Forest Service Manual 7700 Travel Management; Chapter 7700, Zero Code; Chapter 7710 Travel Planning
| Published date | 24 September 2020 |
| Citation | 85 FR 60129 |
| Record Number | 2020-21128 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Forest Service |
60129
Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 186 / Thursday, September 24, 2020 / Notices
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Forest Service Manual 7700 Travel
Management; Chapter 7700, Zero
Code; Chapter 7710 Travel Planning
AGENCY
: Forest Service, Agriculture
(USDA).
ACTION
: Notice of availability for public
comment.
SUMMARY
: The United States Department
of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, is
proposing to revise its directives to
update and clarify guidance on
management of electric bicycle (e-bike)
use on National Forest System (NFS)
lands. E-bikes have become increasingly
popular nationwide among outdoor
recreationists on NFS and other federal
lands. E-bikes expand recreational
opportunities for many people,
particularly the elderly and disabled,
enabling them to enjoy the outdoors and
associated health benefits. Currently e-
bike use is not allowed on NFS roads,
on NFS trails, and in areas on NFS lands
that are not designated for motor vehicle
use. To promote designation of NFS
roads, NFS trails, and areas on NFS
lands for e-bike use, the proposed
revisions include new definitions for an
e-bike and a Class 1, Class 2, and Class
3 e-bike, as well as guidance and criteria
for designating e-bike use on NFS roads,
on NFS trails, and in areas on NFS
lands.
DATES
: Comments must be received in
writing by October 26, 2020.
ADDRESSES
: Comments may be
submitted electronically to https://
cara.ecosystem-management.org/Public/
ReadingRoom?project=ORMS-2619.
Written comments may be mailed to
Director, Recreation Staff, 1400
Independence Avenue SW, Washington,
DC 20250–1124. All timely received
comments, including names and
addresses, will be placed in the record
and will be available for public
inspection and copying. The public may
inspect comments received at https://
cara.ecosystem-management.org/Public/
CommentInput?project=ORMS-2619.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
:
Penny Wu, Recreation Staff, penny.wu@
usda.gov, (303) 275–5168. Individuals
who use telecommunication devices for
the deaf may call the Federal Relay
Service at (800) 877–8339 between 8:00
a.m. and 8:00 p.m., Eastern Standard
Time, Monday through Friday.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
: Over 27
States have adopted a standard
definition for an e-bike and a three-
tiered classification system for e-bikes.
Additionally, the United States
Department of the Interior (DOI)
recently issued proposed e-bike rules for
the Bureau of Land Management, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of
Reclamation, and the National Park
Service pursuant to a Secretarial Order
that promotes e-bike use on DOI-
managed federal lands.
The Forest Service’s proposed
directive revisions align with the 27
States and DOI’s proposed e-bike rules
in adopting a standard definition for an
e-bike and a three-tiered classification
for e-bikes and align with DOI’s
proposed e-bike rules in requiring site-
specific decision-making and
environmental analysis at the local level
to allow e-bike use. In particular, the
proposed revisions would add a
paragraph to Forest Service Manual
(FSM) 7702 to establish promotion of e-
bike use on NFS lands as an objective;
would add a cross-reference in FSM
7703.13 and 7703.14 to specific
guidance on designating NFS trails and
areas on NFS lands for motor vehicle
use; would add definitions in FSM 7705
for ‘‘bicycle’’ and ‘‘e-bike,’’ including
‘‘Class 1,’’ ‘‘Class 2,’’ and ‘‘Class 3 e-
bike’’; would revise FSM 7711.3,
paragraph 6, to add a category for
designating e-bike use on NFS trails;
would add a paragraph to FSM 7715.03
to establish promotion of e-bike use on
NFS lands as a policy; would revise
FSM 7715.5 to add a criterion to
consider trail management objectives in
designating trails for motor vehicle use
generally and to add criteria and
guidance for designating e-bike use on
NFS trails; and to add a paragraph in
FSM 7715.72 to enhance coordination
with appropriate Federal, State, and
local governmental entities and Tribal
governments on travel management
decisions and operational practices on
routes crossing multiple jurisdictions to
provide continuity of recreation
experiences.
After the public comment period
closes, the Forest Service will consider
timely comments that are within the
scope of the proposed revisions to the
directives in the development of the
final revisions. A notice of the final
revisions, including a response to timely
comments, will be posted on the Forest
Service’s web page at https://
www.fs.fed.us/about-agency/
regulations-policies.
Tina Johna Terrell,
Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest
System.
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Notice of Public Meeting of the Hawai1i
Advisory Committee; Correction
AGENCY
: Commission on Civil Rights.
ACTION
: Notice; correction.
SUMMARY
: The Commission on Civil
Rights published a notice in the Federal
Register on Friday, September 18, 2020,
concerning a meeting of the Hawai1i
Advisory Committee. The document
contained an incorrect day of the week,
which now has changed to Monday the
correct day of the week.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
:
Angelica Trevino, (202) 695–8935,
atrevino@usccr.gov.
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