43844 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 167 / Tuesday, August 28, 2018 / Notices 

Total Burden Hours: 1,642. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2018–18586 Filed 8–27–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3411–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Information Collection; Pesticide-Use 

Proposal 

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 revision of a 

currently approved information 

collection, Pesticide-Use Proposal. 

DATES: Comments must be received in 

writing on or before October 29, 2018 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: Stephen 

A. Covell, Mail Stop 1110, USDA Forest 

Service, Forest Health Protection, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20250. Comments also may be 

submitted by email to scovell@fs.fed.us. 

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 inspect comments received 

at 201 14th Street SW, Washington, DC 

20250 Monday through Friday, 9:00 

a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Visitors are 

encouraged to call ahead to 703–605– 

5342 to facilitate entry to the building. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Stephen A. Covell, State and Private 

Forestry, Forest Health Protection, 

telephone 703–605–5342, email 

scovell@fs.fed.us. Individuals who use 

telecommunication devices for the deaf 

(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: Pesticide-Use Proposal. 

OMB Number: 0596–0241. 

Expiration Date of Approval: 12/31/ 

2018. 

Type of Request: Renewal with no 

revisions. 

Abstract: USDA Forest Service (FS) 

has Federal land stewardship 

responsibilities for approximately 193 

million acres. Forest Service land 

management responsibilities require use 

of integrated pest management, which 

in certain circumstances includes use of 

pesticides. The Forest Service currently 

uses form FS–2100–2, Pesticide-Use 

Proposal (PUP) internally to collect and 

review pesticide-applications intended 

to control pests of grasslands and forests 

under its administrative responsibility 

(under FSM 2150, and FSH 2109.14). 

The Forest Service anticipates requests 

from outside entities for application of 

pesticides upon Forest Service 

administered lands within rights-of-way 

easements, permitted lands, and under 

similar circumstances. 

The Forest Service proposes to use the 

PUP form to collect pesticide project 

information from those outside entities 

to facilitate authorization of selected 

activities. Completion of the PUP form 

includes identification of pests to be 

controlled, pesticide to be applied, and 

other regulatory compliance information 

such as use of certified applicators. 

Because diverse pesticide-use projects 

are designed for local conditions, it is 

appropriate for the PUP form to be used 

to ensure that essential details are 

uniformly assembled for review. 

Proposals will be evaluated by Forest 

Service pesticide use coordinators and 

other administrative personnel to 

safeguard human health and ecological 

protection consistent with Forest 

Service land use management programs. 

Form and instructions will be posted on 

a Forest Service website for ready public 

availability. 

Affected Public: Individuals and 

Households, Businesses and 

Organizations, and State, Local or Tribal 

Governments responsible for vegetation 

management along rights-of-way across 

lands administered by the Forest 

Service. 

Estimate of Burden per response: 12 

hours. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Respondents: 36. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Responses: 50. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 600 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 toward Office of 

Management and Budget approval. 

Dated: August 8, 2018. 

Glenn P. Casamassa, 

Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest 

System. 

[FR Doc. 2018–18557 Filed 8–27–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3411–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Southern Region Recreation Resource 

Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice; solicitation of nominees 

to the Southern Region Recreation 

Resource Advisory Committee. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act of 

1972 (FACA), the United States 

Department of Agriculture (USDA) 

announces solicitation for nominations 

to fill four vacancies on the Southern 

Region Recreation Resource Advisory 

Committee (RRAC). Members will be 

appointed by the Secretary of 

Agriculture and serve a three-year term. 

DATES: Applications must be received 

on or before October 1, 2018. This 

timeframe may be extended if officials 

do not receive applications for needed 

positions. Nominations must contain a 

completed application packet that 

includes the nominee’s name, a 

narrative statement on each Nominee 

Evaluation Criteria, and completed 

Form AD–755, Advisory Committee or 


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Research and Promotion Background 

Information. The package must be sent 

to the address below. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons may 

submit applications to the Southern 

Region Recreation RAC by U.S. Mail: C. 

Mitchell, Ouachita National Forest, P.O. 

Box 1270, Hot Springs, AR 71902, or 

Express Delivery: C. Mitchell, Ouachita 

National Forest, 100 Reserve Street, Hot 

Springs, AR 71901. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anyone wanting further information 

regarding this request for nominations 

may contact the Recreation Resource 

Advisory Committee Coordinator 

Tiffany Williams, Southern Region, 

USDA Forest Service, 1720 Peachtree 

Road NW, Atlanta, GA 30309; by phone 

at (404) 347–2769, or by email at r8_

rrac@fs.fed.us. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Federal Lands Recreation 

Enhancement Act (REA), directs the 

Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary 

of the Interior, or both to establish 

Recreation RACs, or use existing 

advisory committees to perform the 

duties of Recreation RACs, in each State 

or region for Federal recreation lands 

and waters managed by the Forest 

Service or the Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM). These committees 

make recreation fee program 

recommendations on implementing or 

eliminating standard amenity fees; 

expanded amenity fees; noncommercial, 

individual special recreation permit 

fees; expanding or limiting the 

recreation fee program; and fee-level 

changes. 

