[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 63 (Tuesday, April 2, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15584-15585]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-7843]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NM-910-01-1020-PG]


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). New Mexico RAC meetings are planned in conjunction with the 
representative of the Governor of the State of New Mexico; the Office 
of the Lieutenant Governor.

DATES: The meeting will be held on April 25-26, 2002, with an optional 
Field Trip preceding on Wednesday, April 24. The meeting will begin at 
8:00 a.m. and end by 5 p.m. both days.

ADDRESS: The meeting will take place at the Roswell Field Office, 2909 
W. Second, Roswell, New Mexico.

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Agenda

    The draft agenda for the RAC meeting on Thursday, April 25, 
includes agreement on the meeting agenda, any RAC comments on the draft 
minutes of the last RAC meeting which was held on February 28 and March 
1, 2002, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and a check-in from the RAC 
members. Main topics of discussion will be BLM's overview and policy on 
oil and gas reclamation, industry issues and practices on oil and gas 
reclamation, and noxious weeds in disturbed areas. The three 
established RAC subcommittees may have late afternoon or evening 
meetings on Wednesday, April 24 or on Thursday, April 25. The exact 
time and location of possible subcommittee meetings will be established 
by the chairperson of each subcommittee and be available to the public 
at the front desk of the Roswell Field Office on those two days. The 
meeting is open to the public. Starting at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, 
April 25, there will be an additional 15 minute Public Comment Period 
for members of the public who are not able to be present to address the 
RAC during the regular two hour Public Comment Period on Friday, April 
26, from 10 a.m to 12 noon. The RAC may reduce or extend the end time 
of 12:00 noon depending on the number of people wishing to address the 
RAC. A RAC assessment of the current meeting and development of draft 
agenda items and selection of a location for the next RAC meeting will 
take place Friday afternoon. On Friday, April 26, the ending time of 
the meeting may be changed depending on the work remaining for the RAC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Theresa Herrera, 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) 438-7517.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the RAC 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.

Carsten F. Goff,
Acting State Director.
[FR Doc. 02-7843 Filed 4-1-02; 8:45 am]
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