83 FR 14245 - Black Hills National Forest Advisory Board

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 64 (April 3, 2018)

The Black Hills National Forest Advisory Board (Board) will meet in Rapid City, South Dakota. The Board is established consistent with the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974, the National Forest Management Act of 1976, and the Federal Public Lands Recreation Enhancement Act. Additional information concerning the Board, including the meeting summary/minutes, can be found by visiting the Board's website at: http://www.fs.usda.gov/main/blackhills/workingtogether/ advisorycommittees.

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 64 (Tuesday, April 3, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 14245]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-06683]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Black Hills National Forest Advisory Board

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Black Hills National Forest Advisory Board (Board) will 
meet in Rapid City, South Dakota. The Board is established consistent 
with the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, the Forest and 
Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974, the National Forest 
Management Act of 1976, and the Federal Public Lands Recreation 
Enhancement Act. Additional information concerning the Board, including 
the meeting summary/minutes, can be found by visiting the Board's 
website at: http://www.fs.usda.gov/main/blackhills/workingtogether/advisorycommittees.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, April 18, 2018, at 1:00 
p.m.
    All meetings are subject to cancellation. For updated status of 
meeting prior to attendance, please contact the person listed under FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Forest Service Center, 8221 
Mount Rushmore Road, Rapid City, South Dakota.
    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 Black 
Hills National Forest Supervisor's Office. Please call ahead to 
facilitate entry into the building.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scott Jacobson, Committee Coordinator, 
by phone at 605-440-1409 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 the meeting is to provide:
    (1) Ethics Training;
    (2) Information Topic: Forest Staffing and Seasonal Hiring;
    (3) Black Hills Resilient Landscape Project update;
    (4) 2018 Fire Season Preparedness; and
    (5) 2018 Fire Season Outlook.
    The meeting is open to the public and transcripts, documents and 
minutes will be made available for public inspection. The U.S. Forest 
Service will attempt to accommodate as many attendees as possible; 
however, admittance will be limited to seating availability. The 
Chairman may allow the public to make oral statements of three minutes 
or less. Individuals wishing to make an oral statement should submit a 
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 
Board may file written statements with the Board's staff before or 
after the meeting. Written comments and time requests for oral comments 
must be sent to Scott Jacobson, Black Hills National Forest 
Supervisor's Office, 1019 North Fifth Street, Custer, South Dakota 
57730; by email to [email protected], or via facsimile to 605-673-
9208.
    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 14, 2018.
Christopher French,
Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest System.
[FR Doc. 2018-06683 Filed 4-2-18; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3411-15-P