81_FR_47890 81 FR 47749 - Tuolumne and Mariposa Counties Resource Advisory Committee Meeting

81 FR 47749 - Tuolumne and Mariposa Counties Resource Advisory Committee Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 141 (July 22, 2016)

Page Range47749-47750
FR Document2016-17372

The Tuolumne and Mariposa Counties Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet in Sonora, California. The committee is authorized under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (the Act) and operates in compliance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The purpose of the committee is to improve collaborative relationships and to provide advice and recommendations to the Forest Service concerning projects and funding consistent with title II of the Act. RAC information can be found at the following Web site: http:/ /www.fs.usda.gov/main/pts/specialprojects/racweb.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 141 (Friday, July 22, 2016)
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 141 (Friday, July 22, 2016)]
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[FR Doc No: 2016-17372]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Tuolumne and Mariposa Counties Resource Advisory Committee 
Meeting

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Tuolumne and Mariposa Counties Resource Advisory Committee 
(RAC) will meet in Sonora, California. The committee is authorized 
under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act 
(the Act) and operates in compliance with the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act. The purpose of the committee is to improve collaborative 
relationships and to provide advice and recommendations to the Forest 
Service concerning projects and funding consistent with title II of

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the Act. RAC information can be found at the following Web site: http://www.fs.usda.gov/main/pts/specialprojects/racweb.

