Department of Agriculture January 20, 2006 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Rural Housing Service's (RHS) intention to request an extension for a currently approved information collection in support of Housing Application Packaging Grants.

The Rural Utilities Service (the Agency) is issuing a new rule to allow the Agency to make grants to enable Public Television Stations in rural areas to replace current analog television broadcasting equipment with digital television broadcasting equipment as part of the national transition to digital television service.

The Olympic Province Advisory Committee (OPAC) will meet on Friday, February 10, 2006. The meeting will be held at the Olympic National Forest Headquarters office, 1835 Black Lake Blvd., SW., Olympia, Washington. The meeting will begin at 9:30 a.m., and end at approximately 3 p.m. The OPAC provides advice to facilitate successful implementation of the Northwest Forest Plan and better integrate forest management activities between Federal and non-Federal entities. Agenda topics are: 10 Year Report on the Northwest Forest Plan; 2005 Olympic National Forest Implementation Monitoring; Stewardship Contracting Update; Fisher Reintroduction; Open Forum; and Public Comments. All Olympic Province Advisory Committee meetings are open to the public. A public comment period will be at 2:45 p.m., interested citizens are encouraged to attend.