Notice2025-14250
Ozark-Ouachita Resource Advisory Committee
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Published
July 29, 2025
Issuing agencies
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 (FACA). 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 Ozark-St. Francis and Ouachita National Forests, consistent with the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 143 (Tuesday, July 29, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35655-35656]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-14250]
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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 Schools and Community Self-
Determination Act (the Act) and operates in compliance with the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (FACA). 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 Ozark-St. Francis and
Ouachita National Forests, consistent with the Federal Lands Recreation
Enhancement Act.
DATES: An in-person meeting will be held on Wednesday, August 13, 2025,
1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Central Daylight Time.
Written and Oral Comments: Anyone wishing to provide in-person or
virtual oral comments must pre-register by 11:59 p.m. Central Daylight
Time on August 1, 2025. Written public comments will be accepted by
11:59 p.m. Central Daylight Time on August 11, 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 at held 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/r08/ozark-stfrancis/committees">https://www.fs.usda.gov/r08/ozark-stfrancis/committees</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#187b796a777471767d3675716c7b707d7474586d6b7c79367f776e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="86e5e7f4e9eaefe8e3a8ebeff2e5eee3eaeac6f3f5e2e7a8e1e9f0">[email protected]</span></a> or via mail (postmarked) to Caroline
Mitchell, Ouachita National Forest, P.O. Box 1270, Hot Springs,
Arkansas 71902. The Forest Service strongly prefers
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comments to be submitted electronically.
Oral Comments: Persons or organizations wishing to make oral
comments must pre-register by 11:59 p.m. Central Daylight Time on
August 1, 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#a8cbc9dac7c4c1c6cd86c5c1dccbc0cdc4c4e8dddbccc986cfc7de"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d4b7b5a6bbb8bdbab1fab9bda0b7bcb1b8b894a1a7b0b5fab3bba2">[email protected]</span></a> or
via mail (postmarked) to Caroline Mitchell, Ouachita National Forest,
P.O. Box 1270, Hot Springs, Arkansas 71902.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Craig McBroome, Designated Federal
Officer, by phone at 479-964-7248 or email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a4d6cbc6c1d6d08ac9c7c6d6cbcbc9c1e4d1d7c0c58ac3cbd2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a2d0cdc0c7d0d68ccfc1c0d0cdcdcfc7e2d7d1c6c38cc5cdd4">[email protected]</span></a>;
or Caroline Mitchell, RAC Coordinator, at 501-321-5318 or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e08381928f8c898e85ce8d89948388858c8ca095938481ce878f96"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="482b293a272421262d6625213c2b202d2424083d3b2c29662f273e">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the meeting is to:
1. Hear from Title II project proponents and discuss project
proposals;
2. Make funding recommendations on Title II projects;
3. Approve meeting minutes;
4. Schedule the next meeting; and
5. Other.
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: If you are a person requiring reasonable
accommodation, please make a request in advance for sign language
interpreting, assistive listening devices, or other reasonable
accommodation. For access to proceedings, please contact the person
listed in the section titled FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. All
reasonable accommodation requests are managed on a case-by-case basis.
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, 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: July 24, 2025.
Cikena Reid,
USDA Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2025-14250 Filed 7-28-25; 8:45 am]
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