80 FR 13822 - Information Collection; Grazing Permit Administration Forms

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 51 (March 17, 2015)

Page Range		13822-13823
FR Document		2015-06150

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Forest Service is seeking comments from all interested individuals and organizations on the extension with no revision of a currently approved information collection, Grazing Permit Administration Forms.

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Information Collection; Grazing Permit Administration Forms

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Forest Service is seeking comments from all interested individuals and 
organizations on the extension with no revision of a currently approved 
information collection, Grazing Permit Administration Forms.

DATES: Comments must be received in writing on or before May 18, 2015 
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 the 
Attention: Director, Rangeland Management, USDA Forest Service, 
Washington Office, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Mailstop 1153, 
Washington, DC 20250-1153. To ensure timely delivery, review, and 
consideration, it may be preferable to submit comments via email to 
[email protected]; or by facsimile to 703-235-0428. If comments are 
sent by electronic means or by facsimile, the public is requested not 
to send duplicate comments via regular mail.
    All comments, including names and addresses when provided, are 
placed in the record and available for public inspection and copying. 
The agency cannot confirm receipt of comments.
    The public may inspect comments received at the USDA Forest Service 
Washington Office, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. Those 
wishing to inspect comments are encouraged to call ahead to 202-205-
1460 to facilitate entry into the building.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Annette Joseph, Rangeland Management 
at 202-205-1454. Individuals who use telecommunication devices for the 
deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-
800-877-8339 between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, 
Monday through Friday.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Grazing Permit Administration Forms.
    OMB Number: 0596-0003.
    Expiration Date of Approval: August 2015.
    Type of Request: Extension with no Revision.
    Abstract: This information collection extension is necessary to 
continue allowing proper administration of livestock grazing programs 
on National Forest System (NFS) lands. Domestic livestock grazing 
occurs on approximately 90 million acres of NFS lands. Grazing on NFS 
lands is subject to authorization and administrative oversight by the 
Forest Service. The information collected by the Forest Service is the 
minimum required for issuance and administration of grazing permits, 
including fee collections, as authorized by the Federal Land Policy and 
Management Act (FLPMA) of 1976, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1700 et seq.) and 
United States Department of Agriculture regulations at 36 CFR part 222, 
subparts A and C. Similar information is not available from any other 
source.
    Forest Service officials currently use the following forms to 
collect the information necessary to administer this program.
    FS-2200-1; Refund, Credit, or Transfer Application collects the 
following information:
     Name and mailing address;
     Permit number;
     National Forest or Grassland and Ranger District;
     Purpose of application: Credit on next year's fees, refund 
of fees, or transfer of credit to another account;
     Information on the allotment; number of cattle, horses, or 
sheep;
     Period range not used;
     Reason for less use than permitted; and
     Signature of Permittee.
    Information collected on this form enables the Forest Service to 
evaluate a grazing permittee's request for refund, credit, or transfer 
of the unused potion of the preceding season's grazing fees paid to the 
Forest Service for the occupancy of the National Forest System lands by 
permitted livestock.
    FS-2200-2; Application for Temporary Grazing or Livestock Use 
Permit collects the following information:
     Name and address of applicant;
     Type, amount, and location of requested grazing;
     Period of use; and
     Grazing allotment.
    Information collected on this form enables the Forest Service to 
determine whether individuals qualify for a temporary grazing or 
livestock use permit, which authorizes grazing on certain NFS lands for 
a period not to exceed one year. The Forest Service uses the 
information on this form to determine whether the applicant is likely 
to comply with grazing permit terms and conditions.
    FS-2200-12; Waiver of Term Grazing Permit enables the Forest 
Service to terminate an individual's grazing privileges on certain NFS 
lands based upon that individual's sale or transfer of base property, 
permitted livestock, or both to another individual who desires to 
acquire a new grazing permit. The waiver enables the Forest Service to 
cancel the grazing permit held by the individual who sold or 
transferred the base property, permitted livestock, or both; and to 
identify the individual who acquired the base property, permitted 
livestock, or both as the preferred applicant for a new grazing permit.
    FS-2200-13; Escrow Waiver of Term Grazing Permit Privileges 
collects information on loans made to permittees. The Forest Service 
uses the information to record the name and address of a permittee's 
lender, the amount of the loan, and the due date for repayment. The 
information assists Agency officials in determining whether to hold in 
escrow, on behalf of the lender, all of the privileges associated with 
the grazing permit except the privilege to graze. The Forest Service 
uses the collected information to (1) notify the lender of important 
issues associated with the administration of the grazing permit and (2) 
facilitate the transfer of a grazing permit to a lender if the 
permittee defaults on a loan.
    FS-2200-16; Application for Term Grazing Permit collects the 
following information:
     Name and address of applicant;
     Type, amount, and location of requested grazing;

