Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 133 / Tuesday, July 14, 2009 / Notices 33989 

Room 5336A, Mail Stop 2024, South 

Building, 1400 Independence Avenue, 

SW., Washington, DC 20250–2024. 

• Hand Delivery/Courier: Hand 

deliver to: David Hancock, NASS 

Clearance Officer, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Room 5336A, South 

Building, 1400 Independence Avenue, 

SW., Washington, DC 20250–2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joseph T. Reilly, Associate 

Administrator, National Agricultural 

Statistics Service, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, (202) 720–4333. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: 2009 Census of Horticultural 

Specialties. 

OMB Control Number: 0535–0236. 

Type of Request: Intent to Seek 

Reinstatement of an Information 

Collection as mandated by the Census of 

Agricultural Act of 1997 (Pub. L. 105– 

113). 

Abstract: The National Agricultural 

Statistics Service (NASS) of the United 

States Department of Agriculture 

(USDA) will request approval from the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for the 2009 Census of 

Horticultural Specialties survey to be 

conducted as a follow-on survey from 

the 2007 Census of Agriculture and is 

authorized by the Food, Conservation, 

and Energy Act of 2008 (Title X— 

Horticulture and Organic Agriculture). 

The 2009 Census of Horticultural 

Specialties will use as a sampling 

universe; every respondent on the 2007 

Census of Agriculture who reported 

production and sales of $10,000 or more 

of horticultural specialty crops, and is 

still in business in 2009. In addition, 

NASS also plans to contact all new 

operations that have begun producing 

horticultural specialty products since 

the completion of the 2007 Census of 

Agriculture. Data collection will begin 

around January 1, 2010 for production 

and sales data for 2009. A final report 

will be published around December 

2010. Data will be published at both the 

U.S. and State levels where possible. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 60 minutes per 

response. 

Respondents: Producers of 

horticultural specialty crops. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

40,000. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 40,000 hours. 

The primary objectives of the National 

Agricultural Statistics Service are to 

prepare and issue State and national 

estimates of crop production, livestock 

production, economic statistics, and 

environmental statistics related to 

agriculture and to conduct the Census of 

Agriculture and its follow on surveys. 

These data will be collected under the 

authority of 7 U.S.C. 2204(a). 

Individually identifiable data collected 

under this authority are governed by 

section 1770 of the Food Security Act of 

1985, 7 U.S.C. 2276, which requires 

USDA to afford strict confidentiality to 

non-aggregated data provided by 

respondents. This Notice is submitted in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13) 

and Office of Management and Budget 

regulations at 5 CFR part 1320 (60 FR 

44978, August 29, 1995). 

Copies of this information collection 

and related instructions can be obtained 

without charge from the NASS OMB 

Clearance Officer, at (202) 720–2248. 

Comments: Comments are invited on: 

(a) Whether the proposed 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 the burden of the proposed collection 

of information including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (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 or other forms of information 

technology. 

All responses to this notice will 

become a matter of public record and be 

summarized in the request for OMB 

approval. 

Signed at Washington, DC, June 17, 2009. 

Joseph T. Reilly, 

Associate Administrator. 

[FR Doc. E9–16635 Filed 7–13–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–20–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Norbeck Wildlife Project; Hell Canyon 

Ranger District; Black Hills National 

Forest Custer, SD 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Revised notice of intent to 

prepare an Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS). 

SUMMARY: The Hell Canyon Ranger 

District of the Black Hills National 

Forest (BHNF) is preparing an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

for a proposal to implement multiple 

resource management actions within the 

Norbeck Wildlife Preserve (Norbeck) 

project area as directed by the Norbeck 

Organic Act and the Black Hills 

National Forest Land and Resource 

Management Plan. Since the original 

NOl was published, the proposed action 

has been modified to no longer include 

prescribed burning within the Black Elk 

Wilderness, and two additional action 

alternatives have been developed. The 

No Action alternative, which is also 

being considered, would not authorize 

habitat improvements of any type 

within the project area. This revised 

Notice of Intent is being issued to 

provide updated information on this 

project, including the proposal, timing, 

and contact information. 

DATES: The original NOI for the Norbeck 

project was published July 31, 2007 (72 

FR 41703). The dates of expected 

availability of environmental documents 

have changed since that Notice. The 

draft environmental impact statement is 

now expected to be available in 

September 2009 and the final 

environmental impact statement is 

expected to be completed by December 

2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kelly Honors, Project Leader, Black 

Hills National Forest, Hell Canyon 

Ranger District, 330 Mount Rushmore 

Road, Custer, South Dakota 57730 or by 

phone at (605) 673–4853. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose and Need for Action 

The purpose for action in the Norbeck 

project area has not changed, and is to 

benefit ‘‘game animals and birds’’ by 

improving habitat conditions within the 

Norbeck Wildlife Preserve, and to 

reduce the risks and consequences of a 

wildfire escaping from the wilderness. 

The EIS will describe current conditions 

and analyze environmental 

consequences of proposed actions. This 

information will assist the decisionmaker in selecting management and 

monitoring strategies to meet desired 

conditions, such as the goals and 

objectives outlined for Management 

Area 5.4A, Norbeck Wildlife Preserve, 

Management Area 4.2B, Peter Norbeck 

Scenci Byway and Management Area 

1.1A, Black Elk Wilderness. 

The Forest Service seeks to provide 

high quality habitat for ‘‘game animals 

and birds’’ in accordance with the 

Norbeck Organic Act of June 5, 1920 

and the Black Hills National Forest 

(BHNF) Land and Resource 

Management Plan (LRMP). A Focus 

Species List was prepared through 

coordination between USDA Forest 

Service personnel and South Dakota 

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Game, Fish and Parks personnel 

(Griebel, Bums, Deisch, 2007), and is 

now an amendment to the BHNF LRMP. 

