[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 136 (Tuesday, July 16, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46684-46685]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-17785]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NM-910-02-1020-PG]


Notice of Public Meeting, New Mexico Resource Advisory Council 
Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 
(FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. 
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) New Mexico 
Resource Advisory Council (RAC), will meet as indicated below.

DATES: The meeting will be held on August 8-9, 2002, at the Farmington 
Field Office, 1235 La Plata Highway, Farmington, NM, beginning at 8 
a.m. both days. An optional Field Trip is planned for Wednesday, August 
7. The meeting will adjourn at approximately 5 p.m. both days. The 
three established RAC subcommittees may have a late afternoon or an 
evening meeting on Thursday, August 8. The public comment period will 
begin at 10 a.m. on Friday, August 9, and end at 12 noon.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 15 member Council advises the Secretary 
of the Interior, through the Bureau of Land Management, on a variety of 
planning and management issues associated with public land management 
in New Mexico. At this meeting, topics we plan to discuss include:

Range restoration and the oil and gas industry
Feedback from the Rancher Subgroup from the May 2002 Farmington Oil and 
Gas Meeting
Update on Otero Mesa Mediation Assessment
Reflection/Learning from Otero Mesa
Renewable Energy
Collaborative land use planning and other topics.

    All meetings are open to the public. The public may present written 
comments to the Council. Each formal Council meeting will also have 
time allocated for hearing public comments. Depending on the number of 
persons wishing to comment and time available, the time for individual 
oral comments may be limited. New Mexico RAC meetings are coordinated 
with the representative of the Governor of the State of New Mexico, the 
Office of the Lieutenant Governor.

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, (505) 438-
7517.

    Dated: June 25, 2002.
Richard A. Whitley,
Acting State Director.
[FR Doc. 02-17785 Filed 7-15-02; 8:45 am]
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