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Notices Federal Register

36997 

Vol. 74, No. 142 

Monday, July 27, 2009 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

July 22, 2009. 

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 or other forms of information 

technology should be addressed to: Desk 

Officer for Agriculture, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), 

OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or 

fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental 

Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail 

Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250– 

7602. Comments regarding these 

information collections are best assured 

of having their full effect if received 

within 30 days of this notification. 

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: Day Use on the National Forests 

of Southern California. 

OMB Control Number: 0596–0129. 

Summary of Collection: Users of 

urban proximate National Forests in 

Southern California come from a variety 

of ethnic/racial, income, age, 

educational, and other sociodemographic categories. The activities 

pursued, sources utilized, and site 

attributes preferred are just some of the 

items affected by these differences. 

Additional information is needed for the 

managers of the National Forests in 

Southern California, in part to validate 

previous results and in part because of 

the continuously changing profile of the 

visitor population recreating on the 

National Forests of Southern California. 

In the absence of the resultant 

information from the proposed series, 

the Forest Service (FS) will be illequipped to implement management 

changes required to respond to needs 

and preferences of day use visitors. FS 

will collect information using a 

questionnaire and face-to-face 

interviews. The statute authorizing the 

collection of information is the Forest 

and Rangeland Renewable Resources 

Research Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95–307, 

92 Stat. 353). 

Need and Use of the Information: FS 

will collect information on-site from 

recreation visitors to the urban National 

Forest day use areas on sociodemographic profile; National Forest 

visitation history and patterns; activity 

patterns; and why they recreate at 

particular sites, etc. The information 

will be used to assist resource managers 

in their effective management of 

recreation activities in the region 

studied. The Wildland Recreation and 

Urban Cultures Project will use the 

information to further expand its 

information base on visitor 

characteristics, safety, fire management, 

and mitigation of depreciative 

behaviors, such as vandalism. If the 

information is not collected, resource 

managers will have to make visitor 

based decisions on limited information. 

Description of Respondents: 

Individuals or households. 

Number of Respondents: 600. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 80. 

Forest Service 

Title: Urgent Removal of Timber. 

OMB Control Number: 0596–0167. 

Summary of Collection: Periodically, 

catastrophic events such as severe 

drought conditions, insect and disease 

outbreaks, wildfires, floods, and 

windthrow occur on forested lands 

within, or near, National Forest System 

(NFS) lands. As a result of such 

catastrophic event, substantial amounts 

of private and other public timber may 

be severely damaged. The damaged 

timber must be harvested within a 

relatively short time period to avoid 

substantial losses in both the quantity 

and quality of the timber due to 

deterioration. The critical time period 

available for harvesting this damaged 

timber and avoiding substantial 

deterioration varies with the season of 

the year, the species of timber, the 

damaging agent, and the location of the 

damaged timber. The following statute 

is applicable to extension of National 

Forest System timber sales: The 

National Forest Management Act of 

1976 (16 U.S.C. 472a), and 36 CFR 

223.115 and 36 CFR 223.53. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

Forest Service (FS) will collect the 

following information: (1) Name of the 

timber sale purchaser; (2) Identity of 

catastrophic event creating the need for 

urgent removal of timber; (3) Name of 

the NFS sale contract(s) for which an 

urgent removal extension is requested; 

(4) Quantity of urgent removal from 

qualifying catastrophic event purchaser 

has under contract and/or plans to 

harvest subject to approval by FS of 

urgent removal extension of sale(s) 

identified in purchaser’s request; and (5) 

General information showing the 

manufacturing and/or logging 

equipment capacity available to 

purchaser. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit; individuals or 

households; Federal Government; State, 

Local or Tribal Government. 

Number of Respondents: 23. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 58. 

Forest Service 

Title: The Role of Local Communities 

in the Development of Agreement or 

Contract Plans through Stewardship 

Contracting. 


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OMB Control Number: 0596–0201. 

Summary of Collection: Section 323 of 

Public Law 108–7 (16 U.S.C. 2104 Note) 

requires the Forest Service (FS) and 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to 

report to Congress annually on the role 

of local communities in the 

development of agreement or contract 

plans through stewardship contracting. 

To meet that requirement FS plans to 

conduct an annual telephone survey to 

gather the necessary information for use 

by both the FS and BLM in developing 

their separate annual reports to 

Congress. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

survey will collect information on the 

role of local communities in the 

development of agreement or contract 

plans through stewardship contracting. 

