80_FR_56007 80 FR 55827 - National Advisory Committee for Implementation of the National Forest System Land Management Planning Rule

80 FR 55827 - National Advisory Committee for Implementation of the National Forest System Land Management Planning Rule

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 180 (September 17, 2015)

Page Range55827-55828
FR Document2015-23327

The National Advisory Committee for Implementation of the National Forest System Land Management Planning Rule Committee (Committee) will meet in Tempe, Arizona. Attendees may also participate via webinar and conference call. The Committee operates in compliance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (Pub. L. 92-463). Additional information relating to the Committee, including the meeting summary/minutes, can be found by visiting the Committee's Web site at: http://www.fs.usda.gov/main/planningrule/committee.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 180 (Thursday, September 17, 2015)
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 180 (Thursday, September 17, 2015)]
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From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-23327]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


National Advisory Committee for Implementation of the National 
Forest System Land Management Planning Rule

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

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SUMMARY: The National Advisory Committee for Implementation of the 
National Forest System Land Management Planning Rule Committee 
(Committee) will meet in Tempe, Arizona. Attendees may also participate 
via webinar and conference call. The Committee operates in compliance 
with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (Pub. L. 92-463). 
Additional information relating to the Committee, including the meeting 
summary/minutes, can be found by visiting the Committee's Web site at: 
http://www.fs.usda.gov/main/planningrule/committee.

DATES: The meetings will be held in-person and via webinar/conference 
call on the following dates and times:
     Monday, October 5, 2015 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. MST
     Tuesday, October 6, 2015 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. MST
     Wednesday, October 7, 2015 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. MST
     Thursday, October 8, 2015 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. MST.
    All meetings are subject to cancellation. For updated status of 
meetings prior to attendance, please contact the person listed under 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Sheraton Phoenix Airport 
Hotel Tempe, 1600 S. 52nd Street, Tempe, Arizona. For anyone who would 
like to attend via webinar and/or conference call, please visit the Web 
site listed above or contact the person listed in the section titled 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 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 USDA Forest Service Washington Office--Yates 
Building, 201 14th Street SW., Mail Stop 1104, Washington, DC, 20250-
1104. Please call ahead to facilitate entry into the building.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chalonda Jasper, Committee 
Coordinator, by phone at 202-260-9400, 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 this meeting is to provide:
    1. Continued deliberations on formulating advice for the Secretary,
    2. Discussion of Committee work group findings,
    3. Dialogue with key Forest Service personel and stakeholders from 
Region 3, the Southwestern Region, regarding the land management plan 
revision processes currently underway in the region,
    4. Hearing public comments, and
    5. Administrative tasks.
    This meeting is open to the public. The agenda will include time 
for people to make oral comments of three minutes or less. Individuals 
wishing to make an oral comment should submit a request in writing by 
September 30, 2015, 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 requests for oral comments must be 
sent to Chalonda Jasper, USDA Forest Service, Ecosystem Management 
Coordination, 201 14th Street SW., Mail Stop 1104, Washington, DC, 
20250-1104, or by email at [email protected]. The agenda and summary of 
the meeting will be posted on the Committee's Web site within 21 days 
of 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.


