81_FR_41641 81 FR 41518 - First Responder Network Authority; First Responder Network Authority Board Meetings

81 FR 41518 - First Responder Network Authority; First Responder Network Authority Board Meetings

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Telecommunications and Information Administration

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 123 (June 27, 2016)

Page Range41518-41519
FR Document2016-15158

The Board of the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) will convene an open public meeting on June 30, 2016, preceded by open public meetings of the Board Committees on June 29, 2016.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 123 (Monday, June 27, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 123 (Monday, June 27, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41518-41519]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-15158]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Telecommunications and Information Administration


First Responder Network Authority; First Responder Network 
Authority Board Meetings

AGENCY: First Responder Network Authority, U.S. Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Board of the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) 
will convene an open public meeting on June 30, 2016, preceded by open 
public meetings of the Board Committees on June 29, 2016.

DATES: On June 29, 2016 between 1 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. CST, there will be 
an open public joint meeting of the FirstNet Governance and Personnel, 
Finance, Technology, and Consultation and Outreach Committees. The full 
FirstNet Board will hold an open public meeting on June 30, 2016 
between 8:30 a.m. and 12 p.m. CST.

ADDRESSES: The meetings on June 29-30, 2016, will be held at W 
Chicago--City Center, 172 West Adams Street, Chicago, IL 60603.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Miller-Kuwana, Board Secretary, 
FirstNet, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, M/S 243, Reston, VA 20192; 
telephone: (571) 665-6177; email: [email protected]. 
Please direct media inquiries to Ryan Oremland at (571) 665-6186.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice informs the public that the 
Board of FirstNet will convene an open public meeting on June 30, 2016, 
preceded by open public meetings of the Board Committees on June 29, 
2016.
    Background: The Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 
2012 (Pub. L. 112-96, Title VI, 126 Stat. 256 (codified at 47 U.S.C. 
1401 et seq.)) (the ``Act'') established FirstNet as an independent 
authority within the National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration that is headed by a Board. The Act directs FirstNet to 
ensure the building, deployment, and operation of a nationwide, 
interoperable public safety broadband network. The FirstNet Board is 
responsible for making strategic decisions regarding FirstNet's 
operations. The FirstNet Board held its first public meeting on 
September 25, 2012.
    Matters to be Considered: FirstNet will post detailed agendas of 
each meeting on its Web site, http://www.firstnet.gov, prior to the 
meetings. The agenda topics are subject to change. Please note that the 
subjects that will be discussed by the Committees and the Board may 
involve commercial or financial information that is privileged or 
confidential, personnel matters, or other legal matters affecting 
FirstNet. As such, the Committee chairs and Board Chair may call for a 
vote to close the meetings only for the time necessary to preserve the 
confidentiality of such information, pursuant to 47 U.S.C. 1424(e)(2).
    Times and Dates of Meetings: On June 29, 2016 between 1 p.m. and 
3:30 p.m. CST, there will be an open public joint meeting of the 
Governance and Personnel, Finance, Technology, and Consultation and 
Outreach Committees. The full FirstNet Board will hold an open public 
meeting on June 30, 2016 between 8:30 a.m. and 12 p.m. CST.
    Place: The meetings on June 29-30, 2016 will be held at W Chicago--
City Center, 172 West Adams Street, Chicago, IL 60603.
    Other Information: These meetings are open to the public and press 
on a first-come, first-served basis. Space is limited. In order to get 
an accurate headcount, all expected attendees are asked to provide 
notice of intent to attend by sending an email to 
[email protected]. If the number of RSVPs indicates that expected 
attendance has reached capacity, FirstNet will respond to all 
subsequent notices indicating that capacity has been reached and that 
in-person viewing may no longer be available but that the meeting may 
still be viewed by webcast as detailed below. For access to the 
meetings, valid government issued photo identification may be requested 
for security reasons.
    The meetings are accessible to people with disabilities. 
Individuals requiring accommodations, such as sign language 
interpretation or other ancillary aids, are asked to notify Monica 
Welham, Executive Assistant, FirstNet, at (571) 665-6144 or 
[email protected], at least five (5) business days before the 
applicable meeting(s).
    The meetings will also be webcast. Please refer to FirstNet's Web 
site at www.firstnet.gov for webcast instructions and other 
information. Viewers experiencing any issues with the live webcast may 
email [email protected] or call 202-684-3361 x9 for 
support. A variety of automated troubleshooting tests are also 
available via the ``Troubleshooting Tips'' button on the webcast 
player. The meetings will also be available to interested parties by 
phone. To be connected to the meetings in listen-only mode by 
telephone, please dial 800-857-9642 and passcode 2162310.
    Records: FirstNet maintains records of all Board proceedings. 
Minutes of the Board Meeting and the Committee meetings will be 
available at www.firstnet.gov.

