[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 61 (Friday, March 30, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15153-15154]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-1534]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[OR-027-1020-PI-020H-07-048]


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 (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 (Pub. L. 106-399), the BLM gives notice that the Secretary of the 
Interior intends to call for nominations for vacating positions on 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 BLM 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 BLM Burns District Office. Nominations 
may be made for the following categories of interest:
     A person who has no financial interest in the Cooperative 
Management and Protection Area to represent Statewide interests 
(appointed from nominees submitted by the Governor of Oregon);
     A member of the Burns Paiute Tribe (appointed from 
nominees submitted by the Burns Paiute Tribe);
     A person who participates in what is commonly called 
mechanized or consumptive recreation, such as hunting, fishing, off-
road driving, hang gliding, or parasailing (appointed by the BLM Oregon 
State Director); and
     A person who is a grazing permittee on Federal lands in 
the Cooperative Management and Protection Area (appointed by the county 
court for Harney County, Oregon).
    The specific category the nominee will represent should be 
identified in the letter of nomination. The BLM 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 BLM). The BLM 
will the 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 in the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rhonda Karges, Management Support 
Specialist, Burns District Office, 28910 Highway 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 BLM on the management of the Steens

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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 a 
3-year term. Appointment to these four positions will begin on earlier 
than October 2007 and will end October 2010.
    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: January 10, 2007.
Dana R. Shuford,
Burns District Manager, Bureau of Land Management, Burns, Oregon.
[FR Doc. 07-1534 Filed 3-29-07; 8:45 am]
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