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    Dated: September 10, 2015.
Glenn Casamassa,
Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest System.
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                                              notice 1 in which we announced the                      implementing the procedural provisions                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. All
                                              availability, for public review and                     of NEPA (40 CFR parts 1500–1508); (3)                 comments, including names and
                                              comment, of a supplement to an                          USDA regulations implementing NEPA                    addresses, when provided, are placed in
                                              environmental assessment (EA) that                      (7 CFR part 1b); and (4) APHIS’ NEPA                  the record and available for public
                                              examined the potential environmental                    Implementing Procedures (7 CFR part                   inspection and copying. The public may
                                              impacts associated with the proposed                    372).                                                 inspect comments received at the USDA
                                              field trial to test the safety and efficacy               Done in Washington, DC, this 14th day of            Forest Service Washington Office—
                                              of an experimental oral rabies vaccine                  September 2015.                                       Yates Building, 201 14th Street SW.,
                                              for wildlife in New Hampshire, New                      Kevin Shea,                                           Mail Stop 1104, Washington, DC,
                                              York, Ohio, Vermont, and West                           Administrator, Animal and Plant Health                20250–1104. Please call ahead to
                                              Virginia. In addition, the supplement                   Inspection Service.                                   facilitate entry into the building.
                                              analyzed the geographic shift of the                    [FR Doc. 2015–23381 Filed 9–16–15; 8:45 am]           FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                              field trial zone in Ohio and an increase                                                                      Chalonda Jasper, Committee
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                                              in bait distribution density in portions                                                                      Coordinator, by phone at 202–260–9400,
                                              of West Virginia.                                                                                             or by email at cjasper@fs.fed.us.
                                                 We solicited comments on the EA for                  DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE                             Individuals who use telecommunication
                                              30 days ending August 17, 2015. We                                                                            devices for the deaf (TDD) may call the
                                              received one comment by that date,                      Forest Service                                        Federal Information Relay Service
                                              which supported the oral rabies                                                                               (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 between 8:00
                                              vaccination program.                                    National Advisory Committee for                       a.m. and 8:00 p.m., Eastern Standard
                                                 In this document, we are advising the                Implementation of the National Forest                 Time, Monday through Friday.
                                              public of our finding of no significant                 System Land Management Planning
                                                                                                                                                            SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
                                              impact (FONSI) regarding the                            Rule
                                                                                                                                                            purpose of this meeting is to provide:
                                              implementation of a field trial to test the
                                                                                                      AGENCY:   Forest Service, USDA.                          1. Continued deliberations on
                                              safety and efficacy of the ONRAB
                                                                                                      ACTION:   Notice of meetings.                         formulating advice for the Secretary,
                                              wildlife rabies vaccine in New
                                                                                                                                                               2. Discussion of Committee work
                                              Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Vermont,                     SUMMARY:    The National Advisory                     group findings,
                                              and West Virginia, including portions of                Committee for Implementation of the                      3. Dialogue with key Forest Service
                                              U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest                   National Forest System Land                           personel and stakeholders from Region
                                              Service National Forest System lands,                   Management Planning Rule Committee                    3, the Southwestern Region, regarding
                                              but excluding Wilderness Areas. The                     (Committee) will meet in Tempe,                       the land management plan revision
                                              finding, which is based on the EA, the                  Arizona. Attendees may also participate               processes currently underway in the
                                              2013 supplement to the EA, and the                      via webinar and conference call. The                  region,
                                              2015 supplement to the EA, reflects our                 Committee operates in compliance with                    4. Hearing public comments, and
                                              determination that the distribution of                  the Federal Advisory Committee Act                       5. Administrative tasks.
                                              this experimental wildlife rabies                       (FACA) (Pub. L. 92–463). Additional                      This meeting is open to the public.
                                              vaccine will not have a significant                     information relating to the Committee,                The agenda will include time for people
                                              impact on the quality of the human                      including the meeting summary/                        to make oral comments of three minutes
                                              environment.                                            minutes, can be found by visiting the                 or less. Individuals wishing to make an
                                                 The 2015 supplement to the EA and                    Committee’s Web site at: http://                      oral comment should submit a request
                                              the FONSI may be viewed on the APHIS                    www.fs.usda.gov/main/planningrule/                    in writing by September 30, 2015, to be
                                              Web site at http://www.aphis.usda.gov/                  committee.                                            scheduled on the agenda. Anyone who
                                              wildlifedamage/nepa and on the
                                                                                                      DATES: The meetings will be held in-                  would like to bring related matters to
                                              Regulations.gov Web site (see footnote
                                                                                                      person and via webinar/conference call                the attention of the Committee may file
                                              1). Copies of the 2015 supplement to the
                                                                                                      on the following dates and times:                     written statements with the Committee’s
                                              EA and the FONSI are also available for
                                              public inspection at USDA, room 1141,                      • Monday, October 5, 2015 from 9:00                staff before or after the meeting. Written
                                                                                                      a.m. to 5:00 p.m. MST                                 comments and time requests for oral
                                              South Building, 14th Street and
                                              Independence Avenue SW.,                                   • Tuesday, October 6, 2015 from 9:00               comments must be sent to Chalonda
                                                                                                      a.m. to 5:00 p.m. MST                                 Jasper, USDA Forest Service, Ecosystem
                                              Washington, DC, between 8 a.m. and
                                                                                                         • Wednesday, October 7, 2015 from                  Management Coordination, 201 14th
                                              4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday,
                                                                                                      9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. MST                            Street SW., Mail Stop 1104,
                                              except holidays. Persons wishing to                        • Thursday, October 8, 2015 from                   Washington, DC, 20250–1104, or by
                                              inspect copies are requested to call                    9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. MST.                           email at cjasper@fs.fed.us. The agenda
                                              ahead on (202) 799–7039 to facilitate                      All meetings are subject to                        and summary of the meeting will be
                                              entry into the reading room. In addition,               cancellation. For updated status of                   posted on the Committee’s Web site
                                              copies may be obtained as described                     meetings prior to attendance, please                  within 21 days of the meeting.
                                              under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION                           contact the person listed under FOR                      Meeting Accommodations: If you are
                                              CONTACT.                                                FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.                          a person requiring reasonable
                                                 The 2015 supplement to the EA and
                                                                                                      ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at                accommodation, please make requests
                                              the FONSI have been prepared in
                                                                                                      the Sheraton Phoenix Airport Hotel                    in advance for sign language
                                              accordance with: (1) The National
                                                                                                      Tempe, 1600 S. 52nd Street, Tempe,                    interpreting, assistive listening devices
                                              Environmental Policy Act of 1969
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                                                                                                      Arizona. For anyone who would like to                 or other reasonable accommodation for
                                              (NEPA), as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et
                                                                                                      attend via webinar and/or conference                  access to the facility or proceedings by
                                              seq.); (2) regulations of the Council on
                                                                                                      call, please visit the Web site listed                contacting the person listed in the
                                              Environmental Quality for
                                                                                                      above or contact the person listed in the             section titled FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
                                                1 To view the notice, the EA, and the FONSI, go       section titled FOR FURTHER INFORMATION                CONTACT. All reasonable
                                              to http://www.regulations.gov/                          CONTACT. Written comments may be                      accommodation requests are managed
                                              #!docketDetail;D=APHIS–2015–0047.                       submitted as described under                          on a case by case basis.


