Request for Information (RFI) on Federal Old-Growth and Mature Forests, 50119-50120 [2022-17447]

Download as PDF khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 156 / Monday, August 15, 2022 / Notices burdens, we invite the public and other Federal agencies to comment on new, proposed, revised, and continuing collections of information. This helps us assess the impact of our information collection requirements and minimize the public’s reporting burden. It also helps the public understand our information collection requirements and provide the requested data in the desired format. 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This OMB Control Number is currently scheduled to expire on April 30, 2023. The BLM plans to VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:24 Aug 12, 2022 Jkt 256001 request that OMB renew this OMB Control Number for an additional three years. Title of Collection: Permits for Recreation on Public Lands (43 CFR part 2930). OMB Control Number: 1004–0119. Form Numbers: 2930–001—Special Recreation Application. Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection. Respondents/Affected Public: Applicants for recreational use of public lands managed by the BLM. Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 1,400. Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 1,400. Estimated Completion Time per Response: 4 hours. Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 5,600. Respondent’s Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit. Frequency of Collection: On occasion. Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: None. An agency may not conduct or sponsor and, notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB Control Number. The authority for this action is the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). Darrin A. King, Information Collection Clearance Officer. [FR Doc. 2022–17514 Filed 8–12–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310–84–P DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Forest Service DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management Request for Information (RFI) on Federal Old-Growth and Mature Forests Forest Service, Agriculture (USDA); Bureau of Land Management, Interior (DOI). ACTION: Request for information; Extension of comment period. AGENCY: On July 15, 2022, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), United States Forest Service (Forest Service), and the United States Department of the Interior (DOI), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), published in the Federal Register a document entitled ‘‘Request for Information (RFI) on Federal Old-growth and Mature SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00052 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 50119 Forests’’ and invited public comments to inform the response to Executive Order Strengthening the Nation’s Forests, Communities, and Local Economies which requires USDA and DOI to define old-growth and mature forests on Federal lands; complete an inventory and make it publicly available; coordinate conservation and wildfire risk reduction activities; identify threats to mature and oldgrowth forests; develop policies to address threats; develop Agencyspecific reforestation goals by 2030; develop climate-informed reforestation plans; and develop recommendations for community-led local and regional economic development opportunities. In response to requests by prospective commenters that they would benefit from additional time to adequately consider and respond to the RFI, USDA Forest Service and DOI Bureau of Land Management have determined that an extension of the comment period until August 30, 2022, is appropriate. DATES: The end of the comment period for the document entitled ‘‘Request for Information (RFI) on Federal Oldgrowth and Mature Forests’’ published July 15, 2022 (87 FR 42493), is extended from August 15, 2022, until August 30, 2022. ADDRESSES: A webinar was held on Microsoft Teams web conferencing software on July 21, 2022. The webinar was recorded. Webinar presentation materials and the webinar recording, along with other information about this effort are posted to: https:// www.fs.usda.gov/managing-land/oldgrowth-forests. Written comments concerning this notice may be submitted electronically to: https:// cara.fs2c.usda.gov/Public/ CommentInput?project=NP-3239. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jamie Barbour, Assistant Director, Ecosystem Management Coordination, (503) 708–9138, roy.barbour@usda.gov. (Please include the words ‘‘Old Growth’’ in the subject line of emails concerning this notice). Individuals who use telecommunication devices for the deaf and hard of hearing (TDD) may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1–800– 877–8339, 24 hours a day, every day of the year, including holidays. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the July 15, 2022 RFI (87 FR 42493) is to inform the public and gather feedback on potential future implementation efforts associated with provisions of Executive Order (E.O.) 14072: Strengthening the Nation’s Forests, Communities, and Local Economies, issued April 22, 2022. The information received through the RFI E:\FR\FM\15AUN1.SGM 15AUN1 50120 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 156 / Monday, August 15, 2022 / Notices will help to inform the response to E.O. 14072 Section 2(b) specifically, which calls on the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior, within one year, to define, identify, and complete an inventory of old-growth and mature forests on Federal lands, accounting for regional and ecological variations, as appropriate, and making the inventory publicly available. The document stated that the comment period would close on August 15, 2022. The USDA Forest Service and DOI Bureau of Land Management have received requests by prospective commenters to extend the comment period. An extension of the comment period will provide additional opportunity for the public to consider the RFI and prepare comments to address the questions posed therein. Therefore, USDA Forest Service and DOI