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2See https://sam.gov/content/assistance-listings. 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA, 42 

U.S.C. 4321–4347), the regulations of 

the Council on Environmental Quality 

(40 CFR parts 1500–1508), and the FSA 

regulation for compliance with NEPA (7 

CFR part 799). The changes announced 

in this notice deal with the status of the 

guaranteed lender. Each of the 

underlying proposals submitted by 

guaranteed lenders of any status will 

continue to be fully considered under 

NEPA prior to the government 

guaranteeing any loans for any 

activities, including Categorical 

Exclusions, Environmental 

Assessments, or Environmental Impact 

Statements. 

Federal Assistance Programs 

The title and number of the Federal 

assistance programs, as found in the 

Assistance Listing 2 (formerly referred to 

as the Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance), to which this document 

applies is 10.406—Farm Operating 

Loans and 10.407—Farm Ownership 

Loans. 

USDA Non-Discrimination Policy 

In accordance with Federal civil 

rights law and USDA civil rights 

regulations and policies, USDA, its 

agencies, offices, and employees, and 

institutions participating in or 

administering 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 or 

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. 

Individuals who require alternative 

means of communication for program 

information (for example, braille, large 

print, audiotape, American Sign 

Language, etc.) should contact the 

responsible agency or the USDA 

TARGET Center at (202) 720–2600 

(voice and text telephone (TTY)) or dial 

711 for Telecommunications Relay 

Service (both voice and text telephone 

users can initiate this call from any 

telephone). Additionally, program 

information may be made available in 

languages other than English. 

To file a program discrimination 

complaint, complete the USDA Program 

Discrimination Complaint Form, AD– 

3027, found online at https://

www.usda.gov/oascr/how-to-file-aprogram-discrimination-complaint and 

at any USDA office or write a letter 

addressed to USDA and provide in the 

letter all the information requested in 

the form. To request a copy of the 

complaint form, call (866) 632–9992. 

Submit your completed form or letter to 

USDA by: (1) mail to: U.S. Department 

of Agriculture, Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20250–9410; (2) fax: (202) 690–7442; 

or (3) email: program.intake@usda.gov. 

USDA is an equal opportunity 

provider, employer, and lender. 

Zach Ducheneaux, 

Administrator, Farm Service Agency. 

[FR Doc. 2024–03687 Filed 2–22–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3411–E2–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Black Hills National Forest Advisory 

Board 

AGENCY: Forest Service, Agriculture 

(USDA). 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Black Hills National 

Forest Advisory Board will hold a 

public meeting according to the details 

shown below. The Board is authorized 

under the Forest and Rangeland 

Renewable Resources Planning Act of 

1974, the National Forest Management 

Act of 1976, the Federal Lands 

Recreation Enhancement Act, and 

operates in compliance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA). The 

purpose of the Board is to provide 

advice and recommendations on a broad 

range of forest issues such as forest plan 

revisions or amendments, forest health 

including fire, insect and disease, travel 

management, forest monitoring and 

evaluation, recreation fees, and sitespecific projects having forest-wide 

implications. 

DATES: An in-person meeting will be 

held on March 20, 2024, 1 p.m.–4:30 

p.m. mountain standard time (MST). 

Written and Oral Comments: Anyone 

wishing to provide in-person oral 

comments must pre-register by 11:59 

p.m. MST on March 15, 2024. Written 

public comments will be accepted by 

11:59 p.m. MST on March 15, 2024. 

Comments submitted after this date will 

be provided to the Forest Service, but 

the Board may not have adequate time 

to consider those comments prior to the 

meeting. 

