[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 2 (Monday, January 5, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 206]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-30792]


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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 
Juneau, 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 summary/
minutes, can be found by visiting the Committee's Web site at: http://www.fs.usda.gov/goto/R10/Tongass/TAC. The meeting is open to the 
public.

DATES: The meeting will be held on:
     January 20, 2015 from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (AKDT).
     January 21, 2015 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (AKDT).
     January 22, 2015 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (AKDT).
     January 23, 2015 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (AKDT).
    All meetings are subject to change and cancellation. For updated 
status of the meetings prior to attendance, please visit the Web site 
listed in the SUMMARY section, or contact the person listed under FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Aspen Suites Hotel, 8400 
Airport Blvd., Juneau, Alaska 99801. 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) Review themes and suggestions in written and verbal public 
comments that have been submitted to the Committee to date;
    (2) Review protocols and procedures for formalizing and forwarding 
Committee recommendations;
    (3) Clarify perspectives and interests with regards to where and 
how young growth should be harvested;
    (4) Refine list of possible implementation strategy topics/work 
group assignment(s) in anticipation of future deliberations on those 
topics; and
    (5) Revisit goals, dates, locations and logistics for upcoming 
meetings.
    Recommendations and advice may directly inform the development of a 
proposed action for modification of the 2008 Tongass Land Management 
Plan. In addition, there will be time allotted on the agenda for oral 
public comment. Those interested in providing comment orally can 
register at the meeting. 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 should 
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: December 23, 2014.
Jason Anderson,
Deputy Forest Supervisor, Tongass National Forest.
[FR Doc. 2014-30792 Filed 1-2-15; 8:45 am]
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