[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 142 (Monday, July 27, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36997-36998]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-17834]


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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), [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: 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 socio-demographic 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 ill-equipped 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 socio-demographic 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]
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