[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 61 (Wednesday, March 30, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17669-17670]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-7421]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLORB07000. L17110000. MO0000. L.X. SS.020H0000; HAG 11-0170]


Notice of Public Meeting, Steens Mountain Advisory Council

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Steens Mountain Cooperative Management 
and Protection Act of 2000, the Federal Land Policy and Management Act, 
and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, the U.S. Department of 
the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Steens Mountain Advisory 
Council will meet as indicated below:

DATES: The Steens Mountain Advisory Council will meet at the Harney 
County Community Center, 484 N. Broadway, Burns, Oregon, 97720 on April 
4 and 5, 2011. A meeting in Bend, Oregon, at the Phoenix Inn and 
Suites, 300 NW. Franklin Ave, will be held November 17 and 18, 2011; 
and a meeting June 9 and 10, 2011 and September 22 and 23, 2011, will 
be held at the Frenchglen School, Frenchglen, Oregon. All meeting 
sessions will begin at 8 a.m. local time, and will end at approximately 
4:30 p.m., local time.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christi West, Staff Assistant, BLM 
Burns District Office, 28910 Highway 20 West, Hines, Oregon, 97738, 
(541) 573-4541 or e-mail [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Steens Mountain Advisory Council was 
appointed by the Secretary of the Interior on August 14, 2001, pursuant 
to the Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Act of 
2000 (Pub. L. 106-399) and most recently re-chartered in December 2009. 
The Steens Mountain Advisory Council's purpose is to provide 
representative counsel and advice to the Bureau of Land Management 
regarding new and unique approaches to management of the land within 
the bounds of the Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection 
Area; cooperative programs and incentives for landscape management that 
meet human needs, maintenance and improvement of the ecological and 
economic integrity of the area; and preparation and implementation of a 
management plan for the Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and 
Protection Area.
    Topics to be discussed by the Steens Mountain Advisory Council at 
these meetings include the Steens Mountain Comprehensive Recreation 
Plan; North Steens Ecosystem Restoration Project implementation; 
Science Strategy; South Steens Water Development Project Environmental 
Assessment; easements and acquisitions; In-holder Access Environmental 
Assessment; and categories of interest such as wildlife, special 
designated areas, partnerships/programs, cultural resources, education/
interpretation, volunteer-based information, adaptive management and 
socioeconomics; and other matters that may reasonably come before the 
Steens Mountain Advisory Council.
    All meetings are open to the public in their entirety. Information 
to be distributed to the Steens Mountain Advisory Council is requested 
prior to the start of each Steens Mountain Advisory Council meeting. 
Public comment is generally scheduled for 11 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., local 
time, both days of each meeting session. The amount of time scheduled 
for public presentations and meeting times may be extended when the 
authorized representative considers it necessary to accommodate all who 
seek to be heard regarding matters on the agenda.
    Under the Federal Advisory Committee Act management regulations (41 
CFR 102-3.15(b)), in exceptional circumstances an agency may give less 
than 15-day notice of committee meeting notices published in the

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Federal Register. In this case, this notice is being published less 
than 15 days prior to the meeting due to the urgent need to meet legal 
requirements for completion of the Steens Mountain Travel Management 
Plan/Environmental Assessment.

Kenny McDaniel,
Burns District Manager.
[FR Doc. 2011-7421 Filed 3-29-11; 8:45 am]
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