[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 223 (Tuesday, November 21, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 55345]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-25114]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Eastern Region Recreation Resource Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Eastern Region Recreation Resource Advisory Committee 
(Recreation RAC) will meet in Baltimore, Maryland. The Recreation RAC 
is authorized pursuant with the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement 
Act (the Act) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). Additional 
information concerning the Recreation RAC may be found by visiting the 
Recreation RAC's Web site at: http://www.fs.usda.gov/main/r9/recreation/racs.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Thursday, February 1, 2018 from 1:00 
p.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Friday, February 2, 2018, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 
p.m. at the Fairfield Inn & Suites Downtown Baltimore Inner Harbor.
    All Recreation RAC meetings are subject to cancellation. For status 
of the meeting prior to attendance, please contact the person listed 
under the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Fairfield Inn & Suites 
Downtown Baltimore Inner Harbor, 101 S. President Street, Baltimore, MD 
21202. The meeting will also be available via teleconference at 888-
844-9904, 8400659#.
    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 Eastern 
Region, Regional Office located at 626 E. Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, 
Wisconsin. Please call 541-860-8048 to facilitate entry into the 
building.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joanna Wilson, Eastern Region 
Recreation RAC Coordinator by phone at 541-860-8048, 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 review the 
following fee proposals:
    a. Regional fee consistency approach;
    b. Monongahela National Forest fee proposals which include the 
Hopskin Cabin;
    c. Wayne National Forest fee proposals reducing trail permit fees 
for off-highway vehicle (OHV) users and eliminating fees for horse and 
mountain bike users;
    d. Hiawatha National Forest fee proposals for Grand Island;
    e. Chequamengon-Nicolet National Forest fee proposals including new 
fees at day use sites and one cabin rental, and fee increases for 
overnight sites; and
    f. Green Mountain Finger Lakes National Forest fee proposals 
including new fee at Silver Lake Campgrounds, Texas Falls Day Use Area 
Pavilion, Grout Pond Campground, Backbone Horse Camp and Potomac Group 
Camp and Pavilion and fee increases at Chittenden Brook, Moosalamoo 
Campground, Hapgood Pond Campground, Hapgood Pond Day Use, Hapgood Pond 
Group Picnic sites, and Blueberry Patch Recreation Area.
    Details on all fee proposals can be found at http://www.fs.usda.gov/main/r9/recreation/racs.
    The meeting is open to the public. The agenda will include time for 
people to make oral statements of three minutes or less starting at 
3:00 p.m. Individuals wishing to make an oral statement should request 
in writing by January 22, 2018, to be scheduled on the agenda. Anyone 
who would like to bring related matters to the attention of the 
Recreation RAC may file written statements with the Committee's staff 
before or after the meeting. Written comments and time requests for 
time to make oral comments must be sent to Joanna Wilson, Eastern 
Region Recreation RAC Coordinator, 855 South Skylake Drive, Woodland 
Hills, Utah 84653; or by email to [email protected].
    Meeting Accommodations: If you require 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, 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.

    Dated: November 6, 2017.
Glenn Casamassa,
Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest System.
[FR Doc. 2017-25114 Filed 11-20-17; 8:45 am]
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