Recreation Resource Advisory 

Committee Membership Recruitment 

Potential nominees must represent the 

following forest-related interests: 

D Category One: Five people who 

represent recreation users, one in each 

position: Camping, summer motorized, 

summer non-motorized, wildlife and 

nature viewing/viewing of interpretive 

sites and hunting and fishing. The target 

for recruitment for 2018 is for one 

committee member to represent 

camping and one to represent nonmotorized recreation. 

D Category Two: Three people who 

represent interest groups that include: 

Outfitter and guides (two positions), and 

local environmental groups (one 

position). The target for recruitment for 

2018 is for one committee member to 

represent local environmental groups. 

D Category Three: Three people, one 

in each position: State tourism official, 

a person who represents affected local 

government interests, and a person who 

represents affected Indian tribes’ issues. 

The target for recruitment for 2018 is for 

one committee member to represent 

local government. 

Completed nomination forms are due 

by Monday, October 1, 2018. 

Members will be appointed for threeyear terms based on the following 

criteria: Which interest groups they 

represent and how well they are 

qualified to represent that group; Why 

they want to serve on the committee and 

what they can contribute; Their past 

experience in working successfully as 

part of a collaborative group. 

Nominees’ demonstrated ability to 

represent minorities, women and 

persons with disabilities will be 

considered in membership selections. 

U.S. Department of Agriculture policies 

regarding equal opportunity will be 

followed. 

Committee members will receive 

travel and per diem expenses for 

regularly scheduled meetings; however, 

they will not receive compensation. 

Nominations and Application 

Information for the Southern Region 

Recreation RAC 

The appointment of members to the 

Southern Region Recreation RAC will be 

made by the Secretary of Agriculture. 

Any individual or organization may 

nominate one or more qualified persons 

to represent the vacancies listed above. 

To be considered for membership, 

nominees must— 

1. Identify what interest group they 

would represent and how they are 

qualified to represent that group; 

2. State why they want to serve on the 

committee and what they can 

contribute; 

3. Show their past experience in 

working successfully as part of a 

collaborative group; 

4. Complete Form AD–755. 

Application packets are being 

accepted at this time for the vacant 

positions on the RRAC. Application 

packets, including evaluation criteria 

and the AD–755 form, are available at 

http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/r8/ 

workingtogether/advisorycommittees/ 

?cid=stelprdb5358339 or by contacting 

the persons identified in this notice. 

Nominees must submit all documents to 

the appropriate regional contact. All 

nominations will be vetted by the 

Agency. 

Equal opportunity practices, in line 

with USDA policies, will be followed in 

all appointments to the Southern Region 

Recreation RACs. To ensure that the 

recommendations of the Recreation 

RACs have taken into account the needs 

of the diverse groups served by the 

Departments, membership should 

include, to the extent practicable, 

individuals with demonstrated ability to 

represent all racial and ethnic groups, 

women and men, and persons with 

disabilities. 

Recreation RAC members serve 

without pay but are reimbursed for 

travel and per diem expenses for 

regularly scheduled committee 

meetings. All Recreation RAC meetings 

are open to the public and an open 

public forum is part of each meeting. 

Meeting dates and times will be 

determined by agency officials in 

consultation with the Recreation RAC 

members. 

Dated: August 8, 2018. 

Glenn P. Casamassa, 

Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest 

System. 

[FR Doc. 2018–18553 Filed 8–27–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3411–15–P 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Notice of Public Meeting of the 

Connecticut Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: 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 a meeting of the 

Connecticut Advisory Committee to the 

Commission will convene by conference 

call at 12:00 p.m. (EDT) on: Wednesday, 

September 12, 2018. The purpose of the 

meeting is for project and roundtable 

planning. 

DATES: Wednesday, September 12, 2018 

at 12:00 p.m. (EDT). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Evelyn Bohor, at ero@usccr.gov or by 

phone at 202–376–7533. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Public Call-In Information: 

Conference call-in number: 1–877–260– 

1479 and conference call 7670135. 

Interested members of the public may 

listen to the discussion by calling the 

following toll-free conference call-in 

number: 1–877–260–1479 and 

conference call 7670135. Please be 

advised that before placing them into 

the conference call, the conference call 

operator will ask callers to provide their 

names, their organizational affiliations 

(if any), and email addresses (so that 

callers may be notified of future 

meetings). Callers can expect to incur 

charges for calls they initiate over 

wireless lines, and the Commission will 


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