80_FR_57142 80 FR 56960 - Forestry Research Advisory Council

80 FR 56960 - Forestry Research Advisory Council

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 182 (September 21, 2015)

Page Range56960-56961
FR Document2015-23562

The Forestry Research Advisory Council (FRAC) will meet in Washington, DC. The Council is required by Section 1441 of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 (Act) and operates in compliance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). Additional information concerning FRAC, including the meeting summary/minutes, can be found by visiting the FRAC's Web site at: http://www.fs.fed.us/research/about/ forestry-research-council/.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 182 (Monday, September 21, 2015) 
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 182 (Monday, September 21, 2015)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2015-23562]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Forestry Research Advisory Council

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Forestry Research Advisory Council (FRAC) will meet in 
Washington, DC. The Council is required by Section 1441 of the 
Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 (Act) and operates in compliance with 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). Additional information 
concerning FRAC, including the meeting summary/minutes, can be found by 
visiting the FRAC's Web site at: http://www.fs.fed.us/research/about/forestry-research-council/.

DATES: The meeting will be held on the following dates and time:
     Tuesday, October 20, 2015 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. PDT
     Wednesday, October 21, 2015 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 
PDT
    All FRAC meetings are subject to cancellation. For updated status 
of the meeting prior to attendance, please contact the person listed 
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Roosevelt Conference Room, 
Yates Building, USDA Forest Service--Washington Office, 201 14th Street 
SW., Washington, DC 20250. Written comments may be submitted as 
described under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 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 at USDA Forest Service--Washington Office, 201 14th 
Street SW., Washington, DC 20250. Please call ahead at 202-205-1665 to 
facilitate entry into the building.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: W. Stephen Hart, Designated Federal 
Official, Forestry Research Advisory Council, Research and Development, 
USDA Forest Service, by phone at 202-205-0844, or by email at 
shart@fs.fed.us.
    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.,

