[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 94 (Friday, May 15, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27101-27102]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-12931]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[AZ-040-98-1040-00]


Call for Gila Box Advisory Committee Nominations

AGENCY: 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 two 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.
    The purpose of the Advisory Committee is to provide informed advice 
to the Safford Field Office Manager on management of public lands in 
the Gila Box Riparian National Conservation Area. Members are currently 
assisting BLM specialists with the implementation of the Final Gila Box 
Interdisciplinary Activity Plan. The Advisory Committee will meet 
approximately one time during (FY 98) to assist with plan 
implementation. 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.
    Persons wishing to nominate individuals or those wishing to be 
considered for appointment to serve on the Advisory Committee should 
provide names, addresses, professions, biographical data, and category 
of expertise for qualified nominees. Persons selected to serve on the 
Committee will serve a three-year term, July 31, 1998 to July 31, 2001. 
Nominations should be submitted in writing to the Safford Field Office 
Manager at the address provided below.

ADDRESSES: For further information contact, Elmer Walls, Team Leader, 
Resource Use and Protection Group, Bureau of Land Management, Safford 
Field Office, 711 14th Avenue, Safford,

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Arizona 85546; telephone number (520) 348-4400.

DATES: All nominations should be received by June 1, 1998.

    Dated: May 5, 1998.
William T. Civish,
Field Office Manager.
[FR Doc. 98-12931 Filed 5-14-98; 8:45 am]
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