[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 88 (Wednesday, May 7, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24497-24498]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-11247]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NM-910-03-1020-PG]


Notice of Public Meeting, New Mexico Resource Advisory Council 
Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 
(FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. 
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) New Mexico 
Resource Advisory Council (RAC), will meet as indicated below.

DATES: The meeting will be held on June 5-6, 2003, at the Ruidoso 
Convention Center, Rooms 2 and 3, 111 Sierra Blanca Drive, Ruidoso, NM, 
beginning at 8 a.m. The meeting will adjourn between 4 and 5 p.m. both 
days. An optional Field Trip is planned for Wednesday, June 4. The 
three established RAC subcommittees will meet in the late afternoon or 
evening on Thursday, June 5. Location will be announced at the meeting. 
The public comment period will begin at 10 a.m. on Friday, June 6, and 
end at 12 noon.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 15-member Council advises 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 New Mexico. At this meeting, the topics we plan to discuss include:

Access Issues
Bark Beetle Infestation
Fire and Fuels Management Plan Amendment/Environmental Assessment
Stewardship Contracting

    All meetings are open to the public. The public may present written 
comments to the Council. Each formal Council meeting will also have 
time allocated for hearing public comments. Depending on the number of 
persons wishing to comment and time available, the time for individual 
oral comments may be limited.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Theresa Herrera, RAC Coordinator, New 
Mexico State Office, Office of External Affairs, Bureau of Land 
Management, P.O. Box 27115, Santa Fe, NM 87502-0115, (505) 438-7517.

    Dated: April 30, 2003.
William S. Condit,
Acting State Director.
[FR Doc. 03-11247 Filed 5-6-03; 8:45 am]
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