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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 182 (Monday, September 21, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56960-56961]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-23562]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

Forestry Research Advisory Council

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Forestry Research Advisory Council (FRAC) will meet in
Washington, DC. The Council is required by Section 1441 of the
Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 (Act) and operates in compliance with
the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). Additional information
concerning FRAC, including the meeting summary/minutes, can be found by
visiting the FRAC's Web site at: https://www.fs.fed.us/research/about/forestry-research-council/.

DATES: The meeting will be held on the following dates and time:
Tuesday, October 20, 2015 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. PDT
Wednesday, October 21, 2015 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
PDT
All FRAC meetings are subject to cancellation. For updated status
of the meeting prior to attendance, please contact the person listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Roosevelt Conference Room,
Yates Building, USDA Forest Service--Washington Office, 201 14th Street
SW., Washington, DC 20250. 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 USDA Forest Service--Washington Office, 201 14th
Street SW., Washington, DC 20250. Please call ahead at 202-205-1665 to
facilitate entry into the building.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: W. Stephen Hart, Designated Federal
Official, Forestry Research Advisory Council, Research and Development,
USDA Forest Service, by phone at 202-205-0844, or by email at
shart@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.,

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Eastern Standard Time, Monday through Friday.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the meeting is to:
1. Discuss current and emerging forestry and natural resources
research issues;
2. Provide a presentation and discussion on budget outlooks and
program priorities of the Forest Service Research and Development and
USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, including the
McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Research Program; and
3. Discuss anticipated matters that may include USDA engagement in
natural resources-related STEM research and education, partnerships
with other agencies, indisciplinary research, research in urban
forestry, wood products development, and landscape-scale forest
management.
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 request in writing by October
14, 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 W.
Stephen Hart, Designated Federal Official, Forestry Research Advisory
Council, Research and Development, USDA Forest Service, Mail Stop 1120,
1400 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC, 20250-1120, or by
fascimile at 202-401-1189, or by email at shart@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 11, 2015.
Cynthia D. West,
Associate Deputy Chief Research and Development.
[FR Doc. 2015-23562 Filed 9-18-15; 8:45 am]
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