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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Northwest Forest Plan Area Advisory Committee
AGENCY: Forest Service, Agriculture (USDA).
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
SUMMARY: 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/?cid=fseprd1076013 or by
contacting the person listed under FOR FURTHER 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 preregister 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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 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.
[FR Doc. 2024-12662 Filed: 6/7/2024 8:45 am; Publication Date: 6/10/2024]