[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 98 (Wednesday, May 21, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27772-27773]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-13248]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[NM-910-08-1020-235j]


New Mexico Resource Advisory Council Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of council meeting.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 
and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), 5 U.S.C. 
Appendix 1, The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management 
(BLM), announces a meeting of the New Mexico Resource Advisory Council 
(RAC). The meeting will be held on June 25 and 26, 1997 at the Inn of 
the Mountain Gods, Mescalero, NM 88340. The agenda for the RAC meeting 
will include agreement on the meeting agenda, any RAC comments on the 
draft summary minutes of the last RAC meeting of April 24 and 25, 1997 
in Albuquerque, NM, an update and discussion on the status of the 
Resource Management Plan Amendment/Environmental Impact Statement for 
the RAC Standards for Rangeland Health and Guidelines for Livestock 
Grazing, and discussions by the RAC on off road vehicle use and access 
to BLM lands and other items appropriate for RAC discussion. The 
meeting will begin on June 25, 1997 at 8 a.m. The meeting is open to 
the public. The time for the public to address the RAC is on Wednesday 
June 25, 1997, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. The RAC may reduce or extend the 
end time of 5 p.m. depending on the number of people wishing to address 
the RAC. The length of time available for each person to address the 
RAC will be established at the start of the public comment period and 
will depend on how many people there are that wish to address the RAC. 
At the completion of the public comments the RAC may continue 
discussion on its

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Agenda items. The meeting on June 26, 1997, will be from 8 a.m. to 4 
p.m. The end time of 4 p.m. for the meeting may be changed depending on 
the work remaining for the RAC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob Armstrong, New Mexico State 
Office, Planning and Policy Team, Bureau of Land Management, 1474 Rodeo 
Road, PO Box 27115, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87502-0115, telephone (505) 
438-7436.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the Resource Advisory Council 
is to advise the Secretary of the Interior, through the BLM, on a 
variety of planning and management issues associated with the 
management of public lands. The Council's responsibilities include 
providing advice on long-range planning, establishing resource 
management priorities and assisting the BLM to identify State and 
regional standards for rangeland health and guidelines for grazing 
management.

    Dated: May 15, 1997.
Richard A. Whitley,
Acting State Director.
[FR Doc. 97-13248 Filed 5-20-97; 8:45 am]
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