81 FR 49923 - Sabine-Angelina Resource Advisory Committee
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 146 (July 29, 2016)
Forest Service
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 146 (July 29, 2016)
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| FR Document | 2016-17964 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 146 (Friday, July 29, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 49923-49924] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-17964] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Forest Service Sabine-Angelina Resource Advisory Committee AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. ACTION: Notice of meeting. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Sabine-Angelina Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet in Hemphill, Texas. 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://cloudapps-usda-gov.force.com/FSSRS/RAC_Page?id=001t0000002JcvCAAS. DATES: The meeting will be held on Thursday, August 18, 2016, at 3:00 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 Sabine Ranger District, 5050 State Highway 21 East, Hemphill, Texas. 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 Sabine Ranger District. Please call ahead to facilitate entry into the building. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Becky Nix, RAC Coordinator, by phone at 409-625-1940 or via email at bnix@fs.fed.us. Individuals who use telecommunication devices for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information [[Page 49924]] 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. Approve Minutes from July 14, 2016 Meeting; 2. Discuss/Recommend/Approve new projects; 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 Friday, August 12, 2016, 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 Becky Nix, RAC Coordinator, Sabine-Angelina Resource Advisory Committee, 5050 State Highway 21 E, Hemphill, Texas 75948; by email to bnix@fs.fed.us, or via facsimile to 409-625-1953. 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 25, 2016. Kimpton M. Cooper, Designated Federal Officer, Sabine-Angelina RAC. [FR Doc. 2016-17964 Filed 7-28-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3411-15-P
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Category F. National Food Animal make recommendations for coordination 4 positions are to represent Florida and
Science Society of genetic resources plans of several 2 positions are to represent California.
Category G. National Crop, Soil, domestic and international Appointed members will serve 2–3
Agronomy, Horticulture, or Weed organizations; and to advise the years with their terms expiring in
Science Society Secretary of Agriculture and the September 2017 or 2018.
Category L. 1890 Land-Grant Colleges National Genetic Resources Program of Done at Washington, DC, this 22nd day of
and Universities new and innovative approaches to July 2016.
Category M. 1994 Equity in Education- genetic resources conservation. The Ann Bartuska,
Land Grant Institutions National Genetic Resources Advisory
Category P. American Colleges of Deputy Under Secretary, Research,
Council will also advise the department Education, and Economics.
Veterinary Medicine on developing a broad strategy for
Category T. Rural Economic [FR Doc. 2016–17971 Filed 7–28–16; 8:45 am]
maintaining plant biodiversity available
Development to agriculture, and strengthening public BILLING CODE 3410–03–P
Category U. National Consumer Interest sector plant breeding capacities.
Group The National Genetic Resources
Advisory Council membership is DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Specialty Crop Committee
required to have two-thirds of the Forest Service
The Specialty Crop Committee was appointed members from scientific
created as a subcommittee of the disciplines relevant to the National Sabine-Angelina Resource Advisory
National Agricultural Research, Genetic Resources Program including Committee
Extension, Education, and Economics agricultural sciences, environmental
Advisory Board in 2004 in accordance sciences, natural resource sciences, AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.
with the Specialty Crops health sciences, and nutritional ACTION: Notice of meeting.
Competitiveness Act of 2004 under Title sciences; and one-third of the appointed
III, Section 303 of Public Law 108–465. members from the general public SUMMARY: The Sabine-Angelina
The committee was formulated to study including leaders in fields of public Resource Advisory Committee (RAC)
the scope and effectiveness of research, policy, trade, international will meet in Hemphill, Texas. The
extension, and economics programs development, law, or management. committee is authorized under the
affecting the specialty crop industry. The terms of 4 members of the Secure Rural Schools and Community
The legislation defines ‘‘specialty National Genetic Resources Advisory Self-Determination Act (the Act) and
crops’’ as fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, Council will expire on September 30, operates in compliance with the Federal
dried fruits and nursery crops 2016. We are seeking nominations for a Advisory Committee Act. The purpose
(including floriculture). The 4-year appointment effective October 1, of the committee is to improve
Agricultural Act of 2014 further 2016 through September 30, 2020. The collaborative relationships and to
expanded the scope of the Specialty 4 slots to be filled are to be composed provide advice and recommendations to
Crop Committee to provide advice to the of 3 scientific members and 1 general the Forest Service concerning projects
Secretary of Agriculture on the public member. and funding consistent with Title II of
relevancy review process of the the Act. RAC information can be found
Specialty Crop Research Initiative, a Citrus Disease Subcommittee at the following Web site: http://
granting program of the National The Citrus Disease Subcommittee was cloudapps-usda-gov.force.com/FSSRS/
Institute of Food and Agriculture. established by the Agricultural Act of RAC_Page?id=001t0000002JcvCAAS.
