11220 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 35 / Wednesday, February 24, 2021 / Notices 

Done in Washington, DC, this 18th day of 

February 2021. 

Michael Watson, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2021–03771 Filed 2–23–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Information Collection; Small Business 

Timber Sale Set-Aside Program; 

Appeal Procedures on Recomputation 

of Shares 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Forest Service is seeking comments 

from all interested individuals and 

organizations on the extension with no 

revision of a currently approved 

information collection, Small Business 

Timber Sale Set-Aside Program; Appeal 

Procedures on Recomputation of 

Shares. 

DATES: Comments must be received in 

writing on or before April 26, 2021 to 

be assured of consideration. Comments 

received after that date will be 

considered to the extent practicable. 

ADDRESSES: Comments concerning this 

notice should be submitted by email to 

glen.vanzandt@usda.gov. Comments 

may also be submitted by mail, 

addressed to Director, Forest 

Management, Mail Stop 1103, Forest 

Service, USDA, 1400 Independence 

Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250. 

Comments submitted in response to this 

notice may be made available to the 

public through relevant websites and 

upon request. For this reason, please do 

not include in your comments 

information of a confidential nature, 

such as sensitive personal information 

or proprietary information. If you send 

an email comment, your email address 

will be automatically captured and 

included as part of the comment that is 

placed in the public docket and made 

available on the internet. Please note 

that responses to this public comment 

request containing any routine notice 

about the confidentiality of the 

communication will be treated as public 

comments that may be made available to 

the public notwithstanding the 

inclusion of the routine notice. 

The public may request an electronic 

copy of the draft supporting statement 

and/or any comments received. 

Requests should be emailed to 

glen.vanzandt@usda.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Glen 

Van Zandt, Forest Management Staff, by 

phone (202) 617–1095 or by email at 

glen.vanzandt@usda.gov. Individuals 

who use telecommunication devices for 

the hearing-impaired (TDD) may call the 

Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1–800– 

877–8339 twenty-four hours a day, 

every day of the year, including 

holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Small Business Timber Sale SetAside Program; Appeal Procedures on 

Recomputation of Shares. 

OMB Number: 0596–0141. 

Expiration Date of Approval: June 30, 

2021. 

Type of Request: Extension with no 

Revision of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Abstract: The Forest Service adopted 

the Small Business Timber Sale SetAside Program (Set-Aside Program) on 

July 26, 1990 (55 FR 30485). The 

Agency administers the Set-Aside 

Program in cooperation with the Small 

Business Administration (SBA) under 

the authorities of the Small Business 

Act (15 U.S.C. 631), the National Forest 

Management Act of 1976, and SBA 

regulations in 13 CFR part 121. The SetAside Program is designed to ensure 

that small business timber purchasers 

have the opportunity to purchase a fair 

proportion of National Forest System 

timber offered for sale. 

Under the Set-Aside Program, the 

Forest Service must recompute the 

shares of timber sales to be set aside for 

qualifying small businesses every 5 

years based on the actual volume of 

sawtimber that has been purchased by 

small businesses. Additionally, shares 

must be recomputed if there is a change 

in manufacturing capability, if the 

purchaser size class changes, or if 

certain purchasers discontinue 

operations. 

In 1992, the Agency adopted new 

administrative appeal procedures (36 

CFR part 215), which excluded the SetAside Program. Prior to adoption of 36 

CFR part 215, the Agency accepted 

appeals of recomputation decisions 

under 36 CFR part 217, and therefore 

decided to establish procedures for 

providing notice to affected purchasers 

offering an opportunity to comment on 

the recomputation of shares (61 FR 

7468). The Conference Report 

accompanying the 1997 Omnibus 

Appropriation Act (Pub. L. 104–208) 

directed the Forest Service to reinstate 

an appeals process for decisions 

concerning recomputation of Small 

Business Set-Aside shares, structural 

recomputations of SBA shares, or 

changes in policies impacting the SetAside Program prior to December 31, 

1996. The Small Business Timber Sale 

Set-Aside Program, Appeal Procedures 

on Recomputation of Shares (36 CFR 

223.118; 64 FR 411, January 5, 1999), 

outlines the types of decisions that are 

subject to appeal, who may appeal 

decisions, the procedures for appealing 

decisions, the timelines for appeal, and 

the contents of the notice of appeal. 

The Forest Service provides 

qualifying timber sale purchasers 30- 

days for pre-decisional review and 

comment on draft decisions to reallocate 

shares, including the data used in 

making the proposed recomputation 

decision. Within 15 days after the close 

of the 30-day pre-decisional review 

period, an Agency official makes a 

decision on the shares to be set aside for 

small businesses and gives written 

notice of the decision to all parties on 

the national forest timber sale bidders 

list for the affected area. The written 

notice provides the date by which the 

appeal may be filed and how to obtain 

information on appeal procedures. 

Only those timber sale purchasers, or 

their representatives, who are affected 

by small business share timber sale setaside recomputation decisions and who 

have submitted pre-decisional 

comments, may appeal recomputation 

decisions. The appellant must file a 

notice of appeal with the appropriate 

Forest Service official within 20 days of 

the date on the notice of decision. The 

notice of appeal must include: 

1. The appellant’s name, mailing 

address, and daytime telephone 

number; 

2. The title or type of recomputation 

decision involved and date of the 

decision; 

3. The name of the responsible Forest 

Service official; 

4. A brief description and date of the 

decision being appealed; 

5. A statement of how the appellant 

is adversely affected by the decision 

being appealed; 

6. A statement of facts in dispute 

regarding the issue(s) raised by the 

appeal; 

7. Specific references to law, 

regulation, or policy that the appellant 

believes have been violated (if any) and 

the basis for such an allegation; 

8. A statement as to whether and how 

the appellant has tried to resolve the 

appeal issues with the responsible 

Forest Service official, including 

evidence of submission of written 

comments at the pre-decisional stage; 

and 

9. A statement of the relief the 

appellant seeks. 


