[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 94 (Friday, May 14, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26880-26881]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-10918]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

[CA-668-1040 (P)]


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

AGENCIES: Bureau of Land Management, Interior; Forest Service, 
Agriculture.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Under the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National 
Monument Act of 2000, Pub. L. 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 45 days following the publication date of this 
notice. The Committee is managed under the provisions of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act.
    The call for nominations is for representatives for the Agua 
Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, the cities of Rancho Mirage and Palm 
Desert, the Winter Park Authority, and the Pinyon Community Council.

DATES: Submit nomination packets to the address listed below no later 
than June 28, 2004.

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

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

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 implementation of a management plan for 
the Monument. Committee members will be appointed to serve three-year 
terms. The three-year term would begin November 2004. 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 Committee meets 2-3 times a year 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

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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 Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians; (2) a 
representative from each of the following cities: Rancho Mirage and 
Palm Desert; (3) a representative of the Winter Park Authority; (4) a 
representative of the Pinyon Community Council. 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.

    Dated: March 17, 2004.
Danella George,
Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument Manager, Palm 
Springs Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management.
    Dated: March 9, 2004.
Laurie Rosenthal,
District Ranger, San Jacinto Ranger District, San Bernardino National 
Forest, U.S. Forest Service.
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