[Federal Register: May 27, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 102)]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
May 20, 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), OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV 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: Small Business Timber Set-Aside Program: Appeal Procedures
on Recomputation of Shares.
OMB Control Number: 0596-0141.
Summary of Collection: The Conference Report accompanying the 1997
Omnibus Appropriation Act (Pub L. 104-208) requires that the Forest
Service (FS) establish a process by which purchasers may appeal
decisions concerning recomputations of Small Business Set-aside (SBA)
shares or structural recomputations of SBA shares, or changes in
policies impacting the Small Business Timber Sale Set-Aside Program. FS
adopted the Small Business Timber Sale Set-Aside Program on July 26,
1990. FS administers the program in cooperation with the Small Business
Administration under the authorities of the Small Business Act of 1988,
the National Forest Management Act of 1976, and SBA's regulations at
Part 121 of Title 13 of the Code of Federal Regulations. The program is
designed to ensure that small business timber purchasers have the
opportunity to purchase a fair proportion of National Forest System
timber offered for sale.
Need and Use of the Information: The information collected is
submitted via e-mail and attached documents to a Forest Service Officer
to review any appeal of decisions related to recomputations of timber
sale shares to be set-aside for small business timber purchasers.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 40.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 320.
Forest Service
Title: Perception of Risk, Trust, Responsibility, and Management
Preferences Among Fire Prone Communities.
OMB Control Number: 0596-0186.
Summary of Collection: The Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resource
Research Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95-307), direct the Secretary of
Agriculture to conduct, support, and cooperate in investigations,
experiments, tests, and other activities the Secretary deems necessary
to obtain, analyze, develop, demonstrate, and disseminate scientific
information about protecting, managing, and utilizing forest and
rangeland renewable resources in rural, suburban, and urban areas. Fire
risk and the impact of recent fires have been significant on several
Western urban-proximate national forests. The Forest Service (FS) is
proposing to expand the scope of the initial information collection to
other fire-prone communities in the western United States. FS will
conduct a study using a questionnaire to gain first-hand information
from residents in communities proximate to and surrounded by urban
national forests in the Western United States. The information gathered
will help resource managers better understand the beliefs, perceptions,
and behaviors of those residents.
Need and Use of the Information: The Agency needs to know how
residents have been addressing fire risk, residents' beliefs about
individual responsibility in reducing fire risk, and the myriad of
other concerns residents have related to fire and fire risk. Results
from the information collected will be helpful in managing fire
education and information programs, continuing public collaboration
efforts, and in the selection of fire management and risk mitigation
strategies. Other fire management agencies and organizations will also
benefit from this knowledge. The information collected will be used to
construct a technical report on findings, to prepare journal articles
for submission to peer view outlets, for presentations at scientific
meetings, and for presentations to natural resource managers as
appropriate. Without the information management decisions will be made
on limited and anecdotal information regarding public values and
perceptions as well as perceived responsibility in management of fire
risk.
Description of Respondents: Individuals or households.
Number of Respondents: 270.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 485.
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
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