[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 145 (Friday, July 26, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 39152]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-19010]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[Docket No. D-930-1020-01]


Lower Snake River District, Upper Snake River District, and Upper 
Columbia Salmon Clearwater District Resource Advisory Councils' Joint 
Meeting (Tri-RAC, Idaho)

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Lower Snake River District, Upper Snake River District, 
and Upper Columbia Salmon Clearwater District Resource Advisory 
Councils (RACs) will meet August 23, 1996, at 9:00 a.m. The meeting is 
scheduled to review statewide standards for rangeland health and 
guidelines for managing livestock grazing on federal lands in Idaho as 
they appear in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the 
Upper Columbia River Basin (UCRB) project. The meeting will begin with 
an overview by Idaho State Director Martha Hahn of the Interior 
Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project (ICBEMP) and how the 
rangeland standards and guidelines will be integrated with the ICBEMP. 
Steve Mealey, Project Director for the UCRB, will provide a briefing on 
the ICBEMP and on the UCRB Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS). 
A public comment period will be held at 11:30 a.m.

DATES: August 23, 1996, at 9:00 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Weston Plaza Convention 
Center, 1350 Blue Lakes Blvd., North, Twin Falls, ID 83301.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
J. David Brunner, Bureau of Land Management, 3380 Americana Terrace, 
Boise, Idaho 83706; Phone 208-384-3056.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The UCRB schedule extends beyond the Healthy 
Rangelands Initiative schedule for implementation of standards and 
guidelines. Both schedules will be discussed in terms of how the two 
projects will be integrated. The RACS are expected to break out into 
discussion groups to discuss alternatives and recommend preferred 
alternative for the UCRB DEIS.
J. David Brunner,
Deputy State Director for Resource Services.
[FR Doc. 96-19010 Filed 7-25-96; 8:45 am]
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