[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 117 (Wednesday, June 18, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34716-34717]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-14188]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

June 12, 2014.
    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

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other technological collection techniques and other forms of 
information technology.
    Comments regarding this information collection received by July 18, 
2014 will be considered. Written comments should be addressed to: Desk 
Officer for Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), New Executive Office Building, 
725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503. Commentors are encouraged to 
submit their comments to OMB via email to: [email protected] 
or fax (202) 395-5806 and to Departmental Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, 
Mail Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250-7602. 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: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Study.
    OMB Control Number: 0596-NEW.
    Summary of Collection: The Wilderness Act of 1964 directs that the 
National Wilderness Preservation System be managed to protect natural 
wilderness conditions and to provide outstanding opportunities for 
solitude or primitive and unconfined types of recreation. To help meet 
Federal agencies' mandates related to recreation, scientists at the 
Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute periodically monitor and 
report to mangers and the public, visitor use and user characteristics 
and visitor feedback on management actions on federal lands, including 
National Wildlife Refuges.
    Need and use of the Information: This study will only ask 
recreation visitors questions about their recreation visit, their 
personal demographics relevant to education and service provision, and 
factors that have influenced or are likely to influence their 
recreation visits. Agency personnel will use the collected information 
to ensure that visitors' recreational activities do not harm the 
natural resources of the refuge and that wilderness-type recreation 
experiences are protected. The collected information will help managers 
continue to adapt their current programs to changing societal interests 
and needs; and meet the intent of the legislation that created the 
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
    Description of Respondents: Individuals or households.
    Number of Respondents: 850.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 191.

Forest Service

    Title: Environmental Justice and the Urban Forest in Atlanta, GA.
    OMB Control Number: 0596-NEW.
    Summary of Collection: Environmental justice is defined by the 
Environmental Protection Agency as the ``fair treatment and meaningful 
involvement of all people . . . with respect to the development, 
implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws . . .'' This 
information collection addresses environmental justice in urban 
settings. Cities are often (though not always) places of particular 
concern for environmental justice inquires due to the greater 
concentration of environmental pollutants and human populations. The 
following statutes and regulations are relevant to this request for 
information collection: Executive Order 12898, Memorandum of 
Understanding on Environmental Justice and Executive Order 12898, 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (Pub. L. 91-190), the Civil 
Rights Act of 1964 (Pub. L. 88-352).
    Need and use of the Information: The proposed study provides an 
integrated approach to assessing residents' relationship to the urban 
forest. The collection addresses environmental justice from the 
perspective of urban trees; and how this resource may contribute to 
environmental justice in a given community or neighborhood. The agency 
will use this information to determine whether their programs, 
policies, and activities have disproportionately high and adverse human 
health or environmental effects on minority populations and low-income 
populations. If the information is not collected, efforts at the 
federal level to evaluate environmental justice will remain limited to 
methodologies that reproduce incomplete assessments of environmental 
justice.
    Description of Respondents: Individuals or households.
    Number of Respondents: 824.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Other (one time).
    Total Burden Hours: 223.

Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-14188 Filed 6-17-14; 8:45 am]
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