[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 57 (Thursday, March 23, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15646-15647]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-7170]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NM-910-00-1020-PB]


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

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Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), announces a meeting of the 
New Mexico Resource Advisory Council (RAC). The meeting will be held on 
April 26-28, 2000, at the James H. Baxter Civic Center, 313 E. 4th 
Street, Lordsburg, NM 88055.
    There is an optional all day field trip on Wednesday, April 26, 
2000, to the Gray Ranch area to look at vegetation and on-the-ground 
events. The optional tour will start at the Holiday Inn Express in 
Lordsburg, NM, at 8 a.m. and end back in Lordsburg, NM, at about 5 p.m. 
Transportation will be provided for RAC members. Any visiting public 
are welcome but must provide their own four-wheel-drive transportation, 
foods, and refreshments.
    The meeting on Thursday, April 27, 2000, starts at 8 a.m. and will 
end about 5 p.m. The three established RAC Subcommittees may have late 
afternoon or evening meetings on this day. The exact time and location 
of the Subcommittee meetings will be established by the Chairperson of 
each Subcommittee earlier in the day during the RAC meeting. The 
meeting on Friday, April 28, 2000, starts at 8 a.m. and will end about 
3:30 p.m. The ending time of 3:30 p.m. for the meeting may be changed 
depending on the work remaining for the RAC. The draft agenda for the 
RAC meeting includes an agreement on the meeting agenda; any RAC 
comments on the draft minutes of the last RAC meeting on February 24, 
25, and 26, 2000, in Roswell, NM; and a check-in from the RAC members.
    (The following are planned presentations that also include 
discussions:) A Standards and Guidelines update presentation; an update 
on the Robledo Mountains WSA; a presentation on RS 2477 (roads); BLM 
Field Office Managers State of the Field Office presentations with 
emphasis on invasive plants; several presentations on invasive plants 
from representatives of the State of New Mexico, BLM, RAC members, NM 
State Highway Department and a County; RAC Subcommittee reports from 
the Urban/Lands Subcommittee, the Oil and Gas Subcommittee, and the 
Roads and Trails Subcommittee; a public comment period to the RAC, RAC 
discussions and any RAC recommendations, develop draft agenda items and 
select a location for the next RAC meeting, and a RAC assessment on the 
current meeting.
    The time for the public to address the RAC is on Friday, April 28, 
2000, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. The RAC may reduce or extend the end 
time of 12 noon depending on the number of people wishing to address 
the RAC. Anyone wishing to address the RAC should be present at the 10 
starting time.
    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.

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, NM 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.

    Dated: March 17, 2000.
Richard A. Whitley,
Acting State Director.
[FR Doc. 00-7170 Filed 3-22-00; 8:45 am]
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