[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 35 (Monday, February 23, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 9433]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-03566]



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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 (CFRP) 
Technical Advisory Panel (Panel) will meet in Albuquerque, New Mexico. 
The Panel is established consistent with the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C. App. II), and Title VI of the Community Forest 
Restoration Act (Pub. L. 106-393). Additional information concerning 
the Panel, including the meeting summary/minutes, can be found by 
visiting the Panel's Web site at: http://www.fs.usda.gov/goto/r3/cfrp.

DATES: The meeting will be held March 30, 2015-April 3, 2015, from 
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. All meetings are subject to cancellation. For 
updated status of the meeting prior to attendance, please contact the 
person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Hyatt Place Albuquerque/
Uptown, 6901 Arvada Avenue NE, Albuquerque, New Mexico. 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 Cooperative and 
International Forestry Office. Please call ahead at to facilitate entry 
into the building.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Walter Dunn, Designated Federal 
Official, USDA Forest Service, 333 Broadway SE., Albuquerque, New 
Mexico 87102, by phone at (505) 842-3425, by email at [email protected], 
or via fax at (505) 842-3165.
    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 Panel Bylaws, Charter, and what it means to be a Federal 
Advisory Committee,
    (2) Evaluate and score the 2015 CFRP grant applicsiotns to 
determine which ones best meet the program objectives,
    (3) Develop prioritized 2015 CFRP project funding recommendations 
for the Secretary,
    (4) Develop an agenda and identify members for the 2015 CFRP Sub-
Committee for the review of multi-party monitoring reports from 
completed projects, and
    (5) Discuss the proposal review process used by the Panel to 
identify what went well and what could be imporved.
    The meeting is open to the public. Panel discussion is limited to 
Panel members and Forest Service staff. Project proponents may make 
brief presentations to the Panel summarizing their grant application 
and respond to questions of clarification from Panel members or Forest 
Service staff. However, 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 March 23, 2015 
to be scheduled on the agenda. Anyone who would like to bring CFRP 
grant application review related matters to the attention of the Panel 
may file written statements with the Panel staff before or after each 
day of the meeting. Written comments and time requests for oral 
comments must be sent to the person listed under FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT.
    A summary 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: February 17, 2015.
Danny R. Montoya,
Acting Deputy Regional Forester.
[FR Doc. 2015-03566 Filed 2-20-15; 8:45 am]
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