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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2024–0021]
National Wildlife Services Advisory
Committee: Intent To Reestablish
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of intent to reestablish
the National Wildlife Services Advisory
Committee.
AGENCY:
Pursuant to the Federal
Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5
U.S.C. 10) notice is hereby given that
the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary)
intends to reestablish the National
Wildlife Services Advisory Committee
(the ‘‘Committee’’) for a 2-year period.
The Secretary has determined that the
Committee is necessary and in the
public interest.
DATES: Once approved by the Secretary,
the charter will be valid on the date of
filing by the U.S. Department of
Agriculture Committee Management
Officer and once the filing requirements
are met.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Carrie Joyce, Designated Federal Officer,
Wildlife Services, APHIS, 4700 River
Road, Unit 87, Riverdale, MD 20737;
(301) 851–3999; carrie.e.joyce@
usda.gov.
SUMMARY:
The
purpose of the National Wildlife
Services Advisory Committee (the
Committee) is to advise the Secretary of
Agriculture on policies, program issues,
and research needed to conduct the
Wildlife Services program. The
Committee also serves as a public forum
enabling those affected by the Wildlife
Services program to have a voice in the
program’s policies. The duration of the
NWSAC is for 2 years unless renewed
by the Secretary, USDA.
U.S. Department of Agriculture
(USDA) programs are prohibited from
discriminating based on race, color,
national origin, religion, sex, gender
identity (including gender expression),
sexual orientation, disability, age,
marital status, family/parental status,
income derived from a public assistance
program, political beliefs, or reprisal or
retaliation for prior civil rights activity,
in any program or activity conducted or
funded by USDA (not all bases apply to
all programs). Remedies and complaint
filing deadlines vary by program or
incident.
Persons with disabilities who require
alternative means of communication for
program information (e.g., Braille, large
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print, audiotape, American Sign
Language, etc.) should contact the
responsible Agency or USDA’s TARGET
Center at (202) 720–2600 (voice and
TTY) or contact USDA through the
Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–8339.
Additionally, program information may
be made available in languages other
than English. Equal opportunity
practices in accordance with USDA’s
policies will be followed in all
appointments to the Committee. To
ensure that the recommendations of the
Committee have taken in account the
needs of the diverse groups served by
USDA, membership shall include to the
extent possible, individuals with
demonstrated ability to represent
minorities, women and person with
disabilities. USDA is an equal
opportunity provider, employer, and
lender.
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phase of the revision process beginning
in the spring of 2024 through winter of
2025. Engagement opportunities are
posted on the Tongass National Forest
Plan Revision website: https://
www.fs.usda.gov/detail/tongass/
landmanagement/planning/
?cid=fseprd1105492. A draft
assessment, which will reflect input
received, is anticipated to be available
for review and comment, in January
2025.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
For questions about Land
Management Plan revision or comments
on initiating the assessment phase of
plan revision, please address mail to:
Tongass National Forest Supervisor’s
Office, Attn: Erin Mathews—Tongass
Plan Revision Coordinator, 648 Mission
Street, Suite 110, Ketchikan, AK 99901–
6591, or via email to
SM.FS.TNFRevision@usda.gov. All
correspondence, including names and
addresses, will be part of the public
record. More information on the
planning process can also be found on
the Tongass Plan Revision website at
https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/tongass/
landmanagement/planning/
?cid=fseprd1105492.
Forest Service
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dated: April 18, 2024.
Cikena Reid,
USDA Committee Management Officer.
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Tongass National Forest; Alaska;
Assessment Phase of Revision of the
Land Management Plan for the
Tongass National Forest
Forest Service, Agriculture
(USDA).
ACTION: Notice of intent to initiate the
assessment phase of the Land
Management Plan revision for the
Tongass National Forest.
AGENCY:
The Forest Service, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, is initiating
the assessment phase of the Land
Management Plan revision process for
the Tongass National Forest, located in
Southeast Alaska. The assessment
supports the subsequent planning
phase, which will result in a revised
land management plan to guide resource
management activities on the Tongass
National Forest. The assessment will
identify and consider relevant and
readily accessible material about
ecological, social, and economic
conditions and trends in the planning
area, and will identify best available
scientific information including Native
or Indigenous knowledge. Trends and
conditions identified in the assessment
will inform the need to change the
existing plan as well as the subsequent
revision process.
DATES: The public will be invited to
engage and participate in the assessment
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ADDRESSES:
Erin
Mathews, Plan Revision Coordinator, at
erin.eathews@usda.gov or by phone at
907–419–8347. Individuals who use
telecommunication devices for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Relay
Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339, 24
hours a day, every day of the year,
including holidays.
Information will be shared through
electronic mailing lists, social media,
and media outlets. If members of the
public are interested in learning more,
please visit the website listed above and
select the link to subscribe to updates
on the Tongass Plan Revision. The
public can also sign up to receive
regular updates by sending an email to
SM.FS.TNFRevision@usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 2012
Planning Rule (36 CFR 219), which
implements the National Forest
Management Act (NFMA) of 1976,
provides that the Forest Service
develop, maintain and revise land
management plans, often called a Forest
Plan, for all national forests and
grasslands. Land Management Plans
provide a programmatic framework for
management of forest resources and are
amended as conditions change over
time. The Tongass Land Management
Plan was first approved in 1979, revised
in 1997, and later amended in 2003,
2008, 2016, and 2020. The 2016 Land
Management Plan amends the 2008
Tongass Land and Resource
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2024-0021]
National Wildlife Services Advisory Committee: Intent To
Reestablish
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of intent to reestablish the National Wildlife Services
Advisory Committee.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5
U.S.C. 10) notice is hereby given that the Secretary of Agriculture
(Secretary) intends to reestablish the National Wildlife Services
Advisory Committee (the ``Committee'') for a 2-year period. The
Secretary has determined that the Committee is necessary and in the
public interest.
DATES: Once approved by the Secretary, the charter will be valid on
the date of filing by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Committee
Management Officer and once the filing requirements are met.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Carrie Joyce, Designated Federal
Officer, Wildlife Services, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 87, Riverdale,
MD 20737; (301) 851-3999; [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the National Wildlife
Services Advisory Committee (the Committee) is to advise the Secretary
of Agriculture on policies, program issues, and research needed to
conduct the Wildlife Services program. The Committee also serves as a
public forum enabling those affected by the Wildlife Services program
to have a voice in the program's policies. The duration of the NWSAC is
for 2 years unless renewed by the Secretary, USDA.
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs are prohibited from
discriminating based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex,
gender identity (including gender expression), sexual orientation,
disability, age, marital status, family/parental status, income derived
from a public assistance program, political beliefs, or reprisal or
retaliation for prior civil rights activity, in any program or activity
conducted or funded by USDA (not all bases apply to all programs).
Remedies and complaint filing deadlines vary by program or incident.
Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of
communication for program information (e.g., Braille, large print,
audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.) should contact the responsible
Agency or USDA's TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or
contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.
Additionally, program information may be made available in languages
other than English. Equal opportunity practices in accordance with
USDA's policies will be followed in all appointments to the Committee.
To ensure that the recommendations of the Committee have taken in
account the needs of the diverse groups served by USDA, membership
shall include to the extent possible, individuals with demonstrated
ability to represent minorities, women and person with disabilities.
USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.
Dated: April 18, 2024.
Cikena Reid,
USDA Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-08919 Filed 4-25-24; 8:45 am]
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