    Dated: June 21, 2016.
Karen Miller-Kuwana,
Board Secretary, First Responder Network Authority.
[FR Doc. 2016-15158 Filed 6-24-16; 8:45 am]
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Memorandum of Understanding (10– environmental impact statement. • Decommission approximately 20 MU–11031600–019) between the Therefore, comments should be miles of unauthorized roads on the Department and the Forest Service. provided prior to the close of the Tonto NF. comment period and should clearly • Improve approximately 150 miles of Responsible Official articulate the reviewer’s concerns and existing non-system roads and construct The responsible officials are the contentions. approximately 350 miles of temporary Apache-Sitgreaves, Coconino, and This proposed project is an action roads for haul access; decommission Tonto National Forest Supervisors. implementing three land management when treatments are completed. plans and is subject to the objection Nature of Decision To Be Made process described in 36 CFR 218 • Relocate and reconstruct existing open roads adversely affecting water Given the purpose and need of the Subparts A and B. As such, individuals quality and natural resources, or of project, the forest supervisors will and organizations wishing to be eligible concern to human safety. review the proposed action, other to file a predecisional objection must alternatives, and the environmental meet the information requirements in 36 • Restore hydrologic function and effects analysis in order to determine: CFR 218. Names and contact vegetation on approximately 9,570 acres (1) Which alternative, or combination of information submitted with comments of meadows. alternatives, should be implemented; (2) will become part of the public record • Restore approximately 184 springs. and may be released under the Freedom the location and treatment methods for • Restore function in up to 470 miles all restoration activities; (3) the design of Information Act. However, comments of riparian streams and intermittent and features, mitigation measures and submitted anonymously will also be ephemeral stream channels (non- monitoring requirements; and, (4) accepted and considered. riparian). consistency with the forest plans in • Restore up to 360 miles of stream Dated: June 20, 2016. place at the time of the decision and the Scott Russell, habitat for threatened, endangered, and need for amendments. sensitive aquatic species. 4FRI Chief Executive. • Construct up to 200 miles of Scoping Process [FR Doc. 2016–15104 Filed 6–24–16; 8:45 am] protective barriers around springs, This notice of intent initiates the BILLING CODE 3410–11–P aspen, Bebb’s willows, and big-tooth scoping process for the 4FRI Rim maples, as needed for restoration. Country Project, which guides the development of the environmental DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Possible Alternatives impact statement. Public meetings are A full range of alternatives to the planned during the scoping period for National Telecommunications and proposed action, including a no action the purposes of discussing and Information Administration alternative, will be considered. The no gathering comments on the proposed action alternative represents no change First Responder Network Authority; action. Meetings are planned on and serves as the baseline for the First Responder Network Authority Thursday, July 14 in Show Low, AZ, comparison of the action alternatives. Board Meetings and on Thursday, July 21 in Payson, AZ. Forest Plan Amendments For times and locations and other AGENCY: First Responder Network scheduled meetings, please visit the Authority, U.S. Department of To meet the project’s purpose and 4FRI Web site: http://www.fs.usda.gov/ Commerce. need, the existing Coconino and Tonto goto/4FRIRimCountry. Please contact ACTION: Notice of public meetings. Forest Plans would need to be amended Annette Fredette at (928) 226–4684 for to provide for areas of grass, forbs, and additional information. SUMMARY: The Board of the First shrubs interspersed with tree groups The intent of this comment period is Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) and allow for treatments to move tree to provide those interested in or affected will convene an open public meeting on group patterns, interspaces, and stand by this proposed action with an June 30, 2016, preceded by open public density toward the natural range of opportunity to make their concerns meetings of the Board Committees on variability. Amending these forest plans known. Written, hand-delivered, June 29, 2016. would allow for treatments that improve electronic, and facsimile comments DATES: On June 29, 2016 between 1 p.m. MSO nesting and roosting habitat as concerning this proposed action will be and 3:30 p.m. CST, there will be an defined in the Mexican spotted owl accepted. We invite you to provide any open public joint meeting of the recovery plan. The desired conditions substantive comments you might have FirstNet Governance and Personnel, related in the project’s purpose and regarding the proposed action for the Finance, Technology, and Consultation need are consistent with the revised 4FRI Rim Country Project, those that are and Outreach Committees. The full mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES Apache-Sitgreaves Forest Plan. within the scope of the project and the FirstNet Board will hold an open public Amendments to the Coconino and decision to be made, are specific to the meeting on June 30, 2016 between 8:30 Tonto Forest Plans would provide proposed activities and the project area, a.m. and 12 p.m. CST. consistency in meeting desired and have a direct relationship to the ADDRESSES: The meetings on June 29– conditions for ponderosa pine and project. 