[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 219 (Thursday, November 12, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71876-71877]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-24997]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Information Collection: Collaborative Forest Landscape 
Restoration Program

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
U.S. Forest Service (USFS) is seeking comments from all interested 
individuals and organizations on the renewal and revision of the 
information collection, Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration 
Program.

DATES: Comments must be received in writing on or before January 11, 
2021 to be assured of consideration. Comments received after that date 
will be considered to the extent practicable.

ADDRESSES: Comments concerning this notice should be addressed to 
Lindsay Buchanan, Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program 
Coordinator, 1220 SW 3rd Ave., Portland, Oregon 97204. Comments may 
also be submitted by email to: [email protected]. The public 
may inspect comments received at 1220 SW 3rd Ave., Portland, Oregon 
97204, during normal business hours. Visitors are encouraged to call 
ahead to 503-808-2810 to facilitate entry to the building.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lindsay Buchanan, Collaborative Forest 
Landscape Restoration Program Coordinator, Forest Management, Range 
Management, and Vegetation Ecology, can be reached by phone at 503-808-
2810, or by email at [email protected]. Individuals who use 
telecommunication devices for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339, twenty-four hours a 
day, every day of the year, including holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Title: Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program.
    OMB Number: 0596-0245.
    Expiration Date of Approval: January 31, 2021.
    Type of Request: Renewal with Revisions.
    Abstract: The Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program 
(CFLRP) is a USFS program started in 2010 to encourage collaborative 
groups of neighboring landowners, to work with the Forest Service to 
find common ground pertaining to forest restoration. Such collaborative 
neighboring landowners include State, local, and Tribal government 
representatives, businesses, interest groups, and non-profit 
organizations. Partners work with the USFS to implement restoration 
work and multi-party monitoring of landscape restoration treatments.
    The Forest Landscape Restoration Act (FLRA) of 2009 (16 U.S.C. 
7303), which enabled the CFLRP, requires monitoring ``to assess the 
positive or negative ecological, social, and economic effects of 
projects implementing a selected proposal for not less than 15 years 
after project implementation commences.'' This Information Collection 
Request (ICR) will help meet the obligation for monitoring the social 
impacts on residents and stakeholders of activities conducted under the 
CFLRP. The scope of the ICR includes residents of communities within 
and adjacent to the CFLRP landscapes and collaborative participants.
    Gaining information from individuals who work or live in the 
geographic area of the CFLRP projects provides valuable information to 
partners and land management decision makers. To ensure the USFS is 
informed about the opinions of participants of collaborative processes 
and public members living in or around the CFLRP project, the USFS 
seeks to obtain approval by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
of an ICR to collect both qualitative and quantitative feedback from 
stakeholders on management decisions, forest restoration work, 
monitoring activities, and land management planning. The information 
will be collected through a census survey of participants and a mail-
in, on-line, and hard copy survey of residents. Through the collection 
of this information, managers and planners will obtain valuable 
information to inform future decisions. USFS public affairs staff, 
social scientists, and economists may also use this information, and 
USFS, academic, and other researchers may use or cite the results or 
data collected in publications.

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    Without the collection of this information, the USFS will be unable 
to determine whether it is meeting the requirements of the Forest 
Landscape Restoration Act, nor if they are fully incorporating partner 
and public input into forest project, implementation, monitoring and/or 
planning processes as required by law.
    Type of Respondents: Residents within the Selected CFLRP landscapes 
in Forest Service Regions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, and 9.
    Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 5,250.
    Estimated Annual Number of Responses per Respondent: 7.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours on Respondents: 2,700 hours.
    Comment is Invited: Comment is invited on: (1) Whether this 
collection of information is necessary for the stated purposes and the 
proper performance of the functions of the Agency, including whether 
the information will have practical or scientific utility; (2) the 
accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the burden of the collection of 
information, 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 respondents, including the use of 
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology.
    All comments received in response to this notice, including names 
and addresses when provided, will be a matter of public record. 
Comments will be summarized and included in the submission request for 
OMB approval.

Paul Strong,
Acting Director, Forest Management, Range and Vegetation Ecology, 
National Forest System.
[FR Doc. 2020-24997 Filed 11-10-20; 8:45 am]
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