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are—(1) to establish State systems to 

promote the nutritional health of school 

children of the United States through 

nutrition education and the use of team 

nutrition messages and material 

developed by the Secretary, and to 

encourage regular physical activity and 

other activities that support healthy 

lifestyles for children, including those 

based on the most recent Dietary 

Guidelines for Americans published 

under section 301 of the National 

Nutrition Monitoring and Related 

Research Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5341); (2) 

to provide assistance to States for the 

development of comprehensive and 

integrated nutrition education and 

active living programs in schools and 

facilities that participate in child 

nutrition programs; (3) to provide 

training and technical assistance and 

disseminate team nutrition messages to 

States, school and community nutrition 

programs, and child nutrition food 

service professionals; (4) to coordinate 

and collaborate with other nutrition 

education and active living programs 

that share similar goals and purposes; 

and (5) to identify and share innovative 

programs with demonstrated 

effectiveness in helping children to 

maintain a healthy weight by enhancing 

student understanding of healthful 

eating patterns and the importance of 

regular physical activity. 

Description of Respondents: State, 

Local, Tribal Governments, Private 

Sector (Businesses or other for-profits/ 

Not-for-profit institutions. 

Number of Respondents: 122,130. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

Annually, Weekly. 

Total Burden Hours: 35,484. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

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Food and Nutrition Service 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request: Additional 

Information To Be Collected Under the 

Uniform Grant Application Package for 

Discretionary Grant Programs for the 

Emergency Food Assistance Program 

Reach and Resiliency Grants 

Correction 

In notice document 2021–19764 

appearing on pages 51110–51111 in the 

issue of Tuesday, September 14, 2021, 

make the following correction: 

On page 51110, in the first column, in 

the DATES section, in the third and 

fourth lines ‘‘September 14, 2021.’’ 

should read ‘‘October 14, 2021.’’ 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Tahoe National Forest; California; 

North Yuba Landscape Resilience 

Project EIS 

AGENCY: Forest Service, Agriculture 

(USDA). 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

environmental impact statement. 

SUMMARY: The Forest Service, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, is preparing 

an Environmental Impact Statement 

(EIS) for the North Yuba Landscape 

Resilience Project. The purpose of the 

Project is to improve and restore forest 

health and resilience, reduce the risk of 

uncharacteristic wildfire, protect and 

secure water supplies, and protect 

communities from the effects of highseverity wildfire and climate change in 

the North Yuba River watershed. 

Actions to reduce hazardous forest fuels 

and enhance forest resilience to severe 

disturbances from wildfire, insect and 

disease infestation, drought, and 

anticipated future climate change are 

intended to provide long-term benefits 

to the Landscape’s communities and 

ecosystems. These actions include 

several project-specific amendments to 

the Land Management Plan for the 

Tahoe National Forest related to 

management of California spotted owl 

habitat. The amendments are based on 

the Conservation Strategy for the 

California Spotted Owl in the Sierra 

Nevada (USDA Forest Service 2019) and 

rely on the best available science. 

DATES: Comments concerning the scope 

of the analysis must be received 30 days 

from date of publication in the Federal 

Register. The draft environmental 

impact statement is expected July 2022, 

and the final environmental impact 

statement is expected March 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments via 

mail or by hand delivery to Eli Ilano, 

Tahoe National Forest Supervisor, c/o 

Laurie Perrot, Attn: North Yuba Project, 

631 Coyote Street, Nevada City, CA 

95959. Comments may also be 

submitted electronically: http://

www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_

exp.php?project=59693. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Laurie Perrot, Forest Environmental 

Coordinator, laurie.perrot@usda.gov. 

Additional information concerning the 

proposed Project is available online at 

http://www.fs.usda.gov/projects/tahoe/ 

landmanagement/projects. Individuals 

who use telecommunication devices for 

the hearing-impaired (TDD) may call the 

Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1–800– 

877–8339, 24 hours a day, every day of 

the year, including holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

proposed North Yuba Landscape 

Resilience Project (Project) is a 

watershed-scale forest restoration 

project in the North Yuba Watershed 

within the Tahoe National Forest 

developed through a collaborative 

process by the North Yuba Forest 

Partnership, a diverse group of nine 

entities. The Project area stretches from 

New Bullards Bar Reservoir east up to 

the Sierra Crest along Highway 49. The 

planning area (or Landscape) is 

approximately 275,000 acres, of which 

approximately 210,000 acres are 

National Forest System lands. The 

watershed includes substantial forest 

habitat, is an important source of water 

to downstream users, supports high 

biodiversity, offers excellent 

opportunities for recreation, and is 

home to the communities of 

Camptonville, Downieville, and Sierra 

City. 

