[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 127 (Friday, July 1, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38679-38680]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-16520]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Notice of Call for Nominations for Appointment of Primary and 
Alternate Representatives, Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains 
National Monument Advisory Committee; California

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice constitutes an open call to the public to submit 
nomination applications for positions on the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto 
Mountains National Monument Advisory Committee.

DATES: Nomination applications must be submitted to the address listed 
below no later than September 29, 2011.

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: Please submit nomination applications for 
the following positions on the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains 
National Monument Advisory Committee.

Primary Representatives

     Representative of the City of Palm Desert.
     Representative of the City of Rancho Mirage.
     Representative of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla 
Indians.
     Representative of the Pinyon Community Council.
     Representative with expertise in natural science and 
research selected from a regional college or university.

Alternate Representatives

     Alternate representative of the City of Palm Desert.
     Alternate representative of the City of Rancho Mirage.
     Alternate representative of the Agua Caliente Band of 
Cahuilla Indians.
     Alternate representative of the Pinyon Community Council.
     Alternate representative with expertise in natural science 
and research selected from a regional college or university.
    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) 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 
preparation and implementation of the National Monument Management 
Plan.
    The MAC holds public meetings at least once per year. The 
Designated Federal Official, or his/her designee, may convene 
additional meetings as necessary. All MAC members are volunteers 
serving without pay, but will be reimbursed for travel and per diem 
expenses at the current rates for government employees in accordance 
with 5 U.S.C. 5703, when appropriate. Members of the MAC may be 
reappointed upon expiration of the member's current term.
    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. The 
Obama Administration prohibits individuals who are currently federally 
registered lobbyists to serve on all FACA and non-FACA boards, 
committees, or councils.
    There is no limit to the number of nomination applications which 
may be submitted for each open position. Any individual may nominate 
himself or herself for appointment. Completed nomination applications 
must 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).
    Nomination application packages are available at the Santa Rosa and 
San Jacinto Mountains National Monument Office, 1201 Bird Center Drive, 
Palm Springs, California; through the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto 
Mountains National Monument Web site at http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/rac/srsjmac.html; via telephone request at (760) 833-7100; by 
written request from the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National 
Monument Manager at the following address: Santa

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Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument Office, Attn: National 
Monument Manager, Advisory Committee Nomination Application Request, 
1201 Bird Center Drive, Palm Springs, California 92262; or through an 
e-mail request at [email protected].
    Each application package must include forms from the Department of 
the Interior and Department of Agriculture. All submitted nomination 
applications become the property of the Department of the Interior, 
Bureau of Land Management, Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains 
National Monument, and will not be returned. Nomination applications 
are good only for 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, Forest Service.
[FR Doc. 2011-16520 Filed 6-30-11; 8:45 am]
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