[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 250 (Friday, December 30, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 77424]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-8096]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[OR-027-1020-PI-020H; G5-0034]


Notice of Call for Nominations for the Steens Mountain Advisory 
Council

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Call for nominations.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management 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), the Bureau of Land Management gives notice that the 
Secretary of the Interior intends to call for nominations for vacating 
positions to the Steens Mountain Advisory Council. This notice requests 
the public to submit nominations for membership on the Steens Mountain 
Advisory Council.
    Any individual or organization may nominate one or more persons to 
serve on the Steens Mountain Advisory Council. Individuals may nominate 
themselves or others for Steens Mountain Advisory Council membership. 
Nomination forms may be obtained from the Bureau of Land Management 
Burns District Office (see address below). To make a nomination, submit 
a completed nomination form, letters of reference from the represented 
interests or organizations, as well as any other information that 
speaks to the nominee's qualifications, to the Bureau of Land 
Management Burns District Office. Nominations may be made for the 
following categories of interest:
     One person who is a recognized environmental 
representative for the State as a whole (appointed from nominees 
submitted by the Governor of Oregon);
     A person interested in fish and recreational fishing 
(appointed from nominees submitted by the Governor of Oregon);
     A person who is a recreational permit holder or is a 
representative of a commercial recreation operation (appointed jointly 
by the Oregon State Director of the Bureau of Land Management and the 
county court for Harney County, Oregon);
     A private landowner in the Cooperative Management and 
Protection Area (appointed by the county court for Harney County, 
Oregon); and
     A person with expertise and interest in wild horse 
management on Steens Mountain (appointed by the Bureau of Land 
Management)
    The specific category the nominee will represent should be 
identified in the letter of nomination. The Bureau of Land Management 
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 the Bureau of Land Management). The Bureau of Land 
Management 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].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the Steens Mountain Advisory 
Council is to advise the Bureau of Land Management on the management of 
the Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Area as 
described in Title 1, Subtitle D of Public Law 106-399. Each member 
will be a person who, as a result of training and experience, has 
knowledge or special expertise that qualifies him or her to provide 
advice from among the categories of interest listed above.
    Members of the Steens Mountain Advisory Council are appointed for 
terms of three years. The State environmental representative, 
recreational permit holder, private landowner, and fish and 
recreational fishing positions will expire August 2006. These four 
positions will begin no earlier than August 2006 and will end August 
2009. The member of the Wild Horse Management position has resigned; 
therefore, the newly-appointed member will complete the existing three-
year term. This term will begin upon appointment and will expire 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 Steens Mountain Advisory Council shall meet 
only at the call of the Designated Federal Official, but not less than 
once per year.

    Dated: December 23, 2005.
Dana Shuford,
Burns District Manager, Bureau of Land Management, Burns, Oregon.
[FR Doc. E5-8096 Filed 12-29-05; 8:45 am]
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