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[Federal Register: March 23, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 56)]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

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Hawaii Experimental Tropical Forest

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of Establishment.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 606(b) of the International Forestry=20
Cooperation Act of 1990, as amended, the following lands in the State=20
of Hawaii are designated as units of the Hawaii Experimental Tropical=20
Forest:
    1. Laup[amacr]hoehoe Experimental Forest Unit comprising=20
approximately 12,343 acres on the Island of Hawaii, and
    2. Pu'u Wa'awa'a Experimental Forest Unit comprising approximately=20
38,885 acres on the Island of Hawaii.
    Research on these experimental forest units shall be administered=20
in accordance with applicable laws and the Cooperative Agreement=20
between the United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service,=20
and the State of Hawaii, Board of Land and Natural Resources, entered=20
into on December 12, 2006.

DATES: This establishment is effective on the date of this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: J. Boone Kauffman, Director, Institute=20
of Pacific Islands Forestry, Pacific Southwest Research Station, USDA=20
Forest Service, 60 Nowelo Street, Hilo, Hawaii 96720. Phone: (808) 933-
8121. E-mail: boonekauffman@fs.fed.us.
    Individuals who use telecommunication devices for the deaf (TDD)=20
may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339=20
between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, Monday through=20
Friday.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 1992, Congress enacted the Hawaii=20
Tropical Forest Recovery Act (Pub. L. 102-574). That enactment added=20
section 606(b) to the International Forestry Cooperation Act of 1990=20
providing that, at the request of the Governor of Hawaii, the Secretary=20
of Agriculture shall establish and administer in the State of Hawaii a=20
Hawaii Experimental Tropical Forest to be managed for the purposes=20
outlined in the Hawaii Tropical Forest Recovery Act. The Governor of=20
Hawaii has requested the establishment of two units of an experimental=20
tropical forest on State managed lands on the island of Hawaii. The=20
Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, and the State of Hawaii,=20
Board of Land and Natural Resources, have agreed on the conduct of=20
cooperative research activities on the two units.

    Dated: February 15, 2007.
Mike Johanns,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E7-5302 Filed 3-22-07; 8:45 am]

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