[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 7 (Monday, January 12, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 1761]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-7]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AZ-049-1040-JH]


Call for Nominations for Gila Box Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Interior.

ACTION: Call for nominations for Gila Box Riparian National 
Conservation Area (RNCA) Advisory Committee.

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SUMMARY: The BLM is publishing this notice under section 9(a)(2) of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act. The purpose of this notice is to 
solicit public nominations to fill seven positions on the Gila Box 
Riparian National Conservation Area Advisory Committee. The Advisory 
Committee was created through title 2, section 201, of the Arizona 
Desert Wilderness Act of 1990 to provide informed advice to the Safford 
Field Manager on management of public lands in the Gila Box Riparian 
National Conservation Area in southeastern Arizona.
    Any individual or organization may nominate one or more persons to 
serve on the Advisory Committee. Persons wishing to nominate themselves 
or other individuals for appointment should provide an application that 
includes the name, address, phone number, profession, biographical 
data, and category of expertise for each qualified nominee, along with 
at least one letter of recommendation that addresses the nominee's 
qualifications. Nominations should be submitted to the Gila Box Manager 
at the address below.

DATES: All nominations should be received by the BLM Safford Field 
Office no later than 30 days after the publication of this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bonnie Winslow, Gila Box Manager, 
Safford Field Office, 711 14th Ave., Safford, AZ 85546, (928) 348-4570 
or [email protected]. More information about the Gila Box is 
available at http://www.az.blm.gov/sfo/gila_box/gila.html.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: To ensure membership of the Advisory 
Committee is balanced in terms of categories of interest represented 
and functions performed, nominees must be qualified to provide advice 
in specific areas related to the primary purposes for which the Gila 
Box Riparian National Conservation Area was created. These categories 
of expertise include wildlife conservation, riparian ecology, 
hydrology, outdoor recreation, watershed management, environmental 
education, cultural resources, or other related disciplines.
    Three positions on the Committee are representatives for the State 
of Arizona, Graham County, and Greenlee County. Nominations for these 
representatives are submitted to the BLM from the Governor of Arizona 
and the Boards of Supervisors for Graham and Greenlee Counties 
respectively. Those wishing to be nominated for any of those positions 
should contact the appropriate office to inform it of their interest. 
Nominations for the remaining four positions should be submitted 
directly to the BLM Safford Field Office.
    Committee members are selected by the Secretary of the Interior to 
serve staggered terms of one to three years, with terms beginning on 
the date of the appointment. The Advisory Committee will meet 2-4 times 
each year. Members serve without salary, but are reimbursed for travel 
and per diem expenses at current rates for government employees.

    Dated: December 8, 2003.
Frank Rowley,
Acting Field Manager.
[FR Doc. 04-7 Filed 1-9-04; 8:45 am]
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