[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 77 (Monday, April 22, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19584-19585]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-9701]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[OR-027-1220-PG; G2-0099]


Steens Mountain Advisory Council, Call for Nominations

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Burns District, Interior.

ACTION: Call for nominations for the Steens Mountain Advisory Council 
(SMAC).

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SUMMARY: BLM is publishing this notice under Section 9(a)(2) of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act. Pursuant to the Steens Mountain 
Cooperative Management and Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-399), 
BLM gives notice that the Secretary of the Interior is calling for 
nominations for vacating positions to the SMAC. This notice requests 
the public to submit nominations for membership on the SMAC.
    Any individual or organization may nominate one or more persons to 
serve on the SMAC. Individuals may nominate themselves for SMAC 
membership. Nomination forms may be obtained from the Burns District 
Office, Bureau of Land Management (see address below). To make a 
nomination, submit a completed nomination form, letter of reference 
from the represented interest or organizations, as well as any other 
information that speaks to the nominee's qualifications, to the Burns 
District Office. Nominations may be made for the following categories 
of interest:
     One person who is a grazing permittee on Federal land in 
the Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Area (CMPA) 
(appointed from nominees submitted by the County Court of Harney 
County);
     One person who is a recognized environmental 
representative from the local area (appointed from nominees submitted 
by the Governor of Oregon);
     A person who participates in what is commonly called 
dispersed recreation, such as hiking, camping, nature viewing, nature 
photography, bird watching, horseback riding, or trail walking 
(appointed from nominees submitted by the Oregon State Director of the 
BLM);
     A person with expertise and interest in wild horse 
management on Steens Mountain (appointed from nominees submitted by the 
Oregon State Director for BLM); and
     A person who has no financial interest in the CMPA to 
represent Statewide interests (appointed from nominees submitted by the 
Governor of Oregon).
    The specific category the nominee will represent should be 
identified in the letter of nomination. The Burns District will collect 
the nomination forms and letters of reference and distribute them to 
the officials responsible for submitted nominations (County Court of 
Harney County, the Governor of Oregon, and BLM). BLM will then forward 
recommended nominations to the Secretary of the Interior, who has 
responsibility for making the appointments.

DATES: Nominations should be submitted to the address listed below no

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later than 30 days after publication of this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rhonda Karges, Management Support 
Specialist, Burns District Office, 28910 Hwy 20 West, Hines, Oregon 
97738, (541) 573-4433, or [email protected] or from the 
following web sites http://www.or.blm.gov/Burns or http://www.or.blm.gov/steens (Public Law 106-399 in its entirety can be found 
on the Steens web site as previously sited.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the SMAC is to advise BLM on 
the management of the CMPA as described in Title 1 of Public Law 106-
399. Each member will be a person who, as a result of training and 
experience, has knowledge or special expertise which qualifies him or 
her to provide advice from among the categories of interest listed 
above.
    Members of the SMAC are appointed for terms of 3 years, except 
that, of the members first appointed, four members were appointed for a 
term of 1-year and four members were appointed a term of 2 years. The 
wild horse, dispersed recreation, local environmentalist, and grazing 
permittee positions were all 1-year terms and will expire August 2002. 
These four positions will all be replaced with 3-year terms, and will 
begin no earlier than August 2002. The no financial interest position 
was a 3-year term. The member of this position has resigned; therefore, 
the newly-appointed member will complete the existing 3-year term. This 
appointment will begin upon appointment and will expire August 2004.
    Members will serve without monetary compensation, but will be 
reimbursed for travel and per diem expenses at current rates for 
government employees. The SMAC shall meet only at the call of the 
Designated Federal Official, but not less than once per year.

    Dated: February 7, 2002.
Miles R. Brown,
Designated Federal Official, Bureau of Land Management.
[FR Doc. 02-9701 Filed 4-19-02; 8:45 am]
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