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Comments received in response to
this solicitation, including names and
addresses of those who comment, will
be part of the public record for this
proposed action and will be available
for public inspection.
Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7 and 1508.22;
Forest Service Handbook 1909.15, Section
21).
Dated: February 16, 2018.
Glenn P. Casamassa,
Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest
System.
[FR Doc. 2018–06002 Filed 3–22–18; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Information Collection: Stewardship
Mapping and Assessment Project
(STEW–MAP)
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice; request for comment.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

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 the
Stewardship Mapping and Assessment
Project (STEW–MAP) information
collection.

SUMMARY:

Comments must be received in
writing on or before May 22, 2018 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 Erika
Svendsen, USDA Forest Service, NYC
Urban Field Station, 431 Walter Reed
Rd., Bayside, NY 11359. Comments also
may be submitted by email to
[email protected]. Please put
‘‘Comments re: STEW–MAP’’ in the
subject line. 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
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notwithstanding the inclusion of the
routine notice.
The public may inspect the comments
received at USDA Forest Service, USDA
Forest Service, NYC Urban Field
Station, 431 Walter Reed Rd., Bayside,
NY 11359 during normal business
hours. Visitors are encouraged to call
ahead to 718–225–3061 to facilitate
entry to the building. 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
[email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Erika Svendsen at 718–225–3061 x301.
Individuals who use telecommunication
devices for the deaf (TDD) may call the
Federal Information Relay Service
(FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 twenty-four
hours a day, every day of the year,
including holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Information Collection
Clearance for the Stewardship Mapping
and Assessment Project (STEW–MAP).
OMB Number: 0596–0240.
Type of Request: Renewal.
Abstract: Local environmental
stewardship groups are essential for
ensuring the vibrancy of natural areas in
cities, suburbs, towns, and rural areas,
including National Forest lands and the
surrounding areas. Natural areas
provide a range of benefits and services
including storm water management, air
pollution removal, urban heat island
mitigation, carbon storage, wildlife
habitat, recreation opportunities, stress
reduction, aesthetic beauty, noise
reduction, increased property values,
and reduced energy use. The work of
civic environmental stewards leverages
the efforts of local government officials
in maintaining these resources,
especially in lean budget times. Civic
stewardship organizations, including
nonprofits, faith-based groups, formal
and informal community groups, and
coalitions, are often involved in, for
example, planting trees, organizing
community gardens, offering
environment-themed classes, engaging
with local officials on behalf of the
environment, monitoring plants or
animals, and cleaning up nearby parks
or natural areas. People who do this
work are stewards of their local
environments, even if they do not
normally use the word ‘‘steward’’ or
think of what they do as ‘‘stewardship.’’
The roles of civic environmental
stewards and their levels of engagement
and commitment are often not
understood by land managers and other
decision makers. This means that the
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be recognized and built on to full
advantage. In addition, stewards
themselves may not be aware of others
doing similar work in their area so there
may be lost opportunities for
collaboration between groups.
The purpose of this research is to
gather information on civic stewardship
groups and their efforts such as where
they work, the types of projects they
focus on, and how they are organize.
This information will be summarized
and made publicly available online for
use by policy makers, land managers,
environmental professionals, the general
public, stewards themselves, and other
natural resource management
stakeholders.
There are three phases to a STEW–
MAP project:
• Phase One (Census) is a census of
stewardship groups in the target region,
generating a master list of known
stewardship groups and their contact
information.
• Phase Two (Survey) is a survey
which is distributed to all of the
organizations identified in Phase One to
collect information about what they
work on, how their group is structured,
where they work, and what other groups
they collaborate with.
• Phase Three (Follow-Up Interviews)
is follow-up interviews with key
responding organizations identified
during Phase Two to collect more
detailed information about the
organizations and their histories.
A primary goal of STEW–MAP is to
visualize stewardship activities, which
can span across the urban to rural
landscape. The geographic information
provided by stewardship groups on the
survey (Phase Two) will allow the
researchers to do a spatial analysis of
where stewardship groups are working,
identify ‘‘gaps’’ where little to no
stewardship is being done, and provide
locally relevant geographic information
like what kinds of stewardship groups
are working in particular places. This
geographic information will be
displayed on maps to show stewards,
local land managers, policy makers, and
other interested stakeholders how
stewardship work is distributed across
the region with the goal of encouraging
collaboration, building innovative
partnerships, increasing organizational
capacities, and generally making
stewardship efforts more effective.
Information from STEW–MAP will
help planners, natural resource decision
makers, land managers, and the general
public work across property
jurisdictions, management regimes and
political boundaries to conserve,
protect, and manage natural resources
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enhance local resource management
efforts by helping public officials, land
managers, and civic stewards connect to
local stewardship groups.
STEW–MAP is being led by
researchers from the Forest Service in
partnership with researchers from
universities and nongovernment
organizations. The exact makeup of the
research team will vary from location to
location where STEW–MAP is
conducted. The Forest Service Research
and Development branch is authorized
to conduct basic scientific research to
improve the health of forests and
rangelands involving State, Federal,
Tribal agencies, and private landowners
across multiple jurisdictions including
in urban areas. The study is aligned
with the U.S. Department of Agriculture
policy of an ‘‘all-lands approach’’ to
resource management, which ‘‘requires
land managers to work across
jurisdictions and land-use types,
viewing forests landscapes as an
integrated whole, both ecologically and
socially’’ (National Report on
Sustainable Forests, 2010). This all
lands approach applies to urban
ecosystems as well. Our project goals
are also consistent with the Forest
Service, Urban and Community Forestry
(UCF) program, which focus on urban
forest ecosystems and the role of
stewardship and trail connections to
parks and public lands that promote
health and sustainability for urban
residents. This study seeks to identify
opportunities for stewardship
organizations to better collaborate and,
thus, be more effective in the
stewardship of all natural areas.
Due to local geographical and/or
cultural differences, and to meet the

