81 FR 9167 - National Advisory Committee for Implementation of the National Forest System Land Management Planning Rule
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 36 (February 24, 2016)
Forest Service
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 36 (February 24, 2016)
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| FR Document | 2016-03813 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 36 (Wednesday, February 24, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 9167-9168] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-03813] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The National Advisory Committee for Implementation of the National Forest System Land Management Planning Rule Committee (Committee) will meet in Washington, DC. 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). Committee information 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:Tuesday, March 8, 2016, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST Wednesday, March 9, 2016, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST 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 USDA Forest Service, Sidney R. Yates Building, 1400 Independence Avenue, Southwest, Washington DC. 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. Please call ahead to facilitate entry into the building. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Helwig, Committee Coordinator, by phone at 202-205-0892, 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. Hearing public comments, and 4. 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 [[Page 9168]] oral comment should submit a request in writing by March 1, 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's staff before or after the meeting. Written comments and time requests for oral comments must be sent to Jennifer Helwig, 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, 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: February 17, 2016. Brian Ferebee, Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest System. [FR Doc. 2016-03813 Filed 2-23-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3411-15-P
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• All open and restricted gated roads Scoping Process SUMMARY: The National Advisory
within or adjacent to the units shall be This notice of intent initiates the Committee for Implementation of the
kept free of felled trees. scoping process, which guides the National Forest System Land
• No thinning activities would occur development of the environmental Management Planning Rule Committee
before July 1 to reduce the effects to impact statement. (Committee) will meet in Washington,
nesting migratory birds. DC. Attendees may also participate via
The purpose of this comment period
• All contractors and people involved is to provide an opportunity for the
webinar and conference call. The
with the proposed project must comply Committee operates in compliance with
public to provide early and meaningful
with the applicable food storage special the Federal Advisory Committee Act
participation on a proposed action prior
order in effect when the work is (FACA) (Pub. L. 92–463). Committee
to a decision being made by the
performed. information can be found by visiting the
Responsible Official. It is important that
• There is one pond located within reviewers provide their comments at
Committee’s Web site at: http://www.fs.
the project area. No precommercial usda.gov/main/planningrule/committee.
such times and in such manner that
thinning will occur within 300 feet of they are useful to the agency’s DATES: The meetings will be held in-
the pond to avoid adverse effects to preparation of the environmental impact person and via webinar/conference call
amphibians. statement. Therefore, comments should on the following dates and times:
• Generally strive to maintain fine be provided prior to the close of the • Tuesday, March 8, 2016, from 9:00
organic matter over at least 50 percent comment period and should clearly a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST
of the area (RFP, pages III–6 & 7). • Wednesday, March 9, 2016, from
articulate the reviewer’s concerns and
• Five to ten tons of woody debris contentions.
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST
would remain on the ground following All meetings are subject to
Comments received in response to cancellation. For updated status of
treatments. this solicitation, including names and
• Areas of pile burning will be meetings prior to attendance, please
addresses of those who comment, will contact the person listed under FOR
evaluated and monitored to determine if be part of the public record for this
seeding or additional rehabilitation is FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
proposed action. Comments submitted
warranted to minimize weed spread and ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
anonymously will be accepted and
maintain soil productivity. considered, however. the USDA Forest Service, Sidney R.
• Adjust chipping size and depth to Public comment on this analysis is
Yates Building, 1400 Independence
provide a variation of chip depth Avenue, Southwest, Washington DC.
pursuant to the pre-decisional process
(maximum depth of three inches For anyone who would like to attend via
described at 36 CFR 218, Subparts A
including patches of unchipped) and webinar and/or conference call, please
and B.
chip size to allow differing visit the Web site listed above or contact
Only those who comment and meet
decomposition rates and soil moisture the person listed in the section titled
all the requirements contained in 36
retention lengths and to avoid FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
CFR 218.25(a)(3) will have standing to Written comments may be submitted
negatively impacting available soil object to the project during the 45 day
nitrogen. as described under SUPPLEMENTARY
pre-decisional objection period. The INFORMATION. All comments, including
• Locate public firewood as close to objection period will occur following
the existing roads as possible (material names and addresses, when provided,
the distribution of the final EIS and are placed in the record and available
resulting from thinning). draft Record of Decision. Comments
• Plan for burning of piles to occur for public inspection and copying. The
submitted in response to this public may inspect comments received
when soils are wet from snow or rain to solicitation must meet the definition of
limit impacts on soil organic matter, at the USDA Forest Service Washington
‘‘specific written comments’’ as defined Office—Yates Building. Please call
physical properties and soil organisms. at 36 CFR 218.2, particularly ‘‘. . .