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                                                Dated: September 10, 2015.                            SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:      The                   (Project) in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. RUS
                                              Glenn Casamassa,                                        purpose of the meeting is to provide:                 published a notice of availability and
                                              Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest                   1. Overview of legislation, policy, and             public hearing on August 7, 2015, that
                                              System.                                                 interagency planning requirements for                 provided a comment period ending on
                                              [FR Doc. 2015–23327 Filed 9–16–15; 8:45 am]             National Scenic Trails;                               the date announced in the U.S.
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                                                                                                        2. Discussion of planning approach,                 Environmental Protection Agency’s
                                                                                                      process, and schedule for the Pacific                 (USEPA) EIS receipt notice of
                                                                                                      Northwest National Scenic Trail                       September 28, 2015. RUS is extending
                                              DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE                               comprehensive plan; and                               the public comment period for the Draft
                                                                                                        3. Recommendations regarding the                    EIS by an additional 45 days to
                                              Forest Service                                          work, priorities, and schedule for the                November 12, 2015.
                                                                                                      Advisory Council.                                     DATES: With this notice, RUS extends
                                              Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail                   The meeting is open to the public.                  the public comment period to November
                                              Advisory Council                                        The agenda will include time for people               12, 2015. Comments submitted to RUS
                                              AGENCY:   Forest Service, USDA.                         to make oral statements of three minutes              regarding the Draft EIS prior to this
                                                                                                      or less. Individuals wishing to make an               announcement do not need to be
                                              ACTION:   Notice of meeting.                            oral statement should submit a request                resubmitted as a result of this extension
                                              SUMMARY:    The Pacific Northwest                       in writing by October 2, 2015, to be                  to the comment period.
                                              National Scenic Trail Advisory Council                  scheduled on the agenda. Anyone who                   ADDRESSES: Written comments on the
                                              (Council) will meet in Sandpoint, Idaho.                would like to bring related matters to                Draft EIS and questions about the
                                              The Council is authorized under Section                 the attention of the Council may file                 proposed project may be submitted to:
                                              5(d) of the National Trails System Act                  written statements with the Council’s                 Ms. Lauren McGee Rayburn at the
                                              of 1968 (Act) and operates in                           staff before or after the meeting. Written            contact information provided in this
                                              compliance with the Federal Advisory                    comments and time requests for oral                   notice. The Draft EIS is available in both
                                              Committee Act (FACA). Additional                        comments must be sent to Matt                         Spanish and English at the following
                                              information concerning the Council,                     McGrath, Pacific Northwest National                   Web site: http://www.rd.usda.gov/
                                              including the meeting summary/                          Scenic Trail Program Manager, 2930                    publications/environmental-studies/
                                              minutes, can be found by visiting the                   Wetmore Avenue, Suite 3A, Everett,                    impact-statements/arecibo-waste-
                                              Council’s Web site at: http://                          Washington 98201, or by email to                      energy-generation-and-resource.
                                              www.fs.usda.gov/main/pnt/working-                       mtmcgrath@fs.fed.us.                                  Requests for CD or hardcopies may be
                                              together/advisory-committees.                             Meeting Accommodations: If you are                  directed to Ms. McGee Rayburn,
                                              DATES: The meeting will be held on the
                                                                                                      a person requiring reasonable                         Environmental Scientist, Rural Utilities
                                              following dates and times:                              accommodation, please make requests                   Service, 84 Coxe Ave., Suite 1E,
                                                 • Wednesday, October 14, 2015 from                   in advance for sign language                          Ashville, North Carolina 28801,
                                              8 a.m. to 5 p.m. PDT                                    interpreting, assistive listening devices             telephone: (202) 695–2540, fax: (202)
                                                 • Thursday, October 15, 2015 from 8                  or other reasonable accommodation for                 690–0649, or email: Lauren.McGee@
                                              a.m. to 5 p.m. PDT                                      access to the facility or proceedings by              wdc.usda.gov.
