[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 80 (Monday, April 26, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22546-22547]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-9320]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[OR-027-1020-PG-020H; G 4-0081]


Steens Mountain Advisory Council; Call for Nominations

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

ACTION: 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 terms expiring on 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, and 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:
     A person who is a grazing permittee on Federal 
lands in the Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Area 
(CMPA) (appointed from nominees submitted by the county court of Harney 
County, Oregon);
     A member of the Burns Paiute Tribe (appointed 
from nominees submitted by the Burns Paiute Tribe);
     A person who participates in what is commonly 
called mechanized or consumptive recreation, such as hunting, fishing, 
off-road driving, hang gliding, or parasailing (appointed by the Oregon 
State Director of the BLM); and
     A person who has no financial interest in the 
CMPA to represent statewide interests (appointed by the Governor of 
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, Burns Paiute Tribe

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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 (Pub. 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 Pub. L. 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 for one or more of the interest categories listed 
above.
    Members of the SMAC are appointed for terms of three years. The 
Grazing Permittee, the member of the Burns Paiute Tribe, the Mechanized 
or Consumptive Recreation, and the No-Financial-Interest position terms 
will expire August 2004. These four positions will begin no earlier 
than August 2004.
    Members will serve without monetary compensation, but will be 
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: February 9, 2004.
Karla Bird,
Andrews Resource Area Field Manager, Bureau of Land Management, Burns, 
Oregon.
[FR Doc. 04-9320 Filed 4-23-04; 8:45 am]
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