[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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