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The data gathered in this information 

collection is not available from other 

sources. 

Affected Public: Timber sale 

purchasers, or their representatives, 

who are affected by recomputations of 

the small business share of timber sales. 

Estimate of Burden per Response: 9 

hours. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Respondents: 40. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Responses per Respondent: 2. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 720 hours. 

Comment is Invited: 

Comment is invited on: (1) Whether 

this collection of information is 

necessary for the stated purposes and 

the proper performance of the functions 

of the agency, including whether the 

information will have practical or 

scientific utility; (2) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

collection of information, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (4) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including the use of 

automated, electronic, mechanical, or 

other technological collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. 

All comments received in response to 

this notice, including names and 

addresses when provided, will be a 

matter of public record. Comments will 

be summarized and included in the 

submission request provided to the 

Office of Management and Budget for 

approval. 

John G. Church, 

Assistant Director, Forest & Rangeland 

Management and Vegetation Ecology, 

National Forest System. 

[FR Doc. 2021–03712 Filed 2–23–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3411–15–P 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Notice of Public Meeting of the 

Montana Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: U.S. Commission on Civil 

Rights. 

ACTION: Announcement of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, 

pursuant to the provisions of the rules 

and regulations of the U.S. Commission 

on Civil Rights (Commission) and the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA) that the Montana Advisory 

Committee (Committee) to the 

Commission will hold a meeting via 

Webex platform at 12:00 p.m. (MT) on 

Thursday, March 25, 2021 for the 

purpose of hearing testimony from the 

Montana Secretary of State’s Office 

regarding voting access for Native 

Americans. 

DATES: Thursday, March 25, 2021 at 

12:00 p.m. Mountain Time. 

Public Call-In Information: Dial: (800) 

360–9505, Access code: 199 308 5779 

Web Access Information Link: http://

bit.ly/MTSAC325 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ana 

Victoria Fortes, Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO) at afortes@usccr.gov or by 

phone at (202) 681–0857. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

meeting is available to the public 

through the following toll-free call-in 

number: 800–360–9505, Access code: 

199 308 5779. Any interested member of 

the public may call this number and 

listen to the meeting. Callers can expect 

to incur charges for calls they initiate 

over wireless lines, and the Commission 

will not refund any incurred charges. 

Callers will incur no charge for calls 

they initiate over land-line connections 

to the toll-free telephone number. 

Persons with hearing impairments may 

also follow the proceedings by first 

calling the Federal Relay Service at 1– 

800–877–8339 and providing the 

Service with the conference call number 

and conference ID number. 

Members of the public are entitled to 

make comments during the open period 

at the end of the meeting. Members of 

the public may also submit written 

comments; the comments must be 

received in the Regional Programs Unit 

within 30 days following the meeting. 

Written comments may be mailed to the 

Western Regional Office, U.S. 

Commission on Civil Rights, 300 North 

Los Angeles Street, Suite 2010, Los 

Angeles, CA 90012 or email Ana 

Victoria Fortes at afortes@usccr.gov. 

Records and documents discussed 

during the meeting will be available for 

public viewing prior to and after the 

meeting at https://

www.facadatabase.gov/FACA/ 

FACAPublicView

CommitteeDetails?id=a10

t0000001gzlyAAA. 

Please click on the ‘‘Committee 

Meetings’’ tab. Records generated from 

these meetings may also be inspected 

and reproduced at the Regional 

Programs Unit, as they become 

available, both before and after the 

meetings. Persons interested in the work 

of this Committee are directed to the 

Commission’s website, https://

www.usccr.gov, or may contact the 

Regional Programs Unit at the above 

email or street address. 

Agenda 

I. Welcome 

II. Presentation by Dana Corson, 

Montana Elections Director 

III. Q & A 

IV. Public Comment 

V. Adjournment 

Dated: February 18, 2021. 

David Mussatt, 

Supervisory Chief, Regional Programs Unit. 

[FR Doc. 2021–03742 Filed 2–23–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Notice of Public Meeting of the Nevada 

Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: U.S. Commission on Civil 

Rights. 

ACTION: Announcement of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, 

pursuant to the provisions of the rules 

and regulations of the U.S. Commission 

on Civil Rights (Commission) and the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act that 

the Nevada Advisory Committee 

(Committee) will hold a meeting via the 

Webex platform on Monday, March 1, 

2021 at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time. The 

purpose of the meeting is for the 

Committee to continue planning for 

upcoming web hearings focused on 

distance learning and equity in 

education. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on: 

• Monday, March 1, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. 

Pacific Time 

Public Call-In Information: Dial: 800– 

360–9505, Access Code: 199 102 9739 

Web Access Information Link: http://

bit.ly/NVSAC3121 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ana 

Fortes, Designated Federal Officer 

(DFO), at afortes@usccr.gov or by phone 

at (202) 681–0857. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: An open 

comment period will be provided to 

allow members of the public to make a 

statement as time allows. The 

conference call operator will ask callers 

to identify themselves, the organization 

they are affiliated with (if any), and an 

email address prior to placing callers 

into the conference room. Callers can 

expect to incur regular charges for calls 

they initiate over wireless lines, 

according to their wireless plan. The 

Commission will not refund any 

incurred charges. Callers will incur no 

charge for calls they initiate over landline connections to the toll-free 

telephone number. Persons with hearing 

impairments may also follow the 

proceedings by first calling the Federal 


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