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Hood-Willamette Resource Advisory Committee

The Hood-Willamette Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet in Keizer Oregon. The committee is authorized under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act...

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Department of Agriculture

Forest Service

AGENCY:

Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION:

Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY:

The Hood-Willamette Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet in Keizer Oregon. 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. The meeting is open to the public. The purpose of the meeting is to review and make recommendations on Title II project proposals and on proposals for new recreation fees.

DATES:

The meeting will be held on January 14, 2020 beginning at 9:00 a.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 Keizer Community Center, Claggett Room, 930 Chemawa Road NE, Keizer, Oregon 97303.

Additional RAC information, including the meeting agenda and the meeting summary/minutes will be available at the following website: https://www.fs.usda.gov/main/willamette/workingtogether/advisorycommittees.

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 Willamette Supervisor's Interagency Office in Springfield, OR. Please call ahead to facilitate entry into the building.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jennifer Sorensen, RAC Coordinator, by phone at 541-510-1102 or via email at Jennifer.Sorensen@usda.gov.

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. Introduce all the RAC members to one another;

2. Update all RAC members on the status of the SRS program, and the pending nomination package for new RAC members;

3. Review and discuss Title II project proposals submited during the 2019 solicitation window. Hear presentations from project sponsors and address RAC questions about proposals; and

4. Hear project information and background on a new recreation permit fee being proposed in conjunction with the Central Cascades Wilderness Permit System.

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 January 10, 2020 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 Jennifer Sorensen, RAC Coordinator, 3106 Pierce Parkway, Suite D, Springfield, Oregon 97477; by email to Jennifer.Sorensen@usda.gov.

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: December 27, 2019.

Ann Goode,

Acting Director, Office of Regulatory and Management Services, USDA Forest Service.

[FR Doc. 2019-28350 Filed 1-2-20; 8:45 am]

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