83_FR_44009 83 FR 43842 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

83 FR 43842 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 167 (August 28, 2018)

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FR Document2018-18583

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 167 (Tuesday, August 28, 2018) 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 167 (Tuesday, August 28, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43842-43843]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-18583]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

August 23, 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 
September 27, 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: National Woodland Owner Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 0596-0078.
    Summary of Collection: The Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources 
Planning Act of 1974 (Pub. L. 93-278 Sec. 3) and the Forest and 
Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 307 Sec. 3) 
are the legal authorities for conducting the National Woodland Owner 
Survey. In the United States, there are an estimated 816 million acres 
of forests and other wooded land. Over half of this land is privately 
owned by an estimated 11.5 million private ownerships that control over 
half of the nation's forests and other wooded land. The remaining 
forestland is managed by over a thousand federal, state, and local 
government agencies. The National Woodland Owner Survey (NWOS) collects 
information to help answer questions related to the characteristics of 
the landholdings and landowners, ownership objectives, the supply of 
timber and non-timber products, forest management practices, climate 
change, wildfires, invasive species, and delivery of the concerns/
constraints perceived by the landowners.
    Need and Use of the Information: The NWOS will utilize a mixed-mode 
survey technique involving cognitive interviews, focus groups, self-
administered questionnaires, and telephone interviews. The Forest 
Service (FS) will use several, interrelated forms: Long, short, state-
specific, science modules, corporate, public and urban versions to 
collect information. Data collected will help FS to determine the 
opportunities and constraints that private woodland owners typically 
face; and facilitate planning and implementing forest policies and 
programs. If the information is not collected the knowledge and 
understanding of private woodland ownerships and their concerns and 
activities will be severely limited.
    Description of Respondents: Individuals or households; Business or 
other for-profit; State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 4,188.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Other (every 5 years).
    Total Burden Hours: 2,198.

Forest Service

    Title: The Stewardship Mapping and Assessment Project (STEW-MAP).
    OMB Control Number: 0596-0240.
    Summary of Collection: The Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 
1978 (Pub. L. 113-79) Section 9(a); (b)(8); (c) and (d); The Forest and 
Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act of 1978 and the National 
Environmental Policy act of 1969 authorize the Forest Service to expand 
and strengthen existing research, education, technical assistance and 
public information and participation in tree planting and maintenance 
programs through stewardship. Civic environmental stewards are involved 
in a range of activities like planting trees, organizing community 
gardens, offering environment-themed classes, leading local 
conservation efforts, monitoring plants and animals, and cleaning up 
nearby parks or natural areas. These stewards may be nonprofit 
organizations, formal or informal community groups, faith-based 
organizations, or academic institutions. STEW-MAP will create a 
publicly available database and map of stewardship groups, their 
activities, and where they work.
    Need and Use of the Information: Information will be gathered on 
civic stewardship groups and their efforts such as where they work, the 
types of projects they focus on, and how they are organized. There are 
three phases to a STEW-MAP project: (1) A census to put together a 
master list of known stewardship groups and their contact information 
in the target city or region; (2) a survey distributed to all of the 
organizations identified in phase one to collect information about what 
they work on, structure of the group and what other groups they 
collaborate with; and (3) follow-up interviews with key longstanding 
organizations identified during phase two, to collect more detailed 
information about organizational histories. Without this information 
collection, FS would be unable to understand the current state of civic 
natural resource stewardship and would be unable to identify the

