2018-00426. National Advisory Committee for Implementation of the National Forest System Land Management Planning Rule

AGENCY:

Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION:

Notice of meetings.

SUMMARY:

The National Advisory Committee for Implementation of the National Forest System Land Management Planning Rule Committee (Committee) will meet in Washington, DC. Attendees may also listen via webinar and/or conference call. The Committee operates in compliance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). Additional information relating to the Committee, including the meeting summary/minutes, can be found by visiting the Committee's website at: http://www.fs.usda.gov/​main/​planningrule/​committee.

DATES:

The meetings will be held in-person and streamed via webinar/conference call on the following dates and times:

• Tuesday, January 30, 2018, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST)
• Wednesday, January 31, 2018, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST
• Thursday, February 1, 2018, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. EST

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

ADDRESSES:

The meeting will be held at the USDA Forest Service, International Programs Office, 1 Thomas Circle NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20005. For anyone who would like to attend via webinar and/or conference call, please visit http://www.fs.usda.gov/​main/​planningrule/​committee,, or contact the person listed in the section titled FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 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 USDA Forest Service Washington Office—Yates Building, 201 14th Street SW, Mail Stop 1104, Washington, DC 20250-1104. Please call ahead to facilitate entry into the building.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Crystal Merica, Committee Coordinator, by phone at 202-205-3562, or by email at [e-mail]. 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. EST, Monday through Friday.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The purpose of this meeting is to:

1. Continue deliberations on formulating advice for the Secretary;

2. Discuss Committee work group findings;

3. Hear public comments; and

4. Conduct administrative tasks.

This meeting is open to the public. The agenda will include time for people to make oral comments of three minutes or less. Individuals wishing to make an oral comment should submit a request in writing by January 26, 2018, 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's staff before or after the meeting. Written comments and time requests for oral comments must be sent to

Crystal Merica, USDA Forest Service, Ecosystem Management Coordination, 201 14th Street SW, Mail Stop 1104, Washington, DC, 20250-1104, or by email at [e-mail]. The agenda and summary of the meeting will be posted on the Committee's website within 21 days of 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: December 29, 2017.

Glenn Casamassa,

Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest System.