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Sabine Resource Advisory Committee

The Sabine Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) will hold a public meeting according to the details shown below. The committee is authorized under the Secure Rural Schools and Comm...

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Department of Agriculture

Forest Service

( printed page 16864)

AGENCY:

Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION:

Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY:

The Sabine Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) will hold a public meeting according to the details shown below. 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, as well as make recommendations on recreation fee proposals for sites on the Sabine National Forest within Sabine and Shelby County, consistent with the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act.

DATES:

An in-person meeting will be held on May 6, 2025, 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Central Daylight Time.

Written and Oral Comments: Anyone wishing to provide in-person oral comments must pre-register by 11:59 p.m. Central Daylight Time on April 28, 2025. Written public comments will be accepted by 11:59 p.m. Central Daylight Time on April 28, 2025. Comments submitted after this date will be provided by the Forest Service to the committee, but the committee may not have adequate time to consider those comments prior to the meeting.

All committee meetings are subject to cancellation. For status of the meeting prior to attendance, please contact the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT .

ADDRESSES:

This meeting will be held in-person at the Sabine National Forest District Office, located at 5050 State Highway 21 East, Hemphill, Texas 75948. Committee information and meeting details can be found by contacting the persons listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT .

Written comments: Written comments must be sent by email to gina.gwin@usda.gov or via mail (postmarked) to Gina Gwin, Sabine RAC, 5050 State Highway 21 East, Hemphill, TX 75948. The Forest Service strongly prefers comments be submitted electronically.

Oral Comments: Persons or organizations wishing to make oral comments must pre-register by 11:59 p.m. Central Daylight Time, April 28, 2025, and speakers can only register for one speaking slot. Oral comments must be sent by email to gina.gwin@usda.gov or via mail (postmarked) to Gina Gwin, Sabine RAC, 5050 State Highway 21 East, Hemphill, TX 75948.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jimmy Tyree, Designated Federal Officer, by phone at (935) 707-2286 or email at jimmy.tyree@usda.gov; or Gina Gwin, RAC Coordinator, by phone at (936) 639-8606 or email at gina.gwin@usda.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The purpose of the meeting is to cover the following:

1. Project status update;

2. Hear from Title II project proponents and discuss Title II project proposals;

3. Make funding recommendations on Title II projects;

4. Approve meeting minutes; and

5. Schedule the next meeting.

The agenda will include time for individuals to make oral statements of three minutes or less. Individuals wishing to make an oral statement should make a request in writing at least three days prior to the meeting date to be scheduled on the agenda. Written comments may be submitted to the Forest Service up to 14 days after the meeting date listed under DATES .

Please contact the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT , by or before the deadline, for all questions related to the meeting. 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 upon request.

Meeting Accommodations: The meeting location is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the USDA provides reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities where appropriate. If you are a person requiring reasonable accommodation, please make requests in advance for sign language interpretation, assisted listening devices, or other reasonable accommodation to the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section, or contact USDA's TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English.

Equal opportunity practices, in accordance with USDA policies, will be followed in all membership appointments to the committee.

In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, age, marital status, family/parental status, income derived from a public assistance program, political beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity, in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA (not all bases apply to all programs). Remedies and complaint filing deadlines vary by program or incident.

Dated: April 16, 2025.

Cikena Reid,

USDA Committee Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 2025-06852 Filed 4-21-25; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3411-15-P

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