[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 40 (Wednesday, February 28, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12807-12808]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-4825]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NM-910-01-1020-PB]


New Mexico Resource Advisory Council Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Department of the 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 April 5 and 6, 2001, at the Best 
Western

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Stevens Inn, 1829 South Canal, Carlsbad, New Mexico 88220.
    There will be an optional all day field trip on Wednesday, April 4, 
2001. Transportation will be provided for RAC members. The optional 
field trip will be organized by the Carlsbad Field Office of the BLM. 
The Field Tour will leave from the Best Western Stevens Inn at 8:30 
a.m. The meeting on Thursday, April 5, 2001, will start at 8 a.m. and 
will end about 5 p.m.
    The draft agenda for the RAC meeting includes agreement on the 
meeting agenda, any RAC comments on the draft minutes of the last RAC 
meeting on January 24 through 26, 2001, in Silver City, New Mexico, and 
a check-in from the RAC members. The focus of the meeting will be on 
Off Highway Vehicle issues, the RAC Charter, the International Program 
and discussion of Part D of the Draft National Energy Policy. 
Presentations will include discussion.
    The three established RAC Subcommittees may have late afternoon or 
evening meetings on Wednesday, April 4, after the optional field trip, 
or on Thursday, April 5, after the meeting. The exact time and location 
of possible Subcommittee meetings will be established by the 
Chairperson of each Subcommittee and be available to the public 
following the field trip on Wednesday, April 4, and during the RAC 
meeting on Thursday, April 5, for that evening. That information will 
also be available at the desk of the Stevens Inn on those two days.
    On Friday, April 6, the meeting starts at 8 a.m. and will end about 
3 p.m. The ending time of 3 p.m. may be changed depending on the work 
remaining for the RAC. The meeting is open to the public, and starting 
at 2:45 p.m. on Thursday, April 5, 2001, there will be an additional 15 
minute Public Comment Period for members of the public who are not able 
to be present for the regular Public Comment Period on Friday, April 6, 
to address the RAC.
    The meeting on Friday, April 6, will start at 8 a.m. with a review 
of the agenda thus far. At 8:15 a.m. RAC Subcommittee Reports are 
scheduled from the Urban and Open Space Subcommittee, the Roads and 
Trails Subcommittee, and the Energy Subcommittee.
    The regular Public comment Period for the Public to address the RAC 
is on Friday, April 6, 2001, 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 a.m. 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 
wish to address the RAC, but usually not more than 15 minutes. At the 
completion of public comments, the RAC may continue discussion on its 
agenda items.
    BLM State of the Field Office Reports, presented by the Field 
Office Managers, will be scheduled at various times during the 2 day 
meeting.
    RAC discussions and any RAC recommendations are scheduled for 2:45 
p.m. followed by a RAC assessment of the current meeting and 
development of draft agenda items and selection of a location for the 
next RAC meeting.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary White, New Mexico State Office, 
Office of External Affairs, Bureau of Land Management, 1474 Rodeo Road, 
P.O. Box 27115, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87502-0115, telephone (505) 438-
7404.

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: February 9, 2001.
Richard Whitley,
Associate State Director.
[FR Doc. 01-4825 Filed 2-27-01; 8:45 am]
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