[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 170 (Tuesday, September 5, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60711-60712]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-19050]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[BLM_OR_FRN_MO4500172864]


Notice of Public Meeting for the Southeast Oregon Resource 
Advisory Council

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 and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, the U.S. 
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management's (BLM's) 
Southeast Oregon Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet as follows.

DATES: The Southeast Oregon RAC will meet Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023, from 
9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Pacific Time (PT) and Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023, 
from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. PT. Thirty-minute public comment periods will be 
offered at 3:45 p.m. PT on Tuesday, Oct. 17 and 10:45 a.m. PT on 
Wednesday, Oct. 18.

ADDRESSES: The meeting is open to the public and will be held at the 
BLM Lakeview Interagency Office, 1301 S. G St., Lakeview, OR 97639. A 
virtual option will also be offered. Instructions for participating 
virtually, the final agenda, and additional meeting details will be 
posted at least 10 days in advance of the meeting on the RAC web page: 
https://www.blm.gov/get-involved/resource-advisory-council/near-you/oregon-washington/southeast-oregon-rac. Previous meeting minutes, 
membership information, and upcoming agendas are also available at this 
website.
    Public comments can be mailed to BLM Vale District, Attn: Shane 
DeForest, 100 Oregon St., Vale, OR 97918 or sent via email to 
[email protected]. All comments received will be provided to the 
Southeast Oregon RAC members.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Larisa Bogardus, Public Affairs 
Officer, 3100 H St., Baker City, Ore. 97814; (541) 219-6863; 
[email protected]. Individuals in the United States who are deaf, 
blind, 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 countries to make international calls to the 
point-of-contact in the United States.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Southeast Oregon RAC is chartered, and 
the 15 members are appointed by the Secretary of the Interior. Their 
diverse perspectives represent commodity, non-commodity, and local 
interests. The RAC serves in an advisory capacity to BLM and U.S. 
Forest Service officials concerning planning and management of public 
land and national forest resources located, in whole or part, within 
the boundaries of the BLM's Vale, Burns, and Lakeview Districts and the 
Fremont-Winema and Malheur National Forests. All meetings are open to 
the public in their entirety. Information to be distributed to the RAC 
is requested before the start of each meeting.
    Agenda topics for Oct. 17 will include District updates, an update 
on the Lakeview Resource Management Plan Amendment, and presentations 
on a programmatic aquatic and riparian restoration environmental 
assessment, the Louse Canyon Geographic Management Area Environmental 
Impact Statement, and the Tri-State Fuels Environmental Impact 
Statement. Oct. 18 agenda topics will include a presentation on 
commercial and dispersed recreation, a wild horse and burro update, and 
a mining and minerals update.
    Meeting Accessibility/Special Accommodations: For sign language 
interpreter services, assistive listening devices, or other reasonable 
accommodations, please contact Larisa Bogardus, Vale District BLM (see 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) at least 7 business days before the 
meeting to ensure there is sufficient time to process the request. The 
Department of the Interior manages accommodation requests on a case-by-
case basis.

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    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 we will be able to 
do so.

(Authority: 5 U.S.C. ch. 10)

Shane DeForest,
Acting Vale District Manager.
[FR Doc. 2023-19050 Filed 9-1-23; 8:45 am]
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