                                                 All meetings are subject to                          contacting the person listed in the
                                                                                                                                                            FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
                                              cancellation. For updated status of                     section titled FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
                                                                                                                                                            Lauren McGee Rayburn, Environmental
                                              meeting prior to attendance, please                     CONTACT. All reasonable
                                                                                                                                                            Scientist, Rural Utilities Service, 84
                                              contact the person listed under FOR                     accommodation requests are managed
                                                                                                                                                            Coxe Ave., Suite 1E, Ashville, North
                                              FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.                            on a case by case basis.
                                                                                                                                                            Carolina 28801, telephone: (202) 695–
                                              ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at                    Dated: September 10, 2015.                          2540, fax: (202) 690–0649, or email:
                                              the Best Western Edgewater Resort, 56                   Dianne C. Guidry,                                     Lauren.McGee@wdc.usda.gov.
                                              Bridge Street, Sandpoint, Idaho. Written                Deputy Regional Forester.                             SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: RUS has
                                              comments may be submitted as                            [FR Doc. 2015–23410 Filed 9–16–15; 8:45 am]           issued a Draft EIS for Energy Answers’
                                              described under SUPPLEMENTARY                           BILLING CODE 3411–15–P                                proposed Waste to Energy Project
                                              INFORMATION. All comments, including                                                                          (Project) in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. RUS
                                              names and addresses, when provided,                                                                           issued the Draft EIS to inform interested
                                              are placed in the record and available                  DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE                             parties and the general public about the
                                              for public inspection and copying. The                                                                        proposed Project and to invite the
                                              public may inspect comments received                    Rural Utilities Service                               public to comment on the scope,
                                              at the Pacific Northwest Regional Office                                                                      proposed action, and other issues
                                              of the United States Forest Service: 1220               Energy Answers Arecibo, LLC:                          addressed in the Draft EIS. The Draft EIS
                                              SW 3rd Avenue, Portland, OR 97204.                      Extension of Comment Period for a                     addresses the construction, operation,
                                              Please call ahead at 503–808–2468 to                    Draft Environmental Impact Statement                  and maintenance of Energy Answers’
                                              facilitate entry into the building.                     AGENCY:  Rural Utilities Service, USDA.               proposed Project, a waste-to-energy
                                              FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matt                   ACTION: Extension of comment period                   generation and resource recovery
                                              McGrath, Pacific Northwest National                     for a Draft Environmental Impact                      facility in the Cambalache Ward of
                                              Scenic Trail Program Manager, by                        Statement.                                            Arecibo, Puerto Rico. RUS prepared the
                                              phone at 425–583–9304, or by email at                                                                         EIS in accordance with the National
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                                              mtmcgrath@fs.fed.us.                                    SUMMARY:  The Rural Utilities Service                 Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), as
                                                 Individuals who use                                  (RUS), an agency within the U.S.                      amended, the Council on Environmental
                                              telecommunication devices for the deaf                  Department of Agriculture (USDA), has                 Quality’s Regulation for Implementing
                                              (TDD) may call the Federal Information                  issued a Draft Environmental Impact                   the Procedural Provisions of the NEPA
                                              Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339                  Statement (EIS) for Energy Answers                    (40 CFR parts 1500–1508), and RUS’s
                                              between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern                      Arecibo, LLC’s (Energy Answers)                       Environmental Policies and Procedures
                                              Standard Time, Monday through Friday.                   proposed Waste to Energy Project                      (7 CFR part 1794). RUS published a


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of meetings.
DatesThe meetings will be held in-person and via webinar/conference call on the following dates and times:
ContactChalonda Jasper, Committee Coordinator, by phone at 202-260-9400, 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.
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