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each premises. Currently, we have
cooperative agreements with 14
organizations that are participating by
managing interim ATDs.
The NAIS is a voluntary program, and
protecting individuals’ private
information and confidential business
information is important to APHIS and
to all participants and potential
participants in the system. APHIS
maintains only limited premises
registration information and will not
have direct access to animal
identification or movement records.
Animal health officials will request
access to animal movement and location
records only in the case of an animal
disease event.
In keeping with this policy, the
records of animal identification number
(AIN) devices distributed to a premises
when used for voluntary participation
in the NAIS will be held by private
entities and organizations or by States in
AIN device distribution databases (AIN
DDDs), rather than in APHIS’s AIN
Management System. This program
change is, we believe, an important one
that will serve to encourage
participation in the voluntary animal
identification component of the NAIS.
While AIN tags used for disease and/
or regulatory programs such as the
National Scrapie Eradication Program
will continue to be administered
through the AIN Management System,
the distribution records of AIN devices
to producers that voluntarily participate
in the NAIS will not be maintained on
that system. APHIS will continue to
approve identification devices for
official use in the NAIS and establish
agreements with the manufacturers for
the authorized use of the AIN.
Producers will continue to need a
premises identification number to
obtain AIN tags. The revised system will
still maintain the data requirements of
the AIN Management System, but the
records of AINs distributed to each
premises will be held privately or by the
States. The AIN DDDs will be integrated
with the NAIS in a manner similar to
the one used for the integration of
private and State ATDs into our Animal
Trace Processing System (ATPS).
Authorized Federal and State animal
health officials will need access to some
of the animal tracking and animal
identification information to be held in
the privately or State-administered
databases in certain situations. APHIS
has defined the situations that would
trigger the authorization for animal
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health officials to request information
from AIN DDDs through the ATPS as
follows:
1. An indication of (suspect,
presumptive positive, etc.) or confirmed
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positive test for a foreign animal
disease;
2. An animal disease emergency as
determined by the Secretary of
Agriculture and/or State Departments of
Agriculture; and
3. The need to conduct a traceback/
traceforward to determine the origin of
infection for a program disease
(brucellosis, tuberculosis, etc.).
The transition to the private and State
AIN DDDs is expected to begin in April
2007. Therefore, in order to provide a
forum for the discussion of issues
related to privately and State-
administered AIN DDDs, APHIS is
holding two public meetings. Interested
private organizations and State agencies
that have databases that could integrate
with the NAIS as AIN DDDs are
encouraged to attend. Other
stakeholders, such as producers and
AIN tag manufacturers, device
managers, and resellers, are also
encouraged to participate. APHIS has
approved AIN devices from several
manufacturers. Producers can request
AIN devices directly from these AIN tag
manufacturers or from the AIN device
managers or resellers who have
marketing agreements with the
authorized manufacturers. Additional
companies and individuals may become
engaged in the distribution of AIN
devices. Because each of these groups
and entities has a role in the
distribution of AIN devices, a process
that will be affected by this transition to
State and private AIN DDDs, these
entities too should consider
participating in the meetings even if
they do not plan on providing AIN
DDDs.
The first of the two public meetings
is scheduled for Monday, March 5,
2007, from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m., and
Tuesday, March 6, 2007, from 8 a.m. to
noon. The second meeting is scheduled
for Monday, March 12, 2007, from 1
p.m. to 6 p.m., and Tuesday, March 13,
2007, from 8 a.m. to noon. Information
regarding the meetings may be obtained
from the person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Done in Washington, DC, this 23rd day of
February 2007.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Commodity Credit Corporation
Farm Service Agency
Request for Extension of a Currently
Approved Information Collection;
Application for Payment of Amounts
Due Persons Who Have Died,
Disappeared, or Have Been Declared
Incompetent (FSA–325)
AGENCY: Commodity Credit
Corporation/Farm Service Agency,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the intent of the
Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC)
and the Farm Service Agency (FSA) to
request the renewal of a currently
approved information collection. This
information collection is used by CCC
and FSA to document or determine
whether representatives or survivors of
a producer are entitled to receive
payments earned by a producer who
dies, disappears, or is declared
incompetent before receiving payments
or other disbursements.
DATE: Comments on this notice must be
received on or before April 30, 2007 to
be assured consideration.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mike Sienkiewicz, Agricultural Program
Specialist, Production, Emergencies,
and Compliance Division, USDA, FSA,
STOP 0517, 1400 Independence
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250–
0517, telephone (202)720–8959;
Electronic mail:
Mike.sienkiewica@wdc.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Application for Payment of
Amounts Due Persons Who Have Died,
Disappeared, or Have Been Declared
Incompetent.
OMB Control Number: 0560–0026.
