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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 74, No. 146 

Friday, July 31, 2009 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

July 27, 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) 720–8958. 

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. 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Title: School Nutrition Dietary 

Assessment Study–IV. 

OMB Control Number: 0584–0527. 

Summary of Collection: The School 

Nutrition Dietary Assessment Study–IV 

(SNDA–IV) will collect a broad range of 

data from a nationally representative 

sample of public School Food 

Authorities (SFAs) and schools. The 

study will focuses on assessing the 

nutrient content of school meals offered 

and served to students in elementary, 

middle and high schools. The study will 

also assess issues related to the 

operation of school meals program, 

particularly aspects that may influence 

the nutrient content of meals offered to 

children, children’s decisions to 

participate in the meal programs and the 

experience of children who do 

participate in the programs. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) will 

collect data from the study to address 

three broad set of research questions of 

interest to USDA, the states, SFAs and 

other program stakeholders: (1) What 

are the characteristics of schools and 

SFAs participating in the National 

School Lunch Program (NSLP) and the 

School Breakfast Program (SBP), 

particularly as they relate to meal 

service operations and the food 

environment? (2) What are the 

characteristics of meals and snacks 

offered and served to students? (3) How 

have school food service and school 

environment characteristics and meals 

offered and served to students changed 

over time? Without this information, 

FNS will not be able to assess progress 

toward key strategic goals for the NSLP 

and SBP or identify related training and 

technical assistance needs of SFAs and 

schools. 

Description of Respondents: State, 

Local, or Tribal Government. 

Number of Respondents: 3,725. 

Frequency of Responses: Report: 

Other (One time). 

Total Burden Hours: 7,111. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–18245 Filed 7–30–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–30–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Superior National Forest, Laurentian 

Ranger District; Minnesota; Tracks 

Project Environmental Impact 

Statement 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Agriculture, Forest Service, will prepare 

an environmental impact statement 

(EIS) for the Tracks Project. The 

proposed activities would manage forest 

vegetation composition, age class, and 

spatial patterns. Proposed activities also 

address the transportation system 

associated with vegetation activities and 

long-term Federal and non-federal 

access needs. 

The project area encompasses nearly 

78,000 acres of National Forest System 

land. 

The proposed action would create 

young forest through timber harvest; 

improve stand structure and withinstand diversity with harvests such as 

thinning; and restore stand conditions 

without harvest. Managing the 

minimum road system needed for longterm vegetation management would 

involve adding and decommissioning 

miles of road. The proposed project is 

located on the Laurentian Ranger 

District, Aurora, Minnesota. 

DATES: Comments concerning the scope 

of the analysis must be received by 

August 31, 2009. The draft 

environmental impact statement is 

expected in late 2009 and the final 

environmental impact statement is 

expected in spring 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to 

Stephen J. Kuennen, Laurentian District 

Ranger, Tracks Project, 318 Forestry 

Road, Aurora, MN 55705. Send 

electronic comments to commentseastern-superior-laurentian@fs.fed.us. 

Comments may also be sent via 

facsimile to (218) 229–8821. 

It is important that reviewers provide 

their comments at such times and in 

such a way that they are useful to the 

Agency’s preparation of the EIS. 

Therefore, comments should be 

provided prior to the close of the 

comment period and should clearly 

articulate the reviewer’s concerns and 

contentions. The submission of timely 


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and specific comments can affect a 

reviewer’s ability to participate in 

subsequent administrative review or 

judicial review. 

Comments received in response to 

this solicitation, including names and 

addresses of those who comment, will 

be part of the public record for this 

proposed action. Comments submitted 

anonymously will be accepted and 

considered; however, anonymous 

comments will not provide the 

respondent with standing to participate 

in subsequent administrative review or 

judicial review. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Susan Duffy, Tracks Project Coordinator 

at 1393 Hy 169, Ely, MN 55731, 

telephone (218) 365–2097. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose and Need for Action 

The primary purpose of the Tracks 

Project is to maintain and promote 

native vegetation communities that are 

diverse, productive, healthy, and 

resilient by moving the vegetation 

towards the desired vegetation and 

landscape ecosystem conditions 

described in the Superior National 

Forest Land and Resource Management 

Plan (Forest Plan). Forest Plan direction 

for the transportation system is also part 

of the project’s purpose. 

Proposed Action 

The proposed action would manage 

forest vegetation composition, age class, 

and spatial patterns and the 

transportation system associated with 

these activities. Proposed activities 

include: creating young forest on 

approximately 5,166 acres, improving 

stand structure and within-stand 

diversity on approximately 1,345 acres, 

and restoring stand conditions through 

a variety of non-harvest activities such 

as planting, biomass removal, and 

conducting prescribed burns to reduce 

risk of wildfire on approximately 352 

acres. Managing the minimum road 

system needed for long-term vegetation 

management would involve adding 5.2 

miles of system road and 

decommissioning 11.4 miles of road. 

