[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 154 (Friday, August 8, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46235-46236]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-18308]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

August 5, 2008.
    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) 720-8681.
    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: Understanding Value Trade-Offs Regarding Fire Hazard 
Reduction.
    OMB Control Number: 0596-0189.
    Summary of Collection: The Health Forests Restoration Act (Pub. L. 
108-148), improves the ability of the

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Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to plan and 
conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects on National Forest System 
and Bureau of Land Management Lands. 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 have undertaken a very ambitious and expensive forest 
fuels reduction program. The Forest Service (FS) and university 
researchers 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.
    Need and Use of the Information: Through the questionnaire, 
researchers will evaluate the responses of Florida residents to 
different scenarios related to fire hazard reduction programs, how 
residents think the programs presented to them are effective, and 
calculate how much residents would be willing to pay to implement the 
alternatives. The collected 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: 500.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Other (One time only).
    Total Burden Hours: 317.

Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-18308 Filed 8-7-08; 8:45 am]
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