Members should represent the 2014 (Sec. 7103) to advise the Secretary DATES: The meeting will be held on
breadth of the specialty crop industry. 6 of Agriculture on citrus research, Thursday, August 18, 2016, at 3:00 p.m.
members of the Specialty Crop extension, and development needs, All RAC meetings are subject to
Committee are also members of the engage in regular consultation and cancellation. For status of meeting prior
National Agricultural Research, collaboration with USDA and other to attendance, please contact the person
Extension, Education, and Economics organizations involved in citrus, and listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
Advisory Board and 6 members provide recommendations for research CONTACT.
represent various disciplines of the and extension activities related to citrus
specialty crop industry. disease. The Citrus Disease ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
The terms of 3 members will expire Subcommittee will also advise the Sabine Ranger District, 5050 State
on September 30, 2015. The Specialty Department on the research and Highway 21 East, Hemphill, Texas.
Crop Committee is soliciting extension agenda of the Emergency Written comments may be submitted
nominations to fill 3 vacant positions. Citrus Disease Research and Extension as described under SUPPLEMENTARY
Appointed members will serve 2–3 Program, a granting program of the INFORMATION. All comments, including
years with their terms expiring in National Institute of Food and names and addresses when provided,
September 2017 or 2018. Agriculture. are placed in the record and are
The subcommittee is composed of 9 available for public inspection and
National Genetic Resources Advisory members who must be a producer of copying. The public may inspect
Council citrus with representation from the comments received at Sabine Ranger
The National Genetic Resources following States: Three members from District. Please call ahead to facilitate
Advisory Council was re-established in Arizona or California, five members entry into the building.
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2012 as a permanent subcommittee of from Florida, and one member from FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
the National Agricultural Research, Texas. Becky Nix, RAC Coordinator, by phone
Extension, Education, and Economics The terms of 6 Citrus Disease at 409–625–1940 or via email at
(NAREEE) Advisory Board to formulate Subcommittee will expire on September bnix@fs.fed.us.
recommendations on actions and 30, 2015. The Citrus Disease Individuals who use
policies for the collection, maintenance, Subcommittee is soliciting nominations telecommunication devices for the deaf
and utilization of genetic resources; to to fill 6 vacant positons for membership; (TDD) may call the Federal Information
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Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 SUMMARY: In accordance with the resources from the Nation’s forest
between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the resource. To collect this information,
Eastern Standard Time, Monday Forest Service is seeking comments Forest Service or State natural resource
through Friday. from all interested individuals and agency personnel use three
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The organizations on the renewal of a questionnaires, two of which are
purpose of the meeting is to: currently approved information collected by personal mill visits or
1. Approve Minutes from July 14, collection, Forest Industries and phone calls, or which respondents
2016 Meeting; Residential Fuelwood and Post Data return in self-addressed, postage pre-
2. Discuss/Recommend/Approve new Collection Systems with a revision paid envelopes, or by email. The logging
projects; adding a Logging Operations Data operations questionnaire will be
The meeting is open to the public. Collection System. delivered in person by field personnel
The agenda will include time for people DATES: Comments must be received in collecting tree utilization data at
to make oral statements of three minutes writing on or before September 27, 2016 sampled logging sites.
or less. Individuals wishing to make an to be assured of consideration.
oral statement should request in writing Pulpwood Received Questionnaire:
Comments received after that date will Forest Service personnel use this
by Friday, August 12, 2016, to be be considered to the extent practicable.
