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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 35 / Wednesday, February 24, 2021 / Notices

Done in Washington, DC, this 18th day of
February 2021.
Michael Watson,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Glen
Van Zandt, Forest Management Staff, by
phone (202) 617–1095 or by email at
[email protected]. Individuals
who use telecommunication devices for
the hearing-impaired (TDD) may call the
Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1–800–
877–8339 twenty-four hours a day,
every day of the year, including
holidays.

Forest Service

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Information Collection; Small Business
Timber Sale Set-Aside Program;
Appeal Procedures on Recomputation
of Shares
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice; request for comment.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Forest Service is seeking comments
from all interested individuals and
organizations on the extension with no
revision of a currently approved
information collection, Small Business
Timber Sale Set-Aside Program; Appeal
Procedures on Recomputation of
Shares.
DATES: Comments must be received in
writing on or before April 26, 2021 to
be assured of consideration. Comments
received after that date will be
considered to the extent practicable.
ADDRESSES: Comments concerning this
notice should be submitted by email to
[email protected]. Comments
may also be submitted by mail,
addressed to Director, Forest
Management, Mail Stop 1103, Forest
Service, USDA, 1400 Independence
Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250.
Comments submitted in response to this
notice may be made available to the
public through relevant websites and
upon request. For this reason, please do
not include in your comments
information of a confidential nature,
such as sensitive personal information
or proprietary information. If you send
an email comment, your email address
will be automatically captured and
included as part of the comment that is
placed in the public docket and made
available on the internet. Please note
that responses to this public comment
request containing any routine notice
about the confidentiality of the
communication will be treated as public
comments that may be made available to
the public notwithstanding the
inclusion of the routine notice.
The public may request an electronic
copy of the draft supporting statement
and/or any comments received.
Requests should be emailed to
[email protected].

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Title: Small Business Timber Sale SetAside Program; Appeal Procedures on
Recomputation of Shares.
OMB Number: 0596–0141.
Expiration Date of Approval: June 30,
2021.
Type of Request: Extension with no
Revision of a currently approved
information collection.
Abstract: The Forest Service adopted
the Small Business Timber Sale SetAside Program (Set-Aside Program) on
July 26, 1990 (55 FR 30485). The
Agency administers the Set-Aside
Program in cooperation with the Small
Business Administration (SBA) under
the authorities of the Small Business
Act (15 U.S.C. 631), the National Forest
Management Act of 1976, and SBA
regulations in 13 CFR part 121. The SetAside Program is designed to ensure
that small business timber purchasers
have the opportunity to purchase a fair
proportion of National Forest System
timber offered for sale.
Under the Set-Aside Program, the
Forest Service must recompute the
shares of timber sales to be set aside for
qualifying small businesses every 5
years based on the actual volume of
sawtimber that has been purchased by
small businesses. Additionally, shares
must be recomputed if there is a change
in manufacturing capability, if the
purchaser size class changes, or if
certain purchasers discontinue
operations.
In 1992, the Agency adopted new
administrative appeal procedures (36
CFR part 215), which excluded the SetAside Program. Prior to adoption of 36
CFR part 215, the Agency accepted
appeals of recomputation decisions
under 36 CFR part 217, and therefore
decided to establish procedures for
providing notice to affected purchasers
offering an opportunity to comment on
the recomputation of shares (61 FR
7468). The Conference Report
accompanying the 1997 Omnibus
Appropriation Act (Pub. L. 104–208)
directed the Forest Service to reinstate
an appeals process for decisions
concerning recomputation of Small
Business Set-Aside shares, structural
recomputations of SBA shares, or
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Aside Program prior to December 31,
1996. The Small Business Timber Sale
Set-Aside Program, Appeal Procedures
on Recomputation of Shares (36 CFR
223.118; 64 FR 411, January 5, 1999),
outlines the types of decisions that are
subject to appeal, who may appeal
decisions, the procedures for appealing
decisions, the timelines for appeal, and
the contents of the notice of appeal.
The Forest Service provides
qualifying timber sale purchasers 30days for pre-decisional review and
comment on draft decisions to reallocate
shares, including the data used in
making the proposed recomputation
decision. Within 15 days after the close
of the 30-day pre-decisional review
period, an Agency official makes a
decision on the shares to be set aside for
small businesses and gives written
notice of the decision to all parties on
the national forest timber sale bidders
list for the affected area. The written
notice provides the date by which the
appeal may be filed and how to obtain
information on appeal procedures.
Only those timber sale purchasers, or
their representatives, who are affected
by small business share timber sale setaside recomputation decisions and who
have submitted pre-decisional
comments, may appeal recomputation
decisions. The appellant must file a
notice of appeal with the appropriate
Forest Service official within 20 days of
the date on the notice of decision. The
notice of appeal must include:
1. The appellant’s name, mailing
address, and daytime telephone
number;
2. The title or type of recomputation
decision involved and date of the
decision;
3. The name of the responsible Forest
Service official;
4. A brief description and date of the
decision being appealed;
5. A statement of how the appellant
is adversely affected by the decision
being appealed;
6. A statement of facts in dispute
regarding the issue(s) raised by the
appeal;
7. Specific references to law,
regulation, or policy that the appellant
believes have been violated (if any) and
the basis for such an allegation;
8. A statement as to whether and how
the appellant has tried to resolve the
appeal issues with the responsible
Forest Service official, including
evidence of submission of written
comments at the pre-decisional stage;
and
9. A statement of the relief the
appellant seeks.

