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Vol. 70, No. 199 

Monday, October 17, 2005 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Office of the Secretary 

Provincial Advisory Committees 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to renew 

Federal Advisory Committee. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Agriculture, in consultation with the 

Department of the Interior, intends to 

renew the Provincial Advisory 

Committees (PACs) for the 12 provinces 

in California, Oregon, and Washington. 

This renewal is necessary and in the 

public interest due to the continued 

need for the PACs to provide advice on 

coordinating the implementation of the 

Record of Decision of April 13, 1994, for 

Management of Habitat for LateSuccessional and Old-Growth Forest 

Related Species Within the Range of the 

Northern Spotted Owl. The PACs also 

provide advice and recommendations to 

promote integration and coordination of 

forest management activities between 

Federal and non-Federal entities. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the April 13, 

1994, Record of Decision can be 

obtained electronically at http:// 

www.reo.gov/library/reports/ 

newsandga.pdf. Paper copies can be 

obtained from the Office of Strategic 

Planning, P.O. Box 3623, Portland, OR 

97208. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Geraldine Bower, Planning Specialist, 

Ecosystem Management Coordination 

Staff, Forest Service, USDA (202) 205– 

1022. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

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

that the Department of Agriculture, in 

consultation with the Department of the 

Interior, intends to renew the Provincial 

Advisory Committees (PACs), which 

will advise the Provincial Interagency 

Executive Committee (PIEC). The 

purpose of the PIEC is to facilitate the 

coordinated implementation of the 

Record of Decision (ROD) of April 13, 

1994, for Management of Habitat for 

Late-Successional and Old-Growth 

Forest Related Species Within the Range 

of the Northern Spotted Owl. The PIEC 

consists of representatives of the 

following Federal agencies: Forest 

Service, Natural Resources Conservation 

Service, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Bureau of Land Management, National 

Marine Fisheries Service, National Park 

Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Geological Survey Biological Resources 

Division, Environmental Protection 

Agency, and U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers. 

Ecosystem management at the 

province level requires improved 

coordination among governmental 

entities responsible for land 

management decisions and the public 

those agencies serve. Each PAC will 

provide advice and recommendations 

regarding implementation to promote 

integration and coordination of forest 

management activities between Federal 

and non-Federal entities. Each PAC will 

provide advice regarding 

implementation of a comprehensive 

ecosystem management strategy for 

Federal land within a province 

(provinces are defined in the ROD at 

E19). 

The chair of each PAC will alternate 

annually between representatives of the 

Forest Service and the Bureau of Land 

Management. When the Bureau of Land 

Management is not represented on the 

PIEC, the Forest Service representative 

will serve as chair. The chair, or a 

designated agency employee, will serve 

as the Designated Federal Officer under 

sections 10(e) and (f) of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. 

App.II). Any vacancies on the 

committee will be filled in the manner 

in which the original appointment was 

made. 

A meeting notice will be published in 

the Federal Register within 15 to 45 

days before a scheduled meeting date. 

All meetings are generally open to the 

public and may include a ‘‘public 

forum’’ that may offer 5–10 minutes for 

participants to present comments to the 

advisory committee. Alternates may 

choose not to be active during this 

session on the agenda. The chair of the 

given committee ultimately makes the 

decision whether to offer time on the 

agenda for the public to speak to the 

general body. 

Renewal of the PACs does not require 

an amendment of Bureau of Land 

Management or Forest Service planning 

documents because the renewal does 

not affect the standards and guidelines 

or land allocations. The Bureau of Land 

Management and Forest Service will 

provide further notice, as needed, for 

additional actions or adjustments when 

implementing interagency coordination, 

public involvement, and other aspects 

of the ROD. 

Equal opportunity practices will be 

followed in all appointments to the 

advisory committee. To ensure that the 

recommendations of the PACs have 

taken into account the needs of diverse 

groups served by the Departments, 

membership will, to the extent 

practicable, include individuals with 

demonstrated ability to represent 

minorities, women, and persons with 

disabilities. 

Dated: October 11, 2005. 

John Surina, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 05–20647 Filed 10–14–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Newspapers Used for Publication of 

Legal Notices by the Intermountain 

Region; Utah, Idaho, Nevada, and 

Wyoming 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice lists the 

newspapers that will be used by the 

ranger districts, forests and regional 

office of the Intermountain Region to 

publish legal notices required under 36 

CFR 215, 217, and 218. The intended 

effect of this action is to inform 

interested members of the public which 

newspapers the Forest Service will use 

to publish notices of proposed actions 

and notices of decision. This will 

provide the public with constructive 

notice of Forest Service proposals and 

decisions, provide information on the 

procedures to comment or appeal, and 

establish the date that the Forest Service 

will use to determine if comments or 

appeals were timely.