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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 123 / Monday, June 27, 2016 / Notices 41519 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: attend by sending an email to Comments must comply with 15 CFR Karen Miller-Kuwana, Board Secretary, BoardRSVP@firstnet.gov. If the number 301.5(a)(3) and (4) of the regulations and FirstNet, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, of RSVPs indicates that expected be postmarked on or before July 18, M/S 243, Reston, VA 20192; telephone: attendance has reached capacity, 2016. Address written comments to (571) 665–6177; email: karen.miller- FirstNet will respond to all subsequent Statutory Import Programs Staff, Room kuwana@firstnet.gov. Please direct notices indicating that capacity has been 3720, U.S. Department of Commerce, media inquiries to Ryan Oremland at reached and that in-person viewing may Washington, DC 20230. Applications (571) 665–6186. no longer be available but that the may be examined between 8:30 a.m. and SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This meeting may still be viewed by webcast 5:00 p.m. at the U.S. Department of notice informs the public that the Board as detailed below. For access to the Commerce in Room 3720. of FirstNet will convene an open public meetings, valid government issued Docket Number: 15–052. Applicant: meeting on June 30, 2016, preceded by photo identification may be requested Iowa State University of Science and open public meetings of the Board for security reasons. Technology, 211 TASF, Ames, IA Committees on June 29, 2016. The meetings are accessible to people 50011–3020. Instrument: Electron Background: The Middle Class Tax with disabilities. Individuals requiring Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI, Co., Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 accommodations, such as sign language Czech Republic and Great Britain. (Pub. L. 112–96, Title VI, 126 Stat. 256 interpretation or other ancillary aids, are Intended Use: The instrument will be (codified at 47 U.S.C. 1401 et seq.)) (the asked to notify Monica Welham, used to perform microstructure ‘‘Act’’) established FirstNet as an Executive Assistant, FirstNet, at (571) examination, compositional analysis independent authority within the 665–6144 or monica.welham@ and orientation analysis on materials National Telecommunications and firstnet.gov, at least five (5) business such as metals, compounds, alloys, Information Administration that is days before the applicable meeting(s). oxides and organic materials. headed by a Board. The Act directs The meetings will also be webcast. Justification for Duty-Free Entry: There FirstNet to ensure the building, Please refer to FirstNet’s Web site at are no instruments of the same general deployment, and operation of a www.firstnet.gov for webcast category manufactured in the United nationwide, interoperable public safety instructions and other information. States. Application accepted by broadband network. The FirstNet Board Viewers experiencing any issues with Commissioner of Customs: April 13, is responsible for making strategic the live webcast may email support@ 2016. decisions regarding FirstNet’s sparkstreetdigital.com or call 202–684– Docket Number: 16–007. Applicant: operations. The FirstNet Board held its 3361 x9 for support. A variety of University of California, Riverside, 900 first public meeting on September 25, automated troubleshooting tests are also University Ave., Riverside, CA 92521. 2012. available via the ‘‘Troubleshooting Instrument: Electron Microscope. Matters to be Considered: FirstNet Tips’’ button on the webcast player. The Manufacturer: FEI Company, the will post detailed agendas of each meetings will also be available to Netherlands. Intended Use: The meeting on its Web site, http:// interested parties by phone. To be instrument will be used to characterize www.firstnet.gov, prior to the meetings. connected to the meetings in listen-only the morphology and structure at The agenda topics are subject to change. mode by telephone, please dial 800– microscopic down to atomic scale of Please note that the subjects that will be 857–9642 and passcode 2162310. materials and biological tissues. discussed by the Committees and the Records: FirstNet maintains records of Justification for Duty-Free Entry: There Board may involve commercial or all Board proceedings. Minutes of the are no instruments of the same general financial information that is privileged Board Meeting and the Committee category manufactured in the United or confidential, personnel matters, or meetings will be available at States. Application accepted by other legal matters affecting FirstNet. As www.firstnet.gov. Commissioner of Customs: May 9, 2016. such, the Committee chairs and Board Dated: June 21, 2016. Dated: June 21, 2016. Chair may call for a vote to close the Karen Miller-Kuwana, Gregory W. Campbell, meetings only for the time necessary to Board Secretary, First Responder Network Director of Subsidies Enforcement, preserve the confidentiality of such Authority. Enforcement and Compliance. information, pursuant to 47 U.S.C. [FR Doc. 2016–15158 Filed 6–24–16; 8:45 am] [FR Doc. 2016–15139 Filed 6–24–16; 8:45 am] 1424(e)(2). BILLING CODE 3510–TL–P BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P Times and Dates of Meetings: On June 29, 2016 between 1 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. CST, there will be an open public joint DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE meeting of the Governance and Personnel, Finance, Technology, and International Trade Administration International Trade Administration Consultation and Outreach Committees. Application(s) for Duty-Free Entry of [C–570–043] The full FirstNet Board will hold an Scientific Instruments open public meeting on June 30, 2016 Countervailing Duty Investigation of between 8:30 a.m. and 12 p.m. CST. Pursuant to Section 6(c) of the Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip From Place: The meetings on June 29–30, Educational, Scientific and Cultural the People’s Republic of China: 2016 will be held at W Chicago—City Materials Importation Act of 1966 (Pub. Preliminary Determination of Critical Center, 172 West Adams Street, L. 89–651, as amended by Pub. 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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of public meetings.
DatesOn June 29, 2016 between 1 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. CST, there will be an open public joint meeting of the FirstNet Governance and Personnel, Finance, Technology, and Consultation and Outreach Committees. The full FirstNet Board will hold an open public meeting on June 30, 2016 between 8:30 a.m. and 12 p.m. CST.
ContactKaren Miller-Kuwana, Board Secretary, FirstNet, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, M/S 243, Reston, VA 20192; telephone: (571) 665-6177; email: [email protected] Please direct media inquiries to Ryan Oremland at (571) 665-6186.
FR Citation81 FR 41518 
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