88002 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 215 / Wednesday, November 6, 2024 / Notices 

Pursuant to the Forest Service Small 

Business Timber Sale Set-Aside 

Program, developed in cooperation with 

the Small Business Administration, 

Forest Service regulations at 36 CFR 

223.84 require the Forest Service bid 

form used by potential timber sale 

bidders include provisions for small 

business concerns. The data collected 

will be used by the agency to ensure 

that National Forest System timber will 

be sold at not less than appraised value, 

that bidders will meet specific criteria 

when submitting a bid, and that antitrust violations will not occur during 

the bidding process. 

The tax identification number of each 

bidder is entered into an automated bid 

monitoring system, which is used to 

determine if speculative bidding or 

unlawful bidding practices are 

occurring and is required to process 

electronic payments to the purchaser. 

Respondents will be bidders on 

National Forest System timber sales. 

Forest Service Sale Officers will provide 

bid forms to potential bidders, and 

bidders will return the completed forms, 

dated and signed, to the Forest Service 

Sale Officer. 

The data gathered in this information 

collection are not available from other 

sources. 

Forms Associated With This 

Information Collection 

FS–2400–42a—National Forest 

Timber and Forest Products for Sale 

(Advertisement and Short-Form Bid): 

This form will be used for soliciting and 

receiving bids on short-notice timber 

sales advertised for less than 30 days for 

less than $10,000 in advertised value. 

Respondents are bidders on National 

Forest System timber sales. 

FS–2400–14—Bid for Advertised 

Timber (3 form versions: FS–2400– 

14UR—Unit Rate Bidding; FS–2400– 

14WA—Weighted Average Bidding; FS– 

2400–14TV—Total Value Bidding): 

These forms implement the same 

statutes, policies, and regulations and 

collect similar information from the 

same applicants. Respondents are 

bidders on National Forest System 

timber and forest product sales. 

FS–2400–14BV—Bid for Integrated 

Resource Timber Contract (2 form 

versions: FS–2400–14BV—Best Value, 

Total Value Bidding; FS–2400–14BVU— 

Best Value, Unit Rate Bidding): These 

forms will be used for soliciting and 

receiving bids on contracts advertised 

for 30 days or longer and on contracts 

greater than $10,000 in advertised value. 

FS–2400–14sb—Substitute Blocks of 

FS–2400–14UR, FS–2400–14WA, and 

FS–2400–14TV when sale contains 

specified roads to a higher standard 

than is needed to remove timber and the 

specified road construction cost is 

$50,000 or greater, or when sale 

contains specified roads to a higher 

standard than is needed to remove 

timber and the specified road 

construction cost is less than $50,000. 

Substitution language specific for 

Region 10 for small business set aside 

sales is also included in FS–2400–14sb. 

Affected Public: Private sector. 

Estimate of Burden per Response: 31 

hours per response. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Respondents: 1,824. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Responses per Respondent: 1.6. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 118,017 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 for Office of 

Management and Budget approval. 

JoLynn D. Anderson, 

Agency Federal Register Officer, Policy Office. 

[FR Doc. 2024–25714 Filed 11–5–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Forestry Research Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: Forest Service, Agriculture 

(USDA). 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Forestry Research 

Advisory Committee (FRAC) will hold a 

public meeting according to the details 

shown below. The committee is 

authorized under the Agriculture and 

Food Act of 1981 (the Act) and operates 

in compliance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act. The purpose 

of this committee is to make 

recommendations to and advise the 

Secretary of Agriculture on forestry 

research. The Agriculture and Food Act 

directs the Secretary to appoint the 

FRAC, which advises on how to 

efficiently accomplish the purposes of 

the McIntire-Stennis Act of 1962. The 

FRAC focuses on developing and 

utilizing the Nation’s forest resources, 

forestry schools, and forest industries. 

FRAC recommendations support states 

in carrying out a program of forestry 

research through land-grant colleges or 

agricultural experiment stations and 

other state-supported colleges and 

universities that offer graduate training 

in forestry. The FRAC also provides 

advice related to the Forest Service 

research program, which is authorized 

by the Forest and Rangeland Renewable 

Resources Research Act of 1978. 

DATES: An in-person meeting will be 

held on November 21, 2024, from 12 

p.m. to 5 p.m. and November 22, 2024, 

9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. 

Written and Oral Comments: Anyone 

wishing to provide oral comments must 

pre-register by 11:59 p.m. Eastern 

Standard Time on November 13, 2024. 

Written public comments will be 

accepted by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard 

Time on November 13, 2024. Comments 

submitted after this date will be 

provided by the Forest Service to the 

committee, but the committee may not 

have adequate time to consider those 

comments prior to the meeting. 