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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 35 / Wednesday, February 24, 2021 / Notices
The data gathered in this information
collection is not available from other
sources.
Affected Public: Timber sale
purchasers, or their representatives,
who are affected by recomputations of
the small business share of timber sales.
Estimate of Burden per Response: 9
hours.
Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 40.
Estimated Annual Number of
Responses per Respondent: 2.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 720 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 provided to the
Office of Management and Budget for
approval.
John G. Church,
Assistant Director, Forest & Rangeland
Management and Vegetation Ecology,
National Forest System.
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BILLING CODE 3411–15–P

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS
Notice of Public Meeting of the
Montana Advisory Committee
U.S. Commission on Civil
Rights.
ACTION: Announcement of meeting.
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AGENCY:

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 the Montana Advisory
Committee (Committee) to the
Commission will hold a meeting via

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Webex platform at 12:00 p.m. (MT) on
Thursday, March 25, 2021 for the
purpose of hearing testimony from the
Montana Secretary of State’s Office
regarding voting access for Native
Americans.
DATES: Thursday, March 25, 2021 at
12:00 p.m. Mountain Time.
Public Call-In Information: Dial: (800)
360–9505, Access code: 199 308 5779
Web Access Information Link: http://
bit.ly/MTSAC325
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ana
Victoria Fortes, Designated Federal
Officer (DFO) at [email protected] or by
phone at (202) 681–0857.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
meeting is available to the public
through the following toll-free call-in
number: 800–360–9505, Access code:
199 308 5779. Any interested member of
the public may call this number and
listen to the meeting. Callers can expect
to incur charges for calls they initiate
over wireless lines, and 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.
Persons with hearing impairments may
also follow the proceedings by first
calling the Federal Relay Service at 1–
800–877–8339 and providing the
Service with the conference call number
and conference ID number.
Members of the public are entitled to
make comments during the open period
at the end of the meeting. Members of
the public may also submit written
comments; the comments must be
received in the Regional Programs Unit
within 30 days following the meeting.
Written comments may be mailed to the
Western Regional Office, U.S.
Commission on Civil Rights, 300 North
Los Angeles Street, Suite 2010, Los
Angeles, CA 90012 or email Ana
Victoria Fortes at [email protected].
Records and documents discussed
during the meeting will be available for
public viewing prior to and after the
meeting at https://
www.facadatabase.gov/FACA/
FACAPublicView
CommitteeDetails?id=a10
t0000001gzlyAAA.
Please click on the ‘‘Committee
Meetings’’ tab. Records generated from
these meetings may also be inspected
and reproduced at the Regional
Programs Unit, as they become
available, both before and after the
meetings. Persons interested in the work
of this Committee are directed to the
Commission’s website, https://
www.usccr.gov, or may contact the
Regional Programs Unit at the above
email or street address.

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Agenda
I. Welcome
II. Presentation by Dana Corson,
Montana Elections Director
III. Q & A
IV. Public Comment
V. Adjournment
Dated: February 18, 2021.
David Mussatt,
Supervisory Chief, Regional Programs Unit.
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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS
Notice of Public Meeting of the Nevada
Advisory Committee
U.S. Commission on Civil
Rights.
ACTION: Announcement of meeting.
AGENCY:

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 Nevada Advisory Committee
(Committee) will hold a meeting via the
Webex platform on Monday, March 1,
2021 at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time. The
purpose of the meeting is for the
Committee to continue planning for
upcoming web hearings focused on
distance learning and equity in
education.

SUMMARY:

The meeting will be held on:
• Monday, March 1, 2021 at 2:00 p.m.
Pacific Time
Public Call-In Information: Dial: 800–
360–9505, Access Code: 199 102 9739
Web Access Information Link: http://
bit.ly/NVSAC3121
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ana
Fortes, Designated Federal Officer
(DFO), at [email protected] or by phone
at (202) 681–0857.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: An open
comment period will be provided to
allow members of the public to make a
statement as time allows. The
conference call operator will ask callers
to identify themselves, the organization
they are affiliated with (if any), and an
email address prior to placing callers
into the conference room. 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 landline connections to the toll-free
telephone number. Persons with hearing
impairments may also follow the
proceedings by first calling the Federal
DATES:

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