Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail Advisory Council, 55828 [2015-23410]

Download as PDF 55828 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 180 / Thursday, September 17, 2015 / Notices Dated: September 10, 2015. Glenn Casamassa, Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest System. [FR Doc. 2015–23327 Filed 9–16–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3411–15–P DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Forest Service Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail Advisory Council Forest Service, USDA. Notice of meeting. AGENCY: ACTION: The Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail Advisory Council (Council) will meet in Sandpoint, Idaho. The Council is authorized under Section 5(d) of the National Trails System Act of 1968 (Act) and operates in compliance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). Additional information concerning the Council, including the meeting summary/ minutes, can be found by visiting the Council’s Web site at: https:// www.fs.usda.gov/main/pnt/workingtogether/advisory-committees. DATES: The meeting will be held on the following dates and times: • Wednesday, October 14, 2015 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. PDT • Thursday, October 15, 2015 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. PDT All meetings are subject to cancellation. For 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 Best Western Edgewater Resort, 56 Bridge Street, Sandpoint, Idaho. Written comments may 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 Pacific Northwest Regional Office of the United States Forest Service: 1220 SW 3rd Avenue, Portland, OR 97204. Please call ahead at 503–808–2468 to facilitate entry into the building. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matt McGrath, Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail Program Manager, by phone at 425–583–9304, or by email at mtmcgrath@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 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, Monday through Friday. tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:30 Sep 16, 2015 Jkt 235001 The purpose of the meeting is to provide: 1. Overview of legislation, policy, and interagency planning requirements for National Scenic Trails; 2. Discussion of planning approach, process, and schedule for the Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail comprehensive plan; and 3. Recommendations regarding the work, priorities, and schedule for the Advisory Council. 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 October 2, 2015, to be scheduled on the agenda. Anyone who would like to bring related 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 Matt McGrath, Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail Program Manager, 2930 Wetmore Avenue, Suite 3A, Everett, Washington 98201, or by email to mtmcgrath@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. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Dated: September 10, 2015. Dianne C. Guidry, Deputy Regional Forester. [FR Doc. 2015–23410 Filed 9–16–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3411–15–P DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Rural Utilities Service Energy Answers Arecibo, LLC: Extension of Comment Period for a Draft Environmental Impact Statement Rural Utilities Service, USDA. Extension of comment period for a Draft Environmental Impact Statement. AGENCY: ACTION: The Rural Utilities Service (RUS), an agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), has issued a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Energy Answers Arecibo, LLC’s (Energy Answers) proposed Waste to Energy Project SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 (Project) in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. RUS published a notice of availability and public hearing on August 7, 2015, that provided a comment period ending on the date announced in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (USEPA) EIS receipt notice of September 28, 2015. RUS is extending the public comment period for the Draft EIS by an additional 45 days to November 12, 2015. DATES: With this notice, RUS extends the public comment period to November 12, 2015. Comments submitted to RUS regarding the Draft EIS prior to this announcement do not need to be resubmitted as a result of this extension to the comment period. ADDRESSES: Written comments on the Draft EIS and questions about the proposed project may be submitted to: Ms. Lauren McGee Rayburn at the contact information provided in this notice. The Draft EIS is available in both Spanish and English at the following Web site: https://www.rd.usda.gov/ publications/environmental-studies/ impact-statements/arecibo-wasteenergy-generation-and-resource. Requests for CD or hardcopies may be directed to Ms. McGee Rayburn, Environmental Scientist, Rural Utilities Service, 84 Coxe Ave., Suite 1E, Ashville, North Carolina 28801, telephone: (202) 695–2540, fax: (202) 690–0649, or email: Lauren.McGee@ wdc.usda.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Lauren McGee Rayburn, Environmental Scientist, Rural Utilities Service, 84 Coxe Ave., Suite 1E, Ashville, North Carolina 28801, telephone: (202) 695– 2540, fax: (202) 690–0649, or email: Lauren.McGee@wdc.usda.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: RUS has issued a Draft EIS for Energy Answers’ proposed Waste to Energy Project (Project) in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. RUS issued the Draft EIS to inform interested parties and the general public about the proposed Project and to invite the public to comment on the scope, proposed action, and other issues addressed in the Draft EIS. The Draft EIS addresses the construction, operation, and maintenance of Energy Answers’ proposed Project, a waste-to-energy generation and resource recovery facility in the Cambalache Ward of Arecibo, Puerto Rico. RUS prepared the EIS in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), as amended, the Council on Environmental Quality’s Regulation for Implementing the Procedural Provisions of the NEPA (40 CFR parts 1500–1508), and RUS’s Environmental Policies and Procedures (7 CFR part 1794). RUS published a E:\FR\FM\17SEN1.SGM 17SEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 180 (Thursday, September 17, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 55828]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-23410]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail Advisory Council

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail Advisory Council 
(Council) will meet in Sandpoint, Idaho. The Council is authorized 
under Section 5(d) of the National Trails System Act of 1968 (Act) and 
operates in compliance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). 
Additional information concerning the Council, including the meeting 
summary/minutes, can be found by visiting the Council's Web site at: 
https://www.fs.usda.gov/main/pnt/working-together/advisory-committees.

DATES: The meeting will be held on the following dates and times:
     Wednesday, October 14, 2015 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. PDT
     Thursday, October 15, 2015 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. PDT
    All meetings are subject to cancellation. For 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 Best Western Edgewater 
Resort, 56 Bridge Street, Sandpoint, Idaho. Written comments may 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 Pacific Northwest Regional Office of the 
United States Forest Service: 1220 SW 3rd Avenue, Portland, OR 97204. 
Please call ahead at 503-808-2468 to facilitate entry into the 
building.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matt McGrath, Pacific Northwest 
National Scenic Trail Program Manager, by phone at 425-583-9304, or by 
email at mtmcgrath@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 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, Monday through 
Friday.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the meeting is to provide:
    1. Overview of legislation, policy, and interagency planning 
requirements for National Scenic Trails;
    2. Discussion of planning approach, process, and schedule for the 
Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail comprehensive plan; and
    3. Recommendations regarding the work, priorities, and schedule for 
the Advisory Council.
    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 
October 2, 2015, to be scheduled on the agenda. Anyone who would like 
to bring related 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 Matt McGrath, Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail Program 
Manager, 2930 Wetmore Avenue, Suite 3A, Everett, Washington 98201, or 
by email to mtmcgrath@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: September 10, 2015.
Dianne C. Guidry,
Deputy Regional Forester.
[FR Doc. 2015-23410 Filed 9-16-15; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3411-15-P
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