Many homes and communities are 

located within and near the Landscape’s 

forested areas. Recognizing community 

safety and forest health are 

complementary and interrelated, the 

Forest Service is acting together with 

other public and private stakeholders to 

reduce the risk of high-severity wildfire 

and protect communities at an increased 

pace and scale, given the geographic 

scope and severity of the problem. 

Given project implementation will 

occur over many years, it is desirable to 

allow regular opportunities to address 

changing conditions on the ground (e.g., 

insect outbreak, wildfire, etc.) and 

provide periodic formal, structured 

public comment and pre-decisional 

administrative review opportunities 

before decisions are made. Toward this 

end, a staged decision-making approach 

is planned for this Project. Staged 

decision-making means proposed 

actions for the entire Landscape would 

be analyzed in the EIS; however, 

separate records of decisions would be 

issued for smaller sub-project areas 

within the Landscape. This approach 

would allow surveys to be completed 

prior to each decision and provide the 

opportunity to review potential new 

information or changed circumstances 

that could have a bearing on the 

proposed action and its impacts and 

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potentially require supplemental NEPA 

analysis. 

Purpose and Need for Action 

Tahoe National Forest Land and 

Resource Management Plan (LRMP 

1990) as amended by the Sierra Nevada 

Forest Plan Amendment Record of 

Decision (SNFPA ROD 2004), 

collectively referred to as the Forest 

Plan, provides the foundation for the 

purpose of the Project. The Project’s 

purpose is further supported by the 

North Yuba Forest Partnership’s four 

goals for this Landscape: (1) Improve 

and restore forest health and resilience, 

which is aligned with Forest Plan 

direction to respond to deteriorating 

forest health by reducing susceptibility 

of forest stands to insect- and droughtrelated tree mortality (SNFPA ROD, pp. 

6, 32, and 44–48); (2) reduce the risk of 

high severity wildfire, which is aligned 

with Forest Plan direction to reduce 

threats to communities and wildlife 

habitat from large, severe wildfires 

(SNFPA ROD, pp. 8, 34, and 44–48); (3) 

protect local communities from the 

effects of high severity wildfire and 

climate change, which is aligned with 

Forest Plan direction to reduce the risk 

of wildfire to communities in the urban 

wildland interface while modifying fire 

behavior over the broader landscape 

(SNFPA ROD, pp. 3, 34, and 45–46); and 

(4) protect and secure water supplies 

through restoring watershed process and 

function, which is aligned with Forest 

Plan direction for addressing forest 

health; reducing risk of large, severe 

wildfires; and maintaining, restoring, 

and enhancing aquatic, riparian, and 

meadow ecosystems (SNFPA ROD, pp. 

32–34, 42–43, and 62–66). 

Needs for this proposal are driven by 

existing problematic conditions in the 

North Yuba Landscape in the areas of 

forest resilience, fire dynamics, fireadapted communities, water security, 

and biodiversity conservation. Actions 

are needed to: (1) Restore forest 

structure and species composition to 

develop heterogeneous forest stands and 

a forested landscape resilient to severe 

impacts from wildfire, insect and 

disease infestation, drought, and 

anticipated future conditions resulting 

from climate change; (2) reduce 

hazardous forest fuels to reduce wildfire 

spread and intensity and facilitate 

reintroduction of more frequent, low- to 

moderate-severity fires; (3) reduce 

hazardous forest fuels and stand 

densities in strategic locations to help 

protect communities and critical 

infrastructure in the event of a wildfire 

and to facilitate wildfire management 

operations; (4) reduce sedimentation 

from existing roads, trails, ditches, and 

other diversions and restore the natural 

hydrologic function of soils, meadows, 

and fens; and (5) maintain, enhance, 

and restore important terrestrial, 

riparian, and aquatic habitats. 

Proposed Action 

The Tahoe National Forest is 

proposing multiple actions to meet the 

Project’s purpose and need, including 

prescribed fire; thinning; opening 

creation; strategic tree planting; 

sanitation cutting and stand 

improvement; restoration of aspen 

stands, meadows, and fens; stream 

channel restoration; soil decompaction; 

road repair, maintenance, and 

decommissioning; and removal of nonnative invasive plants. In addition, 

project-specific amendments to the 

Tahoe National Forest Land and 

Resource Management Plan (1990 and 

2004, as amended) are proposed. 

Actions are proposed in the following 

emphasis areas: (1) Forest matrix; (2) 

infrastructure, strategic fuel area, and 

designated recreation site; and (3) 

unique ecological communities. 

Landscape-wide actions are proposed 

for roads, soils, and non-native invasive 

plant treatments. 

