[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 73 (Wednesday, April 16, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 18668]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-9123]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

[CA-668-1040 (P)]


Call for Nominations for the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains 
National Monument Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior; Forest Service, 
Agriculture.
SUMMARY: Under the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National 
Monument Act of 2000, Public Law 106-351 (16 U.S.C. 431 note), the 
Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management and the 
Department of Agriculture's U.S. Forest Service are opening nominations 
for five members of the public to serve on the Santa Rosa and San 
Jacinto Mountains National Monument Advisory Committee. Nominations 
will be accepted for forty-five days following the publication date of 
this notice. The call for nominations is for representatives for the 
California Department of Fish and Game or the California Department of 
Parks and Recreation, the cities of Palm Springs and La Quinta, a 
representative of a local conservation organization, and a 
representative of a local developer or builder organization.
    Committee members will be appointed to serve 3-year terms. The 
three-year term would begin November 2003. 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.
    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.

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 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 that each agency 
requires from the BLM or Forest Service by contacting the individuals 
listed in ADDRESSES below. To make a nomination, you must submit 
completed nomination forms, 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 California Department of Fish and 
Game or the California Department of State Parks (2) a representative 
from each of the following cities: Palm Springs and La Quinta (3) a 
representative of a local conservation organization (4) a 
representative of a local developer or builder organization. 
Nominations to the Committee should describe and document the proposed 
member's qualifications for membership on the Advisory Committee. 
Nomination packets will include the nominee's legal name.

DATES: Submit nomination packets to the address listed below no later 
than 45 days after the publication of this notice to call for 
nominations in the Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: Request nomination packets and send completed nomination 
packets to: Advisory Committee Nominations, Ms. Danella George, Bureau 
of Land Management, PO Box 581260, North Palm Springs, California, 
92258-1260.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Danella George, Santa Rosa and San 
Jacinto Mountains National Monument, (760) 251-4800.

    Dated: February 25, 2003.
Danella George,
Designated Federal Official, Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains 
National Monument Advisory Committee, and Santa Rosa and San Jacinto 
Mountains National Monument Manager, Bureau of Land Management.
[FR Doc. 03-9123 Filed 4-15-03; 8:45 am]
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