68210 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 220 / Friday, November 14, 2014 / Notices 

Products Lists for Fire Chemicals for 

Wildland Fire Management. 

DATES: Comments must be received in 

writing on or before January 13, 2015 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 Dave 

Haston, Branch Chief, Equipment and 

Chemicals, USDA Forest Service, 

National Interagency Fire Center, 3833 

S. Development Avenue, Boise, ID 

83705. 

Comments also may be submitted via 

facsimile to 208–387–5642 or by email 

to: dhaston@fs.fed.us. 

The public may inspect comments 

received at the National Interagency Fire 

Center (NIFC), Jack Wilson Building, in 

Boise, Idaho, Monday through Friday 

10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Visitors are 

encouraged to call ahead to 208–387– 

5348 to facilitate entry to the building. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Shirley Zylstra, Missoula Technology 

and Development Center (MTDC), 406– 

329–4859, Cecilia Johnson, (MTDC), 

406–329–4819, or Dave Haston, NIFC, 

208–387–5642. Individuals who use 

telecommunication devices for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

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

twenty-four hours a day, every day of 

the year, including holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Qualified Products Lists for Fire 

Chemicals for Wild Land Fire 

Management. 

OMB Number: 0596–0182. 

Expiration Date of Approval: January 

31, 2015. 

Type of Request: Extension with no 

revision. 

Abstract: The Forest Service and 

cooperating wildland firefighting 

agencies need adequate types and 

quantities of qualified fire chemical 

products available to accomplish fire 

management activities as safely and 

effectively as possible. To accomplish 

this objective, the Agency evaluates and 

pre-approves commercial wildland 

firefighting chemicals. The Agency may 

be required to submit the formulations 

to the US Fish and Wildlife Service and 

NOAA Fisheries during the evaluation 

process. All products must meet the 

requirements of specifications identified 

and maintained by the Wildland Fire 

Chemical Systems (WFCS) staff at the 

Forest Service Missoula Technology and 

Development Center (MTDC). After a 

product evaluation has been completed 

successfully, the product is added to the 

Qualified Products List (QPL) for the 

appropriate product type. All Forest 

Service procurements of wildland fire 

chemicals are made from these lists. 

To initiate an evaluation, product 

manufacturers (or authorized suppliers) 

enter into an agreement with the Forest 

Service and pay all costs associated 

with the submission and evaluation of 

the product. Once the agreement is in 

place and funds are deposited to cover 

the associated costs, the manufacturer 

submits the following information to 

WFCS: 

1. List of the specific ingredients and 

quantity used to prepare the product, 

2. Identification of the source of 

supply for each ingredient, 

3. Copies of the Material Safety Data 

Sheet (MSDS) for the product and for 

each ingredient used to prepare the 

product, and 

4. Specific mixing requirements and 

performance information. 

Review of the submitted information 

assures that the product does not 

contain ingredients meeting the criteria 

for Chemicals of Concern, that is by 

appearing on one or more of the 

following lists: 

• Agency list of unacceptable 

ingredients. 

• National Toxicology Program (NTP) 

‘‘Annual Report on Carcinogens’’. 

• International Agency for Research 

on Cancer (IARC) Monographs for 

Potential Carcinogens. 

• Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act (CERCLA) ‘‘List of Extremely 

Hazardous Substances and Their 

Threshold Planning Quantities’’. 

• Resources Conservation and 

Recovery Act (RCRA), ‘‘Acutely 

Hazardous and Toxic Wastes’’. 

• Emergency Planning and 

Community Right to Know (EPCRA), 

‘‘Toxic Release Inventory’’. 

A risk assessment, performed at the 

manufacturer expense, is required. The 

risk assessment, performed by a third 

party selected by the Agency, assesses 

the products and levels of ingredients 

found in typical applications relative to 

human and environmental impact. Each 

product submitted is tested to determine 

the mammalian and aquatic toxicity of 

the product and must meet specific 

levels of performance to minimize 

potential risk during firefighting 

operations. Additional tests are 

performed to determine the 

effectiveness of the product to reduce 

spread rate and intensity of the fire by 

application directly on or near the fire. 

A number of product characteristics 

are measured over the operational 

performance range of the product to 

ensure that the product meets the needs 

of the firefighters in the field. 

The collection of this information for 

each product submission is necessary 

due to the length of time needed to test 

the product (18 to 24 months) and need 

to ensure that products are safe and 

effective prior to purchase and use. This 

information collection and the product 

evaluation must be conducted on an ongoing basis to ensure the Agency can 

solicit and award contracts in a timely 

manner to provide firefighters with safe 

and effective wildland fire chemical 

products. 

Estimate of Annual Burden: 4.5 hours. 

Type of Respondents: Businesses 

(manufacturers and suppliers) of fire 

chemicals for wildland fire 

management. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Respondents: 3. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Responses per Respondent: 3. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 40.5 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: November 6, 2014. 

Debra S. Pressman, 

Acting Deputy Chief, State and Private 

Forestry. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

Notice of the Advisory Committee on 

Agriculture Statistics Meeting 

AGENCY: National Agricultural Statistics 

Service, USDA. 

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ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, the 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

(NASS) announces a meeting of the 

Advisory Committee on Agriculture 

Statistics. 

DATES: The Committee meeting will be 

held from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on 

Tuesday, December 2, 2014, and from 

8:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, 

December 3, 2014. There will be an 

opportunity for public questions and 

comments at 9:45 a.m. on December 3, 

2014. All times mentioned herein refer 

to Central Standard Time. 

