Meetings,

[Federal Register: October 19, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 201)]

[Proposed Rules]

[Page 56293-56294]

From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

36 CFR Parts 217 and 219

National Meetings on Forest Service System Land and Resource Management Planning Regulations

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

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SUMMARY: On October 5, 1999, the Department of Agriculture, Forest Service published proposed regulations guiding land and resource management planning on national forests and grasslands (64 FR 54073). The Forest Service is scheduling 23 national town hall meetings to discuss the proposed planning regulations.

DATES: The town hall meetings are scheduled from October 26 through December 9.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the locations and times listed in the table under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

Written comments on the proposed planning regulations can be sent to the following: via mail at CAET-USDA, Attn. Planning Rule, Forest Service, USDA 200 East Broadway, Room 103, PO Box 7669, Missoula, MT 59807; via email at planreg/wo__caet@fs.fed.us; or via facsimile at (406) 329-3021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob Cunningham, telephone: (202) 205- 2494.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 23 town hall meetings will provide an opportunity for the public to learn about the proposed planning regulations. Participants will be briefed on major themes of the proposed regulations which were published in the Federal Register on October 5, 1999 (64 FR 54073).

The meetings will be held at the locations and times listed in the following table:

Date

City

Location

Time

Tuesday, October 26............ St. Louis, MO..... St. Louis Airport 6-9 p.m. Hilton, 10330 Natural Bridge Road. Tuesday, October 26............ Hanover, NH....... Dartmouth College, 6-9 p.m. Kendall Lounge. Thursday, October 28........... Duluth, MN........ Duluth Entertainment 6-9 p.m. and Convention Center, 350 Harbor Drive. Monday, November 1............. Boise, ID......... Owyhee Plaza Hotel, 6-9 p.m. 1109 Main Street. Tuesday, November 2............ Olympia, WA....... Olympic National

6-9 p.m. Forest Headquarters, 1835 Black Lake Boulevard, SW. Thursday, November 4........... Juneau, AK........ Mendenhall Glacier 6-9 p.m. Visitor Center, Glacier Spur Road. Thursday, November 4........... Salem, OR......... Quality Inn Salem, 6-9 p.m. 3301 Market Street, NE. Tuesday, November 9............ Casper, WY........ Parkway Plaza, I-25 & 6-9 p.m. Center Street. Wednesday, November 10......... Reno, NV.......... Sands Regency Hotel, 6-9 p.m. 345 North Arlington Avenue. Saturday, November 13.......... Los Angeles, CA... Los Angeles River 9 a.m.-12 noon. Center, 570 West Avenue 26. Saturday, November 13.......... Denver, CO........ Rocky Mountain

9 a.m.-12 noon. Regional Office, USDA Forest Service Auditorium, 740 Simms Lakewood, CO. Tuesday, November 16........... Little Rock, AR... Hilton Inn, 925 South 6-9 p.m. University. Tuesday, November 16........... Bozeman, MT....... Holiday Inn, 5 Baxter 6-9 p.m. Lane. Thursday, November 18.......... Jackson, MS....... Ramada Inn Southwest 6-9 p.m. Conference Center, Ellis Avenue and I-20 West. Thursday, November 18.......... Missoula, MT...... 4B's Inn, Missoula 6-9 p.m. South, 3803 Brooks Street. Saturday, November 20.......... Coeur d'Alene, ID. Idaho Panhandle

9 a.m.-12 noon. National Forest Headquarters, 3815 Schreiber Way. Tuesday, November 30........... Montrose, CO...... Montrose Pavilion, 6-9 p.m. 1800 Pavilion Drive. Wednesday, December 1.......... Grayling, MI...... Grayling Holiday Inn, 6-9 p.m. 2650 I-75 Business Loop. Thursday, December 2........... Albuquerque, MN... Albuquerque Convention 6-9 p.m. Center, 401 Second Street, NW. Saturday, December 4........... Asheville, NC..... North Carolina

9 a.m.-12 noon. Arboretrum, 100 Fredrick Law Olmstead Way. Tuesday, December 7............ Salt Lake City, UT Hilton Hotel, 150 6-9 p.m. West, 500 South. Thursday, December 9........... Sacramento, CA.... Sacramento Convention 6-9 p.m. Center, 1030 Fifteenth Street. Thursday, December 9........... Phoenix, AZ....... Chaparral Suites

6-9 p.m. Hotel, 5001 North Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale.

Dated: October 14, 1999. Gloria Manning, Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest System.

[FR Doc. 99-27252Filed10-18-99; 8:45 am]

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