Notice of Reinstatement of the Agricultural Labor Survey Previously Scheduled for October 2020
| Published date | 10 December 2020 |
| Citation | 85 FR 79463 |
| Record Number | 2020-27109 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | National Agricultural Statistics Service |
79463
Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 238 / Thursday, December 10, 2020 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Forest Service Manual 2740; Forest
Service Handbook 2709.11, Chapter 50;
Special Uses Management, Vegetation
Management Pilot Projects; Special
Uses Handbook—Standard Forms and
Supplemental Clauses
AGENCY
: Forest Service, USDA.
ACTION
: Issuance of Proposed Directives;
notice of availability for public
comment.
SUMMARY
: The United States Department
of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, is
seeking public comment on proposed
directives implementing section 8630 of
the Agriculture Improvement Act of
2018 (2018 Farm Bill). Section 8630 of
the 2018 Farm Bill gives the Forest
Service discretion to issue permits for
conducting vegetation management
pilot projects under lower liability
standards to holders of an authorization
for a powerline facility or natural gas
pipeline on National Forest System
(NFS) lands. These pilot projects may be
conducted only on NFS lands that are
not covered by the special use
authorization for the powerline facility
or natural gas pipeline.
DATES
: Comments must be received in
writing by January 11, 2021.
ADDRESSES
: The proposed directives are
available at, and comments may be
submitted electronically to, https://
cara.ecosystem-management.org/Public/
CommentInput?project=ORMS-2717.
Comments may be mailed to Gregory C.
Smith, Director, Lands and Realty
Management, 1400 Independence
Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250–
1124. All timely comments, including
names and addresses, will be placed in
the record and will be available for
public inspection and copying. The
public may inspect comments received
at https://cara.ecosystem-
management.org/Public/
ReadingRoom?project=ORMS-2717.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
:
Reggie Woodruff, Lands and Realty
Management, at 202–205–1196 or
reginal.woodruff@usda.gov. Individuals
who use telecommunication devices for
the deaf may call the Federal Relay
Service at 800–877–8339 between 8:00
a.m. and 8:00 p.m., Eastern Time,
Monday through Friday.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
: Section
8630 of the 2018 Farm Bill gives the
Forest Service discretion to issue
permits for conducting vegetation
management pilot projects under lower
liability standards to holders of an
authorization for a powerline facility or
natural gas pipeline. These pilot
projects may be conducted only on NFS
lands that are not covered by the special
use authorization for the powerline
facility or natural gas pipeline. Pilot
projects must be conducted outside the
linear right-of-way for the associated
powerline facility or natural gas
pipeline; may not extend more than 150
feet from either side of the powerline
facility or natural gas pipeline; and may
not have a total width of more than 200
feet including both sides of the
powerline facility or natural gas
pipeline. In addition, pilot projects may
not overlap with vegetation
management conducted under the
special use authorization for the
powerline facility or natural gas
pipeline, including removal and
pruning of hazard trees outside the
linear right-of-way for a powerline
facility. The liability provisions in a
special use permit for a pilot project
have no effect on the liability provisions
in the special use authorization for the
powerline facility or natural gas
pipeline, including the liability
provisions that apply to removal and
pruning of hazard trees inside and
outside the linear right-of-way.
The proposed directive at Forest
Service Manual 2700, Special Uses
Management, Chapter 40, Vegetation
Management Pilot Projects, and
proposed new clause B–39 in Forest
Service Handbook 2709.11, Chapter 50,
section 52.2, would provide for
authorizing vegetation management
pilot projects consistent with section
8630 of the 2018 Farm Bill and Title V
of the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act, section 28 of the
Mineral Leasing Act, and their
implementing regulations. The Forest
Service has determined that two
provisions in the proposed directives
would formulate standards, criteria, and
guidelines applicable to a Forest Service
program, specifically, providing for use
of form FS–2700–4 for pilot project
permits and the criteria for determining
the maximum dollar amount of fire
suppression costs a holder must
reimburse the Forest Service for a
wildfire caused by the holder’s
operations under a pilot project permit.
