[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 213 (Wednesday, November 4, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 59507]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-29491]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Committee of Scientists Meeting
AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Committee of Scientists will hold a public teleconference
call on Thursday, November 19, 1998. The teleconference call will begin
at 2:30 p.m. and end at 5:00 p.m. (eastern standard time). The purpose
of the telephone conference call is for the Committee of Scientists to
continue discussion of its report and recommendations to the Secretary
of Agriculture and the Chief of the Forest Service. The public is
invited to attend this teleconference call and may be provided an
opportunity to comment on the Committee of Scientists' deliberations
during the teleconference, only at the request of the Committee.
DATES: The teleconference call will be held Thursday, November 19,
1998, from 2:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (eastern standard time).
ADDRESSES: The teleconference will be held at the USDA Forest Service
headquarters, Auditor's Building, 201 14th Street, S.W., Washington,
D.C., in the Roosevelt Conference Room and at all Regional Offices of
the Forest Service, which are listed in the table under SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
Written comments on improving land and resource management planning
may be sent to the Committee of Scientists, P.O. Box 2140, Corvallis,
OR 97339. Also, the Committee may be accessed via the Internet at
www.cof.orst.edu./org/scicomm/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
For additional information concerning the teleconferences, contact Bob
Cunningham, Designated Federal Official to the Committee of Scientists,
by telephone (202) 205-1523.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The public may attend the teleconference at the following field
locations:
USDA Forest Service Regional Office Locations
Region 1--Northern Region: Federal Building, 200 E Broadway, Missoula,
MT
Region 2--Rocky Mountain Region: 740 Simms St., Golden, CO
Region 3--Southwestern Region: Federal Building, 517 Gold Ave., SW,
Albuquerque, NM
Region 4--Intermountain Region: Federal Building, 324 25th St., Ogden,
UT
Region 5--Pacific Southwest Region: 630 Sansome St., San Francisco, CA
Region 6--Pacific Northwest Region: 333 SW 1st Ave., Portland, OR
Region 8--Southern Region: 1720 Peach Road NW, Atlanta, GA
Region 9--Eastern Region: 310 W. Wisconsin Ave., Room 500, Milwaukee,
WI
Region 10--Alaska Region (office will open early): Federal Office
Building, 709 W. 9th St., Juneau, AK
The Committee of Scientists is chartered to provide scientific and
technical advice to the Secretary of Agriculture and the Chief of the
Forest Service on improvements that can be made to the National Forest
System land and resource management planning process (62 FR 43691;
August 15, 1997). Notice of the names of the appointed Committee
members was published December 16, 1997 (62 FR 65795).
Dated: October 28, 1998.
Donald L. Meyer,
Acting Deputy Chief, National Forest System.
[FR Doc. 98-29491 Filed 11-3-98; 8:45 am]
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