[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 182 (Thursday, September 21, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 44213]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-20149]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLORV00000.L10200000.DF0000.LXSSH1040000.17X.HAG 17-0168]


Notice of Public Meeting for the John Day--Snake Resource 
Advisory Council, Oregon

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 
of 1976, the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act of 2004, and the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, the U.S. Department of the 
Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) John Day--Snake Resource 
Advisory Council (RAC) will meet as indicated below.

DATES: The RAC will hold a public meeting on Thursday, October 12, 
2017, from 12:00 p.m. until 5 p.m., and on Friday, October 13, 2017, 
from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. A public comment period will be held during 
Friday's meeting from 10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place at the Springhill Suites, 551 
Industrial Way, Bend, OR 97702. If you cannot attend the meeting in 
person, you may call in on the telephone conference line number at 1-
877-989-1244, Participant Code: 3005406#. The agenda will be posted 
online by September 11, 2017, at https://www.blm.gov/site-page/get-involved-resource-advisory-council-near-you-oregon-washington-john-day-rac.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa Clark, Public Affairs Officer, 
BLM Prineville District Office, 3050 NE 3rd St., Prineville, Oregon 
97754; 541-416-6700; [email protected]. Persons who use a 
telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay 
Service (FRS) at 1(800) 877-8339 to contact the above individual during 
normal business hours. The FRS 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 15-member John Day--Snake RAC was 
chartered to provide advice to BLM and U.S. Forest Service resource 
managers regarding management plans and proposed resource actions on 
public land in central and eastern Oregon. All advisory council 
meetings are open to the public. If you have information that you wish 
to distribute to the RAC, please do so prior to the start of each 
meeting.
    Agenda items for the meeting include: A presentation on the Ochoco 
National Forest sustainable recreation strategy and subsequent fee 
proposal; a subcommittee report on the Lower Deschutes River Fee 
Proposal and potential decision; an update on Central and Eastern 
Oregon Greater sage-grouse populations, including an overview of the 
causal factor analysis process and any plans for reducing impacts to 
local Sage-Grouse populations; a presentation by the South Fork John 
Day Watershed Council; a fee proposal by the Wallowa-Whitman National 
Forest; an update on the Blue Mountain Forest Resiliency project; and 
an update on Torrefied Biomass as a fuel commodity by Matt Krumenauer, 
Principle, Oregon Torrefaction, LLC. In addition, RAC members will set 
the 2018 meeting schedule and will identify future-topic presentations 
for the RAC meetings. Any other matters that may reasonably come before 
the RAC may also be addressed. A public comment period will be 
available on October 13 from 10:00-10:30 a.m. During this time, each 
speaker may address the RAC for a maximum of 5 minutes. Meeting times 
and the duration of the public comment period may be extended or 
altered when the authorized representative considers it necessary to 
accommodate business and all who seek to be heard regarding matters 
before the RAC.
    Before including your address, phone number, email address, or 
other personal identifying information in your comments, please be 
aware that your entire comment--including your personal identifying 
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can 
ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying 
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be 
able to do so.

    Authority: 43 CFR 1784.4-2.

Donald Gonzalez,
Vale District Manager.
[FR Doc. 2017-20149 Filed 9-20-17; 8:45 am]
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