[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 140 (Tuesday, July 22, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42499-42500]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-17220]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Tongass Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Tongass Advisory Committee (Committee) will meet in 
Ketchikan, Alaska. The Committee is established consistent with the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C. App. 2). Additional 
information concerning the Committee, including the meeting agenda, can 
be found by visiting the Committee's Web site at: http://www.fs.usda.gov/goto/R10/Tongass/TAC.

DATES: The meetings will be held on the following dates:
     Wednesday, August 6, 2014--10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
     Thursday, August 7, 2014--8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
     Friday, August 8, 2014--8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
    All meetings are subject to cancellation. For status of the 
meetings prior to attendance, please contact the person listed under 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Best Western Landing Hotel, 
Sunny Point Ball Room, 3434 Tongass Avenue, Ketchikan, Alaska. Written 
comments may be submitted as described under Supplementary Information. 
All comments, including names and addresses, when provided, are placed 
in the record and available for public inspection and copying. The 
public may inspect comments received at the Tongass National Forest 
Office. Please call ahead to facilitate entry into the building.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicole McMurren, Committee 
Coordinator, by phone at 907-772-5875, or by email 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 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, 
Monday through Friday.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the meeting is to:
    (1) Perform administrative tasks such as ethics training, Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (FACA) training, and discuss the committee 
members goals and interest; and
    (2) Define areas where the committee can provide the most valuable 
input for developing an ecologically, socially, and economically 
sustainable forest

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management strategy on the Tongass National Forest.
    The meeting is open to the public. The agenda will include time for 
people to make oral statements of three minutes or less. Individuals 
wishing to make an oral statement should submit a request in writing by 
July 28, 2014 to be scheduled on the agenda. Anyone who would like to 
bring related matters to the attention of the Committee may file 
written statements with the Committee's staff before or after the 
meeting. Written comments and time request for oral comments must be 
sent to Jason Anderson, Designated Federal Officer, Tongass National 
Forest, P.O. Box 309, Petersburg, Alaska 99833; by email to 
[email protected], or via facsimile to 907-772-5895. Summary/
minutes of the meeting will be posted on the Web site listed above 
within 45 days after the meeting.
    Meeting Accommodations: If you are a person requiring reasonable 
accommodation, please make requests in advance for sign language 
interpreting, assistive listening devices or other reasonable 
accommodation for access to the facility or proceedings by contacting 
the person listed in the section titled FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT. All reasonable accommodation requests are managed on a case by 
case basis.

    Dated: July 15, 2014.
Beth G. Pendleton,
Regional Forester, Alaska Region.
[FR Doc. 2014-17220 Filed 7-21-14; 8:45 am]
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