[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 140 (Tuesday, July 22, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42499-42500]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-17220]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Tongass Advisory Committee
AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Tongass Advisory Committee (Committee) will meet in
Ketchikan, Alaska. The Committee is established consistent with the
Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C. App. 2). Additional
information concerning the Committee, including the meeting agenda, can
be found by visiting the Committee's Web site at: http://www.fs.usda.gov/goto/R10/Tongass/TAC.
DATES: The meetings will be held on the following dates:
Wednesday, August 6, 2014--10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Thursday, August 7, 2014--8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Friday, August 8, 2014--8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
All meetings are subject to cancellation. For status of the
meetings prior to attendance, please contact the person listed under
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Best Western Landing Hotel,
Sunny Point Ball Room, 3434 Tongass Avenue, Ketchikan, Alaska. Written
comments may be submitted as described under Supplementary Information.
All comments, including names and addresses, when provided, are placed
in the record and available for public inspection and copying. The
public may inspect comments received at the Tongass National Forest
Office. Please call ahead to facilitate entry into the building.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicole McMurren, Committee
Coordinator, by phone at 907-772-5875, or by email at
[email protected]. Individuals who use telecommunication devices for
the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at
1-800-877-8339 between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time,
Monday through Friday.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the meeting is to:
(1) Perform administrative tasks such as ethics training, Federal
Advisory Committee Act (FACA) training, and discuss the committee
members goals and interest; and
(2) Define areas where the committee can provide the most valuable
input for developing an ecologically, socially, and economically
sustainable forest
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management strategy on the Tongass National Forest.
The meeting is open to the public. The agenda will include time for
people to make oral statements of three minutes or less. Individuals
wishing to make an oral statement should submit a request in writing by
July 28, 2014 to be scheduled on the agenda. Anyone who would like to
bring related matters to the attention of the Committee may file
written statements with the Committee's staff before or after the
meeting. Written comments and time request for oral comments must be
sent to Jason Anderson, Designated Federal Officer, Tongass National
Forest, P.O. Box 309, Petersburg, Alaska 99833; by email to
[email protected], or via facsimile to 907-772-5895. Summary/
minutes of the meeting will be posted on the Web site listed above
within 45 days after the meeting.
Meeting Accommodations: If you are a person requiring reasonable
accommodation, please make requests in advance for sign language
interpreting, assistive listening devices or other reasonable
accommodation for access to the facility or proceedings by contacting
the person listed in the section titled FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT. All reasonable accommodation requests are managed on a case by
case basis.
Dated: July 15, 2014.
Beth G. Pendleton,
Regional Forester, Alaska Region.
[FR Doc. 2014-17220 Filed 7-21-14; 8:45 am]
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