[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 177 (Thursday, September 12, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57831-57832]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-23189]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NV-910-02-0777XX]


Notice of Public Meeting; Sierra Front/Northwestern Great Basin 
Resource Advisory Council, Northeastern Great Basin Resource Advisory 
Council, and Mojave-Southern Great Basin Resource Advisory Council

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Combined Resource Advisory 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), the Department 
of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Council meetings will 
be held as indicated below.

DATES: The three councils will meet on Thursday, October 17 from 8 a.m. 
to 5 p.m. and Friday, October 18, 2002, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., in the 
Conference Center at John Ascuaga's Nugget, 1100 Nugget Avenue, Sparks, 
Nevada 89502. On October 18, the Sierra Front/Northwestern Great Basin 
Resource Advisory Council will convene at 7:30 a.m. in joint session 
with BLM Northeast California Resource Advisory Council.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jo Simpson, Chief, Office of 
Communications, BLM Nevada State Office, 1340 Financial Blvd., Reno, 
Nevada, telephone (775) 861-6586; or BLM Public Affairs Specialist 
Debra Kolkman at telephone (775) 289-1946.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 15-member councils advise 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 Nevada. Agenda topics include a presentation and discussion of 
accomplishments during 2002 and the outlook for 2003 for the BLM in 
Nevada; opening remarks and closeout reports of the three Resource 
Advisory Councils (RACs); discussion of nominations of proposed 
projects to be funded by the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act 
of 1998; breakout meetings of each group category; breakout meetings of 
the three RACs; discussion and approval of Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) 
guidelines; mine closure and bonding issues in Nevada; setting of 
schedules for meetings of the Individual RACs for the coming year, and 
other issues members of the Councils may raise. In the October 18 joint 
session, the Sierra Front/Northwestern Great Basin and Northeast 
California council members will hear a report from their National 
Conservative Area (NCA) subcommittee, which as been assisting the BLM 
with development of a draft management plan for the Black Rock Desert-
High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails National Conservation Area. The 
council members will also hear a briefing on NCA management from the 
Black Rock-High Rock NCA staff.
    All meetings are open to the public. The public may present written 
comments to the three RAC groups or the individual RACs. The public 
comment period for the council meeting will be at 3 p.m. on Thursday, 
October 17. Individuals who plan to attend and need further information 
about the meeting or need special assistance such as sign language 
interpretation or other reasonable accommodations, should contact Debra 
Kolkman at the Nevada

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State Office, BLM, 1340 Financial Blvd., Reno, Nevada, telephone (775) 
289-1946.

    Dated: September 4, 2002.
Jean Rivers-Council,
Acting State Director, Nevada.
[FR Doc. 02-23189 Filed 9-11-02; 8:45 am]
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