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cultures, and beliefs of the American
people, including underserved
communities. USDA is an equal
opportunity provider, employer, and
lender.
Dated: June 5, 2024.
Cikena Reid,
USDA Committee Management Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Northwest Forest Plan Area Advisory
Committee
Forest Service, Agriculture
(USDA).
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
The Northwest Forest Plan
Advisory Committee will hold a public
meeting according to the details shown
below. The committee is authorized
under the National Forest Management
Act and operates in compliance with the
Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA). The purpose of the committee
is to provide advice and pragmatic
recommendations regarding potential
regional scale land management
planning approaches and solutions
within the Northwest Forest Plan area
within the context of the 2012 Planning
Rule.
DATES: An in-person and virtual meeting
will be held on June 26, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Pacific daylight time (PDT); June 27,
2024, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. PDT; and June 28,
2024, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. PDT.
Written and Oral Comments: Anyone
wishing to provide in-person oral
comments must pre-register by 11:59
p.m. PDT on June 14, 2024. Written
public comments will be accepted
through 11:59 p.m. PDT on June 14,
2024. Comments submitted after this
date will be provided by the Forest
Service to the committee, but the
committee may not have adequate time
to consider those comments prior to the
meeting.
All committee meetings are subject to
cancellation. For status of the meeting
prior to attendance, please contact the
person listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT.
ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held
in-person at the Courtyard by Marriott
Olympia, 2301 Henderson Park Lane SE,
Olympia, Washington 98501. Committee
information and meeting details can be
found on the Northwest Forest Plan
Federal Advisory Committee website at
https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/r6/
landmanagement/planning/
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INFORMATION CONTACT.
Written Comments: Written comments
must be sent by email to sm.fs.nwfp_
faca@usda.gov or via mail (postmarked)
to Katie Heard, USDA Forest Service,
1220 Southwest 3rd Avenue, Ste. G015,
Portland, OR 97204. The Forest Service
strongly prefers comments be submitted
electronically.
Oral Comments: Persons or
organizations wishing to make oral
comments must pre-register by 11:59
p.m. PDT, June 14, 2024, and speakers
can only register for one speaking slot.
Requests to pre-register for oral
comments must be sent by email to
sm.fs.nwfp_faca@usda.gov or via mail
(postmarked) to Katie Heard, USDA
Forest Service, 1220 Southwest 3rd
Avenue, Ste. G015, Portland, OR 97204.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jacqueline Buchanan, Designated
Federal Officer, by phone at 303–275–
5452 or email at Jacqueline.buchanan@
usda.gov; or Katie Heard, FACA
Coordinator, at Kathryn.Heard@
usda.gov.
The
purpose of the meeting is to:
1. Provide recommendations to the
Forest Service for updates to the
Northwest Forest Plan.
2. Schedule the next meeting.
The agenda will include time for
individuals to make oral statements of
three minutes or less. Individuals
wishing to make an oral statement
should make a request in writing by
11:59 p.m. PDT on June 14, 2024.
Written comments may be submitted to
the Forest Service up to 14 days after
the meeting date listed under DATES.
Please contact the person listed under
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, by
or before the deadline, for all questions
related to the meeting. 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 upon request.
Meeting Accommodations: The
meeting location is compliant with the
Americans with Disabilities Act, and the
USDA provides reasonable
accommodation to individuals with
disabilities where appropriate. If you are
a person requiring reasonable
accommodation, please make requests
in advance for sign language
interpretation, assistive listening
devices, or other reasonable
accommodation to the person listed
under the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section or contact USDA’s
TARGET Center at 202–720–2600 (voice
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and TTY) or USDA through the Federal
Relay Service at 800–877–8339.
Additionally, program information may
be made available in languages other
than English.
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.
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 into account the needs of the
diverse groups served by the
Department, membership shall include,
to the extent practicable, individuals
with demonstrated ability to represent
the many communities, identities, races,
ethnicities, backgrounds, abilities,
cultures, and beliefs of the American
people, including underserved
communities. USDA is an equal
opportunity provider, employer, and
lender.
Dated: June 5, 2024.
Cikena Reid,
USDA Committee Management Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Directive Publication Notice
Forest Service, Agriculture
(USDA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Forest Service (Forest
Service or Agency), U.S. Department of
Agriculture, provides direction to
employees through issuances in its
Directive System, comprised of the
Forest Service Manual and Forest
Service Handbooks. The Agency must
provide public notice of and
opportunity to comment on any
directives that formulate standards,
criteria, or guidelines applicable to
Forest Service programs. Once per
quarter, the Agency provides advance
notice of proposed and interim
directives that will be made available
for public comment during the next
SUMMARY:
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three months; proposed and interim
directives that were previously
published for public comment but not
yet finalized and issued; and notice of
final directives issued in the last three
months.
