[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 63 (Thursday, April 2, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16272-16273]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-8573]
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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 May 7, 8 and 9, 1998. The meeting on
May 7 and 8, 1998 will be at San Juan College, 4601 College Avenue,
Farmington, NM. The meeting on Saturday May 9, 1998 is a field trip to
the Bisti Wilderness Area and is optional for RAC members attendance.
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 March 5 & 6, 1998 in Alamogordo, NM., a briefings and
discussions on the status of the NEPA process for the RAC Standards for
Public Land and Health and Guidelines for Livestock Grazing Management
and other NEPA concerns. Also included on the agenda are continued
discussion on establishment of RAC Subgroups, discussion on the future
direction of the RAC-roles and focus, additional presentation on the
Lesser Prairie Chicken, Holloman Air Force bombing range proposal, BLM
Field Office Manager presentations, a Watershed presentation, establish
location and date for next RAC meeting and develop draft agenda items,
RAC discussion on assessment of the meeting and other items as
appropriate.
An optional field tour will be available for RAC members to the
Bisti Wilderness Area on the morning and early afternoon of Saturday,
May 9, 1998. The tour will take approximately six hours. Time and
location to meet for the tour will be established during the RAC
meeting. The meeting will begin on May 7, 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, May 7, 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 . 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 May 8,
1998, will be from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The end time of 4:00 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.
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Dated: March 26, 1998.
Richard E. Wymer,
Acting Deputy State Director.
[FR Doc. 98-8573 Filed 4-1-98; 8:45 am]
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