[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 210 (Friday, October 30, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 66866]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-27640]


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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 (FACA) (5 U.S.C. App. 2). 
Committee recommendations and advice may directly inform the 
development of a proposed action for modification of the 2008 Tongass 
Land Management Plan. Additional information concerning the Committee 
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:
     Tuesday, December 1, 2015 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 
(AKDT).
     Wednesday, December 2, 2015 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 
(AKDT).
     Thursday, December 3, 2015 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 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 Best Western Landing Hotel, 
Sunny Point Ball Room, 3434 Tongass Avenue, Ketchikan, Alaska 99901. 
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 at 907-225-3101 to facilitate 
entry into the building.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marina Whitacre, Committee 
Coordinator, by phone at 907-772-5934, 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 meetings is to:
    1. Review Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Tongass 
National Forest Plan Amendment;
    2. Decide whether or not to amend the package of draft 
recommendations that was approved in May, 2015; and
    3. Finalize TAC input regarding the Implementation and Monitoring 
Council.
    The meetings are open to the public. For members of the public who 
are not able to attend the meeting in-person, but are interested in 
listening to the deliberations, a teleconference line will be 
available. Details regarding how to access the conference line will be 
posted at www.merid.org/tongassadvisorycommittee within 24 hours of the 
meeting start time.
    The agenda will include time for people to make oral statements of 
three minutes or less. Time is allotted for oral statements on 
Wednesday, December 2, 2015, between 8:30 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. 
Individuals wishing to make an oral statement should 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 must be 
sent to Jason Anderson, Designated Federal Officer, Tongass National 
Forest, P.O. Box 309, Petersburg, Alaska 99833; by email at 
[email protected]; or via facsimile at 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: October 20, 2015.
Jason C. Anderson,
Deputy Forest Supervisor, Tongass National Forest.
[FR Doc. 2015-27640 Filed 10-29-15; 8:45 am]
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