[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 15 (Thursday, January 23, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3872-3873]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-01273]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau Of Land Management

[LLORB00000.L17110000.CB0000. L.X.SS.020H0000.14XL1109AF; HAG14-0004]


Call for Nominations for the Steens Mountain Advisory Council, 
Oregon

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) requests public 
nominations for seven people to serve on the Steens Mountain Advisory 
Council (SMAC). Citizens who serve on this group provide advice and 
recommendations to the BLM on land use planning and management of the 
Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Area. The BLM 
will accept public nominations for 30 days after the publication of 
this notice.

DATES: All nominations must be received no later than February 24, 
2014.

ADDRESSES: Send completed Advisory Council nominations to BLM Burns 
District Office; 28910 Highway 20 West; Hines, OR 97738-9424. 
Nomination forms are available at the BLM Burns District Office, or 
online at http://www.blm.gov/or/rac/steensac.php.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tara Martinak, Public Affairs 
Specialist, BLM Burns District Office, 28910 Highway 20 West, Hines, OR 
97738-9424, 541-573-4519, or email [email protected]. Persons who use a 
telecommunications

[[Page 3873]]

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: Any individual may nominate himself/herself 
or others to serve on the Council. Positions currently open or with 
terms expiring in 2014 include a representative of the State government 
to serve as a liaison to the advisory council, a representative of a 
State environmental organization, a representative of a local 
environmental organization, a person interested in mechanized and 
consumptive recreation in the Steens Mountain Cooperative Management 
and Protection Area (CMPA), a person with a grazing permit within the 
the CMPA, a private landowner within the CMPA, and a person with no 
financial intersest in the CMPA. All nomination applications should 
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). The BLM Burns District will collect the nomination forms and 
letters of reference and distribute them to the officials responsible 
for submitting nominations (County Court of Harney County, the Governor 
of Oregon, and the BLM). The BLM will then forward recommended 
nominations to the Secretary of the Interior, who appoints Council 
members.
    The BLM initiated the SMAC on August 14, 2001, pursuant to the 
Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Act of 2000 (Pub. 
L. 106-399). The SMAC provides representative counsel and advice to the 
BLM regarding new and unique approaches to management of the land 
within the bounds of the Steens Mountain CMPA; recommending cooperative 
programs and incentives for landscape management that meet human needs, 
and the maintenance and improvement of the ecological and economic 
integrity of the area. The BLM is publishing this notice under Section 
9(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), to seek public 
nominations for membership on the SMAC. Applicants must be qualified 
through education, training, knowledge, or experience to give informed 
advice regarding an industry, discipline, or interest to be 
represented. Nominees must also demonstrate a commitment to 
collaborative resource decision-making. The Obama Administration 
prohibits individuals who are currently federally registered lobbyists 
from serving on all FACA and non-FACA boards, committees or councils.
    Before including your address, phone number, email address, or 
other personal identifying information in your comments, please be 
aware that your nomination-including your personal identifying 
information-may be made publicly available at any time. While you can 
ask us to withhold your personal identifying information from public 
review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.

Brendan Cain,
Burns District Manager.
[FR Doc. 2014-01273 Filed 1-22-14; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310-33-P