[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 236 (Monday, December 8, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74518-74519]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-28995]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LNV912000-L12200000.PH0000; 09-0887; TAS: 14X1109]


Call for Nominations for the Sierra Front-Northwestern Great 
Basin Resource Advisory Council, Nevada

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Call for Nominations for Resource Advisory Committee.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Carson City District 
Office is soliciting nominations for one representative who works or 
teaches at a college in Nevada as an academician in natural resource 
management or the natural sciences, to serve on its Sierra Front-
Northwestern Great Basin Resource Advisory Council (RAC) for the 2009-
2011 three-year term. Individuals may nominate themselves or others. 
Nominees must be residents of Nevada, and will be evaluated based on 
their education, training, experience, and their knowledge of 
northeastern Nevada. Nominees should have demonstrated a commitment to 
collaborative resource decision making.

DATES: A 45-day nomination period will close January 22, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Nomination packages for the Sierra Front-Northwestern Great 
Basin RAC position should be mailed to the Bureau of Land Management, 
Carson City District Office, Attn: Mark Struble, 5665 Morgan Mill Road, 
Carson City, NV 89701.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Struble, (775) 885-6107 or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Land Policy and Management Act 
(FLPMA) directs the Secretary of Interior to involve the public in 
planning and issues related to management of lands administered by BLM. 
Section 309 of FLPMA directs the Secretary to select 10 to 15 member 
citizen-based advisory councils that are established and authorized 
consistent with the requirements of the Federal Advisory Committee Act 
(FACA). As required by the FACA, RAC membership must be balanced and 
representative of the various interests concerned with the management 
of the public lands.
    All nominations must include letters of reference from represented 
interests or organizations, a completed background information 
nomination form, as well as any other information that speaks to the 
nominee's qualifications. For questions about the application process 
or to request a nomination form, call Mark Struble. Nomination forms 
are also available online at: http://www.blm.gov/nv.
    Nominees should live within the geographical area encompassed by 
the Sierra Front-Northwestern Great Basin RAC, which advises BLM on 
operations in Washoe, Humboldt, Pershing, Churchill, Storey, Douglas, 
Lyon, Mineral and Carson City counties. The RAC provides advice and 
recommendations to the Secretary of the Interior, through the BLM 
district managers and state director regarding the management of public 
lands within the Council's geographic area. The RAC will meet several 
times a year, usually quarterly, in the Carson City and Winnemucca 
areas.

    Dated: December 1, 2008.
Ron Wenker,
State Director, Nevada.
[FR Doc. E8-28995 Filed 12-5-08; 8:45 am]
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