[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 9 (Thursday, January 14, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2156-2157]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-551]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

U.S. Forest Service


Notice of Call for Nominations for Appointment of Primary and 
Alternate Representatives for the City of Palm Desert to the Santa Rosa 
and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior; and U.S. Forest Service, 
Agriculture.

ACTION: Notice of call for nominations.

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SUMMARY: This notice constitutes an open call to the public to submit 
nomination applications for one primary representative and one 
alternate representative for the City of Palm Desert, California, to 
the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument Advisory 
Committee. Terms will begin on the date of appointment and will expire 
on December 16, 2011.

DATES: Nomination applications must be submitted to the address listed 
below no later than January 29, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument 
Office, Attn: National Monument Manager, Advisory Committee Nomination 
Application, 1201 Bird Center Drive, Palm Springs, California 92262.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Foote, National Monument Manager, 
Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument, telephone (760) 
833-7136; e-mail [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the Santa Rosa and San 
Jacinto Mountains National Monument Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106-351), the 
Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture 
(Secretaries) have jointly established an advisory committee for the 
Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument under the 
provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The purpose of the 
National Monument Advisory Committee (MAC) is to advise the Secretaries 
with respect to implementation of the National Monument Management 
Plan.
    The MAC holds public meetings at least once per year. The 
Designated Federal Officer (DFO), or his/her designee, may convene 
additional meetings as necessary. All MAC members are volunteers 
serving without pay. Members of the MAC may be reappointed upon 
expiration of the member's current term.

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    All applicants must be citizens of the United States. Members are 
appointed by the Secretary of the Interior with concurrence by the 
Secretary of Agriculture. Applicants must be qualified through 
education, training, knowledge, or experience to give informed advice 
regarding an industry, discipline, or interest to be represented.
    There is no limit to the number of nomination applications which 
may be submitted for the City of Palm Desert positions. Any individual 
may nominate himself or herself for appointment. Completed nomination 
applications should include letters of reference and/or recommendations 
from the City of Palm Desert, and any other information explaining the 
nominee's qualifications (e.g., resume, curriculum vitae).
    Nomination application packages are available at the address listed 
in the ``ADDRESSES'' section, through the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto 
Mountains National Monument Web site at http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/palmsprings/santarosa/mac_nominations.html, via telephone request at 
(760) 833-7100, or through an e-mail request to [email protected].
    Each application package includes forms from the U.S. Department of 
the Interior and U.S. Department of Agriculture. All submitted 
nomination applications become the property of the Department of the 
Interior, Bureau of Land Management, and Santa Rosa and San Jacinto 
Mountains National Monument, and will not be returned. Nomination 
applications can only be applied to the current open public call for 
nominations.

John R. Kalish,
Field Manager, Palm Springs-South Coast Field Office, California Desert 
District, Bureau of Land Management.
Laurie Rosenthal,
District Ranger, San Jacinto Ranger District, San Bernardino National 
Forest, U.S. Forest Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-551 Filed 1-13-10; 8:45 am]
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