[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 180 (Tuesday, September 21, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52497-52498]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-20316]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

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Call for Nominations to the Steens Mountain Advisory Council

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of call for nominations.

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SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is to request public nominations to 
the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Steens Mountain Advisory 
Committee. This citizen-based committee assists in the development of 
recommendations that address management of the Steens Mountain 
Cooperative Management and Protection Area and in promoting cooperative 
management under the Steens Act.

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DATES: All nominations must be received no later than October 21, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Nominations and completed applications should be sent to the 
BLM office listed in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this 
notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carrie Richardson, BLM Office of 
Communications, 1849 C Street NW, Room 5614, Washington, DC 20240; 
email: [email protected]; telephone: 202-501-2634. Persons who use a 
telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay 
Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339 to contact Ms. Richardson during normal 
business hours. The FRS is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to 
leave a message or question. You will receive a reply during normal 
business hours.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Land Policy and Management Act 
(FLPMA) directs the Secretary of the Interior to involve the public in 
planning and issues related to management of lands administered by the 
BLM. Section 309 of FLPMA (43 U.S.C. 1739) directs the Secretary to 
establish 10- to 15-member citizen-based advisory councils that are 
consistent with the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The rules governing 
advisory councils are found at 43 CFR subpart 1784.
    Individuals may nominate themselves or others for appointment by 
the Secretary. Nominees must be residents of the State in which the 
advisory committee has jurisdiction. The BLM will evaluate nominees 
based on their education, training, experience, and knowledge of the 
geographic area of the advisory committee. Nominees should demonstrate 
a commitment to collaborative resource decision-making.
    Simultaneous with this notice, the BLM Oregon State Offices will 
issue a press release providing additional information for submitting 
nominations.
    Before including any address, phone number, email address, or other 
personal identifying information in the application, nominees should be 
aware this information may be made publicly available at any time. 
While the nominee can ask to withhold the personal identifying 
information from public review, the BLM cannot guarantee that it will 
be able to do so.

Oregon/Washington

Steens Mountain Advisory Council (SMAC)

    Tara Thissell, BLM Burns District Office, 28910 Hwy. 20 West, 
Hines, OR 97738; Phone: (541) 573-4519.
    To Apply to the SMAC: Nomination forms and instructions can be 
obtained by mail through phone request or online at https://www.blm.gov/sites/blm.gov/files/RPMC%20Nomination%20Form.pdf.
    Nominees should note the interest area(s) they are applying to 
represent on their application. All applications must be accompanied by 
letters of reference that describe the nominee's experience and 
qualifications to serve on the SMAC from any represented interests or 
organizations, a completed SMAC application, and any other information 
that speaks to the nominee's qualifications. The SMAC consists of 13 
members that include a private landowner in the Steens Mountain 
Cooperative Management and Protection Area (CMPA); two representatives 
who are grazing permittees on Federal lands in the CMPA; a 
representative interested in fish and recreational fishing in the CMPA; 
a representative of the Burns Paiute Tribe; two representatives who are 
recognized environmental representatives, one of whom shall represent 
the State as a whole, and one of whom is from the local area; a 
representative who participates in dispersed recreation, such as 
hiking, camping, nature viewing, nature photography, bird watching, 
horseback riding, or trail walking; a representative who is a 
recreational permit holder or is a representative of a commercial 
recreation operation in the CMPA; a representative who participates in 
mechanized or consumptive recreation, such as hunting, fishing, off-
road driving, hang gliding, or parasailing; a representative with 
expertise and interest in wild horse management on Steens Mountain; a 
representative who has no financial interest in the CMPA to represent 
statewide interests; and one non-voting representative to serve as the 
State government liaison to the Council.
    Members of the SMAC appointed as special Government employees 
(SGEs) are subject to applicable Federal ethics statutes and 
regulations, to include applicable exceptions and exemptions. 
Additionally, SGE members are required, prior to appointment and 
annually thereafter, to file a Confidential Financial Disclosure 
Report. SGE members are also required to receive initial ethics 
training prior to performing any SMAC duties and to receive annual 
ethics training thereafter. The Department of the Interior will provide 
materials to those members serving as special Government employees, 
explaining their ethical obligations.

(Authority: 43 CFR 1784.4-1)

Matthew Buffington,
Assistant Director for Communications.
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