[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 14, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11312-11313]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-02979]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[BLM_HQ_FRN_MO4500177510]
Second Call for Nominations for the National Wild Horse and Burro
Advisory Board
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of second call for nominations.
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SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is to solicit public nominations
for one position on the Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board (Board)
that expired 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
address no later than March 15, 2024.
ADDRESSES: All mail and packages sent via the U.S. Postal Service,
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, HQ-260; 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 for contacting
Ms. Boothe. 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 category of interest:
Natural Resource Management
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.
The BLM and U.S Forest Service first issued a call soliciting
nominations for the positions of natural resource management, public
interest (with special knowledge of equine behavior), and wild horse
and burro research on October 2, 2023, for 45 days. Due to the limited
number of nomination packets received, BLM determined that a second
call for nominations is warranted for the natural resource position.
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 the at Department of the Interior's Ethics
Office (202) 202-208-7960 or email: [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.
Members are selected with the objective of providing representative
counsel and advice about public land and resource planning.
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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)
Sharif D. Branham,
Assistant Director, Resources and Planning.
[FR Doc. 2024-02979 Filed 2-13-24; 8:45 am]
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