[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 212 (Friday, October 31, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64907-64908]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-26033]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Notice of Meetings; Black Hills National Forest Advisory Board 
and Recreation Resource Advisory Committee (Federal Lands Recreation 
Enhancement Act, Title VIII, Pub. L. 108-447)

AGENCY: Black Hills National Forest, Rocky Mountain Region.

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Black Hills National Forest Advisory Board (Board), acting 
in its capacity as the Black Hills National Forest Recreation Resource 
Advisory Committee (RRAC), will meet in Rapid City, SD. The purposes of 
the meetings are to consider recommending a business plan and annual, 
weekly, and commercial vehicle, special recreation permit fees. These 
fees would include annual permits purchased by the public to use the 
Black Hills National Forest's designated, motorized, off-highway 
vehicle trail system. The fees would be established pursuant to Public 
Law No: 108-447 (H.R. 48 118), September 8, 2004, Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2005, Title VIII Federal Lands Recreation 
Enhancement Act, Section 803 Recreation Fee Authority, (h) Special 
Recreation Permit Fee.

DATES: The Board, also meeting as the RRAC, will meet on November 19, 
2008, and again on January 7, 2009, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Board/RRAC 
meetings will only be held if a quorum of members is present.

ADDRESSES: The Advisory Board/RRAC meetings will be at locations to be 
determined and announced in the news media and on the Black Hills 
National Forest Web page at http://www.fs.fed.us/r2/blackhills. Send 
written comments to Craig Bobzien, Designated Federal Official, 1019 N. 
5th St., Custer, SD, 57730 or e-mail [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom Willems, Black Hills National 
Forest Travel Planner at 605-673-9217 or [email protected].

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A travel planning subcommittee of the Board 
will make a presentation to the Board/RRAC on November 19, summarizing 
public comment on the business plan and proposed fees and explaining to 
the Board/RRAC the content of the business plan, the proposed special 
recreation permit fees, and other matters relating to the proposal, 
including how fees would apply to obtaining formal law enforcement 
officers to enforce rules on the designated trail system. The Board/
RRAC will meet November 19 to listen to the subcommittee's 
presentation, then to discuss the business plan and the proposed 
special recreation permit fees, and to take additional public comment 
if time allows, at the discretion of the Chair, and for 15 minutes at 
the end of the meeting in any event. The Chair may ask for comments 
from the public at any time during the meetings. People wishing to 
speak at the meetings are asked to sign in at the door with a name and 
contact information. Public comments will be taken based first-come, 
first-served at the discretion of the Chair. The public may provide 
written comments to the Committee staff at any time from now until 
January 2, 2009. Check for the status of the meetings, final agendas, 
the proposed business plan and the special recreation permit fee 
proposal at: http://www.fs.fed.us/r2/blackhills. The National Forest 
Advisory Board sitting as the Black Hills National Forest Recreation 
Resource Advisory Committee is authorized by the Federal Land 
Recreation Enhancement Act, which was signed into law by President Bush 
in December 2004.

    Dated: October 27, 2008.
Craig Bobzien,
Designated Federal Officer, Black Hills National Forest Advisory Board 
and Recreation Resource Advisory Committee.
[FR Doc. E8-26033 Filed 10-30-08; 8:45 am]
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