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Vol. 79, No. 201 

Friday, October 17, 2014 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

October 10, 2014. 

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 and other forms of 

information technology. 

Comments regarding this information 

collection received by November 17, 

2014 will be considered. Written 

comments should be addressed to: Desk 

Officer for Agriculture, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), New Executive Office Building, 

725—17th Street NW., Washington, DC, 

20503. Commentors are encouraged to 

submit their comments to OMB via 

email to: OIRA_Submission@

omb.eop.gov or fax (202) 395–5806 and 

to Departmental Clearance Office, 

USDA, OCIO, Mail Stop 7602, 

Washington, DC 20250–7602. 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: National Forest System Land 

Management Planning—Generic 

Collection. 

OMB Control Number: 0596–0234 

Summary of Collection: Section 6 of 

the National Forest Management Act of 

1976 (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.) and 

implementing regulations 36 CFR 219 

(2012 Planning Rule) direct the U.S. 

Forest Service to revise land 

management plans for each National 

Forest System unit every 15 years, and 

to continuously monitor conditions to 

inform interim or subsequent planning 

actions. The planning process requires 

public participation and involvement. 

As such, the agency will invite public 

participation broadly to facilitate public 

comments and submission of 

information that members of the public 

find to be relevant. 

Need and Use of the Information: To 

ensure that the Agency can be inclusive 

of, and responsive to, customer/

stakeholder concerns during the 

development, assessment, and 

monitoring of National Forest System 

Land Management Plans, the agency 

will use a variety of methods, such as 

but not limited to, customer/stakeholder 

comment cards, focus groups, small 

discussion groups and surveys. 

Feedback and input will provide 

insights into customer or stakeholder 

perceptions, experiences and 

expectations, provide an early warning 

of issues with service, or focus attention 

on areas where communications, 

training, or changes in operations might 

improve delivery of products or services 

such as improved Land Management 

Planning or the implementation thereof. 

Description of Respondents: 

Individuals or households; Business or 

other for-profit; Not-for-profit 

institutions; and State, Local, Tribal 

Government 

Number of Respondents: 37,250. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 63,000. 

Charlene Parker, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2014–24656 Filed 10–16–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3411–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Saguache Ranger District, Rio Grande 

National Forest; Colorado; La Garita 

Hills Restoration Project 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

environmental impact statement. 

SUMMARY: The Saguache Ranger District, 

Rio Grande National Forest (USFS), and 

San Luis Valley Field Office, Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM), propose to 

conduct restoration activities on up to 

90,000 acres within the 187,778 acre La 

Gartia Hills (LGH) analysis area; 

approximately 145,709 acres are 

managed by the USFS and 33,294 acres 

are managed by the BLM. All activities 

would occur only on federal lands. The 

analysis area is located west and 

northwest of the town of La Garita in 

Saguache County, in south central 

Colorado. Treatment activities could 

include mechanical thinning, hand 

thinning, mastication, hazard tree 

removal, salvage, prescribed fire, tree 

planting, and relocation of selected road 

segments. The treatments will be used 

singularly or in combination to 

transition the landscape towards longterm desired future conditions that are 

more characteristic of a resilient forest, 

as described in the Rio Grande National 

Forest and San Luis Resource Area 

Management Plans. Resilient landscapes 

are more resistant to droughts, insect 

outbreaks, diseases, potential large 

wildfires, and will also offer additional 

protection to identified values at risk 

including: adjacent private land and 

property, water quality, watershed 

health, transportation systems, 

recreation sites, wildlife habitats, 

heritage sites, and timber resources. The 

USFS is the lead agency for the 

Environmental Impact Statement and 

the BLM is participating as a 

cooperating agency. 

DATES: Comments concerning the scope 

of the analysis must be received by 

November 17, 2014. The draft 

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