[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 33 (Friday, February 16, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 6252]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-3687]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Secretary
[WO-300-1310-00-24 1A]


Green River Basin Advisory Committee; Establishment

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Green River Basin Advisory Committee--Notice of establishment 
and notice of first meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces that the Secretary of the Interior has 
established the Green River Basin Advisory Committee (GRBAC). The first 
meeting of the Committee will be held in Rock Springs, Wyoming, on 
March 7-8, 1996, and will be open to the public. The purpose of the 
Committee is to advise the Secretary of the Interior, through the 
Director, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), on matters pertinent to the 
BLM's management responsibilities for the natural resources, other than 
grazing, as defined in the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 
1976, with special focus on natural gas and oil in the greater Green 
River Basin of southwest Wyoming and northwest Colorado.

DATES: March 7-8, 1996, at 8:00 a.m.

ADDRESSES: Holiday Inn, 1675 Sunset Drive, Rock Springs, Wyoming 82901, 
Telephone: (307) 382-9200.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Bennett, Bureau of Land 
Management, P.O. Box 1828, Cheyenne, WY 82003, telephone number (307) 
775-6148; or Frank Salwerowicz, Bureau of Land Management, 2850 
Youngfield St., Lakewood, CO 80215, telephone number (303) 239-3745.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that the Secretary of 
the Interior has established the Green River Basin Advisory Committee 
following consultation with the General Services Administration. This 
notice is published in accordance with Section 9(a)(2) of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (Public Law 92-463).
    The Committee will provide advice on data generated and analyzed in 
Phases I and II of the Southwest Wyoming Resource Evaluation Project 
(SWREP) and options/recommendations for agency implementation that 
would ensure continuedreasonable development of the natural gas and oil 
resources underlying Federal public lands while protecting 
environmental values.
    Committee members are appointed by the Secretary of the Interior. 
Membership includes individuals who have expertise, through education 
or practical experience, in natural gas and oil activities; natural 
resources management/conservation; regional social and economic 
conditions; and similar disciplines.
    The first meeting will address the following topics:

a. Organizational issues
b. Status of SWREP
c. BLM-identified issues that relate to natural gas and oil activities 
in southwest Wyoming/Colorado
d. GRBAC-identified issues

    The certification of establishment is published below.

CERTIFICATION: I hereby certify that the establishment of the Green 
River Basin Advisory Committee is necessary and in the public interest 
in connection with the Secretary of the Interior's statutory 
responsibilities to manage the lands and resources administered by the 
BLM.

    Dated: February 14, 1996.
Bruce Babbitt,
Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 96-3687 Filed 2-15-96; 8:45 am]
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