Vegetation and fuels management 

treatments include prescribed fire, 

thinning from below, variable density 

thinning, creation of one to three-acre 

openings, strategic tree planting, and 

sanitation cutting and stand 

improvement. Prescribed fire includes 

underburning and piling and burning as 

well as activities needed to prepare 

areas for burning, such as mastication, 

chipping and hand cutting and/or 

pruning shrubs and small trees, lopping 

and scattering cut material, and/or 

machine or hand cutting and piling of 

material and fire-control line 

construction. 

Different types and combinations of 

activities are proposed in key areas 

designated in the Forest Plan: (1) 

Inventoried roadless areas (IRAs), (2) 

California spotted owl and northern 

goshawk protected activity centers 

(PACs), (3) California spotted owl home 

range core areas (HRCAs), and (4) other 

forested areas, which include wildland 

urban intermix (WUI) threat zones, old 

forest emphasis areas, and general forest 

areas. The proposed action recognizes 

the importance of re-introducing fire in 

the Landscape. In all designated areas, 

forest stands needing treatment would 

first be evaluated to determine whether 

prescribed fire could be applied as a 

stand-alone treatment. In such cases, 

prescribed fire would need to be 

effective in meeting treatment objectives 

for the stand(s) without resulting in 

excessive rates of fire spread and firecaused mortality of large trees. 

Encroaching trees would be removed 

as needed in approximately 1,716 acres 

of meadows and fens. Roads and/or 

trails impacting the meadow or fen 

would be realigned or reconstructed to 

reduce or eliminate their impact to the 

meadow or fen. Ditches would be 

plugged, and other diversions 

disconnected from the meadow or fen to 

restore natural hydrology. Incised 

stream channels in meadows or fens 

would be restored. 

Proposed road management actions 

include maintenance, improvement, 

realignment, and decommissioning. All 

temporary roads used for project 

implementation would be 

decommissioned upon completion of 

project activities. No new permanent 

roads are proposed for construction. 

Manual, cultural, and chemical methods 

would be used for invasive plant 

removal. 

Forest Plan Amendment 

The proposed action includes several 

project-specific amendments to the 

Tahoe National Forest Land and 

Resource Management Plan (LRMP 

1990) as amended by the Sierra Nevada 

Forest Plan Amendment Record of 

Decision (SNFPA ROD 2004). Proposed 

changes include modifying, removing, 

and adding specific forest plan 

components to: (1) Protect California 

spotted owl protected activity centers 

(PACs) by enhancing their resilience to 

severe disturbances, thereby providing 

for their long-term sustainability on the 

Landscape; (2) address needs for 

enhancing habitat resiliency in 

California spotted owl home range core 

areas (HRCAs); (3) balance needs for 

protecting PACs with protecting public 

and firefighter safety and reducing fire 

hazards near communities, critical 

access roads, and infrastructure for 

emergency services, communications, 

and power delivery; (4) enhance forest 

resilience by retaining large conifer trees 

(greater than or equal to 30 inches 

diameter at breast height [DBH]) while 

allowing some large trees to be removed 

under specific circumstances to enhance 

stand heterogeneity and meet project 

objectives for tree species composition 

and stand density; (5) effectively 

manage forest stand density for 

improved resilience in light of 

anticipated climate change. The 

proposed forest plan amendments 

would apply only to the North Yuba 

Landscape Project. 

The proposed forest plan amendments 

pertaining to the California spotted owl 

are based on the Conservation Strategy 

for the California Spotted Owl in the 

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Sierra Nevada (USDA Forest Service 

2019, referred to as the Conservation 

Strategy). The Conservation Strategy 

provides updated management 

recommendations, based on best 

available science, that focus on 

maintaining high-quality spotted owl 

habitat while increasing habitat 

resiliency across landscapes. 

Substantive Provisions 

In accordance with 36 CFR 219.13, 

the Responsible Official has determined 

the following specific substantive 

requirement(s) within §§ 219.8 through 

219.11 are directly related to the plan 

direction being added, modified, or 

removed by the proposed amendments: 

36 CFR 219.8(a)(1): Sustainability, (a) 

Ecological sustainability. (1) Ecosystem 

Integrity; 36 CFR 219.9(a)(1) and (2) and 

(b): Diversity of Plant and Animal 

Communities, (a) Ecosystem plan 

components, (1) Ecosystem integrity and 

(2) Ecosystem diversity and (b) 

Additional Species-Specific Plan 

Components; 36 CFR 219.10(a)(1), (5), 

(7), and (8): Multiple Use, (a) Integrated 

resource management for multiple use; 

