90 FR 77 pgs. 17029-17030 - Northeast Oregon Forests Resource Advisory Committee
Type: NOTICEVolume: 90Number: 77Pages: 17029 - 17030
Pages: 17029, 17030FR document: [FR Doc. 2025-06309 Filed 4-22-25; 8:45 am]
Agency: Agriculture Department
Sub Agency: Forest Service
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Northeast Oregon Forests Resource Advisory Committee
AGENCY:
Forest Service, Agriculture (USDA).
ACTION:
Notice of meeting.
SUMMARY:
The Northeast Oregon Forests 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 Malheur, Umatilla, and Wallowa-Whitman National Forests within Baker, Grant, Harney, Morrow, Union, Wallowa, and Wheeler Counties, consistent with the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act.
DATES:
An in-person and virtual meeting will be held on May 8, 2025, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time.
Written and Oral Comments: Anyone wishing to provide in-person and/or virtual oral comments must pre-register by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time on April 29, 2025. Written public comments will be accepted by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time on May 2, 2025. 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 La Grande Ranger District Office (Mt. Fanny Conference Room), located 3502 US-30, La Grande, Oregon 97850. The public may also join the meeting virtually via Microsoft Teams/Meeting ID: 246 104 370 412/Passcode: C6T5gx2v, or Dial in by phone + +1 202-650-0123, 721084375# United States, Washington Phone conference ID: 721 084 375#. Committee information and meeting details can be found on the Northeast Oregon Resource Advisory Committee's website at https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/umatilla/workingtogether/advisorycommittees/?cid=fseprd1003510 or by contacting the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT .
Written Comments: Written comments must be sent by email to chase.bloom@usda.gov or via mail (postmarked) to Chase Bloom, 1550 Dewey Ave., Suite A, Baker City, Oregon 97814. 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 Daylight Time on April 29, 2025, and speakers can only register for one speaking slot. Oral comments must be sent by email to chase.bloom@usda.gov or via mail (postmarked) to Chase Bloom, 1550 Dewey Ave., Suite A, Baker City, Oregon 97814.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Chase Bloom, Designated Federal Officer, by phone at 541-820-3801 or email at chase.bloom@usda.gov; or Acacia Probert, RAC Coordinator, by phone at 541-523-1387 or email at acacia.probert@usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The purpose of the meeting is to:
1. Review criteria for Title II funding and recommendations;
2. Annual review of Ethics Training for committee members;
3. Hear from Title II project proponents and discuss Title II project proposals;
4. Make funding recommendations on Title II projects;
5. Schedule the next meeting; and
6. Other.
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 10 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.
[top] 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
Equal opportunity practices, in accordance with USDA policies, will be followed in all membership appointments to the Committee.
In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, 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.
Dated: April 9, 2025.
Cikena Reid,
USDA Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2025-06309 Filed 4-22-25; 8:45 am]
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