National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council, 5982 [2016-02143]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
• Forest Service

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 23 (Thursday, February 4, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 5982]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-02143]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council 
(Council) will meet in Washington, DC. The Council is authorized under 
Section 9 of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act, as amended by 
Title XII, Section 1219 of Public Law 101-624 (the Act) (16 U.S.C. 
2105g) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (5 U.S.C. App. 
II). Additional information concerning the Council, can be found by 
visiting the Council's Web site at: https://www.fs.fed.us/ucf/nucfac.shtml.

DATES: The meeting will be held on the following dates and times:
     Tuesday, March 15, 2016, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST
     Wednesday, March 16, 2016, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. 
EST
or until Council business is completed. All meetings are subject to 
cancellation. For an updated status of meeting prior to attendance, 
please contact the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Forest Service Headquarters, 
Sidney Yates Building, Pinchote Conference Room, Second Floor, 201 14th 
Street SW., Washington, DC 20024. Written comments concerning this 
meeting should 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, Sidney Yates Building, Room 3SC-01C, 201 14th Street 
SW., Washington, DC 20024. Please call ahead at 202-205-7829 to 
facilitate entry into the building.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy Stremple, Executive Staff, 
National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council, Sidney Yates 
Building, Room 3SC-01C, 201 14th Street SW., Washington, DC 20024, by 
telephone at 202-205-7829, or by email at nstremple@fs.fed.us, or by 
cell phone at 202-309-9873, or via facsimile at 202-690-5792. 
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., Eastern Standard Time, Monday through 
Friday.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the meeting is to:
    1. Introduce new members;
    2. Finalize the 2016 Work Plan;
    3. Update status of the 2017 grant categories;
    4. Listen to local constituents urban forestry concerns;
    5. Present the 10-year action plan (2016-2026) to leadership;
    6. Receive Forest Service budget and program updates; and
    7. Initiate the 2016 Accomplishments/Recommendations report.
    The meeting is 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 submit a request in writing by 
February 3, 2016, to be scheduled on the agenda. Council discussion is 
limited to Forest Service staff and Council members, however anyone who 
would like to bring urban and community forestry matters to the 
attention of the Council may file written statements with the Council's 
staff before or after the meeting. Written comments and time requests 
for oral comments must be sent to Nancy Stemple, Executive Staff, 
National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council, Sidney Yates 
Building, Room 3SC-01C, 201 14th Street SW., Washington, DC 20024, or 
by email at nstremple@fs.fed.us.
    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: January 21, 2016.
Steven W. Koehn,
Director, Cooperative Forestry.
[FR Doc. 2016-02143 Filed 2-3-16; 8:45 am]
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