Notice2024-19555
Northwest Forest Plan Area Advisory Committee
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Published
August 30, 2024
Issuing agencies
Agriculture DepartmentForest Service
Abstract
The Northwest Forest Plan Advisory Committee will hold a public meeting according to the details shown below. The committee is authorized under the National Forest Management Act and operates in compliance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). The purpose of the committee is to provide advice and pragmatic recommendations regarding potential regional scale land management planning approaches and solutions within the Northwest Forest Plan area within the context of the 2012 Planning Rule.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 169 (Friday, August 30, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70592-70593]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-19555]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Northwest Forest Plan Area Advisory Committee
AGENCY: Forest Service, Agriculture (USDA).
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Northwest Forest Plan Advisory Committee will hold a
public meeting according to the details shown below. The committee is
authorized under the National Forest Management Act and operates in
compliance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). The purpose
of the committee is to provide advice and pragmatic recommendations
regarding potential regional scale land management planning approaches
and solutions within the Northwest Forest Plan area within the context
of the 2012 Planning Rule.
DATES: An in-person and virtual meeting will be held on September 25,
2024, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; September 26, 2024, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30
p.m.; and September 27, 2024, 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. Pacific daylight
time.
Written and Oral Comments: Anyone wishing to provide in-person oral
comments must pre-register by 11:59 p.m. Pacific daylight time on
September 13, 2024. Written public comments will be accepted through
11:59 p.m. Pacific daylight time on September 13, 2024. Comments
submitted after this date will be provided by the Forest Service to the
committee, but the committee may not have adequate time to consider
those comments prior to the meeting.
All committee meetings are subject to cancellation. For status of
the meeting prior to attendance, please contact the person listed under
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held in-person at Skamania Lodge, 1131
SW Skamania Lodge Way, Stevenson, WA 98648. Committee information and
meeting details can be found on the Northwest Forest Plan Federal
Advisory Committee website at <a href="https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/r6/landmanagement/planning/?cid=fseprd1076013">https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/r6/landmanagement/planning/?cid=fseprd1076013</a> or by contacting the person
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Written Comments: Written comments must be sent by email to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4b3826652d3865253c2d3b142d2a282a0b3e382f2a652c243d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="394a54175f4a17574e5f49665f585a58794c4a5d58175e564f">[email protected]</span></a> or via mail (postmarked) to Katie Heard, USDA
Forest Service, 1220 Southwest 3rd Avenue, Ste. G015, Portland, OR
97204. The Forest Service strongly prefers comments be submitted
electronically.
Oral Comments: Persons or organizations wishing to make oral
comments must pre-register by 11:59 p.m. Pacific daylight time
September 13, 2024, and speakers can only register for one speaking
slot. Requests to pre-register for oral comments must be sent by email
to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5e2d3370382d703029382e01383f3d3f1e2b2d3a3f70393128"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="eb9886c58d98c5859c8d9bb48d8a888aab9e988f8ac58c849d">[email protected]</span></a> or via mail (postmarked) to Katie Heard,
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USDA Forest Service, 1220 Southwest 3rd Avenue, Ste. G015, Portland, OR
97204.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jacqueline Buchanan, Designated
Federal Officer, by phone at 303-275-5452 or email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#246e4547555141484d4a410a4651474c454a454a64515740450a434b52"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="014b60627074646d686f642f63746269606f606f41747265602f666e77">[email protected]</span></a>; or Katie Heard, FACA Coordinator, at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e3a882978b919a8dcdab86829187a396908782cd848c95"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0c476d78647e75622244696d7e684c797f686d226b637a">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the meeting is to:
1. Provide advice and pragmatic recommendations to the Forest
Service regarding updates to the Northwest Forest Plan and
implementation strategies.
2. Schedule the next meeting.
The agenda will include time for individuals to make oral
statements of three minutes or less. To be scheduled on the agenda,
individuals wishing to make an oral statement should make a request in
writing at least three days prior to the meeting date. Written comments
may be submitted to the Forest Service up to 10 days after the meeting
date listed under DATES.
Please contact the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT, by or before the deadline, for all questions related to the
meeting. All comments, including names and addresses when provided, are
placed in the record and are available for public inspection and
copying. The public may inspect comments received upon request.
Meeting Accommodations: The meeting location is compliant with the
Americans with Disabilities Act, and the USDA provides reasonable
accommodation to individuals with disabilities where appropriate. If
you are a person requiring reasonable accommodation, please make
requests in advance for sign language interpretation, assistive
listening devices, or other reasonable accommodation to the person
listed under the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section or contact
USDA's TARGET Center at 202-720-2600 (voice and TTY) or USDA through
the Federal Relay Service at 800-877-8339. Additionally, program
information may be made available in languages other than English.
USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race,
color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity (including
gender expression), sexual orientation, disability, age, marital
status, family/parental status, income derived from a public assistance
program, political beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil
rights activity, in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA
(not all bases apply to all programs). Remedies and complaint filing
deadlines vary by program or incident.
Equal opportunity practices in accordance with USDA's policies will
be followed in all appointments to the committee. To ensure that the
recommendations of the committee have taken into account the needs of
the diverse groups served by USDA, membership shall include, to the
extent possible, individuals with demonstrated ability to represent the
many communities, identities, races, ethnicities, backgrounds,
abilities, cultures, and beliefs of the American people, including
underserved communities USDA is an equal opportunity provider,
employer, and lender.
Dated: August 27, 2024.
Cikena Reid,
USDA Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-19555 Filed 8-29-24; 8:45 am]
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