[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 18 (Friday, January 28, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4139-4140]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-1596]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[OR-027-1020-PI-020H; G5-0035]


Steens Mountain Advisory Council; Call for Nominations

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

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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 (Public Law 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:
     One person who is a grazing permittee on Federal land in 
the Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Area (CMPA) 
(appointed from nominees submitted by the County Court of Harney 
County);
     One person who is a recognized environmental 
representative from the local area (appointed from nominees submitted 
by the Governor of Oregon);
     A person who participates in what is commonly called 
dispersed recreation, such as hiking, camping, nature viewing, nature 
photography, bird watching, horseback riding, or trail walking 
(appointed from nominees submitted by the Oregon State Director of the 
BLM); and
     A person with expertise and interest in wild horse 
management on Steens Mountain (appointed from nominees submitted by the 
Oregon State Director for BLM).
    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, 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 site http://www.or.blm.gov/steens (Public Law 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 Public Law 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 3 years. The Grazing 
Permittee, Environmental Representative, Dispersed Recreation, and Wild 
Horse Management position terms will expire August 2005. These four 
positions will begin no earlier than August 2005 and will end August 
2008.
    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: December 21, 2004.
Karla Bird,
Andrews Resource Area Field Manager, Bureau of Land Management, Burns, 
Oregon.
[FR Doc. 05-1596 Filed 1-27-05; 8:45 am]
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