All committee 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 USDA Forest Service, Sidney 

R Yates Building, 201 14th Street SW, 

Washington, DC 20250 in the Yates 

Training Room. Committee information 

and meeting details can be found at the 

following website: https://

www.fs.usda.gov/research/about/frac or 

by contacting the person listed under 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Written Comments: Written comments 

must be sent by email to 

arthur.a.duggan@usda.gov or via mail 

(postmarked) to David Lytle, Research 

and Development 2NW, USDA Forest 

Service, 201 14th Street SW, 

Washington, DC 20250. 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 


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p.m. Eastern Standard Time, November 

13, 2024, and speakers can only register 

for one speaking slot. Oral comments 

must be sent by email to 

arthur.a.duggan@usda.gov or via mail 

(postmarked) to David Lytle, Research 

and Development 2NW, USDA Forest 

Service, 201 14th Street SW, 

Washington, DC 20250. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Arthur Duggan, Jr., Science Quality 

Services Program Manager, by phone at 

(510) 542–0081 or email at 

arthur.a.duggan@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the meeting is to: 

1. Discuss questions Federal forestry 

researchers are addressing and how they 

are addressing them; 

2. Discuss recommendations the 

FRAC can make to the Secretary of 

Agriculture to further forestry research 

advancements, and 

3. Identify topics for future meetings. 

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 14 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 

committee. To ensure that the 

recommendations of the committee have 

taken into account the needs of the 

diverse groups served by USDA, 

membership shall include, to the extent 

practicable, individuals with 

demonstrated ability to represent the 

many communities, identities, races, 

ethnicities, backgrounds, abilities, 

cultures, and beliefs of the American 

people, including underserved 

communities. USDA is an equal 

opportunity provider, employer, and 

lender. 

Dated: October 16, 2024. 

Cikena Reid, 

USDA Committee Management Officer. 

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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Notice of Public Meeting of the Puerto 

Rico Advisory Committee to the U.S. 

Commission on Civil Rights 

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 Puerto 

Rico Advisory Committee to the 

Commission will convene by virtual 

web conference on Tuesday, November 

26, 2024, at 3:30 p.m. Atlantic Time/ 

Eastern Time. The purpose is to 

continue discussion on their project on 

the civil rights impacts of the Insular 

Cases in Puerto Rico. 

DATES: November 26, 2024, Tuesday, at 

3:30 p.m. Atlantic Time (3:30 p.m. ET). 

ADDRESSES: Meeting will be held via 

Zoom. 

Registration Link (Audio/Visual): 

https://tinyurl.com/27uh96fx; Passcode, 

if needed: USCCR–PR. 

Join by Phone (Audio Only): 1–833 

435 1820 USA Toll Free; Meeting ID: 

160 059 7846 #. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Email Victoria Moreno, Designated 

Federal Officer at vmoreno@usccr.gov, 

or by phone at 434–515–0204. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

meeting will take place in Spanish with 

English interpretation. This committee 

meeting is available to the public 

through the registration link above. Any 

interested member of the public may 

listen to the meeting. An open comment 

period is provided to allow members of 

the public to make oral statement as 

time allows. Per the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, public minutes of the 

meeting will include a list of persons 

who are present at the meeting. If 

joining via phone, 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 land-line connections 

to the toll-free telephone number. 

Closed captioning is available by 

selecting ‘‘CC’’ in the meeting platform. 

To request additional accommodations, 

please email ebohor@usccr.gov at least 

10 business days prior to the meeting. 

Members of the public are entitled to 

submit written comments; the 

comments must be received in the 

regional office within 30 days following 

the meeting. Written comments may be 

emailed to Victoria Moreno at 

vmoreno@usccr.gov. Persons who desire 

additional information may contact the 

Regional Programs Coordination Unit at 

1–312–353–8311. 

Records generated from this meeting 

may be inspected and reproduced at the 

Regional Programs Coordination Unit 

Office, as they become available, both 

before and after the meeting. Records of 

the meetings will be available via the 

following websites: https://tinyurl.com/ 

32weekzm and https://tinyurl.com/ 

3df8ku76. Persons interested in the 

work of this Committee are directed to 

the Commission’s website, http://

www.usccr.gov, or may contact the 

Regional Programs Coordination Unit at 

ebohor@usccr.gov. 

Agenda 

1. Welcome & Roll Call 

2. Committee Discussion on Project 

Regarding the Civil Rights Impacts 

of the Insular Cases in Puerto Rico 

3. Next Steps 

4. Public Comment 

5. Other Business 

6. Adjourn 

Dated: November 1, 2024. 

David Mussatt, 

Supervisory Chief, Regional Programs Unit. 

[FR Doc. 2024–25809 Filed 11–5–24; 8:45 am] 

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