[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 12 (Wednesday, January 20, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 3099]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-00882]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Forestry Research Advisory Council

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Forestry Research Advisory Council (FRAC) will meet in 
Washington, DC The Council is required by Section 1441 of the 
Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 to provide advice to the Secretary of 
Agriculture on accomplishing efficiently the purposes of the Act of 
October 10, 1962 (16 U.S.C. 582a, et seq.), commonly known as the 
McIntire-Stennis Act of 1962. The Council also provides advice relative 
to the Forest Service research program, authorized by the Forest and 
Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95-307, 92 
Stat. 353, as amended; 16 U.S.C. 1600 (note)). FRAC information can be 
found at the following Web site: http://fs.fed.us/research/about/forestry-research-council/.

DATES: The meeting will be held February 23-24, 2016, at the following 
times:

 February 23, 2016, from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
 February 24, 2016, from 8:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.

    All FRAC meetings are subject to cancellation. For status of the 
meeting prior to attendance, please contact the person listed under FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the USDA Forest Service--
Washington Office, Yates Building, Leopold Training Room (2SE01), 201 
14th Street Southwest, Washington, DC.
    Written comments may be submitted as described under SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION. All comments, including names and addresses when provided, 
are placed in the record and are available for public inspection and 
copying. The public may inspect comments received at USDA Forest 
Service--Washington Office. Please call ahead to 202-205-1665 to 
facilitate entry into the building.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: W. Stephen Hart, FRAC Designated 
Federal Officer, by phone at 202-205-0844 or via 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. Discuss current and emerging forestry and natural resources 
research issues;
    2. Provide a presentation and discussion on budget outlooks and 
program priorities of the USDA Forest Service Research and Development 
and USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture; including the 
McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Research Program; and
    3. Discuss anticipated matters that may include USDA engagement in 
natural resources-related research and education, partnerships with 
other agencies, indisciplinary research, research in urban forestry, 
wood products development, and landscape-scale forest management.
    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 request in writing by February 
16, 2016, 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 staff before or after the meeting. 
Written comments and requests for time to make oral comments must be 
sent to W. Stephen Hart, FRAC Designated Federal Officer, USDA Forest 
Service, Research and Development, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Mail 
Stop 1120, Washington, DC 20250-1120; via fascimile to 202-401-1189, or 
via email at [email protected].
    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: January 12, 2016.
Carlos Rodriguez-Franco,
Acting Deputy Chief, Research & Development.
[FR Doc. 2016-00882 Filed 1-19-16; 8:45 am]
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