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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2022–0019] 

National Wildlife Services Advisory 

Committee; Notice of Solicitation for 

Membership 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice to solicit nominations for 

membership. 

SUMMARY: Through this notice, the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture (USDA) is 

soliciting a call for nominations for 

membership to fill up to 20 vacancies 

for the National Wildlife Services 

Advisory Committee (NWSAC). The full 

committee consists of 20 members; each 

person selected is expected to serve a 2- 

year term. Membership will be 

composed of persons representing a 

broad spectrum of agricultural, 

environmental, conservation, academic, 

animal welfare, and related interests. 

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service expects the Secretary of 

Agriculture to appoint new Committee 

members for the entire committee in 

2022. Please note, individuals who are 

federally registered lobbyists, appointed 

to committees to exercise their own 

individual best judgment on behalf of 

the government (e.g., as Special 

Government Employees) are ineligible 

to serve and cannot be considered for 

USDA advisory committee membership. 

Members can only serve on one USDA 

advisory committee at a time. All 

nominees will undergo a USDA 

background check. You must submit the 

following to nominate yourself or 

someone else to the NWSAC: A resume 

(required), a USDA Advisory Committee 

Membership Background Information 

Form AD–755, which is available online 

at https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/ 

files/documents/ad-755.pdf (required), a 

cover letter (required), and a list of 

endorsements or letters of 

recommendation (optional). The resume 

or curriculum vitae must be limited to 

five one-sided pages and should include 

a summary of the following information: 

Current and past organization 

affiliations; areas of expertise; 

education; career positions held; and 

any other notable positions held. 

DATES: Nomination packages including 

a cover letter to the Secretary, the 

nominee’s typed resume or curriculum 

vitae, and a completed USDA Advisory 

Committee Membership Background 

Information Form AD–755 must be 

postmarked or emailed on or before 

August 2, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Ms. Carrie Joyce, Designated 

Federal Officer, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, WS, APHIS, 4700 River 

Road, Unit 87, Riverdale, MD 20737; 

(301) 851–3999; email: carrie.e.joyce@

usda.gov. Nomination packages should 

be addressed to the Secretary of 

Agriculture, at the attention of Ms. 

Carrie Joyce for the National Wildlife 

Services Advisory Committee. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Contact Ms. Carrie Joyce, Designated 

Federal Officer; email: carrie.e.joyce@

usda.gov or by phone at (301) 851–3999. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(5 U.S.C. App.), notice is hereby given 

that the Secretary of Agriculture will 

appoint members for the upcoming 

vacancies to serve a 2-year term of office 

beginning in 2022 and ending in 2024. 

The National Wildlife Services Advisory 

Committee (NWSAC) advises the 

Secretary of the U.S. Department of 

Agriculture (USDA) on policies, 

program issues, and research needed to 

conduct the Wildlife Services program. 

The Committee also serves as a public 

forum enabling those affected by the 

Wildlife Services program to have a 

voice in the program’s policies. The 

Committee Chairperson and Vice 

Chairperson shall be elected by the 

Committee from among its members. 

The Secretary of Agriculture invites 

those individuals, organizations, and 

groups affiliated with the categories 

listed in the SUMMARY section to 

nominate individuals or themselves for 

membership on the NWSAC. 

The full Committee expects to meet at 

approximately once per year in-person, 

virtually, or by teleconference, and the 

meetings will be announced in the 

Federal Register. The Secretary of 

Agriculture seeks a diverse group of 

members representing a broad spectrum 

of persons interested in providing 

suggestions and ideas on the 

implementation of USDA’s Wildlife 

Services program to protect America’s 

agricultural, industrial, and natural 

resources and to safeguard public health 

and safety. 

We are soliciting nominations from 

interested organizations and 

individuals. An organization may 

nominate individuals from within or 

outside of its membership; alternatively, 

an individual may nominate 

themselves. Nomination packages 

should include a nomination form along 

with a cover letter or resume that 

documents the nominee’s experience. 

Nomination forms are available on the 

internet at https://www.usda.gov/sites/ 

default/files/documents/ad-755.pdf or 

may be obtained from the person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

USDA Equal Opportunity Statement 

Equal opportunity practices, in line 

with USDA policies, will be followed in 

all membership appointments to the 

committee. To ensure that the 

recommendations of the committee have 

taken into account the needs of the 

diverse groups served by the 

Department, membership shall include, 

to the extent practicable, individuals 

with demonstrated ability to represent 

minorities, women, and persons with 

disabilities. 

The USDA prohibits discrimination in 

all of its programs and activities on the 

basis of race, color, national origin, 

religion, sex (including gender identity 

and sexual orientation), disability, age, 

marital status, familial or parental 

status, income derived from a public 

assistance program, political beliefs, 

genetic information, 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). 

USDA Non-Discrimination Statement 

In accordance with Federal civil 

rights law and USDA civil rights 

regulations and policies, the 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, 

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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. 

Persons with disabilities who require 

alternative means of communication for 

program information (e.g., braille, large 

print, audiotape, American Sign 

Language, etc.) should contact the 

responsible Agency or USDA’s TARGET 

Center at (202) 720–2600 (voice and 

TTY) or contact USDA through the 

Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–8339. 

Additionally, program information may 

be made available in languages other 

than English. 

Dated: May 25, 2022. 

Cikena Reid, 

Committee Management Officer, USDA. 

