[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 213 (Wednesday, November 4, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 59507]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-29491]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Committee of Scientists Meeting

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Committee of Scientists will hold a public teleconference 
call on Thursday, November 19, 1998. The teleconference call will begin 
at 2:30 p.m. and end at 5:00 p.m. (eastern standard time). The purpose 
of the telephone conference call is for the Committee of Scientists to 
continue discussion of its report and recommendations to the Secretary 
of Agriculture and the Chief of the Forest Service. The public is 
invited to attend this teleconference call and may be provided an 
opportunity to comment on the Committee of Scientists' deliberations 
during the teleconference, only at the request of the Committee.

DATES: The teleconference call will be held Thursday, November 19, 
1998, from 2:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (eastern standard time).

ADDRESSES: The teleconference will be held at the USDA Forest Service 
headquarters, Auditor's Building, 201 14th Street, S.W., Washington, 
D.C., in the Roosevelt Conference Room and at all Regional Offices of 
the Forest Service, which are listed in the table under SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION.
    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:
For additional information concerning the teleconferences, contact Bob 
Cunningham, Designated Federal Official to the Committee of Scientists, 
by telephone (202) 205-1523.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    The public may attend the teleconference at the following field 
locations:
USDA Forest Service Regional Office Locations
Region 1--Northern Region: Federal Building, 200 E Broadway, Missoula, 
MT
Region 2--Rocky Mountain Region: 740 Simms St., Golden, CO
Region 3--Southwestern Region: Federal Building, 517 Gold Ave., SW, 
Albuquerque, NM
Region 4--Intermountain Region: Federal Building, 324 25th St., Ogden, 
UT
Region 5--Pacific Southwest Region: 630 Sansome St., San Francisco, CA
Region 6--Pacific Northwest Region: 333 SW 1st Ave., Portland, OR
Region 8--Southern Region: 1720 Peach Road NW, Atlanta, GA
Region 9--Eastern Region: 310 W. Wisconsin Ave., Room 500, Milwaukee, 
WI
Region 10--Alaska Region (office will open early): Federal Office 
Building, 709 W. 9th St., Juneau, AK

    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).

    Dated: October 28, 1998.
Donald L. Meyer,
Acting Deputy Chief, National Forest System.
[FR Doc. 98-29491 Filed 11-3-98; 8:45 am]
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