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81442 Notices Federal Register Vol. 85, No. 242 Wednesday, December 16, 2020 This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER the collection of information unless it Total Burden Hours: 770. contains documents other than rules or displays a currently valid OMB control Levi S. Harrell, proposed rules that are applicable to the number. public. Notices of hearings and investigations, Departmental Information Collection committee meetings, agency decisions and Rural Utilities Service Clearance Officer. rulings, delegations of authority, filing of [FR Doc. 2020–27590 Filed 12–15–20; 8:45 am] petitions and applications and agency Title: 7 CFR 1776, Household Water BILLING CODE 3410–15–P statements of organization and functions are Well System Grant Program. examples of documents appearing in this OMB Control Number: 0572–0139. section. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Summary of Collection: The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) is authorized by Forest Service DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Section 306E of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. Tongass National Forest; Alaska; Submission for OMB Review; 1926e) to administer and make grants to Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Facility Comment Request qualified private non-profit Improvement Project organizations which will use the funds December 10, 2020. AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. The Department of Agriculture has to establish lending programs for ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an submitted the following information household water wells. Environmental Impact Statement. collection requirement(s) to Office of Need and Use of the Information: The Management and Budget (OMB) for purpose of the HWWS Grant Program is SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of review and clearance under the to provide funds to private non-profit Agriculture, Forest Service will prepare Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, organizations to assist them in an Environmental Impact Statement Public Law 104–13. Comments are establishing loan programs from which (EIS) to analyze a variety of actions to requested regarding: Whether the individuals may borrow money for improve visitor experience, increase collection of information is necessary household water well systems. capacity to meet current and projected for the proper performance of the Applicants must show that the project demand, and to protect the existing functions of the agency, including will provide technical and financial ecosystem of the Mendenhall Glacier whether the information will have assistance to eligible individuals to Recreation Area (MGRA). The purpose practical utility; the accuracy of the remedy household well problems. Based of the project is to provide a range of agency’s estimate of burden including on the previous three-year history, sustainable recreation experiences that the validity of the methodology and Fiscal Years 2014 through 2016, RUS meet Forest Plan goals and objectives for assumptions used; ways to enhance the expects to receive and fund on average Recreation and Tourism, including quality, utility and clarity of the opportunities consistent with public information to be collected; ways to seven applications annually. Generally, unless there is an ineligible applicant, demand with an emphasis on locally minimize the burden of the collection of popular recreation places and those information on those who are to all applications are funded, but at a reduced dollar amount. Applicants will important to the tourism industry. The respond, including through the use of need to improve the MGRA was appropriate automated, electronic, provide information to be collected as part of the application process through identified during the Mendenhall mechanical, or other technological Glacier Master Plan process. collection techniques or other forms of certain documentation, certifications, DATES: Comments concerning the scope information technology. and completed forms. Failure to collect Comments regarding this information proper information could result in of the analysis must be received by collection received by January 15, 2021 improper determinations of eligibility, January 15, 2021. The draft EIS is will be considered. Written comments improper use of funds, or hindrances in expected July 2021 and the final EIS is and recommendations for the proposed making grants authorized by the expected January 2022. information collection should be CONACT. The applicant submits 2 an ADDRESSES: Electronic comments may submitted within 30 days of the application package, consisting of an be submitted at https://cara.ecosystem- publication of this notice on the application form, narrative proposal management.org/Public/ following website www.reginfo.gov/ (work plan), various other forms, CommentInput?project=53780 public/do/PRAMain. Find this certifications, and supplemental (preferred) or sent via email to particular information collection by information. The RUS and State Offices comments-alaska-tongass-juneau@ selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day staff use the information collected to usda.gov. Written comments can be sent Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or determine applicant eligibility, project to Juneau Ranger District, MGRA by using the search function. feasibility, and the applicant’s ability to Project, 8510 Mendenhall Loop Rd., An agency may not conduct or meet the grant and regulatory Juneau, Alaska 99801. sponsor a collection of information requirements. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: unless the collection of information Description of Respondents: Not-for- Cathy Tighe, MGRA Project Manager, displays a currently valid OMB control profit institutions. Tongass National Forest, 648 Mission number and the agency informs Street, Ketchikan, Alaska 99901 or by potential persons who are to respond to Number of Respondents: 7. telephone at 907–228–6274. the collection of information that such Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Individuals who use persons are not required to respond to On occasion. telecommunication devices for the deaf VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:32 Dec 15, 2020 Jkt 253001 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\16DEN1.SGM 16DEN1 khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 242 / Wednesday, December 16, 2020 / Notices 81443 (TDD) may call the Federal Information visitor experience and the potential for covered area outside the main upper Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 environmental impacts. Current demand doors would be added. between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern for commercial use is not being met, and Trails—Glacier Spur Road Trailheads, Time, Monday through Friday. the existing visitor capacity does not new: SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: allow room for growth within the • Three paved trailhead parking lots tourism sector of the local and regional are proposed where existing trails Project Background economy. There is a need to review (Powerline, Crystal Lake, and Dredge The MGRA encompasses about 5,800 capacity allocations throughout the Lakes) intersect or come close to Glacier acres adjacent to the Mendenhall MGRA, particularly as they relate to Spur Road. Glacier on the Juneau Ranger District of potential infrastructure and visitor Trails—Lakeshore Trail, new: the Tongass National Forest near experience changes. • A new trail along the south shore of Juneau, Alaska. The project area is In addition, the Mendenhall Glacier Mendenhall Lake would connect the located approximately three miles north has been receding at an increased rate Welcome Center Plaza to Mendenhall of the Juneau International Airport. One over the last twenty years, creating a Campground, and continue through the of every three Alaska visitors comes to changed environment. As the glacier campground to Skaters Cabin Road. A the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center, continues to recede, the main attraction new pedestrian bridge would cross the making it one of the most popular for visitors to the MGRA could be out Mendenhall River. • attractions in the state. The MGRA is of view from the Visitor Center within Existing walk-in campsites would also popular with residents. 20 to 40 years, creating a need for be replaced, relocated, or converted to Management of the Tongass National additional types of visitor experiences day-use picnic sites in order to Forest is guided by the Tongass National and education opportunities. construct a new day-use parking area in Forest Land and Resource Management The Mendenhall Glacier Master Plan, the campground. • Plan (Forest Plan), which classifies the completed in 2019, identified a long- Extensions and realignments to MGRA as a Special Interest Area Land term vision for the MGRA, and there is existing trails would connect currently Use Designation. The MGRA is further a need to begin implementation of that disconnected trail segments to create a guided by the MGRA Management Plan. plan. complete recreational loop around the Current Management Plan principles Dredge Lakes area. include sustaining the natural setting Proposed Action Trails—Nugget Falls Trail, expansion: • and habitat as much as possible while More complete descriptions of the Nugget Falls Trail and the informal providing access to recreational proposed action can be found on the trail along the lake would connect to opportunities for all visitors. The project web page at https:// form a loop. Management Plan recognizes heavy Habitat Restoration—Steep Creek: www.fs.usda.gov/project/ • local use and the MGRA as a major ?project=53780. Primary Proposed About 1,500 feet of Steep Creek attraction for tourists, and includes an Action components