[FR Doc. 2022–11903 Filed 6–2–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Notice of Intent To Issue Forest Order 

Closing Hyalite Canyon on the Custer 

Gallatin National Forest to 

Recreational Shooting 

AGENCY: Forest Service, Agriculture 

(USDA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Forest Service, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, is giving 

notice of its intent to issue a forest order 

closing the Hyalite drainage on the 

Custer Gallatin National Forest in 

Montana to recreational shooting in 

advance of the public comment period 

for the proposed closure. At the end of 

the period of advance notice, the Forest 

Service will solicit public comments, as 

specified in this notice, on the proposed 

forest order. 

DATES: Advance notice of the 

opportunity to provide public comment 

on the proposed recreational shooting 

order is being provided until June 10, 

2022. Beginning on June 10, 2022, the 

Forest Service will accept comments on 

the proposed forest order for 60 days. 

The notice of opportunity for public 

comment will be posted on the Custer 

Gallatin National Forest web page at 

https://www.fs.usda.gov/alerts/ 

custergallatin/alerts-notices and at the 

Forest Service’s website at 

www.fs.usda.gov/about-agency/ 

regulations-policies. 

ADDRESSES: The proposed forest order 

and the justification for the proposed 

forest order are available on the Custer 

Gallatin National Forest web page: 

https://www.fs.usda.gov/alerts/ 

custergallatin/alerts-notices and at the 

Forest Service’s website at 

www.fs.usda.gov/about-agency/ 

regulations-policies or can be viewed at 

the Bozeman Ranger District Office, 

Custer Gallatin National Forest, 3710 

Fallon Street, Suite C, Bozeman, MT 

59718. Please call ahead to ensure 

access: 406–522–2520. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Corey Lewellen, District Ranger, 406– 

522–2531, corey.lewellen@usda.gov. 

Individuals who use 

telecommunications devices for the deaf 

and hard of hearing (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: 

I. Advance Notice and Public Comment 

Procedures 

Section 4103 of the John D. Dingell, 

Jr., Conservation, Management, and 

Recreation Act (Pub. L. 116–9) requires 

that the Secretary of Agriculture, acting 

through the Chief of the Forest Service, 

provide public notice and comment 

before permanently or temporarily 

closing any National Forest System 

lands to hunting, fishing, or recreational 

shooting. Section 4103 applies to the 

proposed forest order closing the 

Hyalite canyon area to recreational 

shooting, with the exception of hunting 

under Montana state law. The public 

notice and comment process in section 

4103(b)(2) requires the Secretary to 

publish an advance notice of intent, in 

the Federal Register, of the proposed 

closure in advance of the public 

comment period for the closure. This 

notice meets the requirement to publish 

a notice of intent in the Federal Register 

in advance of the public comment 

period. Following the notice of intent, 

section 4103(b)(2) requires an 

opportunity for public comment. 

Because the proposed forest order 

would permanently close the Hyalite 

canyon area to recreational shooting, the 

public comment period must be not less 

than 60 days. Beginning on June 10, 

2022, the Forest Service will accept 

public comments on the proposed order 

for 60 days. The notice of opportunity 

for public comment will be posted on 

the Custer Gallatin National Forest web 

page at https://www.fs.usda.gov/alerts/ 

custergallatin/alerts-notices and at the 

Forest Service’s website at 

www.fs.usda.gov/about-agency/ 

regulations-policies. 

Section 4103(b)(2) requires the Forest 

Service to respond to public comments 

received on the proposed order before 

issuing a final order, including an 

explanation of how any significant 

issues raised by the comments were 

resolved and, if applicable, how 

resolution of those issues affected the 

proposed order or the justification for 

the proposed order. The response to 

comments on the proposed order, 

justification for the final order, and the 

issuance of the final forest order will all 

be posted on the Custer Gallatin 

National Forest web page at https://

www.fs.usda.gov/alerts/custergallatin/ 

alerts-notices and at the Forest Service’s 

website at www.fs.usda.gov/aboutagency/regulations-policies. 

II. Background and Need for Forest 

Order 

This proposed permanent recreational 

shooting closure is needed to ensure 

public safety in the Hyalite watershed. 

This proposed, permanent recreational 

shooting closure will replace the 

existing, emergency shooting closure 

order implemented on April 21, 2022. 

This recent emergency closure order 

replaced the previous emergency 

shooting closure order that was issued 

on April 21, 2021 and expired on April 

20, 2022. Both emergency orders 

followed direction in FSH 5309.11, 

Chapter 30, Section 34.21. The current 

emergency shooting closure order will 

be rescinded when the permanent 

closure is approved and fully 

implemented. This watershed is the 

most heavily used drainage on National 

Forest System lands in the state of 

Montana. The Hyalite watershed 

experiences exceptionally high numbers 

of recreational visitors. In 2016, the 

canyon received more than 40,000 

visitors per month in the summer and 

over 20,000 visitors per month in the 

winter. Current visitor monitoring 

indicates use has increased over the last 

5 years to more than 60,000 visitors per 

month in the summer and over 30,000 

visitors per month in the winter. Within 

the 34,000-acre proposed closure area, 

there are 475 developed sites, 185 

dispersed camping sites, about 70 miles 

of trail and 65 miles of roads. The 

narrow geography of this glaciated 

valley, the density of roads and trails, 

developed and undeveloped sites, and 

the volume of people who recreate in 

this area make it unsafe for unmanaged 

recreational target shooting. 

The proposed forest order, map, and 

the justification for the forest order are 

available on the Custer Gallatin National 

Forest web page at https://

www.fs.usda.gov/alerts/custergallatin/ 

alerts-notices and at the Forest Service’s 


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