[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 15, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 8894]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-3490]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLCON06000-L16100000-DP0000]


Notice of Resource Advisory Council Meetings for the Dominguez-
Escalante Advisory Council

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Public Meetings.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 
of 1976 and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, the U.S. 
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Dominguez-
Escalante Advisory Council (Council) will meet as indicated below.

DATES:  Meetings will be held March 21, 2012; April 4, 2012; and May 2, 
2012. All meetings will begin at 3 p.m. and will normally adjourn at 6 
p.m. These meetings are in addition to the already-scheduled meeting on 
March 7, 2012, which was advertised through a separate notice. Any 
adjustments to duration of meetings will be advertised on the 
Dominguez-Escalante RMP Web site, http://www.blm.gov/co/st/en/nca/denca/denca_rmp.html. Field trips may be scheduled in these months as 
well. Notice of field trips will also be posted on the Web site.

ADDRESSES: Meetings on March 21 and May 2 will be held at the Delta 
County Courthouse, Room 234, 501 Palmer, Delta, Colorado. The meeting 
on April 4 will be held at the Mesa County Courthouse Annex, Training 
Room A, 544 Rood, Grand Junction, Colorado.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Katie Stevens, Advisory Council 
Designated Federal Official, 2815 H Road, Grand Junction, CO 81506. 
Phone: (970) 244-3049. Email: [email protected]. Persons who use a 
telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 to contact the above 
individual during normal business hours. The FIRS is available 24 hours 
a day, 7 days a week, to leave a message or question with the above 
individual. You will receive a reply during normal business hours.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 10-member Council advises the Secretary 
of the Interior, through the BLM, on a variety of planning and 
management issues associated with the resource management planning 
process for the Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area and 
Dominguez Canyon Wilderness.
    Topics of discussion during the meeting may include informational 
presentations from various resource specialists working on the resource 
management plan, as well as Council reports relating to the following 
topics: recreation, fire management, land-use planning process, 
invasive species management, travel management, wilderness, land 
exchange criteria, cultural resource management and other resource 
management topics of interest to the Council raised during the planning 
process.
    These meetings are anticipated to occur monthly, and may occur as 
frequently as every two weeks during intensive phases of the planning 
process. Dates, times and agendas for additional meetings may be 
determined at future Advisory Council Meetings, and will be published 
in the Federal Register, announced through local media and on the BLM's 
Web site for the Dominguez-Escalante planning effort, www.blm.gov/co/st/en/nca/denca/denca_rmp.html.
    These meetings are open to the public. The public may present 
written comments to the Council. Each formal Council meeting will have 
time allocated at the beginning and end of each meeting for hearing 
public comments. Depending on the number of persons wishing to comment 
and time available, the time for individual oral comments may be 
limited at the discretion of the chair.

    Dated: February 9, 2012.
Helen M. Hankins,
State Director.
[FR Doc. 2012-3490 Filed 2-14-12; 8:45 am]
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