[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 144 (Friday, July 26, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48941-48942]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-18957]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

[CA-668-1826 (P)]


Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument Advisory 
Committee: Notice of Call for Nominations

AGENCIES: Bureau of Land Management, Interior; Forest Service, 
Agriculture.

ACTION: Notice of call for nominations for the Santa Rosa and San 
Jacinto Mountains National Monument Advisory Committee under the Santa 
Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument Act of 2000, Public 
Law 106-351 (16 USC 431 note).

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    The appointments are for a duration of 3 years and apply to five 
membership slots that expire November 2002.
SUMMARY: The Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument Act 
of 2000 (Act) required that the Secretaries of the Interior and 
Agriculture establish a National Monument Advisory Committee 
(Committee) to advise them on resource management issues associated 
with the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument, 
specifically providing guidance on the National Monument Plan. This 
notice requests the public to submit nominations for five memberships 
on the Committee. The Committee is managed under the provisions of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act.
    The call for nominations is for representatives for the County of 
Riverside, the cities of Indian Wells and Cathedral City, the Coachella 
Valley Mountains Conservancy, and the Winter Park Authority.

DATES: Submit nominations to one of the addresses listed below no later 
than 30 days after publication in the Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: Send nominations to: Advisory Committee Nominations, Ms. 
Danella George, Bureau of Land Management, P.O. Box 581260, North Palm 
Springs, California, 92258-1260 (760) 251-4804.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Danella George, Santa Rosa and San 
Jacinto Mountains National Monument, (760) 251-4804.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As directed by the Act, the Secretary of the 
Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture jointly established an 
advisory committee for the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains 
National Monument (Monument). The Committee's purpose is to advise the 
Secretaries with respect to the preparation and implementation of a 
management plan for the Monument. The Committee meets every other month 
on a Saturday. The purpose of the Committee is to gather and analyze 
information, conduct studies and field examinations, hear public 
testimony, ascertain facts, and, in an advisory capacity only, develop 
recommendations concerning planning for the management and uses of the 
National Monument. The designated

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Federal officer, or his or her designee, in connection with special 
needs for advice, may call additional meetings. A Committee Chairperson 
and Vice Chairperson will be elected by the Committee from among its' 
members annually.
    Any individual or organization may nominate one or more persons to 
serve on the Committee. Individuals may nominate themselves for 
Committee membership. You may obtain nomination forms from the BLM or 
Forest Service by contacting the individuals listed in ADDRESSES above. 
To make a nomination, you must submit a completed nomination form, 
letters of reference from the represented interests or organization, 
and any other information that speaks to the nominee's qualification, 
to the offices listed above. You may make nominations for the following 
categories of interest, as specified in the Act: (1) A representative 
of the Country of Riverside, California; (2) a representative from each 
of the following cities: Cathedral City and Indian Wells; (3) a 
representative of the Coachella Valley Mountains Conservancy; (4) a 
representative of the Winter Park Authority. Nominations to the 
Committee should describe and document the proposed member's 
qualifications for membership on the Advisory Committee.
    Committee members will be appointed to serve 3-year terms. All 
members will serve without pay but will be reimbursed for travel and 
per diem expense at the current rates for government employees under 5 
U.S.C. 5703.
    The Secretary of the Interior will make appointments to the 
Committee with the concurrence of the Secretary of Agriculture.

    Dated: July 8, 2002.
Danella George,
Monument Manager, Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains, National 
Monument, Bureau of Land Management.

    Dated: July 3, 2002.
Laurie Rosenthal,
District Ranger, Idyllwild Ranger District, San Bernardino National 
Forest.
[FR Doc. 02-18957 Filed 7-25-02; 8:45 am]
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