Land Between The Lakes Advisory Board, 34886-34887 [2015-14997]

Download as PDF 34886 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 117 / Thursday, June 18, 2015 / Notices tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES wildlife, and protected species as sensitive lands or those with higher environmental benefits could be targeted. Soils, surface and groundwater, wetlands, and floodplains would benefit similarly and would also be positively impacted by reduced fertilizer and pesticide usage and lower demands on groundwater for irrigation. Recreation related to wildlife would be expected to benefit from targeting environmentally sensitive areas that benefit wildlife and habitats and surface water quality on and adjacent to CRP lands. Air quality would benefit from enrollment in CRP through reduced emissions from equipment, greater soil stability, and increased potential for long-term carbon sequestration as compared to typical agricultural production. No effect to socioeconomic conditions is anticipated to result from use of targeted enrollment; however, general social benefits from conservation would be realized. Overall, it is expected that using targeted enrollment could increase the quality of lands enrolled in CRP, resulting in greater environmental benefits. Targeted enrollment could provide long-term benefits to areas of sensitive vegetative communities, wildlife habitat, or water quality. Such benefits could occur throughout the U.S. in any ecoregion where targeting occurred. Installation and maintenance of CPs could create temporary, short-term negative impacts while the work was ongoing to resources, including vegetation, wildlife, protected species, soils, surface and groundwater, floodplains, wetlands, and air quality. However, all activities would be specified in Conservation Plans, designed by NRCS, which reflect local conditions and needs for each tract of land enrolled. Once CPs are established, long-term beneficial impacts to resources would be realized. Managed Harvesting and Routine Grazing Frequencies Managed harvesting would be allowed to occur no more frequently than once every 3 years, but not less frequently than once in 5 years. This would require four states (California, Colorado, Arizona, and Nevada) that currently allow managed harvesting once every 10 years to have more frequent managed harvesting on new contracts where managed harvesting would be used to maintain CRP. The 2014 Farm Bill allows for the State Technical Committees (STCs) to establish routine grazing frequencies of not more than once every 2 years. More frequent harvesting and grazing could reduce the growing period between VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:53 Jun 17, 2015 Jkt 235001 harvests, which may cause short-term negative impacts to some types of vegetation, potentially affecting wildlife habitat, soil stability, and any adjacent wetlands, floodplains, or surface waters. Activities with direct impacts would vary by ecoregion and species composition. Long-term benefits of harvesting and grazing include maintaining early succession stages, and improving species diversity, composition, and function. Wildlife adapted to early successional habitats could benefit from more frequent harvesting and grazing. Grazing could negatively affect wildlife through displacement or competition for food resources. Both grazing and haying could result in direct mortality to some wildlife species. Protected species are not expected to be affected as site specific Environmental Evaluations on Conservation Plans would determine the presence of protected species and ensure no impacts occur. No effects to groundwater, air quality, recreation, or socioeconomic resources are anticipated. When performed in accordance with established guidelines, managed harvesting can be an effective tool for maintaining early successional stages of vegetative communities. Emergency Haying and Grazing on Additional CP Consecutive years of emergency haying or grazing on the same acreage would reduce the growth period and could result in long-term negative impacts to some types of vegetation, in turn affecting wildlife. Impacts to wildlife could also include direct mortality and competition for food resources. No impacts to protected species are expected due to use of sitespecific Environmental Evaluations. As with managed harvesting and routine grazing, short-term impacts to soils could occur from reduced vegetation growth affecting the stability of soils. Short-term impacts to surface waters, floodplains, and wetlands could occur from increased runoff, however, adherence to site-specific NRCS Conservation Plans and oversight by STC would reduce the potential for long-term impacts to these resources. No impacts to groundwater are anticipated. In the short-term, consecutive years of emergency haying and grazing could reduce the carbon sequestration potential of CRP vegetation. Socioeconomic benefits would result from enabling producers to maintain herds during severe droughts. Rationale for Decision No significant impacts would occur from implementation of the Proposed PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Action