DATES: The meeting will be held on August 22, 2016, from 12 p.m. to 3 
p.m.
    All RAC meetings are subject to cancellation. For status of meeting 
prior to attendance, please contact the person listed under FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Stanislaus National Forest 
Supervisor's Office, Tuolumne Room, 19777 Greenley Road, Sonora, 
California. A phone line will be available to attend the meeting via 
conference call; for the conference line information, please contact 
the person listed under 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 are available for public inspection and 
copying. The public may inspect comments received at the Stanislaus 
National Forest Supervisor's Office. Please call ahead to facilitate 
entry into the building.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Beth Martinez, RAC Coordinator, by 
phone at 209-532-3671 extension 321 or via 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:
    1. Vote on project proposals; and
    2. Make recommendations to the Forest Service from the Tuolumne and 
Mariposa Counties RAC.
    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 at least 
a week in advance 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 staff before or after the 
meeting. Written comments and requests for time for oral comments must 
be sent to Beth Martinez, RAC Coordinator, Stanislaus National Forest, 
19777 Greenley Road, Sonora, California 95370; by email to 
[email protected], or via facsimile to Attention: Beth Martinez at 
209-533-1890.
    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, 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: July 14, 2016.
Jeanne M. Higgins,
Forest Supervisor.
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                                             section titled FOR FURTHER INFORMATION                   complete the assessment in the spring of              sustainability and their relationship to
                                             CONTACT.                                                 2017. Following completion of the                     the current forest plan within the
                                               All reasonable accommodation                           assessment, the Forest will initiate                  context of the broader landscape. The
                                             requests are managed on a case by case                   procedures pursuant to the National                   assessment does not include any
                                             basis.                                                   Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to                    decisions or require any actions on the
                                               Dated: June 14, 2016.                                  prepare and evaluate a revised forest                 ground. Its purpose is to provide a solid
                                             Erin Phelps,                                             plan.                                                 base of information that will be used to
                                             District Ranger.                                         ADDRESSES: Written correspondence can                 identify preliminary needs for change in
                                             [FR Doc. 2016–17361 Filed 7–21–16; 8:45 am]              be sent to: Ashley National Forest, Attn:             the current forest plan, and to inform
                                                                                                      Forest Plan, 355 N. Vernal Avenue,                    development of a revised plan.
                                             BILLING CODE 3411–15–P
                                                                                                      Vernal, UT 84078; or emailed to                         With this notice, the Ashley National
                                                                                                      AshleyForestPlan@fs.fed.us.                           Forest invites other governments, non-
                                             DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE                                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                                                                                                                            governmental parties, and the public to
                                                                                                      Kathy Paulin, Forest Plan Revision                    contribute to assessment development.
                                             Forest Service                                           Team Leader at the mailing address                    The intent of public participation
                                                                                                      above; or call 435–781–5118.                          during this phase is to identify as much
                                             Assessment Report of Ecological,                         Individuals who use telecommunication                 relevant information as possible to
                                             Social and Economic Conditions,                          devices for the deaf (TDD) may call the               inform the plan revision process. We
                                             Trends and Sustainability for the                        Federal Information Relay Service                     also encourage contributors to share
                                             Ashley National Forest                                   (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 between 8                    their concerns and perceptions of risk to
                                                                                                      a.m. and 8 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday                  social, economic, and ecological
                                             AGENCY:  Forest Service, USDA.
                                                                                                      through Friday. More information on                   systems in or connected to the planning
                                             ACTION: Notice of initiating the                                                                               area.
                                             assessment phase of the forest plan                      our plan revision process is available on
                                                                                                      the Forest’s planning Web site at                       As public engagement opportunities
                                             revision for the Ashley National Forest.                                                                       are scheduled, public announcements
                                                                                                      www.fs.usda.gov/goto/
                                             SUMMARY:    The Ashley National Forest                   AshleyForestPlan. You may also contact                will be made and information will be
                                             (Forest), located in northeastern Utah                   us by email at: AshleyForestPlan@                     posted on the Forest’s Web site:
                                             and southwestern Wyoming, is                             fs.fed.us.                                            www.fs.usda.gov/goto/
                                             initiating the first phase of the forest                                                                       AshleyForestPlan. To contribute
