Notice2025-11759
Information Collection; Community Forest and Open Space Conservation Program
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Published
June 26, 2025
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 renewal of a currently approved information collection, 0596-0227 Community Forest and Open Space Conservation Program.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 121 (Thursday, June 26, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27277-27278]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-11759]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Information Collection; Community Forest and Open Space
Conservation Program
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 renewal of a currently approved information
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collection, 0596-0227 Community Forest and Open Space Conservation
Program.
DATES: Comments must be received in writing on or before August 25,
2025 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 Alice
Ewen, Assistant Director, Cooperative Forestry, Mail Stop 1123, Forest
Service, USDA, P.O. Box 96090, Washington, DC 20090-6090.
Comments also may be submitted by email to: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5b2836753d2875383d2b1b2e283f3a753c342d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4f3c2261293c612c293f0f3a3c2b2e61282039">[email protected]</span></a>.
Comments submitted in response to this notice may be made available to
the public through relevant websites and upon request. For this reason,
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 the confidentiality of the communication will be
treated as public comments that may be made available to the public
notwithstanding the 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#95e6f8bbf3e6bbf6f3e5d5e0e6f1f4bbf2fae3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="790a14571f0a571a1f09390c0a1d18571e160f">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Margaret Haines, State, Private and
Tribal Forestry, Cooperative Forestry Staff, (202) 384-7192.
Individuals who use telecommunications devices for the hearing impaired
may call 711 to reach the Telecommunications Relay Service, 24 hours a
day, every day of the year, including holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Community Forest and Open Space Conservation Program.
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Number: 0596-0227.
Expiration Date of Approval: January 31, 2026.
Type of Request: Renewal of a currently approved information
collection with no revisions.
Abstract: The Forest Service is authorized to implement the
Community Forest and Open Space Conservation Program under Section 8003
of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Pub. L. 110-246; 122
Stat. 2043; 7 U.S.C. 8701), which amends the Cooperative Forestry
Assistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2103d). The purpose of the Community
Forest Program is to achieve community benefits through grants to local
governments, Tribal Governments, and qualified nonprofit organizations
to establish community forests by acquiring and protecting private
forestlands.
The information requirements will be used to help the Forest
Service in the following areas: (1) To determine that the applicant is
eligible to receive funds under the program, (2) to determine if the
proposal meets the qualifications in the law and regulations, (3) to
evaluate and rank the proposals based on a standard, consistent
information; and (4) to determine if the projects costs are allowable
and sufficient cost share is provided.
Local governmental entities, Tribal Governments, and qualified
nonprofit organizations are the only entities eligible for the program,
and therefore are the only organizations from which information will be
collected.
The information collection currently required for a request for
proposals and grant application is approved and has been assigned the
OMB Control No. 0596-0227.
Affected Public: Non-Profit Organizations, and/or State, Local or
Tribal Government.
Estimate of Burden per Response: 24 hours.
Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 50.
Estimated Annual Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 1,200 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 for
Office of Management and Budget approval.
John W. Crockett,
Deputy Chief, State, Private and Tribal Forestry.
[FR Doc. 2025-11759 Filed 6-25-25; 8:45 am]
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