[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 126 (Wednesday, July 1, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35905-35906]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-17479]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Committee of Scientists Meetings
AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Committee of Scientists will hold three public
teleconference calls: the first on Wednesday, July 8, 1998; the second
on Friday, July 10, 1998; and the third on Wednesday, July 15, 1998.
Each teleconference call will begin at 11:00 a.m. and end at 2:00 p.m.
(eastern daylight time). The purpose of the telephone conference calls
is for the Committee of Scientists to continue to discuss its report
and recommendations to the Secretary of Agriculture and the Chief of
the Forest Service. The public is invited to attend these
teleconference calls and may be provided an opportunity to comment on
the Committee of Scientists' deliberations during the teleconference,
only at the request of the Committee.
DATES: The teleconference calls will be held on Wednesday, July 8,
1998; Friday, July 10, 1998; and Wednesday, July 15, 1998; each from
11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. (eastern daylight time).
ADDRESSES: The first teleconference, on July 8, will be held at the
USDA Forest Service headquarters, Auditor's Building, 201 14th Street,
SW. Washington, DC in the Roosevelt Conference Room and at all Regional
Offices of the Forest Service, which are listed in the table under
Supplementary Information.
The second and third teleconferences will be held at the USDA
Forest Service headquarters, Auditor's Building, 201 14th Street, SW,
Washington, DC in the Chief's Conference Room and at all Regional
Offices of the Forest Service.
Written comments on improving land and resource management planning
may be sent to the Committee of Scientists, P.O. Box 2140, Corvallis,
OR 97339. Also, the Committee may be accessed via the Internet at
www.cof.orst.edu./org/scicomm/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
For additional information concerning the teleconferences, contact Bob
Cunningham, Designated Federal Official to the Committee of Scientists,
at telephone: (703) 306-1023 or via the Internet at rcunningansf.gov/.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The public may attend the teleconference at
the following field locations:
USDA Forest Service Regional Office Locations
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Region 1: Northern Region...... Federal Building.................................... 200 E. Broadway.................... Missoula, MT.
Region 2: Rocky Mountain Region 740 Simms St........................................ ................................... Golden, CO.
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Region 3: Southwestern Region.. Federal Building.................................... 517 Gold Ave., SW.................. Albuquerque, NM.
Region 4: Intermountain Region. Federal Building.................................... 324 25th St........................ Ogden, UT.
Region 5: Southwest Region..... 630 Sansome ST...................................... ................................... San Francisco, CA.
Region 5: Pacific Northwest 333 SW 1st Ave...................................... ................................... Portland, OR.
Region.
Region 8: Southern Region...... 1720 Peachtree Rd. NW............................... ................................... Atlanta, GA.
Region 9: Eastern Region....... 310 W. Wisconsin Ave., Room 500..................... ................................... Milwaukee, WI.
Region 10: Alaska Region Federal Office Building............................. 709 W. 9th St...................... Juneau, AK.
(office will open early).
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The Committee of Scientists is chartered to provide scientific and
technical advice to the Secretary of Agriculture and the Chief of the
Forest Service on improvements that can be made to the National Forest
System land and resource management planning process (62 FR 43691;
August 15, 1997). Notice of the names of the appointed Committee
members was published December 16, 1997 (62 FR 65795).
Dated: June 25, 1998.
Robert C. Joslin,
Deputy Chief, National Forest System.
[FR Doc. 98-17479 Filed 6-30-98; 8:45 am]
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