                                                                                                      SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The                        information or ask to be added to our
                                             planning process pursuant to the                         National Forest Management Act
                                             National Forest System Land                                                                                    mailing list, please call 435–781–5118
                                                                                                      (NFMA) of 1976 requires that every                    or email AshleyForestPlan@fs.fed.us.
                                             Management Planning rule (36 CFR part                    National Forest System (NFS) unit
                                             219). This process will result in a                                                                              Responsible Official: The responsible
                                                                                                      develop and periodically revise a forest              official for the revision of the land
                                             revised forest land management plan                      plan. The procedures for doing this are
                                             (forest plan) which provides strategic                                                                         management plan for the Ashley
                                                                                                      in federal regulation (‘‘Planning Rule,’’             National Forest is the Forest Supervisor,
                                             direction for management of resources                    36 CFR 219) and in Forest Service
                                             on the Ashley National Forest for the                                                                          John R. Erickson, Ashley National
                                                                                                      directives. Forest plans provide strategic            Forest, 355 N. Vernal Avenue, Vernal,
                                             next ten to fifteen years. The first phase               direction for managing forest resources
                                             of the planning process involves                                                                               UT 84078.
                                                                                                      for ten to fifteen years, and are adaptive
                                             assessing ecological, social and                         and amendable as conditions change                      Dated: July 15, 2016.
                                             economic conditions and trends in the                    over time.                                            John R. Erickson,
                                             planning area and documenting the                           Under the Planning Rule, an                        Forest Supervisor.
                                             findings in an assessment report.                        assessment of ecological, social, and                 [FR Doc. 2016–17350 Filed 7–21–16; 8:45 am]
                                                The assessment phase is just                          economic conditions and trends in the                 BILLING CODE 3411–15–P
                                             beginning on the Ashley National Forest                  planning area is the first phase of a 3-
                                             and interested parties are invited to                    phase planning process (36 CFR 219.6).
                                             contribute to the development of the                     The second phase is guided, in part, by               DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
                                             assessment. The Forest will be hosting                   the National Environmental Policy Act
                                             public meetings to explain the revision                  (NEPA). It includes preparation of a                  Forest Service
                                             process and invite the public to share                   draft revised forest plan, one or more
                                             information relevant to the assessment,                  alternatives to the draft plan, and a draft           Tuolumne and Mariposa Counties
                                             including sources of existing                            environmental impact statement (DEIS)                 Resource Advisory Committee Meeting
                                             information and local knowledge of                       for public review and comment. This is                AGENCY:   Forest Service, USDA.
                                             current conditions and trends in the                     followed by a final environmental                     ACTION:   Notice of meeting.
                                             natural resources, social values, and                    impact statement (FEIS) and draft
                                             goods and services produced by lands                     decision. The draft decision is subject to            SUMMARY:   The Tuolumne and Mariposa
                                             within the Ashley National Forest.                       the objection procedures of 36 CFR part               Counties Resource Advisory Committee
                                             DATES: Public meetings to discuss                        219, subpart B, before it can be                      (RAC) will meet in Sonora, California.
                                             development of the assessment will be                    finalized. The third stage of the process             The committee is authorized under the
                                             held in July and August 2016. Dates,                     is monitoring and feedback, which is                  Secure Rural Schools and Community
                                             locations and agendas will be posted on                  ongoing over the life of the revised                  Self-Determination Act (the Act) and
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                                             the Forest Web site (www.fs.usda.gov/                    forest plan.                                          operates in compliance with the Federal
                                             goto/AshleyForestPlan) and mailed to                        This notice announces the start of the             Advisory Committee Act. The purpose
                                             individuals and organizations on our                     Ashley National Forest’s assessment                   of the committee is to improve
                                             mailing list. Another round of meetings                  process. The assessment will rapidly                  collaborative relationships and to
                                             is planned for November-December                         evaluate existing information about                   provide advice and recommendations to
                                             2016, when a draft assessment is ready                   relevant ecological, economic, cultural               the Forest Service concerning projects
                                             for public review. We expect to                          and social conditions, trends and                     and funding consistent with title II of


