[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 29 (Wednesday, February 12, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 7129]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-3477]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[OR-027-1610-PG-020H; G 3-0068]


Steens Mountain Advisory Council; Notice of Intent to Call for 
Nominations

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

ACTION: Notice of Intent to 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 (Pub. L. 106-399), 
BLM gives notice that the Secretary of the Interior intends to call 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, letters of reference 
from the represented interests 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:
    [sbull] One person who is a recognized environmental representative 
for the State as a whole (appointed from nominees submitted by the 
Governor of Oregon);
    [sbull] A person interested in fish and recreational fishing 
(appointed from nominees submitted by the Governor of Oregon);
    [sbull] A person who is a recreational permit holder or is a 
representative of a commercial recreation operation (appointed jointly 
by the Oregon State Director of the BLM and the County Court for Harney 
County, Oregon); and
    [sbull] A private landowner in the Steens Mountain Cooperative 
Management and Protection Area (CMPA) (appointed by the County Court 
for Harney County, 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 submitting 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 
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 (P.L. 106-399 in its entirety 
can be found on the Steens Web site as previously cited.)

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 or interest listed 
above.
    Members of the SMAC are appointed for terms of 3 years, except 
that, of the members first appointment, four members were appointed for 
a term of 1 year and four members were appointed for a term of 2 years. 
The State environmental representative, recreational permit holder, 
private landowner, and fish and recreational fishing positions were all 
2-year terms and will expire August 2003. These four positions will all 
be replaced with 3-year terms, and will begin no earlier than August 
2003.
    Members will serve without monetary compensation, but will 
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: January 31, 2003.
Thomas H. Dyer,
Designated Federal Official, Bureau of Land Management.
[FR Doc. 03-3477 Filed 2-11-03; 8:45 am]
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