90 FR 143 pgs. 35655-35656 - Ozark-Ouachita Resource Advisory Committee
Type: NOTICEVolume: 90Number: 143Pages: 35655 - 35656
Pages: 35655, 35656FR document: [FR Doc. 2025-14250 Filed 7-28-25; 8:45 am]
Agency: Agriculture Department
Sub Agency: Forest Service
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Ozark-Ouachita Resource Advisory Committee
AGENCY:
Forest Service, Agriculture (USDA).
ACTION:
Notice of meeting.
SUMMARY:
The Ozark-Ouachita 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 (FACA). 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 Ozark-St. Francis and Ouachita National Forests, consistent with the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act.
DATES:
An in-person meeting will be held on Wednesday, August 13, 2025, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Central Daylight Time.
Written and Oral Comments: Anyone wishing to provide in-person or virtual oral comments must pre-register by 11:59 p.m. Central Daylight Time on August 1, 2025. Written public comments will be accepted by 11:59 p.m. Central Daylight Time on August 11, 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 at held at the Ozark-St. Francis National Forests Supervisor's Office, located at 605 West Main Street, Russellville, Arkansas. Committee information and meeting details can be found at the following website https://www.fs.usda.gov/r08/ozark-stfrancis/committees or by contacting the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT .
[top] Written Comments: Written comments must be sent by email to caroline.mitchell@usda.gov or via mail (postmarked) to Caroline Mitchell, Ouachita National Forest, P.O. Box 1270, Hot Springs, Arkansas 71902. The Forest Service strongly prefers
Oral Comments: Persons or organizations wishing to make oral comments must pre-register by 11:59 p.m. Central Daylight Time on August 1, 2025, and speakers can only register for one speaking slot. Oral comments must be sent by email to caroline.mitchell@usda.gov or via mail (postmarked) to Caroline Mitchell, Ouachita National Forest, P.O. Box 1270, Hot Springs, Arkansas 71902.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Craig McBroome, Designated Federal Officer, by phone at 479-964-7248 or email to robert.mcbroome@usda.gov; or Caroline Mitchell, RAC Coordinator, at 501-321-5318 or caroline.mitchell@usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The purpose of the meeting is to:
1. Hear from Title II project proponents and discuss project proposals;
2. Make funding recommendations on Title II projects;
3. Approve meeting minutes;
4. Schedule the next meeting; and
5. Other.
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: If you are a person requiring reasonable accommodation, please make a request in advance for sign language interpreting, assistive listening devices, or other reasonable accommodation. For access to proceedings, please contact the person listed in the section titled FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT . All reasonable accommodation requests are managed on a case-by-case basis.
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, 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: July 24, 2025.
Cikena Reid,
USDA Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2025-14250 Filed 7-28-25; 8:45 am]
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