scheduled on the agenda. Anyone who questionnaire to collect and evaluate
ADDRESSES: Comments concerning this information from pulp and composite
would like to bring related matters to
the attention of the committee may file notice should be addressed to: USDA, panel mills in order to monitor the
written statements with the committee Forest Service, Attn: Consuelo Brandeis, volume, types, species, sources, and
staff before or after the meeting. Written Southern Research Station, Forest prices of timber products harvested
comments and requests for time for oral Inventory and Analysis, 4700 Old throughout the Nation. The data
comments must be sent to Becky Nix, Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37919. collected will be used to provide
RAC Coordinator, Sabine-Angelina Comments also may be submitted via essential information about the current
Resource Advisory Committee, 5050 facsimile to 865–862–0262 or by email use of the Nation’s timber resources for
State Highway 21 E, Hemphill, Texas to: cbrandeis@fs.fed.us. pulpwood industrial products and is not
75948; by email to bnix@fs.fed.us, or via The public may inspect comments available from other sources.
facsimile to 409–625–1953. received at the Southern Research
Station, 4700 Old Kingston Pike, Logs and Other Roundwood Received
Meeting Accommodations: If you are Questionnaire: This questionnaire is
a person requiring reasonable Knoxville, TN during normal business
hours. Visitors are encouraged to call used by Forest Service or State natural
accommodation, please make requests resource agency personnel to collect and
in advance for sign language ahead to 865–862–2000 to facilitate
entry to the building. evaluate information from the other,
interpreting, assistive listening devices, non-pulp or composite panel, primary
or other reasonable accommodation. For FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
wood-using mills, including small, part-
access to the facility or proceedings, Consuelo Brandeis, Southern Research
time mills, as well as large corporate
please contact the person listed in the Station, at 865–862–2028. Individuals
entities. Primary wood-using mills are
section titled For Further Information who use telecommunication devices for
the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal facilities that use harvested wood in log
Contact. All reasonable accommodation
Relay Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339 or chip form, such as sawlogs, veneer
requests are managed on a case by case
twenty-four hours a day, every day of logs, posts, and poles, to manufacture a
basis.
the year, including holidays. secondary product, such as lumber or
Dated: July 25, 2016. veneer. Forest Service personnel
Kimpton M. Cooper, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
evaluate the information collected and
Designated Federal Officer, Sabine-Angelina Title: Forest Industries and Logging
use it to monitor the volume types,
RAC. Operations Data Collection Systems.
species, sources, and prices of timber
[FR Doc. 2016–17964 Filed 7–28–16; 8:45 am] OMB Number: 0596–0010.
products harvested throughout the
Expiration Date of Approval:
BILLING CODE 3411–15–P Nation.
September 30, 2016.
Type of Request: Extension with Logging Operations Questionnaire:
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Revision. This questionnaire is used by Forest
Abstract: The Forest and Range Service or State natural resource agency
Forest Service Renewable Resources Planning Act of personnel to collect and evaluate
1974 and the Forest and Rangeland information from logging operations, to
Information Collection; Forest Renewable Resources Research Act of help characterize the logging industry
Industries and Logging Operations 1978 require the Forest Service to and its response to outside influences.
Data Collection Systems evaluate trends in the use of logs and The information will be used to measure
AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. wood chips, to forecast anticipated the health of the logging industry as
levels of logs and wood chips, and to well as to provide background
ACTION: Notice; request for comment.
analyze changes in the harvest of these information for decision-making.
Pulpwood received Logs and other roundwood Logging operations
questionnaire received questionnaire questionnaire
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Estimate of Annual Burden Hours ........................................ 35 minutes (0.58) ................. 38 minutes (0.64) ................. 12 minutes (0.2).
Type of Respondents ............................................................ Primary users of industrial Primary users of industrial Loggers.
pulpwood. roundwood products.
Estimated Annual Average Number of Respondents ........... 183 ........................................ 1,788 ..................................... 435.
Estimated Annual Average Number of Responses per Re- 1 ............................................ 1 ............................................ 1.
spondent.
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| Action | Notice of meeting. | |
| Dates | The meeting will be held on Thursday, August 18, 2016, at 3:00 p.m. | |
| Contact | Becky Nix, RAC Coordinator, by phone at 409-625-1940 or via email at [email protected] | |
| FR Citation | 81 FR 49923 |
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