83 FR 12560 - Eastern Region Recreation Resource Advisory Committee

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 56 (March 22, 2018)

The Eastern Region Recreation Resource Advisory Committee (Recreation RAC) will meet in Baltimore, Maryland. The Recreation RAC is authorized pursuant with the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (the Act), and the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). Additional information concerning the Recreation RAC can be found by visiting the Recreation RAC's website at: http://www.fs.usda.gov/main/ r9/recreation/racs.

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 56 (Thursday, March 22, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12560-12561]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-05773]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Eastern Region Recreation Resource Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Eastern Region Recreation Resource Advisory Committee 
(Recreation RAC) will meet in Baltimore, Maryland. The Recreation RAC 
is authorized pursuant with the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement 
Act (the Act), and the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). 
Additional information concerning the Recreation RAC can be found by 
visiting the Recreation RAC's website at: http://www.fs.usda.gov/main/r9/recreation/racs.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Thursday, April 19, 2018, from 1:00 
p.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Friday, April 20, 2018, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 
p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST).
    All Recreation RAC meetings are subject to cancellation. For 
updated status of the meeting prior to attendance, please contact the 
person listed under the For Further Information Contact.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Fairfield Inn & Suites 
Downtown Baltimore Inner Harbor, 101 South President Street, Baltimore, 
Maryland 21202. The meeting will also be available via teleconference. 
For anyone who would like to attend via teleconference, please visit 
the website in the Summary section or contact Joanna Wilson at 
[email protected].
    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 Eastern 
Region Regional Office located at 626 East Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, 
Wisconsin. Please call 541-860-8048 to facilitate entry into the 
building.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joanna Wilson, Eastern Region 
Recreation RAC Coordinator, by phone at 541-860-8048 or by email at 
[email protected].
    Individuals who use telecommunication devices for the deaf

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(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:
    Review the following fee proposals:
    a. Regional fee consistency approach;
    b. Monongahela National Forest fee proposals which include the 
Hopkins Cabin;
    c. Wayne National Forest fee proposals reducing trail permit fees 
for off-highway vehicle (OHV) users and eliminating fees for horse and 
mountain bike users;
    d. Hiawatha National Forest fee proposals for Grand Island;
    e. Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest fee proposals including new 
fees at day use sites and one cabin rental, and fee increases for 
overnight sites; and
    f. Green Mountain Finger Lakes National Forest fee proposals 
including new fee at Silver Lake Campgrounds, Texas Falls Day Use Area 
Pavilion, Grout Pond Campground, Backbone Horse Camp and Potomac Group 
Camp and Pavilion and fee increases at Chittenden Brook, Moosalamoo 
Campground, Hapgood Pond Campground, Hapgood Pond Day Use, Hapgood Pond 
Group Picnic sites, and Blueberry Patch Recreation Area.
    Details on all fee proposals can be found by visiting the website 
in the Summary section.
    The meeting is open to the public. The agenda will include time for 
people to make oral statements of three minutes. Individuals wishing to 
make an oral statement should request in writing by April 9, 2018, to 
be scheduled on the agenda. Anyone who would like to bring related 
matters to the attention of the Recreation RAC may file written 
statements with the Committee's staff before or after the meeting. 
Written comments and time requests for time to make oral comments must 
be sent to Joanna Wilson, Eastern Region Recreation RAC Coordinator, 
855 South Skylake Drive, Woodland Hills, Utah 84653; or by email to 
[email protected].
    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: March 6, 2018.
Chris French,
Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest System.
[FR Doc. 2018-05773 Filed 3-21-18; 8:45 am]
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