needs of any particular collaborative
effort, we may tailor the survey and
interview questions to accommodate the
unique requirements of individual
communities.
Affected Public: Representatives from
civic environmental stewardship
groups, and from State, local, or Tribal
Governments.
Estimate of Burden per Response: 15
to 60 minutes.
Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents:
Phase One (Census): 600.
Phase Two (Survey): 15,000.
Phase Three (Follow-up Interviews):
300.
Estimated Annual Number of
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 7,925 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.
Dated: March 13, 2018.
Carlos Rodriguez-Franco,
Deputy Chief, Research & Development.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Economic Development Administration
Notice of Petitions by Firms for
Determination of Eligibility To Apply
for Trade Adjustment Assistance
Economic Development
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce.

AGENCY:

Notice and opportunity for
public comment.

ACTION:

The Economic Development
Administration (EDA) has received
petitions for certification of eligibility to
apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance
from the firms listed below.
Accordingly, EDA has initiated
investigations to determine whether
increased imports into the United States
of articles like or directly competitive
with those produced by each of the
firms contributed importantly to the
total or partial separation of the firms’
workers, or threat thereof, and to a
decrease in sales or production of each
petitioning firm.

SUMMARY:

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

LIST OF PETITIONS RECEIVED BY EDA FOR CERTIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY TO APPLY FOR TRADE ADJUSTMENT
ASSISTANCE
[03/01/2018 through 03/04/2018]
Firm name
PowerFilm, Inc .......................

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MRT Sureway, Inc. d/b/a
Sureway Tool & Engineering Company.

Firm address
1287 XE Place, Ames, IA
50014.
2959 Hart Drive, Franklin
Park, IL 60131.

Any party having a substantial
interest in these proceedings may
request a public hearing on the matter.
A written request for a hearing must be
submitted to the Trade Adjustment
Assistance Division, Room 71030,
Economic Development Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce,
Washington, DC 20230, no later than ten
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Product(s)
The firm manufactures thin-film solar products, including
solar panels.
The firm manufactures metal display racks and other display furniture for the commercial display market.

of this notice. These petitions are
received pursuant to section 251 of the
Trade Act of 1974, as amended.
Please follow the requirements set
forth in EDA’s regulations at 13 CFR
315.9 for procedures to request a public
hearing. The Catalog of Federal
Domestic Assistance official number
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these petitions are submitted is 11.313,
Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms.
Irette Patterson,
Program Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2018–05894 Filed 3–22–18; 8:45 am]
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