Expiration Date: September 30, 2007.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: Persons desiring to claim
payment due a person who has died,
disappeared, or has been declared
incompetent must do so on Form FSA–
325, ‘‘Application for Payment of
Amounts Due Persons Who Have Died,
Disappeared, or Have Been Declared
Incompetent’’. This information is used
by FSA county office employees to
document the relationship of heirs or
beneficiaries and determine the order of
precedence for disbursing payments to
survivors of the person who has died,
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disappeared, or been declared
incompetent.
Information is obtained only when a
producer eligible to receive a payment
or disbursement dies, disappears, or is
declared incompetent, and
documentation is needed to determine if
any survivors are entitled to receive
such payments or disbursements.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average .5 hours (1⁄2
hour) per response.
Respondents: Individual producers.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
2,000.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: one.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 1,000.
Comments are invited on the
following: (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 collected; or
(d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of the 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.
Comments should be sent to the Desk
Officer for Agriculture, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget,
Washington, DC 20503 and to Mike
Sienkiewicz, Agricultural Program
Specialist, Production, Emergencies,
and Compliance Division, USDA, FSA,
STOP 0517, 1400 Independence
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250–
0517, (202) 720–8959.
Comments will be summarized and
included in the request for Office of
Management and Budget approval of the
information collection. All comments
will also become a matter of public
record.
Signed at Washington, DC, on February 20,
2007.
Glen L. Keppy,
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Acting Executive Vice President, Commodity
Credit Corporation and Administrator, Farm
Service Agency.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Nebraska National Forest, Nebraska &
South Dakota Black-Tailed Prairie Dog
(Cynomys ludovicianus) Management
on the Nebraska National Forest and
Associated Units
AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.
ACTION: Revised notice of intent to
prepare an environmental impact
statement.
SUMMARY: The USDA Forest Service
published a Notice of Intent in the
Federal Register of September 29, 2006,
in FR Volume 71, No. 189, on pages
57460–57461, concerning request for
comments on a Supplement to the Final
Environmental Impact Statement for the
2002 Nebraska National Forest Revised
Land and Resource Management Plan
for black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys
ludovicianus) management on the
Nebraska National Forest and associated
units. Instead of supplementing the
Final Enviromental Impact Statement
for the 2002 Nebraska National Forest
Revised Land and Resource
Management Plan, the Agency will
prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) for black-tailed prairie
dog (Cynomys ludovicianus)
management on the Nebraska National
Forest and associated units. This EIS
will tier to and not supplement the
Final EIS for the 2002 Revised Nebraska
National Forest Land and Resource
Management Plan.
The proposed action is to amend
current management direction in the
Nebraska National Forest Land and
Resource Management Plan to meet
various multiple use objectives by: (1)
Specifing the desired range of acres of
prairie dog colonies that would be
provided on the Nebraska National
Forest and associated units; and (2) to
be able to use toxicants if the acreage
exceeds the desired range and for
multiple use objectives. The proposed
action would amend Chapter 1, Section
H, Standard #1 in the Nebraska National
Forest Land and Resource Management
Plan, which allows for limited use of
rodenticdes in the interior of the Forest.
The proposed action would also
authorize the site-specific control of
prairie dogs forest-wide, including the
use of rodenticides, when management
thresholds are exceeded for geographic
areas. Future prairie dog control would
occur based on management thresholds
without further NEPA analysis.
Public Comments
Public comment was received in
response to the September 29, 2006
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Notice of Intent. The comments have
been analyzed and distilled into a
comprehensive set of analysis issues.
Since the proposed action and purpose
and need for the project have not
changed, those who have already
commented do not need to resubmit
their comments. However, comments
will continue to be accepted, but will be
most useful if received by March 16,
2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mike McNeill, Team Leader (605) 745–
4107.
Dated: February 20, 2007.
Donald J. Bright,
Forest Supervisor, Nebraska National Forest.
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BROADCASTING BOARD OF
GOVERNORS
Notice of Membership of SES
Performance Review Board
SUMMARY: Title 5 United States Code,
Section 4314, requires that notice of the
appointment of an individual to serve as
a member of a performance review
board shall be published in the Federal
Register. The following individuals
have been appointed to serve as PRB
members for BBG; Laura Marin; Anne
Purcell; and Gary Shinners.
ADDRESSES: Broadcasting Board of
Governors, 330 Independence Ave.,
SW., Washington, DC 20237.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Prell
Murphy, Acting Director of Human
Resources; telephone (202) 619–3763.
Dated: February 21, 2007.
Janice H. Brambilla,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 07–901 Filed 2–27–07; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
The Department of Commerce will
submit to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for clearance the
following proposal for collection of
information under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35).
Agency: National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Title: Socioeconomic Research and
Monitoring Program for the Florida Keys
National Marine Sanctuary: Recreation/
Tourism in the Florida Keys—A Ten-
year Replication.
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