Forest Counties Payments Committee Meeting, 11574-11575 [E6-3242]

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Number of Respondents: 491. Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion. Total Burden Hours: 907. Charlene Parker, Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer. [FR Doc. E6–3278 Filed 3–7–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–02–P DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Forest Service Forest Counties Payments Committee Meeting Forest Service, USDA. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: SUMMARY: The Forest Counties Payments Committee has scheduled a business meeting to discuss how it will provide Congress with the information specified in Section 320 of the Fiscal Year 2001 Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. The meeting is open to the public. DATES: The meeting will be held on April 7, 2006, from 9 a.m. until 12 p.m. ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Silver Baron E Conference Room, mezzanine level, at the Silver Legacy, 407 North Virginia Street, Reno, NV 89501. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Randle G. Phillips, Executive Director, Forest Counties Payments Committee, at (202) 208–6574 or via e-mail at rphillips01@fs.fed.us. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 320 of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2001 created the Forest Counties Payments Committee to make recommendations to Congress on a long-term solution for making Federal payments to eligible States and counties in which Federal lands are situated. The Committee will consider the impact on eligible States and counties of revenues from the historic multiple use of Federal lands; evaluate the economic, environmental, and social benefits E:\FR\FM\08MRN1.SGM 08MRN1 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 45 / Wednesday, March 8, 2006 / Notices which accrue to counties containing Federal lands; evaluate the expenditures by counties on activities occuring on Federal lands, which are Federal responsibilities; and monitor payments and implementation of The Secure Rural Schools and Community SelfDetermination Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106– 393). BILLING CODE 3410–11–P ACTION: Notice of public hearings. Federal Trade Commission, Headquarters Room 432, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. ADDRESSES: Forest Service Mendocino Resource Advisory Committee Forest Service, USDA. Notice of meeting. SUMMARY: The Mendocino County Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet March 17, 2006 in Willits, California. Agenda items to be covered include: (1) Approval of minutes, (2) Public Comment, (3) Sub-Committees, (4) Discussion—items of interest, (5) Next agenda and meeting date. DATES: The meeting will be held on March 17, 2006, from 9 a.m. until 12 noon. The meeting will be held at the Mendocino County Museum, located at 400 E. Commercial St., Willits, California. ADDRESSES: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Hurt, Committee Coordinator, USDA, Mendocino National Forest, Covelo Ranger District, 78150 Covelo Road, Covelo, CA 95428. (707) 983– 8503; E-mail rhurt@fs.fed.us. The meeting is open to the public. Persons who wish to bring matters to the attention of the Committee may file written statements with the Committee staff by March 12, 2006. Public comment will have the opportunity to address the committee at the meeting. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: erjones on PROD1PC68 with NOTICES Antitrust Modernization Commission. AGENCY: DATES: March 21, 2006, 10 a.m. to 12 noon. 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By direction of the Antitrust Modernization Commission. Andrew J. Heimert, Executive Director & General Counsel, Antitrust Modernization Commission. [FR Doc. E6–3259 Filed 3–7–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6820–YH–P VerDate Aug<31>2005 15:53 Mar 07, 2006 Jkt 208001 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 11575 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Bureau of the Census Census Advisory Committee on the African American Population AGENCY: Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce. ACTION: Notice of charter renewal. SUMMARY: The Bureau of the Census (Census Bureau) is giving notice that it has renewed the Census Advisory Committee on the African American Population. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeri Green, Committee Liaison Officer, Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Room 3627, Federal Office Building 3, Washington, DC 20233, telephone (301) 763–2070, TTY (301) 457–2540. 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[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 8, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11574-11575]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-3242]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Forest Counties Payments Committee Meeting

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Forest Counties Payments Committee has scheduled a 
business meeting to discuss how it will provide Congress with the 
information specified in Section 320 of the Fiscal Year 2001 Interior 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. The meeting is open to the 
public.

DATES: The meeting will be held on April 7, 2006, from 9 a.m. until 12 
p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Silver Baron E Conference 
Room, mezzanine level, at the Silver Legacy, 407 North Virginia Street, 
Reno, NV 89501.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Randle G. Phillips, Executive 
Director, Forest Counties Payments Committee, at (202) 208-6574 or via 
e-mail at rphillips01@fs.fed.us.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 320 of the Interior and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act of 2001 created the Forest Counties 
Payments Committee to make recommendations to Congress on a long-term 
solution for making Federal payments to eligible States and counties in 
which Federal lands are situated. The Committee will consider the 
impact on eligible States and counties of revenues from the historic 
multiple use of Federal lands; evaluate the economic, environmental, 
and social benefits

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which accrue to counties containing Federal lands; evaluate the 
expenditures by counties on activities occuring on Federal lands, which 
are Federal responsibilities; and monitor payments and implementation 
of The Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 
2000 (Pub. L. 106-393).

    Dated: February 28, 2006.
Timothy Decoster,
Director, Legislative Affairs.
[FR Doc. E6-3242 Filed 3-7-06; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410-11-P
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