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Eastern Standard Time, Monday through Friday.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the meeting is to:
    1. Discuss current and emerging forestry and natural resources 
research issues;
    2. Provide a presentation and discussion on budget outlooks and 
program priorities of the Forest Service Research and Development and 
USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, including the 
McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Research Program; and
    3. Discuss anticipated matters that may include USDA engagement in 
natural resources-related STEM research and education, partnerships 
with other agencies, indisciplinary research, research in urban 
forestry, wood products development, and landscape-scale forest 
management.
    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 request in writing by October 
14, 2015, to be scheduled on the agenda. Anyone who would like to bring 
related matters to the attention of the Council may file written 
statements with the Council's staff before or after the meeting. 
Written comments and time requests for oral comments must be sent to W. 
Stephen Hart, Designated Federal Official, Forestry Research Advisory 
Council, Research and Development, USDA Forest Service, Mail Stop 1120, 
1400 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC, 20250-1120, or by 
fascimile at 202-401-1189, or by email at shart@fs.fed.us.
    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: September 11, 2015.
Cynthia D. West,
Associate Deputy Chief Research and Development.
[FR Doc. 2015-23562 Filed 9-18-15; 8:45 am]
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56960 Notices Federal Register Vol. 80, No. 182 Monday, September 21, 2015 This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER unless the collection of information DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE contains documents other than rules or displays a currently valid OMB control proposed rules that are applicable to the number and the agency informs Forest Service public. Notices of hearings and investigations, potential persons who are to respond to committee meetings, agency decisions and Forestry Research Advisory Council rulings, delegations of authority, filing of the collection of information that such petitions and applications and agency persons are not required to respond to AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. statements of organization and functions are the collection of information unless it ACTION: Notice of meeting. examples of documents appearing in this displays a currently valid OMB control section. number. SUMMARY: The Forestry Research Advisory Council (FRAC) will meet in Animal and Plant Health Inspection Washington, DC. The Council is DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Service required by Section 1441 of the Title: PPQ Form 816; Contract Pilot Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 (Act) Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Aircraft Acceptance. and operates in compliance with the Service Federal Advisory Committee Act OMB Control Number: 0579–0298. (FACA). Additional information Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Summary of Collection: The Plant concerning FRAC, including the Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) meeting summary/minutes, can be September 15, 2015. authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture, found by visiting the FRAC’s Web site The Department of Agriculture has either independently or in cooperation at: http://www.fs.fed.us/research/about/ submitted the following information with States, to carry out operations or forestry-research-council/. collection requirement(s) to OMB for measures to detect, eradicate, suppress, DATES: The meeting will be held on the review and clearance under the control, prevent, or retard the spread of following dates and time: Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, • Tuesday, October 20, 2015 from plant pests and noxious weeds that are Public Law 104–13. Comments 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. PDT new to or not widely distributed within regarding (a) whether the collection of • Wednesday, October 21, 2015 from the United States. This authority has information is necessary for the proper 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. PDT performance of the functions of the been delegated to the Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection All FRAC meetings are subject to agency, including whether the cancellation. For updated status of the information will have practical utility; Service (APHIS). APHIS carries out this program primarily by treating infested meeting prior to attendance, please (b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate contact the person listed under FOR of burden including the validity of the lands by aerial spraying of pesticides from aircraft. FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. methodology and assumptions used; (c) ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in ways to enhance the quality, utility and Need and Use of the Information: clarity of the information to be the Roosevelt Conference Room, Yates Contract Pilot and Aircraft Acceptance collected; (d) ways to minimize the Building, USDA Forest Service— Form (PPQ–816) is used by the Plant Washington Office, 201 14th Street SW., burden of the collection of information Protection and Quarantine personnel on those who are to respond, including Washington, DC 20250. Written who are involved with contracts for comments may be submitted as through the use of appropriate aerial application services for automated, electronic, mechanical, or described under SUPPLEMENTARY emergency pest outbreaks. The form is INFORMATION. All comments, including other technological collection used to document that the pilot and techniques or other forms of information names and addresses when provided, aircraft meet contract specifications. If are placed in the record and are technology. APHIS did not collect this information available for public inspection and Comments regarding this information collection received by October 21, 2015 or collected it less frequently, APHIS copying. The public may inspect will be considered. Written comments would not be able to verify if APHIS comments received at USDA Forest should be addressed to: Desk Officer for contracts for aerial application services Service—Washington Office, 201 14th Agriculture, Office of Information and met specifications. Street SW., Washington, DC 20250. Regulatory Affairs, Office of Description of Respondents: Please call ahead at 202–205–1665 to Management and Budget (OMB), New Individuals or households. facilitate entry into the building. Executive Office Building, 725 17th FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: W. Number of Respondents: 15. Street NW., Washington, DC 20502. Stephen Hart, Designated Federal Commenters are encouraged to submit Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Official, Forestry Research Advisory their comments to OMB via email to: On occasion. Council, Research and Development, OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or Total Burden Hours: 4. USDA Forest Service, by phone at 202– rmajette on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental 205–0844, or by email at shart@ Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail Ruth Brown, fs.fed.us. Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250– Departmental Information Collection Individuals who use 7602. Copies of the submission(s) may Clearance Officer. telecommunication devices for the deaf be obtained by calling (202) 720–8958. [FR Doc. 2015–23520 Filed 9–18–15; 8:45 am] (TDD) may call the Federal Information An agency may not conduct or BILLING CODE 3410–34–P Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 sponsor a collection of information between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., VerDate Sep<11>2014 15:14 Sep 18, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\21SEN1.SGM 21SEN1

Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 182 / Monday, September 21, 2015 / Notices 56961 Eastern Standard Time, Monday DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE also required to submit annual reports through Friday. to the OPCW on all transfers of Forest Service Schedule 1 Chemicals. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The End-Use Certificates: Under Part VIII purpose of the meeting is to: Sequoia National Forest, California; of the CWC Verification Annex, the 1. Discuss current and emerging Summit Fuels Reduction and Forest United States is required to obtain End- forestry and natural resources research Health Project Use Certificates for transfers of Schedule issues; Correction 3 chemicals to Non-States Parties to 2. Provide a presentation and ensure the transferred chemicals are In notice document 2015–23236 only used for the purposes not discussion on budget outlooks and appearing on pages 55590–55591 in the program priorities of the Forest Service prohibited under the Convention. issue of Wednesday, September 16, Affected Public: Businesses and other Research and Development and USDA 2015 make the following correction: National Institute of Food and for-profit institutions. On page 55590, in the third column, Frequency: On occasion. Agriculture, including the McIntire- under the DATES heading, in the third Stennis Cooperative Forestry Research Respondent’s Obligation: Required to line ‘‘September 16, 2015’’ should read Program; and obtain benefits. ‘‘October 16, 2015’’. This information collection request 3. Discuss anticipated matters that [FR Doc. C1–2015–23236 Filed 9–18–15; 8:45 am] may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov. may include USDA engagement in BILLING CODE 1505–01–D Follow the instructions to view the natural resources-related STEM research Department of Commerce collections and education, partnerships with other currently under review by OMB. agencies, indisciplinary research, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Written comments and research in urban forestry, wood recommendations for the proposed products development, and landscape- Submission for OMB Review; information collection should be sent scale forest management. Comment Request within 30 days of publication of this The meeting is open to the public. The Department of Commerce will notice to OIRA_Submission@ The agenda will include time for people submit to the Office of Management and omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395–5806. to make oral statements of three minutes Budget (OMB) for clearance the Sheleen Dumas, or less. Individuals wishing to make an following proposal for collection of PRA Lead, Office of the Chief Information oral statement should request in writing information under the provisions of the Officer. by October 14, 2015, to be scheduled on Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. [FR Doc. 2015–23583 Filed 9–18–15; 8:45 am] the agenda. Anyone who would like to Chapter 35). BILLING CODE 3510–33–P bring related matters to the attention of Agency: Bureau of Industry and the Council may file written statements Security. with the Council’s staff before or after Title: Chemical Weapons Convention DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE the meeting. Written comments and Provisions of the Export Administration time requests for oral comments must be Regulations. Economic Development Administration sent to W. Stephen Hart, Designated OMB Control Number: 0694–0117. Federal Official, Forestry Research Form Number(s): None. Notice of Petitions by Firms for Advisory Council, Research and Type of Request: Regular submission. Determination of Eligibility To Apply Development, USDA Forest Service, Number of Respondents: 70. for Trade Adjustment Assistance Mail Stop 1120, 1400 Independence Average Hours Per Response: 31 minutes. AGENCY: Economic Development Avenue SW., Washington, DC, 20250– Administration, Department of Burden Hours: 36 hours. 1120, or by fascimile at 202–401–1189, Needs and Uses: The Chemical Commerce or by email at shart@fs.fed.us. Weapons Convention (CWC) is a ACTION: Notice and Opportunity for Meeting Accommodations: If you are multilateral arms control treaty that Public Comment. a person requiring reasonable seeks to achieve an international ban on accommodation, please make requests chemical weapons (CW). The CWC Pursuant to Section 251 of the Trade in advance for sign language prohibits the use, development, Act 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2341 interpreting, assistive listening devices production, acquisition, stockpiling, et seq.), the Economic Development or other reasonable accommodation for retention, and direct or indirect transfer Administration (EDA) has received access to the facility or proceedings by of chemical weapons. This collection petitions for certification of eligibility to contacting the person listed in the implements the following provision of apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance section titled FOR FURTHER INFORMATION the treaty: from the firms listed below. CONTACT. All reasonable Schedule 1 notification and report: Accordingly, EDA has initiated accommodation requests are managed Under Part VI of the CWC Verification investigations to determine whether on a case by case basis. Annex, the United States is required to increased imports into the United States notify the Organization for the of articles like or directly competitive Dated: September 11, 2015. Prohibition of Chemical Weapons with those produced by each of these Cynthia D. West, (OPCW), the international organization firms contributed importantly to the Associate Deputy Chief Research and rmajette on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES created to implement the CWC, at least total or partial separation of the firm’s Development. 30 days before any transfer (export/ workers, or threat thereof, and to a [FR Doc. 2015–23562 Filed 9–18–15; 8:45 am] import) of Schedule 1 chemicals to decrease in sales or production of each BILLING CODE 3411–15–P another State Party. The United States is petitioning firm. VerDate Sep<11>2014 15:14 Sep 18, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\21SEN1.SGM 21SEN1


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of meeting.
DatesThe meeting will be held on the following dates and time:
ContactW. Stephen Hart, Designated Federal Official, Forestry Research Advisory Council, Research and Development, USDA Forest Service, by phone at 202-205-0844, or by email at [email protected]
FR Citation80 FR 56960 
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