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                                             the Act. RAC information can be found                      Meeting Accommodations: If you are                  available for public inspection and
                                             at the following Web site: http://                       a person requiring reasonable                         copying. The public may inspect
                                             www.fs.usda.gov/main/pts/                                accommodation, please make requests                   comments received at the Stanislaus
                                             specialprojects/racweb.                                  in advance for sign language                          National Forest Supervisor’s Office.
                                             DATES: The meeting will be held on                       interpreting, assistive listening devices,            Please call ahead to facilitate entry into
                                             August 22, 2016, from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m.                  or other reasonable accommodation. For                the building.
                                                All RAC meetings are subject to                       access to the facility or proceedings,                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Beth
                                             cancellation. For status of meeting prior                please contact the person listed in the               Martinez, RAC Coordinator, by phone at
                                             to attendance, please contact the person                 section titled FOR FURTHER INFORMATION                209–532–3671 extension 321 or via
                                             listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION                     CONTACT. All reasonable                               email at bethmartinez@fs.fed.us.
                                             CONTACT.                                                 accommodation requests are managed                       Individuals who use
                                             ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at                   on a case by case basis.                              telecommunication devices for the deaf
                                             the Stanislaus National Forest                             Dated: July 14, 2016.                               (TDD) may call the Federal Information
                                             Supervisor’s Office, Tuolumne Room,                      Jeanne M. Higgins,
                                                                                                                                                            Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339
                                             19777 Greenley Road, Sonora,                                                                                   between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern
                                                                                                      Forest Supervisor.
                                             California. A phone line will be                                                                               Standard Time, Monday through Friday.
                                                                                                      [FR Doc. 2016–17372 Filed 7–21–16; 8:45 am]
                                             available to attend the meeting via                                                                            SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
                                                                                                      BILLING CODE 3411–15–P
                                             conference call; for the conference line                                                                       purpose of the meeting is for project
                                             information, please contact the person                                                                         presentations.
                                             listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION                                                                              The meeting is open to the public.
                                                                                                      DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
                                             CONTACT.                                                                                                       The agenda will include time for people
                                                Written comments may be submitted                     Forest Service                                        to make oral statements of three minutes
                                             as described under SUPPLEMENTARY                                                                               or less. Individuals wishing to make an
                                             INFORMATION. All comments, including                     Tuolumne and Mariposa Counties                        oral statement should request in writing
                                             names and addresses when provided,                       Resource Advisory Committee Meeting                   by at least a week in advance to be
                                             are placed in the record and are                                                                               scheduled on the agenda. Anyone who
                                                                                                      AGENCY:   Forest Service, USDA.                       would like to bring related matters to
                                             available for public inspection and
                                             copying. The public may inspect                          ACTION:   Notice of meeting.                          the attention of the committee may file
                                             comments received at the Stanislaus                                                                            written statements with the committee
                                                                                                      SUMMARY:    The Tuolumne and Mariposa                 staff before or after the meeting. Written
                                             National Forest Supervisor’s Office.                     Counties Resource Advisory Committee
                                             Please call ahead to facilitate entry into                                                                     comments and requests for time for oral
                                                                                                      (RAC) will meet in Sonora, California.                comments must be sent to Beth
                                             the building.                                            The committee is authorized under the
                                             FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Beth
                                                                                                                                                            Martinez, RAC Coordinator, Stanislaus
                                                                                                      Secure Rural Schools and Community                    National Forest, 19777 Greenley Road,
                                             Martinez, RAC Coordinator, by phone at                   Self-Determination Act (the Act) and
                                             209–532–3671 extension 321 or via                                                                              Sonora, California 95370; by email to
                                                                                                      operates in compliance with the Federal               bethmartinez@fs.fed.us, or via facsimile
                                             email at bethmartinez@fs.fed.us.                         Advisory Committee Act. The purpose
                                                Individuals who use                                                                                         to Attention: Beth Martinez at 209–533–
                                                                                                      of the committee is to improve                        1890.
                                             telecommunication devices for the deaf                   collaborative relationships and to
                                             (TDD) may call the Federal Information                                                                            Meeting Accommodations: If you are
                                                                                                      provide advice and recommendations to                 a person requiring reasonable
                                             Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339                   the Forest Service concerning projects
                                             between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.,                                                                               accommodation, please make requests
                                                                                                      and funding consistent with title II of               in advance for sign language
                                             Eastern Standard Time, Monday                            the Act. RAC information can be found
                                             through Friday.                                                                                                interpreting, assistive listening devices,
                                                                                                      at the following Web site: http://                    or other reasonable accommodation. For
                                             SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The                           www.fs.usda.gov/main/pts/                             access to the facility or proceedings,
                                             purpose of the meeting is to:                            specialprojects/racweb.
                                                1. Vote on project proposals; and                                                                           please contact the person listed in the
                                                                                                      DATES: The meeting will be held on                    section titled FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
                                                2. Make recommendations to the
                                                                                                      August 15, 2016, from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m.               CONTACT. All reasonable
                                             Forest Service from the Tuolumne and
                                                                                                         All RAC meetings are subject to                    accommodation requests are managed
                                             Mariposa Counties RAC.
                                                The meeting is open to the public.                    cancellation. For status of meeting prior             on a case by case basis.
                                             The agenda will include time for people                  to attendance, please contact the person                Dated: July 14, 2016.
                                             to make oral statements of three minutes                 listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
                                                                                                                                                            Jeanne M. Higgins,
                                                                                                      CONTACT.
                                             or less. Individuals wishing to make an                                                                        Forest Supervisor.
                                             oral statement should request in writing                 ADDRESSES:   The meeting will be held at              [FR Doc. 2016–17373 Filed 7–21–16; 8:45 am]
                                             by at least a week in advance to be                      the Stanislaus National Forest                        BILLING CODE 3411–15–P
                                             scheduled on the agenda. Anyone who                      Supervisor’s Office, Tuolumne Room,
                                             would like to bring related matters to                   19777 Greenley Road, Sonora,
                                             the attention of the committee may file                  California. A phone line will be                      DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
                                             written statements with the committee                    available to attend the meeting via
                                             staff before or after the meeting. Written               conference call; for the conference line              Forest Service
                                             comments and requests for time for oral                  information, please contact the person
                                                                                                                                                            Gogebic Resource Advisory
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                                             comments must be sent to Beth                            listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
                                             Martinez, RAC Coordinator, Stanislaus                    CONTACT.                                              Committee
                                             National Forest, 19777 Greenley Road,                       Written comments may be submitted                  AGENCY:   Forest Service, USDA.
                                             Sonora, California 95370; by email to                    as described under SUPPLEMENTARY                      ACTION:   Notice of meeting.
                                             bethmartinez@fs.fed.us, or via facsimile                 INFORMATION. All comments, including
                                             to Attention: Beth Martinez at 209–533–                  names and addresses when provided,                    SUMMARY: The Gogebic Resource
                                             1890.                                                    are placed in the record and are                      Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet in


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Document Created: 2016-07-22 02:38:36
Document Modified: 2016-07-22 02:38:36
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of meeting.
DatesThe meeting will be held on August 22, 2016, from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m.
ContactBeth Martinez, RAC Coordinator, by phone at 209-532-3671 extension 321 or via email at [email protected]
FR Citation81 FR 47749 

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