[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 118 (Monday, June 21, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 33112]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-15655]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Assistant Secretary--Policy, Management and Budget
[FA-108-2810-00-24-IE]


Notice of Intent To Establish the Joint Fire Science Program 
Stakeholder Advisory Group and Call for Non-Federal Nominations

AGENCY: Department of the Interior; Office of the Assistant Secretary 
For Policy Management and Budget.

ACTION: Notice of intent to establish the Joint Fire Science Program 
Stakeholder Advisory Group; Public call for nominations.

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SUMMARY: This notice is published in accordance with section 9(a)(2) of 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) of 1972 (5 U.S.C. App.). 
Notice is hereby given that the Secretary of the Interior and the 
Secretary of Agriculture intend to establish the Joint Fire Science 
Program Stakeholder Advisory Group to provide advice concerning 
priorities and approaches for research and implementation of research 
findings for the management of wildland fuels on lands administered by 
the Department of the Interior, through the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 
Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, and U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service, and the Department of Agriculture, through the Forest 
Service (FS).

DATES: Nominations should be submitted to the address listed below no 
later than July 21, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Bob Clark, Joint Fire Science 
Program Manager, National Interagency Fire Center, 3833 S. Development 
Ave., Boise, Idaho 83705, (208) 387-5349. Internet: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Stakeholder Advisory Group will consist 
of 30 members, 15 Federal and 15 nonfederal. This call for nominations 
will establish the nonfederal membership on the Group. Group membership 
will be balanced in terms of categories of interest represented.
    Any individual or organization may nominate one or more persons to 
serve on the Joint Fire Science Program Stakeholder Advisory Group. 
Individuals may also nominate themselves for Group membership. All 
nomination letters should include the name, address, profession, 
relevant biographic data, and reference sources for each nominee, and 
should be sent to the above address. Letters of support should be from 
interests or groups that nominees claim to represent. This material 
will be used to evaluate nominees in terms of their expertise and 
qualifications for advising the Secretaries on matters pertaining to 
research into wildland fuels problems and implementation of strategies 
and solutions for managing the increasing fuel loadings on federally 
administered wildlands.
    Nominations may be made for the following categories of interest:

Wildland fire management
Wildland fuels management
Air quality management
Public lands management
Forest ecology
Rangeland ecology
Hydrology
Conservation
Social science
Computer science and modeling
Tribal government
Public-at-large

    The specific category that the nominee will represent should be 
identified in the letter of nomination.
    Agency administrators will nominate Federal representatives, 
including: Four (4) members from the FS, and one member each from the 
Bureau of Land Management, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the U.S. Fish 
and Wildlife Service, the National Park Service, the U.S. Geological 
Survey, the Department of Energy, the Department of Defense, the 
Environmental Protection Agency, the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
and the Natural Resources Conservation Service.
    Each Stakeholder Advisory Group Member will be appointed to serve a 
2-year term.
    Members will serve without salary, but non-federal members will be 
reimbursed for travel and per diem expenses at current rates for 
Government employees.
    The Group will meet at least once annually. Additional meetings may 
be called in connection with special needs for advice. The Department 
of the Interior's Senior Policy Advisor, Office of Managing Risk and 
Public Safety, will be the Designated Federal Officer who will call 
meetings of the Group.

    Dated: June 11, 1999.
John Berry,
Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget.
[FR Doc. 99-15655 Filed 6-18-99; 8:45 am]
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