DATES: This notice identifies proposed
and interim directives that will be
published for public comment between
April 1, 2024, and June 30, 2024;
proposed and interim directives that
were previously published for public
comment but not yet finalized and
issued; and final directives that have
been issued since January 1, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Questions or comments may
be submitted by email to the contact
listed below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
JoLynn Anderson, 971–313–1718 or
jolynn.anderson@usda.gov. Individuals
who use telecommunications devices
for the hearing impaired may call 711 to
reach the Telecommunications Relay
Service, 24 hours a day, every day of the
year, including holidays. You may
register to receive email alerts regarding
Forest Service directives at https://
www.fs.usda.gov/about-agency/
regulations-policies.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Proposed and Interim Directives
Consistent with 16 U.S.C. 1612(a) and
36 CFR part 216, the Forest Service
publishes for public comment Agency
directives that formulate standards,
criteria, and guidelines applicable to
Forest Service programs. Agency
procedures for providing public notice
and opportunity to comment are
specified in Forest Service Handbook
(FSH) 1109.12, Chapter 30, Providing
Public Notice and Opportunity to
Comment on Directives.
There are no public comment
directives scheduled for publication
from April 1, 2024, to June 30, 2024.
The following proposed directives
have been published for public
comment but have not yet been
finalized:
1. FSM 2200, Rangeland Management,
Chapters Zero Code; 2210, Rangeland
Management Planning; 2220,
Management of Rangelands (Reserved);
2230, Grazing Permit System; 2240,
Rangeland Improvements; 2250,
Rangeland Management Cooperation;
and 2270, Information Management and
Reports; FSH 2209.13, Grazing Permit
Administration Handbook, Chapters 10,
Term Grazing Permits; 20, Grazing
Agreements; 40, Livestock Use Permits;
50, other Permits; and 90, Rangeland
Management Decision-Making; and FSH
2209.16, Allotment Management
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Handbook, Chapter 10, Allotment
Management and Administration.
2. FSM 3800, Landscape Scale
Restoration Program.
3. FSH 2409.12, Timber Cruising
Handbook, Chapters 30, Cruising
Systems; 40, Cruise Planning, Data
Recording, and Cruise Reporting; 60,
Quality Control; and 70, Designating
Timber for Cutting; FSH 2409.15,
Timber Sale Administration Handbook,
Chapters 20, Measuring and Accounting
for Included Timber; 40, Rates and
Payments; and 60, Operations and Other
Provisions.
4. FSM 2000, National Forest
Resource Management, Chapter 40,
National Forest System Monitoring.
5. FSM 2300, Recreation, Wilderness,
and Related Resource Management,
Chapter 50, section 55, Climbing
Management.
Final Directives That Have Been Issued
Since January 1, 2024
Final FSH 5509.11, Title Claims,
Sales, and Grants Handbook, Chapter
10, Title Claims and Encroachments,
has been issued since January 1, 2024.
Title Claims and Encroachments, last
updated August 3, 1992, has been
updated in the final version. The
contents of the 1992 handbook have
been reorganized to be in parallel with
the case processing activities in the Title
Claims and Encroachment Management
System Database. The revised handbook
will provide a full understanding to
land staffs regarding authorities used for
title claim and encroachment cases.
Nationwide understanding of steps for
processing and resolving trespass and
encroachment cases is needed to
process these cases in a timely manner.
Clear examples and exhibits of deeds,
correspondence letters, and reports will
help maintain consistency throughout
the Forest Service.
The 30-day comment period for the
proposed directive began June 16, 2023,
and closed on July 15, 2023. The
response to comments can be viewed at
https://cara.fs2c.usda.gov/Public/
ReadingRoom?project=ORMS-3650.
Final chapter 10 was issued February 6,
2024, and can be viewed at https://
www.fs.usda.gov/im/directives/fsh/
5509.11/wo_5509.11_10-Amend
%202024-1,%20Title%20Claims
%20and%20Encroachments.docx.
JoLynn Anderson,
Branch Lead, Directives, Information
Collections and Government Clearance,
Policy Office, National Forest System.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Helena-Lewis and Clark Resource
Advisory Committee
Forest Service, Agriculture
(USDA).
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
The Helena-Lewis and Clark
Resource Advisory Committee will hold
a public meeting according to the details
shown below. The committee is
authorized under the Secure Rural
Schools and Community SelfDetermination Act (the Act) and
operates in compliance with the Federal
Advisory Committee Act. The purpose
of the committee is to improve
collaborative relationships and to
provide advice and recommendations to
the Forest Service concerning projects
and funding consistent with title II of
the Act, as well as make
recommendations on recreation fee
proposals for sites on the Helena-Lewis
and Clark National Forest within
Broadwater, Teton, Lewis and Clark,
Judith Basin, and Meagher counties,
consistent with the Federal Lands
Recreation Enhancement Act.
DATES: An in-person and virtual meeting
will be held on June 26, 2024, 1 p.m. to
4 p.m., mountain daylight time (MDT).
Written and Oral Comments: Anyone
wishing to provide in-person or virtual
oral comments must pre-register by
11:59 p.m. MDT on June 19, 2024.
Written public comments will be
accepted by 11:59 p.m. MDT on June 19,
2024. Comments submitted after this
date will be provided by the Forest
Service to the committee, but the
committee may not have adequate time
to consider those comments prior to the
meeting.
All committee meetings are subject to
cancellation. For status of the meeting
prior to attendance, please contact the
person listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT.
ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held
in-person at the Helena-Lewis and Clark
National Forest, Great Falls Office,
located at 1220 38th St. N, Great Falls,
MT 59401. The public may also join the
meeting virtually via video conference
using the Microsoft Teams platform:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/
microsoft-teams/join-a-meeting, Meeting
ID: 293 075 016 517, Passcode: 4oPBh9.
Committee information and meeting
details can be found online at https://
www.fs.usda.gov/main/hlcnf/
workingtogether/advisorycommittees or
by contacting the person listed under
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
SUMMARY:
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Directive Publication Notice
AGENCY: Forest Service, Agriculture (USDA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Forest Service (Forest Service or Agency), U.S. Department
of Agriculture, provides direction to employees through issuances in
its Directive System, comprised of the Forest Service Manual and Forest
Service Handbooks. The Agency must provide public notice of and
opportunity to comment on any directives that formulate standards,
criteria, or guidelines applicable to Forest Service programs. Once per
quarter, the Agency provides advance notice of proposed and interim
directives that will be made available for public comment during the
next
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three months; proposed and interim directives that were previously
published for public comment but not yet finalized and issued; and
notice of final directives issued in the last three months.
DATES: This notice identifies proposed and interim directives that will
be published for public comment between April 1, 2024, and June 30,
2024; proposed and interim directives that were previously published
for public comment but not yet finalized and issued; and final
directives that have been issued since January 1, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Questions or comments may be submitted by email to the
contact listed below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: JoLynn Anderson, 971-313-1718 or
[email protected]. Individuals who use telecommunications
devices for the hearing impaired may call 711 to reach the
Telecommunications Relay Service, 24 hours a day, every day of the
year, including holidays. You may register to receive email alerts
regarding Forest Service directives at https://www.fs.usda.gov/about-agency/regulations-policies.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Proposed and Interim Directives
Consistent with 16 U.S.C. 1612(a) and 36 CFR part 216, the Forest
Service publishes for public comment Agency directives that formulate
standards, criteria, and guidelines applicable to Forest Service
programs. Agency procedures for providing public notice and opportunity
to comment are specified in Forest Service Handbook (FSH) 1109.12,
Chapter 30, Providing Public Notice and Opportunity to Comment on
Directives.
There are no public comment directives scheduled for publication
from April 1, 2024, to June 30, 2024.
The following proposed directives have been published for public
comment but have not yet been finalized:
1. FSM 2200, Rangeland Management, Chapters Zero Code; 2210,
Rangeland Management Planning; 2220, Management of Rangelands
(Reserved); 2230, Grazing Permit System; 2240, Rangeland Improvements;
2250, Rangeland Management Cooperation; and 2270, Information
Management and Reports; FSH 2209.13, Grazing Permit Administration
Handbook, Chapters 10, Term Grazing Permits; 20, Grazing Agreements;
40, Livestock Use Permits; 50, other Permits; and 90, Rangeland
Management Decision-Making; and FSH 2209.16, Allotment Management
Handbook, Chapter 10, Allotment Management and Administration.
2. FSM 3800, Landscape Scale Restoration Program.
3. FSH 2409.12, Timber Cruising Handbook, Chapters 30, Cruising
Systems; 40, Cruise Planning, Data Recording, and Cruise Reporting; 60,
Quality Control; and 70, Designating Timber for Cutting; FSH 2409.15,
Timber Sale Administration Handbook, Chapters 20, Measuring and
Accounting for Included Timber; 40, Rates and Payments; and 60,
Operations and Other Provisions.
4. FSM 2000, National Forest Resource Management, Chapter 40,
National Forest System Monitoring.
5. FSM 2300, Recreation, Wilderness, and Related Resource
Management, Chapter 50, section 55, Climbing Management.
Final Directives That Have Been Issued Since January 1, 2024
Final FSH 5509.11, Title Claims, Sales, and Grants Handbook,
Chapter 10, Title Claims and Encroachments, has been issued since
January 1, 2024.
Title Claims and Encroachments, last updated August 3, 1992, has
been updated in the final version. The contents of the 1992 handbook
have been reorganized to be in parallel with the case processing
activities in the Title Claims and Encroachment Management System
Database. The revised handbook will provide a full understanding to
land staffs regarding authorities used for title claim and encroachment
cases. Nationwide understanding of steps for processing and resolving
trespass and encroachment cases is needed to process these cases in a
timely manner. Clear examples and exhibits of deeds, correspondence
letters, and reports will help maintain consistency throughout the
Forest Service.
The 30-day comment period for the proposed directive began June 16,
2023, and closed on July 15, 2023. The response to comments can be
viewed at https://cara.fs2c.usda.gov/Public/ReadingRoom?project=ORMS-3650. Final chapter 10 was issued February 6, 2024, and can be viewed
at https://www.fs.usda.gov/im/directives/fsh/5509.11/wo_5509.11_10-Amend%202024-1,%20Title%20Claims%20and%20Encroachments.docx.
JoLynn Anderson,
Branch Lead, Directives, Information Collections and Government
Clearance, Policy Office, National Forest System.
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