[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 242 (Monday, December 18, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75764-75765]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-21482]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AZ-240-06-1770-PC-211A]


Call for Nominations for the Sonoran Desert National Monument 
Advisory Council

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is publishing this notice 
under Section 9(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The BLM is 
giving notice that the Secretary of the Interior is extending the call 
for nominations for positions to the Sonoran Desert National Monument 
Advisory Council (SDNMAC). This notice request the public to submit 
nominations for membership on the SDNMAC. Any individual or 
organization may nominate one or more persons to serve on the SDNMAC. 
Individuals may nominate themselves for SDNMAC membership.

DATES: Submit nomination packets to the address listed below no later 
than 21 days after date of publication of this notice in the Federal 
Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sonoran Desert National Monument 
(SDNM) Advisory Council, c/o Karen Kelleher, Monument Manager, BLM, 
Phoenix District, 21605 North 7th Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona 85027, Phone 
623-580-5500, FAX 623-580-5580, e-mail: [email protected]. Nomination 
packets are available for download at the BLM Internet site: http://
www.blm.gov/az/sonoran/

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council.htm, or from the SDNM, BLM (see address listed above).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the SDNMAC is to advise the 
BLM on the management of the Sonoran Desert National Monument as 
described in the Secretary of the Interior's January 19, 2001, 
Memorandum. Each member will be a person qualified through education, 
training, knowledge, or experience to give informed and objective 
advice regarding the purposes for which the Monument was established, 
have demonstrated experience or knowledge of the geographical area 
under the purview of the Council, and have demonstrated a commitment to 
collaborate in seeking solutions to a wide spectrum of resource 
management issues. The authority to establish this Council is found in 
Section 309 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act, Public Law 
94-579 and in Section 14(b) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 
U.S.C. Appendix.
    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 SDNM, Bureau of Land Management (see address above). Nominees 
must reside in Arizona or those portions of adjoining states which the 
BLM in Arizona administers (including St. George, Utah). The Secretary 
will appoint 15 members to the Council. The Council shall consist of 
the following:
     Four persons, one from each tribe, who are selected from 
nominees submitted by the governing bodies of the following tribes: 
Tohono O'odham Nation, AK Chin Indian Community, Gila River Indian 
Community, and Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, and who 
represent interests of the nominating tribe;
     A person who represents and participates in what is 
commonly called dispersed recreation, such as hiking, camping, hunting, 
nature viewing, nature photography, bird watching, horseback riding, or 
trail walking;
     A person who represents and participates in what is 
commonly called mechanized recreation or off-highway driving;
     A person who is a recognized environmental representative 
from Arizona;
     A person who is an elected official from a city or 
community in the vicinity of the Monument;
     A person who is a livestock grazing permittee or who 
represents the permittees on the allotments within the Monument;
     A person who represents the rural communities around the 
Monument and who is selected at-large from these communities;
     Two persons who represent sciences such as wildlife 
biology, archaeology, ecology, botany, history, social sciences, or 
other applicable disciplines;
     A person who represents Maricopa County's interests, to be 
appointed from nominees submitted by the Supervisors of Maricopa 
County;
     A person who represents Pinal County's interests, to be 
appointed from nominees submitted by the Supervisors of Pinal County; 
and
     A person who represents the State of Arizona, to be 
appointed from nominees submitted by the Governor of Arizona.
    You should identify the specific category that the nominee will 
represent in your letter of nomination. The
    SDNM, BLM will collect the nomination forms and letters of 
reference and distribute them to the officials responsible for 
recommending nominees. BLM will then forward recommended nominations to 
the Secretary of the Interior, who has responsibility for making the 
appointments.
    Members of the SDNMAC serve for 3-year terms. For the initial 
Council, five members will be appointed to 2-year terms, five members 
will be appointed for 3 years, and five members will be appointed for 4 
years. Thereafter, members of the SDNMAC will be appointed to 3-year 
terms. One Native American position, the elected official from a local 
community, the State of Arizona position, the livestock permittee 
position, and one science position will be 2-year terms that will 
expire 2 years from the date of appointment to the Council by the 
Secretary. The mechanized recreation position, the Arizona 
environmental organization position, the Pinal County representative, 
and two of the Native American positions will be 3-year terms and will 
expire 3 years from the date of appointment to the Council by the 
Secretary. The non-mechanized recreation position, the fourth Native 
American position, the second science position, the rural at-large 
position, and the Maricopa County representative will be 4-year terms 
and will expire 4 years from the date of appointment to the Council by 
the Secretary. Members will serve without monetary compensation, but 
will be reimbursed for travel and per diem expenses at current rates 
for Government employees. The SDNMAC will meet only at the call of the 
Monument Manager, who is the Designated Federal Official with respect 
to the Council. The charter requires the SDNMAC to meet no less than 2 
times per year.

Karen Kelleher,
Sonoran Desert National Monument Manager, Phoenix District of the 
Bureau of Land Management.
[FR Doc. E6-21482 Filed 12-15-06; 8:45 am]
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