[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 245 (Wednesday, December 23, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68281-68282]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-30519]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

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Notice To Solicit Nominations, Steens Mountain Advisory Council

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Solicitation of nominations.

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SUMMARY: The Secretary is requesting nominations for five 
representatives for the Steens Mountain Advisory Council. The Council 
will advise the Secretary on planning in the Steens Mountain 
Cooperative Management and Protection Area through the Bureau of Land 
Management (BLM).

DATES: Submit nomination packages on or before January 22, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Send completed Advisory Council nominations to BLM Burns 
District Office, 28910 Highway 20 West, Hines, Oregon 97738-9424. 
Nomination forms are also available at the BLM Burns District Office.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christi Courtemanche, Burns District 
BLM Office (541) 573-4541, or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Steens Mountain Advisory Council advises 
the BLM on implementing the Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and 
Protection Act (CMPA) of 2000, as described in Title 1, Subtitle D, of 
Public Law 106-399. The Bureau of Land Management is publishing this 
notice to request the public to submit nominations for membership on 
the Steens Mountain Advisory Council. Nomination forms may be obtained 
from the BLM Burns District Office. Nominees must be qualified through 
education, training, knowledge, or experience to give informed advice 
regarding an industry, discipline, or interest to be represented. 
Current Council members may submit an updated nomination application 
for reappointment. Any individual may nominate himself/herself or 
others to serve on the Council. All nomination applications should 
include letters of reference and/or recommendations from the 
represented interests or organizations, and any other information 
explaining the nominee's qualifications (e.g., resume, curriculum 
vitae). Nominations may be made for the following categories of 
interest:
     A private landowner in the CMPA, appointed from nominees 
submitted by the county court for Harney County;
     A person interested in fish and recreational fishing in 
the CMPA, 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 is a recognized environmental representative, 
who shall represent the State as a whole, 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 in the CMPA, 
appointed from nominees submitted jointly by the Oregon State Director 
of the BLM and the county court for Harney County, Oregon.
    The specific category the nominee wishes to 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, the Burns Paiute Tribe 
and the BLM). The BLM will then forward recommended nominations to the 
Secretary of the

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Interior, who has responsibility for making the appointments.
    Members of the Steens Mountain Advisory Council are appointed for 
terms of three years. All positions will expire October 2012, except 
the vacated Burns Paiute Tribe position, which will end October 2010.
    The Steens Mountain Advisory Council shall meet only at the call of 
the Designated Federal Official, but not less than once per year.

(Authority: Title I, Subtitle D of Pub. L. 106-399)

Edward W. Shepard,
State Director Oregon/Washington.
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