[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 174 (Monday, September 9, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73060-73061]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-17444]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Land Between the Lakes Advisory Board
AGENCY: Forest Service, Agriculture (USDA).
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Land Between the Lakes Advisory Board will hold a public
meeting according to the details shown below. The board is authorized
under the Charter for the Land Between the Lakes Advisory Board and
operates in compliance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The
purpose of the board is to advise the Secretary of Agriculture on means
of promoting public participation for the land and resource management
plan for the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area;
environmental education; an annual work plan for recreation and
environmental education areas in the recreation area, including the
heritage program, with the non-appropriated amounts in the Land Between
the Lakes Management Fund; an annual forest management and harvest plan
for the recreation area; and the Land Between the Lakes Management
Fund.
DATES: An in-person and virtual meeting will be held on September 24,
2024, 9 a.m. to 4 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
September 16, 2024. Written public comments will be accepted by 11:59
p.m., Central Daylight Time, September 17, 2024. Comments submitted
after this date will be provided by the Forest Service to the board,
but the board members may not have adequate time to consider those
comments prior to the meeting.
All board meetings are subject to cancellation. For status of the
meeting prior to attendance, please contact the
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person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held in-person at the Administration
Building, located at 100 Van Morgan Drive, Golden Pond, Kentucky 42211.
The public may also join the meeting virtually via webcast at: https://landbetweenthelakes.us/upcomingmeetinginfo. Board information and
meeting details can be found online at https://landbetweenthelakes.us/advisoryboard or by contacting the person listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT.
Written Comments: Written comments must be sent by email to
[email protected]v or via mail (postmarked) to Land Between the
Lakes National Recreation Area, Christine Bombard, 100 Van Morgan
Drive, Golden Pond, Kentucky 42211. 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,
September 16, 2024, and speakers can only register for one speaking
slot. Oral comments must be sent by email to [email protected]v
via mail (postmarked) to Land Between the Lakes National Recreation
Area, Christine Bombard, 100 Van Morgan Drive, Golden Pond, Kentucky
42211.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James McCoy, Designated Federal
Officer, by phone at 870-214-0934 or email at
[email protected]v; or Christine Bombard, Board Coordinator, by
phone at 270-540-1889 or email at [email protected]v.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the meeting is to:
1. Discuss old business/updates
2. Discuss environmental education
3. Discuss natural resource management
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 7 days prior
to the meeting date to be scheduled on the agenda. Written comments may
be submitted to the Forest Service up to 7 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, assistive
listening devices, or other reasonable accommodation to the person
listed under the 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.
USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race,
color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity (including
gender expression), sexual orientation, 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.
Equal opportunity practices in accordance with USDA's policies will
be followed in all appointments to the board. To ensure that the
recommendations of the Committee have taken into account the needs of
the diverse groups served by the Department, membership shall include,
to the extent practicable, individuals with demonstrated ability to
represent the many communities, identities, races, ethnicities,
backgrounds, abilities, cultures, and beliefs of the American people,
including underserved communities. USDA is an equal opportunity
provider, employer, and lender.
Dated: August 1, 2024.
Cikena Reid,
USDA Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-17444 Filed 9-6-24; 8:45 am]
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