83 FR 64098 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 239 (December 13, 2018)

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 239 (Thursday, December 13, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64098-64099]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-27011]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

December 10, 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 January 
14, 2019 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: Forest Service Pesticide-Use Proposal Form.
    OMB Control Number: 0596-0241.
    Summary of Collection: The Forest Service (FS) is authorized under 
the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, as amended (7 
U.S.C. 136, and 40 CFR part 171; the Cooperative Forestry Assistance 
Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2101) as amended by the Food, Agriculture, 
Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 1421), and 36 CFR part 
219; and the National Environmental Policy Act 42 CFR part 4321), and 
36 CFR part 220 to collect information on proposed use of pesticides on 
lands administered by FS to safe guard natural resources and human 
health.
    Need and Use of the Information: FS will use form FS-2100-2 to 
collect pesticide project information from entities for application of 
pesticides upon FS administered lands within rights-of-way easements, 
permitted lands, and under similar circumstances. Categories of 
information requested are

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descriptive of type, amount, and location of applications, as well as 
identification of qualifying credentials of those performing the work. 
Proposals will be evaluated by FS pesticide use coordinators and other 
administrative personnel to safeguard human health and ecological 
protection consistent with FS land use management programs. Without the 
ability to collect the details of proposed projects from outside 
parties, the FS would not be able to make appropriately informed 
decisions concerning land stewardship and necessary ecological and 
human health safeguards.
    Description of Respondents: Individuals or households, Businesses 
and Organizations, and State, Local and Tribal Governments.
    Number of Respondents: 36.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Other (One time only).
    Total Burden Hours: 600.
    TItle: Airplane Pilot Qualifications and Approval Record, 
Helicopter Pilot Qualifications and Approval Record, Airplane Data 
Record, and Helicopter Data Record.
    OMB Control Number: 0596-0015.
    Summary of Collection: The Forest Service (FS) is the largest owner 
and operator of aircraft in the federal government outside of the 
Department of Defense. The process by which FS operates, maintains, and 
provides aircraft is through the use of Federal Government contractual 
agreements with private industry. Two types of aviation contracts are 
used: Exclusive Use contracts and Call-When-Needed (CWN) contracts. 
Currently, in excess of 700 private companies contract with the FS for 
use in resource protection and administrative projects. In addition, 
the agency owns and operates 27 agency aircraft. The majority of FS 
flying is in support of wildland fire suppression. Contractor aircraft 
and pilots are used to place water and chemical retardants on fires, 
provide aerial delivery of firefighters to fires, perform 
reconnaissance, resource surveys, search for lost personnel, and fire 
detection. Contracts for such services established rigorous 
qualification requirements for pilots and specific condition/equipment/
performance requirements for aircraft. The authority is granted under 
the Federal Aviation Administration Regulations in Title 14 
(Aeronautics and Space) of the Code of Federal Regulations.
    Need and Use of the Information: FS will collect information using 
FS forms to document the basis for approval of contract pilot and 
aircraft for use in specific FS aviation missions. The information 
collected from contract pilots in face to face meetings (such as name, 
age, pilots license number, number of hours flown in type of aircraft, 
etc.) is based on the length and type of contract but is usually done 
on an reoccurring annual basis. Without the information supplied on 
these forms, FS contracting officers and pilot/aircraft inspectors 
cannot determine if pilots and aircraft meet the detailed 
qualification, equipment, and condition requirements essential to safe, 
efficient accomplishment of FS specified flying missions and which are 
included in contract specifications.
    Description of Respondents: Individuals or households, Businesses 
and Organizations, and State, Local and Tribal Governments.
    Number of Respondents: 2,555.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Other (One time only).
    Total Burden Hours: 3,577.
    Title: Forest Industries Post Data Collection Systems.
    OMB Control Number: 0596-0010.
    Summary of Collection: The Forest and Range Renewable Resources 
Planning Act of 1974 (Pub. L. 93-278), National Forest Management Act 
of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 1600), and the Forest and Rangeland Renewable 
Resources Research Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95-307) amended by the Energy 
Security Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 8701) require the Forest Service (FS) 
to evaluate trends in the use of logs and wood chips, to forecast 
anticipated levels of logs and wood chips, and to analyze changes in 
the harvest of the resources. Forest product and other wood-using 
industries are important to state, regional, and national economies. In 
most southern states, the value of rounded timber products is ranked 
either first or second in relation to other major agricultural crops. 
The importance and value of the timber products industry is significant 
in other regions of the United States as well. The FS will collect 
information using questionnaires.
    Need and Use of the Information: To monitor the types, species, 
volumes, sources, and prices of the timber products harvested 
throughout the Nation. Using the ``Primary Mill Questionnaire'' FS will 
collect industrial round wood information from the primary wood-using 
industries throughout the United States and from mills in Canada that 
directly receive wood from the United States. FS will also use the 
``Pulp & Board Forest Industries Questionnaire.'' The data will be used 
to develop specific economic development plans for a new forest related 
industry in a State and to assist existing industries in identifying 
raw material problems and opportunity. The ``Loggers Survey'' will 
track information pertaining to the logging company to determine 
changes in the logging contractor workforce as a whole, not by 
individual company. This type of data is important in understanding the 
logging industry and its response to outside influences. If the 
information were not collected, data would not be available for sub-
state, state, regional and national policy makers and program 
developers to make decisions related to the forestland on a scientific 
basis.
    Description of Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit; Not-
for-profit institutions.
    Number of Respondents: 5,737.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Other (One time only).
    Total Burden Hours: 2,223.

Kimble Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-27011 Filed 12-12-18; 8:45 am]
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