[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 12 (Thursday, January 18, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3416-3417]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-00906]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[BLM_UT_FRN_MO4500176714]


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

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

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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's) Grand Staircase-
Escalante National Monument Advisory Committee will meet as indicated 
below.

DATES: The Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Advisory 
Committee will hold a virtual meeting on February 29, 2024. The meeting 
will be held from 9 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Mountain Time (MT) and is open 
to the public. A public comment period will be held from 10:45 a.m. to 
11:30 a.m. MT, or until all public comments have concluded, whichever 
comes first.

ADDRESSES: The agenda and meeting access information (including how to 
log in and participate in virtual

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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 request sign language interpreter services, 
assistive listening devices, or other reasonable accommodations early. 
Please contact the person listed above at least 7 days before the 
meeting to give the Department of the Interior sufficient time to 
process your request. All reasonable accommodation requests will be 
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 the management 
of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. The 15-member committee 
represents a wide range of interests, including Tribal, local, and 
State governments; 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 February meeting include:

 Administrative business
 A status update on the monument resource management plan
 A public comment period
 Election of the advisory committee chairperson

    The BLM welcomes comments from all interested parties and the 
meeting will include a public comment period from 10:45 a.m. to 11:30 
a.m. MT or until all public comments have concluded, whichever comes 
first. Written comments may also be sent to the Grand Staircase-
Escalante National Monument at the address listed in this notice's FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. All comments received before 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 we will be able to 
do so.
    Detailed meeting notes for the Grand Staircase-Escalante National 
Monument Advisory Committee meeting will be maintained in the Paria 
River District Office and 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)


Gregory Sheehan,
State Director.
[FR Doc. 2024-00906 Filed 1-17-24; 8:45 am]
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