Therefore, the Forest Service is
publishing those proposed provisions
for public comment in accordance with
36 CFR part 216. The remainder of the
proposed directives is not subject to
public notice and comment because it
merely implements statutory provisions
that the Forest Service lacks discretion
to interpret and therefore does not
formulate standards, criteria, and
guidelines applicable to FS programs.
After the public comment period
closes, the Forest Service will consider
timely and relevant comments in
developing the final directives. A notice
of the final directives, including a
response to timely and relevant
comments, will be posted on the Forest
Service’s web page at https://
www.fs.fed.us/about-agency/
regulations-policies/comment-on-
directives.
Christine Dawe,
Acting Associate Deputy Chief, National
Forest System.
[FR Doc. 2020–27103 Filed 12–9–20; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3411–15–P
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Notice of Reinstatement of the
Agricultural Labor Survey Previously
Scheduled for October 2020
AGENCY
: National Agricultural Statistics
Service, USDA.
ACTION
: Reinstatement of the
Agricultural Labor Survey Previously
Scheduled for October 2020.
SUMMARY
: The National Agricultural
Statistics Service (NASS) announces the
reinstatement of the Agricultural Labor
Survey previously scheduled for
October 2020 and the associated
publication previously scheduled for
November 2020. NASS is reinstating the
previously suspended information
collection pursuant to a recent federal
court order. See United Farm Workers v.
Perdue, No. 20–cv–01452–DAD–JLT
(E.D. Cal. Oct. 28, 2020) (order granting
TRO and preliminary injunction).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
:
Kevin L. Barnes, Associate
Administrator, National Agricultural
Statistics Service, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, (202)720–2707.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
: Title:
Agricultural Labor Survey.
OMB Control Number: 0535–0109.
Expiration Date of Approval: February
28, 2022.
This notice announces NASS’s
intention to end the suspension of the
Agricultural Labor Survey previously
scheduled for October 2020, and the
associated publication previously
scheduled for November 2020. The
suspension notice (OMB No. 0535–
0109) was published in the Federal
Register on September 30, 2020. That
suspension notice was challenged in
federal court; the court recently issued
a preliminary injunction ordering NASS
to reinstate the data collection
previously scheduled for October 2020.
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Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 238 / Thursday, December 10, 2020 / Notices
See United Farm Workers v. Perdue, No.
20–cv–01452–DAD–JLT (E.D. Cal. Oct.
28, 2020). Pursuant to the court’s order,
NASS issues this notice of
reinstatement. The reinstated survey
will be based on July and October
reference weeks and completion of the
survey and report is expected to require
nine weeks following the Federal
Register publication of this notice. If the
court’s order is modified or dissolved in
the future, NASS will publish a
subsequent notice informing the public
of that development as well as NASS’s
intentions regarding this information
collection.
Authority: These data are collected
under authority of 7 U.S.C. 2204(a).
Individually identifiable data collected
under this authority are governed by
Section 1770 of the Food Security Act
of 1985, 7 U.S.C. 2276, which requires
USDA to afford strict confidentiality to
non-aggregated data provided by
respondents.
Signed at Washington, DC, December 4,
2020.
Kevin L. Barnes,
Associate Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2020–27109 Filed 12–9–20; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410–20–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[B–53–2020]
Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 82—Mobile,
Alabama Authorization of Production
Activity; Aker Solutions, Inc. (Subsea
Oil and Gas Systems), Mobile,
Alabama
On August 7, 2020, Aker Solutions,
Inc., submitted a notification of
proposed production activity to the FTZ
Board for its facility within FTZ 82, in
Mobile, Alabama.
The notification was processed in
accordance with the regulations of the
FTZ Board (15 CFR part 400), including
notice in the Federal Register inviting
public comment (85 FR 50802, August
18, 2020). On December 7, 2020, the
applicant was notified of the FTZ
Board’s decision that no further review
of the activity is warranted at this time.
