[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 240 (Friday, December 13, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76754-76755]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-31415]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CO-01-134-1610-241A]


Colorado Canyons National Conservation Area Advisory Council 
Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Colorado Canyons National Conservation Area (CCNCA) 
Advisory Council will hold its first monthly meeting of 2003 on January 
9, 2003. The meeting will begin at 3 p.m. and will be held at the Mesa 
County Administration Building; 544 Rood Avenue, Grand Junction, CO; in 
the main floor Multipurpose Room. Throughout the remainder of calendar 
year 2003, the CCNCA Advisory Council meetings will be held the first 
Thursday of each month in the same location and at the same time. The 
CCNCA was established on October 24, 2000, when the Colorado Canyons 
National Conservation Area and Black Ridge Wilderness Act of 2000 (the 
Act) was signed by the President. The Act required that the CCNCA 
Advisory

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Council be established to provide advice in the preparation and 
implementation of the CCNCA resource management plan and environmental 
impact statement.

DATES: January 9, 2002.

ADDRESSES: For further information or to provide written comments, 
please contact Greg Gnesios, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), 2815 H 
Road, Grand Junction, Colorado 81506; Telephone (970) 244-3049; e-mail 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CCNCA Advisory Council will meet on 
Thursday, January 9, 2003, at the Mesa County Administration Building; 
544 Rood Avenue, Grand Junction, CO; in the main floor Multipurpose 
Room, Grand Junction, Colorado, beginning at 3 p.m. The agenda topics 
for this meeting are:
    (1) The re-election of council officials.
    (2) Recommendations from working groups.
    (3) Land health recommendations.
    (4) Public comment period.
    (5) Agenda for next meeting.
    Beginning February 2003 the CCNCA Advisory Council meetings will be 
held monthly on the first Thursday of each month at the same time and 
location. The dates for these meetings are February 6, 2003; March 6, 
2003; April 3, 2003; May 1, 2003; June 5, 2003; July 3, 2003; August 7, 
2003; September 4, 2003; October 2, 2003; November 6, 2003; and 
December 4, 2003.
    Topics of discussion for future meetings will include 
recommendations on management alternatives, including the preferred 
management alternative, potential environmental consequences of all 
identified alternatives, completion of the draft resource management 
plan, partnerships, interpretation, adaptive management, 
socioeconomics, and other issues as appropriate.
    All meetings will be open to the public and will include a time set 
aside for public comment. Interested persons may make oral statements 
at the meetings or submit written statements at any meeting. Per-person 
time limits for oral statements may be set to allow all interested 
persons an opportunity to speak.
    Summary minutes of all Council meetings will be maintained at the 
Bureau of Land Management Office in Grand Junction, Colorado. They are 
available for public inspection and reproduction during regular 
business hours within 30 days of the meeting. In addition, minutes and 
other information concerning the CCNCA Advisory Council can be obtained 
from the CCNCA website at: http://www.co.blm.gov/cocanplan which will 
be updated following each Advisory Council meeting.

    Dated: December 6, 2002.
Greg Gnesios,
Manager, Colorado Canyons National Conservation Area.
[FR Doc. 02-31415 Filed 12-12-02; 8:45 am]
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