• Routes pioneered into the project ahead to facilitate entry into the
specific written comments should be building.
area will need to be evaluated for the within the scope of the proposed action,
most appropriate rehabilitation and have a direct relationship to the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
closure methods. Options may include: proposed action, and must include Jennifer Helwig, Committee
Leaving additional slash over the area, supporting reasons for the responsible Coordinator, by phone at 202–205–0892,
roughing up the segment where the official to consider.’’ or by email at jahelwig@fs.fed.us.
route departs from a system road or Individuals who use
Dated: February 18, 2016. telecommunication devices for the deaf
mastication perpendicular to the
segment. Elizibeth Davy, (TDD) may call the Federal Information
District Ranger. Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339
Possible Alternatives [FR Doc. 2016–03868 Filed 2–23–16; 8:45 am] between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.,
At a minimum, the proposed action BILLING CODE 3411–15–P Eastern Standard Time, Monday
and a no action alternative would be through Friday.
analyzed. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE purpose of this meeting is to provide:
Responsible Official
1. Continued deliberations on
The Ashton/Island Park District Forest Service formulating advice for the Secretary,
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Ranger is the responsible official and 2. Discussion of Committee work
National Advisory Committee for
will make the decision. group findings,
Implementation of the National Forest
3. Hearing public comments, and
Nature of Decision To Be Made System Land Management Planning
4. Administrative tasks.
In the decision, the responsible Rule This meeting is open to the public.
official will decide whether or not to AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA The agenda will include time for people
precommercially thin the identified to make oral comments of three minutes
ACTION: Notice of meetings.
stands of trees. or less. Individuals wishing to make an
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oral comment should submit a request requesting an emergency review of the driven’’ FTZ sites for operators/users
in writing by March 1, 2016, to be information collection and procedures located within a grantee’s ‘‘service area’’
scheduled on the agenda. Anyone who from the Office of Management and in the context of the FTZ Board’s
would like to bring related matters to Budget (OMB).’’ standard 2,000-acre activation limit for
the attention of the Committee may file Dated: February 19, 2016. a zone. The application was submitted
written statements with the Committee’s Glenna Mickelson, pursuant to the Foreign-Trade Zones
staff before or after the meeting. Written Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u),
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
comments and time requests for oral Information Officer. and the regulations of the FTZ Board (15
comments must be sent to Jennifer CFR part 400). It was formally docketed
[FR Doc. 2016–03918 Filed 2–23–16; 8:45 am]
Helwig, USDA Forest Service, on February 18, 2016.
BILLING CODE 3510–FP–P
Ecosystem Management Coordination, FTZ 70 was approved by the FTZ
201 14th Street SW., Mail Stop 1104, Board on July 21, 1981 (Board Order
Washington, DC 20250–1104; or by DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 176, 46 FR 3894l; July 30, l98l) and
email at jahelwig@fs.fed.us. The agenda reorganized under the ASF on February
and summary of the meeting will be Submission for OMB Review; 6, 2013 (Board Order 1878, FR 10129–
posted on the Committee’s Web site Comment Request; Correction 10130; February 13, 2013). The zone
within 21 days of the meeting. currently has a service area that
Meeting Accommodations: If you are Agency: International Trade includes Macomb, Monroe, Oakland,
a person requiring reasonable Administration (ITA). Washtenaw and Wayne Counties,
accommodation, please make requests Title: Interim Procedures for Michigan.
