[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 86 (Tuesday, May 5, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24823-24824]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-11822]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[CA-060-07-1210-00]


Meeting of the California Desert District Advisory Council

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, in accordance with Public Laws 92-463 
and 94-579, that the California Desert District Advisory Council to the 
Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Department of the Interior, will 
participate in a field tour of BLM-administered public lands near 
Blythe, California on Thursday, June 11, 1998, from 7:30 a.m. to 3 
p.m., and meet in formal session on Friday, June 12 from 8 a.m. to 5 
p.m., and Saturday, June 13 from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. The Friday and 
Saturday public meetings will be held in the Blythe City Council 
Chambers, located at 220 North Spring Street, Blythe, California.
    The Council and members of the public will assemble for the field 
tour at The Hampton Inn parking lot at 7:15 a.m., and depart at 7:30 
a.m. The Hampton Inn is located at 9000 West Hubson Way, Blythe, 
California. The tour will focus on the southeastern portion of the 
proposed Chuckwalla Desert Wildlife Management Area within the Northern 
and Eastern Colorado Desert (NECO) Coordinated Management Planning 
Area. Presentations will include discussions on routes of travel, 
checkerboard land ownership, recreation, and plant and wildlife 
biological values.
    The public is welcome to participate in the field tour, but should 
dress

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appropriately and plan on providing their own transportation, food, and 
beverage. Anyone interested in participating in the field tour should 
contact BLM public affairs at (909) 697-5217/5220 for more information.
    Agenda topics will include briefings and discussions on the NECO 
Plan, budget, the Northern and Eastern Mojave Planning Effort, 
rangeland standards and guidelines, the California Desert District 
pilot recreation fee program, and a review of wilderness boundary maps.
    All Desert District Advisory Council meetings are open to the 
public. Time for public comment may be made available by the Council 
Chairman during the presentation of various agenda items, and is 
scheduled at the end of the meeting for topics not on the agenda.
    Written comments may be filed in advance of the meeting for the 
California Desert District Advisory Council, c/o Bureau of Land 
Management, Public Affairs Office, 6221 Box Springs Boulevard, 
Riverside, California 92507-0714. Written comments also are accepted at 
the time of the meeting and, if copies are provided to the recorder, 
will be incorporated into the minutes.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Carole Levitzky at (909) 697-5217 or Doran Sanchez at (909) 697-5220, 
BLM California Desert District Public Affairs.

    Dated: April 28, 1998.
Carole Levitzky,
Assistant District Manager, External Affairs.
[FR Doc. 98-11822 Filed 5-4-98; 8:45 am]
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