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     Period of use; and
     Grazing allotment.
    The information collected on this form enables the Forest Service 
to evaluate an applicant's eligibility and qualification to hold a term 
grazing permit authorizing the use of National Forest System lands for 
livestock grazing purposes, to determine the applicant's ability to 
comply with grazing permit terms and conditions, and to notify the 
applicant in writing of matters associated with the administration of 
permitted grazing including, but not limited to, bills for the fees 
associated with the permitted grazing.
    FS-2200-17; Application for Term Private Land Grazing Permit 
collects the following:
     Name and address of applicant;
     Type, amount, and location of requested grazing;
     Period of use; and
     Grazing allotment.
    The information collected on this form enables the Forest Service 
to evaluate an applicant's eligibility and qualification to hold a term 
private land-grazing permit, which authorizes the use of National 
Forest System lands and private lands controlled by the applicant for 
livestock grazing purposes. The information also enables the Forest 
Service to determine the applicant's ability to comply with grazing 
permit terms and conditions, and to notify the applicant in writing of 
matters associated with the administration of permitted grazing.
    FS-2200-25; Ownership Statement by Corporation, Partnership or 
Other Legal Entity collects the following:
     Name of corporation, partnership, or other legal entity; 
and
     The title, signing authority, mailing address, shares 
owned, or ownership of each stockholder or partner.
    The information on this form enables the Forest Service to evaluate 
whether a corporation or partnership is eligible and qualified to hold 
a term grazing permit authorizing grazing on certain National Forest 
System lands, whether the corporation is authorized to conduct business 
in the state in which the National Forest System lands to be grazed are 
located, and which shareholders or partners are authorized to sign 
official documents on behalf of the corporation or partnership.
    Estimate of Annual Burden: 25 minutes.
    Type of Respondents: Individuals, Businesses, and Farms.
    Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 3900.
    Estimated Annual Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 1950 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 
toward Office of Management and Budget approval.

