[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 125 (Friday, June 29, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35684-35685]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-12622]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Forest Counties Payments Committee Meeting

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Forest Counties Payments Committee has scheduled a meeting 
to discuss how it will provide Congress with the information specified 
in Section 320 of the Fiscal Year 2001 Interior and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act. The meeting is open to the public.

DATES: The meeting will be held on July 12, 2007. The meeting will 
consist of a business meeting from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Council Room on the 2nd 
floor at the Holiday Inn on the Hill, 415 New Jersey Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20001. Written comments concerning this meeting should 
be addressed to Randle G. Phillips, Executive Director, Forest Counties 
Payments Committee, P.O. Box 34718, Washington, DC 20043-4713. Comments 
may also be sent via e-mail to [email protected], or via facsimile 
to 202-273-4750.
    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 at USDA Forest 
Service, Franklin Court Building, Ste. 5500W, 1099 14th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20005. Visitors are encouraged to call ahead to 202-208-
6574 to facilitate entry into the building.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Randle G. Phillips, Executive 
Director, Forest Counties Payments Committee, at 202-208-6574 or via e-
mail at [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: Section 320 of the Interior and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act of 2001 created the Forest Counties 
Payments Committee to make recommendations to Congress on a long-term 
solution for making Federal payments to eligible States and counties in 
which Federal lands are situated. The Committee will consider the 
impact on eligible States and counties of revenues from the historic 
multiple use of Federal lands; evaluate the economic, environmental, 
and social benefits which accrue to counties containing Federal lands; 
evaluate the expenditures by counties on activities occurring on 
Federal lands, which are Federal responsibilities; and monitor payments 
and implementation of The Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-
Determination Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106-393).


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    Dated: June 25, 2007.
Tim DeCoster,
Chief of Staff.
 [FR Doc. E7-12622 Filed 6-28-07; 8:45 am]
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