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organizations that may provide assistance to a given geographical area.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Not-for-
profit institutions; State, Local or Tribal Governments.
    Number of Respondents: 6,050.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 1,642.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-18583 Filed 8-27-18; 8:45 am]
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43842 Notices Federal Register Vol. 83, No. 167 Tuesday, August 28, 2018 This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER number and the agency informs other for-profit; State, Local or Tribal contains documents other than rules or potential persons who are to respond to Government. proposed rules that are applicable to the the collection of information that such Number of Respondents: 4,188. public. Notices of hearings and investigations, persons are not required to respond to Frequency of Responses: Reporting: committee meetings, agency decisions and the collection of information unless it Other (every 5 years). rulings, delegations of authority, filing of Total Burden Hours: 2,198. displays a currently valid OMB control petitions and applications and agency statements of organization and functions are number. Forest Service examples of documents appearing in this Forest Service Title: The Stewardship Mapping and section. Title: National Woodland Owner Assessment Project (STEW–MAP). Survey. OMB Control Number: 0596–0240. OMB Control Number: 0596–0078. Summary of Collection: The DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of Summary of Collection: The Forest Submission for OMB Review; and Rangeland Renewable Resources 1978 (Pub. L. 113–79) Section 9(a); Comment Request Planning Act of 1974 (Pub. L. 93–278 (b)(8); (c) and (d); The Forest and Sec. 3) and the Forest and Rangeland Rangeland Renewable Resources August 23, 2018. Renewable Resources Research Act of Research Act of 1978 and the National The Department of Agriculture has 1978 (Pub. L. 307 Sec. 3) are the legal Environmental Policy act of 1969 submitted the following information authorities for conducting the National authorize the Forest Service to expand collection requirement(s) to OMB for Woodland Owner Survey. In the United and strengthen existing research, review and clearance under the States, there are an estimated 816 education, technical assistance and Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, million acres of forests and other public information and participation in Public Law 104–13. Comments are wooded land. Over half of this land is tree planting and maintenance programs requested regarding (1) whether the privately owned by an estimated 11.5 through stewardship. Civic collection of information is necessary million private ownerships that control environmental stewards are involved in for the proper performance of the over half of the nation’s forests and a range of activities like planting trees, functions of the agency, including other wooded land. The remaining organizing community gardens, offering whether the information will have forestland is managed by over a environment-themed classes, leading practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the thousand federal, state, and local local conservation efforts, monitoring agency’s estimate of burden including government agencies. The National plants and animals, and cleaning up the validity of the methodology and Woodland Owner Survey (NWOS) nearby parks or natural areas. These assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance collects information to help answer stewards may be nonprofit the quality, utility and clarity of the questions related to the characteristics organizations, formal or informal information to be collected; and (4) of the landholdings and landowners, community groups, faith-based ways to minimize the burden of the ownership objectives, the supply of organizations, or academic institutions. collection of information on those who timber and non-timber products, forest STEW–MAP will create a publicly are to respond, including through the management practices, climate change, available database and map of use of appropriate automated, wildfires, invasive species, and delivery stewardship groups, their activities, and electronic, mechanical, or other of the concerns/constraints perceived by where they work. technological collection techniques and the landowners. Need and Use of the Information: other forms of information technology. Need and Use of the Information: The Information will be gathered on civic Comments regarding this information NWOS will utilize a mixed-mode survey stewardship groups and their efforts collection received by September 27, technique involving cognitive such as where they work, the types of 2018 will be considered. Written interviews, focus groups, self- projects they focus on, and how they are comments should be addressed to: Desk administered questionnaires, and organized. There are three phases to a Officer for Agriculture, Office of telephone interviews. The Forest STEW–MAP project: (1) A census to put Information and Regulatory Affairs, Service (FS) will use several, together a master list of known Office of Management and Budget interrelated forms: Long, short, state- stewardship groups and their contact (OMB), New Executive Office Building, specific, science modules, corporate, information in the target city or region; 725—17th Street NW, Washington, DC public and urban versions to collect (2) a survey distributed to all of the 20503. Commentors are encouraged to information. Data collected will help FS organizations identified in phase one to submit their comments to OMB via to determine the opportunities and collect information about what they email to: OIRA_Submission@ constraints that private woodland work on, structure of the group and omb.eop.gov or fax (202) 395–5806 and owners typically face; and facilitate what other groups they collaborate with; to Departmental Clearance Office, planning and implementing forest and (3) follow-up interviews with key USDA, OCIO, Mail Stop 7602, policies and programs. If the longstanding organizations identified daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES Washington, DC 20250–7602. Copies of information is not collected the during phase two, to collect more the submission(s) may be obtained by knowledge and understanding of private detailed information about calling (202) 720–8681. woodland ownerships and their organizational histories. 