[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 18 (Wednesday, January 28, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 4217]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-2044]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Committee of Scientists Meeting

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: A meeting of the Committee of Scientists is scheduled for 
February 12-13, 1998, in Seattle, Washington. The purpose of the 
meeting is to discuss planning issues concerning the National Forests 
in the Pacific Northwest (Washington and Oregon) and Alaska Regions; to 
meet with representatives from federal, state, and tribal 
organizations, to share information and ideas about Committee members' 
assignments; to continue discussions on the scientific principles 
underlying land and resource management; and to conduct any other 
Committee business that may arise. The meeting is open to the public.

DATES: The meeting is scheduled for February 12-13 in Seattle, 
Washington.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the University Plaza Hotel, 400 
NE 45th Street, Seattle, Washington.
    Written comments on improving land and resource management planning 
may be sent to the Committee of Scientists, P.O. Box 2140, Corvallis, 
OR 97339. Also the Committee may be accessed via the Internet at 
www.cof.orst.edu./org/scicomm/.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bob Cunningham, Designated Federal Official to the Committee of 
Scientists, telephone: 202-205-2494.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 12, the Committee of Scientists 
meeting will begin at 8 a.m. and end at 7 p.m. On February 13, the 
meeting will begin at 8 a.m. and end at 4 p.m. Citizens may address the 
Committee, February 12, beginning at 4 p.m., to present ideas on how to 
improve National Forest System land and resource management planning. 
Citizens who wish to speak must register at the meeting before 4 p.m. 
Each speaker will be limited to a maximum of 5 minutes. Persons may 
also submit written suggestions to the Committee at the meeting or by 
mail at the addresses listed under the Addresses heading.
    The Committee of Scientists is chartered to provide scientific and 
technical advice to the Secretary of Agriculture and the Chief of the 
Forest Service on improvements that can be made to the National Forest 
System land and resource management planning process (62 FR 43691); 
August 15, 1997). Notice of the names of the appointed Committee 
members was published December 16, 1997 (62 FR 65795). Agendas and 
locations for future meetings will be published as separate notices in 
the Federal Register.

    Dated: January 22, 1998.
Robert C. Joslin,
Deputy Chief for National Forest System.
[FR Doc. 98-2044 Filed 1-27-98; 8:45 am]
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