[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 21 (Wednesday, February 1, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5048-5049]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-2168]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WO-250-1220-PA-24 1A]


 Notice of Bureau of Land Management Implementation of Recreation 
Resource Advisory Committee Provisions of the Federal Lands Recreation 
Enhancement Act

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the Bureau of Land Management's 
(BLM) implementation of the Recreation Resource Advisory Committee (R/
RAC) provisions of the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (REA).
    The BLM Resource Advisory Council (RAC) charters have been modified 
to reflect that upon the request of the BLM RAC's Designated Federal 
Official, and with the concurrence of the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) 
when their recreation fee proposals are at issue, the BLM RACs may 
review recreation fee proposals for BLM and/or USFS if that would 
facilitate the effective implementation of REA. The BLM will publish a 
Federal Register Notice if and when a BLM RAC serves to review 
recreation fee proposals.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Allison Sandoval, U.S. Department of 
the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, 1849 C Street MS-5070, 
Washington, DC 20240, Phone (202) 208-4294; Anthony Bobo, Jr., U.S. 
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, 1849 C Street, 
MS-M-250, Washington, DC 20240, Phone (202) 912-7248.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 1, 2006, the BLM and USFS 
signed an Interagency Agreement which provided the structure necessary 
for the USFS to use existing BLM RACs and the

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BLM to use USFS-established R/RACs for the public participation 
purposes required by REA. Pursuant to the Interagency Agreement, the 
BLM and USFS utilized the BLM Resource Advisory Councils (RAC) to make 
recommendations on BLM and USFS recreation fee proposals in the 
following states: Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North 
Dakota, South Dakota and Utah. The BLM and USFS utilized USFS R/RACs 
for the USFS's Eastern, Southern, Pacific Northwest (including BLM land 
in Oregon and Washington), Pacific Southwest (including BLM land in 
California) Regions, and the BLM and USFS land in the State of 
Colorado. The governors of Wyoming and Alaska have opted out of the 
advisory review process.
    Although the Interagency Agreement expired September 1, 2011, the 
agencies have incorporated the outlined structure into current policies 
and procedures. Upon the request of the BLM RAC's Designated Federal 
Official, and with the concurrence of the USFS when their recreation 
fee proposals are at issue, the BLM RACs may review recreation fee 
proposals for BLM and/or USFS if that would facilitate the effective 
implementation of the REA.

    Authority: Public Law 108-447, Div. J, Title VIII.

Mike Pool,
Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. 2012-2168 Filed 1-31-12; 8:45 am]
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