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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Hood-Willamette Resource Advisory
Committee
Forest Service, Agriculture
(USDA).
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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AGENCY:
The Hood-Willamette
Resource Advisory Committee (RAC)
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
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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 Mt. Hood and
Willamette National Forests within
Clackamas, Douglas, Hood River,
Jefferson, Lane, Linn, Marion,
Multnomah, and Wasco Counties,
consistent with the Federal Lands
Recreation Enhancement Act.
DATES: An in-person and virtual meeting
will be held on December 2, 2024, 9
a.m. to 4 p.m., Pacific Standard Time.
Written and Oral Comments: Anyone
wishing to provide in-person or virtual
oral comments must pre-register by
11:59 p.m. Pacific Standard Time on
November 25, 2024. Written public
comments will be accepted by 11:59
p.m. Pacific Standard Time on
November 25, 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 Keizer Civic Center,
located at 930 Chemawa Road
Northeast, Keizer, Oregon 97303. The
public may also join the meeting
virtually via teleconference or
videoconference online at https://
www.fs.usda.gov/detail/willamette/
workingtogether/advisorycommittees/
?cid=stelprdb5048434. RAC information
and meeting details can be found at the
website link provided above or by
contacting the person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Written Comments: Written comments
must be sent by email to
eileen.kitayama@usda.gov or via mail
(postmarked) to Eileen Kitayama, 3106
Pierce Pkwy., Suite D, Springfield,
Oregon 97477. 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. Pacific Standard Time on
November 25, 2024, and speakers can
only register for one speaking slot. Oral
comments must be sent by email to
eileen.kitayama@usda.gov or via mail
(postmarked) to Eileen Kitayama, 3106
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Pierce Pkwy., Suite D, Springfield,
Oregon 97477.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Meta Loftsgaarden, Designated Federal
Officer, by phone at (971) 378–9704 or
email at meta.loftsgaarden@usda.gov; or
Eileen Kitayama, RAC Coordinator, by
phone at (458) 245–0170 or email at
eileen.kitayama@usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
purpose of the meeting is to:
1. Elect a Chairperson;
2. Hear from Title II project
proponents and discuss Title II project
proposals;
3. Make funding recommendations on
Title II projects;
4. Approve meeting minutes; and
5. 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 at least
three days prior to the meeting date to
be scheduled on the agenda. 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 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
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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 USDA,
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: October 16, 2024.
Cikena Reid,
USDA Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024–24265 Filed 11–14–24; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Natural Resources Conservation
Service
West Fork Kickapoo Watershed;
Programmatic Environmental Impact
Statement
Natural Resources
Conservation Service, U.S. Department
of Agriculture (USDA).
ACTION: Notice of availability; record of
decision.
AGENCY:
This notice of availability
presents the Record of Decision (ROD)
on a Watershed Project Plan—
Programmatic Environmental Impact
Statement (Plan-PEIS) for the West Fork
Kickapoo (WFK) Watershed prepared in
partnership with Monroe and Vernon
Counties, Wisconsin (Sponsors). This
notice announces the plan to proceed
with the implementation of Alternative
7—Proposed Action—Decommission
All Dams and Replace Jersey Valley
County Park Dam (WFK–1) with a high
hazard, multi-purpose dam, identified
in the Plan-PEIS. Alternative 7 proposes
to decommission dams by excavating a
notch to pass the 100-year flood without
impounding water. It also proposes to
replace WFK–1 with a high hazard,
multi-purpose dam approximately 1,000
feet downstream of the existing dam.
This action will avoid environmental
impacts to the extent possible and
mitigate impacts that are unavoidable.
ADDRESSES: You may request a copy of
the ROD from: Steve Becker, NRCS State
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Conservation Engineer, 8030 Excelsior
Drive, Suite 200, Madison, WI 53717.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Steve Becker; telephone: (608) 400–
6176; or email: steve.becker@usda.gov.
Individuals who require alternative
means for communication should
contact the USDA Target Center at (202)
720–2600 (voice and text telephone
(TTY)) or dial 711 for
Telecommunications Relay service (both
voice and text telephone users can
initiate this call from any telephone).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Decision
Natural Resources Conservation
Service (NRCS) has prepared a ROD
following completion of the Plan-PEIS.
The Plan-PEIS provides a retrospective
analysis of the existing flood control
project and then evaluates alternatives
for the final disposition of 9 flood
control dams constructed between 1956
and 1971. The purpose of the Plan-PEIS
is to ensure agencies consider the
environmental impacts of their action in
decision making. NRCS involvement is
through Public Law 83–566, Watershed
Protection and Flood Prevention Act, as
amended. The ROD is available for
viewing at the following link: https://
www.wfkandccwatersheds.com/2023.
NRCS has decided to assist the Sponsors
with implementing Alternative 7 which
proposes to decommission all 9 dams in
the watershed and replace WFK–1 about
1,000 feet downstream of the existing
dam.
Background
The WFK Watershed has an area of
75,387 acres (117.8 square miles) to the
confluence with the Kickapoo River.
The focused planning area for the PlanPEIS is 63,761 acres (99.6 square miles).