Bureau of Land Management are extending the comment period for the RFI from August 15, 2022, until August 30, 2022. Christopher French, Deputy Chief, National Forest System, Forest Service. Tracy Stone-Manning, Director, Bureau of Land Management. [FR Doc. 2022–17447 Filed 8–12–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4311–15–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Ocean Energy Management [Docket No. BOEM–2021–0036] Joint Record of Decision for the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Vineyard Wind 1 Offshore Wind Energy Project; Notice of Availability of Record of Decision Supplements Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Interior. ACTION: Notice of availability; record of decision (ROD) supplements. AGENCY: BOEM announces the availability of two supplements to the joint ROD on the final environmental impact statement (FEIS) for the construction and operations plan (COP) submitted by Vineyard Wind 1 LLC (Vineyard Wind 1). The joint ROD included the decisions of the Department of the Interior (DOI), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) regarding the Vineyard Wind 1 Offshore Wind Energy Project. In the joint ROD, the USACE adopted the FEIS to support its permitting actions under the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 (RHA) and Clean Water Act (CWA). The ROD supplements pertain khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:24 Aug 12, 2022 Jkt 256001 only to the USACE sections of the joint ROD. They correct clerical errors and clarify a statement. The ROD supplements are available on BOEM’s website at https://www.boem.gov/ Vineyard-Wind. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jessica Stromberg, Acting Chief, Environment Branch for Renewable Energy, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 45600 Woodland Road, VAM–OREP Sterling, Virginia 20166, (703) 787–1730, or jessica.stromberg@ boem.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Vineyard Wind 1 plans to construct, operate, maintain, and eventually decommission an 800-megawatt wind energy facility on the Outer Continental Shelf offshore Massachusetts (the Project). The Project and associated export cables would be developed within the range of design parameters outlined in the Vineyard Wind 1 COP, subject to applicable mitigation measures. The Project is located approximately 14 miles southeast of Martha’s Vineyard and a similar distance southwest of Nantucket. The approved COP allows the installation of up to 84 wind turbine generators (WTGs) and one or two offshore substations or electrical service platforms. The WTGs would be located in water depths ranging from approximately 37 to 49 meters (121 to 161 feet). The approved COP proposed one export cable landfall near the town of Barnstable, Massachusetts, and onshore construction and staging at the New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal. As documented in the joint ROD, after carefully considering the FEIS alternatives, including comments from the public on the draft and supplemental EISs, DOI decided to approve the COP for Vineyard Wind 1, NMFS decided to adopt BOEM’s FEIS and issue a final incidental harassment authorization to Vineyard Wind 1, and USACE decided to adopt BOEM’s FEIS and issue a Department of the Army (DA) permit pursuant to section 404 of the CWA (33 U.S.C. 1344) and section 10 of the RHA (33 U.S.C. 403). The DA permit authorizes Vineyard Wind 1 to discharge fill below the high tide line of waters of the United States and to perform work and place structures below the mean high-water mark of navigable waters of the United States. Subsequent to the issuance of the joint ROD and prior to the issuance of the DA permit, USACE issued a ROD supplement correcting several clerical errors regarding the Project’s offshore export cable corridor length and the total acreage of transmission-cable scour PO 00000 Frm 00053 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 protection to be authorized under the DA permit. Following the issuance of the DA permit, USACE issued a second ROD supplement. That supplement corrected a clerical error that had resulted in a portion of USACE’s public interest determination being cut off midsentence and clarified an incorrect statement in the ‘‘General Public Interest Review’’ section of the USACE portion of the joint ROD. The USACE portion of the joint ROD included this incorrect statement: ‘‘While Vineyard Wind is not authorized to prevent free access to the entire wind development area, due to the placement of the turbines it is likely that the entire 75,614 acre area will be abandoned by commercial fisheries due to difficulties with navigation.’’ The second ROD supplement clarified that this statement was based solely upon comments of interested parties submitted to BOEM during the public comment period for the draft environmental impact statement as summarized in appendix K to the FEIS. The statement was not based upon any separate or independent USACE or other agency evaluation or study. Accordingly, the statement does not represent the USACE position regarding the accessibility of the wind development area to commercial fisheries due to difficulties of navigation that may or may not result from the placement of the WTGs. Both ROD supplements are available on BOEM’s website at https:// www.boem.gov/Vineyard-Wind. Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.; 40 CFR parts 1500–1508. William Yancey Brown, Chief Environmental Officer, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. [FR Doc. 2022–17424 Filed 8–12–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4340–98–P INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION Notice of Receipt of Complaint; Solicitation of Comments Relating to the Public Interest International Trade Commission. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has received a complaint entitled Certain Audio Players and Components Thereof I, DN 3634; the Commission is soliciting comments on any public interest issues raised by the SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\15AUN1.SGM 15AUN1