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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 167 / Tuesday, August 28, 2018 / Notices 43843 organizations that may provide number and the agency informs Forest Service assistance to a given geographical area. potential persons who are to respond to Description of Respondents: Business the collection of information that such Title: The Stewardship Mapping and or other for-profit; Not-for-profit persons are not required to respond to Assessment Project (STEW–MAP). institutions; State, Local or Tribal the collection of information unless it OMB Control Number: 0596–0240. Governments. displays a currently valid OMB control Number of Respondents: 6,050. Summary of Collection: The number. Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually. Forest Service 1978 (Pub. L. 113–79) Section 9(a); Total Burden Hours: 1,642. Title: National Woodland Owner (b)(8); (c) and (d); The Forest and Survey. Rangeland Renewable Resources Ruth Brown, Research Act of 1978 and the National OMB Control Number: 0596–0078. Departmental Information Collection Environmental Policy act of 1969 Summary of Collection: The Forest Clearance Officer. authorize the Forest Service to expand and Rangeland Renewable Resources [FR Doc. 2018–18583 Filed 8–27–18; 8:45 am] and strengthen existing research, Planning Act of 1974 (Pub. L. 93–278 BILLING CODE 3410–15–P Sec. 3) and the Forest and Rangeland education, technical assistance and Renewable Resources Research Act of public information and participation in 1978 (Pub. L. 307 Sec. 3) are the legal tree planting and maintenance programs DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE through stewardship. Civic authorities for conducting the National Submission for OMB Review; Woodland Owner Survey. In the United environmental stewards are involved in Comment Request States, there are an estimated 816 a range of activities like planting trees, million acres of forests and other organizing community gardens, offering August 23, 2018. wooded land. Over half of this land is environment-themed classes, leading The Department of Agriculture has privately owned by an estimated 11.5 local conservation efforts, monitoring submitted the following information million private ownerships that control plants and animals, and cleaning up collection requirement(s) to OMB for over half of the nation’s forests and nearby parks or natural areas. These review and clearance under the other wooded land. The remaining stewards may be nonprofit Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, forestland is managed by over a organizations, formal or informal Public Law 104–13. Comments are thousand federal, state, and local community groups, faith-based requested regarding (1) whether the government agencies. The National organizations, or academic institutions. collection of information is necessary Woodland Owner Survey (NWOS) STEW–MAP will create a publicly for the proper performance of the collects information to help answer available database and map of functions of the agency, including questions related to the characteristics stewardship groups, their activities, and whether the information will have of the landholdings and landowners, where they work. practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the ownership objectives, the supply of agency’s estimate of burden including Need and Use of the Information: timber and non-timber products, forest Information will be gathered on civic the validity of the methodology and management practices, climate change, assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance stewardship groups and their efforts wildfires, invasive species, and delivery such as where they work, the types of the quality, utility and clarity of the of the concerns/constraints perceived by information to be collected; and (4) projects they focus on, and how they are the landowners. organized. There are three phases to a ways to minimize the burden of the Need and Use of the Information: The collection of information on those who STEW–MAP project: (1) A census to put NWOS will utilize a mixed-mode survey are to respond, including through the together a master list of known technique involving cognitive use of appropriate automated, stewardship groups and their contact interviews, focus groups, self- electronic, mechanical, or other information in the target city or region; administered questionnaires, and technological collection techniques and (2) a survey distributed to all of the telephone interviews. The Forest other forms of information technology. organizations identified in phase one to Service (FS) will use several, Comments regarding this information collect information about what they interrelated forms: Long, short, state- collection received by September 27, specific, science modules, corporate, work on, structure of the group and 2018 will be considered. Written public and urban versions to collect what other groups they collaborate with; comments should be addressed to: Desk information. Data collected will help FS and (3) follow-up interviews with key Officer for Agriculture, Office of to determine the opportunities and longstanding organizations identified Information and Regulatory Affairs, constraints that private woodland during phase two, to collect more Office of Management and Budget owners typically face; and facilitate detailed information about (OMB), New Executive Office Building, planning and implementing forest organizational histories. Without this 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC policies and programs. If the information collection, FS would be 20503. Commentors are encouraged to information is not collected the unable to understand the current state of submit their comments to OMB via knowledge and understanding of private civic natural resource stewardship and email to: OIRA_Submission@ woodland ownerships and their would be unable to identify the omb.eop.gov or fax (202) 395–5806 and concerns and activities will be severely organizations that may provide to Departmental Clearance Office, limited. assistance to a given geographical area. USDA, OCIO, Mail Stop 7602, Description of Respondents: Description of Respondents: Business daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES Washington, DC 20250–7602. Copies of Individuals or households; Business or or other for-profit; Not-for-profit the submission(s) may be obtained by other for-profit; State, Local or Tribal institutions; State, Local or Tribal calling (202) 720–8681. Government. Governments. An agency may not conduct or Number of Respondents: 4,188. sponsor a collection of information Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Number of Respondents: 6,050. unless the collection of information Other (every 5 years). Frequency of Responses: Reporting: displays a currently valid OMB control Total Burden Hours: 2,198. Annually. VerDate Sep<11>2014 20:00 Aug 27, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\28AUN1.SGM 28AUN1


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