The Plan-PEIS follows an original
Watershed Work Plan developed in
1961 to reduce flood damages in the
WFK valley under the Watershed
Protection and Flood Prevention Act of
1954.
The major problems in the watershed
between 1956 and 1961 were floodwater
damages to: crops and pasture, fences,
farmsteads, machinery, buildings,
livestock, county, township roads and
bridges, and the village of Liberty.
Project measures implemented under
the 1961 Watershed Work Plan include
a multitude of land treatment practices
to reduce erosion and sedimentation
behind the dams and 7 flood control
dams with a total capacity of 3,652 acrefeet to regulate flood flows from 30.73
square miles, or 31 percent of the
watershed above the village of Liberty.
With the addition of two dams built
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under the Pilot Watershed Program in
1956, the runoff from 34.6 square miles
or 35 percent of the watershed above the
village of Liberty is controlled. The
dams have now completed their Federal
interest or original economic evaluation
period of 50 years.
On the night of August 27, 2018, two
watershed dams over-topped and two
dams failed, including the WFK–1 and
Mlsna Dams. Rainfall amounts up to 11
inches were reported on the night of
August 27 and early morning of August
28. Additional rainfall amounts up to 7
inches were reported in the afternoon of
August 28 after the dam failures.
The dams failed (breached) along the
interface between the earthfill and
highly jointed sandstone abutments.
Each breach extended full depth to the
valley floor. No one was injured or
killed. Large debris fields were observed
downstream of the dams for about 1/4
mile. Agricultural lands and road
crossings were damaged. Engineering
investigations concluded that flow
through the fractured sandstone during
high pool stage caused internal erosion
and piping of the earthfill dam and
contributed to the failures. The
Sponsors and NRCS are concerned that
a similar vulnerability exists in the
remaining 7 dams.
Environmental Review
The ROD summarizes the findings of
the Plan-PEIS and provides the basis for
a decision to decommission 9 flood
control dams in the WFK watershed and
replace WFK–1 with a high hazard,
multi-purpose dam. The watershed
project plan and the environmental
document were combined in the single
Plan-PEIS document. NRCS is the lead
Federal agency responsible for the
content and quality of the Plan-EIS for
the purposes of National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA), Principles,
Requirements, and Guidelines (PR&G)
for Federal Investments in Water
Resources and National Historic
Preservation Act (NHPA) compliance.
The ROD is issued as specified by the
NEPA process (42 U.S.C. 4321–4347)
which follows the NRCS NEPA
regulations in 7 CFR part 650, subpart
A, and 7 CFR part 622. The NRCS NEPA
regulations adopt the Council of
Environmental Quality (CEQ) NEPA
regulations (40 CFR parts 1500–1508) in
total.
Alternatives
Considered alternatives included: no
action, repair, rehabilitation, relocation,
replacement, removal, and construction
of additional dams. Considered
alternatives also include the
substitution of large watershed dams
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[Notices]
[Pages 90261-90262]
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[FR Doc No: 2024-24265]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Hood-Willamette Resource Advisory Committee
AGENCY: Forest Service, Agriculture (USDA).
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Hood-Willamette Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) will
hold a public meeting according to the details shown below. The
committee is authorized under the Secure Rural Schools and Community
Self-Determination 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 Mt. Hood and Willamette
National Forests within Clackamas, Douglas, Hood River, Jefferson,
Lane, Linn, Marion, Multnomah, and Wasco Counties, consistent with the
Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act.
DATES: An in-person and virtual meeting will be held on December 2,
2024, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Pacific Standard Time.
Written and Oral Comments: Anyone wishing to provide in-person or
virtual oral comments must pre-register by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Standard
Time on November 25, 2024. Written public comments will be accepted by
11:59 p.m. Pacific Standard Time on November 25, 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 Keizer Civic
Center, located at 930 Chemawa Road Northeast, Keizer, Oregon 97303.
The public may also join the meeting virtually via teleconference or
videoconference online at https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/willamette/workingtogether/advisorycommittees/?cid=stelprdb5048434. RAC
information and meeting details can be found at the website link
provided above or by contacting the person listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT.
Written Comments: Written comments must be sent by email to
[email protected] or via mail (postmarked) to Eileen Kitayama,
3106 Pierce Pkwy., Suite D, Springfield, Oregon 97477. 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. Pacific Standard Time on
November 25, 2024, and speakers can only register for one speaking
slot. Oral comments must be sent by email to [email protected]
or via mail (postmarked) to Eileen Kitayama, 3106 Pierce Pkwy., Suite
D, Springfield, Oregon 97477.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Meta Loftsgaarden, Designated Federal
Officer, by phone at (971) 378-9704 or email at
[email protected]; or Eileen Kitayama, RAC Coordinator, by
phone at (458) 245-0170 or email at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the meeting is to:
1. Elect a Chairperson;
2. Hear from Title II project proponents and discuss Title II
project proposals;
3. Make funding recommendations on Title II projects;
4. Approve meeting minutes; and
5. 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 at least three days
prior to the meeting date to be scheduled on the agenda. 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 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
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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 USDA, 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: October 16, 2024.
Cikena Reid,
USDA Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-24265 Filed 11-14-24; 8:45 am]
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