    Dated: March 4, 2015.
Mary Beth Borst,
Acting Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest System.
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER at 202–205–1454. Individuals who use occupancy of the National Forest
contains documents other than rules or telecommunication devices for the deaf System lands by permitted livestock.
proposed rules that are applicable to the (TDD) may call the Federal Information FS–2200–2; Application for
public. Notices of hearings and investigations, Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 Temporary Grazing or Livestock Use
committee meetings, agency decisions and between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., Permit collects the following
rulings, delegations of authority, filing of information:
petitions and applications and agency
Eastern Standard Time, Monday
through Friday. • Name and address of applicant;
statements of organization and functions are
• Type, amount, and location of
examples of documents appearing in this SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
requested grazing;
section. Title: Grazing Permit Administration
• Period of use; and
Forms. • Grazing allotment.
OMB Number: 0596–0003. Information collected on this form
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Expiration Date of Approval: August enables the Forest Service to determine
2015. whether individuals qualify for a
Forest Service Type of Request: Extension with no temporary grazing or livestock use
Information Collection; Grazing Permit Revision. permit, which authorizes grazing on
Administration Forms Abstract: This information collection certain NFS lands for a period not to
extension is necessary to continue exceed one year. The Forest Service
AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. allowing proper administration of uses the information on this form to
ACTION: Notice; request for comment. livestock grazing programs on National determine whether the applicant is
Forest System (NFS) lands. Domestic likely to comply with grazing permit
SUMMARY: In accordance with the livestock grazing occurs on
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the terms and conditions.
approximately 90 million acres of NFS FS–2200–12; Waiver of Term Grazing
Forest Service is seeking comments lands. Grazing on NFS lands is subject Permit enables the Forest Service to
from all interested individuals and to authorization and administrative terminate an individual’s grazing
organizations on the extension with no oversight by the Forest Service. The privileges on certain NFS lands based
revision of a currently approved information collected by the Forest upon that individual’s sale or transfer of
information collection, Grazing Permit Service is the minimum required for base property, permitted livestock, or
Administration Forms. issuance and administration of grazing both to another individual who desires
DATES: Comments must be received in permits, including fee collections, as to acquire a new grazing permit. The
writing on or before May 18, 2015 to be authorized by the Federal Land Policy waiver enables the Forest Service to
assured of consideration. Comments and Management Act (FLPMA) of 1976, cancel the grazing permit held by the
received after that date will be as amended (43 U.S.C. 1700 et seq.) and individual who sold or transferred the
considered to the extent practicable. United States Department of Agriculture base property, permitted livestock, or
ADDRESSES: Comments concerning this regulations at 36 CFR part 222, subparts both; and to identify the individual who
notice should be addressed to the A and C. Similar information is not acquired the base property, permitted
Attention: Director, Rangeland available from any other source. livestock, or both as the preferred
Management, USDA Forest Service, Forest Service officials currently use applicant for a new grazing permit.
Washington Office, 1400 Independence the following forms to collect the FS–2200–13; Escrow Waiver of Term
Avenue SW., Mailstop 1153, information necessary to administer this Grazing Permit Privileges collects
Washington, DC 20250–1153. To ensure program. information on loans made to
timely delivery, review, and FS–2200–1; Refund, Credit, or permittees. The Forest Service uses the
consideration, it may be preferable to Transfer Application collects the information to record the name and
submit comments via email to ajoseph@ following information: address of a permittee’s lender, the
fs.fed.us; or by facsimile to 703–235– • Name and mailing address; amount of the loan, and the due date for
0428. If comments are sent by electronic • Permit number; repayment. The information assists
means or by facsimile, the public is • National Forest or Grassland and Agency officials in determining whether
requested not to send duplicate Ranger District; to hold in escrow, on behalf of the
comments via regular mail. • Purpose of application: Credit on lender, all of the privileges associated
All comments, including names and next year’s fees, refund of fees, or with the grazing permit except the
addresses when provided, are placed in transfer of credit to another account; privilege to graze. The Forest Service
the record and available for public • Information on the allotment; uses the collected information to (1)
inspection and copying. The agency number of cattle, horses, or sheep; notify the lender of important issues
cannot confirm receipt of comments. • Period range not used; associated with the administration of
The public may inspect comments • Reason for less use than permitted; the grazing permit and (2) facilitate the
received at the USDA Forest Service
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and transfer of a grazing permit to a lender
Washington Office, between the hours • Signature of Permittee. if the permittee defaults on a loan.
of 8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. Those wishing Information collected on this form FS–2200–16; Application for Term
to inspect comments are encouraged to enables the Forest Service to evaluate a Grazing Permit collects the following
call ahead to 202–205–1460 to facilitate grazing permittee’s request for refund, information:
entry into the building. credit, or transfer of the unused potion • Name and address of applicant;
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: of the preceding season’s grazing fees • Type, amount, and location of
Annette Joseph, Rangeland Management paid to the Forest Service for the requested grazing;

