Black Hills National Forest Advisory Board; Meeting, 59337-59338 [2013-23451]

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• DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
• Forest Service

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 187 (Thursday, September 26, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59337-59338]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-23451]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Black Hills National Forest Advisory Board; Meeting

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Black Hills National Forest Advisory Board (Board) will 
meet in Rapid City, South Dakota. The Board is established consistent 
with the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C. App. II) 
(FACA), and the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act 
of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1600 et.seq.) (RPA), the National Forest Management 
Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 1612) (NFMA), and the Federal Public Lands 
Recreation Enhancement Act (Pub. L. 108-447) (REA). The purpose of the 
Board is to provide advice and recommendations on a broad range of 
forest issues such as forest plan revisions or amendments and forest 
health, including fire and mountain pine beetle epidemics, travel 
management, forest monitoring and evaluation, recreation fees, and 
site-specific projects having forest-wide implications. The meeting is 
open to the public. The purpose of the meeting is: (1) To provide 
information to, and receive comments and recommendations from the Board 
regarding recreational facility operations, motorized travel permit 
fees, mountain pine beetle management actions; and (2) to provide an 
update to the Board regarding management actions resulting from 
completion of the Cave Management Environmental Impact Statement.

DATES: The meeting will be held October 16, 2013, at 1:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Forest Service Mystic Ranger 
District Office, 8221 South Highway 16, Rapid City SD. Written comments 
may be submitted as described under Supplementary Information. All 
comments, including names and addresses when provided, are placed in 
the record and are available for public inspection and copying. The 
public may inspect comments received at the Supervisor's Office, Black 
Hills National Forest, 1019 North Fifth Street, Custer, SD. Please call 
ahead to Scott Jacobson,

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Committee Management Officer, at 605-673-9216, to facilitate entry into 
the building to view comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scott Jacobson, Committee Management 
Officer, Black Hills National Forest Supervisor's Office, 605-673-9216, 
sjjacobson@fs.fed.us. 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 following business will be conducted: 
(1) Orientation to Forest Funding including appropriations and trends, 
(2) an update and discussion on recreational facility operations, (3) a 
discussion regarding travel management activities and fees; (4) a 
discussion regarding the mountain pine beetle response project; (5) an 
update on management actions resulting from the White Nose Syndrome in 
Bats/Cave Management Environmental Impact Statement. Anyone who would 
like to bring related matters to the attention of the committee may 
file written statements with the committee staff before the meeting. 
The agenda will include time for people to make oral statements of 
three minutes or less. Individuals wishing to make an oral statement 
should request in writing by October 2, 2013, to be scheduled on the 
agenda. Written comments and time requests for oral comments must be 
sent to Scott Jacobson, Supervisor's Office, Black Hills National 
Forest, 1019 North Fifth Street, Custer, SD 57730, or by email to 
sjjacobson@fs.fed.us, or via facsimile to 605-673-9208. A summary of 
the meeting will be posted at https://www.fs.usda.gov/main/blackhills/workingtogether/advisorycommittees within 45 days of the meeting.
    Meeting Accommodations: If you require sign language interpreting, 
assistive listening devices, or other reasonable accommodation, please 
request this in advance of the meeting 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: September 19, 2013.
Dennis L. Jaeger,
Acting Forest Supervisor.
[FR Doc. 2013-23451 Filed 9-25-13; 8:45 am]
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