[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 59 (Tuesday, March 28, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 18328]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-06370]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

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Notice of Public Meeting, Grand Staircase-Escalante National 
Monument Advisory Committee, Utah

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 
of 1976, as amended, the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, and 
the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act, the U.S. Department of 
the Interior, Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Grand Staircase-
Escalante National Monument Advisory Committee will meet as indicated 
below.

DATES:  The Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Advisory 
Committee will hold virtual meetings on June 27, 2023, and Sept. 12, 
2023. Both meetings will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. All meetings are 
open to the public.

ADDRESSES: The agenda and meeting access information (including how to 
log in and participate in virtual meetings) will be announced on the 
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Advisory Committee web page 
30 days before the meeting at https://bit.ly/3QGqaqJ.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Hercher, Paria River District 
Public Affairs Specialist, 669 S Highway 89A, Kanab, UT 84741, via 
email with the subject line ``GSENM MAC'' to [email protected], or by 
calling the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Office at (435) 
644-1200. 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. 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. Please make requests in advance for sign language 
interpreter services, assistive listening devices, or other reasonable 
accommodations. We ask that you contact the person listed above at 
least 7 days prior to the meeting to give the Department of the 
Interior sufficient time to process your request. All reasonable 
accommodation requests are managed on a case-by-case basis.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Presidential Proclamations 6920 and 10286 
established the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Advisory 
Committee to provide advice and information to the Secretary of the 
Interior (through the Director of the BLM) to consider for the 
management of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. The 15-
member committee represents a wide range of interests including Tribal, 
local, and State government, the educational community, the 
conservation community, an outfitter and guide operating within the 
monument, a livestock grazing permittee operating within the monument, 
a dispersed recreation representative, and members with expertise in 
paleontology, archaeology, geology, botany or wildlife, history or 
social science, and systems ecology.
    Planned agenda items for the June meeting will include 
administrative business, nomination of a new committee chair, a 
resource management planning status update, a public comment period, 
and advisory committee discussion and formal recommendations for 
development of the science plan for the monument.
    Planned agenda items for the September meeting will include 
administrative business, a resource management planning status update, 
a public comment period, and advisory committee discussion and formal 
recommendations for the draft environmental impact statement and 
proposed resource management plan.
    The BLM welcomes comments from all interested parties. Both 
meetings will include a public comment period from 1:30 p.m. to 2:15 
p.m., or once all comments have concluded. Written comments may also be 
sent to the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument at the address 
listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice. 
All comments received prior to the meeting will be provided to the 
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Advisory Committee. Before 
including your address, phone number, email address, or other personal 
identifying information in your comment, you should 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.
    Detailed meeting minutes for the Grand Staircase-Escalante National 
Monument Advisory Committee meeting will be maintained in the Paria 
River District Office and will be available for public inspection and 
reproduction during regular business hours within 90 days following the 
meeting. Minutes will also be posted to the Grand Staircase-Escalante 
National Monument Advisory Committee web page.
    Authority: 43 CFR 1784.4-2.

Anita Bilbao,
Acting State Director, Utah.
[FR Doc. 2023-06370 Filed 3-27-23; 8:45 am]
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