[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 192 (Wednesday, October 5, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60409-60411]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-21583]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

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National Call for Nominations for Site-Specific Advisory 
Committees

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 
for five of the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) citizens' advisory 
committees affiliated with specific sites on the BLM's National 
Conservation Lands. The five advisory committees provide advice and 
recommendations to the BLM on the development and implementation of 
management plans in accordance with the statute under which the sites 
were established. The advisory committees covered by this request for 
nominations are identified below. The BLM will accept public 
nominations for 30 days after the publication of this notice.

DATES: All nominations must be received no later than November 4, 2022.

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carrie Richardson, BLM Office of 
Communications, at (202) 742-0649 or [email protected]. Individuals 
in the United States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have 
a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access 
telecommunications relay services.

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Individuals outside the United States should use the relay services 
offered within their country to make international calls to the point-
of-contact in the United States.

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 committees that are 
consistent with the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The rules governing 
BLM Advisory Committees are found at 43 CFR 1784.
    Individuals may nominate themselves or others for appointment by 
the Secretary. Nominees must be residents of the State in which the 
advisory council has jurisdiction. The BLM will evaluate nominees based 
on their education, training, experience, and knowledge of the 
geographic area of the advisory committees. Nominees should demonstrate 
a commitment to collaborative resource decision-making.
    Simultaneous with this notice, BLM State Offices will issue press 
releases 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. Nomination forms and instructions can be obtained for 
each committee from the points of contact listed below by mail or by 
phone request or online at https://www.blm.gov/sites/blm.gov/files/1120-019_0.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 Committee from any 
represented interests or organizations, a completed application, and 
any other information that speaks to the nominee's qualifications.

New Mexico

Rio Puerco Management Committee

    Darren Scott, BLM New Mexico State Office, 301 Dinosaur Trail, 
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87508; Phone: (505) 350-5871; Email: 
[email protected].
    The Committee consists of 15 members that represent the Rio Puerco 
Watershed Committee; affected Tribes and Pueblos; the U.S. Forest 
Service; the Bureau of Reclamation; the U.S. Geological Survey; the 
Bureau of Indian Affairs; the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; the U.S. 
Army Corps of Engineers; the Environmental Protection Agency; the of 
the Natural Resources Conservation Service; the State of New Mexico, 
including the New Mexico Environment Department of the State engineer; 
affected local soil and water conservation districts; the Elephant 
Butte Irrigation District; a private landowner; and a representative of 
the public at large.

Oregon/Washington

Steens Mountain Advisory Council (SMAC)

    Tara Thissell, BLM Burns District Office, 28910 Hwy. 20 West, 
Hines, OR 97738; Phone: (541) 573-4519: Email: [email protected].
    The SMAC consists of 13 members that are representative of the 
varied groups with an interest in the management of the Steens Mountain 
Cooperative Management and Protection Area (CMPA) including a private 
landowner in the CMPA; two persons who are grazing permittees on 
Federal lands in the CMPA; a person interested in fish and recreational 
fishing within the CMPA; a member of the Bums Paiute Tribe; two persons 
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 of dispersed recreation; a recreational permit holder 
or is a representative of a commercial recreation operation in the 
CMPA; a representative of mechanized or consumptive recreation; a 
person with expertise and interest in wild horse management on Steens 
Mountain; a person who has no financial interest in the CMPA to 
represent statewide interests; and a non-voting State government 
liaison to the Council.

San Juan Islands National Monument Advisory Committee (MAC)

    Jeff Clark, BLM Spokane District Office, 1103 North Fancher Road, 
Spokane, WA 99212; Phone: (509) 536-1297; Email: [email protected].
    The MAC consists of 12 members that include two recreation and 
tourism representatives; two wildlife and ecological interests 
representatives; two cultural and heritage interests representatives; 
two members of the public-at-large; a Tribal interests representative; 
a local government representative; an education and interpretation 
interests representative; and a private landowner representative.

Utah

Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Advisory Committee (MAC)

    David Hercher, BLM Paria River District Office, 669 South Highway 
89A, Kanab, UT 84741; Phone: (435) 899-0415; Email: [email protected].
    The MAC includes 15 members. Nine members will serve as 
representatives of commodity, non-commodity, and local area interests 
including elected officials from Garfield and Kane County; a 
representative of State government; a representative of Tribal 
government with ancestral interest in the Monument; an educator; a 
conservationist; an outfitter and guide operating within the Monument, 
to represent commercial recreation activities in the Monument; a 
livestock grazing permittee operating within the Monument; and a 
representative of dispersed recreation. Six members will serve as 
Special Government Employees (SGEs) for each of the following areas of 
expertise: paleontology; archaeology; geology; botany or wildlife 
biology; history or social science; and systems ecology. Please be 
aware that members selected to serve as SGEs will be required, prior to 
appointment, to file a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report in 
order to avoid involvement in real or apparent conflicts of interest. 
You may find a copy of the Confidential Financial Disclosure Report at 
the following website: https://www.doi.gov/ethics/special-government-employees/financial-disclosure. Additionally, after appointment, 
members appointed as SGEs will be required to meet applicable financial 
disclosure and ethics training requirements. Please contact (202) 208-
7960 or [email protected] with any questions about the ethics 
requirements for members appointed as SGEs.

San Rafael Swell Recreation Area Advisory Council

    Angela Hawkins, BLM Green River District Office, 170 South 500 
East, Vernal, UT 84078; Phone: (435) 781-2774; Email: [email protected].
    The Council consists of seven members that represent the Emery 
County Commission; motorized recreational users; non-motorized 
recreational users; a grazing allotment permittee within the Recreation 
Area or wilderness areas designated; conservation organizations; a 
member with expertise in the historical uses of

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the Recreation Area; and an elected leader of a federally recognized 
Tribe that has significant cultural or historic connections to, and 
expertise in, the landscape, archeological sites, or cultural sites 
within the County.

(Authority: 43 CFR 1784.4-1.)

Jeffrey Krauss,
Acting Assistant Director for Communications.
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