All board meetings are subject to 

cancellation. For status of the meeting 

prior to attendance, please contact the 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held in 

person, at the U.S. Forest Service, 

Mystic Ranger District Office, 8221 

Mount Rushmore Road, Rapid City, 

South Dakota 57702. Board information 

and meeting details can be found at the 

following website: https://

www.fs.usda.gov/main/blackhills/

workingtogether/advisorycommittees or 

by contacting the person listed under 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Written Comments: Written comments 

must be sent by email to 

scott.j.jacobson@usda.gov or via mail 

(i.e., postmarked) to Scott Jacobson, 

8221 Mount Rushmore Road, Rapid 

City, South Dakota 57702. 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, March 15, 2024, and 

speakers can only register for one 

speaking slot. Oral comments must be 

sent by email to scott.j.jacobson@

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

to Scott Jacobson, 8221 Mount 

Rushmore Road, Rapid City, South 

Dakota 57702. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Shawn Cochran, Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO), by phone at 605–673– 

9201, or email at shawn.cochran@

usda.gov, or Scott Jacobson, Committee 

Coordinator, at 605–440–1409 or email 

at scott.j.jacobson@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting agenda will include: 

1. Length of Stay on Forest 

discussion; 

2. Mitchell Dam Project; and 

3. Forest Plan Revision update. 

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 7 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 


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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 

Board. To ensure that the 

recommendations of the Board have 

taken into account 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: February 15, 2024. 

Cikena Reid, 

USDA Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2024–03679 Filed 2–22–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3411–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Land Between the Lakes Advisory 

Board 

AGENCY: Forest Service, Agriculture 

(USDA). 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Land Between the Lakes 

Advisory Board will hold a public 

meeting according to the details shown 

below. The Board is authorized under 

the Charter for the Land Between the 

Lakes Advisory Board and operates in 

compliance with the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA). The purpose of 

the Board is to advise the Secretary of 

Agriculture on means of promoting 

public participation for the land and 

resource management plan for the 

Recreation Area; of providing 

environmental education; of developing 

an annual work plan for recreation and 

environment education areas in the 

Recreation Area, including the heritage 

program, with the nonappropriated 

amounts in the Land Between the Lakes 

Management Fund; of providing an 

annual forest management and harvest 

plan for the Recreation Area; and to 

establish the Land Between the Lakes 

Management Fund. 

DATES: An in-person and virtual meeting 

will be held on March 27, 2024, 9 a.m.– 

4 p.m., central daylight time (CDT). 

Written and Oral Comments: Anyone 

wishing to provide in-person oral 

comments must pre-register by 11:59 

p.m. (CDT) on March 19, 2024. Written 

public comments will be accepted up to 

11:59 p.m. (CDT) on March 19, 2024. 

Comments submitted after this date will 

be provided to the Forest Service, but 

the Board may not have adequate time 

to consider those comments prior to the 

meeting. 

All board meetings are subject to 

cancellation. For status of the meeting 

prior to attendance, please contact the 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held 

in-person at the Land Between the Lakes 

National Recreation Area 

Administration Building located at 100 

Van Morgan Drive, Golden Pond, 

Kentucky 42211. The public may also 

join virtually via Microsoft Teams at: 

https://landbetweenthelakes.us/about/ 

working-together/advisory-board/ or by 

contacting the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Written Comments: Written comments 

must be sent by email to SM.FS.LBL_

AdBoard@usda.gov or via mail (i.e., 

postmarked) to Land Between the Lakes 

National Recreation Area, Attention: 

Christine Bombard, 100 Van Morgan 

Drive, Golden Pond, Kentucky 42211. 

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. CDT, March 19, 2024, and speakers 

can only register for one speaking slot. 

Oral comments must be sent by email to 

SM.FS.LBL_AdBoard@usda.gov or via 

mail (i.e., postmarked) to Land Between 

the Lakes National Recreation Area, 

Attention: Christine Bombard, 100 Van 

Morgan Drive, Golden Pond, Kentucky 

42211. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim 

McCoy, Designated Federal Officer 

(DFO), by phone at 270–924–2001 or 

email at SM.FS.LBL_AdBoard@usda.gov 

or Christine Bombard, Board 

Coordinator, at 270–924–2002 or email 

at SM.FS.LBL_AdBoard@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the meeting is to: 

1. Discuss natural resource 

management; 

2. Discuss recreation; and 

3. Discuss environmental education. 

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 7 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 


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