[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 191 (Tuesday, October 1, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51300-51301]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-25057]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[OR-030-06-1220-00: GP6-0281]


Call for Nominations for Academician on the Southeast Oregon 
Resource Advisory Council

AGENCY: Vale District, Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is to solicit public nominations 
for an academician for the Southeast Oregon Resource Advisory Council, 
established and authorized in 1995 by the Secretary of the Interior to 
provide advice and recommendations to the Bureau of Land Management 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 
October 31, 1996. The Council, which was established in August, 1995, 
is made up of 15 members. The Academician 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 southeastern Oregon, has to date 
identified three issues that they would like to work on with the Bureau 
of Land Management and the Forest Service: Standards for rangeland 
health and guidelines for grazing management, the Southeastern Oregon 
Resource Management Plan, 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 Bureau of Land Management. 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, archaeological and 
historic interests, and wild horse and burro groups.
    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 Oregon. The Southeast

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Oregon Council covers southeastern Oregon. A nomination form may be 
obtained from the Vale District, Bureau of Land Management, 100 Oregon 
Street, Vale, Oregon 97918 or by calling (541) 473-3144. Nominations 
must be received by October 31, 1996.
    Nominees will be evaluated based on their academic experience in 
natural resources that contributes to knowledge of rangeland health 
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 Bureau of Land Management Oregon/Washington State 
Director, the Forest Service Regional Forester, and the Oregon 
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 
Bureau of Land Management Oregon/Washington State Office. Nominations 
for Resource Advisory Councils should be sent to: Ed Singleton, Bureau 
of Land Management, Vale District Manager, 100 Oregon Street, Vale, OR, 
97918.

DATES: All nominations must be received by the Bureau of Land 
Management Vale District on or before October 31, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jonne Hower, Bureau of Land Management, Vale District, 100 Oregon 
Street, Vale, OR 97918, (Telephone 541-473-3144).
Ed Singleton,
Vale District Manager.
[FR Doc. 96-25057 Filed 9-30-96; 8:45 am]
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