Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 19 / Monday, January 29, 2024 / Notices 5485 

APHIS would not be able to ensure 

substantial compliance with the statute. 

Noncompliance with the statute could 

result in misappropriation of public 

funds and lost revenue to the Federal 

Government. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit; Individuals. 

Number of Respondents: 144,209. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 95,310. 

Levi S. Harrell, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2024–01666 Filed 1–26–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

National Urban and Community 

Forestry Advisory Council 

AGENCY: Forest Service, Agriculture 

(USDA). 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The National Urban and 

Community Forestry Advisory Council 

will hold a public meeting according to 

the details shown below. The Council is 

authorized under the Cooperative 

Forestry Assistance Act (the Act) and 

operates in compliance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA). The 

purpose of the Council is to develop a 

national urban and community forestry 

ten-year action plan, evaluate and report 

annually on the implementation of that 

plan to the Secretary, and develop 

criteria for and submit 

recommendations to the Forest Service’s 

National Urban and Community 

Forestry Challenge Cost-share Grant 

Program. 

DATES: An in-person and virtual meeting 

will be held on February 28, 2024, 9 

a.m.–5 p.m., Mountain Standard Time 

(MST) and February 29, 2024, 8:30 

a.m.–1 p.m. MST. 

Written and Oral Comments: Anyone 

wishing to provide in-person and/or 

virtual oral comments must pre-register 

by 11:59 p.m. MST on February 21, 

2024. Written public comments will be 

accepted up to 11:59 p.m. MST on 

February 21, 2024. Comments submitted 

after this date will be provided to the 

Forest Service, but the Council may not 

have adequate time to consider those 

comments prior to the meeting. 

All Council meetings are subject to 

cancellation. For status of the meetings 

prior to attendance, please contact the 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held 

in person and virtually at the Valle de 

Oro National Wildlife Refuge located at 

7851 Second Street Southwest, 

Albuquerque, New Mexico 87105. 

Council information and meeting details 

can be found at the following website: 

https://www.fs.usda.gov/managingland/urban-forests/ucf or by contacting 

the person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Written Comments: Written comments 

must be sent by email to 

nancy.stremple@usda.gov or via mail 

(i.e., postmarked) to Nancy Stremple, 

201 Fourteenth Street, South West, 

Sidney Yates Building 3SC–01B, 

Washington, DC 20024. The Forest 

Service strongly prefers comments be 

submitted electronically. 

Oral Comments: Persons or 

organizations wishing to make oral 

comments must pre-register by 11:59 

p.m. MST February 21, 2024, and 

speakers can only register for one 

speaking slot. Oral comments must be 

sent by email to nancy.stremple@

usda.gov or via mail (i.e., postmarked) 

to Nancy Stremple, 201 Fourteenth 

Street, South West, Sidney Yates 

Building 3SC–01B, Washington, DC 

20024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nancy Stremple, Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO), by email at 

nancy.stremple@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the meeting is to: 

1. Introduce National Urban and 

Community Forestry Council members; 

2. Present about Valle de Oro National 

Urban Wildlife Refuge and community 

engagement; 

3. Discuss National Ten Year Action 

Plan, its Five Year Benchmark, 

Accomplishment Report, and process in 

Preparation for the Next Ten Year 

Action Plan (2027–2037); 

4. Receive Presentation on Extreme 

Heat and site tour Thursday; 

5. Schedule future meetings; and 

6. Other Council related items. 

The agenda will include time for 

individuals to make oral statements of 

three minutes or less. Individuals 

wishing to make an oral statement 

should make a request in writing at least 

three days prior to the meeting date to 

be scheduled on the agenda. Written 

comments may be submitted to the 

Forest Service up to 5 days after the 

meeting date listed under DATES. 

Please contact the person listed under 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, by 

or before the deadline, for all questions 

related to the meeting. All comments, 

including names and addresses when 

provided, are placed in the record and 

are available for public inspection and 

copying. The public may inspect 

comments received upon request. 

Meeting Accommodations: The 

meeting location is compliant with the 

Americans with Disabilities Act, and the 

USDA provides reasonable 

accommodation to individuals with 

disabilities where appropriate. If you are 

a person requiring reasonable 

accommodation, please make requests 

in advance for sign language 

interpretation, assistive listening 

devices, or other reasonable 

accommodation to the person listed 

under the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section or contact USDA’s 

TARGET Center at (202) 720–2600 

(voice and TTY) or USDA through the 

Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–8339. 

Additionally, program information may 

be made available in languages other 

than English. 

USDA programs are prohibited from 

discriminating based on race, color, 

national origin, religion, sex, gender 

identity (including gender expression), 

sexual orientation, disability, age, 

marital status, family/parental status, 

income derived from a public assistance 

program, political beliefs, or reprisal or 

retaliation for prior civil rights activity, 

in any program or activity conducted or 

funded by USDA (not all bases apply to 

all programs). Remedies and complaint 

filing deadlines vary by program or 

incident. 

Equal opportunity practices in 

accordance with USDA’s policies will 

be followed in all appointments to the 

Council. To ensure that the 

recommendations of the Council have 

considered the needs of the diverse 

groups served by USDA, membership 

shall include to the extent possible 

individuals with demonstrated ability to 

represent minorities, women, and 

persons with disabilities. USDA is an 

equal opportunity provider, employer, 

and lender. 

Dated: January 23, 2024. 

Cikena Reid, 

USDA Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2024–01614 Filed 1–26–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3411–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

National Agricultural Library 

Notice of Second Interested Party 

Feedback Period Regarding Increasing 

Public Access to the Results of USDAFunded Research 

AGENCY: National Agricultural Library, 

Agricultural Research Service, 

Department of Agriculture. 


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