436. 

Responsible Official: The responsible 

official is Jeff Walter, Forest Supervisor, 

Ochoco National Forest, 3160 NE 3rd 

Street, Prineville, OR 97754. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background. The Paulina Ranger 

District has demonstrated that there is a 

need for fuels and vegetation 

management activities in the project 

area by comparing the existing 

condition to the desired conditions 

described in the Ochoco National Forest 

Land and Resource Management Plan. 

The existing condition of the Deep 

watershed was evaluated in 2010 and 

documented in the Deep Watershed 

Analysis. 

Purpose and Need. This project is 

needed to maintain the project area in 

a healthy condition as described by the 

Ochoco National Forest Land and 

Resource Management Plan of 1989 as 

amended by the Revised Interim 

Management Direction Establishing 

Riparian, Ecosystem and Wildlife 

Standards for Timber Sales (Eastside 

Screens). The Watershed Analysis 

identified that there is a shortage of 

large trees, late and old structure forest; 

Stream temperatures are too high and 

there is a shortage of large woody debris 

and hardwood plant species within 

Riparian Habitat Conservation Areas; 

there is encroachment of western 

juniper into forest, grasslands and 

shrublands; there is an increasing 

presence of insects and diseases in 

forest stands; aspen clones are declining 

in vigor and contain decadent overstory 

trees and few to no seedlings, there are 

varying amounts of conifers present and 

the aspen sprout/seedling component is 

unable to grow above the browse line; 

about 42% of the watershed is in Fire 

Regime Condition Class of 2 or 3 where 

fire has been absent for more than 15 

years and there is an increasing amount 

of departure from the natural fire regime 

with areas where juniper and pine have 

encroached on shrub and grass 

communities from fire exclusion; stand 

density and forest fuels adjacent to 

arterial Forest roads do not provide 

conditions for safe ingress and egress for 

public and fire fighter access in the 

event of wildfire; the forest stands in the 

project area have the potential to 

provide wood products. 

This project is needed to maintain the 

vegetation within the project area in a 

condition as described by the Ochoco 

National Forest Land and Resource 

Management Plan of 1989 as amended 

by the Revised Interim Management 

Direction Establishing Riparian, 

Ecosystem and Wildlife Standards for 

Timber Sales (Eastside Screens). This 

project is needed to promote the 

development of large trees and old 

structure forest by reducing stand 

density; promote the development of 

large trees for eventual woody debris 

recruitment into streams by reducing 

conifer stand densities mechanically 

and by fire and promote the 

development of stream shading 

vegetation, such as willow by reducing 

conifers, mechanically and by fire, and 

increase willow and other hardwood 

vegetation by planting with Riparian 

Habitat Conservation Areas (RHCAs); 

reduce juniper encroachment into 

forest, shrub and grass communities by 

mechanical and fire treatments; restore 

and enhance aspen stands by reducing 

conifer competition and encroachment, 

fencing and planting; reduce the risk of 

bark beetles and impacts of mistletoe by 

reducing stand density and tree canopy 

layers through mechanical treatments; 

change stand structure and tree canopy 

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closure to create conditions that support 

low intensity, frequent fire regimes, 

reduce suppression costs, and provide 

for fire fighter safety through 

mechanical and fire treatments; reduce 

stand density and forest fuels adjacent 

to arterial Forest roads to increase safe 

ingress and egress for public and fire 

fighter access in the event of wildfire 

both mechanically and through fire 

treatments; reintroduce fire to reduce 

the departure from the natural fire 

regime and to reduce juniper and pine 

where they have encroached on shrub 

and grass communities and provide 

wood products for public needs and for 

the health of local and regional 

economies. 

Proposed Action. To meet the project 

need, the Paulina Ranger District is 

proposing to thin approximately 6,700 

acres through commercial timber 

harvest methods and 3,200 acres 

through non-commercial means. 

Commercial harvest methods would 

include the use of tractors on most units 

(approximately 5,300 acres). Areas 

identified as tractor logging are areas 

where equipment, such as tractors/ 

skidders, would be used to remove a 

commercial product. Logging systems 

are still to be determined for 

approximately 1,500 acres. Providing 

wood products will include removing 

some standing dead wood (snags) as 

firewood. This will focus on stands of 

lodgepole pine with existing mortality 

from insect infestation. 