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• Period of use; and Estimated Total Annual Burden on Comments regarding this information
• Grazing allotment. Respondents: 1950 hours. collection received by April 16, 2015
The information collected on this will be considered. Written comments
form enables the Forest Service to Comment is Invited
should be addressed to: Desk Officer for
evaluate an applicant’s eligibility and Comment is invited on: (1) Whether Agriculture, Office of Information and
qualification to hold a term grazing this collection of information is Regulatory Affairs, Office of
permit authorizing the use of National necessary for the stated purposes and Management and Budget (OMB), New
Forest System lands for livestock the proper performance of the functions Executive Office Building, 725–17th
grazing purposes, to determine the of the Agency, including whether the Street NW., Washington, DC 20502.
applicant’s ability to comply with information will have practical or Commenters are encouraged to submit
grazing permit terms and conditions, scientific utility; (2) the accuracy of the their comments to OMB via email to:
and to notify the applicant in writing of Agency’s estimate of the burden of the OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or
matters associated with the collection of information, including the fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental
administration of permitted grazing validity of the methodology and Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail
including, but not limited to, bills for assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250–
the fees associated with the permitted the quality, utility, and clarity of the 7602. Copies of the submission(s) may
grazing. information to be collected; and (4) be obtained by calling (202) 720–8958.
FS–2200–17; Application for Term ways to minimize the burden of the An agency may not conduct or
Private Land Grazing Permit collects the collection of information on sponsor a collection of information
following: respondents, including the use of unless the collection of information
• Name and address of applicant; automated, electronic, mechanical, or displays a currently valid OMB control
• Type, amount, and location of other technological collection number and the agency informs
requested grazing; techniques or other forms of information potential persons who are to respond to
• Period of use; and technology. the collection of information that such
• Grazing allotment. All comments received in response to persons are not required to respond to
The information collected on this this notice, including names and the collection of information unless it
form enables the Forest Service to addresses when provided, will be a displays a currently valid OMB control
evaluate an applicant’s eligibility and matter of public record. Comments will number.
qualification to hold a term private be summarized and included in the
submission request toward Office of Animal and Plant Health Inspection
land-grazing permit, which authorizes
Management and Budget approval. Service
the use of National Forest System lands
and private lands controlled by the Dated: March 4, 2015. Title: Importation of Gypsy Moth Host
applicant for livestock grazing purposes. Mary Beth Borst,
Materials from Canada.
The information also enables the Forest OMB Control Number: 0579–0142.
Acting Associate Deputy Chief, National Summary of Collection: The United
Service to determine the applicant’s Forest System.
ability to comply with grazing permit States Department of Agriculture
[FR Doc. 2015–06150 Filed 3–16–15; 8:45 am] (USDA) is responsible for preventing
terms and conditions, and to notify the BILLING CODE 3411–15–P
applicant in writing of matters plant diseases or insect pests from
associated with the administration of entering the United States, preventing
permitted grazing. the spread of pests not widely
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
FS–2200–25; Ownership Statement by distributed in the United States, and
Corporation, Partnership or Other Legal Submission for OMB Review; eradicating those imported pests when
Entity collects the following: Comment Request eradication is feasible. Under the Plant
• Name of corporation, partnership, Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.),
or other legal entity; and March 11, 2015. the Secretary of Agriculture is
• The title, signing authority, mailing The Department of Agriculture has authorized to regulate the importation of
address, shares owned, or ownership of submitted the following information plants, plant products, and other articles
each stockholder or partner. collection requirement(s) to OMB for to prevent the introduction of injurious
The information on this form enables review and clearance under the plant pests. The Plant Protection and
the Forest Service to evaluate whether a Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Quarantine program within USDA’s
corporation or partnership is eligible Public Law 104–13. Comments Animal and Plant Health Inspection
and qualified to hold a term grazing regarding: (a) Whether the collection of Service (APHIS) is responsible for
permit authorizing grazing on certain information is necessary for the proper ensuring that these regulations are
National Forest System lands, whether performance of the functions of the enforced.
the corporation is authorized to conduct agency, including whether the Need and Use of the Information:
business in the state in which the information will have practical utility; APHIS will collect information from
National Forest System lands to be (b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate individuals both within and outside the
grazed are located, and which of burden including the validity of the United States using phytosanitary
shareholders or partners are authorized methodology and assumptions used; (c) certificates, certificates of origin, a
to sign official documents on behalf of ways to enhance the quality, utility and written statement and a compliance
the corporation or partnership. clarity of the information to be agreement. Information collected will
mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES

Estimate of Annual Burden: 25 collected; (d) ways to minimize the ensure that importing foreign logs, trees,
minutes. burden of the collection of information shrubs, and other articles do not harbor
Type of Respondents: Individuals, on those who are to respond, including plant or insect pests such as the gypsy
Businesses, and Farms. through the use of appropriate moth. Failing to collect this information
Estimated Annual Number of automated, electronic, mechanical, or would cripple APHIS’ ability to ensure
Respondents: 3900. other technological collection that trees, shrubs, logs, and a variety of
Estimated Annual Number of techniques or other forms of information other items imported from Canada do
Responses per Respondent: 1. technology. not harbor gypsy moths.

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Document Created: 2015-12-18 12:01:05
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Section		Notices
Action		Notice; request for comment.
Dates		Comments must be received in writing on or before May 18, 2015 to be assured of consideration. Comments received after that date will be considered to the extent practicable.
Contact		Annette Joseph, Rangeland Management at 202-205-1454. Individuals who use telecommunication devices for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1- 800-877-8339 between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, Monday through Friday.
FR Citation		80 FR 13822

80 FR 13822 - Information Collection; Grazing Permit Administration Forms

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUREForest Service

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 51 (March 17, 2015)

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service