[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 212 (Friday, November 3, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51212-51213]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-23987]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Meeting of the National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory 
Council

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting and listening session.

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SUMMARY: The National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council 
(Council) will meet in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Additional information 
concerning the Council can be found by visiting the Council's Web site 
at: http://www.fs.fed.us/ucf/nucfac.shtml.

DATES: The meeting will be held on the following dates and times:
     Business meeting, Monday, November 13, 2017 from 8:30 a.m. 
to 5:00 p.m. (CST), and
     Listening session, Thursday, November, 16, 2017 from 5:00 
p.m. to 6:00 p.m. (CST), or until Council business is completed. All 
meetings are subject to cancellation. For an updated status of meeting 
prior to attendance, please contact the person listed under For Further 
Information Contact.

ADDRESSES: The meeting and listening session will be held at the Hyatt 
Regency Tulsa, 101 East 2nd Street, Tulsa, OK. Monday's business 
meeting will be located in the Oklahoma South Room, First Floor--Lower 
Lobby Level. Thursday's listening session will be located in the 
Promenade D Room, Second Floor--Lobby Level.
    Written comments concerning this meeting should 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 USDA Forest Service, Sidney Yates Building., 
Room 3SC-01C, 201 14th Street SW., Washington DC, 20024. Please call 
ahead at 202-309-9873 to facilitate entry into the building.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy Stremple, Executive Staff, 
National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council, Sidney Yates 
Building, Room 3SC-01C, 201 14th Street SW., Washington, DC, 20024, by 
cell telephone at 202-309-9873, or by email at [email protected], or 
via facsimile at 202-690-5792. 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 Council is authorized under Section 9 of 
the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act (the Act), as amended by Title 
XII, Section 1219 of the Act and the Federal Advisory Committee Act 
(FACA). The purpose of the meeting is to:
    1. Approve the 2017 Accomplishment and Recommendations report;
    2. Approve the 2019 request for proposals draft and discuss the 
2018 proposals;
    3. Conduct a listening session with constituents on community and 
urban forestry concerns and opportunities;
    4. Provide updates on the implementation of the Ten Year Urban 
Forestry Action Plan (2016-2026); and
    5. Receive Forest Service budget and program updates.
    The meeting and listening session are open to the public. The 
Monday meeting agenda will include time for people to make oral 
statements of three minutes or less. The listening session is an open 
agenda. Individuals wishing to

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make an oral statement at the Monday business meeting should submit a 
request in writing by Tuesday November 7, 2017, to be scheduled on the 
agenda. Council discussion is limited to Forest Service staff and 
Council members, however anyone who would like to bring urban and 
community forestry matters to the attention of the Council may file 
written statements with the Council's staff before or after the 
meeting. Written comments and time requests for oral comments must be 
sent to Nancy Stemple, Executive Staff, National Urban and Community 
Forestry Advisory Council, Sidney Yates Building, Room 3SC-01C, 201 
14th Street SW., Washington, DC, 20024, or by 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: October 27, 2017.
Vicki Christiansen,
Deputy Chief, State and Private Forestry.
[FR Doc. 2017-23987 Filed 11-2-17; 8:45 am]
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