[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 227 (Friday, November 22, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 59400]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-29924]
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Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 227 / Friday, November 22, 1996 /
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Office of the Secretary
California Spotted Owl Advisory Committee
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, USDA.
ACTION: Notice; establishment and request for nominations.
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SUMMARY: The Secretary of Agriculture is establishing an advisory
committee to review a preliminary revised Draft Environmental Impact
Statement for Managing California Spotted Owl Habitat in the Sierra
Nevada National Forests of California. The Advisory Committee's final
report is due to the Secretary of Agriculture no later than September
30, 1997. Nominations of persons to serve on the Advisory Committee are
invited.
DATES: Nominations for membership on the Committee must be received in
writing by December 9, 1996.
ADDRESSES: Send nominations for membership on the Committee to the
Director, Land Management Planning, MAIL STOP 1104, Forest Service,
P.O. Box 96090, Washington, DC 20090-6090.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jonathan Stephens, Land Management Planning Staff, Forest Service,
telephone: (202) 205-0948.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee
Act (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is hereby given that the Secretary of
Agriculture intends to establish a California Spotted Owl Federal
Advisory Committee (Committee). The purpose of the Advisory Committee
is to review and evaluate the preliminary revised Draft Environmental
Impact Statement (DEIS) and make recommendations on how the DEIS
integrates the information recently published in the Sierra Nevada
Ecosystem Project Report (SNEP) with the forest planning alternatives.
The Committee will also examine the planning models, assumptions,
analytical processes, and statistical treatment of information used to
develop and support management actions in the preliminary revised DEIS.
In addition, the Committee will review other scientific information
brought to the Committee's attention that may pertain to the management
of National Forest System lands in the Sierra Nevada ecosystem. The
Committee will make recommendations to the Secretary on additional
analysis and how the Forest Service should proceed regarding the
release of a revised DEIS for public comment
The Secretary has determined that the work of the Advisory
Committee is in the public interest and relevant to the duties of the
Department of Agriculture.
Membership in the Committee will consist of individuals with the
scientific and analytical expertise in the areas of the California
Spotted Owl, the Sierra Nevada ecosystem, silviculture, fire ecology,
aquatic ecology, fur-bearers, cumulative effects, and other areas
necessary to represent all aspects of resource management.
Representatives from the Forest Service team which has prepared the
preliminary revised DEIS, as well as other Forest Service resource
specialists and scientists, will be available to serve as consultants
to facilitate review. Nominations to the Committee should describe and
document the proposed member's qualifications for membership on the
Advisory Committee.
Appointments to the Advisory Committee will be made by the
Secretary of Agriculture. Equal opportunity practices will be followed
in all appointments to the Advisory Committee. To ensure that the
recommendations of the Advisory Committee have taken into account the
needs of the diverse groups served by the Department, membership will
include, to the extent practicable, individuals with demonstrated
ability to represent minorities, women, and persons with disabilities.
Dated: November 18, 1996.
Wardell C. Townsend, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary for Administration.
[FR Doc. 96-29924 Filed 11-21-96; 8:45 am]
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