Notice2021-25636
Information Collection; Understanding Value Trade-Offs Regarding Fire Hazard Reduction Programs in the Wildland-Urban Interface
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Published
November 24, 2021
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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 renewal of a currently approved information collection, Understanding Value Trade-offs regarding Fire Hazard Reduction Programs in the Wildland-Urban Interface.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 224 (Wednesday, November 24, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67019-67020]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-25636]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
[OMB No. 0596-0189]
Information Collection; Understanding Value Trade-Offs Regarding
Fire Hazard Reduction Programs in the Wildland-Urban Interface
AGENCY: Forest Service, 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 renewal of a currently approved information
collection, Understanding Value Trade-offs regarding Fire Hazard
Reduction Programs in the Wildland-Urban Interface.
DATES: Comments must be received in writing on or before January 24,
2022 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 to
Jos[eacute] S[aacute]nchez, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest
Research Station, 4955 Canyon Crest Drive, Riverside, California 92507.
Comments may also be submitted via facsimile to 951-680-1501, or by
email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#600a0f13054e13010e0308051a5220151304014e070f16"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c0aaafb3a5eeb3a1aea3a8a5baf280b5b3a4a1eea7afb6">[email protected]</span></a>.
The public may inspect comments received at the Pacific Southwest
Research Station, during normal business hours. Visitors are encouraged
to call ahead to facilitate entry to the building at 951-680-1560.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jos[eacute] S[aacute]nchez, by phone
at 951-680-1560. 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:
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Title: Understanding Value Trade-offs Regarding Fire Hazard
Reduction Programs in the Wildland-Urban Interface.
OMB Number: 0596-0189.
Expiration Date of Approval: February 28, 2022.
Type of Request: Renewal.
Abstract: Forest Service and university researchers will collect
information from members of the public via a brief phone questionnaire
followed by the respondent's choice of a mail questionnaire or an
online questionnaire to help forest and fire managers understand value
trade-offs regarding fire hazard reduction programs in the wildland-
urban interface. Researchers will evaluate the responses of Florida,
New Mexico, Oregon, and Texas residents to different scenarios related
to fire-hazard reduction programs, determine how effective residents
think the programs are, and calculate how much residents would be
willing to pay to implement the alternatives presented to them. This
information will help researchers provide better information to natural
resource, forest, and fire managers when they are contemplating the
type of fire-hazard reduction program to implement to achieve
forestland management planning objectives.
A random sample of residents of Florida, New Mexico, Oregon, and
Texas will be contacted via random-digit dialed telephone calls and
asked to participate in the research study. If they are willing to
participate in the study, they will select to receive an online or
paper questionnaire and will provide the appropriate address. Though
different forms, these questionnaires have the same set of questions.
In this initial call, we will also ask those willing to participate a
brief set of questions to determine pre-existing knowledge of fuels
reduction treatments. After completion of the mail or online
questionnaire, no further contact with the participants will occur.
A university research-survey center will collect the information
for the mail and online questionnaires. A Forest Service researcher and
collaborators at a cooperating university will analyze the data
collected. Researchers are experienced in applied economic non-market
valuation research and survey research methods.
The Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Indian
Affairs, National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, as well as
many state agencies with fire protection responsibilities will benefit
from this information collection. At present, many of these agencies
with fire protection responsibilities continue an ambitious and costly
fuels reduction program for fire risk reduction and will benefit from
public opinion on which treatments are most effective or desirable.
Estimate of Annual Burden per Respondent: 40 minutes.
Type of Respondents: Members of the public.
Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 1,675.
Estimated Annual Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 690 hours.
Comment is Invited: Comment is invited on: (1) Whether this
collection of information is necessary for the stated purposes and the
proper performance of the functions of the Agency, including whether
the information will have practical or scientific utility; (2) the
accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the burden of the collection of
information, 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 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.
Alexander L. Friend,
Deputy Chief, Research & Development.
[FR Doc. 2021-25636 Filed 11-23-21; 8:45 am]
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