[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 230 (Thursday, November 29, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 61374]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-25966]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

November 26, 2018.
    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 
are requested regarding (1) 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; (2) the 
accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of 
the methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) 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 
and other forms of information technology.
    Comments regarding this information collection received by December 
31, 2018 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: Understanding Value Trade-Offs Regarding Fire Hazard 
Reduction Programs in the Wildland-Urban Interface.
    OMB Control Number: 0596-0189.
    Summary of Collection: The Healthy Forests Restoration Act (Pub. L. 
108-148), improves the ability of the 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 Arizona, Colorado, New 
Mexico, Texas, California, and 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 programs 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: 1,675.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Other (One time only).
    Total Burden Hours: 690.

Kimble Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-25966 Filed 11-28-18; 8:45 am]
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