[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 189 (Monday, October 2, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67795-67796]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-21721]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[BLM_HQ_FRN_MO4500173718]


Call for Nominations for the National Wild Horse and Burro 
Advisory Board

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of call for nominations.

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SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is to solicit public nominations 
for three positions on the Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board (Board) 
that will become vacant on January 11, 2024. The Board provides advice 
concerning the management, protection, and control of wild free-roaming 
horses and burros on public lands administered by the Department of the 
Interior, through the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and the 
Department of Agriculture, through the U.S. Forest Service.

DATES: Nominations must be post marked or submitted to the following 
addresses no later than November 16, 2023.

ADDRESSES: All mail sent via the U.S. Postal Service should be 
addressed as follows:
    Wild Horses and Burro Division, U.S. Department of the Interior, 
Bureau of Land Management, Attn: Dorothea Boothe, HQ-260, 9828 31st 
Avenue; Phoenix, AZ 85051.
    All packages that are sent via FedEx or UPS should be addressed as 
follows:
    U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Wild 
Horse and Burro Division, Attn: Dorothea Boothe, 9828 31st Avenue, 
Phoenix, AZ 85051. Please consider emailing PDF documents to Ms. Boothe 
at [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dorothea Boothe, Wild Horse and Burro 
Program Coordinator, telephone: 602-906-5543, email: [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. 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: Members of the Board serve without 
compensation; however, while away from their homes or regular places of 
business, Board and subcommittee members engaged in Board or 
subcommittee business approved by the Designated Federal Officer (DFO) 
may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of 
subsistence under 5 U.S.C. 5703, in the same manner as persons employed 
intermittently in government service. Nominations for a term of 3 years 
are needed to represent the following categories of interest:
     Natural Resource Management;
     Public Interest (Equine Behavior); and
     Wild Horse and Burro Research.
    The Board will meet one to four times annually. The DFO may call 
additional meetings in connection with special needs for advice. 
Individuals may nominate themselves or others. Any individual or 
organization may nominate one or more persons to serve on the Board.
    Nominations should include a resume providing an adequate 
description of the nominee's qualifications, including information that 
would enable the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture to make an 
informed decision regarding meeting the membership requirements of the 
Board and permit the Departments to contact a potential member. 
Nominations are to be sent to the address listed under ADDRESSES. To 
assist nominees in developing nominations packets, please visit the BLM 
website at https://www.blm.gov/programs/wild-horse-and-burro/get-involved/advisory-board and use the document template, Applying to 
Serve on the Advisory Board.
    As appropriate, certain Board members may be appointed as special 
government employees (SGEs). Please be aware that applicants 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 Web site: 
https://www.doi.gov/ethics/financial-disclosure. Additionally, after 
appointment, members appointed as SGEs will be required to meet 
applicable financial disclosure and ethics training requirements. 
Please contact (202) 202-208-7960 or [email protected] with any 
questions about the ethics requirements for members appointed as SGEs.
    Membership Selection: Individuals shall qualify to serve on the 
Board because of their education, training, or experience that enables 
them to give informed and objective advice regarding the interest they 
represent. They should demonstrate experience or knowledge of the area 
of their expertise and a commitment to collaborate in seeking solutions 
to resource management issues. The Board is structured to provide fair 
membership and balance, both geographic and interest specific, in terms 
of the functions to be performed and points of view to be represented.

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Members are selected with the objective of providing representative 
counsel and advice about public land and resource planning.
    Pursuant to section 7 of the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros 
Act, members of the Board cannot be employed by the State or Federal 
Government.

(Authority: 43 CFR 1784.4-1)

Brian St George,
Acting Assistant Director, Resources and Planning.
[FR Doc. 2023-21721 Filed 9-29-23; 8:45 am]
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