[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 52 (Wednesday, March 18, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13164-13165]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-6971]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Committee of Scientists Meetings
AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of meetings.
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SUMMARY: The Committee of Scientists is holding its next two meetings
on March 31-April 1, 1998, in Boston, Massachusetts and on April 14-15,
1998, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The purpose of the Boston meeting is
to discuss planning issues concerning the National Forests in the
Eastern Region (Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine,
Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire,
New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West
Virginia, and Wisconsin). The purpose of the Albuquerque meeting is to
discuss planning issues concerning the Southwestern Region (New Mexico
and Arizona). The Committee will meet with representatives from
federal, state, and local organizations; will share information and
ideas about Committee members' assignments; will continue discussions
on the scientific principles underlying land and resource management;
and will conduct any other Committee business that may arise. The
meetings are open to the public and opportunities for the public to
address the Committee will be provided.
DATES: The Boston meeting will be held March 31-April 1, 1998, and the
Albuquerque meeting will be held April 14-15, 1998.
ADDRESSES: The Boston meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn Select,
Government Center, 5 Blossom Street at Cambridge Street, Boston,
Massachusetts. The Albuquerque meeting will be held at the Sheraton
Hotel Old Town, 800 Rio Grande NW, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Written comments on improving land and resource management planning
may be sent to the Committee of Scientists, P.O. Box 2140, Corvallis,
OR 97339. Also, the Committee may be accessed via the Internet at
www.cof.orst.edu./org/scicomm/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob Cunningham, Designated Federal
Official to the Committee of Scientists, telephone: 202-205-2494.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Boston meeting to discuss planning
issues concerning the National Forests in the Eastern Region will begin
at 9 a.m. and end at 7 p.m. on March 31. On April 1, the meeting will
begin at 8 a.m. and end at 4 p.m. Citizens may address the Committee on
March 31, beginning at 4 p.m., to present ideas on how to improve
National Forest System land and resource management planning.
The Albuquerque meeting to discuss planning issues concerning the
Southwestern Region will begin at 9
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a.m. and end at 7 p.m. on April 14. On April 15, the meeting will begin
at 8 a.m. and end at 4 p.m. Citizens may address the Committee on April
14, beginning at 4 p.m., to present ideas on how to improve National
Forest System land and resource management planning.
Citizens who wish to speak at either meeting must register at that
meeting before 5 p.m. Each speaker will be limited to a maximum of 5
minutes. Persons may also submit written suggestions to the Committee
at either meeting or may mail suggestions to the addresses listed under
the ADDRESSES heading.
The Committee of Scientists is chartered to provide scientific and
technical advice to the Secretary of Agriculture and the Chief of the
Forest Service on improvements that can be made to the National Forest
System land and resource management planning process (62 FR 43691;
August 15, 1997). Notice of the names of the appointed Committee
members was published December 16, 1997 (62 FR 65795). Agendas and
locations for future meetings will be published as separate notices in
the Federal Register.
Dated: March 11, 1998.
Gloria Manning,
Acting Deputy Chief for National Forest System.
[FR Doc. 98-6971 Filed 3-17-98; 8:45 am]
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