[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 219 (Wednesday, November 17, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64181-64182]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-25089]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Chippewa National Forest Resource Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Forest Service, Agriculture (USDA).

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Chippewa Natonal Forest Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) 
will hold two virtual meetings by phone and/or video conference. The 
committee is authorized under the Secure Rural Schools and Community 
Self-Determination Act (the Act) and operates in compliance with the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act. The purpose of the committee is to 
improve collaborative relationships and to provide advice and 
recommendations to the Forest Service concerning projects and funding 
consistent with Title II of the Act as well as make recommendations on 
recreation fee proposals for sites on the Chippewa National Forest 
within Beltrami, Cass, and Itasca Counties, consistent with the Federal 
Lands Recreation Enhancement Act. RAC information and virtual meeting 
information can be found at the following website: https://www.fs.usda.gov/main/chippewa/workingtogether/advisorycommittees.

DATES: The meetings will be held on December 14, 2021 and December 16, 
2021, from 6:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m., Central Standard Time.
    All RAC meetings are subject to cancellation. For the status of a 
meeting prior to attendance, please contact the person listed under FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held with virtual attendance only. Call 
in number: (audio only) +1 202-650-0123, Phone ID: 634 773 244#.
    Written comments may be submitted as described under SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION. All comments, including names and addresses when provided,

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are placed in the record and are available for public inspection and 
copying. The public may inspect comments received upon request.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Todd Tisler, RAC Coordinator, by phone 
at 218-335-8629 or email to [email protected].
    Individuals who use telecommunication devices for the deaf/hard-of-
hearing (TDD) may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-
8339 between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., 24 hours a day, every day of the 
year, including holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the meetings are to:
    1. Hear from Title II project applicants and discuss project 
proposals;
    2. Make funding reccomendations on Title II projects;
    3. Approve meeting minutes; and
    4. Schedule the next meeting.
    The meetings are open to the public. The agendas will include time 
for people to make oral statements of three minutes or less. 
Individuals wishing to make an oral statement at any meeting should 
request in writing by December 1, 2021, to be scheduled on the agenda 
for that particular meeting. 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 for oral comments must be sent to Todd Tisler, 
Chippewa National Forest, 200 Ash Avenue NW, Cass Lake, MN 56633; or by 
email to [email protected].
    Meeting Accommodations: Please make requests in advance for sign 
language interpreter services, assistive listening devices, or other 
reasonable accommodation. For access to proceedings, please contact the 
person listed in the section titled FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 
All reasonable accommodation requests are managed on a case-by-case 
basis.
    Equal opportunity practices, in line with USDA policies, will be 
followed in all membership appointments to the RAC. To help ensure that 
recommendations of the RAC have taken into account the needs of the 
diverse groups served by the Department, membership shall include, to 
the extent practicable, individuals with demonstrated ability to 
represent minorities, women, and persons with disabilities.
    The USDA prohibits discrimination in all of its programs and 
activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, 
gender identity (including gender expression), sexual orientation, 
disability, age, marital status, family/parental status, political 
beliefs, income derived from a public assistance program, or reprisal 
or retaliation for prior civil rights activity in any program or 
activity conducted or funded by USDA (not all bases apply to all 
programs).

    Dated: November 12, 2021.
Cikena Reid,
USDA Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-25089 Filed 11-16-21; 8:45 am]
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