[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 56 (Friday, March 23, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 13740]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-5302]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Hawaii Experimental Tropical Forest

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of Establishment.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 606(b) of the International Forestry 
Cooperation Act of 1990, as amended, the following lands in the State 
of Hawaii are designated as units of the Hawaii Experimental Tropical 
Forest:
    1. Laup[amacr]hoehoe Experimental Forest Unit comprising 
approximately 12,343 acres on the Island of Hawaii, and
    2. Pu'u Wa'awa'a Experimental Forest Unit comprising approximately 
38,885 acres on the Island of Hawaii.
    Research on these experimental forest units shall be administered 
in accordance with applicable laws and the Cooperative Agreement 
between the United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, 
and the State of Hawaii, Board of Land and Natural Resources, entered 
into on December 12, 2006.

DATES: This establishment is effective on the date of this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: J. Boone Kauffman, Director, Institute 
of Pacific Islands Forestry, Pacific Southwest Research Station, USDA 
Forest Service, 60 Nowelo Street, Hilo, Hawaii 96720. Phone: (808) 933-
8121. E-mail: [email protected].
    Individuals who use telecommunication devices for the deaf (TDD) 
may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 
between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, Monday through 
Friday.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 1992, Congress enacted the Hawaii 
Tropical Forest Recovery Act (Pub. L. 102-574). That enactment added 
section 606(b) to the International Forestry Cooperation Act of 1990 
providing that, at the request of the Governor of Hawaii, the Secretary 
of Agriculture shall establish and administer in the State of Hawaii a 
Hawaii Experimental Tropical Forest to be managed for the purposes 
outlined in the Hawaii Tropical Forest Recovery Act. The Governor of 
Hawaii has requested the establishment of two units of an experimental 
tropical forest on State managed lands on the island of Hawaii. The 
Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, and the State of Hawaii, 
Board of Land and Natural Resources, have agreed on the conduct of 
cooperative research activities on the two units.

    Dated: February 15, 2007.
Mike Johanns,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E7-5302 Filed 3-22-07; 8:45 am]
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