[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 56 (Friday, March 21, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15126-15127]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-5610]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


New Mexico Collaborative Forest Restoration Program Technical 
Advisory Panel

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The New Mexico Collaborative Forest Restoration Program 
Technical Advisory Panel will meet in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The 
purpose of the meeting is to provide recommendations to the Regional 
Forester, USDA Forest Service Southwestern Region, on which forest 
restoration grant proposals submitted in response to the Collaborative 
Forest Restoration Program Request For Proposals best meet the 
objectives of the Community Forest Restoration Act (Title VI, Pub. L. 
No. 106-393).

DATES: The meeting will be held April 21-25, 2008, beginning at 1 p.m. 
on Monday, April 21 and ending at approximately 4 p.m. on Friday, April 
25.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the MCM Elegante Hotel, 2020 
Menaul NE, Albuquerque, NM 87107, Tel. 505-884-2511. Written comments 
should be sent to Walter Dunn, at the Cooperative and International 
Forestry Staff, USDA Forest Service, 333 Broadway SE, Albuquerque, NM 
87102. Comments may also be sent via e-mail to [email protected], or via 
facsimile to Walter Dunn at (505) 842-3165.
    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 the Cooperative 
and International Forestry Staff, USDA Forest Service, 333 Broadway SE, 
Albuquerque, or during the Panel meeting at the MCM Elegante Hotel, 
2020 Menaul NE, Albuquerque, NM 87107, Tel. 505-884-2511.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Walter Dunn, Designated Federal 
Official, at (505) 842-3425, or Melissa Zaksek, at (505) 842-3289, 
Cooperative and International Forestry Staff, USDA

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Forest Service, 333 Broadway SE, Albuquerque, NM 87102.
    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: The meeting is open to the public. Panel 
discussion is limited to Forest Service staff and Panel members. 
However, project proponents may respond to questions of clarification 
from Panel members or Forest Service staff. Persons who wish to bring 
Collaborative Forest Restoration Program grant proposal review matters 
to the attention of the Panel may file written statements with the 
Panel staff before or after the meeting. Public input sessions will be 
provided and individuals who submitted written statements prior to the 
public input sessions will have the opportunity to address the Panel at 
those sessions.

    Dated: March 13, 2008.
Faye L. Krueger,
Deputy Regional Forester.
[FR Doc. E8-5610 Filed 3-20-08; 8:45 am]
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