Excessive fuel from management 

activities in this project and past 

projects would be reduced on 

approximately 7,800 acres through the 

use of prescribed fire. Fire would also 

be used to maintain low intensity fuel 

levels and reduce juniper on 

approximately 7,900 acres. Other areas 

of juniper encroachment are proposed 

for mechanical removal. An area of 

reduced stand density and fuel would 

be created in forest stands and other 

areas along each side of Forest system 

roads 12, 30, 42 and 2630 to provide for 

public and firefighter safety in the event 

of wildfire in this area. 

It is anticipated that some additional 

roads would be needed to complete 

management activities. Whether any of 

these roads will be system roads and 

whether any will remain open after the 

project is completed will be determined 

during the analysis of the proposed 

action and any alternatives that are 

developed. Similarly, whether any roads 

reopened during this project will remain 

open will be determined during the 

analysis. The project proposes to use 

and enlarge a rock pit near Younger 

Springs. The rock would be used in 

construction, reconstruction and 

maintenance for roads associated with 

implementation of proposed 

management actions and to increase 

attainment of riparian of management 

objectives for inland native fish. The 

need for other road construction, 

reconstruction and maintenance will be 

determined in the further development 

of proposed action and in any 

alternatives. Project design elements 

and site-specific mitigation measures 

will be developed during the analysis of 

individual activity areas for each 

alternative. The project design features 

and/or mitigation measures may include 

operating restrictions, mechanical 

reduction of soil density (subsoiling) on 

ground based logging units after harvest, 

weed control and monitoring. Within 

the Jackson project area, other projects 

are being implemented or are in the 

planning stage. The Deep Creek 

Watershed Restoration Environmental 

Assessment (2004) is presently being 

implemented. This project includes a 

variety of activities, including stream 

headcut repair, culvert replacement, and 

road closure and decommissioning. The 

Ochoco Summit PHV Trail Analysis 

Area is presently in the planning stage. 

As a part of that OHV project, 

designated motorized trails would be 

provided throughout the project area. 

Issues. Issues will be identified based 

on public comments. 

Comment. Public comments regarding 

this proposal are requested in order to 

assist in identifying issues, determine 

how to best manage the resources, and 

to focus the analysis. Comments 

received to this notice, including names 

and addresses of those who comment, 

will be considered part of the public 

record on this proposed action and will 

be available for public inspection. 

Comments submitted anonymously will 

be accepted and considered; however, 

those who submit anonymous 

comments will not have standing to 

appeal the subsequent decision in 

accordance with 36 CFR parts 215 and 

217. 

A draft EIS will be filed with the 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

and is scheduled to be available for 

public review by May 2011. The EPA 

will publish a Notice of Availability 

(NOA) of the draft EIS in the Federal 

Register. 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. The 

final EIS is scheduled to be available 

August 2011. 

Dated: October 29, 2010. 

Jeff Walter, 

Forest Supervisor, Ochoco National Forest. 

[FR Doc. 2010–27976 Filed 11–4–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Custer County Resource Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Custer County Resource 

Advisory Committee will meet in 

Custer, South Dakota. The committee is 

meeting as authorized under the Secure 

Rural Schools and Community SelfDetermination Act (Pub. L. 110–343) 

and in compliance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act. The purpose 

of the meeting is review of project 

proposals to be implemented in 2011. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

November 16, 2010 at 5:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

1019 N 5th Street at the Office of the 

Forest Supervisor. Written comments 

should be sent to 330 MT Rushmore 

Rd., Custer, South Dakota 57730. 

Comments may also be sent via e-mail 

to lkolund@fs.fed.us, or via facsimile to 

605–673–5461. 

All comments, including names and 

addresses when provided, are placed in 

the record and are available for public 

inspection and copying. The public may 

inspect comments received at 330 MT 

Rushmore Rd., Custer, SD. Visitors are 

encouraged to call ahead to 605–673– 

4853 to facilitate entry into the building. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lynn Kolund, District Ranger, Hell 

Canyon Ranger District, 605–673– 

4853,lkolund@fs.fed.us. 

Individuals who use 

telecommunication devices for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 

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

Standard Time, Monday through Friday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting is open to the public. The 

following business will be conducted: 

Review of Project Proposals for 

implementation in 2011. Persons who 

wish to bring related matters to the 

attention of the Committee may file 

written statements with the Committee 

staff before or after the meeting. Public 

input sessions will be provided and 

individuals who made written requests 

by November 12, 2010 will have the 

opportunity to address the Comittee at 

those sessions. 

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