Notice2021-17910
Information Collection; Forest Products Customer Satisfaction Survey
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Published
August 20, 2021
Issuing agencies
Agriculture DepartmentForest Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Forest Service is seeking comments from all interested individuals and organizations on the new information collection, Forest Products Customer Satisfaction Survey.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 159 (Friday, August 20, 2021)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-17910]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Information Collection; Forest Products Customer Satisfaction
Survey
AGENCY: Forest Service, Agriculture (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 new information collection, Forest Products
Customer Satisfaction Survey.
DATES: Comments must be received in writing on or before October 19,
2021 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:
Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6302100b0f061a4d140211110a0d061123161007024d040c15"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a4c5d7ccc8c1dd8ad3c5d6d6cdcac1d6e4d1d7c0c58ac3cbd2">[email protected]</span></a>.
Mail: Ashley Warriner, Program Specialist, USDA Forest Service,
Forest Management, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250.
Please do not include in your comments information of a
confidential nature, such as sensitive personal information or
proprietary information. If you send an email comment, your email
address will be automatically captured and included as part of the
comment that is placed in the public docket and made available on the
internet. Please note that responses to this public comment request
containing any routine notice about confidentiality of the
communication will be treated as public comments that may be made
available to the public notwithstanding inclusion of the routine
notice.
The public may request an electronic copy of the draft supporting
statement and/or any comments received be sent via return email.
Requests should be emailed to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#97f6e4fffbf2eeb9e0f6e5e5fef9f2e5d7e2e4f3f6b9f0f8e1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e9889a81858c90c79e889b9b80878c9ba99c9a8d88c78e869f">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colleen O'Brien, Forest Management,
telephone 559-920-6093, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#20434f4c4c45454e0e4f425249454e60555344410e474f56"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="680b0704040d0d0646070a1a010d06281d1b0c09460f071e">[email protected]</span></a>. Individuals who
use telecommunication devices for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339 twenty-four hours a day, every
day of the year, including holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Forest Products Customer Satisfaction Survey.
OMB Number: 0596-NEW.
Expiration Date of Approval:
Type of Request: New information collection.
Abstract: The Forest Service will conduct a survey among external
stakeholders to collect data on their perceptions, experience, and
overall satisfaction with the agency's forest products program. For
purposes of this survey, the ``forest products program'' includes
timber sales, stewardship contracts, stewardship agreements, or other
instruments through which the Forest Service contracts with an external
actor for vegetation management or forest products removal projects.
Specifically, the survey will collect data on project or sale-level
factors that may cause a partner or customer to choose not to bid on a
sale or project, as well as their perceptions of FS employee training,
knowledge of timber markets and overall relationships and customer
service. The survey is one element of the larger Forest Products
Modernization (FPM) effort's monitoring strategy. FPM seeks to improve
efficiency in how the agency manages forests, delivers forest products,
and carries out timber sales to better meet current and future forest
health and restoration goals. Through modernizing the forest products
program, the Forest Service also seeks to improve relationships and the
service we provide to timber purchasers, stewardship contractors and
other partners. This survey seeks to assess the extent to which
strategic investments guided by the FPM effort are contributing to the
satisfaction of those who work alongside the agency to advance forest
health goals and support local economies.
Affected Public: Targeted respondents include any external actor
that bids on or participates in Forest Service contracts or agreements
for removal of forest products from National Forests System lands. They
may include private sector timber purchasers, non-governmental
organizations that enter into stewardship contracts or agreements,
State agency representatives, and Tribes that enter into contracts and/
or perform restoration work on National Forest System lands.
Estimate of Burden per response: 10 minutes.
Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 140.
Estimated Annual Number of Responses: 140.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 23 hours.
Comment is Invited: Comment is invited on: (1) Whether this
collection of information is necessary for the stated purposes and
proper performance of agency functions, including whether the
information will have practical or scientific utility; (2) accuracy of
the agency's information collection burden estimate, including validity
of the methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of information to be collected; and (4)
ways to minimize the information collection burden 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.
John G. Church,
Assistant Director, Forest & Rangeland Management and Vegetation
Ecology, National Forest System.
[FR Doc. 2021-17910 Filed 8-19-21; 8:45 am]
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