[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 220 (Thursday, November 18, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 64448]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-25107]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Southwest Montana Resource Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Forest Service, Agriculture (USDA).

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Southwest Montana 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 to make recommendations 
on recreation fee proposals for sites on the Beaverhead-Deerlodge 
National Forest within Beaverhead, Jefferson, Madison, and Silver Bow 
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/bdnf/workingtogether/advisorycommittees.

DATES: The virtual meetings will be held on:
     December 13, 2021, 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., Mountain Standard 
Time; and
     December 14, 2021, 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., Mountain Standard 
Time.
    All RAC meetings are subject to cancellation. For status of the 
meetings prior to attendance, please contact the person listed under 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held virtually via telephone and/or 
video conference. Details on how members of the public can join the 
meetings can be found at the website link in the above Summary.
    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 upon request.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cheri Ford, Designated Federal Officer 
(DFO), by phone at 406-683-3973 or email at [email protected] or 
Jeanne Dawson, RAC Coordinartor, at 406-683-3987 or email at 
[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, 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 proponents and discuss Title II 
project proposals;
    2. Make funding recommendations on Title II projects;
    3. Discuss recreation fee proposals for developed recreation sites; 
and
    4. Make recommendations on fees for the recreation fee proposals.
    The meetings are 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 make a request in 
writing by Monday, November 29, 2021, to be scheduled on the agenda for 
a 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 Jeanne Dawson, RAC 
Coordinator, 420 Barrett Street, Dillon, MT 59725 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. 2021-25107 Filed 11-17-21; 8:45 am]
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