Notice2025-07056
National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council
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Published
May 1, 2025
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Agriculture DepartmentForest Service
Abstract
The National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council will hold a virtual public meeting according to the details shown below. The committee is authorized under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act (the Act) and operates in compliance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The purpose of the committee is to develop a national urban and community forestry ten-year action plan in accordance with the Act, evaluate and report annually on the implementation of that plan to the Secretary, and develop criteria for and submit recommendations to the Forest Service's National Urban and Community Forestry Challenge Cost-share Grant Program as required by the Act.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 83 (Thursday, May 1, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18640-18641]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-07056]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council
AGENCY: Forest Service, Agriculture (USDA).
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: The National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council
will hold a virtual public meeting according to the details shown
below. The committee is authorized under the Cooperative Forestry
Assistance Act (the Act) and operates in compliance with the Federal
Advisory Committee Act. The purpose of the committee is to develop a
national urban and community forestry ten-year action plan in
accordance with the Act, evaluate and report annually on the
implementation of that plan to the Secretary, and develop criteria for
and submit recommendations to the Forest Service's National Urban and
Community Forestry Challenge Cost-share Grant Program as required by
the Act.
DATES: A virtual meeting will be held on May 16, 2025, 11 a.m. to 3
p.m. eastern daylight time.
Written and Oral Comments: Anyone wishing to provide virtual oral
comments must pre-register by 11:59 p.m. eastern daylight time on May
12, 2025. Written public comments will be accepted by 11:59 p.m.
eastern daylight time on May 12, 2025. 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 virtually from the Forest Service
Headquarters Office in Washington, DC. The public may join via the Zoom
Meeting link: <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89063623098?pwd=Hg5pUnwy3fdxlbwkKlaolsTbc1LoMA.1">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89063623098?pwd=Hg5pUnwy3fdxlbwkKlaolsTbc1LoMA.1</a> Meeting ID: 890 6362
3098, Passcode: 452230 (Pacific 8 a.m., mountain 9 a.m., central 10
a.m., eastern 11 a.m.). Committee information and meeting details can
be found at the following website: <a href="https://www.fs.usda.gov/managing-land/urban-forests/ucf/nucfac">https://www.fs.usda.gov/managing-land/urban-forests/ucf/nucfac</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#e18f808f8298cf929593848c918d84a194928580cf868e97"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4f212e212c36613c3b3d2a223f232a0f3a3c2b2e61282039">[email protected]</span></a> or via mail (postmarked) to Nancy Stremple, 201
14th Street SW, Sidney Yates Federal Building 3SC-01B, Washington, DC
20024. 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. eastern daylight time, May 12,
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#553b343b362c7b262127303825393015202631347b323a23"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f89699969b81d68b8c8a9d9588949db88d8b9c99d69f978e">[email protected]</span></a> or via mail
(postmarked) to Nancy Stremple, 201 14th Street SW, Sidney Yates
Federal Building 3SC-01B, Washington, DC 20024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy Stremple, Designated Federal
Officer, by phone at 202-205-7829 or by email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#650b040b061c4b161117000815090025101601044b020a13"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8be5eae5e8f2a5f8fff9eee6fbe7eecbfef8efeaa5ece4fd">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the meeting is to:
1. Introduce National Urban and Community Forestry Council members
and guests.
2. Discuss the National Ten-Year Action Plan Five-Year Benchmark
Accomplishment Report;
3. Preparation for the Next Ten-Year Action Plan (2027-2037);
4. Approve meeting minutes;
5. Schedule the next meeting; and
6. 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 5 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.
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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: April 16, 2025.
Cikena Reid,
USDA Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2025-07056 Filed 4-30-25; 8:45 am]
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