and no significant adverse cumulative impacts are expected. Potential negative impacts will be minimized by employment of best management practices specified in Conservation Plans and through the use of site-specific Environmental Evaluations. Val Dolcini, Administrator, Farm Service Agency, and Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit Corporation. [FR Doc. 2015–14988 Filed 6–17–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–05–P DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Forest Service Land Between The Lakes Advisory Board Forest Service, USDA. Notice of meeting. AGENCY: ACTION: The Land Between The Lakes Advisory Board (Board) will meet in Golden Pond, Kentucky. The Board is authorized under Section 450 of the Land Between The Lakes Protection Act of 1998 (Act) and operates in compliance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The purpose of the Board is to advise the Secretary of Agriculutre on the means of promoting public participation for the land and resource management plan for the recreation area; and environmental education. Additional Board information, including the meeting agenda and the meeting summary/ minutes can be found at the following Web site: https:// www.landbetweenthelakes.us/about/ working-together/. DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, July 22, 2015. All Board meetings are subject to cancellation. For status of meeting prior to attendance, please contact the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. SUMMARY: The meeting will be held at the Land Between The Lakes Administration Building, 100 Van Morgran Drive, Golden Pond, Kentucky. 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 Land Between The Lakes Adminstrative Building. Please call ahead to facilitate entry into the building. ADDRESSES: E:\FR\FM\18JNN1.SGM 18JNN1 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 117 / Thursday, June 18, 2015 / Notices FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Linda L. Taylor, Board Coordinator, by phone at 270–924–2002 or via email at lltaylor@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 purpose of the meeting is: (1) Discuss Environmental Education; and (2) Effectively communicate future land management plan activities. The meeting is open to the public. Board discussion is limited to Forest Service staff and Board members. Written comments are invited and should be sent to Tina Tilley, Area Supervisor, Land Between The Lakes, 100 Van Morgan Drive, Golden Pond, Kentucky 42211; and must be received by July 8, 2015, in order for copies to be provided to the members for this meeting. Board members will review written comments received, and at their request, oral clarification may be requested for a future meeting. 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: June 11, 2015. Tina R. Tilley, Area Supervisor, Land Between The Lakes. [FR Doc. 2015–14997 Filed 6–17–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3411–15–P COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS Sunshine Act Meeting Notice United States Commission on Civil Rights. ACTION: Notice of Commission Business Meeting. AGENCY: Date and Time: Monday, June 29, 2015; 10:00 a.m. EST. ADDRESSES: Place: 1331 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Suite 1150, Washington, DC. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lenore Ostrowsky, Acting Chief, Public Affairs Unit (202) 376–8591. Hearing-impaired persons who will attend the briefing and require the tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES DATES: VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:10 Jun 17, 2015 Jkt 235001 34887 services of a sign language interpreter should contact Pamela Dunston at (202) 376–8105 or at signlanguage@usccr.gov at least seven business days before the scheduled date of the meeting. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: • Kentucky • Virginia V. Adjourn Meeting Meeting Agenda [FR Doc. 2015–15120 Filed 6–16–15; 4:15 pm] This meeting is open to the public. I. Approval of Agenda II. Program Planning • Housekeeping: Read into the record—Notional votes undertaken by Commission a. Vote to confirm President’s nomination of USCCR Staff Director, Mauro A. Morales b. Vote to extend the police briefing comment period for an additional 30 days • Discussion and vote on updated 2015 Statutory Enforcement Report Timeline • Discussion and vote on Commission Statement commemorating the anniversary of the ADA • Discussion and vote on Commission Statement commemorating the anniversary of the Voting Rights Act • Vote to approve Commission letter to EOIR re: Lack of notice to released detainees on court date therefore expediting deportations • Discussion and vote on Commission letter to Texas Department of Health Services re: Denial of birth certificates to U.S. born children of immigrant parents • Discussion and vote on Letter by Commission responding to Congressional request to update Native American report • Discussion and vote on Letter by Commission responding to Congressional delegation letter re: Workplace Discrimination briefing • Discussion and vote on Commission