Notice2025-05383
Ozark-Ouachita Resource Advisory Committee
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Published
April 1, 2025
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Agriculture DepartmentForest Service
Abstract
The Ozark-Ouachita Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) will hold a public meeting according to the details shown below. The committee is authorized under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (the Act) and operates in compliance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The purpose of the committee is to improve collaborative relationships and to provide advice and recommendations to the Forest Service concerning projects and funding consistent with Title II of the Act, as well as make recommendations on recreation fee proposals for sites on the Ouachita and Ozark-St. Francis National Forests within the counties of Arkansas and Oklahoma, consistent with the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 61 (Tuesday, April 1, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14353-14354]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-05383]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Ozark-Ouachita Resource Advisory Committee
AGENCY: Forest Service, Agriculture (USDA).
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Ozark-Ouachita Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) will hold
a public meeting according to the details shown below. The committee is
authorized under the Secure Rural
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Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (the Act) and operates in
compliance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The purpose of the
committee is to improve collaborative relationships and to provide
advice and recommendations to the Forest Service concerning projects
and funding consistent with Title II of the Act, as well as make
recommendations on recreation fee proposals for sites on the Ouachita
and Ozark-St. Francis National Forests within the counties of Arkansas
and Oklahoma, consistent with the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement
Act.
DATES: An in-person and virtual meeting will be held on April 16, 2025,
1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Central Daylight Time.
Written and Oral Comments: Anyone wishing to provide in-person and/
or virtual oral comments must pre-register by 11:59 p.m. Central
Daylight Time on April 11, 2025. Written public comments will be
accepted by 11:59 p.m. Central Daylight Time on April 11, 2025.
Comments submitted after this date will be provided to the Agency, 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 and virtually at the
Ozark-St. Francis National Forests Supervisor's Office, located at 605
West Main Street, Russellville, Arkansas. Committee information and
meeting details can be found at the following website: <a href="https://www.fs.usda.gov/osfnf">https://www.fs.usda.gov/osfnf</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#e28183908d8e8b8c87cc8f8b96818a878e8ea297918683cc858d94"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="81e2e0f3eeede8efe4afece8f5e2e9e4ededc1f4f2e5e0afe6eef7">[email protected]</span></a> via mail (postmarked) to Caroline Mitchell,
Ouachita National Forest, P.O. Box 1270, Hot Springs, AR 71902. 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. Central Daylight Time, April
9, 2025, and speakers can only register for one speaking slot. Oral
comments must be sent by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5d3e3c2f3231343338733034293e353831311d282e393c733a322b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b6d5d7c4d9dadfd8d398dbdfc2d5ded3dadaf6c3c5d2d798d1d9c0">[email protected]</span></a> or via
mail (postmarked) to Caroline Mitchell, Ouachita National Forest, P.O.
Box 1270, Hot Springs, AR 71902.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Craig McBroome, Designated Federal
Officer, by phone at 479-964-7248 or email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3c4e535e594e4812515f5e4e535351597c494f585d125b534a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ea9885888f989ec4878988988585878faa9f998e8bc48d859c">[email protected]</span></a>; or
Caroline Mitchell, RAC Coordinator, by phone at 501-321-5318 or email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#523133203d3e3b3c377c3f3b26313a373e3e12272136337c353d24"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5e3d3f2c313237303b7033372a3d363b32321e2b2d3a3f70393128">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the meeting is to:
1. Elect a Chairperson;
2. Hear from Title II project proponents and discuss Title II
project proposals;
3. Make funding recommendations on Title II projects;
4. Schedule the next meeting; and
5. Other.
The agenda will include time for individuals to make oral
statements of three minutes or less. Individuals wishing to make an
oral statement should make a request in writing at least three days
prior to the meeting date to be scheduled on the agenda. Written
comments may be submitted to the Forest Service up to 14 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.
Equal opportunity practices, in accordance with USDA policies, will
be followed in all membership appointments to the Committee.
In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its
Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or
administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on
race, color, national origin, religion, sex, 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.
Dated: March 25, 2025.
Cikena Reid,
USDA Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2025-05383 Filed 3-31-25; 8:45 am]
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