The following species are included on 

this list, and were used to guide habitat 

management objectives for the Norbeck 

project: mountain goat, bighorn sheep, 

elk, white-tailed deer, Merriam’s turkey, 

mountain bluebird, golden-crowned 

kinglet, brown creeper, ruffed grouse, 

song sparrow, northern goshawk and 

black-backed woodpecker. 

Proposed Action 

The Norbeck project proposed action 

includes the following management 

actions: 

Managing vegetation on 

approximately 6,000 acres mechanically 

and by prescribed burning to improve 

habitat for game animals and birds 

within the Norbeck Wildlife Preserve. 

Information on Issues and Additional 

Alternatives 

Issues associated with the Norbeck 

project, as identified through scoping, 

include: wilderness values, wildlife and 

wildlife habitat, large trees, mountain 

pine beetle effects on wildlife habitat 

and potential for escaped fire. The two 

additional action alternatives include 

vegetation treatments to improve 

wildlife habitat, and also include 

prescribed burning within the Black Elk 

Wilderness. 

Responsible Official 

Mr. Lynn D. Kolund, Hell Canyon 

District Ranger, Black Hills National 

Forest, 330 Mount Rushmore Road, 

Custer, SD 57730. 

Nature of Decision To Be Made 

After reviewing the environmental 

analysis and considering public 

comment, the District Ranger will reach 

a decision that is in accord with the 

purpose and need for the project. The 

decision will include, but not be limited 

to: 

(I) Whether or not to undertake 

vegetation treatments to improve habitat 

conditions within Norbeck Wildlife 

Preserve for game animals and birds, 

and 

(2) What actions are appropriate, and 

under what conditions would actions 

take place. 

Early Notice about Importance of 

Public Participation in Subsequent 

Environmental Review: A draft 

environmental impact statement is 

expected to be available for public 

review in September 2009. The 

comment period on the draft 

environmental impact statement will be 

45 days from the date the 

Environmental Protection Agency 

publishes the notice of availability in 

the Federal Register. The Forest Service 

believes that at this early stage it is 

important to give reviewers notice of 

several court rulings related to public 

participation in the environmental 

review process. First, reviewers of draft 

environmental impact statements must 

structure their participation in the 

environmental review of the proposal so 

that it is meaningful and alerts an 

agency to the reviewer’s position and 

contentions. Vermont Yankee Nuclear 

Power Corp. v. NRDC, 435 U.S. 519, 553 

(1978). Also, environmental objections 

that could be raised at the draft 

environmental impact statement stage 

but that are not raised until after 

completion of the final environmental 

impact statement may be waived or 

dismissed by the courts. City of Angoon 

v. Hodel, 803 F.2d 1016, 1022 (9th Cir. 

1986) and Wisconsin Heritages, Inc. v. 

Harris, 490 F. Supp. 1334, 1338 (E.D. 

Wis. 1980). Because of these court 

rulings, it is very important that those 

interested in this proposed action 

participate by the close of the 45-day 

comment period so that comments and 

objections are made available to the 

Forest Service at a time when they can 

meaningfully consider them and 

respond to them in the final 

environmental impact statement. To 

assist the Forest Service in identifying 

and considering issues and concerns, 

comments on the draft environmental 

impact statement should be as specific 

as possible. Please refer to specific pages 

or chapters of the draft statement. 

Comments may also address the 

adequacy of the draft environmental 

impact statement or the merits of the 

alternatives formulated and discussed in 

the statement. Reviewers may wish to 

refer to the Council on Environmental 

Quality Regulations for implementing 

the procedural provisions of the 

National Environmental Policy Act at 40 

CFR 1503.3 in addressing these points. 

Comments received, including the 

names and addresses of those who 

comment, will be considered part of the 

public record on this proposal and will 

be available for public inspection. 

(Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7 and 1508.22; 

Forest Service Handbook 1909.15, Section 

21) 

Dated: July 6, 2009. 

David Thom, 

Acting Deputy Forest Supervisor Black Hills 

National Forest. 

[FR Doc. E9–16473 Filed 7–13–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Naches Ranger District, OkanoganWenatchee National Forest; Minor 

Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail 

Relocation 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: A minor relocation 

(approximately 2,000 feet) will occur on 

the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail 

(PCNST) in 2009. The trail will be rerouted from its current location within 

the White Pass Ski Area south to the 

Wilderness boundary on the edge of the 

expansion area with the purpose of 

maintaining a quality, uninterrupted 

backcountry experience for PCNST 

users and to minimize their views of ski 

area structures and facilities. All 

activities were analyzed in the White 

Pass Expansion Master Development 

Plan Proposal Final Environmental 

Impact Statement and documented in 

the June 2007 Record of Decision. 

Relocation will begin in July 2009 and 

is expected to be completed by fall 

2009. Trail relocation will be done in 

conjunction with the Pacific Crest Trail 

Association. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Direct questions regarding this trail 

relocation to Randall Shepard, Naches 

District Ranger, USDA, OkanoganWenatchee National Forest, 10237 US 

Highway 12, Naches, WA 98937, 509– 

653–1415. 

Dated: July 8, 2009. 

Randall D. Shepard, 

Naches District Ranger, OkanoganWenatchee National Forest. 

[FR Doc. E9–16649 Filed 7–13–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

chapter 35). 

Agency: U.S. Census Bureau. 

Title: Advance Monthly Retail Trade 

Survey. 

Form Number(s): SM–44(06)A, SM– 

44(06)AE, SM–44(06)AS, SM–72(06)A, 

SM–44(06)FA, SM–44(06)FAE, SM– 

44(06)FAS, SM–72(06)FA. 

OMB Control Number: 0607–0104. 

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