proclamation to remember Louis Nunez, former USCCR staff director • Discussion on how to recommit the Commission to planning the commemoration of the 13th & 14th amendments • Discussion and vote on Commission involvement in National Civil Rights Conference organized by EPA and USDA • Discussion on the process by which we will proceed on FY 2016 projects. III. Management and Operations • Staff Director Report • Report by SAC Chairs for Missouri and New York • Report on status of pending reports and reports voted to be revised IV. State Advisory Committee (SAC) Appointments PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 9990 Dated: June 16, 2015. David Mussatt, Chief, Regional Programs Unit. BILLING CODE 6335–01–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE [Docket No.: 150403337–5517–02] Privacy Act New System of Records Office of Inspector General (OIG), Department of Commerce (DOC). AGENCY: Notice; Commerce/Department– 12, OIG Investigative Records. ACTION: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) publishes this notice to announce the effective date of a Privacy Act System of Records entitled Commerce/Department–12, OIG Investigative Records. The notice of proposed amendment to this system of records was published in the Federal Register on May 7, 2015. SUMMARY: The system of records becomes effective on June 18, 2015. DATES: For a copy of the system of records please mail requests to the OIG Office of Counsel, Room 7896, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; by email to OIGCounsel@ oig.doc.gov; or by facsimile to (202) 501–7335. ADDRESSES: The OIG Office of Counsel, Room 7896, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; by email to OIGCounsel@ oig.doc.gov; or by facsimile to (202) 501–7335. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: On May 7, 2015, the Department of Commerce published and requested comments on a proposed Privacy Act System of Records entitled Commerce/Department–12, OIG Investigative Records (80 FR 26217). No comments were received in response to the request for comments. By this notice, the Department is adopting the proposed system as final without changes effective June 18, 2015. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Dated: June 15, 2015. Brenda Dolan, Freedom of Information and Privacy Act Officer, U.S. Department of Commerce. [FR Doc. 2015–15020 Filed 6–17–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–55–P E:\FR\FM\18JNN1.SGM 18JNN1

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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 117 (Thursday, June 18, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34886-34887]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-14997]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Land Between The Lakes Advisory Board

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Land Between The Lakes Advisory Board (Board) will meet in 
Golden Pond, Kentucky. The Board is authorized under Section 450 of the 
Land Between The Lakes Protection Act of 1998 (Act) and operates in 
compliance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The purpose of the 
Board is to advise the Secretary of Agriculutre on the means of 
promoting public participation for the land and resource management 
plan for the recreation area; and environmental education. Additional 
Board information, including the meeting agenda and the meeting 
summary/minutes can be found at the following Web site: https://www.landbetweenthelakes.us/about/working-together/.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, July 22, 2015.
    All Board meetings are subject to cancellation. For status of 
meeting prior to attendance, please contact the person listed under FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Land Between The Lakes 
Administration Building, 100 Van Morgran Drive, Golden Pond, Kentucky.
    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 Land Between The 
Lakes Adminstrative Building. Please call ahead to facilitate entry 
into the building.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Linda L. Taylor, Board Coordinator, by 
phone at 270-924-2002 or via email at lltaylor@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 purpose of the meeting is:
    (1) Discuss Environmental Education; and
    (2) Effectively communicate future land management plan activities.
    The meeting is open to the public. Board discussion is limited to 
Forest Service staff and Board members. Written comments are invited 
and should be sent to Tina Tilley, Area Supervisor, Land Between The 
Lakes, 100 Van Morgan Drive, Golden Pond, Kentucky 42211; and must be 
received by July 8, 2015, in order for copies to be provided to the 
members for this meeting. Board members will review written comments 
received, and at their request, oral clarification may be requested for 
a future meeting.
    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: June 11, 2015.
Tina R. Tilley,
Area Supervisor, Land Between The Lakes.
[FR Doc. 2015-14997 Filed 6-17-15; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3411-15-P
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