ADDRESSES: The Committee meeting on 

December 2, 2014 will take place at the 

NASS National Operations Center, 9700 

Page Avenue, Suite 400, St. Louis, 

Missouri 63132. The Committee will 

meet on December 3, 2014, at the Drury 

Inn & Suites Brentwood, 8700 Eager 

Road, Brentwood, Missouri 63144. 

Written comments may be filed before 

or up to two weeks after the meeting 

with the contact person identified 

herein at: U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, National Agricultural 

Statistics Service, 1400 Independence 

Avenue SW., Room 5029, South 

Building, Washington, DC 20250–2000. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Hubert Hamer, Executive Director, 

Advisory Committee on Agriculture 

Statistics, telephone: 202–720–3896, 

eFax: 855–593–5473, or email: 

HQSDOD@nass.usda.gov. General 

information about the committee can 

also be found at www.nass.usda.gov/

about_nass. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Advisory Committee on Agriculture 

Statistics, which consists of 20 members 

appointed from 7 categories covering a 

broad range of agricultural disciplines 

and interests, has scheduled a meeting 

on December 2–3, 2014. During this 

time the Advisory Committee will 

discuss topics including the status of 

NASS programs, Census of Agriculture 

Updates, Census of Agriculture Program 

Plans, and Respondent Relation Issues. 

The Committee meeting is open to the 

public. The public is asked to preregister for the meeting at least 10 

business days prior to the meeting. Your 

pre-registration must state the names of 

each person in your group, organization, 

or interest represented; the number of 

people planning to give oral comments, 

if any; and whether anyone in your 

group requires special accommodations. 

Submit registrations to Executive 

Secretary, Advisory Committee on 

Agriculture Statistics, via eFax: 855– 

593–5473, or email: HQSDOD@

nass.usda.gov. Members of the public 

who request to give oral comments to 

the Committee must arrive at the 

meeting site by 8:45 a.m. on 

Wednesday, December 3, 2014. Written 

comments by attendees or other 

interested stakeholders will be 

welcomed for the public record before 

and up to two weeks following the 

meeting. The public may file written 

comments by mail to the Executive 

Director, Advisory Committee on 

Agriculture Statistics, U.S. Department 

of Agriculture, National Agricultural 

Statistics Service, 1400 Independence 

Avenue SW., Room 5431 South 

Building, Washington, DC 20250–2000. 

Written comments can also be sent via 

eFax: 855–593–5473, or email: 

HQSDOD@nass.usda.gov. All 

statements will become a part of the 

official records of the USDA Advisory 

Committee on Agriculture Statistics and 

will be kept on file for public review in 

the office of the Executive Director, 

Advisory Committee on Agriculture 

Statistics, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250. 

Signed at Washington, DC, November 3, 

2014. 

Joseph T. Reilly, 

Administrator, National Agricultural 

Statistics Service. 

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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting 

of the California Advisory Committee 

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 

the provisions of the rules and 

regulations of the U.S. Commission on 

Civil Rights (Commission) and the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA) that a meeting of the California 

Advisory Committee (Committee) to the 

Commission will convene by conference 

call at 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time on 

Thursday, December 11, 2014. The 

purpose of the meeting is for the 

Committee to discuss its project on 

policing. 

This meeting is available to the public 

through the following toll-free call-in 

number: 877–446–3914, conference ID: 

4199050. Any interested member of the 

public may call this number and listen 

to the meeting. Callers can expect to 

incur charges for calls they initiate over 

wireless lines, and the Commission will 

not refund any incurred charges. Callers 

will incur no charge for calls they 

initiate over land-line connections to 

the toll-free telephone number. Persons 

with hearing impairments may also 

follow the proceedings by first calling 

the Federal Relay Service at 1–800–977– 

8339 and providing the Service with the 

conference call number and conference 

ID number. 

Members of the public are entitled to 

submit written comments. The 

comments must be received in the 

regional office by January 12, 2015. The 

address is U.S. Commission on Civil 

Rights, Western Regional Office, 300 

North Los Angeles St., Suite 2010, Los 

Angeles, CA 90012. Comments may be 

emailed to Angelica Trevino at 

atrevino@usccr.gov. 

Records generated from this meeting 

may be inspected and reproduced at the 

Western Regional Office, as they become 

available, both before and after the 

meeting. Persons interested in the work 

of this advisory committee are advised 

to go to the Commission’s Web site, 

www.usccr.gov, or to contact the 

Western Regional Office at the above 

email or street address. 

The meeting will be conducted 

pursuant to the provisions of the rules 

and regulations of the Commission and 

FACA. 

Dated: November 10, 2014. 

David Mussatt, 

Chief, Regional Programs Coordination Unit. 

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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Sunshine Act Meeting 

AGENCY: United States Commission on 

Civil Rights. 

ACTION: Notice of Commission Business 

Meeting. 

DATES: Date and Time: Friday, 

November 21, 2014; 9:30 a.m. EST. 

ADDRESSES: Place: 1331 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Suite 1150, Washington, DC. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lenore Ostrowsky, Acting Chief, Public 

Affairs Unit (202) 376–8591. 

Hearing-impaired persons who will 

attend the briefing and require the 

services of a sign language interpreter 

should contact Pamela Dunston at (202) 

376–8105 or at signlanguage@usccr.gov 

at least seven business days before the 

scheduled date of the meeting. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Meeting Agenda 

This meeting is open to the public. 

I. Approval of Agenda 

II. Program Planning 

• Vote on 2015 Business Meeting 

Calendar 

• Schedule FY 2015 Briefings 

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