[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 200 (Thursday, October 16, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 59636]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-26113]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NM-910-04-1020-PG]


Notice of Public Meeting, New Mexico Resource Advisory Council 
Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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

DATES: The meeting will be held on November 13-14, 2003, at the Hotel 
Santa Fe, 1501 Paseo de Peralta, Santa Fe, New Mexico, beginning at 8 
a.m. both days. The meeting will adjourn approximately 5 p.m. on 
Thursday and 1 p.m. on Friday. The two established RAC subcommittees 
may have a late afternoon or an evening meeting on Thursday, November 
13, 2003.
    On Wednesday, November 12, 2003, there will be a half-day 
orientation for new RAC members. An optional field trip is planned for 
the afternoon of November 12, 2003. The public comment period is 
scheduled for Wednesday, November 12, 2003, from 6-8 p.m. The public 
may present written comments to the RAC. 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, individual 
oral comments may be limited.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 15-member RAC 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. All meetings are open to the public. At this meeting, 
topics for discussion include:
    Access, healthy forest initiative, land disposal, overview of the 
vegetation monitoring and analysis pilot project in New Mexico, oil and 
gas reclamation standards, update on Otero Mesa, BLM/New Mexico 
Association of Counties liaison role, and preview of the legacy lands 
program.

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

    Dated: October 9, 2003.
Ron Dunton,
Acting State Director.
[FR Doc. 03-26113 Filed 10-15-03; 8:45 am]
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