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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 156 (Monday, August 15, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50119-50120]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-17447]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management


Request for Information (RFI) on Federal Old-Growth and Mature 
Forests

AGENCY: Forest Service, Agriculture (USDA); Bureau of Land Management, 
Interior (DOI).

ACTION: Request for information; Extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On July 15, 2022, the United States Department of Agriculture 
(USDA), United States Forest Service (Forest Service), and the United 
States Department of the Interior (DOI), Bureau of Land Management 
(BLM), published in the Federal Register a document entitled ``Request 
for Information (RFI) on Federal Old-growth and Mature Forests'' and 
invited public comments to inform the response to Executive Order 
Strengthening the Nation's Forests, Communities, and Local Economies 
which requires USDA and DOI to define old-growth and mature forests on 
Federal lands; complete an inventory and make it publicly available; 
coordinate conservation and wildfire risk reduction activities; 
identify threats to mature and old-growth forests; develop policies to 
address threats; develop Agency-specific reforestation goals by 2030; 
develop climate-informed reforestation plans; and develop 
recommendations for community-led local and regional economic 
development opportunities. In response to requests by prospective 
commenters that they would benefit from additional time to adequately 
consider and respond to the RFI, USDA Forest Service and DOI Bureau of 
Land Management have determined that an extension of the comment period 
until August 30, 2022, is appropriate.

DATES: The end of the comment period for the document entitled 
``Request for Information (RFI) on Federal Old-growth and Mature 
Forests'' published July 15, 2022 (87 FR 42493), is extended from 
August 15, 2022, until August 30, 2022.

ADDRESSES: A webinar was held on Microsoft Teams web conferencing 
software on July 21, 2022. The webinar was recorded. Webinar 
presentation materials and the webinar recording, along with other 
information about this effort are posted to: https://www.fs.usda.gov/managing-land/old-growth-forests. Written comments concerning this 
notice may be submitted electronically to: https://cara.fs2c.usda.gov/Public/CommentInput?project=NP-3239.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jamie Barbour, Assistant Director, 
Ecosystem Management Coordination, (503) 708-9138, 
[email protected]. (Please include the words ``Old Growth'' in the 
subject line of emails concerning this notice). Individuals who use 
telecommunication devices for the deaf and hard of hearing (TDD) may 
call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339, 24 hours a day, 
every day of the year, including holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the July 15, 2022 RFI (87 FR 
42493) is to inform the public and gather feedback on potential future 
implementation efforts associated with provisions of Executive Order 
(E.O.) 14072: Strengthening the Nation's Forests, Communities, and 
Local Economies, issued April 22, 2022. The information received 
through the RFI

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will help to inform the response to E.O. 14072 Section 2(b) 
specifically, which calls on the Secretaries of Agriculture and the 
Interior, within one year, to define, identify, and complete an 
inventory of old-growth and mature forests on Federal lands, accounting 
for regional and ecological variations, as appropriate, and making the 
inventory publicly available. The document stated that the comment 
period would close on August 15, 2022. The USDA Forest Service and DOI 
Bureau of Land Management have received requests by prospective 
commenters to extend the comment period. An extension of the comment 
period will provide additional opportunity for the public to consider 
the RFI and prepare comments to address the questions posed therein. 
Therefore, USDA Forest Service and DOI Bureau of Land Management are 
extending the comment period for the RFI from August 15, 2022, until 
August 30, 2022.

Christopher French,
Deputy Chief, National Forest System, Forest Service.
Tracy Stone-Manning,
Director, Bureau of Land Management.
[FR Doc. 2022-17447 Filed 8-12-22; 8:45 am]
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