[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 73 (Monday, April 18, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 20101]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-7649]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

April 12, 2005.
    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), [email protected] 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 
reqiured to respond to the collection of information unless it displays 
a currently valid OBM control number.

Forest Service

    Title: Understanding Value Trade-Offs Regarding Fire Hazard 
Reduction.
    OMB Control Number: 0596-NEW.
    Summary of Collection: The Forest Service, Bureau of Land 
Management, Bureau of Indian Affairs, National Park Service, Fish and 
Wildlife Service, and many State agencies with fire protection 
responsibilities are planning to embark on an ambitious and costly 
fuels reduction program without a clear understanding of the public's 
opinion on which treatments are most effective or even desirable. The 
Forest Service (FS) and university research will contact recipients of 
a phone/mail questionnaire to help forest and fire managers understand 
value trade-offs regarding fire hazard reduction programs in the 
wildland-urban interface. Through the questionnaire, researchers will 
evaluate the responses of Florida residents to different scenarios 
related to fire hazard reduction programs, determine how effective 
residents think the programs are, and calculate how much residents 
would be willing to pay to implement the alternatives presented to 
them.
    Need and Use of the Information: The collective information will 
help researchers provide better information to natural resources, 
forest, and fire managers when they are contemplating the kind and type 
of fire hazard reduction program to implement to achieve forest land 
management planning objectives. Without the information the agencies 
with fire protection responsibilities will lack the capability to 
evaluate the general public understanding of proposed fuels reduction 
projects and programs or their willingness to pay for implementing such 
programs.
    Description of Respondents: Individuals or households.
    Number of Respondents: 1,500.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Other (One time only).
    Total Burden Hours: 913.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-7649 Filed 4-15-05; 8:45 am]
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