in advance for sign language Considering Requests from the Public The applicant is now requesting
interpreting, assistive listening devices, under the Textile and Apparel authority to expand the service area of
or other reasonable accommodation. For Safeguard Provision of the United the zone to include Lenawee and
access to the facility or proceedings, States-Korea Free Trade Agreement. Livingston Counties, Michigan, as
OMB Control Number: 0625–0269. described in the application. If
please contact the person listed in the Type of Request: Regular Submission.
section titled FOR FURTHER INFORMATION approved, the grantee would be able to
In the Federal Register of February 5,
CONTACT. All reasonable serve sites throughout the expanded
2016, Vol. 81, No. 24, Page 6233–6234,
accommodation requests are managed service area based on companies’ needs
under ‘‘Needs and Uses’’, in paragraph
on a case by case basis. for FTZ designation. The application
2 beginning with ‘‘The Statement of
indicates that the proposed expanded
Dated: February 17, 2016. Administrative Action . . .’’, eliminate
service area is adjacent to the Detroit
Brian Ferebee, the last sentence: ‘‘CITA was unable to
Customs and Border Protection Port of
Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest publish these procedures earlier and is
Entry.
System. requesting an emergency review of the In accordance with the FTZ Board’s
[FR Doc. 2016–03813 Filed 2–23–16; 8:45 am] information collection and procedures regulations, Elizabeth Whiteman of the
BILLING CODE 3411–15–P from the Office of Management and FTZ Staff is designated examiner to
Budget (OMB).’’ evaluate and analyze the facts and
Dated: February 19, 2016. information presented in the application
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Glenna Mickelson, and case record and to report findings
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief and recommendations to the FTZ Board.
Submission for OMB Review; Information Officer. Public comment is invited from
Comment Request [FR Doc. 2016–03917 Filed 2–23–16; 8:45 am] interested parties. Submissions shall be
BILLING CODE 3510–FP–P addressed to the FTZ Board’s Executive
The Department of Commerce will
Secretary at the address below. The
submit to the Office of Management and
closing period for their receipt is April
Budget (OMB) for clearance the
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 25, 2016. Rebuttal comments in
following proposal for collection of
response to material submitted during
information under the emergency Foreign-Trade Zones Board the foregoing period may be submitted
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction
[B–10–2016] during the subsequent 15-day period to
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
May 9, 2016.
Agency: International Trade A copy of the application will be
Foreign-Trade Zone 70—Detroit,
Administration (ITA). available for public inspection at the
Michigan; Application for
Title: Interim Procedures for Office of the Executive Secretary,
Reorganization (Expansion of Service
Considering Requests under the Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room
Area) Under Alternative Site
Commercial Availability Provision of 21013, U.S. Department of Commerce,
Framework
the United States-Korea Free Trade 1401 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Agreement. An application has been submitted to Washington, DC 20230–0002, and in the
OMB Control Number: 0625–0270. the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board by ‘‘Reading Room’’ section of the FTZ
Type of Request: Emergency the Greater Detroit Foreign-Trade Zone, Board’s Web site, which is accessible
submission. Inc., grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 70, via www.trade.gov/ftz. For further
In the Federal Register of February 5, requesting authority to reorganize the information, contact Elizabeth
mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
2016, Vol. 81, No. 24, Page 6234, the zone to expand its service area under Whiteman at Elizabeth.Whiteman@
type of Request should read: ‘‘Regular the alternative site framework (ASF) trade.gov or (202) 482–0473.
Submission.’’ adopted by the FTZ Board (15 CFR Sec.
Also, under ‘‘Needs and Uses:’’ 400.2(c)). The ASF is an option for Dated: February 18, 2016.
paragraph 3, beginning with ‘‘Section grantees for the establishment or Andrew McGilvray,
202(o)(3) of the Act . . .’’, eliminate the reorganization of zones and can permit Executive Secretary.
last sentence: ‘‘OTEX was unable to significantly greater flexibility in the [FR Doc. 2016–03899 Filed 2–23–16; 8:45 am]
publish these procedures earlier and is designation of new subzones or ‘‘usage- BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
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