The production activity described in the
notification was authorized, subject to
the FTZ Act and the FTZ Board’s
regulations, including Section 400.14.
Dated: December 7, 2020.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020–27139 Filed 12–9–20; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
[Docket No. 201120–0309]
RIN 0694–XC067
Notice of Request for Public
Comments by the Titanium Sponge
Working Group
AGENCY
: Bureau of Industry and
Security, Commerce.
ACTION
: Notice of request for public
comments.
SUMMARY
: In March of 2019, the
Secretary initiated an investigation
under Section 232 of the Trade
Expansion Act of 1962, as amended, to
determine the effects on the national
security from imports of titanium
sponge. In February of 2020, the
President issued a memorandum
concurring with the Secretary’s findings
that titanium sponge imports threatened
to impair U.S. national security. The
President’s concurrence also agreed that
actions to adjust imports under Section
232, such as tariffs, should not be taken
at this time and established an
interagency working group. The work of
the Titanium Sponge Working Group
has proceeded in exploring measures to
ensure access to titanium sponge in the
United States for use for national
defense and in critical industries during
an emergency, and at this time the
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is
seeking public comments to better
inform the deliberations of the working
group.
DATES
: The due date for filing original
comments is January 11, 2021. The due
date for rebuttal comments is January
25, 2021. Rebuttal comments may only
address issues raised in the original
comment it is filed under, which was
filed on or before January 11, 2021.
ADDRESSES
: Submissions: All written
comments on the notice must be
addressed to the Titanium Sponge
Working Group and filed through the
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
www.regulations.gov. To submit
comments via http://
www.regulations.gov, enter docket
number BIS–2020–0037 on the home
page and click ‘‘search.’’ The site will
provide a search results page listing all
documents associated with this docket.
Find a reference to this notice and click
on the link entitled ‘‘Comment Now!’’
(For further information on using http://
www.regulations.gov, please consult the
resources provided on the website by
clicking on ‘‘How to Use This Site.’’)
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
:
TSWG@bis.doc.gov; Titanium Sponge
232 Project Line 202–482–3110. Email is
the preferred method of contact, and
will facilitate a more timely response by
BIS.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
:
Background
On March 4, 2019, in response to a
petition, the Secretary initiated an
investigation under Section 232 of the
Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as
amended (19 U.S.C. 1862), to determine
the effects on the national security from
imports of titanium sponge. This
petition led the Bureau of Industry and
Security (BIS) to publish a Notice of
Request for Public Comments on Section
232 National Security Investigation of
Imports of Titanium Sponge on March
8, 2019 (84 FR 8503). The March 8, 2019
notice requested comments specific to
the status of the titanium sponge
industrial base in the United States.
While the comments received were
pertinent, several developments have
occurred since the end of that notice
period that warrant this notice of
request for additional comments.
On November 29, 2019, the Secretary
transmitted to the President a report on
the Section 232 investigation in which
he found that titanium sponge imports
threatened to impair the national
security, and stated that there is a risk
of the United States being completely
dependent on imports of titanium
sponge and could therefore lack surge
capacity required to support defense
and critical industries needs in an
extended national emergency. On
February 27, 2020, the President issued
a memorandum regarding the Section
232 investigation into whether imports
of titanium sponge threatened to impair
the national security. The President
concurred with the Secretary’s finding
that imports of titanium sponge
threatened to impair U.S. national
security, and also agreed with the
Secretary’s recommendation that he not
take actions to adjust imports under
Section 232 at that time. Instead, the
President directed the Secretaries of
Commerce and Defense to form a
working group, along with other
executive departments and agencies that
they deemed appropriate, to develop
recommended actions.
The Titanium Sponge Working Group
(TSWG), established at the President’s
direction, consists of the following
permanent members: The Departments
of Commerce, Defense, Interior, and
State, which are joined by rotating
members from other U.S. Government
agencies as needed. The goal of the
TSWG is to reach interagency agreement
on measures needed to ensure access to
titanium sponge in the United States for
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