Responsible Official 

Stephen J. Kuennen, Laurentian 

District Ranger, 318 Forestry Road, 

Aurora, MN 55705. 

Nature of Decision To Be Made 

An environmental analysis for the 

Tracks Project will evaluate site-specific 

issues, consider management 

alternatives, and analyze the potential 

effects of the proposed action and 

alternatives. The scope of the project is 

limited to decisions concerning 

activities within the Tracks Project Area 

that meet the purpose and need, as well 

as desired conditions. An 

environmental impact statement will 

provide the Responsible Official, 

Stephen J. Kuennen, with the 

information needed to decide which 

actions, if any, to approve. 

Permits or Licenses Required 

Easement or permission to cross nonfederal property may be needed to 

access some treatment units to 

implement Forest Service activities. 

Scoping Process 

This notice of intent initiates the 

scoping process, which guides the 

development of the environmental 

impact statement. Written comments 

will be solicited through a notice that 

will be sent to the landowners within 

the Tracks Project area and other 

interested individuals and 

organizations. 

It is important that reviewers provide 

their comments at such times and in 

such manner that they are useful to the 

agency’s preparation of the 

environmental impact statement. 

Therefore, comments should be 

provided prior to the close of the 

comment period and should clearly 

articulate the reviewer’s concerns and 

contentions. The submission of timely 

and specific comments can affect a 

reviewer’s ability to participate in 

subsequent administrative appeal or 

judicial review. 

Dated: July 20, 2009. 

Stephen J. Kuennen, 

Laurentian District Ranger. 

[FR Doc. E9–17996 Filed 7–30–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Utilities Service 

Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc.: 

Notice of Finding of No Significant 

Impact 

AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of Finding of No 

Significant Impact. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) has 

made a Finding of No Significant Impact 

(FONSI) with respect to a request from 

Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc. 

(AECI) for assistance to finance the 

construction, operation, and 

maintenance of a new 540-MW gas-fired 

combustion combined-cycle generation 

unit, a new 161/345-kV substation, a 

new 161-kV transmission line, and a 

new 345-kV transmission line in Mayes 

County, Oklahoma. 

ADDRESSES: The FONSI is available for 

public review at the USDA Rural 

Utilities Service’s Web site—http:// 

www.usda.gov/rus/water/ees/ea.htm or 

at 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Room 2244, Stop 1571, Washington, DC 

20250–1571; and at AECI’s headquarters 

office located at 211 South Golden, 

Springfield, Missouri 65801–4775 or the 

Pryor Public Library at 505 E. Graham, 

Pryor, OK 74361. To obtain copies of the 

FONSI or for further information, 

contact Stephanie Strength, 

Environmental Protection Specialist, 

USDA, Rural Utilities Service, 1400 

Independence Avenue, SW., Stop 1571, 

Washington, DC 20250–1571, 

Telephone: (202) 720–0468 or e-mail: 

stephanie.strength@wdc.usda.gov. or 

AECI’s headquarters office located at 

211 South Golden, Springfield, Missouri 

65801–4775. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: AECI 

proposes to construct a 540-megawatt 

(MW) combined-cycle, gas-fired 

generation unit at the Mid America 

Industrial Park Chouteau Power Plant in 

Mayes County, Oklahoma. A new 

substation will also be constructed, to 

be located approximately two miles east 

of the existing plant, to be connected by 

a single circuit 161-kV line. A single 

circuit 345-kV line will further connect 

the substation to the Grand River Dam 

Authority (GRDA) Coal-Fired Power 

Plant, located in Mayes County, 

Oklahoma. Burns and McDonnell 

Engineering Company, Inc., an 

environmental consulting firm, 

prepared an Environmental Report for 

RUS. RUS conducted an independent 

evaluation of the Environmental Report 

and agreed that it accurately assessed 

the impacts of the proposal. RUS 

accepted the document as its 

Environmental Assessment and 

published the document for a 30-day 

public comment period. The applicant 

is responsible for obtaining all permits 

required to construct the proposal. 

Pursuant to 36 CFR 800.4(d)(1) of the 

regulations (36 CFR part 800) 

implementing Section 106 of the 

National Historic Preservation Act 

(NHPA), 16 U.S.C. 470f, RUS made a 

finding that this project will not affect 

historic properties. RUS received no 

objection to this finding of effect from 

the Oklahoma State Historic 

Preservation Office or other consulting 

parties. RUS has determined this 

finding of no historic properties affected 

made pursuant to Section 106 of NHPA 

to be consistent with its FONSI. 

In accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act, as amended 


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