[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 84 (Tuesday, April 30, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19082-19083]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-10626]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[OR-912-0777-52; GP6-0133]


Call for Nominations for Native American Tribal Representative to 
the Eastern Washington Resource Advisory Council

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is to solicit public nominations 
for a Native American tribal representative for the Eastern Washington 
Resource Advisory Council, established and authorized in 1995 by the 
Secretary of the Interior to provide advice and recommendations to the 
BLM and Forest Service on management of public lands. This is an 
additional vacant position to those identified in a Federal Register 
Notice published April 15, 1996. Public nominations will be received 
through May 30, 1996.
    The Council, which was established in August, 1995, is made up of 
15 members. The Native American tribal representative has resigned from 
the Council, and we are seeking nominees to replace this position for 
the balance of its term through August of 1997.
    The Council, which covers eastern Washington, has to date 
identified two issues that they would like to work on with the BLM and 
the Forest Service: Standards for rangeland health and guidelines for 
grazing management, and the Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem 
Management Project.
    This council is authorized under the Federal Land Policy and 
Management Act (FLPMA), which directs the Secretary of the Interior to 
involve the public in planning and issues related to management of 
lands administered by BLM. Section 309 of FLPMA directs the Secretary 
to select 10 to 15 member citizen-based advisory councils that are 
established and authorized consistent with the requirements of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). As required by the FACA, 
Resource Advisory Council membership must be balanced and 
representative of the various interests concerned with the management 
of public lands. These include three categories:
    Category One: holders of federal grazing permits, representatives 
of energy and mining development, timber industry, transportation or 
rights-of-way, off-road vehicle use and developed recreation.
    Category Two: representatives of environmental and resource 
conservation organizations, dispersed recreation, archeological and 
historic interests, and wild horse and burro groups.

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    Category Three: representatives of State and local government, 
Native American tribes, academicians involved in natural sciences, 
employees of State agencies responsible for the management of natural 
resources, land, or water, and the public at large.
    Individuals may nominate themselves or others. Nominees must be 
residents of the State of Washington. The Eastern Washington Council 
covers eastern Washington (with the exception of the area south of the 
Snake River drainages).
    Nominees will be evaluated based on their experience working with 
Native American tribal issues and their knowledge of the geographic 
area covered by the Council. Nominees must also have demonstrated a 
commitment to collaborative resource decision making. All nominations 
must be accompanied by letters of reference from represented interests 
or organizations, a completed background information nomination form, 
as well as any other information that speaks to the nominee's 
qualifications. The BLM Oregon/Washington State Director, the Forest 
Service Regional Forester, and the Washington Governor's Office will 
forward the nominations to the Secretary of the Interior, who will make 
the appointment to the Council.
    This nomination period will also be announced through press 
releases issued by the BLM Oregon/Washington State Office. Nominations 
for Resource Advisory Councils should be sent to: Elaine Zielinski, 
Bureau of Land Management, Oregon/Washington State Director, P.O. Box 
2965, Portland, OR, 97208.

DATES: All nominations must be received by the BLM Oregon/Washington 
State Office on or before May 30, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brenda Lincoln Wojtanik, OR 912, 
Bureau of Land Management, Oregon/Washington State Office, P.O. Box 
2965, Portland, Oregon, 97208, (Telephone 503-952-6437).
Eric Hoffman,
Acting State Director, Oregon/Washington.
[FR Doc. 96-10626 Filed 4-29-96; 8:45 am]
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