[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 198 (Friday, October 12, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 52094]
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[FR Doc No: 01-25661]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Giant Sequoia National Monument Scientific Advisory Board

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Giant Sequoia National Monument Scientific Advisory Board 
(Scientific Advisory Board) will meet at the Visalia Convention Center 
in Visalia, California, October 31 and November 1, 2001. The purpose of 
the meeting is to hear comments from the public; affirm advisories 
drafted at the September meeting; review issues from the Giant Sequoia 
National Monument planning team; and consider the planning process to 
date.

DATES: The meeting will be held October 31 and November 1, from 8 a.m. 
to 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Visalia Convention Center, 
303 E. Acequia Avenue, Visalia, California, in room San Joaquin D.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To receive further information, 
contact Arthur L. Gaffrey, 559-784-1500.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meeting is open to the public. If you 
are planning to attend, please contact Arthur L. Gaffrey to ensure 
adequate seating. Guidelines for the public participation portion of 
the Scientific Advisory Board's meeting are as follows: The public will 
be allowed to address the Scientific Advisory Board during the first 30 
minutes of the meeting on October 31; when registering, participants 
must provide 9 written copies of their presentation, one copy for each 
member of the Board and one copy to be included the meeting minutes; 
oral presentations may be no more than 5 minutes in length, depending 
on the number of people wishing to address the Scientific Advisory 
Board; priority for presentations will be given to persons who did not 
make a presentation at a previous meeting; and all presentations must 
be related to the science surrounding the development of the Management 
Plan for the Giant Sequoia National Monument. Some members of the 
Scientific Advisory Board may participate in the meeting via telephone. 
In that event, arrangements will be made to enable the public to listen 
to all the members participating in the meeting.
    A portion of the meeting will be for the Scientific Advisory Board 
to receive information from speakers who specialize in the human 
dimensions of natural resource planning. The informational portion of 
the meeting is not subject to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, is 
open to the public, and is subject to the same procedures as the rest 
of the meeting.
    Written comments for the Scientific Advisory Board may be submitted 
to Forest Supervisor Arthur L. Gaffrey, Sequoia National Forest, 900 
West Grand Avenue, Porterville, California 93257.
    A final agenda can be obtained by contacting Arthur L. Gaffrey or 
by visiting the Giant Sequoia National Monument web site at 
www.r5.fs.fed.us/giant_sequoia.

    Dated: October 5, 2001.
Juliet B. Allen,
Acting Forest Supervisor, Sequoia National Forest.
[FR Doc. 01-25661 Filed 10-11-01; 8:45 am]
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