(1) Aesthetic values, cultural and 

heritage resources, ecosystem services, 

fish and wildlife species, forage, 

geologic features, grazing and 

rangelands, habitat and habitat 

connectivity, recreation settings and 

opportunities, riparian areas, scenery, 

soil, surface and subsurface water 

quality, timber, trails, vegetation, 

viewsheds, and other relevant resources 

and uses; (5) Habitat conditions, subject 

to the requirements of § 219.9, for 

wildlife, fish, and plants commonly 

enjoyed and used by the public; for 

hunting, fishing, trapping, gathering, 

observing, subsistence, and other 

activities (in collaboration with 

federally recognized Tribes, Alaska 

Native Corporations, other Federal 

agencies, and State and local 

governments); (7) Reasonably 

foreseeable risks to ecological, social, 

and economic sustainability; and (8) 

System drivers, including dominant 

ecological processes, disturbance 

regimes, and stressors, such as natural 

succession, wildland fire, invasive 

species, and climate change; and the 

ability of the terrestrial and aquatic 

ecosystems on the plan area to adapt to 

change (§ 219.8). 

Preliminary Alternatives 

An alternative that does not adopt the 

proposed project-specific forest plan 

amendments would be developed and 

analyzed. Other alternatives would be 

developed based on scoping input. 

Expected Impacts 

Among the significant impacts 

expected to be analyzed in the EIS are: 

Effects on habitat for the California 

spotted owl and other old forestassociated species, impacts on roadless 

area characteristics in IRAs, and impacts 

on the density and distibution of trees 

greater than 30 inches DBH. 

Responsible Official 

The Responsible Official is the Forest 

Supervisor of the Tahoe National Forest. 

Scoping Comments and the Objection 

Process 

This notice of intent initiates the 

scoping process, which guides the 

development of the environmental 

impact statement. In this process, the 

Agency is requesting comments on 

potential alternatives and impacts, and 

identification of any relevant 

information, studies or analyses of any 

kind concerning impacts affecting the 

quality of the human environment. 

Please visit the North Yuba Forest 

Partnership website for information 

about public meetings: https://

yubaforests.org. 

It is important that reviewers provide 

their comments at such times and in 

such manner that they are useful to the 

Agency’s preparation of the 

environmental impact statement. 

Therefore, comments should be 

provided prior to the close of the 

comment period and should clearly 

articulate the reviewer’s concerns and 

contentions. Commenting during 

scoping and any other designated 

opportunity to comment provided by 

the Responsible Official will also 

establish standing to object once the 

final EIS and Draft Record of Decision 

has been published. Comments received 

in response to this solicitation, 

including names and addresses of those 

who comment, will be part of the public 

record for this proposed action. 

Comments submitted anonymously will 

be accepted and considered, however, 

they will not be used to establish 

standing for the objection process. 

Nature of Decision To Be Made 

The EIS will support staged decisionmaking, which will be documented in 

multiple records of decisions for subproject areas that have completed 

surveys. For all decisions, the 

Responsible Official will consider all 

reasonable alternatives in light of the 

purpose and need and environmental 

effects to decide whether to implement 

the proposed action, implement one of 

the other action alternatives, or decide 

to take no action for one or more of the 

sub-project areas within the Landscape. 

In the initial record of decision, the 

Responsible Official will also determine 

whether to modify, remove, and add 

specific forest plan components that 

would apply to actions in the North 

Yuba Landscape Resilience Project area 

during the life of the Project. 

Subsequent decisions will be made as 

required surveys are completed and subproject areas reviewed for possible new 

information and/or changed 

circumstances. 

Dated: September 10, 2021. 

Barnie Gyant, 

Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest 

System. 

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Notice of Public Meeting of the South 

Carolina Advisory Committee to the 

U.S. Commission on Civil Rights 

AGENCY: U.S. 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 that 

the South Carolina Advisory Committee 

(Committee) to the U.S. Commission on 

Civil Rights will hold a meeting on 

Thursday, September 30, 2021, at 12:00 

p.m. Eastern Time. The Committee will 

discuss civil rights concerns in the state. 

DATES: The meeting will take place on 

Thursday, September 30, 2021, from 

12:00 p.m.–1:30 p.m. Eastern Time. 

ADDRESSES: (Audio/Visual): https://

tinyurl.com/yf2hwdft. Telephone 

(Audio Only): Dial 800–360–9505 USA 

Toll Free; Access code: 433 716 81. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Barbara Delaviez, DFO, at bdelaviez@

usccr.gov or (202) 376–8473. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Members 

of the public can listen to these 

discussions. Committee meetings are 

available to the public through the 

above call-in number. Any interested 

member of the public may call this 

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open comment period will be provided 

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Commission will not refund any 

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