[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 114 (Friday, June 13, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32365-32366]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-15491]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[AZ-040-4333-02]


Call for Gila Box Advisory Committee Nominations

AGENCY: Safford Field Office, Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Call for Nominations for Gila Box Riparian National 
Conservation Area Advisory Committee.

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SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is to solicit public nominations to 
fill five positions on the Gila Box Riparian National Conservation Area 
Advisory Committee, pursuant to Title 2, Section 201, of the Arizona 
Desert Wilderness Act of 1990.

BACKGROUND: The purpose of the seven-member Advisory Committee is to 
provide informed advice to the Safford Field Manager on management of 
public lands in the Gila Box Riparian National Conservation Area in 
southeastern Arizona. Members are currently assisting BLM specialists 
with the preparation of the Final Gila Box Interdisciplinary Activity 
Plan. The Advisory Committee will meet approximately two times during 
FY 97 to assist with plan preparation. Members serve without salary, 
but are reimbursed for travel and per diem expenses at current rates 
for government employees.
    To ensure membership of the Advisory Committee is balanced in terms 
of categories of interest represented and functions performed, nominees 
must be qualified to provide advice in specific areas related to the 
primary purposes for which the Gila Box Riparian National Conservation 
Area was created. These categories of expertise include wildlife 
conservation, riparian ecology, archaeology, hydrology, recreation, 
environmental education, or other related disciplines.
    Three positions on the Committee are representatives for the State 
of Arizona, Graham County, and Greenlee County. Nominations for these 
representatives are submitted to the BLM from the Governor of Arizona 
and the Boards of Supervisors for Graham and Greenlee counties 
respectively. Those wishing to submit nominations for those three 
positions should contact the appropriate office to do so.
    Nominations for the remaining two positions should be submitted 
directly to the BLM. Persons wishing to nominate individuals or those 
wishing to be considered for appointment to serve on the Advisory 
Committee should provide name, address, profession, biographical data, 
and category of expertise for each qualified nominee. Persons selected 
by the Secretary of the Interior to serve on the Committee will serve a 
three-year term ending on July 31, 2000. Nominations should be 
submitted to the Safford Field Manager at the address below.

DATES: All nominations should be received by July 20, 1997.


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ADDRESSES: For further information contact: Elmer Walls, Gila Box Team 
Leader, Safford Field Office, 711 14th Ave., Safford, AZ 85546, 
telephone (520) 428-4040.

    Dated: June 3, 1997.
William T. Civish,
Field Manager.
[FR Doc. 97-15491 Filed 6-12-97; 8:45 am]
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