The survey will provide information 

regarding the nature of the local 

community involved in developing 

agreement or contract plans, the nature 

of roles played by the entities involved 

in developing agreement or contract 

plans, the benefits to the community 

and agency by being involved in 

planning and development of contract 

plans, and the usefulness of stewardship 

contracting in helping meet the needs of 

local communities. 

Description of Respondents: 

Individuals or households; business or 

other for-profit; not-for-profit 

institutions; Federal Government; State, 

Local or Tribal Government. 

Number of Respondents: 401. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

Annually. 

Total Burden Hours: 301. 

Charlene Parker, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–17834 Filed 7–24–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2009–0027] 

National Animal Identification System; 

Close of Comment Period 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This is a notice to inform the 

public that the comment period for the 

submission of stakeholder concerns 

related to the implementation of the 

National Animal Identification System 

will be closing on August 3, 2009. The 

comment period opened on May 1, 

2009, with the publication of our first 

notice announcing public meetings on 

the subject. The last meeting was held 

on June 30, 2009, and it was our 

intention to continue to provide the 

public with the option of submitting 

written comments for at least 30 days 

following that final meeting. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before August 3, 

2009. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/ 

component/ 

main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS2009-0027 to submit or view comments 

and to view supporting and related 

materials available electronically. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Please send two copies of your comment 

to Docket No. APHIS–2009–0027, 

Regulatory Analysis and Development, 

PPD, APHIS, Station 3A–03.8, 4700 

River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 

20737–1238. Please state that your 

comment refers to Docket No. APHIS– 

2009–0027. 

Reading Room: You may read any 

comments that we receive on this 

docket in our reading room. The reading 

room is located in room 1141 of the 

USDA South Building, 14th Street and 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC. Normal reading room 

hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except holidays. To be 

sure someone is there to help you, 

please call (202) 690–2817 before 

coming. 

Other Information: Additional 

information about APHIS and its 

programs is available on the Internet at 

http://www.aphis.usda.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Adam Grow, Director, Surveillance and 

Identification Programs, National Center 

for Animal Health Programs, VS, 

APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 200, 

Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 734–3752. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As part of 

its ongoing efforts to safeguard animal 

health, the U.S. Department of 

Agriculture (USDA) initiated 

implementation of a National Animal 

Identification System (NAIS) in 2004. 

The NAIS is a cooperative State-Federalindustry program administered by 

USDA’s Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service (APHIS). The 

purpose of the NAIS is to provide a 

streamlined information system that 

will help producers and animal health 

officials respond quickly and effectively 

to animal disease events in the United 

States. 

The ultimate long-term goal of the 

NAIS is to provide State and Federal 

officials with the capability to identify 

all animals and premises that have had 

direct contact with a disease of concern 

within 48 hours after discovery. Meeting 

that goal requires a comprehensive 

animal-disease traceability 

infrastructure. An NAIS User Guide and 

a Business Plan, both available on our 

Web site at http:// 

animalid.aphis.usda.gov/nais/ 

animal_id/index.shtml, provide detailed 

information about our plans for 

implementing the system. 

Despite concerted efforts, APHIS has 

not been able to fully implement the 

NAIS. Many of the same issues that 

producers originally had with the 

system, such as the cost and impact on 

small farmers, privacy and 

confidentiality, and liability, continue 

to cause concern. 

In order to provide individuals and 

organizations an opportunity to discuss 

their concerns regarding the NAIS and 

offer potential solutions, we have held 

14 public meetings throughout the 

country and have been soliciting 

comments via our Web site. 

Our goal is to gather feedback and 

input from a wide range of stakeholders 

to assist us in making an informed 

decision regarding both the future of the 

NAIS and the objectives and direction 

for animal identification and 

traceability. We would particularly 

welcome feedback on the following 

topics: 

• Cost. What are your concerns about 

the cost of the NAIS? What steps would 

you suggest APHIS use to address cost? 

• Impact on small farmers. What are 

your concerns about the effect of the 

NAIS on small farmers? What 

approaches would you suggest APHIS 

take to address the potential impact on 

small farmers? 

• Privacy and confidentiality. What 

are your concerns regarding how the 

NAIS will affect your operation’s 

privacy and/or the confidentiality of 

your operation? What steps or tactics 

would you suggest APHIS use to 

address privacy and confidentiality 

issues? 

• Liability. What are your concerns 

about your operation’s liability under 

the NAIS? What would you suggest 

APHIS consider to address liability 

concerns? 

• Premises registration. Do you have 

any suggestions on how to make 

premises registration, or the 

identification of farm or ranch locations, 

easier for stakeholders? How should we 

address your concerns regarding 

premises registration? 


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