[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 77 (Wednesday, April 23, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17029-17030]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-06309]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Northeast Oregon Forests Resource Advisory Committee
AGENCY: Forest Service, Agriculture (USDA).
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Northeast Oregon Forests 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 Malheur, Umatilla, and
Wallowa-Whitman National Forests within Baker, Grant, Harney, Morrow,
Union, Wallowa, and Wheeler Counties, consistent with the Federal Lands
Recreation Enhancement Act.
DATES: An in-person and virtual meeting will be held on May 8, 2025,
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time.
Written and Oral Comments: Anyone wishing to provide in-person and/
or virtual oral comments must pre-register by 11:59 p.m. Pacific
Daylight Time on April 29, 2025. Written public comments will be
accepted by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time on May 2, 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 La Grande Ranger
District Office (Mt. Fanny Conference Room), located 3502 US-30, La
Grande, Oregon 97850. The public may also join the meeting virtually
via Microsoft Teams/Meeting ID: 246 104 370 412/Passcode: C6T5gx2v, or
Dial in by phone + +1 202-650-0123, 721084375# United States,
Washington Phone conference ID: 721 084 375#. Committee information and
meeting details can be found on the Northeast Oregon Resource Advisory
Committee's website at https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/umatilla/workingtogether/advisorycommittees/?cid=fseprd1003510 or by contacting
the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Written Comments: Written comments must be sent by email to
[email protected] or via mail (postmarked) to Chase Bloom, 1550
Dewey Ave., Suite A, Baker City, Oregon 97814. 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. Pacific Daylight Time on April
29, 2025, and speakers can only register for one speaking slot. Oral
comments must be sent by email to [email protected] or via mail
(postmarked) to Chase Bloom, 1550 Dewey Ave., Suite A, Baker City,
Oregon 97814.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chase Bloom, Designated Federal
Officer, by phone at 541-820-3801 or email at [email protected]; or
Acacia Probert, RAC Coordinator, by phone at 541-523-1387 or email at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the meeting is to:
1. Review criteria for Title II funding and recommendations;
2. Annual review of Ethics Training for committee members;
3. Hear from Title II project proponents and discuss Title II
project proposals;
4. Make funding recommendations on Title II projects;
5. Schedule the next meeting; and
6. Other.
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 10 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
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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.
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 9, 2025.
Cikena Reid,
USDA Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2025-06309 Filed 4-22-25; 8:45 am]
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