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Vol. 72, No. 93 

Tuesday, May 15, 2007 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Office of the Secretary 

Forestry Research Advisory Council 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice; solicitation for 

membership to the Forestry Research 

Advisory Council. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 

U.S.C. app., the United States 

Department of Agriculture (USDA) 

announces solicitation for nominations 

to fill eleven vacancies on the Forestry 

Research Advisory Council. 

DATES: Nominations must be received 

on or before July 16, 2007. Send 

completed nomination packages to 

Daina Dravnieks Apple, Designated 

Federal Officer, U.S. Forest Service; 

Research and Development, Forestry 

Research Advisory Council; U. S. 

Department of Agriculture; Mail Stop 

1120; 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–1120, if sending 

by U.S Postal Service. For Express mail 

use 201 14th St. SW., Mail Stop 1120; 

Washington, DC 20024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Daina Dravnieks Apple, Designated 

Federal Officer, U.S. Forest Service; 

Research and Development, Forestry 

Research Advisory Council; 202–205– 

1665; facsimile 202–205–1530, or 

contact Catalino Blanche, Program 

Leader, Natural Resources and 

Environment, Cooperative State 

Research, Education, and Extension 

Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture; 

202–401–4190; facsimile 202–401–1706. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

1441(c) of the Agriculture and Food Act 

of 1981 requires the establishment of the 

Forestry Research Advisory Council to 

provide advice to the Secretary of 

Agriculture on accomplishing efficiently 

the purposes of the Act of October 10, 

1962 (16 U.S.C. 582a, et seq.), known as 

the McIntire-Stennis Act of 1962. The 

Council also provides advice related to 

the Forest Service research program, 

authorized by the Forest and Rangeland 

Resources Research Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 

95–307, 92 Stat. 353, as amended; 16 

U.S.C. 1600 (note)). The Council is 

composed of 20 voting members from 

the following membership categories: 

(1) Federal and State agencies 

concerned with developing and 

utilizing the Nation’s forest resources, in 

particular committee membership, will 

include representation from the 

National Forest System and Forest and 

Range Experiment Station leaders, 

Forest Service; 

(2) The forest industries. These are 

organizations involved in the 

management of forest lands for which 

timber production is a component; 

(3) The forestry schools of the State 

certified eligible institutions, and State 

agricultural experiment stations; and 

(4) Volunteer public groups 

concerned with forests and related 

natural resources. 

The initial Council membership was 

appointed with staggered terms of 1, 2, 

and 3 years. As a result of the staggered 

appointments, the terms of 11 members 

will expire during November 2007. 

Nominations for a 3-year appointment 

for all of the 11 vacant positions are 

sought. Nominees will be carefully 

reviewed for their broad expertise, 

leadership and relevancy to a 

membership category. Geographic 

balance and a balanced distribution 

among the categories are also important. 

Vacancies are as follows: Federal and 

State—3; Industry—1; Academic—3; 

and Voluntary organizations—4. 

Nominations for one individual who fits 

several of the categories or for more than 

one person who fits one category will be 

accepted. Please indicate the specific 

membership category for each nominee. 

Nominations are open to all individuals 

without regard for race, color, religion, 

sex, national origin, age, mental or 

physical handicap, marital status, or 

sexual orientation. Nominations are 

being solicited from universities, 

organizations, associations, societies, 

councils, federations, groups, and 

companies that represent a wide variety 

of forestry research interests throughout 

the country. Appointments will be made 

by the Secretary of Agriculture. 

Each nominee must complete Form 

AD–755, Advisory Committee 

Membership Background Information 

(which can be obtained electronically 

from the USDA Chief Information Office 

at http://www.ocio.usda.gov/forms/ 

ocio_forms.html, or from the contact 

persons listed in the Further 

Information Contact section of this 

notice) and will be vetted before 

selection. Send nominee’s name, 

resume, and the completed Form AD– 

755 by mail to: Forest Service Research 

and Development, Forestry Research 

Advisory Council; Mail Stop 1120; 1400 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–1120. 

Nominations delivered by express mail 

or overnight courier service should be 

sent to: USDA Forest Service; Research 

and Development, Forestry Research 

Advisory Council; 201 14th St. SW., 

Washington, DC 20024. 

Dated: May 8, 2007. 

Boyd K. Rutherford, 

Assistant Secretary for Administration. 

[FR Doc. E7–9232 Filed 5–14–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Information Collection; Publication 

Comment Cards 

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 of a 

currently approved information 

collection, Request for Comments; 

Publication Comment Cards (0596– 

0163). 

DATES: Comments must be received in 

writing on or before July 16, 2007 to be 

assured of consideration. Comments 

received after that date will be 

considered to the extent practicable. 

ADDRESSES: Comments concerning this 

notice should be addressed to Science 

Delivery Group, Southern Research 

Station, Forest Service, USDA, 200 W.T. 

Weaver Boulevard, Asheville, NC 

28804–3454. 

Comments also may be submitted via 

facsimile to 828–257–4313 or by e-mail 

to: carolwhitlock@fs.fed.us. 

The public may inspect comments 

received at 200 W.T. Weaver Boulevard, 


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