[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 151 (Friday, August 6, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 47952]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-17977]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NM-910-04-1020-PH]


New Mexico Resource Advisory Council, Notice of Call for 
Nominations

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 September 14-15, 2004, beginning at 
8 a.m. at the Inn of Loretto, 211 Old Santa Fe Trail, Santa Fe, New 
Mexico. The meeting will adjourn at approximately 5 p.m. on Tuesday, 
September 14, 2004, and 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, September 15, 2004. The 
two established RAC working groups may have a late afternoon or an 
evening meeting on Tuesday, September 14, 2004. An optional field trip 
is planned for Monday, September 13, 2004, at 12:30 p.m.
    The public comment period is scheduled for Monday, September 14, 
2004, from 6-7 p.m. The public may present written comments to the RAC. 
Depending on the number of persons wishing to comment and time 
available, individual oral comments may be limited.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Theresa Herrera, New Mexico State 
Office, Office of External Affairs, Bureau of Land Management, P.O. Box 
27115, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87502-0115, 505.438.7517.

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: Sierra/Otero Mesa Counties Fluid Mineral 
Leasing Plan Amendment, directional drilling of oil and gas wells to 
mitigate surface impacts, follow-up on rancher monitoring, discussion 
on the Ecological Site Description Effort, Interim Guidelines for 
Special Status Species Plan Amendment, the Access Proposal, what are 
the problems for threatened and endangered and other imperiled species 
on BLM lands, and election of new officers.

    Dated: July 30, 2004.
Linda S.C. Rundell,
State Director.
[FR Doc. 04-17977 Filed 8-5-04; 8:45 am]
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