80 FR 52026 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 166 (August 27, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 166 (Thursday, August 27, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 52026]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-21197]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

August 21, 2015.
    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 
and other forms of information technology.
    Comments regarding this information collection received by 
September 28, 2015 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 (P.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 and Texas 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: 1,400.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Other (One time only).
    Total Burden Hours: 703.

Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-21197 Filed 8-26-15; 8:45 am]
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