[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 15 (Friday, January 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 3585]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-1599]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[NM-910-08-1020-00]


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 March 5 and 6, 1998 at the Western 
Sizzlin Restaurant, 1010 South White Sands, Alamogordo, NM. The agenda 
for the RAC meeting will include agreement on the meeting agenda, any 
RAC comments on the draft summary minutes of the last two RAC meetings, 
of November 20-21, 1997 in Albuquerque, MN., and February 20, 1998 in 
Santa Fe, NM., briefings and discussions on the status of the NEPA 
process for the RAC Standards for Public Land Health and Guidelines for 
Livestock Grazing Management and other NEPA concerns, on establishment 
of RAC Subgroups for the BLM Field Offices, on the Lesser Prairie 
Chicken, on the McGregor Range Withdrawal, on implementation of the 
Standards for Public Land Health and Guidelines for Livestock Grazing 
Management and on other items as appropriate. An optional field tour 
will be available for RAC members to McGregor Range on the morning of 
Saturday, March 7, 1998. The tour will take most of the morning. Time 
and location to meet for the tour will be established after discussion 
with RAC members during the March 5 and 6, 1998 meeting
    The meeting will begin on March 5, 1998 at 8:30 a.m. The meeting is 
open to the public. The time for the public to address the RAC is on 
Thursday, March 5, 1998, from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. The RAC may reduce 
or extend the end time of 5:00 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 Agenda items. The meeting on March 
6, 1998, will be from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The end time of 3:00 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, P.O. 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: January 16, 1998.
Richard A. Whitley,
Deputy State Director.
[FR Doc. 98-1599 Filed 1-16-98; 8:45 am]
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